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From: jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu (John H. Kim)
Subject: Re: List of DOS applications that work on OS2
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:59:09 GMT

xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters) writes:
>In <PICASSO.92Oct1150146@bass.bu.edu> picasso@bass.bu.edu (David Ondzes) writes:
>>I was wondering if there is a list of MSDOS applications
>>that work under OS2. If there is not one how about we
>>start one, just send me the ones you know that work.

>Seems to me like it would make a *whole* lot more sense to have a list
>of DOS apps that *don't* run under OS/2.  It'll be a *much* shorter list

A list of DOS apps that don't work doesn't really help you that
much.  The best it can do is tell you that the software you want
to get doesn't work.  If the app you're interested in isn't on
that list, there's no way for you to know if it actually does
work, or if it just hasn't been tested yet.  The only way this
list is going to be useful is if it is of DOS apps that DO work
under OS/2.
-- 
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From: Bertram.Moshier@f115.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Bertram Moshier)
Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: MN OS/2 EUG OCT Meeting
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 19:41:57 -0600

                     Minnesota OS/2 End-user Group
                            October Meeting

Reservations requested:  Please call 612/397-6444 and register using
                         course code OS2.

When:   October 29, 1992 - 19:00 (7PM CDT) to 22:00 (10PM CDT)

Where:  IBM Building
        650 Third Avenue South (First Bank Place)
        Minneapolis, MN   55402

Agenda: Business Meeting
        Questions and Answers
        Vendor Presentation
                Lotus Communication Products by Greg White

                Greg White (Lotus lead OS/2 product designer) will
                present the Lotus 32 bit Workplace Shell aware
                communications.

        Member Presentation
                None (yet) scheduled.  Would you like to present?

Refreshments provided.  Door Prize:  None (yet).

Directions:  The IBM Building location is on Third Avenue South between
South Sixth Street and South Seventh Street.  IBM and First Bank share
the same building (First Bank Place).  You might ask directions when
registering.

Parking:  Several parking ramps exist.

Northstar Center :  Entrance 1:  On Seventh Street between Second Avenue
South and Marquette Avenue.  Entrance 2:  On Second Avenue South between
South Sixth and South Seventh Avenue.  One block West of IBM.

IBM/First Bank :  On Seventh Street going west between Third Avenue
South and Second Avenue South.  Parking is expensive ($6.00 plus).

Pillsbury Center :  On South Fifth Street between Third Avenue South and
Second Avenue South.  One and an half block North of IBM.

Hennepin County Govt.  Center:  On Third Avenue South between South
Fifth and Sixth Street.  One block North of IBM.  Price was $2.00, last
time I used it.

Parking Ramp Block:  The boarders of this ramp are South Sixth Street,
Fifth Avenue South, Fourth Avenue South, and Fifth Street South.  It is
one block North and two block East of IBM.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: nrt@watson.ibm.com (Nicholas R. Trio)
Subject: Re: Redbooks on software.watson.ibm.com
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:08:53 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In article <1992Sep30.180337.29211@cis.ohio-state.edu> grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III) writes:
>
>Any comments on what the problem was and which redbooks (if not all)
>had the problem?
>
>--Golden

Honestly, I have no idea.  I didn't unzip and read them, so I couldn't
begin to tell you what is different about them.  My job at IBM involves
the Internet & Unix/AIX, and not OS/2 so I really don't know much about
the fixes, etc. except what I read in the package files. :-)

Nick Trio (nrt@watson.ibm.com)
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center



Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain)
Subject: Re: BETA 32-bit GRE **BUGS**!
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 05:43:37 GMT

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
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From: lopes@cogsci.ucsd.EDU (alann lopes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Beta/SVGA Trident problems
Date: 26 Sep 92 17:42:56 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <0ekEfcS00Uh_E8l2JG@andrew.cmu.edu> cj00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Carl B Jabido) writes:
>Well, I got my Beta package this afternoon and ran to install it. 
>Everything went great, until I tried intalling the SVGA Trident drivers.
> In the newsfl.txt it said that the 16-bit drivers will still be
>supported, but when I installed it, I only got a blinking cursor with no
>prompt.  If I'm wrong about the 16-bit driver support, then tell me, but
>I'm pretty sure they were supposed to work.  BTW, the 1024x768x256
>drivers for Windows did work, so right now, I have WPS in 640x480 and
>Win31 in 1024x768.
>

   YES! This is very sad indeed!  The 800x600x256-VD does not
   work for me -- I haven't tried any of the other Trident
   drivers, but with your results and mine -- I think it's safe
   to conclude that we have some big problems with 32-Beta and the
   Trident drivers.

