HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Subject: Re: Icon editing and attachment
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:00:54 GMT

Mike M. Skala <MSKALA@ESRIN.BITNET> writes:

>In article <BxItEs.G2v@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S.
>Tan) says:
>>
>>1.  Open the icon editor and create (or edit) the icon and use the
>>    File-->"Save as" feature to rename the icon (assuming you don't
>>    want to overwrite the original).
>>
>>2.  Open the settings for your program(s) and use the 'Find' feature to
>>    locate the icon.
>>
>>I keep a directory (with subdirectories) for icons.  That way, I can use

>1. works perfectly for me, but in 2. the find starts at the OS2
>Desktop directory and *not* at a user definable dir.
>Problem is I can't find a way to change that and I don't
>like to put user thingies in system directories.
>
>mike
>
>--
>Mike M. Skala
>mskala@esrin.bitnet

If you happen to know the directory containing the icons (e.g., C:\ICONS),
you can go to the "Path" tab of the Find notebook and type in "C:\ICONS"
directly (which is probably faster than playing with the directory tree).
This will select look under C:\ICONS rather than the desktop.

-- 

Jack Tan                                     Sattinger's Law:
jahk@uiuc.edu                       It works better if you plug it in.

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sveini@mack.uit.no (Svein-Ivar Lillehaug)
Subject: MicroSolutions Backpack 60/120 and OS/2
Keywords: "Control program" needed 
Organization: University of Tromsoe
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 09:59:11 GMT

I miss the possibility to run this streamer under OS/2 (connected to
the parallel port). Does anybody out there have - or know where to
find the control program for the streamer under OS/2?

//Svein-Ivar
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: disk image problems
Date: 14 Nov 92 00:43:44 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Distribution: na
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <BxM6o1.Jz9@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> wkristle@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Kristler) writes:
>I've a problem(big suprise) with running dos from a disk image file.
>I can't seam to write to my hard drive. I've get a general failure writing 
>device C. Any ideas? I might have set something up wrong on the disk that
>I did the image of. I can do a directory of the disk with no problem.

You should read very carefully the information in Appendix E of your
Installation Guide and in the online Command Reference under VMDISK
(and related topics).  Hint: FSFILTER.SYS.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0g, available from
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Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
From: dan@ni.umd.edu (Dan Burns)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Backup Options
Date: 10 Nov 1992 07:37:39 -0500
Organization: University of Maryland College Park
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ni.umd.edu
Keywords: Backing Up, CSD, Jumbo 120


Repost due to no response:

I have 2.00 loaded on my computer and am going to install the CSD.  My
computer is a Gateway 2000 with a Diamond Speedstar with 512K onboard.
Before I install, I want to do a complete backup of my system.  OS/2 is
installed on my D: drive (extended partition) using HPFS.  I have a Colorado
Jumbo 120 tape drive which I am waiting for a driver from Colorado to use
under OS/2.

My question is what is the best way for me to do an entire system backup,
that I could restore in the event of disaster.  I have gnutar, MKS tools
(cpio/tar/pax), eabackup etc...  Is there a way to make a large tar type
backup to my C: drive ( I do have the disk space), boot dos, and backup
using my tape drive?  If so, what is the best sequence of programs that I
should run?  Likewise, what would be the sequence that I would use to
restore the entire system, without having to do a re-install?

Thanks in advance for your help.

--Dan
From: marcino@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Paul Marcino)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS2SYS.INI file keeps growing to > 5 MB
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 10:55:53 CST
Organization: System 6626 BBS, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

c9e-aw@volga (Claudio Fahey) writes:

> Yesterday, my OS/2 system was behaving very strangly.  The problem
> turned out to be that the OS/2 partition was full.  I rebooted and
> looked at what was taking up so much room ( the swapfile was on another
> partition ).  The problem was the OS2SYS.INI file.  It grew to around 5
> megabytes!  I deleted the huge file and replaced it with an older one.
> However, this one is  also growing.  It started at around 108 K and now
> it's up to 1.5 megabytes. In just one day it grew over a megabyte!
> Does anybody know what the problem might be?  Until I find a solution,
> I'll have to replace the INI file every few days.  BTW, I have the
> Service Pack installed on a pure GA system so I suspect a bug in the
> Service Pack.
> 

Yes - I have had the same problem - after I installed the Service Pack 
within six days my OS2SYS.INI had grew to 4.25 MB. I used a COPYINI to
reduce the size of the file down to 200K, but it has started to grow 
again, 200K yesterday and 148K today so far. I have not reported this
to IBM yet.
 
