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From: g1nickut@cdf.toronto.edu (Nick Zahariadis)
Subject: Re: where should SET name=thing go?
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Disciplines Facility
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 06:52:20 GMT

In article <Bz8HIA.B9M@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> calvert@QueensU.CA (John Calvert) writes:
>The online docs say that SET commands should go in the CONFIG.SYS file,
>(unlike under DOS), but there are still several in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
>created by the installation. Does it matter?

 Just to pull the rug from under your feet, OS/2 does NOT use the
 'Autoexec.Bat' file AT ALL. Go ahead and move it to a floppy; OS/2 will
 still boot its merry way into your system.

 The 'Autoexec.Bat' is there for DOS sessions only. Therefore the 'SET'
 statements that appear there, are applicable to DOS session only. If it
 helps, think of your DOS sessions under OS/2 as just that; DOS. When
 IBM said 99.9% DOS, they were not kidding. Consequently any statements
 that you could put into your 'Autoexec.Bat' under native DOS, should be
 acceptable here.

 Nick.


>
>John Calvert
>calvert@mast.queensu.ca


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jlloyd@adapcal.UUCP (John Lloyd)
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA-1542B and large SCSI questions
Organization: Adaptec Inc., California
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:50:18 GMT

In article <1992Dec12.174722.407@weyrich.UUCP> uunet.uu.net!weyrich!orville writes:
>I got an Adaptec AHA-1542B controller and want to use it with OS/2 2.0
>and a large SCSI disk. 
>
>My question is this: I have heard that SCSI disks larger than 1 Gb may
>not work properly without BIOS upgrades or special drivers. Is this true for
>OS/2? 
>
All the Adaptec drivers will handle drives with more than 1024
cylinders. OS/2 2.0 is currently limited to booting from drives with
less than 1025 cylinders. If you are trying to install OS/2 2.0 on
such a drive and it has not been partitioned you need to modify a
COPY of disk#1 and load our driver instead of the generic Int 13
driver. This will allow you to see the whole drive when you run
FDISK. Anyway this does not seem to fit your problem so I suggest
that you just install our driver and run FDISK. 

Adaptec does have new BIOS and firmware to support extended BIOS translation
and allow MS-DOS to handle drives that are larger than 1 GB. You should
get this upgrade if you plan to use DOS on the drive or wish to boot
from
a single partition under OS/2 2.0.
From: jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (John Bodnar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: QuattroPro Windows replaces some WINOS2 dll
Date: 20 Dec 92 08:24:27 GMT
Reply-To: jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (John Bodnar)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

According to patrice@cenparmi.concordia.ca (SCATTOLIN patrice):
>When I installed Quattro Pro for Windows it decided to replace some
>dll's. Now it mentions this during the install process and I would 
>not be worried if I was using the actual Windows. But did this
>replacement does any dammage to my WINOS2 set up? The files are the following:

>	BWCC.DLL
>	ODAPI.DLL
>	LD.DLL
>	ODAPIQ.DLL

No problem with these because they are not part of WIN-OS/2.  They are
Borland's specialized DLLs to support various things (i.e. ODAPI is their
database standrad methinks).

>	OLESVR.DLL
>	OLECLI.DLL

These are Microsoft's DLLs for handling OLE Client/Server operations.  OS/2
does not ship with these DLLs, but many applications (like Ami Pro) do.
This shouldn't be a problem because Borland most likely placed the newest
versions of these DLLs on the Quattro Pro disks.  Other Windows
applications you have may use OLE, but they shouldn't experience any
problems with the newer DLLs.
-- 
John Bodnar                          : Friends don't let friends use Windows!
The University of Texas at Austin    : But I'm still waiting for Microsoft
Internet: jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu : Solitaire NT!  Heaven forbid, another
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From: cj00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Carl B Jabido)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 32-bit Trident Drivers!
Date: 11 Dec 92 09:35:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.Uf_Cq6e00iV443mZgC
Organization: Sophomore, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.os2.misc: 10-Dec-92 Re: 32-bit Trident
Drivers! by P. Takis Skagos@hercules 
> the os/2 versions of these files with the Trident versions.  You should also
> have a Trident 256 colour driver (replacement DISPLAY.DLL ... that you can
> ftp from hobbes.nmsu.edu) -- replace DISPLAY.DLL with the Trident version.

You're not supposed to replace the Display.dll driver!  That's why
you're getting garbage on the screen when you switch from full-screen to
PM.  That's what happened to me when I first installed them.  Do not
replace display.dll, and you'll see a big difference (at least in
picture, maybe not speed).