   Can anyone help?  Is Trident working on 32-bit drivers?

 
   alann lopes:        alopes@ucsd.edu       -- internet
   (619) 534-7417      ALOPES@UCSD           -- bitnet
From: nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ZIPs on Hobbes --- bug in Info ZIP?
Date: 2 Oct 92 09:23:18 GMT
Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht

In <BvE1JL.FoM@epix.rrze.uni-erlangen.de> clemens@faui8a.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Clemens Beckstein) writes:

>Hmmm... just to add more to the confusion:

>There is a -k switch for Info ZIP V1.9.
>According to the online help and the doc this should create PKZIP
>compatible files.
>I tried it (under Unix and OS/2 and DOS) but whether I specify
>-k or not the files are always deflated --- a compression method
>that at least PKZIP 1.1 does not understand.
>Or does "PKZIP compatible" mean "compatible to PKZIP 1.93"?
>Then what is InfoZIP V1.9 compatible to?

ZIP 1.9 is compatible with PKZIP 2.0, not PKZIP 1.93a. It has
some spall differences which MIGHT make PKZIP 1.93a fail. -k
assures it is PKZIP 1.93a compatible as well.

>Cheers,

>- Clemens

Nico E. de Vries
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 \_/  Don't waste your time on complaining about my hopeless typostyle.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mlord@bmers63.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Subject: Re: VSVGA.SYS nonsense
Organization: BNR, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 92 18:53:37 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.035515.2164@unixg.ubc.ca> ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes:
>In article <1973@acf5.NYU.EDU> checker@acf5.NYU.EDU (checker) writes:
>>
>>Is anyone out there using the Trident 8900C/1MB with the 1024x768x256
>>color drivers that is able to switch to an from non-garbled full screen
>>text sessions?
>
>Yes, I can (usually). The Trident OS/2 PM drivers are OK, but the DOS
>stuff acts WEIRD.
>
>You should download:
>the vsvga.sys patch
>the os2ldr replacement
>etc. EVERYTHING.

Don't forget the bvhsvga.sys replacement!!  VERY important for 
curing fullscreen DOS/OS2 vrs. WPShell switching problems!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lutz@shredder.raleigh.ibm.com (Dave Lutz)
Subject: Re: Neat program... do this
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 14:47:49 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.14 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Reply-To: dave_lutz@vnet.ibm.com
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

In  <1992Oct1.012149.1778@nuscc.nus.sg>  matcsp@nuscc.nus.sg (Chan Shih-Ping) writes:
>1.     [C:\] cd \os\bitmap
>2.     [C:\os2\bitmap] attrib -h AAAAA*
>3.     [C:\os2\bitmap] aaaaa
>
>Enjoy!

You don't need to go to all that trouble.  Simply make the Desktop your
focus (click MB 1 on a blank part of the desktop) and hit
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-O.

---
Dave Lutz                               internet: dave_lutz@vnet.ibm.com

"Don't play dumb with me.  I happen to be an expert at that" - Maxwell Smart
From: blackmane@pro-haven.cts.com (Ed Blackman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: I Want Disk D Minimized on Startup
Date: 3 Oct 92 04:46:49 GMT
Organization: ProLine [pro-haven] - Pariahs' Haven BBS, 409/693-8262, 9600-300

In <1992Oct2.182514.21572@unlinfo.unl.edu>
rlosee@unlinfo.unl.edu (Robert Losee) writes:

% I'd appreciate any help and suggestions to try.  This makes a good 
% project to figure out how to control the machine.  Thanks.

Rule of thumb: if you want OS/2 to start something up minimized or maximized,
or whatever, shut down OS/2 with that something in the configuration you want
it.  So to bring your drive D up minimized when you boot up, minimize it
before you shutdown.  OS/2 will "remember" and bring it up that way the next
time you boot.  I do this with a couple of folders that I access frequently,
and it works like a charm.

Note:  this doesn't work all the time... some programs (like the Alarms
applet) are stubborn, and will only come up the way *they* want to.

Hope this helps.

Ed

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Internet: blackmane@pro-haven.cts.com
UUCP:     crash!pro-haven!blackmane
From: slam@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Graphics Ultra Problems!

Have you run the set up for the Ultra?  I got mine from Gateway 2000 and it cam
e with 2 disks for setup.  I think that might be necessary.  Otherwise, everthi
ng works fine here.

Organization: Wright State University

Well, I finally gave in and bought a MAG 15 and ATI Graphics Ultra combo
to run OS/2 2.0. I then reinstalled OS/2 2.0 GA, selecting 8514/a and
High Resoultion Full-Screen Win-OS/2. INSTALL goes through all 15 disks
and the printer drivers but upon reboot, OS/2 hangs on the WPS screen
with the gray background; there are no icons or anything else.

