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From: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 CSD e-mail disribution
Date: 5 Oct 92 07:07:45 GMT
Reply-To: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs


In article <1992Oct1.191007.11720@mksol.dseg.ti.com>,
mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
|> In <1992Sep29.111632@axion.bt.co.uk>
|> djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson) writes:
|> 
[stuff deleted]

|> >to obtain it free of charge.  (Don't forget the service
|> pack
|> >is the complete
|> >system, not just bug fixes). I'm sure IBM wouldn't want
|> to

[stuff deleted]
|> 
|> It is?  I was aware that the recent Beta for Win-31/32-bit
|> graphics
|> was a full system, but is the actual CSD going to be
|> distributed that
|> way as well?
|> 

When I posted that item originally I had been told that the
'CSD' would be
a full product release, it now seems this will not be the
case.


Sorry !

David J Jackson   Telephone +44 473 645805
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From: azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: So what's the word on 32-bit ET4000 drivers?
Keywords: ET4000 32-bit beta
Date: 29 Sep 92 22:34:29 GMT
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

In article <BvCq4s.79B@hpuerca.atl.hp.com> aaa@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Simon Fowler) writes:
>
>I "pestered" Diamond - they do not have a date. My best bet is to sell my card - 
>anyone interested in a Stealth card? 

I'd like to take advantage of this excellent opportunity, but I won't trick
you into selling your card cheap.  Instead, I'll tell you to get ready to ftp
the "OS/2 2.0 Service Pack."  It should hit ftp sites next week, and you may
find files with names like: TSENG480.DLL, TSENG600.DLL, TSENG768.DLL on one of
the disks.  Hmmmm, what could those files do??? :-)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Subject: Re: 32 Graphics Engine Beta is here!!!
Organization: UNLV Computer Science
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 04:30:50 GMT

In article <harris.717543087@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> harris@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris) writes:
>ifam655@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Jeff Lessem) writes:
>
>>And what is with these strange "l"'s, they look like integral signs...
>
>The new fonts are ISO conforming.  The l's are different so that you can
>now tell them apart from an uppercase i (I)

The 'l' does look a little funny, but I like this new font so much
that I have been running my DOS programs windowed even though it is
slower. They have also GREATLY improved the scroll speed on these. Is
this the 32-bit GRE or what?

BTW, there is no way you could confuse them with upper-case 'I'
though. The upper case 'I' has cross bars. 

TTYL - Steve
-- 
Steve Lumos - slumos@cs.unlv.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: wjb5106@rigel.tamu.edu (Walter Barnett)
Subject: Re: Turn Help Off?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:45:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.182203.17325@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>, azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito) writes...
>In article <1992Sep29.120934.18742@ra.msstate.edu> wjw1@me1.MsState.Edu (Bill Wilson) writes:

>>Ummmm.... not quite right on answer (2) here. You can define the icon text
>>colors (for shadows and regular objects) in the scheme palette. The scheme
>>palette lets you control the colors and fonts for just about everything.
>>
> 
>Bzzzzzzt!  WRONG, Thank you for playing.
> 
>You can SELECT shadow colors from a scheme palette, but the WPS ignores you. 
>Have you actually TRIED it?  Of course, the new service pack may change this
>(I'll try it tonight and let you know), but for GA users, they're stuck with
>gray shadow text and white shadow highlight text.
> 

It works for me.  Drop the new scheme on the background of the WPS
Desktop rather than trying to target a particular icon.

_______________________________________________________________________
Walter Barnett        Aerospace Engineering        Texas A&M University 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: joiner@exa.cs.umn.edu (Jay K. Joiner)
Subject: Re: 8514 ignorance
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:39:57 GMT

In <1992Sep30.133252.6505@ncsu.edu> stephen@unity.ncsu.edu (Stephen Jackson) writes:

>Excuse my ignorance as far as the 8514 is concerned, but is it IBM's VGA, or SVGA? Or in between? Or neither?

8514/A is IBMs SVGA.  It supports 1024x768x16 or 256 colors depending on
RAM configuration.  It isn't backward compatible, so requires a VGA for
lower resolution modes.
From: checker@acf5.NYU.EDU (checker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Trident driver problems
Date: 28 Sep 92 13:28:10 GMT
Organization: New York University

sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski) writes:

>Did you also delete the SVGADATA.PMI file and use SVGA ON from a full-screen 
>DOS session to make a new file??