Carl
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From: markr@cs.kun.nl (Mark Ruys)
Subject: Re: Tri32-bit drivers are great!
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:36:20 GMT

In <1131@rtmrd1.crd.neddata.nedlloyd.nl> wilfred@rtmrd1.crd.neddata.nedlloyd.nl (Wilfred Mollenvanger) writes:

>Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>>I have installed the 32-bit Trident drivers (1024x768x256). They are really
>>good! The old - equivalent - drivers were far too slow. These are not
>>blindingly fast, but they are a massive improvement on what 1024x768 looed
>>like before on my system. 
>>[...] 

>What system are you running it on? On my 386/40, (16Mb memory, 1Mb trident
>8900)
>it runs too slow to work with!! You can actually see a window scrolling line
>by line. The 'old' 800x600x16 16bit drivers worked fine. 
>Do I have a hardware problem, or what?

Same configuration here, same slow window scrolling. Even the speed of
640x480x256 is unbearable... Hope I did something wrong.

[removed]

>I want 32-bit 16 color drivers!!!!!

Me too.

Mark Ruys
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From: jdries@doppler.UUCP (J. Francis Dries III)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Can defaults be set for DOS programs run from OS/2 CMD?
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 07:19:32 GMT
Organization: Only Posers Wear Black

I'd like to play around with the RayShade raytracer for OS/2.. and some
of the input files need to be run through a preprocessor.  RayShade has
been configured to run CPP.EXE from Borland (which I have, v3.1),
however that REQUIRES that DPMI_DOS_API be ENABLED rather than AUTO.  I
haven't found any way to make sure that when CPP.EXE is run that
settings for it are auto configured, especially since it is spawned via
RayShade itself, running in an OS/2 session.

I wasn't able to find anything painfully obvious in the online docs.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ellis@convex.com (Robert Ellis)
Subject: install woe w/ Paradise EGA 480 card
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:30:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Keywords: install EGA paradise
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

Greetings,

i'm having trouble installing os2 on my pc.

Austin 386/20
Paradise EGA 480
40M hard drive
4M RAM

i am able to install from the first 5 installation disks, but when the installation
program attempts run os2 (and i presume display the Graphical environment on the
monitor), i get a blank screen. I don't ever see a screen that asks me to insert
disk 6.

I have phoned IBM's help line but their suggestion is not satisfactory (they say that
lack of hard space, 30M, is causing the screen to be blank).

Is anyone running os2 with a Paradise EGA 480 video card? And if so, did you have
to modify the installation in any way?

Thanks,
 robert ellis
ellis@convex.com



PS:
if i can't get the EGA card to work, are there any instructions for completing the
remainder of the installation by hand?  I could then use cmd.exe as my shell
environment and forget the graphical environment. I'd really like to be able to
install the help files at a minimum.

--
From: ccusekh@prism.gatech.EDU (Kevin Hodge)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: NEC Intersect Model CDR-74 and OS/2 2.0--yes or no?
Date: 15 Dec 92 21:38:21 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

We have a Gateway2000 486DX2/50 EISA with an Adaptec 1742 32-bit
SCSI controller (running in enhanced mode).  I have access to a 
NEC Intersect Model CDR-74 CD-ROM player.  Before I hook it up I
wanted to check and see if anyone has any experiences with such
a setup.  Will it work under OS/2 2.0?  In particular, I want to
use it with the PDK.  Thanks in advance.
 
-- 
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Engineering Psychology        |            Madman Mundt
Georgia Tech                  |
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From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: Growing os2sys.ini file
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:01:03 GMT

Timothy F. Sipples (sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu) wrote:
> In article <42230@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> pvanmeur@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Pim van Meurs) writes:
> >have 3 pmworkplace handles. Using inimaint I looked at them.
> >PM_Worrkplace:ActiveHandles, Pm_workplace:handles0,
> >Pm_workplace:Handles1 Pm_workplace:handles. The are 19k blocks
> >filled with names of files I once had on my system. They include th

> It appears IBM has released an INI "clean up" utility of their own,
> and there are many excellent freeware/shareware alternatives.  Check
> ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  (As always, these items are just released, and they
> do take a few days to make it over to ftp-os2.  Check /pub/uploads as
> well as the main index file /pub/os2/00Index.  I believe the IBM
> utility has the filename gcini.zip, but, as I said, I just heard about
> it.)

I wonder if the IBM version will do some more than the others? I am also
the victim of the multiple Handles entries and am a little nervous to
delete any of them even though the activehandles entry only points to one
of them. Hopefully the IBM version is clever enough to remove incorrect
entries as well as the dead space that the others do.

