HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu (John H. Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Doing Multiple Simultaneous Floppy Copies
Date: 3 Oct 92 08:50:37 GMT
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711

orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net (Orville R. Weyrich) writes:

>I tried to format two floppies (3.5 and 5.25) simultaneously and was 
>disappointed that the two drive lights alternated, i.e. I did not seem to
>get any speedup.

This is a limitation of your drive controller, not OS/2.  On MCA
systems, both drives can be accessed simultaneously.  I don't know
about EISA drive controllers.
-- 
John H. Kim                 | (This space to be filled when I
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Service Pack Update from IBM (LONG)
Date: 5 Oct 92 19:09:05 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Oct5.043357.4777@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito) writes:
>You'd really have to be crazy to wait for the service pack that DOESN'T have
>the 32-bit graphics engine.  Some reasons are:
>
>1) Many new apps will REQUIRE the 32-bit engine (Corel Draw is the first)

No.  The 32-bit calls will be thunked down to 16-bit code if you don't
have the GRE.

>2) The new display drivers will REQUIRE the 32-bit engine

Maybe.  But I think the drivers will be thunked as well if they have
to be.

>3) IBM has been touting the 32-bit GrE for so long, where do you think THEIR
>   development efforts are going?

So?  If you have an app that works, why should it matter if
development efforts have been going elsewhere.  Perhaps I want to wait
for all the new 32-bit bugs to be reported before I commit to it.

>4) Let's face it, if it takes LONGER to produce a pack with LESS, you KNOW
>   something isn't right.

What are you referring to?  Who is taking longer than what to produce
what pack with less of what?  IBM's SPP (bug fix only) is coming out
at the same time as the one with the GRE.  It might be shipping later,
but that's because they want to push the high-demand packs out first.

>5) If you have problems, you'll want code that is SUPPORTED.  Sure, IBM will
>   support both, but which pack will get MORE attention?

Does it matter if you get enough attention?

>6) If you install the 16-bit code, it'll be a REAL PAIN to get it off and put
>   the 32-bit code on (re-format, re-install 2.0, then install 32-bit pack).

Maybe.

>DEATH TO 16-BIT CODE!

Prejudiced, aren't we?
-- 
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: lkan@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Linus Kan)
Subject: Optimize OS/2 on 486 machine 
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 05:31:12 GMT

Hi there:

I have a 486 machine with 16Meg RAM plus 2 hard drives (120Meg each)
using FAT.

Any advice on how I could optimize OS/2 on my system would be most
appreciative.

I get warnings that my SWAP file is full--what is the limit and could
I extend the size?

I really like OS/2 but weird things happen every now and then:

*one of my objects on the desktop turned black--ie. from an image of
a disk to a black square.

*unable to delete .exe files because OS/2 apparently is accessing it
--but I don't see the running process in the Task List.

*can't SCAN for viruses on OS/2--got to boot-up from DOS.

*can't understand why OS/2 performs a warm-boot--anyone know when
and why it does that?...not enough memory?

*I run downloaded utilities from ftp sites and it hangs the system
completely--so what does 'protected mode' mean.  Yeah, I can't close
the process...can't even bring up the Task List (keyboard and mouse).

*can anyone explain why my system takes more than a minute to shutdown.
That's what OS/2 did when I selected the Shutdown menu.

Again, let my emphasize that these doesn't happen repeatedly--but
my view is that a 'revolutionary' OS such as OS/2 shouldn't 
allow such events to occur.  Yeah, yeah--nothings perfect...not
even OS/2.  I guess I've got to live with it--I've COMPROMISED
with DOS' memory limits and Windows' UAE.

AND why aren't there better video drivers for OS/2?!

Anyway, thanks for your time ...and responce.  

linus@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
           
 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: amah@IASTATE.EDU ()
Subject: Strange problem with OS/2.
Reply-To: amah@IASTATE.EDU ()
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 04:57:16 GMT

Hi!


I have recently installed OS/2 on my system (486-50 with 16MB RAM). The problem
that I am having is  that I can't find SHUTDOWN or LOCKUP in the desktop pop-up
menu.