Yeah, that was included in this:

>>I think I've tried everything: followed the directions
>>to the letter

I've run svga on a number of times.

Chris
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr)
Subject: Re: WINOS2 mouse problem (was: winos231 mouse problem)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 03:23:06 GMT

In article <BvoJ9J.Lx3@acsu.buffalo.edu> v053qpgh@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric W Sarjeant) writes:
}In article <hatton.718268981@cgl.ucsf.edu>, hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes...
}}shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
}} 
}}}In article <1992Oct1.045059.8526@tamsun.tamu.edu> pzs3761@tamaix.tamu.edu (Pete Sierant) writes:
}}}}    When switching from a full-screen winos231 session to the desktop,
}}}}then back to winos231, I lose my mouse pointer. [Only in WINOS231].
}}}I am not running the beta, but I experience the same problem in WINOS2.
}}}The mouse still works even though there's no pointer.  [Etc...].
}}}Can anyone help me keep my mouse pointer in WINOS2?

}}I think the key to this, and it's in the FAQ, belie, is to set
}}video-switch-notification OFF for WinOS2 sessions.

}I gave this a shot myself but was unsuccessful. [Anything else?]

}Incidentally, the video switch notification sent my graphics board into
}overdrive. The result was just a sea of wavvy lines, maybe this would work
}if I was just set to 640x480 and not 1024x768x256?

Hmmm... Pity.  Turning off video-switch-notification worked for me.
Thanks to the many people who pointed this out to me.  Curiously,
turning it off also caused my video to go "wavy."  I was running an
et4-os2 Tseng driver (the ones converted from OS/2 V1.3).  I was only
trying something out, so when I reverted to the Orchid Drivers, all
was well.

-- 
Larry A. Shurr (las@cbnmva.att.com or att!cbnmva!las) speaking only for myself.
EOR (end-of-ramble)
From: figueroa@SPUNKY.CS.NYU.EDU (Samuel A. Figueroa)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How do you install ATM fonts?
Date: 26 Sep 92 19:36:31 GMT
Organization: New York University

In a previous article, sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
>In article <9209250554.AA14659@cs.NYU.EDU> figueroa@CS.NYU.EDU (Samuel A. Figueroa) writes:
>>I read the FAQ to find out how to install ATM fonts.  I would like the files
>>containing the fonts to reside in the directory D:\FONTS\FONTS.PS.  I tried
>>adding the fonts with the Font Palette.  The Font Palette copied all my fonts
>>to the above-mentioned directory.  Both PFB as well as AFM files were copied;
>>they are there now.  The Font Palette seems to know about all the fonts I
>>tried to install, since it is able to produce the complete list of fonts.
>>But whenever I select any of the fonts, the sample box becomes blank.  Also,
>>the Enhanced Editor seems to hang whenever I try to use any of the newly-
>>installed fonts.  However, every single one of them works fine under WIN-OS/2.
>>I tried adding "D:\FONTS\FONTS.PS;" to the end of the LIBPATH, PATH, and DPATH
>>statements in my CONFIG.SYS, but nothing changed, even after I rebooted.  So
>>the question is, what else do I need to do in order to make these fonts
>>usable?  I would rather not copy the relevant files to C:\OS2\DLL.
>
>Two problems which might be applicable here:
>(1) You must have IOPL=YES in your CONFIG.SYS to use ATM.  Don't ask. :-)
>(2) The Enhanced Editor has a limit of 99 typefaces.  If more than 99
>are installed, EPM will not function correctly.  As far as I know this
>problem has not been resolved even in the Version 5.51 release now
>available via anonymous ftp from software.watson.ibm.com.

I do have IOPL=YES in my CONFIG.SYS.  I don't remember what version of EPM
I was running (I've been switching back and forth for the last few days -
the reason has nothing to do with EPM), but I am only trying to add 37 dif-
ferent typefaces to the ones that came with OS/2 2.0 (i.e., 37 .AFM files,
50 .PFB files, but 13 are just for WIN/OS2, not for PM).  So I must be doing
something else wrong.
------------
Sam Figueroa (figueroa@cs.nyu.edu)
This is not a .signature virus.
Do NOT copy me into your .signature file!
From: Lynlee@cup.portal.com (Linda Stefny Baum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Add a new HDrv to existing.. Answered?
Date: Sat,  3 Oct 92 11:53:30 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na


I have purchased a new Segate st3144a IDE 130meg drive.. Currently I am
running Dual boot off a Seagate st1144a.. I would like to use Boot Manager
and have HPFS on D: drive, leaving C: as a FAT drive, which is ONE large
partician and will remain so, possibly except for Boot Manager.. 

