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From: bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier)
Subject: Re: IBM_TODO.LST
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 10 Sep 92 16:37:47 CDT

In article <Uefb=af0BwwwQ0uC9I@transarc.com> Lucian_Dancanet@transarc.com writes:
>
>
>Is anyone keeping a list of things IBM should do for OS/2?
>
>If not, such a list should be an appendix to the FAQ, and
>should provide the following info:
>
>                                    e.g.
>Number and short name          1. Non-interactive shutdown
>Description                      ....
>Importance/Urgency               Normal
>IBM's position                   Unknown
>
>The list should be ordered by component (desktop, compiler, TCP/IP, etc.).
>The importance of the proposed change or addition should be decided by the
>net, something between very important/high priority and less important/low
>priority.
>
>IBM's position (e.g., in the works with estimated release date, considering,
>not considering, and not implementable) should be added to the list as soon
>as someone from IBM comments to that particular proposal.
>
>This list should reduce the traffic on the various OS/2 bboards (one should
>read the FAQ *and* the IBM_TODO.LST before posting), and would help IBM
>make and us get a better system.
>
>Comments welcome
>
>Lucian

Lucian:

In principle I really LOVE this idea!  It will greatly assist IBM in setting
its priorities and business case justifications.  It is the implementation that 
we *all* need to discuss and agree to use.

There are many of us and we (each) have different needs, experiences, and
outlooks.  To this end a "cooked" list is what IBM needs.  The question
becomes how do we create an official cooked list for IBM?

One possible method is to look at other groups, which present "cooked"
requirements lists to IBM.  Examples of these groups are Guide, Share,
and their international counterparts.

We don't have to use, nor would we want to use, their methods.  Where they
get together in meetings to discuss and write requirements, we can use email.
Where only representatives can go to their meetings, everyone can participate.
Of course, we will run into different and similar problems from these groups.
We can, though, learn from them so we don't take time "reinventing the wheel."

IBM helps these other groups create their "cooked" requirements list by
providing resources.  They refuse to do the work, though.

IMHO, another
conference will be necessary to discuss these requirements (an example is
comp.os.os2.requirements (c.o.o.r).  A group will have to monitor the
conference and create ballots.  People will vote on the requirements.  If
the requirement passes, it get put on the list.  If it fails it either
dies or goes back to discussions.

Bert Moshier

IMHO, everyone should read OS/2 Monthly Magazine!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Marco.Eichelberg@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Marco Eichelberg)
Subject: OS/2 ASPI problem
Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 14:55:19 GMT
Summary: Cannot get ASPI4OS2.DMD to work
Keywords: ASPI, Streamer, OS/2


This question has probably been asked before, but I've not
been reading news lately.

I use OS/2 on a 486/33 with Adaptec 1542B and Quantum SCSI-HD.
I also own a streamer type Wanktek 5525ES (525MB SCSI-streamer).

Now I try to get two programs to work:
  * GNU Tar for OS/2
  * The DOS-version of SYTOS PLUS

I also have the latest beta version of the ASPI4OS2.DMD driver.
Nevertheless, after installing the driver (BASEDEV=ASPI4OS2.DMD)
and the GTAR driver (DEVICE=ASPITAPE.SYS) the GTAR driver
prints "Cannot attach to SCSIMGR$".

I've tried to vary the command line parameters of AHA154X.DMD,
but without success.

So, why does the d*mn thing don't work?
If you have some suggestions, please answer by direct e-mail
to Marco.Eichelberg@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de

Thanks in advance
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From: Don.Johnson@f107.n207.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: IRQ's in OS/2
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Aug 21 1992
Date: 14 Sep 92  17:40:02

TKO>I am trying to set the IRQ's for COM ports in OS/2 applications or the
syst
TKO>in general but haven't found out how, yet.  Does anybody know how this is
TKO>done?

Grab the Tips and Techniques doc, or the latest FAQ from any good BBS.
You'll need it.  Quickly, though, DEVICE=COM.SYS (port #,hex addr.,irq).
Parameters not necessary for default-configuration COMs 1 and 2.

 * OLX 2.1 TD * OS/2: Not just a job, it's an adventure!

