HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak)
Subject: Re: Udell's complaints about the WPS in the August Byte.
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Mitre Corporation
Distribution: all
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:29:28 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.155939.25435@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>,
riehm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Riehm) wrote:
> 
> Anyone care to comment about Jon Udell's complaints that

Sure.
 
> 1) the WPS is prone to crashes

In my experience, the WPS is reasonably stable.  It does crash once in a
while, but the occurence are very far apart.  When a crash does occur, the
WPS automatically starts up again so it really isn't a big deal.

> 2) It is "maddeningly slow" - he gives several examples, including the fact that
> his PS/2 25mhz Model 70 with 6 mb of ram takes 3 seconds to open a folder with
> "just a few icons".
> 

I don't know if it is quite that slow but the WPS is slow and it is a real
memory hog.  I would hope that the CSD has a "WPS Lite" that is faster and
smaller.  

Despite its problems, the I really love the WPS.  When OSs in beta, I was
shopping for a new computer.  I really didn't want to get an Intel box but
once I saw OS/2 (and the WPS), I ended up buying a 486.

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From: dvss!jtroy@udel.edu (Jay Troy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Sony Bus CD-ROM
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 10:45:12 EDT
Organization: Delaware Valley Solution Systems, Inc.


> Sony tells me that someone (he thought IBM) was working on a generic
> CDROM driver that would support the Sony BUS CDROM drive.
> Can anyone comfirm or deny this?

Sony told me that a company called On-Line was working on an OS/2
driver for the interface card that they provide to Sony.  I called them.
The card is ONLY for MICROCHANNEL.  Sony told me that they had no plans
to develop a driver for the Sony bus ISA card.

> Until then, what process do i need to go through to get access to the
> CDROM from a DOS AND WIN-OS/2 window? I suspect it is something making
> a boot image floppy or something, but dont know the details....

Right, check out the docs for the command VMDISK.  You copy all of the files
that you need (CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC, drivers) to the diskette image and make
a DOS box boot from it.


 Jay Troy        Delaware Valley Solution Systems, Inc.
                 Computing Solutions for Business and Industry
                 P.O. Box 190 // Claymont, DE 19703 // (302)798-DVSS
                 Internet: ...!udel.edu!dvss!jtroy (jtroy@dvss.UUCP)
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From: jmp1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JEFFREY MICHAEL PARSONS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: HELP!  I can't delete anything!
Date: 28 Jul 92 18:48:52 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

I've been running OS/2 for a while and have had no real problems.  Recently
though, I tried to delete a bunch of files to free up space.  I "shredded"
their icons and then deleted the files at the command line.  To my amazement,
there was only a tiny change in my free disk space.  I don't have the undelete
option enabled.  What's going on?!?  It's so bad now that the system has
slowed to a crawl with only about 3Mb free.

BTW, so I make myself clear:  The files do disappear, but thier space is not
freed up.

Thanks, Jeff

Jeff Parsons
Lehigh University
Physics Undergrad
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From: mrb@arrc.salf.ac.uk (Mark Burgin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: (re-post) Reading a 720K write-protected disk hangs my system
Date: 27 Jul 92 10:14:49 GMT
Reply-To: mrb@arrc.salf.ac.uk (Mark Burgin)
Organization: Advanced Robotics Research Centre, Salford, UK.

Appologies if you have read this already, but I am re-posting as I received
no replies and I know we had problems with our news feed when I originally
posted.

I have found a new way to crash my system when using OS2.  If I try to open 
the A: drive folder (a 3.5 inch drive on my system) immediately after booting
and the disk in the drive is 720K and write-protected, then after a bit of 
disk activity from the floppy and the hard disk, the system goes dead although 
the mouse pointer still moves.  Pulse stops and nothing short of C-A-D seems 
to have any effect.  If the disk in the drive is 1.44Mbyte or is not write-
protected I don't see this problem and if I access the drive B: folder 
(a 1.2Mbyte drive) first then all is well.  I haven't been able to tie down
exactly what causes the problem to go away, but if I run an application or 
two from my C: drive first, then I don't seem to get a problem either.