I am running GA with SP on a 386-33, with 8MB and ATI ULTRA. I suspect
it is a problem with using 16 bit drivers with the 32bit GRE.
 
paul marcino
From: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS2+VIO windows=110baud
Date: 9 Nov 92 08:38:40 GMT
 <1d6kb1INNq5d@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <16831@umd5.umd.edu>
 <1992Nov5.232026.1367@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich



In article <1992Nov5.232026.1367@leland.Stanford.EDU>,
dhinds@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Hinds) says:
>
>
>S3, whatever) are kludges that still basically suck.  Still, blaming
>the problem on the hardware is a lame excuse, because this problem has
>been SOLVED BEFORE.  Desqview-386 did lazy screen updates to get
>better video performance; in fact, my text windows, through Desqview's
>virtualized display drivers, scrolled much faster than full-screen DOS
>without the virtualization layer.  Of course, these were text-mode
>windows, and I don't expect the same when comparing bit-mapped windows
>with full-screen text.  But this does prove the method works without
>much overhead.
>
What drivers are you all using? Is that problem only with 800x600 and 1024x
768 resolution or do you have it with VGA as well ???

On my system (33MHz 386 with _ET3000_ VGA) text scrolling in DOS windows
IS FASTER than in full screen DOS 5.0 booted without OS/2.

While printing 1000 lines of text from Turbo Pascal takes 12s under plain
DOS 5.0 it only takes 7s in a OS/2 DOS window with the 14x8 pixel font.
The timing was done by hand and by the benchmark program.

Having not used SVGA drivers with OS/2 and given the fact that someone stated
his SPARC being 200x faster on scrolling 1000 lines in about 1s than his ET4000
should I now expect a ET4000 with the new drivers beeing 30x slower than my
ET3000 ??? Or are you perhaps doing funny things with your DOS settings ???

Michael Bode.
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Genoa 6400 drivers?
Date: 14 Nov 92 00:55:06 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Nov13.003858.8906@u.washington.edu> olsont@stein.u.washington.edu (Todd Olson) writes:
>Does anyone know if there are any graphics drivers
>that will work with a genoa 6400 card in 800x600 16/256
>color mode or 640x480 256 color mode?

I do know drivers are available for the Genoa 7000 series.  Look for
file genoa7k.zip, in /pub/uploads right now on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu via
anonymous ftp.

I'm afraid I don't know of any for the 6400.  Perhaps Genoa can be of
some assistance.

-- 
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Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Service Pack Results...
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:15:46 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Nov5.155029.20839@cbnews.cb.att.com> shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
>
>Well... I don't want to argue the point since I agree fundamentally that
>when data are coming into the window fast enough, then line-by-line update
>is "wasted motion."  However, when the data aren't coming in very fast, at
>2400 baud say, then line-by-line may be the way to go.  Notwithstanding our
>possible disagreement on this point, OS/2 windowed VIO & VDM sessions are
>so slow that it's impractical, even at low data rates.

The best thing to do for text windows would be what VDM's do for
graphics sessions.  Create a virtual display space for each windowed
session (just like full-screen sessions get) and update the window
based on a timer.  So your window will update every 10th of a second
or so.  The refresh speed can be s system setting just like it is a
DOS setting.