Like all pop-up menus for the open windows and folders, it lists file functions
(copy, delete, print etc.; except that it doesn't have a "close" choice). Am I
doing something wrong? As I understand, to get a pop-up menu, you have to press
the second mouse button. For a desktop pop-up menu, the cursor should be at an
area on the screen outside of any currently opened window.

Can anyone help?


Thanks!


Max.

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net (Orville R. Weyrich)
Subject: Re: On installing new beta.
Reply-To: uunet.uu.net!weyrich!orville
Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 13:31:03 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.171331.18351@netcom.com> rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain) writes:
>What size partition need be created for the new beta?  Can it be the
>D: disk or must it be the C: disk?  Has anyone figured a way to use
>wpsbkup to restore your old WPS setup to the new beta?

I decided to be "smart" and repatition my one 62 MB drive on the system I 
loaded the beta onto into a 42 MB C: system partition and a 20 MB D: data 
partition. 

Big mistake. After loading everything my system partition had about 4 MB left. 
Fortunately I was able to fire up the editor to move swapper.dat to the D: 
drive in config.sys and reboot. [I know I need more disk space -- I am 
still waiting on a couple deals to come through for some more RLL drives that I
made over on misc.forsale.computers].



orville

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (TOBIN MATTHEW CREEK)
Subject: Re: Beta report
Originator: tmcreek@c00477-224wi.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (TOBIN MATTHEW CREEK)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 03:01:47 GMT


In article <1992Sep27.232919.26577@unlv.edu>, slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos) writes:
>In article <1992Sep27.002922.14115@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> quan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Tony Quan) writes:
>>
>>1.  The vadlibd.386 file (part of the Adlib sound board driver for
>>Win 3.1) is missing.  Anybody have this file?
>
>It seems that all of these drivers are missing. Also missing (at
>least) is vsbd.386 (which is for Sound Blaster support). I scanned all
>of the compressed files on the Win-OS2 3.1 disks with UNPACK /show,
>and it just ain't there. I've decided that this might not be a Windows
>file but an OS/2 file and I am thinking about downloading the MMPM/2
>Sound Blaster drivers and seeing if it is in there...
>
>>Win-OS/2 3.1 really hauls compared to Win-OS/2 3.0.  It should settle
>>any naysayers who think that OS/2 doesn't run Windows fast enough.
>
>I agree completely. It's still not the WPS, but I think 3.1 has some
>nifty features. Have you seen the "Mouse Trails" feature in the mouse
>setup? I wouldn't mind having that on the WPS...
>
>-- 
>Steve Lumos - slumos@cs.unlv.edu
>

vsbd.386 is a Win 3.1 file.  When it tells you to insert disk 3 of the 
Win-os2 3.1 disks, insert disk3 of the MS Win 3.1 disks.  OS/2 will load the
driver.  HOWEVER, mine does not work right.  It replays part of the .WAV 
repeatedly (like 4 dings in a row).  The Media Player and conyon.mid make
for nice background musac, though :-)

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: murraya@ecf.toronto.edu (MURRAY ALEXANDER W)
Subject: Re: Crashes with TE/2 - have you seen this
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 04:18:09 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.035303.8665@cbnews.cb.att.com> shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
>In article <1992Oct5.140435.714@cbnews.cb.att.com> shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
>>I've liked what I've seen with TE/2 and think I should pay my shareware 
>>fee, but I've run into a problem.  Got four crashes while running TE/2
>>while doing other things (diskcopy & assorted other programs).

I used to see this under OS/2 1.3 EE fairly often.  Not any more:  2.0 GA made
it go away.

>
>>Two of the crashes were Trap 2's followed by "internal processing error"
>>information as follows:
[...]
>>
>>	Internal revision 6.311, 92/05/14
>

...a post-GA beta, hmm?  GA was revision 6.307N.  Regardless:  a trap 0002
is a memory parity error...

