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From: michael.hagerty@spacebbs.com (Michael Hagerty)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: S3 Advice Wanted
Date: 18 Aug 92 18:01:00 GMT
Reply-To: michael.hagerty@spacebbs.com (Michael Hagerty)
Distribution: na
Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193

MH. From: ml3q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael H. Lambert)
MH. Subject: S3 Advice Wanted
MH.
MH. I plan to purchase a 486 box with a Diamond Stealth S3-based video card.
MH.  I would like to run OS/2.  However, I know that S3 drivers are not yet
MH. available and I understand that the Diamond Stealth is not 8514a
MH. compatible.  I would appear to have two options (not counting buying a
MH. different video card):  1) install OS/2 with a standard VGA driver then
MH. install an S3 driver when they come out 2) wait until drivers for the
MH. Diamond Stealth are released.  As I am not currently running OS/2, I
MH. have no idea how difficult it would be to change video drivers.  Any
MH. suggestions on what I should do?

I have a 486 with a Stealth VRAM and run it as a cheapo VGA card, hoping
that S3 will see the light and get their drivers out before every OS/2
user has switched to ATI.  I run OS/2, mostly as a quite excellent
replacement for DESQview, and rarely run Windows.  When I bring this up to
the folks at Diamond, they act as though it is heresy to use the Stealth
VRAM with anything but Windows...  MicroSoft must have brainwashed them all
so that they can't see OS/2's growth...  Regards, Mikey
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From: matt@ra.oc.com (Matthew Lyle)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Geoworks under OS/2?
Date: 21 Aug 92 03:35:14 GMT
Organization: OpenConnect Systems, Dallas, TX

Has anyone out there gotten Geoworks to run under
OS/2??  I'm needing to get it working, so that I
can access AOL.  If anybody has if they could drop
me a note with the "tricks" I need to pull, I'd
appreciate it.

I'll sumamrize to anyone else out there who 
might want to know.

-- 
Matthew Lyle                                           matt@oc.com
Technical Support Specialist                           matt@utdallas.bitnet
West/SW/SE/Mid Atlantic Region (*Phew*)
OpenConnect System, Dallas, Texas                      (214) 490-4090
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
Subject: Re: Does Os/2 Have The Equai
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:27:31 GMT

Daniel.Karellen@f501.n914.z8.rbbs-net.ORG (Daniel Karellen) writes:
: BM>Everyone / Anyone:
: 
: BM>Does OS/2 have the equaivalent of the UNIX usage of ``?  For example, the
: BM>command: grep "---" `find . -name ~*~ -print` is very useful.  It finds
: BM>all files/directories and passes the to grep as its parameters (filesnames).
: 
: BM>Thanks in advance.
: 
: BM>Bert.
: 
: Download GREP for OS/2 from the fernwood bbs (203) 483-0348.  That's the 9600
: baud line, there's also a 14,400 baud line.
: ___
:  * MR/2 1.2x NR * Let's Go Mets!
: 
:  * Origin: SeaHunt BBS, San Francisco (415-431-0227) (8:914/501)

The utility aw.exe (a PM app) is very useful (and fast too) for locating
files. Its available at hobbes but I can't remember where.

Another useful thing to know is the command "dir/s" which recursively
lists all files in the directory and its descendents. This can be
combined with the grep.

jin meng
From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Can't print from lpt2
Date: 17 Aug 92 19:50:18 GMT
Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Organization: Columbia University, New York

In article <3104@isgtec.isgtec.com> ted@isgtec.com (Ted Richards) writes:
>mskreis@iastate.edu (Mark S Kreisberg) writes:
>: 
>: I hooked up both printers, made sure the appropriate drivers were install-
>: ed, and began some testing.  The printer on lpt1 functions properly; however,
>: when I try to print a file on the other printer, the process times out and I
>: get a "Printer not responding!" message.
>: 
>: Both ports work through DOS 5.0, so perhaps I'm doing something incorrectly.
>: Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Actually, I get the same error on LPT1, unless I boot OS/2 with the printer
online!  I used to boot with the printer turned off, and IBM support had no
ideas...they kept telling me that my cable must be bad, etc.  Of course, my
cable is just fine, it is probably another OS/2 bug :-(  Possibly OS/2 doesn't
like my generic LPT/COM/IDE card.