-- 
David Charlap         |"there aren't 50,000 things for which it's worth writing
dic5340@hertz.njit.edu| software; and the computer industry doesn't have enough
----------------------+ programmers to create that much good software.
Therefore, most of it must be worthless" -- Boris Beizer "The Frozen Keyboard"
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: geurin@texasex.nosc.mil
Subject: Re: OS2SYS.INI file keeps growing to > 5 MB
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:40:29 GMT

In  <c9e-aw.721536016@volga.Berkeley.EDU>  c9e-aw@volga (Claudio Fahey) writes:
> Yesterday, my OS/2 system was behaving very strangly.  The problem
> turned out to be that the OS/2 partition was full.  I rebooted and
> looked at what was taking up so much room ( the swapfile was on another
> partition ).  The problem was the OS2SYS.INI file.  It grew to around 5
> megabytes!  I deleted the huge file and replaced it with an older one.
> However, this one is  also growing.  It started at around 108 K and now
> it's up to 1.5 megabytes. In just one day it grew over a megabyte!
> Does anybody know what the problem might be?  Until I find a solution,
> I'll have to replace the INI file every few days.  BTW, I have the
> Service Pack installed on a pure GA system so I suspect a bug in the
> Service Pack.
>

Are you running DeskPic?  I tried deskpic the other day and it crashed my
system.  The reason was that it had filled up my OS/2 partition by
inflating the OS2.INI to 16MB!  Granted it's not the OS2SYS.INI, but you
might want to check it out.  I just checked and my OS2SYS.INI file has
grown to 600k.  Hmmmm.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cro@socrates.ed.asu.edu (C. R. Oldham)
Subject: Tseng 4000 speed comparison on generic and Diamond boards.
Keywords: tseng 4000 performance
Organization: North Central Association, Commission on Schools
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:51:53 GMT

Greetings,

Having read all of the complaints about bad 32bit GRE performance and
problems with Tseng 4000 drivers, I was not looking forward to
installing the service pack.  I was pleasantly surprised, however,
when I put it on my home machine (486-33/AMI bios/16Mb ram/128k cache/120 Mb
HD/Generic Tseng 4000 board "Ultra VGA" with sierra ramdac).  I've got *better*
performance now than I did using the old Orchid drivers.  Even in 256
colors at 800x600 resolution!

I was severely disappointed when I installed the SP on my work machine
which is almost identical to my home one except I've got only 64k of
cache, 200Mb HD, and a Diamond Speedstar Plus.  Sadly, display
performance is as everyone says--BAD.  I had to go back to 640x480x16
to stand it.  And I'm not just talking about text scrolling speeds.
For example, Deskpic's flashlight screen saver/animation on my home
machine bounces around the display like a basketball during an NBA
game.  At work, the same animation acts more like a hot air balloon
than a basketball.

Can someone explain to me why this is?  Are Diamond's cards so flaky
that some generic board manufacturer can blow them away?  Or does my
extra 64k of cache in the home machine really make that much
difference?


Charles R. (C. R.) Oldham | North Central Association, Commission on Schools
cro@socrates.ed.asu.edu or| Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3011   _
aocro@acvax.inre.asu.edu  | 602/965-8700 | #include "disclaimer.h"          X_>
From: marten@feki.toppoint.de (Marten Feldtmann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: CD Beta Installation
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 92 18:03:22 GMT
Organization: Private OS/2 System

In article <5NOV199209232343@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> smbrush@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Andy Brush @Sverdrup) writes:

>I used the installation program to set up the CONFIG.SYS in the boot 
>diskette with FD8XX.ADD, and tried both the CDROM.SYS driver and the 
>CDROM_G.SYS driver, with the same results.  I tried using SCSI address 0 
>and 2 with each combination of drivers.

 Well, SCSI-ID 2 should be ok for the CD-ROM. Seems to be the default
value for a CD-ROM under OS/2. The Toshiba drive should be ok, too -- I
have also a Toshiba drive. But I have an Adaptec, perhaps that's the
problem? On the other hand: did you remove the double entries in
config.sys?

 MF




--
Marten Feldtmann,     Kieler Str. 29,       2300 Kiel 14,    Germany
E-Mail: marten@tpki.toppoint.de, FAX possible
From: dhichens@awadi.com.au (David Hichens)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: "DOS from Drive A" fails with "Illegal Instruction" error.
Date: 11 Nov 1992 03:23:24 GMT
Organization: AWA Defence Industries
Distribution: world
Reply-To: dhichens@awadi.com.au
NNTP-Posting-Host: sallee.awadi.com.au


G'Day,

	Has anybody come across the problem of "DOS from Drive A" failing with an "Illegal Instruction" error? The problem occured both before and after installing the service pack.

	Thanks for any assistance.