Has anyone else experienced this behaviour.  Not a very serious bug, perhaps,
as it only happens under very strict circumstances, but I am curious to know 
if there is anything different about my setup that is causing the problem.


Thanks in advance

Mark Burgin
From: mok@links.net.com (Ron Mok)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: LINKS in a full screen DOS session
Date: 25 Jul 92 01:28:11 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Network Equipment Technologies

Did anyone get LINKS to work in a full screen DOS session?
If so, what DOS settings are you  using?
I tried LINKS.BAT and everything froze with a blank screen,
apparently due to TITLE.EXE.
Next I tried executing GOLF.EXE directly and was able move around
to select options etc.  However, soon as I tried to hit a shot,
everything froze again with the club right at the impact position.
The only way out, then, is a HARD-RESET.

I tried different DOS settings without any success.
The game work fine under DOS 5 with QEMM 6.

Any help will be most appreciated.
Thanks in advance.


Ron Mok
Network Equipment Technologies
mok@net.com

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
Subject: Re: Monitor/video card advice
Reply-To: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:41:02 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.140318.10341@athena.mit.edu> abernard@athena.mit.edu (Andrew Bernard) writes:
>
>1) Can I keep my video card and run a bigger monitor?
>
Yes.  I have a Pro IIs and just upgraded from a 14" to 17" monitor.

> - if so do I need new drivers for the prodesigner?
>

No you shouldn't.  I just had to do some mild tweaking with svga on/off, xmode,
and stuff because my 14" monitor could only handle a refresh of 45Hz 
interlaced at 1024X256 and the 17" could do much better.
>
>3) Monitor suggestions - including vendors in US especially if they offer
>academic discounts.
>

I got the Nanao 550i.  It's great and seems to have a better list price/
street price ratio than other 17" monitors.  I think list is about $1700 and
I got it for $1040.  Expect to pay in the $1000-1300 range in general for
a 17".

The Nanao 550i and MAG 17f were both PC Mag's Editor's Choice in a recent
comparison of 17" monitors.  I also looked at a Viewsonic 7.  Nice monitor,
but for $10 more I thought the Nanao was a better deal.

-edg-
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de (Holger Veit)
Subject: HPFS specs, thanks and more specific request
Date: 29 Jul 92 06:25:06 GMT
Reply-To: veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de
Organization: Uni-Duisburg FB9 Datenverarbeitung

Some days ago, I posted a request for *technical* infomation on
the HPFS file system. I got to date about ten answers all of them
telling me about a file that is available on ftp-os2.nnmsu.edu in
/pub/os2/info/all/os2-hpfs.txt. Many of them directly mailed it.

The corresponding paper is:

Duncan, Roy, Design goals and implementation of the new High Performance File
System. (includes related article on B-Trees and B+ Trees), Microsoft Systems
Journal, Sept 1989 v4 n5 p1(13) 


Thanks to all who replied.

Unfortunately, this is not exactly what I wanted to have. It is not that this
article is quite old. It is too unspecific for me, it is a general survey
for the casual os/2 user. What I wanted to have is *detailed* *technical*
information about the exact disk layout. I have known before that HPFS
is nearly a completely reverse engineered BSD UFS (Unix) File System with
some minor "improvements."
(See for instance: Superblock, boot area layout, block bitmaps, 
"fnodes" (=Unix inodes), "bands" (=BSD Cylinder groups), "BTREE" management 
of blocks (=Unix direct,indirect, double,triple, indirect block references 
in inodes), hotfix area (=spare replacement tracks) etc.) Differences are 
the btree directory structure (of course we all need that because everyone 
has at least one "typical directory of 65,640 files"), and the EA's.