I gave up on GA and installed the 32-bit GRE and had the same problem.
Arrrggghh!!! The strange thing was that everything worked using SVGA and
a cheapo Trident 8900C/1Mb card!

One thing I noticed while attempting to use the Graphics Ultra was that
it would not go up to 8514/a mode!?!? The MAG monitor has a nifty little
LED indicator which displays the mode it is operating in and when the
blank and gray WPS screen came up, the monitor (and card) was only in
VGA 640x480 mode.

What is going on? Help! Pleaazzzzzzeeee......

SC Lam - slam@eve.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel)
Subject: Re: Using OS/2 without a Mouse
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 12:06:50 GMT

In article <71809361420575@c00508-119rd.eos.ncsu.edu> cddukes@c00508-119rd.eos.ncsu.edu (PakRat's Anonymous) writes:
>Where does everyone get the idea that a mouse is required to run OS/2 2.0.

I dunno but they might be getting it from the OS/2 2.0 package.  Mine
says "a mouse is required".
-- 
Richard Krehbiel                                 richk@grebyn.com
OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
From: si0_tb90020@debet.nhh.no
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 CSD   e-mail disribution
Date: 30 Sep 92 18:34:25 MET
Organization: Norwegian School of Economics

In article <06H70RP@mailgzrz.tu-berlin.de>, bzbmaier@ZIB-Berlin.DE (Gerhard Maierhoefer) writes:
> 
> I think as long as this "Betaisms"  goes around there's no need to pay for buggy software.
> 
> IBM ejects this version to beat Mircosofts NT  (and so tries Microsoft). Wait a year (or two) to have a bug free
> system-software, then ( and only then )  it` s worth to pay for that software. 
> 
>  By some means or other  debugging IBMs software , why I have to pay money?  Or even should I get money?
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When I took my computer programming classes my professor always said
(and quite righ he was too):
"A piece of software is never completely bug free, but one day you just
have to release it!"

In a piece of software he meant (implicitly) a comples piece f software
with several programmers, and more than just a couple of thousand lines
of code.

Terje Bergesen (Mr.)  :  SI0_TB90020@debet.nhh.no
From: wkristle@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Kristler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: mscdex
Date: 5 Oct 92 01:42:49 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center


	I have just installed os2, and I need to know how to run mscdex
under it, (CD Rom driver). It tells me that I have the wrong dos version.
Please e-mail any info you may have, so as to not use up net space. 
  Thanks for your help.
Bill
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc
From: teague@a.cs.okstate.edu (Keith Teague)
Subject: Re: CD-ROM Driver and OS/2
Organization: Oklahoma State University
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 16:50:46 GMT

I am currently running os/2 2.0 on a 486/33 with an Ultrastor ESDI
controller and drive(s). Can anyone tell me what my options are
for getting a CD-ROM drive which will work directly with OS/2?

For example, can I add a simple SCSI interface for the CD-ROM drive
without having to upgrade to SCSI hard drives (can an ESDI and SCSI
controller co-exist with os/2)?

Thanks for the info.

Keith Teague


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.programmer
From: stimpy@nmt.edu (Stimpy)
Subject: Re: Why not? (Utils dont work in a window - WHY?)
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 04:28:15 GMT

> How does OS2 know if it is an OS2 or a DOS application? Why can't DOS
> applications just run in an OS2 window- esp if they do not use
> graphics? Is there an "import" facility to import text line DOS to OS2?

Yes, why can't the text of the DOS app (especially if it is just a text
app as most are) be 'imported' (for lack of a better word) to the OS/2
window's handle (or whatever it would be--I'm new to PM programming)?

Curious.

-Jr
stimpy@jupiter.nmt.edu



-- 
Windows...It's like a stale cookie.
OS/2..."It's like butter" (SNL quote)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.editors,comp.os.os2.apps
From: luca@dedalo.unipg.it (Luca Priorelli)
Subject: Re: Does VI Exist for OS/2 2.0?
Organization: Universita' di Perugia
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 10:51:18 GMT

joiner@exa.cs.umn.edu (Jay K. Joiner) writes:

>In <1992Oct04.234209.7642@r-node.gts.org> singh@r-node.gts.org (Rajendra Singh) writes:

>>Does anyone know if VI exists for OS/2 2.0?  If so, I would appreciate it if
>>you could tell me where to find it.

>Look for Elvis on ftp-os2.

Elvis is too slow. When I keep pressing a "moving" key (h,j,k,l) the
screen is always behind the key (you never get the point where you
want to go right).

Any better implementation which is also complete?