		Regards,


		David Hichens.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Distribution: jadpc2
Date: Fri,  6 Nov 92 00:35:00 -0800
From: Boulton_Fernando@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Subject: 256 colors?
Comment-To: Sean_J._Orourke@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Reply-To: Boulton_Fernando@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
X-FSC-PATH: 202/514

 > I'm using the Orchid Prodesigner IIs drivers at 800x600x256, but
OS/2
doesn't 
 > seem to want to recognize the 256 colors.  Is there anything I can
do to force 
 > OS/2 into 256-color mode? 
 
Are you using the drivers that came with the service pack?  I am using

it on my machine and I get full 256 colour support.  I have the same  
Orchid card as you do 
 
___
 X KWQ/2 1.0C X 

--- Maximus/2 2.01wb
 * Origin: OS/2 Connection @ La Jolla, CA  <619-558-9475> (1:202/514)
From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: What is the verdict on the CSD/SP??
Date: 6 Nov 1992 19:25:15 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

earlyd@newt.ee.byu.edu (David Early) writes:



>What is the verdict? does it cause more problems than it is
>worth?  Everyone has various complaints, but did it solve
>anything??  Did IBM boo-boo big time?

The SP has cured a number of annoying glitches in the WPS and made my
system very stable.  My only complaint is that the 8514 driver is if
anything, a little bit slower.  Hopefully, "IBM is aware of the need
for a better 8514 driver" ;-)


-- 
Jon Hacker
Caltech, Pasadena CA
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tholen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen)
Subject: Re: Window Washer
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 11:26:27 GMT

Al Dhir writes:

> In a previous article, Tim Sipples claims that a screensaver called Window
> Washer is available via hobbes.  I couldn't find it.  Anyone else?
> 
> Perhaps it's time for an all-inclusive index on hobbes.  I am sick of
> going into directory after directory looking for something.

Motion seconded.  However, I also realize that hobbes is a service to the
user community, and that such an effort is time-consuming.  I'm willing to
be patient.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: doug@shako.Colorado.EDU (Doug McKnight)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Trascan Imitation
Reply-To: doug@shako.Colorado.EDU (Doug McKnight)
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 21:39:18 GMT

>>My approach may have already been mentioned, but what i did was to 
>>make a template trashcan, "tear one off the pad" and when it is 
>>full I just shred the whole trashcan. >

>>Douglas

>  Yeah, I know that one has to "tear one off the pad" to replace the
>dearly departed most-recently-shredded-trashcan, but hey!  This takes
>care of all of our problems so it seems a small price to pay.  If there
>are any holes in this idea I would like someone to bring them up.
>Otherwise, I think Douglas you have come up with a winning idea, whether
>or not you realized it!

>WAY-TO-GO!!!
>Andreas.

Of course I realised it... I'm just a modest kind of guy... :)
The menu was really just some experimentation. I suspect that once 
people get used to the object oriented style, that lots of things 
will be done in slightly different ways. I hope that these ways will 
become easy and intuitive for even throwbacks like me.

Douglas
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Joel's ATI drivers and the SPP
From: <JXL103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:59:44 EST
 <10260@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM><19921106.092704.273@almaden.ibm.com>
Organization: Penn State University

Could you tell me about these ATI drivers and how I can get them?
are they 32-bit?  make use of the mach 8 processor on the ATI graphics
ultra?
From: durby@almaak.usc.edu (Dennis Durby)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Pause in loading  OS/2
Date: 13 Nov 1992 11:44:57 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: almaak.usc.edu
Keywords: os2, bug

I am using the Beta release at present, and ever since installing it about 
5 weeks ago or so I have had a similar problem.  However, after getting to 
the "logo" screen (the larger one), intermittently the system completely 
stops loading.  The copyright info and the logo remain on the screen sometimes
as long as 110 seconds (nearly two minutes!) before proceeding with the 
message "Loading -- Please Wait".  The OS takes nearly 2 minutes to load on my 
386/25dx when this isn't happening, so when this does happen, it takes almost 
four minutes to load OS/2.  This seems crazy to me, and I'm vaguely tempted 
to regress to dos until os/2 is a bit more efficient.  If I have the 
occasional system crash, then the auto chkdsk adds about another 5-7 minutes 
to the loading process.  Yech.  I really like much about OS/2, but this 
slow loading, and the incredibly slow printing from WINOS/2 3.0 and 3.1, gives 
me pause (very LENGTHY pause, sometimes ;) ).  Oh, well. . . .  suggestions 
welcomed!

-Dennis Durby-				| PRAY for the homophobes.
durby@scf.usc.edu			| PRAY for Coloradoans. They need it.
The University of Southern California	| BUT love the snow.
    "There's no signature like yo' signature, like no signature I know!"
-- 
-Dennis Durby-				| PRAY for the homophobes.
durby@scf.usc.edu			| PRAY for Coloradoans. They need it.
The University of Southern California	| BUT love the snow.
    "There's no signature like yo' signature, like no signature I know!"
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mmtl@hobson.cc.flinders.edu.au (T.Lampre)
Subject: Re: Cann't run gcc:sys1808
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 23:57:50 GMT
Organization: Flinders University

In article <zhao.721173846@unixg.ubc.ca> zhao@unixg.ubc.ca (Jiansheng Zhao) writes:
>
>In order to run gcc under os/2, I reinstalled os/2 (HPFS), and 
>unpacked gccbin.zoo, gcclib.zoo and gcchdr.zoo. It seems all files
>are at the right place. However, I have trouble to compile the simplest
>C program.
>1). I added d:\gcc\bin to autoexec.bat (my os/2 is on D: drive),

You need to put this in you CONFIG.SYS file. Autoexec.bat is just for
DOS programs.

>however, os/2 cann't find d:\gcc\bin\gcc.exe, no matter how I tried.
>2). When running "gcc sample.c" under d:\gcc\bin, I got the following
>error message:
>"abnormal program termination.
>SYS 1808:
>The process has stopped. The software diagnostic code (exception code)
>is 0006".

This is gcc/2's polite :-) way of telling you that it can't find a
program to execute, probably cpp.exe in this case. Fix you config.sys
as above and reboot. Should be ok then.

Trevor Lampre
<mmtl@cc.flinders.edu.au>
Flinders University of South Australia
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: loekken@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Jack Viktor Loekken)
Subject: Re: TE/2 question (was Re: Try this (I *LOVE* OS/2 2.x) ...)
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 07:30:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.215845.3836@nmt.edu> stimpy@nmt.edu (John Reynolds) writes:

[... stuff deleted..]

>When I run TE/2, it dials, and all that, but after I get the connection,
>it just sits there with a black screen. Admittingly, when I use procomm,
>it will just sit there until I press <Return> about a million times (I've
>been told that is the terminal server's problem, not mine), yet TE/2 just
>sits there even after hitting <Return> about a million times.

What do you mean by 'sits there with a blank screen'? If it sits there
with the dialing message box and claims that it is still dialing, even
if the connection is made, you have to make some additions to your
configuration file (either te2.ini or modems.inc if this is included).

Unlike most other comm programs, TE/2 apparently does not use the carrier
detect signal to determine if a connection is made. Instead it looks at 
the output from the modem, and tries to match it against a set of strings
that you have to specify in your configuration file. The strings should
be of the form : Connect	"modem response string",nnnn. The modem
response string is usually of the form "Connect nnnn" where nnnn is the
baudrate it has connected with, or it is only "Connect". Here is an
extract from my configuration file :
	Connect       CONNECT^M,19200
	Connect       CONNECT_1200,1200
	Connect       CONNECT_2400,2400
	Connect       CONNECT_9600,9600	
	Connect       CONNECT_14400,19200
(Notice that you should use underscore to indicate a space in the modems
connect string.)

A quick way to find out if this is your problem, is to try dialing from
the terminal screen instead of using the dialing directory. i.e just
type ATDTnnnnnnn, where nnnnnnn is the phone no., from the terminal
screen. If you are able to make a connection with this method while
unable to connect using the dialing directory, this is your problem.

Hope this helps !

>
>-Jr
>
>
>-- 
>Windows...It's like a stale cookie.    | #include <~os2/personal.opinion.h>
>OS/2..."It's like buudaah" (SNL quote) | John Reynolds stimpy@jupiter.nmt.edu


--Jack