Presently, I have removed OS2 from C: drive (130meg), due to problems
I was unable to solve.. I will need to reinstall it on D: in one large
partition.  Will I need to do a backup of C: before adding D:? or the
Boot Manager?

Please feel free to give advice on anything at all.. I am really havin a
rough time getting OS2 functional..  Back up WPS v3.0 hung on my system, so
I really am starting from Scratch..
My system config:   ' *  ' = things NOT tied into OS/2 v2.0 YET!!
----------------
386/40 -  Ami Bios (3-19-91), Chip Set = OPTI, Processor = AMD
Dos 5.0 with 4Dos.
* OS/2 ver. 2.0 in DUAL Boot with 4OS2 for DOS box/CLI  REM: changing
8megs of ram using 386MAX Mem. Mgr.  (in BOOT /DOS)
130meg IDE Seagate ST1144a Hard Drive with PC-CACHE (Large) REM: currently
*130meg IDE Seagate ST3144a HDrv to be added as HPFS w/ OS2 v2.0 
Hayes Compatible Premier P2400E 2400 baud modem in Com2
Panasonic KX-P4450 Laserjet Printer w/ 1.5megs ram on LPT1
LogiTech TrackMouse (serial/series 9) on Comm1 (boot mouse.sys (MOUSE PC))
Trident SuperVGA board w/ 8900c chip & 1meg ram
* Sound Blaster v1.5 board using IRQ 5  REM: not YET installed to work 
  w/ OS2 v2.0  REM: nother question another day.
* NEC CD-ROM player on a Trantor t128 SCSI board  REM: Not workin in OS2 
  v2.0.  Installed (can see Icon) but get error requestor on accessing.
  Nother question Another day..
No added TSRs (that _I_ know of!) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: clemens@faui8a.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Clemens Beckstein)
Subject: Re: ZIPs on Hobbes --- bug in Info ZIP?
Organization: Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 11:06:57 GMT

Lowey@Sask.USask.CA (Kevin Lowey) writes:

>From hank@ducvax.auburn.edu:
>> In article <BvB46x.DzA@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, loatspa@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Phil Loats) writes:
>>> tried to unzip them pkzip 1.1 can not uncompress them.  Is there
>>> something I missed??  ...Yes, I changed to binary mode, I've got .zoo
>> 
>> You missed the release of Info-Zip Zip 1.9. Get UnZip 5.0 from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu
>> in pub/os2/all/archivers/ or pub/os2/2.0/archivers.
>> 
>> --darrel

>Does anyone know where I can get the authors of this new incompatible
>.ZIP version?  I wish that if they were going to change the standard
>and introduce incompatible compression formats, then they would have
>the courtesy of renaming the archive names from .ZIP to something
>else, like IZP for Info Zip.  It causes no end of confusion for people
>who try to unpack the "zip" files on my BBS, and I'm getting sick of
>having to re-pack everything to .ZOO again to get around this
>confusion.

>-- 
>- Kevin Lowey (Lowey@Sask.USask.CA)
>>>>>> Anonymous FTP to FTP.USASK.CA for DOS, OS/2, and Windows programs <<<<<

Hmmm... just to add more to the confusion:

There is a -k switch for Info ZIP V1.9.
According to the online help and the doc this should create PKZIP
compatible files.
I tried it (under Unix and OS/2 and DOS) but whether I specify
-k or not the files are always deflated --- a compression method
that at least PKZIP 1.1 does not understand.
Or does "PKZIP compatible" mean "compatible to PKZIP 1.93"?
Then what is InfoZIP V1.9 compatible to?

Cheers,

- Clemens
From: checker@acf5.NYU.EDU (checker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: VSVGA.SYS nonsense
Date: 5 Oct 92 00:02:24 GMT
Organization: New York University


I'm getting a little sick of not being able to switch back to full
(non-garbled) screen OS/2 and DOS sessions from my nice high resolution
WPS (using the Trident drivers).  Certainly others are having the same
problem; I've seen many articles on the matter.  I've tried the newest
vsvga.sys from software.watson, but it didn't help at all.  IBM support
seems to indicate that ET4000 users are having the same problems.