Printer is an Epson L-1000, which is like the LQ510 and LQ850.

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From: michael.hagerty@spacebbs.com (Michael Hagerty) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: chkdsk c: /f:3, How?
Date: 18 Aug 92 18:01:00 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193
Reply-To: michael.hagerty@spacebbs.com (Michael Hagerty) 

KJ. From: kslater@sps.pgh.pa.us (Kevin J. Slater)
KJ. Subject: chkdsk c: /f:3, How?
KJ.
KJ. Okay, I have reason to suspect that I need to run a chkdsk on my C:
KJ. partition (HPFS for OS/2, 47M). How exactly do I go about this? What I
KJ. tried so far:
KJ.   Booted OS/2 from the Install and Disk 1 floppies
KJ.   Attempted to run c:chkdsk c: /f:3 from the A: drive
KJ. this didn't do much besides tell me that the HPFS file system was
KJ. started, so I switched over to the C: drive and tried to run chkdsk from
KJ. there. No joy. Got a disk is in use error message. So now what? (BTW, I
KJ. have 1.2M 5.25" drive as drive A:)

The problem is not that CHKDSK.COM is missing, but that you also need a
copy of UHPFS.DLL for CHKDSK to do its /f:3...

Put a copy of CHKDSK.COM and UHPFS.DLL on a diskette (they won't fit on
a boot diskette) and, after booting, put in this diskette and type your
CHKDSK C: /F:3.  It should work like a charm...

KJ. I think I need to run chkdsk for several reasons:
KJ. 1) The other day my System folder was showing 2 copies of the Command
KJ. Prompts folder (this in addition to the shadow version that's on the
KJ. desktop). I attempted to determine which one was bogus. I was
KJ. unsuccessful and when I through one in the trash can (shredder), all
KJ. three went down in flames!

Next time, merely go to the OS/2 prompt, find the directory under OS!2
Desk Top named Command Prompts and delete (er, RD) it.  Should solve the
problem...  Regards, Mikey
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From: sundaram@cps.msu.edu (Divya Sundaram)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Can OS/2 and Linux co-exist? Please help!
Summary: (This posting is directed especially at OS/2 users who are also
Date: 21 Aug 92 21:54:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Michigan State University, College of Engineering
Originator: sundaram@arctic.cps.msu.edu

Hi all,

I have obtained, through a marathon ftp session, the Linux SLS package. I want
to install it on my 120MB IDE hard drive and use OS/2 boot manager. How do
I go about doing this? Prior to installing the OS, is there anything that I
should know about. 

I would like to be setup like this:
	C:	120MB IDE HD:
			1 MB Boot Manager partition
			119 MB Linux Partition
	D:	200MB IDE HD:
			20MB MS-DOG 5.0 Partition
			180MB OS/2 Partition

Currently I have the boot manager on my 120 MB IDE and have a 20 and 99 MB 
partitions for DOG and OS/2 resp.  I have just received the 200MB IDE so it
is not yet set up. 

I recall that Linux 0.96c (which is apparently what I have downloaded) does not
support partitions >64MB. How does this effect my setup?

Any comments and hints appreciated. Is there anybody out there with a similar
setup? Comments from  Linuxers are spewcially welcome.

Thanks y'all,

Divya
(sundaram@cps.msu.edu)
From: michael.hagerty@spacebbs.com (Michael Hagerty)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Newer COM drivers?
Date: 18 Aug 92 18:01:00 GMT
Reply-To: michael.hagerty@spacebbs.com (Michael Hagerty)
Distribution: na
Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193

GK. From: gkendall@ncr-mpd.FtCollins.NCR.COM (Guy Kendall)
GK. Subject: Newer COM drivers?

