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From: jpalmer@zeus.calpoly.edu (John Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: OS/2 - AS/400
Summary: Request for information
Date: 12 Nov 92 07:31:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: zeus.1992Nov12.073108.199013
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

I am extremely interested in how an OS/2 machine could interface with
an AS/400. In addition, I am interested in finding more information
about the AS/400. 

Thank you for your consideration in this matter. I look forward to your
email reply. 

John
jpalmer@pan.calpoly.edu
From: d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Sytos Plus Version 1.35 Device Support List
Date: 6 Nov 92 02:10:44 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg Sweden

laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:

>There seems to be quite a bit of interest in Sytos Plus (for OS/2) and the dev
>that it supports.  I hope someone finds this of enough interest to justify the
>typing...

Does Sytos Plus 1.35 work on OS/2 2.0?  Does nayone know if it is possible
(and how to do in that case) to upgrade the Sytos Plus 1.33 that is
included with my MS Lan Manager Server NOS?

Mikael Wahlgren
From: rolfe@w3vh.UUCP (Rolfe Tessem)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Problems setting up TRN
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 18:59:37 GMT
Organization: Lucky Duck Productions

jeff@claw.clearpoint.com writes in article <JEFF.92Nov3155623@claw.clearpoint.com>:
> 
> 
> I am trying to set up news at home using UUPC.  I have successfully
> gotten a feed, but I have not been able to get a program to read the
> news.  First I tried to get Emacs GNUS to work, but was not able to do
> this, so I figured that I would get TRN (which says it is made for
> this type of setup).

I don't know about TRN, but SNews 2.0 works fine (in fact I'm posting
from it right now.) It's available on ftp-os2-nmsu.edu.

Rolfe
 

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: ileicht@jarthur.claremont.edu (Spiff)
Subject: Re: TCP/IP for OS/2
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 00:37:39 GMT

In article <1992Nov7.160237.23925@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>In <JR5051.92Nov6212457@cehp17.coewl.cen.uiuc.edu> jr5051@cehp17.coewl.cen.uiuc.edu (Them that be them) writes:
>
>>>TCP/IP for os/2 is also made by IBM. If you have access to the
>>>educational discounts, you get the whole deal for less than $300. This
>>>software is pretty good (although LaMail, the mail reader is below
>>>average) and IBM really does take care of the users well. The whole deal
>>>includes X, TCP/IP (with lots of adaptors supported). I would recommend
>>>it to anyone.
>
>>     Do you know if slip is supported?   Thanks!
>
>Yes.

Works fine.

>
>Now for my question.  If I wanted to run OS/2 2.0, SLIP, X, and NFS on
>a 386-25 with only 6 MB of memory, just how unbearably slow would it
>be? 
>
>[Probably a silly question, but I can dream, right?]
>

My swap file hovers around 8mb when running TCPIP, and Xwindows. Its making
me think about what needs to be done to get myself upgraded from 8 to 12 megs.

>-- 
>"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
> in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.
From: rgaudre@triton.unm.edu (Ron Gaudreau)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Service Pack Bugs?
Date: 9 Nov 92 11:56:00 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

The only bug I was having was that my COM1 port was enterferring with
my COM2 port. I called IBM and they managed to screw up my system in
one step to the point that I had to re-install from scratch. 
Hopefully IBM will get their act together. It seems that the Service Pack
team isn't releasing information about changes they have made to the IBM
Support Line people. It was only after they called the Service Pack Team
and that my computer was screwed up that they started faxing info that
essentially said 'Don't do what you did because it will not work in
the Service Park. If you do, then it will render your computer inoperable'
NOW THEY TELL THEM.