--- Maximus/2 2.01wb
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: What is a "CSD"?
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:39:48 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Sep15.053553.17089@utdallas.edu> goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal) writes:
>>Whatever you wish to call it, my source says October.
>Does your source get any more specific?
>(I am starting to believe that all the improvements will be out in late
>October rather than late November)

So now you want me to pick one of 31 days?  :-)

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From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: HELP - OS/2 hangs (but not completely)
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:05:28 GMT
Organization: Auburn University, AL

> twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong) writes:
> What I have been doing is developing DOS programs under OS/2
> using Microsoft C version 6 (text, no graphics). With OS/2,
> I do the compile/link in one window. And while it's working away, 
> I can jump to another window to work on another file (or whatever
> other thing I want to do but they will all be DOS stuff). This
> arrangement has worked well except every once in awhile, when I
> do a Ctrl-Esc to switch to another window, I'll get back to desktop
> the Window List menu shows up, but than hangs. I can't move the

MSC 6.00A fixed a number of problems (but it is not clear that any of
these would give the problems that you describe).  I use MSC 6.00A under
OS/2 without problems. You note implies first that you compile in an OS/2 
window, but later you say "all be DOS stuff". In any case, perhaps you 
should run MSC in an OS/2 window, if you are currently running in a dos-box.
You can still develop DOS programs.

--darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
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From: smsmith@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M Smith)
Subject: Re: OS2 and Soundblaster
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:23:43 GMT

beders@wip-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de (Jochen Bedersdorfer) writes:
 
>There is only one thing that makes me angry:
>If I kill a game with Soundblaster-Support, the last played
>sound is still there and that doesn~t sound too good.
>
>I`d liked a little program to reset the soundblaster card.
>Any solutions out there ?

I found a solution for this.  Open a DOS window and load the
sbfmdrv driver into memory and it will reset the SB and clear
the tone.  Then just close the DOS window.

I wrote a batch file to do this on my system:

   d:\sound\sb\sbfmdrv.com
   d:\sound\sb\sbfmdrv.com /u

Hope that helps.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 22:13:59 -0400 
From: Mark Denovich <md3z+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Problem with Background




Hi,

I have the 1024x256 drivers from orchid installed in my machine.  I
loaded a bmp
and the colors look like death.  I had to convert the gif to bmp  using
gif2bmp could this be the root of my problem.  Or is it that OS/2 is
forcing its pallet upon the background image?   

Any Ideas,

Mark

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From: jclei@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Lei)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Vantage related problems.
Summary: Modem works again.
Date: 8 Sep 92 01:32:34 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

I am the original poster of these problems.  

In article <1992Sep7.210923.27995@news.iastate.edu> TW.FY4@isumvs.iastate.edu (Timothy I Miller) writes:
>jclei@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Lei) writes:
>>
>>1.  When I used the accompanying diagnostic program ("test") in a DOS full
>>    screen session, it reported 3 error messages: subsystem (14203), ram
>>    (14206) and post ram examination (14216) failures.  Is this normal when
>>    the test is under OS/2?  The self-testing during system boot-up is O.K.,
>>    however.  Oh, I did run SVGA ON first before the testing.
>
>  I also have an ATI graphics Vantage, but I don't think I've ever
>had this problem.  I also don't use the 'SVGA ON' settings, though.
>(I tried it, but things were better without it.  Is there really a
>reason to have it?  Please, no 'it's just supposed to be that way'
>comments!).

I don't know this "SVGA on" stuff, either, but just try.  It seems not make
any difference to me.   

>I've never had *any* problems with this card under OS/2 in the
>8514/a mode.  If you suspect a problem with the card, you may want
>to boot into DOS if possible to run the diagnostic software again.

I tried DOS and tested the card with the supplied program.  No problem at
all, as in the power-up testing.  But the problem remains under OS/2 so it
should be OS/2 related.  I don't know if this is a "bug" or something else
goes wrong.  

>>
>>2.  I installed the bus mouse coming with the card and set every IO bus to
>>    16 bit (or auto selection) for power-up settings.  After that, the
>>    modem, which used to work with another SVGA card (Zymos), failed to
>>    respond.  I know this could be due to address or interrupt conflicts
>>    although OS/2 did not report this kind of error.  Adjusting the
>>    switches on the modem to set it from com3 to com1 did not help.  Now,
>>    the temporary solution to this is to pull out the multi IO card,
>>    which provides 2 com port, 1 game port and 1 parallel port. Although
>>    I don't need this IO card now (since I use the bus mouse), I may
>>    need it for a printer in the future.
>>
>
>  I had problems with my mouse when I switched the IRQ to 2 (I can't
>remember what it was on originally).  I fixed the problem by using
>the secondary address (instead of the primary one).  You may want to
>try the same.  This is done from the Install program, I think.

