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From: hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting)
Subject: Re: Some suggestions for OS/2
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 10:37:39 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.085012.16035@cco.caltech.edu>, nyet@cco.caltech.edu (n liu) writes:
 > Ah hell... While we're at it.
 > 
 > Ability to fix the default size of a window. Its a real drag to have to
 > resize a large dos/os2 box every time I start it up. Kinda like the 
 > standard X -geometry option. There seems to be some wierd fixed maximum
 > based on a 640x480 size screen - just what is going on here?
 > 
Try to hold down shift next time you resizes a dos/os2 box.  The new
size should then become the new default size.  

 > Focus Follows Mouse! (ala X) I REALLY miss this.
 > 
Sometimes a nice feature, but sometimes it is just irritating to have to
have the mouse pointer over the text I am typing.  Especially when a stupid
programmer makes his application so that the cursor has to be not only
over the window, but also over the entry field where the text is to be typed.

The ideal would be if focus follows the mouse into a window, but if I move
the mouse out of the window (onto the bacground, not into another 
application window) then the focus should stay in the window.  That way it would
be possible to get the mouse pointer out of the way...


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From: genie@netcom.com (The Genie)
Subject: Re: UPCOMING POSTS TO COMP.BINARIES.OS2 (WEEK OF AUGUST 23 - AUGUST 29)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 22:14:24 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <1992Aug23.104801.10100@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes:
>OS/2 binaries moderator (mikek@miller.cs.uwm.edu) wrote:
>> 
>> Sunday, August 23:
>> ------------------
>> os2speed.zoo - Allow any Desqview-aware program to give up timeslices in
>>                OS/2 2.0 so that the rest of the system won't bog down
>>                when things like DOS communications programs are run.
>>                The combination of Boyan 5.0 and DSZ/GSZ Zmodem works very
>>                well with this setup (Telix is not Desqview-aware). 
>									   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>YES IT IS! I am running Telix right now with OS/2SPEED and except for
>during downloads and big screen redrawrs, the line is very flat and low.
>It pulses with comm actvity as you would expect an OS/2 aware program to
>be. Telix has been DV aware for years now.
>

That's strange.  I've installed OS/2 Speed and am running Telix,
but the pusle line stays a flat line at the top of the chart,
meaning most of the cpu is working on Telix.  What DOS
settings do you have on exactly?  I've been fiddling with all
the options but can't get that line to come down at all.

Gene
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:28490 comp.os.os2.advocacy:4669
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: OS/2 Win3.1 support *better* than MS!
Date: 28 Aug 92 16:53:01 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug27.160726.42605@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>By the way, which applications don't work with Microsoft Windows 3.1?
>I can't remember any, but when I am challenged on this point in the 
>future (and I know I will be), I would like to know the specific apps.

My terminal emulator (WinQVT shareware, version 4.78) worked fine
under Win 3.0, but under 3.1, the Zmodem download is a bit flaky (it
crashes WinQVT if I load another application before it's done).
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From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Can't delete an icon
Date: 29 Aug 92 01:21:10 GMT
Organization: National University of Singapore

The simplest is simply to create a "rubbish" folder. Move any unwanted
object in there and delete the "rubbish" folder periodically. Recreate 
the rubbish folder anytime you want.

jin meng
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From: cvadrtbc@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
Subject: Re: New kernel fix
Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 04:49:00 GMT
X-Posted-From: vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <1992Aug26.194631.7176@njitgw.njit.edu>, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes...
> 
>The "Out of memory" errors you refer to are not really running out of
>memory.  I've run out of memory, and I get a full-screen popup stating
>that the swapper partition is full.  I suspect that this error is due
>to running out of system resources (like window handles, icon
>pointers, etc.).
> 
>I've been saying this a lot recently, could anyone from IBM confirm or
>deny this?

I think it's because of the new kernal (6.412).  A lot of people have been
reporting this.  It seems like it fixed the swapfile-doesn't-shrink problem
with a swapfile-doesn't-grow-problem-and-causes-out-of-memory-errors problem.

Srikanth
Clinton & OS/2 in '92!

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Don Smith)
Subject: Re: Just the bloody FAQs, maam
Originator: djs6015@ultb
Organization: R.I.T.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:33:29 GMT

In article <92240.054640ANDY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> ANDY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Andrew T. Robinson) writes:
}
}How do I get the FAQ?