GK. On another network I heard someone mention something about some new
GK. COM drivers, apparently newer than the COMMGA drivers. I believe they
GK. said they were called COM0207 or something like that. I couldn't find
GK. them on ftp-os2 anywhere. Does anyone know if there were indeed any new
GK. COM drivers released, and what fixes are in them?

Yes, they are called either COM2210 or COMGA3, depending on where you get
them from.  They fix my problems:

   - Run Telemate v3.10 on an internal v.32bis modem (builtin NS16550AFN)
     on COM3 with IRQ5, and

   - Run Miracle Piano on COM2 concurrently with Telemate in the
     background.

The first problem was vexing as I went through three successive .-versions
before I found one which allowed BOTH UL's and DL's at 1630+ cps.  One of
the predisposing conditions which created this problem was that OS/2
assumed that the BIOS initialized all of the ports.  My AMI BIOS only
initialized COM1 and COM2.  Thus, when OS/2 would not let Telemate init
the ports, the port did not get initialized at all.

The second problem was created by Miracle Piano.  Since you do not tell
MP which port to use, it attempts to open them all to find one which will
respond to it as it wants.  Unfortunately, it does not then close the ports
it does not use.  Furthermore, it will attempt to open ports in use by
other applications.  A new DOS SETTING lets you tell the app which ports it
is permitted to see...

Regards, Mikey
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From: xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Using CMD.EXE instead of PMSHELL.EXE
Keywords: RUNWORKPLACE, WPS
Date: 15 Aug 92 21:41:56 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In <1992Aug15.063917.5822@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> postale@cse.fau.edu (Elena Postal) writes:


>If RUNWORKPLACE is set to CMD.EXE instead of WPS.EXE, how is OS/2
>shutdown performed?

As someone who has been running with 4os2.exe (a CMD.EXE clone), as my
RUNWORKPLACE for a couple of weeks now, let me comment.

The purpose of shutdown seems to be twofold: first, to terminate any
running sessions, and second, to save the state of the WPS.  The first
of these actions can be done manually, and the second is irrelevant if
you don't have the WPS loaded.

What I have been doing is pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL to flush the cache
before powering off the machine.  This seems to work fine, I haven't had
any problems at all with the system.
-- 
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xtifr@netcom.COM| need disclaimers | Because Nobody's perfect!!
From: exujlg@exu.ericsson.se (Jon L. Gauthier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Dialing into an OS/2 1.3 LAN
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:18:24 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.

In article <Bstn8G.Bo6@news.udel.edu> turtle@brahms.udel.edu (Anthony J Collins) writes:
>From: turtle@brahms.udel.edu (Anthony J Collins)
>Subject: Dialing into an OS/2 1.3 LAN
>Date: 11 Aug 92 13:38:39 GMT

>I am looking for software that will allow someone to dial into
>my OS/2 1.3 LAN.  Does this type of software exist for this
>environment?  Does OS/2 1.3 Server support this inherently?
>Any ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

>Tony

Are you running IBM's Lan Server or Microsoft's Lan Manager?
LanMan 2.1 has a utility call AsyncBEUI, which is essentially NetBEUI
optimized for use over a serial line instead of ethernet/token ring.

It's slow if you try to run any executables over it, but for accessing data
or just reading mail, it's OK.

I'm not familiar enough with Lan Server to know if it has this capability
or not.  One thing you can do is run Norton's pcAnywhere on a DOS workstation
on your LAN, and dial into it from a remote pc.  It supports dial-back
security based on a password, but there is no way to attach a userid to
a password - when you dial in to a PCAW host, you supply only a password,
not userid/password.