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    University of New Mexico      | 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: colin@novell.com (Colin Goldstein)
Subject: Re: How do IBM and FTP TCP/IP packages compare?
Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 22:55:43 GMT

In article <921109083431@rgam.sc.ti.com> 5692330@mcimail.com  (Robert Gammon) writes:
>
>>> At some point in the near future, I hope to be able to get the FTP Software
>>> TCP/IP package for OS/2 via a site-licence. This would make it a lot cheaper
>[stuff deleted]
>>> in both intrinsic (e.g. it doesn't have X-Windows - I know this is the case,
>>> but is it possible to run the IBM X-Windows program over the FTP kernel?)
>[stuff deleted]
>>> 
>>> I'd greatly appreciate any information on the differences between these two,
>>> and what the main considerations ought to be in choosing between them.
>>> 
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>> 
>>> Richard Stanton
>
>As it presently stands, IBM's X-Windows package will NOT run on top of FTP's
>stacks.  I heard a rumor that they may offer a patch in the near future that
>would allow this combination to work.  I see in the news groups that they are
>also thinking about a stack that would be visible to DOS and Windows sessions
>under OS/2.  This would considerably expand your choices for X. Contact them
>at support@ftp.com to follow-up with more detailed answers. I use FTP's product
>quite happily, I have no need for X.
>
Although Novell's Lan WorkPlace for OS/2 (ver 3.0) has no direct X support,
it does have virtual drivers so it is possible to run most applications
written to the Lan WorkPlace for DOS in a VDM. This includes X packages
from Hummingbird and AGE which are both Windows based.

Colin
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel)
Subject: Re: Sytos Plus Version 1.35 Device Support List
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 15:53:28 GMT

In article <d9mikael.721015844@dtek.chalmers.se> d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren) writes:
>
>Does Sytos Plus 1.35 work on OS/2 2.0?  Does nayone know if it is possible
>(and how to do in that case) to upgrade the Sytos Plus 1.33 that is
>included with my MS Lan Manager Server NOS?
>

My new Dell with a Wangtek tape unit came with the DOS version of
Sytos Plus (don't recall the version no.).  On the 30th, I called
Sytron (their phone # is in the manual - don't have it handy now since
I'm at home) and they sent me info and an order form for the upgrade
to OS/2 by fax.  The order form said a "special offer" was to expire
Oct. 31!  I called back on the 31st. and ordered the upgrade for $70.
Now it's $90.  BTW, I asked about regular pricing for the OS/2
version.  They told me it's $395 and going up to $495 Nov. 1!  I
nearly choked.  PS.  You can order the upgrade by calling the company
phone number.

-- 
Pierre von Kaenel	| Skidmore College	     | pvonk@skidmore.edu
Math & CS Dept.		| Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 | (518)584-5000 Ext 2391

"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." Oscar Wilde
From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Corel DRAW! 2.5 for OS/2?
Date: 9 Nov 1992 20:03:16 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:


>Does anyone know if this can actually be purchsed? It has been out for two
>months, but the local distributor (Renaissance Software) seems to be dragging
>it's heels. 

>Right now, it is far easier to get a pirated copy than it is to
>get the real thing. I'm sure the Corel folks won't be happy to know that the
>black market is way NZ OS/2 users can get their product!
> 

I have a copy sitting on my shelf.  I got it for $99 as an upgrade from the
windows version.  It came about 2-3 weeks ago.  It works well although the
install program created a folder that had nothing in it and caused my
system to slow to a crawl whenever I tried to open it.  I deleted the
folder, and all was well.  

Also, it required 26 Mbytes of disk space to be free before it would 
install.  Strangely, it did not consume all 26 Mbytes! (more like 15
or so I think)


-- 
Jon Hacker
Caltech, Pasadena CA
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: jhrv@ellis.uchicago.edu (John M. Kim)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 4
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Reply-To: jhrv@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Center for Population Economics
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:11:55 GMT

In article <BxK182.GA8@access.digex.com> gary@access.digex.com (Gary L. Bobzien) writes:

[nothing]

OK, so let me give it a shot.  Does anybody know if/when HP LaserJet
IV drivers will be released for OS/2?  (I already called HP---they
don't have it)

John

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
From: cc_paul@rcvie.co.at (Wolf Paul)
Subject: Re: Port of unix 'find' on OS/2?
Reply-To: cc_paul@rcvie.co.at (Wolf N. Paul)
Organization: Alcatel Austria - Elin Research Center, Vienna
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:25:18 GMT

In article <sens.3.721028065@FASECON.ECON.NYU.EDU> sens@FASECON.ECON.NYU.EDU (Sunando Sen) writes:
)There is an OS/2 2.0 version of GNU find (as well as locate!).  It is in a 
)file called "GNUFIND.ZIP" (or some such) in the directory /pub/os2/2.0/gnu.  
)GNU find was never part of their file utilities package anyway.  I don't 
)know how you can use it search many different partitions though, since under 
)Unix different partions are mounted as directories.  Would "find / -name 
)junk -exec rm {}\;" delete all files named "junk" in all partions?  I have 
)only one partion, so I haven't been able to find out.  However, find, locate 
)and updatedb all work very nicely under OS/2.  Hope this helps.