Host:  ftp-os2.nmsu.edu
Address:  128.123.35.151
directory: /pub/os2/all/faq



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Date: Wednesday, 2 Sep 1992 09:55:42 EDT
From: Jerry Bryan <BRYAN@wvnvm.wvnet.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject:    VDISK.SYS in one specific DOS Windows

Some time ago there was a discussion about VDISK.SYS.  I reported that
VDISK.SYS could be used in CONFIG.SYS, in which case the defined
virtual disk would be globally accessible to all OS/2 and DOS windows.
This does indeed work.  I also reported that VDISK.SYS could be used
for just one DOS window, in which case the defined virtual disk would
be local to just that one DOS window.  It was reported to me via private
mail that this does not work.  The DOS window crashes.

Well, it crashes for me, too.  I could swear I remember it working for
me at some time in the past, but sometimes I remember mirages.  In any
case, it doesn't work *now*.  Is this a known bug, or is VDISK.SYS not
supposed to work on a session by session basis?  Certainly, other
device drivers such as ANSI.SYS work on a session by session basis.

The original context of the discussion was that a virtual disk created
by VDISK.SYS is a FAT disk, and the primary issue of the thread was
whether or not there was a virtual HPFS disk available anywhere.  To
my knowledge, there is not a virtual HPFS disk available.
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: GNU GCC 2.1
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:28:03 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Sep1.000454.17192@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> wrp@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Bill Pearson) writes:
>In article <tdhnfmg.genie@netcom.com> genie@netcom.com (The Genie) writes:
>>
>>Hi.  I just downloaded the GNU GCC 2.1 package from hobbes and
>>successfully installed it into my 386 OS/2 system.  Playing around
>>with C, I couldn't get even the simplest hello.c (not from the
>>sample) program to compile correctly.  I'm sure there are
>>no errors in the 4 line program.
>>
>>I type "gcc hello.c"
>>After 3-4 seconds of disk usage, OS/2 responds:
>>SYS1808:
>>The process has stopped.  The software diagnostic
>>code (exception code) is  0006.
>>
>
>	This should be an FAQ.  Try "gcc -o hello.exe hello.c".
>If that does not work, try:
>
>	gcc -c hello.c
>	link386 hello.obj,hello.exe,,,

GCC/2 will NOT link executable at this time.  (Read the README file
that comes with it).  You must manually link.  Do this:

gcc -c hello.c
link386 hello.obj, hello.exe, nul, os2.lib, nul;



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From: wjb5106@zeus.tamu.edu (Walter Barnett)
Subject: Re: could some one tell me...
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 16:58:00 GMT

In article <sebmPZ200WB51HLXcQ@andrew.cmu.edu>, jk73+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joseph Wei-Cheng Ku) writes...
>on which disk is the origfiles entitled
> 
>wga.sys
>vsvga.sys
>vega.sys
> 
>located? I tried the svga patch, and it did more harm than good. so I
>would like to reinstall the originals
> 

Try looking in the \os2\install\install.log file on your computer.  It 
contains a list of all files installed by the installation program.
_______________________________________________________________________
Walter Barnett        Aerospace Engineering        Texas A&M University 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: FRECOM FAX96
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:51:13 GMT

In article <Bsq0PB2w164w@dvss.UUCP> dvss!jtroy@udel.edu (Jay Troy) writes:
>Does anyone else have one?  Have you gotten it to work with OS/2.
>This is the only troublesome application I have.  The software
>runs, but the FAX's modem won't make the connection after dialing.
>This is the simple non-CAS FAX-only (no modem) internal board from
>about two years ago.

Optimize the DOS settings when you run this FAX program -- see the FAQ
List for details.

Your best bet is to investigate OS/2 FAX software.  See the TINF guide
(available via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu) for a list of OS/2
FAX software.

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From: baldwin@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil (J.D. Baldwin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: "Stuck" keys in OS/2
Date: 28 Aug 92 16:12:09 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dep't., U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

What the heck's going on?  If this were only happening to me, I'd think I
was insane, but it's happening on at least one other machine (yes, to another
operator).

Does anyone else have a "stuck" key problem in OS/2?  I've seen this happen
in PM, OS/2 full screen, DOS full screen and various apps.  The system
suddenly behaves as if one or more of Alt, Shift and/or Ctrl are being held
down.  The keyboard is not sticking physically, and I am certainly not holding
these keys down at the time.

I notice this when strange things happen like, for example, clicking an icon
and suddenly finding myself editing its name (stuck Alt key), or hitting the
ESC key and suddenly finding myself in the task list (stuck Ctrl key).

This got EXTREMELY irritating yesterday when I hit DEL to delete a character
in WordPerfect and rebooted the machine (stuck you-guess-which-? keys).

Is this a known problem?  Is there a fix?  Are my office-mate and I INSANE?
If you have a clue, please post or reply.  I'll summarize replies if there's
interest.  Of course, I could call IBM (and fully intend to), but I'd like
to know whether there is anywhere else this is happening before doing so.