I do use the secondary address and IRQ 5.  It turned out that this has nothing
to do with the Vantage.  It can be sloved by including (3,3E8,4) in config.sys.
I don't know what happened, but it did not work for the first time so I
changed the modem to com1.  Today I tried com 3 and included (3,3E8,4) again,
and it worked.  

Thank those giving me suggestions!


Jason

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From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: OS/2 wants to boot from A: every time??
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 23:25:40 GMT

I have a problem with my newly configured OS/2 system -- every time
I start it it will load about 1/2 of the desktop and then it will 
access the a: drive for about a minute or so before continuing.
If I open up the prompts window it has the "boot dos from a:" highlighted
but it is not in the startup folder and I tried doing a "refresh"
before a shutdown.  

Any reason why?  Performance has never been the same since I unzipped
those 2000 icons in a dos window ... (on a different partition than
the os/2 system files).

Paul

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tholen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet Drivers (Update & Correction)
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 02:26:27 GMT

Tom Williamson writes:

> 1.3.350 does work.  I am able to print documents.  It is still very slow.

I'm still using the original LaserJet driver than came with GA, and I have
no speed problems.  If I do a straight "PRINT filename" from the command
line, I get close to the rated speed of the printer (a LaserJet III, which
delivers something like eight pages a minute).  If I print a document from
DeScribe, it is somewhat slower, which is to be expected, due to all the
fancy formatting that a WYSIWYG word processor does, but still not nearly
as slow as others have indicated, and much faster than the LaserWriters on
the ethernet around here (they use a serial connection, whereas the
LaserJet is attached directly to the computer using the parallel port --
big difference).  Could it having something to do with computer hardware?
Might the driver not work as efficiently on some clones?
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sviswana@nyx.cs.du.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
Subject: Re: Can I wax some OS/2 files..
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 00:30:27 GMT

In article <XPNmqB2w164w@sps.pgh.pa.us> kslater@sps.pgh.pa.us (Kevin J. Slater) writes:
>I *need* space on my os/2 disk drives badly. Are there some files that 
>are installed with os/2 that I can safely delete? Is there a listing

Why don't you delete the \os2\apps and \os2\apps\dll direcotries?  If
you do delete those,  you will recover about 4-5 megs easily.  Plus, if
you don't use the PM Graph app, then you could delete the OASIS.DLL and 
MIRRORS.DLL in the \os2\dll dir.  My OS/2 setup is down to around 14 megs
(not including the swap file)

Srikanth
Clinton & OS/2 in '92!
New email address! 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mikeh@microme.uucp (Michael L. Hasenfratz)
Subject: Re: CURE! for no desktop on bootup syndrome
Organization: Micro Memory Inc., Chatsworth, Ca.
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 15:23:01 GMT

In article <88236@netnews.upenn.edu> zorrilla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Eric Zorrilla) writes:
>In article <1992Sep8.190707.18395@cbnews.cb.att.com> shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
>
>>I can indentify exactly when my problems began.  My autostarted desktop
>>worked fine until I experimented with a program I downloaded from
>>hobbes (ahem, ftp-os2).  I think it was called alrmclk and it supposed
>>to be a cron-like utility for OS/2.
>
>This is exactly when mine started as well.  I was experiencing lock-ups 
>during normal operation, not just during autostarts.  I have removed it from
>my startup folder and don't use it all anymore (w/both problems being absent
>now as well).  Has anyone gotten this application to work reliably???
>
>
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	Just for the record. My system has the problem, from time to time.
However, I've never loaded/downloaded the 'alrmclk' code.

	Just so people DON'T think 'alrmclk' is the *ONLY* thing thats common.

Mike Hasenfratz - WA6FXT * mikeh@uMEM.COM or uunet!microme!mikeh
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Chatsworth, Ca. 91311
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting)
Subject: Re: EISA machine
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 13:06:51 GMT

In article <1992Sep13.144934.2645@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, jslm_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jonathan Schulman) writes:
 > In <1992Sep13.001835.24475@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
 > >EISA isn't going to provide ISA (AT bus) adapters with features that
 > >aren't found on the AT bus.  Meaning that true 32-bit EISA adapters
 > >can share interrupts and other resources, but AT bus adapters cannot,
 > >even in an EISA system.
 > 
 > >-- 
 > So even I have an EISA machine, I can't share the DMA channels between my
 > QIC-02 card, and my Soundblaster card. Great...