A Unix filesystem is described quite exactly by a number of *public* data
structures (/usr/include/ufs/*.h files, on non BSD systems in 
/usr/include/sys/*, etc.)

This is what I am really interested in. What is the exact structure of e.g.
the superblock and other interesting areas (see above)? I need this
information to access HPFS file systems externally. (Note: Don't try to
tell me that this is not possible because OS/2 traps for instance the INT13.
When I say external, I mean external, i.e. not from a booted OS/2 or DOS).

Thanks in advance

Holger

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From: trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Going for it!
Date: 29 Jul 92 00:27:45 GMT
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

Well, due to all the advice I've seen and things I've read, I've finally 
decided to take the plunge, so to speak, and buy OS/2 2.0.  I currently own 
Windows 3.1, and so I got OS/2 for $49.  Now, all I have to do it wait for 
it to arrive...

Thanks to everyone on this newsgroup for their input!

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From: tamu@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Henderson)
Subject: Mouse goes crazy.  It's a live!!
Summary: What to do about the mouse!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 11:58:45 GMT
Keywords: mouse, os2


Howdy out there.  I've got my first problem.  It is somewhat minor, but
it is annoying.

The mouse has got a mind of its own!  Once in a while it will pop to the
top of the screen.  It seems to be worse in win-os2.  The patches that I
have are:

black icon disease, latest kernal, and mouse.sys(I thought this one was
for the crazy mouse problem.) maybe some others, but these are the main
ones.

The only patch that I needed was the swapper one, but I installed some of
the others because of reports of possible speed improvements.  The mouse
has not always down this.  So I'm thinking about re-installing if I can't
come up with something else.

The mouse is a true blue microsoft in a clone 486-33/8 meg.

Thanks,
Todd
tamu@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Programs Keep cComionng Back After Boot-up
From: robertson@physc1.byu.edu
Date: 31 Jul 92 10:10:14 -0600
Distribution: world
Organization: Brigham Young University

In article <19444@plains.NoDak.edu>, person@plains.NoDak.edu (Brett G Person ) writes:
> 
> 
> I keep getting a DOS box and an OS/2 box Whenever I reboot OS/2.
> 
> I have tried the following things as per the advice of IBM tech
> support and my local SE to no avail. 
> 
  Try using SET RESTARTOBJECTS=STARTUPFOLDERSONLY in the config.sys file

  Jim Robertson     robertson@physc1.byu.edu
From: sillett@edc3jr.gsph.pitt.edu (Robert L. Sillett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Fastback and OS/2
Date: 27 Jul 92 03:05:58 GMT
Organization: Epidemiology Data Center, University of Pittsburgh
Originator: sillett@edc3jr.gsph.pitt.edu


I am trying to get Fastback (the latest version) to work under OS/2
2.0.  While I can backup to a FAT, HPFS, or network drive, I cannot
back up to floppy.  The OS/2 README file tells me that I might have
"problems" backing up to floppy (wow!).

Has anyone been able to backup to floppy?

Thanks in advance.

--- Bob


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From: tellabs.com!stein@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How to Isolate a bad SIMM?
Date: 22 Jul 92 21:50:00 GMT
Organization: Tellabs, Inc.
X-mailer: Stadel 3.4a-227
X-Spam-content: irrelevant


In article <62471@cup.portal.com> selliott@cup.portal.com (J Steve Elliott) 
writes:
>OK, I've been getting Trap 0002's on a pretty regular basis now. IBM says
>it's a bad simm. They recommend removing one at a time til it goes away. 
>The problem is that it may happen once a day, or once a week. Second, my
>system requires certain SIMM configurations, such as 4 4meg simms, 8 4 meg
>simms, etc. I have 16 MB on 4 simms, and my system won't run with only 
three.
>      
>So, does anyone know of a way to isolate a bad simm? Does the trap 
information
>have anything in it which indicates the failing address? Is there any 
>diagnostic software that just exercises memory? (My POST test passes all
>16 MB everytime.) At this point, all I can think of is buying another SIMM
>and replacing one at a time til the problem goes away for 1 month. 
>
>Thanx, Steve Elliott