I'm running a UNISYS 386 with 16MB of memory and a SCSI disk, in case it
matters.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Desktop workspace size, ie VGA etc.
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 02:59:34 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.223047.15311@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> vaitkus@oyster.cps.msu.edu (Keith P Vaitkus) writes:
>1) How large can the desktop be in OS2? Im not real familiar with all these
>resolution buzzwords, SVGA, S3, XGA, etc. In laymans terms, what kind of
>resolutions can I get? 1000x1000? The VGA 640x480 is far too small for me, but I
>have heard about problems os2 has supporting video cards. 

As large as the driver supports -- the IBM Image Adapter/A, for
example, goes well above 1000x1000, I believe.

In practical terms, when buying a new clone, it is really quite easy:
ask for either the ATI Graphics Vantage or ATI Graphics Ultra (1 MB
for either).  Get the Ultra if you have a bit more money -- it is
faster.  Both are 8514/A hardware compatible which will give you
1024x768 in 256 colors at a very respectible speed.  That should prove
more than sufficient for your needs.

>2) I am looking at a Gateway 2000 system and a Dell system. Can anyone tell me if
>there are any problems with these and high graphics resolutions? The Dell has a
>built in video driver, I believe, Is this going to cause me problems?

See above about video -- to get beyond VGA the best way to go, right
now, is with either of those ATI adapters.  Both Gateway 2000 and Dell
systems are OS/2-friendly (the vast majority of systems are).  Dell
will even preinstall OS/2 2.0 for you if you ask.

>3) Lastly, does anyone have advice about whether I ought to get a SX or DX? Now,
>I know this is a sore issue for many people, (the SX is just a brain-dead DX,
>etc) but Im not a 'power user' and an SX seems like it will be powerfull enough
>for me, (I still have to use a 286 at work!) unless there is some great advantage
>at having the co-processor built in. It was my understanding that the
>co-processor had to be addressed directly to be used, ie it has special code
>requirements and is not automatically used by all programs. Is this still true?
>Will the DX rapidly increase my everyday general graphics performance?

If you have applications which benefit from a math coprocessor, get
the DX.  Examples: SAS, MathCAD, Lotus 1-2-3, Gauss, Maple, MatLab,
AutoCAD, Mathematica.  Otherwise, the SX is safe, but bear in mind
that the DX typically operates at a high clock speed.

I would, though, recommend a 386DX 40 MHz system over a 486SX 20 MHz
system.  The 486SX is probably a slightly better choice at 25 MHz.
Reason?  The 386DX-40 is just as fast as the 486SX-20 -- perhaps
slightly faster -- yet adding the math coprocessor is substantially
less expensive (almost by an order of magnitude last I checked).

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: zhao@unixg.ubc.ca (Jiansheng Zhao)
Subject: Help, can't open HD object (DOS)
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 16:41:52 GMT

I cann't open hard drive objects. I have A B C D E drives in the drive
folder, I can open E (os/2 FAT), A and B (floppy) drive. However, when
I tried to open drive C and D (both DOS partitions), the icon-view (or
tree-view) opened in a flash and closed right away. I cann't find the
solution in the manual or on-line help.
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
-- 
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zhao@unixg.ubc.ca
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 32bit graphics engine, etc...
Date: 26 Aug 92 19:23:22 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug25.124426.28653@news.uiowa.edu> williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams) writes:
>From article <1992Aug24.215024.24160@njitgw.njit.edu>, by dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap):
>> Because the driver will use 32-bit pointers and offsets, etc., it will
>> be able to keep track of more window objects at once (I think the
>> 16-bit GRE has problems with more than about 150 objects on-screen at
>> once, and pops up the "out of memory" dialog when it uses more than
>> them - the same rumor said that the swapfile partition filled before
>> the 32-bit GRE ran out of object handles).
>
>I've gotten the "Out of Memory" message just by opening a disk icon
>with too many files in it, even though most of them were outside the bounds
>of the window.

It doesn't matter if they're on-screen.  Each object, if it's been
created, has a handle into some system table.  This table is a limited
size.  The limit is imposed by 64K segments (the 16-bit memory model
is a 286 model).  Minimize some other windows, and you should avoid
the problem.  Minimized windows give up their handles until they are
restored. 
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From: wjb5106@zeus.tamu.edu (Walter Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Changing the damn icons (and a lockup question!)
Date: 1 Sep 92 19:21:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Sep1.184400.1899@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior) writes...