>Steve Withers in Wellington, New Zealand told me that these were caused
>by the new com.sys driver from the comm2210.zoo set of drivers.  I've
[...]
>withing 10 minutes as before.  Now, running the old com.sys, I've not 
>had a trap for 1 1/2 hours and was running numerous other things at
[...]
Like me -- TE/2 runs fine with the GA com.sys.

I just thought it was strange that a different com driver would force the
memory hardware-related trap message to occur.

Incidentally, for all ye still running TE/2 1.10C, version 1.20 is available
for FTP at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in /pub/os2/all/comm.  I have no affiliation
with this package -- just that I've tried it out and found it quite
impressive.  Wish it had ZModem aborted-file-recovery, though.  Suppose I
could install m2zmodem or something as an external protocol.  (Nuf said,
wrong newsgroup for this.

Regards,
Alex
-- 
 __   __ __   __ ______  ______   _____  __    __  _____
 ___ ___ __   __ __   __ __   __ __   __  __  __  __   __           Alex Murray
 __ _ __ __   __ ______  ______  _______    __    _______     Comp Eng 9T3-not!
 __   __  _____  __  ___ __  ___ __   __    __    __   _murraya@ecf.toronto.edu
From: ddurby@aludra.usc.edu (Dennis Durby)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How do you install ATM fonts?
Date: 26 Sep 92 10:23:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: aludra.1a2uu8INNgt9
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

I installed the beta last night.
I, too, have been unable to get my old ATM fonts to install.  IOPL=Yes is in 
my config.sys file.  At one point today, when going into full-screen 
WINOS2/31 the ATM logo showed up with a big yellow X through it, but it isn't 
even appearing now.  When I go to the printer object (HP DeskJet 500>Epson
6000 etc.), and open settings, I get NOTHING that indicates any fonts at all 
are installed.  No buttons to push to configure, nothing.  When I go to the 
font palette, the appropriate screen comes up and I choose Edit.  I am 
prompted for the drive/directory of my ATM fonts, and I enter "d:\psfonts\pfm" 
and it comes up blank.  I tried d:\psfonts and came up blank.  I copied all 
of my font files (pfm and pfb) to a directory called "fonts", but still came 
up with nothing showing in the add fonts window.  Suggestions?  I can't 
access these fonts in either WINOS2/31 nor in OS/2.  Haven't checked whether 
they're working in WINOS2 (vanilla version).  Very frustrating!  HELP!!!

-Dennis Durby-				|  From the City of 4,157 points of
durby@aludra.usc.edu			|  light . . . .  A veritable
The University of Southern California	| "Burning Bush"  (poor Barbara)
		    "A signature?  I can't even type!"
From: gt8080a@prism.gatech.EDU (Henry 'Hank' Harlan Roark III)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Real-Time Data Acquisition Using DMA in OS/2 2.0?
Date: 6 Oct 92 02:29:07 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I just found an article from January 1990 Dr. Dobb's Journal that uses
a Direct Memory Access (DMA) controller, the Intel 8237A, DMA chanel 1,
and a home-built card that uses a FIFO chip, IDT7202, to do real-time
data acquisition.  The programs that were written for it are in C, meant
to to be compiled using Microsoft C with the /Gs switch (whatever that means,
I don't do MS C) and dos.h and bios.h as header files.  It uses an undocumented
DOS function 0x34:  it returns the register pair ES:BX.  (Most of the 
programming I have quota makes no sense to me!, just the hardware.)

Anyway, has anyone heard of a similiar scheme in OS/2 2.0?  Is there any
"This is the way it is, very little theory of data acquisition here" book
for OS/2 2.0 real time data acquisition?  I am in definite favor of being
able to build my own device, use and in some cases modify exsisting C programs
for its use.

Help, please.  Hardware hacker at heart here.  That, and I don't have the money
or need to buy professional data acquisition equipment.