Hope you find what you're looking for...
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             everything I say."  Surely it's been said before!...
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From: "robert eidswick" <robert.eidswick@execnet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: disk compressor now  out!
Date: 21 Aug 92 00:04:46 EST
Reply-To: "robert eidswick" <robert.eidswick@execnet.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Executive Networks Information

August 10, 1992
Proportional Software Corporation today announced the DCF/2
Disk Compression Facility for IBM's'@ OS/2@ Version 2.0.
  In response to the needs of IBM OS/2 users, Proportional
Software has introduced the first dynamic disk compression
technology for OS/2 Version 2.0. The DCF/2, or Disk
Compression Facility/2 allows users to increase their local
physical disk storage without affecting applications software
or system behaviour.
  On-the-fly disk compression using the DCF/2 results in 35%
to 70% additional disk space, depending on the types of
information on the disk and the level of compression selected.
The Proportional Software DCF/2 uses native OS/2 file
structures to compress standard file information into less
physical space -- resulting in making a hard disk appear
bigger than it really is!
  According to Fred Schmidt, Sales Vice President at
Proportional, the typical OS/2 user requires over 50 MB of
physical disk space for the OS/2 operating system, it's
swapfile, and basic utilities. Even though OS/2 includes both
a complete DOS and Windows environment, this still means that
there is a real crunch for space when a user upgrades from a
DOS or Windows environment. The DCF/2 offers a quick, easy,
and simple solution to this problem.
  Proportional Software is introducing the DCF/2 at $99.95
through December 31, 1992. The U. S. list price is $129.95.
We have a special price of $64.98 (50% of list for IBM
employees(for personal use, only) if they fax the order with a
copy of their IBM badge.
  Contact Herb Smith at 1-800-666-4672 or by
FAX at 1-800-955-4672, for further information.
  Also, please mention my name when you call,  thank you.
                Robert Eidswick.
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From: np4@prism.gatech.EDU (Nick Pomponio)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: Re: NCSA telnet CPU usage
Date: 21 Aug 92 16:17:08 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In <1992Aug21.135137.1131@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> wrp@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Bill Pearson) writes:

*	When I run NCSA telnet under a DOS full screen window my Pulse meter
*suggests that I am hogging the CPU, even when it is in the background doing
*nothing.  Likewise with epsilon for DOS.
*
*	Is there a setting that I should change to tell these programs not
*to keep polling for something?
*
*Bill Pearson

I, too, have noticed this type of behavior. Even using 'type' to view a
file in another dos window while NCSA Telnet is running results in a slow,
jerky display.
-- 
POMPONIO,NICHOLAS A
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rm3@ornl.gov (MCBROOM R C)
Subject: Re: OS2 swapping still sick?
Keywords: swap, swapper.dat,growing,slow system
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:13:31 GMT

In article <unruh.713944113@physics.ubc.ca> unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh) writes:
...
> swapping still leaves something to be desired?

You Bet!!  One of the quickest ways to lock up a system is to get low on
swap space.  (The other is to try to use SVGA as your working
environment)  There seems to be some granularity that keeps the out of
swap space warning message from working consistently.  I've currently
set the warning threshold to 2M with 8M available but the system will still get into trouble trying to start two win-os2 sessions.


Robert McBroom internet: rm3@ornl.gov
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Does Os/2 Have The Equai
Date: 19 Aug 92 23:34:35 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug19.162731.3242@nuscc.nus.sg> eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG) writes:
>Another useful thing to know is the command "dir/s" which recursively
>lists all files in the directory and its descendents. This can be
>combined with the grep.

Why use the grep?  Just use dir /s as follows:

DIR *.INI /S    (to find all .ini files on the drive)
DIR PM*.DLL /S  (to find all .dll files beginning with "PM")

etc.

You only need something grep-like if you need to do regular expression
searching. 



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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: fkilpatr@afit.af.mil (Freeman A. Kilpatrick)
Subject: Re: Link 386 Pro
Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:35:22 GMT

victor.ng@rose.com (victor ng) writes:


>Is there anyway to get Links 386 Pro to work under OS/2?  It uses the
>Phar Lap DOS extender.  I thought this was supposed to be DPMI
>compliant.

I have had no problems running Links 386 under OS/2, even with the SoundBlaster.
However, because it is such a processor hog, I usually run it from a DOS dual boot
to get the quickest screen updates.  Remember to set the EMS and XMS settings to
max so that it can grab as much available memory as it can.  The manual recommends
a minimum of 6 Meg, and after OS/2 has taken it's share I don't think there is that
much left  (out of 8 Meg).