Isn't it possible to change the dma-channel for at least one of the boards?
My soundblaster (pro) has jumpers for using other dma-channels and
interrupts than the default.
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS2 and Soundblaster
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:32:08 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Sep8.135511.12879@phillip.edu.au> t9014201@phillip.edu.au writes:
>
>I just bought a SoundBlaster clone.  A "ThunderBoard".
>Ive set it to IRQ5 (and IRQ7 and 2, during my experimentation), but for some
>reason it will only run SOME SB programs.
>Under raw DOS everything works fine, but a testing program that came with 
>the card can't seem to use DMA 1 under OS/2.
>It's all rather puzzling.

It may be your test program.  The SoundBlaster test program that came
with my SoundBlaster 1.5 failed the DMA and IRQ tests.  The one that
came with my brother's SoundBlaster 2.0 worked fine.  (On my SB 1.5
board)

I'm configured to DMA 1, Port 220, and IRQ-5.
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From: ian@stirling.hursley.ibm.com (Ian Stirling)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: What is a "CSD"?
Date: 11 Sep 92 11:53:00 GMT
Reply-To: ian@stirling.hursley.ibm.com (Ian Stirling)
Organization: IBM, UK AIX Systems Support Centre.
NNTP-Posting-Host: stirling.hursley.ibm.com
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.11 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers

In  <1992Sep11.093757.28797@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>  des@frogland.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
> In article <09SEP92.14981240.0196@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA>, HWHA@UNB.CA (HWHA000) writes:
> >I've been reading this newsgroup for a couple of weeks now
> >but I still haven't figured out what CSD means. What is the
> >June (November?) CSD?
> 
> i'm  beginning to think that CSD==Coming Some Day !
> 
> actually its Corrective Service Diskette i think. also someone
> has said that IBM are calling it something different from a
> CSD anyway this time!
> 

I believe it will have a name similar to Service Pack, but until it actual appears
we will never know.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
From: sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Wey Jing HO)
Subject: No response from Workplace icons ....
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 08:33:09 GMT

I have experience some weird WorkPlace problems in OS/2.
I have setup a few icons to run batch files (eg running telnet) and
place them on the desktop (shadowed from their appropriate folders).
Occasionally, I get no response from clicking on the icons, even trying
to change their settings may not work when this happens. If they response,
their setting menu will be brought up and changing them to the right settings
does not help. Only solution I have found so far is to bring up OS/2 Window
(or Full screen) and kill the PMSHELL process (second one using one of the
Process Status utilities found in OS/2 ftp sites) with KILLEM. Once killed,
the whole workplace will close before starting up again. This will restore
everything to their proper operation.

Anyone seen this before? Any current solution?
Thanks!

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From: gershon@husc10.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM_TODO.LST
Date: 14 Sep 92 00:32:45 GMT

I agree. an IBM suggestion list would be a great idea. I think it is the
sort of thing that IBM should be devoting resources to, itself. They should
have someone who's job it is to read the usenet groups and other such
sources, edit some of the garbage out and present it to the people who
make the decisions.

IBM are you listening???!? if not, why not? these ideas are free for the
taking...
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: luca@dedalo.unipg.it (Luca Priorelli)
Subject: Re: IBM PS/2 Mod. 95 and Memory Error
Organization: Universita' di Perugia
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 09:48:28 GMT

stieglit@orion.oac.uci.edu (Jeff Stieglitz) writes:

> I called IBM about this one and apparently there is an APAR (fix)
>scheduled because the multi-threaded nature of the file manager can
>sometimes make it steal too many resources.  I had the problem where
>that error appeared about 200 times - then my system would die.

>Actually, die is a misleading term.  The mouse pointer would move,
>I just couldn't do anything - not even a shutdown.

>IBM support but me on a list of "interested parties".  The support
>rep said many people have downloaded the massive ICON pack from
>compuserve and elsewhere.  They then dump all of the icons in a
>directory and kill their system when they try to view them.


Thank you Jeff. What I don't understandexactly is the reason why this
happens using 1024x768 resolution and not with 640x480. Is there so much
difference in resource use between the two?

Luca Priorelli
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