-- 
Henry "Hank" Harlan Roark III | UNIX--An OS for those that don't have to pay.
Georgia Tech                  | OS/2--An OS for those that do have to pay.
gt8080a@prism.gatech.edu      | DOS --An OS for those that don't care.
My views only, not GT's       | Windows--An OS, NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: cl45@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ching-Tse Liu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: A list of CD-ROM drives that work with OS/2 2.0
Date: 5 Oct 92 01:09:44 GMT
Reply-To: cl45@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ching-Tse Liu)
Organization: Columbia University

Hi,
	I am wondering if a list of OS/2 2.0 compatible CD-ROM drives exists.
Does it have to be SCSI to be supported natively by OS/2 2.0.
If no such list exists, I would like to hear from people who have
their CD-ROM drives working successfully under OS/2. Then I will
post the list in this news group.
	When you respond, please indicate whether you obtained a driver
for OS/2 2.0 from the manufacture or the drive worked with the driver
supplied with OS/2.
	Thanks for your response.

       		                     	***********************
--cliu@merlin.appmath.columbia.edu	*   CLifton T. Liu    *
--cl45@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu		***********************
From: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Help - Disappearing Settings Notebooks
Date: 6 Oct 92 07:06:38 GMT
Reply-To: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs


In article <tadr.718338326@lore>, tadr@doe.carleton.ca (Tom
A. D. Riley) writes:
|> I've had some problems with settings notebooks
|> disappearing from folders. When this happened to 
|> some basic folders, it was an inconvenience. Now
|> it has happened to my desktop folder!
|> 
|> When I try to open the settings, everything 
|> goes as expected except that the settings _don't_
|> open. ctrl-esc shows the settings in the 
|> window list but trying to activate the settings
|> doesn't pop up the window. Is there any thing I
|> can do to get this control back??

Yes,  go to the task list, click MB2 on the "settings" entry,
then choose
'tile' or 'cascade' - this brings the notebook back onto the
screen, though
you'll more than likely have to resize it after this ! A
shutdown and reboot
usually makes this problem go away.

(This 'feature' sometimes occurs with the sticky pad app
too)

 
David J Jackson   Telephone +44 473 645805
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: external drives for portables
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 03:06:48 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.225848.1@edison.adm.tuns.ca> sis_amth@edison.adm.tuns.ca writes:
>I am running OS/2 on a Toshiba 3100sx with 11 megs of ram and an 80 meg
>disk.  This works fine but I want  bigger disk.  Does anyone have any
>experience with external disks wich plug into the parallel port.  The Oct.
>Byte has an article which lists 3 such devices.  I wonder in particular
>about the Backpack from Micro Soulutions.

In your OS/2 Solutions Coupon Book there is an advertisement from an
outfit called SDI.  They sell a number of external, parallel port,
mass storage devices, including hard drives.  All have OS/2 2.0
drivers.

Call 800-USA-SDI-1 (sorry, that's U.S. only).  Fifteen percent off if
you mention the OS/2 Coupon Book.

-- 
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
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: klliou@milton.u.washington.edu (Kan-Lee Liou)
Subject: Application Error of Clipboard in WIN-OS2
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 05:17:40 GMT

I got the following error message when I used 'cut' in W4W:

	Application Error
CLIPBRD has caused an error in WIN-OS2
GP Fault in Moduel: GDI.EXE at 0001:07CA
	Press OK to close application

And then WIN-OS2 died.
How to fix this problem?  Thank you.

klliou@u.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: quan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Tony Quan)
Subject: Beta report
Originator: quan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 00:29:22 GMT


Some notes about the beta:

I've been using the beta for a few days now and it runs extremely well.
It's clear that this code has been tested by someone for some time now.
Also, I have a Trident card, and for those of you who are wondering,
the current Trident OS/2 2.0 drivers seem to work fine with the beta.
A major bonus is that the 800x600x16 driver now has more fonts for
the text windows.

I've only noticed two problems:

1.  The vadlibd.386 file (part of the Adlib sound board driver for
Win 3.1) is missing.  Anybody have this file?

2.  I tried the 640x480x256 Trident driver for Win 3.1, and for some
reason the drop-down menus in WinWord 2.0 don't work.  WinWord
works fine in seamless mode though.

Win-OS/2 3.1 really hauls compared to Win-OS/2 3.0.  It should settle
any naysayers who think that OS/2 doesn't run Windows fast enough.