Awesome game, by the way.


-- 
Alex Kilpatrick  fkilpatr@afit.af.mil  
"Where the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1 1/2 tons." 
---Popular Mechanics, March 1949
From: TURGUT@FRMOP11.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: POV pictures and EXE available _until_ Aug 20th
Date: 13 Aug 92 11:53:38 GMT
Organization: European Academic Research Network (EARN)

earn-ps.circe.fr 's address is:  130.84.8.200..

Regards, -turgut
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2
From: eas@planets.risc.rockwell.com (Emilio A. Sovero)
Subject: Re: Help!! Can't shutdown anymore ...
Organization: Rockwell International Science Center
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 15:35:09 GMT


>I've previously ignored reading articles of the same title. Now, I can't
>do a normal shutdown anymore. This happened after playing with a few things,
>among them is setting "SVGA ON".
>
>Any advice to shutdown .... or should I just hit the power switch?
>

The short answer is yes. It might be a good idea that before you hit the
power switch you add the following line to your config.sys file:

set RESTARTOBJECTS=STARTUPFOLDERSONLY

This will insure that only applications in your startup folder will get
restarted the next time you boot up. Thus effectively killing any runaway
program that would be restarted over again.
-- 
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Rockwell International   OOOOO O OOOOO	 fax:   (805) 373-4775
Science Center          OOOOOO O OOOOOO  email: eas@planets.risc.rockwell.com
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: BGA graphics?
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:33:20 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug17.173642.27336@ornl.gov> lio@ornl.gov (MILLION D L) writes:
>Someone must have slipped in a new graphics standard while I wasn't 
>looking.  Going through the stuff on software.watson.ibm.com, I noticed
>bitmap files and other things intended for "BGA graphics".  Can anyone
>tell me what the heck this is?  Please enlighten a poor wretch.  Thanks.

BGA is 8514/a mode.  1024x768x256


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Subject: Re: Hidden Files, Defragmentation, Backup
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:31:03 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.161500.15942@sbcs.sunysb.edu> mjn@sbstaff2.cs.sunysb.edu (The Sixth Replicant) writes:
>hidden OS2 files are movable. I'm interested for two reasons. First, 
>to get maximum defragmentation, and second to be able to backup and
>restore without reinstalling OS/2. What can people tell me about the movability
>following hidden files ?
>
>    \os2\system\boot.os2
>    \os2\bitmap\aaaaa.exe
>    \os2\bitmap\aaaaa.met
>    \io.sys
>    \msdos.sys
>    \ea data. sf
>    \os2boot
>    \os2ldr
>    \wp root. sf
>    \os2krnl

All but io.sys/msdos.sys (they do not belong to OS/2) can safely be
defragmented. However, backing them up/restoring them under DOS is not
sufficient to preserve extended attributes, because the pointers to the
EA data in the "ea data. sf" file on FAT file systems would not be
preserved but are required.

Kai Uwe Rommel

/* Kai Uwe Rommel --- rommel@informatik.tu-muenchen.de */

DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt
handler, and always will be.                -Russell Williams
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 21:46:55 EDT
From: James Justice <JAY@wvnvm.wvnet.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: BGA graphics?
Distribution: usa
 <1992Aug17.213320.28540@njitgw.njit.edu>

In article <1992Aug17.213320.28540@njitgw.njit.edu>, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu
(David Charlap) says:
>
>In article <1992Aug17.173642.27336@ornl.gov> lio@ornl.gov (MILLION D L)
>writes:
>>Someone must have slipped in a new graphics standard while I wasn't
>>looking.  Going through the stuff on software.watson.ibm.com, I noticed
>>bitmap files and other things intended for "BGA graphics".  Can anyone
>>tell me what the heck this is?  Please enlighten a poor wretch.  Thanks.
>
>BGA is 8514/a mode.  1024x768x256

It may be for a 8514/a but it displays and looks nice on a trident 8900C
in 1024x256C mode.