It's very simple, you just specify more than one path, like so:

	find c:/ d:/ e:/ -name '*.tmp' -exec rm {} ';'

and it will delete all files whose names end in '.tmp' on drives C, D, and E.

UNIX find (and I assume GNU find) allow more than one starting
directory; the man page on SUN OS shows the syntax,

	find pathname-list expression

Regards,

Wolf
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: ail8070@tamsun.tamu.edu (Andy I. Liaw)
Subject: trident 1024 driver under os2 after apply service pak?
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:44:00 GMT

help!!!

I applied service pak to my os2 and it didn't look like it's running
in svga mode.  I ran dspinstl (sp?) and nothing changes.  So I downloaded
the 1024x768 256 color driver and install that according to instruction.
after that it gives me "os2krnl is inappropriate"  or something like
that, and refuse to boot altogether.  

So, my question: is this happenning because servpak has 32-bit graphics
engine and the trident driver is 16-bit?  How do I get 1024 resolution 
under servpak with a trident 8900C?

andy liaw
aliaw@stat.tamu.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
From: sens@FASECON.ECON.NYU.EDU (Sunando Sen)
Subject: Re: Port of unix 'find' on OS/2?
Organization: New York University
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 09:36:26 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.003355.27420@spock.UUCP> roland@spock.uucp (David A. Braun) writes:

>Where can I get *any* copy of tar for OS/2 (or even poor old DOS for that 
>matter), I've been stuck without the root password on our UNIX net, I didn't
>know I could get tar for intel? Where?
>
>Thanks, Roland.
>

Now you can have the best, i.e., the GNU tar.  The latest version (1.11.1) 
comes ready with makefiles for emx/GCC for OS/2 and various DOS compilers, 
so that should answer both your questions.  You can get it from, e.g., prep.
ai.mit.edu.  You can also get GNU tar for DOS and OS/2 from hobes.nmsu.edu.  
There is a 32 bit version for OS/2 2.0 and 16 bit version that runs under 
both DOS and OS/2.  You can also get emx/GCC from the same site.  As far as 
I know, the Microsoft and Borland C compilers for DOS aren't available for 
ftp.

Regards,

Sunando Sen
sens@fasecon.econ.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.programmer
From: 5692330@mcimail.com  (Robert Gammon)
Subject: Re: MATLAB for OS/2 ---- Make it Happen!
Nntp-Software: PC/TCP NNTP
Organization: Texas Instruments Materials and Controls Group
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:48:05 GMT

In article <45284@ogicse.ogi.edu> francis@atmos.cse.ogi.edu (Francis Moraes) writes:

 >> price@helios.unl.edu (Chad  Price) writes:
 >> >I seem to recall that the Windoze version is rewritten to be DPMI compliant.
 >> >This means effectively that is becomes OS/2 usable, even though not OS/2
 >> >specific. They are just now going into beta with the windoze version. Existing
 >> >customers with OS/2 2.0 might be able to get pre-releases by asking to beta the
 >> >windoze version under OS/2. You'd have to call and ask of course :-)..
 >> 
 >> We recently got the J version of DOS Matlab which is working quite well under
 >> OS/2 (the company does not officially stand behind this however). Anyway, we
 >> told the folks at MathWorks that we _really_ hated MS-Windows and that we
 >> would _really_ like an OS/2 version and they said that there were _really_
 >> ten times as many MS-Windows users as OS/2 users and that they had absolutely
 >> no plans to do an OS/2 version. they also said that they had to work _very_
 >> closely with MS in order to get MatLab to work at all and they were very
 >> discouraging about getting it to run under OS/2 (but they also made no claims
 >> about version J working either so I don't know).
 >> 
 >> francis@eeyore.atmos.ogi.edu

I got nearly the same response from them.  About 5 people in Mathworks were
copied to on the reply to me.  We had ordered and received the Windows version
and we complained bitterly about the use of 386 Enhanced mode.  Their response
"Sorry, we can only make our program run in 386 Enhanced mode, the good news is
OS/2 2.1 will support 386 Enhanced mode.  Yours is the first request for OS/2 2.0
support, we have no plans to support OS/2 2.0 and since we are a 32-bit program
already, our performance under OS/2 2.x will be nearly the same as we are under
Windows."  This is NOT an exact quote, I used the quote marks for emphasis.