Before you start replacing SIMMs you may wish to wait for the outcome of my 
TRAP and IPE adventures (see thread "OS/2 has fallen and it can't get up"). 
The
latest story from IBM is that my 1989 AMI BIOS can't cut it. Well since I was
considering an upgrade anyway I proceeded to order Mr. BIOS. I expect to have
 
this installed and tested by Thursday and will post my results on Friday. 
Stay
tuned.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: dbrake@cyclone.mitre.org (Dennis Brake (PSI) X7767)
Subject: Adding a Hard Drive
Organization: Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 12:23:33 GMT


   I have OS/2 and DOS installed on a Segate 1102A (89 Mb) disk and I am 
using dual boot. This configuration has worked well except I'm cramped
for disk space. So, I've just purchased a Segate 1239A hard drive (211 Mb) 
and I am trying to add it to the system. At this point I have two questions:

   1) I've added this disk to the BIOS (AMI 5/90) using 1272 cylinders
      and it reports 211 Mb. When I run FDISK it only reports 161 Mb for 
      the drive. It seems that the BIOS or OS/2 is only allowing 1024 
      cyl.  So, I changed the BIOS setup per Segate's extensive :-)
      documentation to have less than 1024 cyl. The BIOS and FDISK now 
      report 201 Mb.  My question is, where is the cyl. limit being applied
      and can I get my 10 Mb back?

   2) I would like to keep C: as it is (FAT with dual boot) and put 
      OS/2 on D: (HPFS). This way I can boot DOS using dual boot 
      or from a floppy and access all the files on C:. The big question 
      how do I acomplish this? I've tried to reinstall OS/2 on D: and
      FDISK will only allow me to create or delete a partition.

Thanks for your help
Dennis
From: "andrew makiejewski" <andrew.makiejewski@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: how much real memory
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:30:24 EST
Reply-To: "andrew makiejewski" <andrew.makiejewski@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems


Is any program out there for OS/2 2.0 that displays the true amount of
memory available. So far all the ones I have tried keep telling mr that
I have 512K all the time. I would like to know how much real RAM is
available plus whatever else.

Today while working with OS/2 and having a number of programs loaded,
I noticed that the system was rather slow while returning to the WPS.
Also my Swap File size was getting close to 10megs.

I have 8megs of RAM and find all this a bit much to take. Can anyone
shed some light on this.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jsanchez@polari.online.com
Subject: Re: Busmouse
Organization: Seattle Online Public Access Unix
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:00:02 GMT

I had a Logitech Buss Mouse on my system and it worked fine.  I suspect
that your problem may be the IRQ setting. Check that it is set to a non
used one (probably IRQ 5 unless you have lpt2 active).

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From: dougb@novell.com (Doug Barlow)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Redbooks have Arrived (3/4) (9 days from call)
Date: 24 Jul 92 15:29:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Novell Inc., Provo, UT, USA

>Hal N. Brooks writes:
>
>   I too received only volumes 1, 2, and 4.  Though I wasn't expecting
>   the elusive volume 5, I was expecting volume 3.  The packing list
>   gave no hint that volume 3 was back-ordered, or that the order
>   was only partially fulfilled by this shipment, but there were
>   instructions for reporting an error in the shipment.
>
>   My question is, are those of you who only received volumes 1, 2, and
>   4 sending back the packing list with the completed "order receipt
>   summary," or are you just hoping that volume 3 will magically
>   arrive someday?
>

I aslo received my volumes 1, 2, and 4.  So I called my local IBM
office (which also happens to be the place I ordered them from) and a
very friendly person told me that volume 3 is on back order and is
due to ship after August 1st.

Hope this helps.