My question is:

Is anyone out there using the Trident 8900C/1MB with the 1024x768x256
color drivers that is able to switch to an from non-garbled full screen
text sessions?

Chris
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: OS/2 v1.3 EE Upgrades
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 00:38:38 GMT

In article <pclank01.717700740@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> pclank01@rigel.spd.louisville.edu (Pat C. Lankswert) writes:
>What is the current policy concerning OS/2 v1.3 ==> OS/2 v2.0 upgrades?
>Is there a fee now?  We are particularly interested in Extended Edition.
>Worse yet... we still have the Registration Card... I know, I know, we
>should have sent it in... but we never got around to it.

HURRY: ftp the file upgrade.usa from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, directory
/pub/os2/2.0/info.  Print it out, ignore the date on it, and get it
postmarked by September 30, 1992 (that's tomorrow).

-- 
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").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
From: checker@acf5.NYU.EDU (checker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: VSVGA.SYS nonsense
Date: 5 Oct 92 05:39:48 GMT
Organization: New York University

ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes about two pages of Byzantine
rules to get the Trident driver to work:
>keep trying. The Trident card works...sorta

Before I try this voodoo, will it work?  In other words, can you
consistently switch back and forth to full screen sessions without
the screen being garbled?

Chris
From: hlp-dipl@edvz.uni-linz.ac.at (Andreas Pesek)
Date: Saturday, 26 Sep 1992 19:03:17 CDT
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: graphics co-processor based VGA card - seamless windows driver
Keywords: VGA, graphics co-processer, seamless windows driver
Organization: Johannes Kepler Universitt Linz, Institut fr Experimentalphysik

Is there any VGA graphics card which uses some kind of graphics co-processor
to speed up things, and which also provides a seamless windows driver for
OS2/2.0 ? (for resolutions of 800x600 and up).
Andreas Pesek
K340430 at alijku11.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at
Johannes Kepler Universitaet Linz
Experimentalphysik
A-4040 Austria
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tedm@agora.rain.com (Ted Mittelstaedt)
Subject: A cheap 16550 card
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Keywords:  16550AFN, buffered UART
Organization: Open Communications Forum
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 07:56:21 GMT

Hi All,

   A while ago I posted that I had gotten a cheap $20.00 IDE/serial card and
plugged in a 16550AFN buffered UART.  I received a number of responses asking
where I had gotten such a cheap card, so for the benefit of all here is the
information:


  IDE & FDC & I/O Card   Part# IDE-SPG
  $18.99

  Available at:
   National Computer Accessories
   769 N. 16th St.,  STE 200
   Sacramento,  CA  95814
   (916) 441-1568

  This card does 2 IDE drives, 2 floppies, 1 Parallel port, 1 serial port
with an optional spot for a second serial port.  A 16550AFN can be plugged
right in there, and it needs 2 other support chips a LM1488 & LM1489 Line
driver and receiver.
  One thing to watch, both ports are terminated in block connectors that are
on th circuit board.  There is a supplied block-to-RS232 connector for the
first port, but none for the second.  Also, the info sheet with this card is
VERY slim, just enough to show what the card jumpers do.  There is no pin-out
diagram for the block connector, I figured out mine by tracing the circuit
traces on the board in conjunction with a data sheet for the 1488 & 1489 and
the 16550AFN.  I did this more to be sure that the circuit board was properly
wired, rather than because it is the easiest way.  It was.
  For an extra 2 bucks, you can have the 2nd serial port installed, and I
assume that this would come with 2 block-to-rs232 connectors plus a socketed
82450 that you could simply unplug and throw away and replace with the 16550.

  As an advantage for those hardware hackers, since this is a 16bit card, it
is easy to run a bit of hookup wire from IRQ's 11-16 if you want to use
this with the higher IRQ's

  If you REALLY want to get cheap, you can order a Texas Instruments clone
of the National Semiconductor 16550AFN.  The TI chip is the TI TL16C55A and
is an exact duplicate.  This chip can be had from:

  Arrow Electronics (800-932-7769) for $9.95   you want the DIP package
                                               for the above board part#
                                               TL16550AN

I have this card and a National Semiconductor chip running my Intel 14.4ex
and working quite nicely.  Now, if I could only find a decent OS/2 comm.
program I'd be all set! :-)