Lets keep the heat on.  Please, even those of you who may have little or no
interest in MatLab or any other MathWorks products, please help the rest of
us out.  Send email to info@mathworks.com requesting that they support OS/2
2.0 ASAP.

--
Regards,
Robert Gammon
(713)-274-3299       (voice)
(713)-274-2324       (fax)

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: jarman@ee.ualberta.ca (Andrew Jarman)
Subject: Tape backups - what controllers?
Pate: ee.ualberta.ca!jarman
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:35:42 GMT

Here is a good mindbender for anyone out there who has a tape backup.
If anyone can shed some light, or at least let me know what they have
as far as hardware, it will be greately appreciated.

What I have:  I have 2 60Meg tape units purchased from Sysgen (Reliant) 
The markings on the drive read "CaliPer CP-60B".  I suspect Sysgen
purchases these drives from someone else, but who?  Anyone know?
One drive has a sticker on the front that says: QTD-60i.  Both units
are the same.  

One controller card is an EV-831.  I have no documentation for this card
anywhere.  The other controller is from Sysgen.  I have no detailed info
on this card either (only "set these jumpers for this drive, etc...")

I suspect the drives are really Tecmar QT-60i (or very similar) because
of the label on the one unit.  These drives are pretty old, by the way, 
at least 3 years.

I have an old copy of Sytos for DOS, and I can upgrade for $90 U.S. 
I found out from an associate who seems to remember that the EV-831 is
a slow card, (ie. had to add wait states to run on an 8Mhz bus).  Is this
true?
What I want to do is this.  I want to use Sytos, since I can get it cheap.
It would be nice to use these drives, since I already have them.  I need
to find a decent controller.  Finding a compressing controller would be nice,
but any info would be helpful.  Specifically:
1) Does anyone know who makes the EV-831 board.  Phone number?
2) Does anyone have a Tecmar drive or have a phone number for them?
3) Does anyone have any specs for either of the above units?
4) The Sytos manual says the controller for a QT-60i is a PC-36 or a 
   Tecmar QIC-02.  Does anyone know anything about these cards?
  
Another approach..
I got a letter from Sysgen offering me an upgrade to a newer 120MB drive
for $200 U.S.  They will include Central Point Backup for DOS/Windows.  I
can get is cheaper with no software.  It uses the QIC-80 format (not
supported under Sytos - too bad).  I know that IBM makes a program
called PM Tape.  IBM's support line didn't have any info on the formats
supported.  Does anyone know if IBM supports a QIC-80 format.  If so,
then I can get PM-Tape for $148 and a 120MB Drive for ~$200.  Otherwise,
I'll stay with the same drive I have (60M), upgrade to Sytos Plus for OS/2 
and try to find a controller.  

Any comments about PM-Tape?  WIll id backup open (system) files.  Can it
be run across the network?           

If anyone can shed any light, please EMAIL me.  I will summarize if anything
useful comes out.

Thanks a lot!


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From: gkushmer@jade.tufts.edu (Greg Kushmerek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: DeScribe 4.0
Date: 11 Nov 92 15:26:02 GMT
Organization: Roger Mellie Enterprises, PLC

In article <4LT2TB2w165w@tcscs.UUCP> zeta%tcscs@idss.nwa.com (Gregory Youngblood) writes:

>   gkushmer@jade.tufts.edu (Greg Kushmerek) writes:
>
>  > For anyone interested:  I just received my DeScribe 4.0 free upgrade offer
>   > in the mail yesterday.  If you haven't gotten one then it should be
>   > coming soon!
>
>   Please post your impression of it as soon as you can...
>
>   I'm very curious to see how this compares to other products...