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
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From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: Re: MMPM/2 MIDI drivers for MPU 401?
Keywords: OS/2 MPU-401
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 16:59:56 GMT

In article <1992Dec12.222641.13238@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1992Dec9.072745.13155@nuscc.nus.sg> matcsp@nuscc.nus.sg (Chan Shih-Ping) writes:
>>Subject says all: is such a thing available?
>
>I thought they were bundled with MMPM/2 (for at least one MPU-401
>adapter).  Am I mistaken?
>
>-- 
>Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0h, available from

Hmmm,  don't think so Tim.  I'd be VERY interested to hear about this though.
This is one of my sore points with OS/2 in general.  I think Roland MPU-401
support is A BIG PROBLEM.  I heard a 'rumor' from the MMPM/2 camp that
Roland and IBM had a falling out over this and Scott Swix, from IBM's MMPM/2
group told me that "MPU-401 support under MMPM/2 is up to the manufacturers"
I can't stick up for OS/2 here, as MIDI support is EXTREMEMLY important
to me, and I've been trying to make it work since last April.  MPU-401
support under OS/2 *or* MMPM/2 is NOT HAPPENING.  THIS IS VERY BAD!

*Note*  I have NOT seen the MMPM/2 package, just repeating what I've been
told.  I guess it's possible things have changed, but I doubt it.  I may
write to Swix to confirm (again).  Anyone else with more info, please jump in.
Also note that 'non MPU-401 midi support' apparently works under mmpm/2 and
that MPU-401 hardware *appears* to work under OS/2, but not flawlessly.

Always hoping to learn more....


--Don Lindbergh
dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov



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From: samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore)
Subject: Re: Question about OS/2 emulated DOS, how it works???
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 07:41:27 GMT

jwhite@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Joseph White) writes:

>I have a question about how OS/2's emulated DOS handles TSR's.  Under
>MS-DOS, if you loaded a TSR after shelling to DOS from a program (ie,
>under a secondary shell) you end up leaving a 'hole' in memory.
> 
>How does OS/2 handle the same situation?  I ask this because I am
>trying to run NCSA Telnet with a packet driver under OS/2.  Until late
>Friday, I thought that I had it working, but then as I was leaving
>work for the weekend, I decided to check my e-mail, and got messages
>about the DOS program not having enough memory to run, would I like to
>change the DOS settings?  The end result of this experience is that I
>am reinstalling first thing on Monday 8-(.

>I was under the impression that when you exited from an OS/2 emulated
>DOS shell, that OS/2 cleared up the memory that was used, and made it
>available for an other use.  Is that right?

As long as the VDM (virtual dos machine) runs, it will behave just as real dos
will, ie, you will get the hole effect from runnning a TSR. But once the VDM
closes (as in the dos screen or window colapses and no longer shows up on the
task list), it is truly gone, including any tsrs.
To my knowledge, having a tsr loaded will not prevent the VDM from exitting,
and so the script you showed would simply install the tsr, then immediately
dump out of the VDM (or were you shelling out from another program in that
VDM ?).

                                                [sam]
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From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis) (OS/2)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Western Digital drivers
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 06:24:12 GMT

In article <724214442snx@galisant.demon.co.uk> gordon@galisant.demon.co.uk (Gordon Beck) writes:
>Anyone know if there are any SVGA drivers for the WD SVGA card, or
>know the WD BBS number?

You can try an 800x600x16 driver stored in vga800-1.zip located in the
/pub/os2/2.0/drivers directory at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu .  I have a WD90C31
and the driver works great.

>Gordon Beck     | gordon@galisant.demon.co.uk   |

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: 5692330@mcimail.com  (Robert Gammon)
Subject: Re: Hot-key to kill WPS?
Nntp-Software: PC/TCP NNTP
Organization: Texas Instruments Materials and Controls Group
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:55:52 GMT

In article <15DEC199220470840@zeus.tamu.edu> lmp8913@zeus.tamu.edu (PRESTON, LISA M) writes:

 >> 
 >> 
 >> Hi folks,
 >>         I'm sure that many of you have had the unfortunate experience
 >> of having the WPS freeze, with the mouse pointer, background downloads, 
 >> and the clock running in the background, but a dead keyboard and 
 >> mouse buttons. Crtl-Esc? HA!! No effect, or worse, the dialog box to kill
 >> the offending app, which just won't die.
 >> 
 >>         The only recourse, if you're lucky, is the three fingered salute, 
 >> but usually it's red button or Ctrl-Alt-NumLock time.  
 >> 
 >> I have had very few problems since I stopped running a seamless Winos2 
 >> session constantly, but I did have a freeze happen the other day-I made 
 >> the mistake of opening the folder I had just unzipped the icon file from
 >> Hobbes into (why _1300_ in one file!;-)).needless to say, crash & burn...
 >> 
 >> EXCEPT 
 >>         I happened to have PSPM running, to try it out, and was able to get to 
 >> it before things hung completely, and killed pmshell. It came back up in 
 >> usable condition, albeit slowly, but I was able to get to any open apps,
 >> and exit them normally, thus saving my data.
 >> 
 >>         Since this scenario will not work if the keyboard locks up, 
 >> is there a utility or driver that will recycle the WPS on demand?  I've 
 >> never had Ctrl-Alt-Numlock fail to work properly (If you can call that a 
 >> solution!!), so some sort of driver should be possible to permit the WPS 
 >> to be killed via the keyboard, even if it is "locked up".
 >> 
 >> Anyone have a solution?  
 >> 
 >> Thanx in advance!
 >> 
 >> LISA
 >> 
 >> PS
 >> This is one I actually did get around to reporting to tech-support before the
 >> embargo, but they had no solution.