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From: ADUNSMUI@TOROLAB6.VNET.IBM.COM (Al Dunsmuir)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 12:25:30 EDT
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: The Future of OS/2
Reply-To: SPOOLIST
Organization: IBM Canada Laboratory Ltd, Toronto, CANADA
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0
            <26JUL199218573755@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>
            <19920728.091632.659@almaden.ibm.com>

  Sorry for the size of my previous posting!  I inadvertently quoted the
original posting twice while editing my posting to include John's note.

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?
From: tenny@euclid.uoregon.edu (Nathan Tenny)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Western Digital drivers?
Date: 28 Jul 92 19:41:23 GMT
Organization: University of Oregon Network Services

Is there any hope of seeing 640x480x256 drivers for WD-chipset cards?  (I  
believe mine is based on a PVGA1B chipset...)

Thanks

	NT
From: synapse.isis.org!evan.champion@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM FTP site
Date: 20 Jul 92 18:51:00 GMT
Organization: SYNAPSE BBS - GATINEAU, QUEBEC - 819-561-4321
X-mailer: Stadel 3.4a-227
X-Spam-content: irrelevant

ST>Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
ST>From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
ST>Subject: Re: IBM FTP site
ST>Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1992 04:27:26 GMTMessage-ID: 
<1992Jul18.042726.4849@actrix
ST>.nz>

ST>In article <qXu1NB2w164w@uuisis.isis.org> evanc@uuisis.isis.org (Evan 
Champi
ST>writes:
ST>> Does anyone know how to get an "allfiles" list (similar to 00Index from
ST>> ftp-os2) from software.watson.ibm.com?  Thanks!
ST>>
ST>> Evan

ST>Sure! Just type "dir".......:-)

The problem is that I can not FTP from uuisis.isis.org the normal way.
I have to mail a message to file-server containing stuff like:

get /ftp/128.123.35.151/pub/os2/00Index
quit

This is why I want to know if there is an allfiles listing.

Evan
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From: scastill@nmsu.edu (Steve Castillo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: GT16MB.ZOO - ???
Date: 26 Jul 92 16:51:37 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: NMSU Computer Science


What does gt16mb.zoo do for ISA machines with gt. than 16mbytes?  Does
it allow os/2 to allocate the memory above 16 mbytes for swap space or
does the memory actually get used as program space?  Despite all the
postings about this problem, I have been unable to find out what this
fix does.  Thanks in advance.

Steve Castillo
New Mexico State U.

scastill@nmsu.edu
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From: marten@feki.toppoint.de (Marten Feldtmann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Deskjet 500 printing problem
Distribution: world
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 08:33:47 GMT
Organization: Private Site

hamzy@cse.fau.edu writes in article <1992Jul28.235753.22944@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>:

> The Epson driver would be the recommended choice.  I take it you have problems
> printing anything.  Here is what you need to make sure of:
> 1) You need a cable that has ALL 25 pins.  <= 6 feet would be nice too
> 2) You have no interrupt conflicts.  OS/2 uses interrupt driven printing.
>    Make sure that no other device uses IRQ7 (such as the sound board)!
> 3) Make sure that your adapter (if you have one) for the LPT port supports
>    interrupt driven printing.
> 
> Some tests to make sure that the OS/2 side printing works is: a print screen
> of the desktop or drag and drop config.sys and select plain text.

 Hmmm, I did this and I had many problems with it: the screen shot was a
very little picture. Changing the resolution of the printer driver (HP
Classic) to 150 dpi shows no difference: the same little picture. I
still have white horizontal lines in my printed screen shots.

 By the way: printing from WIN-OS/2 shows NO problems!

 These problems with the Deskjet+ drives my crazy !

 MF
 
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From: tedc@cs.ubc.ca (Ted Chen)
Subject: msd.exe
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 19:59:32 GMT

Someone mentioned that I could find MSD.EXE at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  It's a
system utility a la Quarterdeck MANIFEST.  Where is it?

Ted

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