I think I should have been a bit more specific - DeScribe mailed me the
paperwork so that I may receive the upgrade.  I don't have the new software
yet - but I mailed away the paperwork and should get it within a month.

Sorry,

--gk
From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Deskpic problems
Date: 6 Nov 1992 19:58:50 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: physics.ubc.ca

adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir) writes:

>In article <83057@ut-emx.uucp> fly@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Neil) writes:
>>
>> Apparently, the deskpic screen saver dos not work under the service pack.
>>All that happens when the saver times out is the screen locks to what 
>>was on it at the time.  
>>
>>Has anyone had similar problems with it?
>>
>>Thank you.

>Works just fine for me.  I haven't had a single problem with it.  As a 
>matter of fact, all the screensaver modules for Deskpic that DID NOT work
>before, under GA, now work perfectly also.

>-- 
> ============================================================================
> Al Dhir                      			   Technical Consulting Staff
> Internet: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu	  	 University of Maryland, College Park
> Bitnet:   adhir%cygnus.umd.edu@Interbit      (301) 405-1500 * (301) 405-3014

I found that I had to minimize DeskPic to the workdesk, not the
minimised viewer, as otherwise it  had a tendancy to overlay a full
screen image of the desktop over the desktop, which meant you could not
do anyting as the image had the focus, not the desktop- It looked as if
everything had frozen. BUt the image of the desktop could be pulled away
to reveal the real desktop ( Yes, I know it sounds weird). Anyway
minimising to the Desktop seems to have solved all those problems.
From: jhrv@ellis.uchicago.edu (John M. Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: TCP/IP for OS/2
Date: 7 Nov 92 23:26:55 GMT
Reply-To: jhrv@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Center for Population Economics


In article <1992Nov7.160237.23925@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>
>Now for my question.  If I wanted to run OS/2 2.0, SLIP, X, and NFS on
>a 386-25 with only 6 MB of memory, just how unbearably slow would it
>be? 
>
>[Probably a silly question, but I can dream, right?]
>

For small apps, it'll probably be ok.  For anything major or lots of
concurrent processes, expect a lot of thrashing.  We run two PCs with
OS/2 2.0 + TCP/IP + X + NFS and they both thrash quite a bit during
bootup, but once that's over, most apps run pretty well.  Occasionally
large print jobs (spooled to a unix host) will slow down the machine
to a point where it's almost unusable.  We have emacs and TeX loaded
from NFS drives on our Suns, and it's pretty slow but still usable (of
course your definition of usable might be different from mine).

One PC is a 386DX/40, 8MB, Trident in 800x600x16 mode.  The other is a
386DX/25 with a 387/25, 9MB, Compaq VGA in 640x480x16.  Both use
3com503 8 bit cards.

John
From: francis@atmos.cse.ogi.edu (Francis Moraes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: TCP/IP for OS/2
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:31:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: ogicse.45316
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute, Atmospheric Sciences, Beaverton, OR

I just talked to Corporate Software about getting TCP/IP for OS/2. They had
two things: a base kit for $130 and a total kit for $442. The total kit
includes the base kit plus the extended kit, the NFS kit and the X-windows
kit. Does anyone know what these kits are? All I want to do is run X apps
over an ethernet on my PC along with the local software. Thanks.

francis@eeyore.atmos.ogi.edu
From: tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael D Kretzer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: GTAK with the Service Pak
Date: 6 Nov 1992 18:35:28 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: world
Reply-To: tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

From article <720943052snx@ananke.stgt.sub.org>, by ak@ananke.stgt.sub.org (Andreas Kaiser):
>   > Has anyone tried using the GTAK tape backup software on OS/2 2.0 with
>   > the Service Pak applied?

Just to answer my own question, I did finally get GTAK 2.01 to work on my
system.

The weird part is that my tape drive has to be not only powered up, but
a tape must be inserted and the ready light must be on, or I get
an 'EXECPTION IN AHA154x' trap.  This wouldn't be much of a problem,
but my tape drive, an Exabyte, take a long time to get 'ready'.  I extended
the time in Boot Manager to 30 seconds, and this gives the drive enough
time to start up.

Is there source code for SCSITAPE.DMD out there?  I'd like to debug it
to see why it's generating an exception if my drive isn't ready...
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