Ted Mittelstaedt
tedm@agora.rain.com
From: rob@rjck.UUCP (Robert J.C. Kyanko)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Toshiba CDROM model XM-3301A vs XM-3301B on OS/2
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 16:02:34 GMT
Organization: RJK Enterprises

Does anybody out there know the difference between a Toshiba XM-3301A and a
XM-3301B?  I have the 3301B and can't get it to work with CDROM.SYS /Q /I /N:4.
I get the error 'SCSI-DD error FF01'  No SCSI devices found.  I have an Adaptec
1542B and a Wantek 5150ES (SCSI) I use all the time with relatively current
adaptec drivers.  Can anyone help out here?
--
I am not responsible for anything I do or say -- I'm just an opinion.
             Robert J.C. Kyanko (rob@rjck.UUCP)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: strange boot problems
Keywords: os2
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 03:11:52 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.203118.8890@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> elejw@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (James Williams) writes:
>I have this strange problem when I am booting os2 v2. about half the time
>(or maybe more than half) it gets to just past the logo screen, then beeps,
>and displays the message "os2! sys2069 correct problem and reboot"
>The other half of the time, it gets to this stage, and displays a "can't
>find c:\os2\keyboard.dcp, press enter to continue" message. I them press enter
>and it boots fine, and works. eyboard.dcp is there, when I do a dir , too.
>I have had os2 installed for a month, and It's been working fine , till this
> problem started to occur about a month ago. Can anyone help? It's really 
>pissing me off! I'm running a 20Mhz 386dx, with 2 oldsh MFM HDDs, and 8mb of
>dram memory.

You probably are suffering from a faulty IBM1S506.ADD file.  Replace
it with the patched version, available via anonymous ftp from either
software.watson.ibm.com or ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

-- 
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").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
From: gt3968a@richsun5.gatech.edu (Adrian Che Kan Yang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 Beta installation problem
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:44:00 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


I tried to install the Beta version this morning.  After I installed all
of the first 14 disks, a message like "Constructing System Configuration,
Please wait" ( something like this, can't remember the exact words, you 
know which screen I am talking about ) appeared.  This is normal, but ...
My hard disk keeps on being read/write for about fifteen to twenty minutes.
After that, the system just sits there.

Wondering anybody have this problem or I am just not patient enough.  
Does it have to do the read/write for that long, and does it have to
process something else for a while before I am prompt for the printer
drivers disk and the Win-OS/2 3.1 disks?

BTW, I have a 486-33, 212 Meg IDE harddisk.


Thanks for all your help.


YANG,CHE KAN
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:     ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!gt3968a
Internet: gt3968a@prism.gatech.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: 880506s@dragon.acadiau.ca (James Skinner)
Subject: Another suggestion
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 22:53:48 GMT


	
	A nice feature when in a Fullsceen text session would to be able to
still cord on the mouse and get a window list similiar to the way that the
program vswitch works.  What do you think IBM?
	


-- 

-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
        James Robie Skinner        |     Jodrey School of Computer Science        James.Skinner@dragon.acadiau.ca  |  Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
From: 00vmszopa@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 virtual machines & viruses
Date: 6 Oct 92 09:30:53 GMT

In comp.virus there was a message from Vesselin Bontchev about
viruses and OS/2 with something interesting in it:

>"...(F)urthermore, most file infectors that do not use dirty tricks
>will happily infect in the DOS sessions. The "nice" thing is that
>since all DOS sessions use one copy of the command interpreter, if
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                                
>a virus succeeds to infect it, this means that it will infect all
>DOS sessions. So, you'd better get some protection..."           

And here I thought that one of the "bulletproof" aspects of OS/2 was
the fact that EACH DOS or Windows 3.0 session had its OWN virtual
machine complete with command interpreter, memory access, and 
independence from other processes. Seems to me that DOS-specific
viruses would only be capable of crashing one virtual machine and 
(possibly) disrupting any storage media (ie, hard drive), and not of
bringing down the OS as a whole.

Before foolishly posting to a moderated group, two questions:

1) does each DOS session have its own interpreter?

2) if so, might not OS/2 be the perfect place for DOS programs, 
since an OS/2 virus protection application could monitor all 
suspicious activity and I/O, etc., by the virtual sessions?

BTW, I haven't used it--only read about it. (see .sig)

Thanks!

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00vmszopa@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu  	
oh god free me from my yellow-phosphor gilt XT.
just a 486 with OS/2 before i die. oh and VGA too
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