--Tony
quan@cs.stanford.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: grimlok@hubcap.clemson.edu (Mike Percy)
Subject: My Beta bugs (minor)
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:41:28 GMT

I've had a few problems with the beta:

-- After maximizing an OS/2 command windows, changing fonts, and doing
some commands, I exited.  But the window image persisted.  The desktop
responded (I clicked on icons "underneath" this after-image).  After
maximizing and minimizing something else, the after image was gone.
*Cannot* reproduce this at will.

-- Seamless windws don't always get repainted if an OS/2 windows
overlays them. (OS/2 window borders are left in Windows seemless
window).

-- Drives program does not sort it tree view.

-- Moving things around from a drives (icon view) to drives (detail
view) is weird.  Icons go away from the icon view, and the files are
properly modev, but the icon titles are left in the icon window!

Mike Percy             | grimlok@hubcap.clemson.edu  | I don't know about
Sr. Systems Analyst    | mspercy@clemson.clemson.edu | your brain, but mine
Info. Sys. Development | mspercy@clemson.BITNET      | is really...bossy.
Clemson University     | (803) 656-3780              | (Laurie Anderson)



Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel)
Subject: Re: Redbooks on software.watson.ibm.com
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 03:11:10 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.234854.10891@netcom.com> feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) writes:
>richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Sep30.150832.100850@watson.ibm.com> nrt@watson.ibm.com (Nicholas R. Trio) writes:
>>>pub/os2/misc directory:
>>>
>>>redbook.packa
>>>redbk1.zip
>>>redbk2.zip
>>>redbl3.zip
>>>redbk4.zip
>
>>Drat... These files do not contain programming information.  Are there
>>files that do?
>
>Au Contrair! Check the lab exercises at the end of each of the view
>files contained in the zips. Also, ther are files of the form
>rb733???.zip (3 of them) that contain more rebook stuff. I haven't
>looked at them yet though.

Well, I just looked again.  No lab exercises that I could see.  A
quick trip through the index showed nothing like real programming
info.  There is not enough information in these files to allow one to
write OS/2 programs.
-- 
Richard Krehbiel                                 richk@grebyn.com
OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: BETA 32-bit GRE **BUGS**!next
From: slam@desire.wright.edu
Date: 3 Oct 92 23:54:17 EST
Organization: Wright State University 

In article <1992Oct3.155927.28064@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, tcristy@nyx.cs.du.edu (Tim Cristy) writes:
> In article <1992Oct3.054337.19072@netcom.com> rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain) writes:
>>slam@desire.wright.edu writes:
>>: 
>>: 2) I'm using WIN-OS/2 3.0. Everytime I start it up (full screen) it
>>:    comes up with a "Application Error" dialog saying that it could
>>:    not find the program and to check the path. This happens right
>>:    before the Clipboard comes up on the desktop and also before the
>>:    Print Manager comes up.
>>
>>Same here.  It happens twice for me and I cannot switch back to the OS/2
>>desktop from any full screen winos2 session.  I have to exit to get back.
>>I sure hope someone can figure this one out.  I'm stumped.  It might help
>>get a handle on it if the box said what bloody program it couldn't find.
>>
>>I also get a session failure any time I use the print screen key from a
>>full screen DOS session.
>>Bob
>>-- 
>>Bob Cain    rcain@netcom.com   408-358-2007
>>
>>                ____________________________________________
>>               \                                           /
>>                \ Flames to /dev/null    Advice by email! /
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>>                  \ PGP public key available on request /
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> Look in your win.ini and system.ini files for a line that has !ddeagent
> and !clipwos2 and delete it. These are programs that Win-OS2 uses to 
> communicate with OS2, but were not included in the Beta for some reason.
> 
> Tim Cristy
> tcristy@nyx.cs.du.edu
>>                    -----------------------------------


I checked and indeed some files are missing. The files indicated by
the !gopm and !ddeagent variables indeed do not exist. clipwos2.exe
does exist. So, I think the solution is to delete the !gopm and
!ddeagent entries.

SC Lam - slam@eve.wright.edu