(stuff about changing icons deleted)

> 
>Also - is there a way to "migrate" or install a new program without
>going through the migrate icon.  Doing so makes me scan the entire
>disk (400MB) for programs when I already know the directory I want.
> 

All you have to do is install the program manually and then define a 
program object (drag an icon from the templates folder) and enter the 
appropriate name for the executable file.

_______________________________________________________________________
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: PMCOMM!!!
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 23:53:34 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting

PMCOMM32 has the best ZMODEM upload on any comm package I've seen. 
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
( New .sig under construction. Watch this space! )
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: PMCOMM!!!
Date: 27 Aug 92 18:59:33 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <x#cn-qp.feustel@netcom.com> feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) writes:
>I bought a copy of PMCOMM and found it to be a so-so program. As a
>registered user I got access to a beta version of the 32-bit version
>of PMCOMM (PMCOMM32). I downloaded the program to try it out and it's
>a big improvement. I think this program will wean me from TELIX. The
>32-bit version starts up fast. 

Does PMCOMM have built-in Zmodem?  That's one feature I haven't seen
yet in OS/2 terminal packages.  I won't switch from Procomm Plus/DOS
until I find a package that does this, and I'd like to remove yet
another DOS app from my system, if I can.



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From: wjb5106@summa.tamu.edu (Walter Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Wait without loading CPU?
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:09:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: summa.3SEP199211094834
Organization: Texas A&M University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1557@cogsci.ucsd.EDU>, miller@cogsci.ucsd.EDU (Jeff Miller) writes...
>I need to put a "wait" command in a .bat file (DOS box)
>or in a .cmd file (OS/2 box).  The idea is just to let
>some time elapse (e.g., 2 minutes) before going
>on to the next command.  The key problem is that the
>"wait" command should put AS LITTLE LOAD AS POSSIBLE
>on the CPU.
> 
>I tried writing a little REXX script that checked the
>time, but this puts too much load on the CPU.
> 

With a REXX script you can use the the syssleep function.  For example, 
the following script will cause a five second delay:

/* Wait for five seconds */
call rxfuncadd 'syssleep','rexxutil','syssleep'
call syssleep 5
exit

_______________________________________________________________________
Walter Barnett        Aerospace Engineering        Texas A&M University
From: logic@gacvx2.gac.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: PMCOMM!!!
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:08:00 -0600
Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota

In article <1992Aug27.185933.19328@njitgw.njit.edu>, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
> 
> Does PMCOMM have built-in Zmodem?  That's one feature I haven't seen
> yet in OS/2 terminal packages.  I won't switch from Procomm Plus/DOS
> until I find a package that does this, and I'd like to remove yet
> another DOS app from my system, if I can.
>
Try TE/2..  It does have built in Zmodem..  The shareware version is available
at hobbes..  The registered version provides Zmodem crash recovery and a very
robust script language..

regards,
al hart
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Some suggestions for OS/2
From: gershon@husc10.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon)
Date: 2 Sep 92 23:32:55 GMT

great list! two other suggestions I have made previously:

multiple desktops with and without logins to allow multiple users to
use the same system etc... (kind of like XEROX's "Rooms for Windows")

ability to change the basic appearance of windows: e.g. move where scroll
bars and scroll buttons appear. add buttons, remove buttons, move minimize
buttons. add a close button (instead of double-clicking on upper left button)
and a bigger resize area like on the mac's lower right corner of windows.

also:

give out a good "make bootable diskette/disk" program as an applet. I
still haven't entirely figured this out.

include an optional pull down menu system for the desktop (like toolchest
for X or (I think) rocket launcher for the Mac) that allows you to pull
down a list of applications or other functions and execute a selection from
them.

MB2 pop-up menu for marked text like in CUA demo

a printer driver for fax boards that allows drag-and-drop of a document
for faxing, etc.

definately use standard dialogs throughout (this is part of what makes
the mac so good)

5.25" disk drives should have 5.25" disks as icons (NOT 3.5" ones)

a basic collection of icons (including those that are used by the system)
for OS/2 and DOS programs and functions

icon converter for Win->OS/2 included with system

a few "pre-fab" desktop arrangements (including placement of icons) as
suggestions to people

a mac-like trashcan

an X-like option for using a third mouse button for pasting marked text

X-like versions of windowed DOS and OS/2 prompts with long scroll back
buffer (instead of just one screen worth of information).

a "push window" and "pop window" (like on some X systems) that moves a
window to the bottom and top of a stack of windows respectively



ok.... that's all I can think of for now. IBM, are you listening????!?

comments? opinions? flames?
                                                    --Ethan Gershon
                                                    gershon@husc.harvard.edu
                                                    egershon@helix.nih.gov

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