Well, I consistently have a problem with PMGlobe (32bit version) locking things
up.  Ctrl-Esc will tell me this is so, and offer to let me kill the task but it
won't die, Ctrl-Alt-Del time.  No way to reach anything useful like PSPM to
kill it any other way.  I have had the Desktop to report itself locked, and if
kill is selected, the desktop will restart.  Hmm, missed the Ctrl-Alt-Numlock
trick when it was discussed earlier, will have to try that the next time the
system locks up.

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From: hmkirchh@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Hans-Joachim Kirchhoff)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: CMS Jumbo 250 use under OS2 2.0
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:39:16 GMT
Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen
NNTP-Posting-Host: faui01d.informatik.uni-erlangen.de

ejm@coyote.datalog.com (E.J. McKernan) writes:

>I just installed OS2 2.0 on a new 486/33. The machine includes a
>colorado memory systems jumbo 250 tape drive attached to the floppy
>controller. The entire system is using the HPFS. Now a couple of
>questions:

>1. Is there a driver available for the CMS under OS2?

CMS are working on a driver. It is supposed to be released soon (like x-mas
or early january). (This, at least, is what the guy from CMS said on Compu
Serve. Yes, they listen and post there, so anyone can ask them)

>2. How can I set up a DOS session to run the DOS tape software?

Haven't gotten this one to work RELIABLE.

-Hajo
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From: furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod)
Subject: Re: Future of OS/2 and IBM???????????? (LONG)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 04:24:29 GMT

In article <5PeZVB1w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky) writes:
>furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
>
< stuff deleted >

>This is possibly one of the strangest definitions of stock stability I
>have heard. There are two components to returns on a stock: dividend
>yield and price appreciation. If the share price fluctuates madly then
>so does the dividend yield, which is why IBM all of a sudden became a
>good investment again when its price fell below $85 or so and its
>dividend yield became high in relative terms. Price appreciation is the
>other part of the investment equation and saying it is only the concern
>of the short term investor is naive, goofy, and just plain wrong. IBM
>earned its blue chip status, or perhaps I should say, kept it, because
>of the naivete of many institutional investors who simply never
>understood (in the same that IBM has only slowly understood) the
>fundamental changes in its lines of business. That is not the same as
>calling IBM blue chip.
> 

Price appreciation does not always figure into the equation any
more. Some clever person figured out you can sell short on stocks,
just like commodities and the bears have had a field day raping IBM
for profits.

I do stand corrected on the blue chip issue. Moody's and S&P just
downgraded the stock on the list. I have not followed IBM's stock
for about a year, but focused more on commodity issues, which it
might surprise you to know there is talk in some circles of trading
software issues as commodities; how, I don't have the foggiest.


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From: teague@a.cs.okstate.edu (Keith Teague)
Subject: Re: Which Tape Drive for OS/2?
Organization: Oklahoma State University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 23:15:29 GMT

From article <1992Dec17.160508.221@ornl.gov>, by rm3@ornl.gov (MCBROOM R C):
> In article <1gj1ujINN19p@hpscit.sc.hp.com> you write:
>>I use an HP 120MB tape controlled through the floppy drive.  It is really
>>an Irwin drive.  I have Irwin's Eztape for PM.  It supports various
>>other tape drives with different controllers.  I'm very pleased with
>>Eztape for PM.  You would probably want to checkout your options on
>>which hardware to choose among those supported by it.  There is probably
>>a major price/performance tradeoff.  My 120MB drive is rather out-dated.
> 
> Do you have a list of the other drives supported?  I have an EVEREX 120M
> drive that doesn't seem to be popular but I would really like to use it!
> 
> There would seem to be some commonality in the implementation of the 
> floppy tape hack.
> 
>
Does anybody have any further info on getting the Irwin Accutrac drive and
EZtape for PM to work with the latest (GA+CSD) release of OS/2. It fails
to operate correctly for me using either the latest beta (11/92 PDK) and
the GA+CSD release of OS/2. A call to Irwin just confirmed that they
were aware of the problems but that they had no idea when/if there would
be a fix available - they don't even understand the problem yet, they
told me! By the way, I am using the 4100c interface board, not the
floppy controller to run the drive.

Does any one know of other software that will work with the Irwin
Accutrac drives? Maybe that is an option.

Keith Teague
 
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