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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Re: Utils dont work in a window - WHY?
Date: 5 Oct 92 18:51:43 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <jdecarlo.296.718306242@mitre.org> jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo) writes:
>Of course, it doesn't have to be a DOS app you are running.  Check out the 
>versions of PKZIP2.EXE and PKUNZIP2.EXE on ftp-os2.  Neither program will 
>run in a DOS window, yet both will start up full screen OS/2 sessions if you 
>run them from an OS/2 windowed session.
>
>Anyone know why?

Yes.  There is a flag in the .EXE header that tells OS/2 if the app is
compatible with windows or not.  This flag (WINDOWCOMPAT) must be true
for an app to run in a windowed session.  Otherwise, it will only run
in a full-screen session - which will be created if it wasn't started
from one.

If your app is window-compatible and doesn't have this flag set (like
PKZIP2.EXE), you can set the flag with IBM's MARKEXE.EXE program
(included in the toolkit) or Microsoft's EXEHDR.EXE program (included
in C 6.00).

There are other apps that can apply the WINDOWCOMPAT bit.  Note that
if the app has this bit set and it isn't window-compatible, it will be
terminated as soon as it makes a full-screen-specific system call.
Note also that you can apply this bit to PM programs, which will make
them completely non-functional.



-- 
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.programmer
From: jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen)
Subject: Re: Stack Size
Organization: Project Papyrus, AIRAID, Dublin, Ireland
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 10:50:03 GMT

alexande@genghis.borland.com (Mark Alexander) writes:
: In article <1992Sep22.233115.6244@genghis.borland.com> I mistakenly wrote:
: >OS/2 does grow the stack dynamically, using guard pages...
: 
: This isn't true.  The dynamic stack growth must be implemented by the
: runtime library.  I've been working on Windows NT lately and got
: confused.

Will BC++ for OS/2 2.0 do dynamic stack growth.
Please say YES!
From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: precise event timing?
Date: 28 Sep 92 08:42:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) 

ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes:

 > I have a program I'd like to write, and I want to know if it can be
 > done:
 > I need to write to a port every 10-30 us or so (smaller is better)
 > worst case. Writes to the port may not be necessary every time.
 > Is there a good way to generate a timing signal that would wake up
 > a thread, so it could perform the write? Keep in mind the 20
 > microsecond or so needed between every signal. It should be fairly
 > accurate, but the exact value doesn't matter much.

Given that you're talking about 40,000 interrupts per second, it would
simply not be possible.  OS/2 is rated at 1,000 interrupts per second.
I've been able to get up to about 12,000 per second on a 486DX-25, but
that's with a dedicated system doing no useful work, and it's still
far short of your requirements.

Best regards,
John
                                             
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Subject: Minor wishlist item: any IBMers out there?
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 06:09:16 GMT

Is IBM sitting on an ANSI C library/dll? There are heaps of DLLs and crud
in my \os2\dlls directory, and no C library. :-(
Perhaps IBM could let OS/2 be more like other operating systems (UNIX!!)
that include a standard set of libraries etc. ANSI C would
be pretty basic. At least it would help cut a weency bit of code out
of programs, since so many will call standard C functions anyway. It would
also standardise things a bit more too. I bet NT (boo hiss) will have one! 


-- 
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From: Matt_Kievit@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Matt Kievit)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: GCC/2 2.2.2
Distribution: world
Date: 5 Oct 92 22:15:31 EST
Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch

I have a question about GCC 2 2.2.2.  I am learning C programming right
now, and picked up GCC because it writes OS/2 2.0 code and it's cheap
(can't beat free)..  Anyways, when I run the following program, I can enter
the numbers, but it waits until I hit a zero to do any output.

main()
  {
    int i;
    i = 1;
    while (i!=0)
      {
        printf ("Enter a number: ");
        scanf ("%d",&i);
        printf ("\nYou entered: %d\n\n",i);
      }
  }

So the output looks like
1
0

Enter a number:
You entered: 1

Enter a number:
You entered: 0

and then it exits..  What's up (what am I doing wrong??)

You can email me at :   mhkievit@mtu.edu

Thanks...

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995
From: d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Novell NetBIOS
Date: 29 Sep 92 22:22:00 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg Sweden

How do I write my OS/2 programs to be binary compatible with both the IBM
(Lan Server) NetBIOS and Novell (OS/2 Requester) NetBIOS?  I have written
a NetBIOS application for IBM Lan Server, but when running Novell, it
(naturally) can't find the ACS DLL's.  I suppose I will need the NETAPI.DLL
from Novell instead?  But how do I do to get the compiled code run at both
systems?

Mikael Wahlgren
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer