HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: aaa@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Simon Fowler)
Subject: Re: Mr. File/PM is very cool!
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:16:26 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Atlanta GA

In article <Gary.Woodman.941.728093047@anu.edu.au>, Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman) writes:
> In article <727914810snx@w3vh.UUCP> rolfe@w3vh.UUCP (Rolfe Tessem) writes:
> 
> >I just picked Mr. File/PM off hobbes, and am very pleased. This is
> >just the kind of utility OS/2 needs, at least until applications are
> >more generally WPS-aware.  Having played with it for a couple of
> >hours, I don't really think Norton Commander is going to have much
> >luck in the marketplace with Mr. File available as freeware. There are
> >a number of elegant touches - drag and drop, shortcuts, etc.

One of the things that I like about WINFILE is the ability to see the whole tree
and see the files in the other half of the window. Clicking on a directory
in the tree updates the files section with the appropriate information. 

Other than that, it seems like a nice tool (I've only used it once - last night - 
so my experience is limited).

simon
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From: jig1@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Julian Gorfajn)
Subject: Re: QmodemPro and OS/2 Question.
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 27 Jan 93 02:53:46 GMT

Hold it!  I am can't seem to configure Qmodem Pro to run with OS/2.  How does
one do that??

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From: jcalvert@scorpio.ic.cmc.ca (John Calvert)
Subject: problems with new dll for TE/2
Organization: Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:40:59 GMT

I just installed the new dll file for TE/2 that was announced. I think
my vt100 mapping is now somewhat off. The arrow keys from my enhanced
keyboard no longer give cursor movement, just beeps. 

Any help would be appreciated.


-- 
John Calvert							Are you thriving or just surviving?

jcalvert@scorpio.ic.cmc.ca
From: bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu (Bruce Dubbs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: tex previewers
Date: 27 Jan 1993 23:01:00 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
NNTP-Posting-Host: neuron.tamu.edu

In article <1993Jan27.210805.2528@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> fali@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Fathei Ali) writes:
|Recently, I've downloaded the Emtex package from Hobbes. 
|Does anobody know whether any os/2 previewers (PM ?) has
|been written ? if so, where could be located ?
|Thanks for the help.

I use the dviscr program included with emtex.  Its not PM, but it
works for me under OS/2 quite well.
   -- Bruce

--
Bruce Dubbs                   |  Oxymorons of note:
bdubbs@neuron.tamu.edu        |  Honest Politician, Political Science,
                              |  Scrupulous Lawyer
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From: wkn@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ken Neighbors)
Subject: Re: tex previewers
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.apps
Summary: emTeX's dvipm
Keywords: emTeX, dvipm
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 01:15:48 GMT

In article <1k747cINNp02@tamsun.tamu.edu> bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu (Bruce Dubbs) writes:
>In article <1993Jan27.210805.2528@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> fali@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Fathei Ali) writes:
>|Recently, I've downloaded the Emtex package from Hobbes. 
>|Does anobody know whether any os/2 previewers (PM ?) has
>|been written ? if so, where could be located ?
>|Thanks for the help.
>
>I use the dviscr program included with emtex.  Its not PM, but it
>works for me under OS/2 quite well.

There's a newer beta version of emTeX that includes dvipm, a very
nice PM dvi previewer.

On Hobbes (ftp-os2.nmsu.edu):
all/unix/tex/betatest:
dvidrv87_14r.zoo
                 424592  Dvidrv 1.4r additional files for math coprocessor
dvidrv_14r.zoo   968003  Beta test release of dvidrv 1.4r

Ken Neighbors
wkn@leland.stanford.edu
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From: halverso@staff.tc.umn.edu (Chris Halverson)
Subject: Program to make disk images?
Organization: University of Minnesota
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:06:07 GMT

Does anyone know of an OS/2 utility that _makes_ disk images? I've
found one that's a DOS program, but it doesn't work too well under
OS/2. At least for me, I haven't fiddled around with the settings yet,
but the 2 times I tried to make an image it hung the machine after I
switched from a DOS full screen session to the Desktop. If anybody
knows about such a program could you please let me know.
--
Chris Halverson        halverso@staff.tc.umn.edu 
Windows is, at best, a priggish, effeminate interface modeled
after the sissified Macintosh operating system interface. 
				 -John C. Dvorak 
                            

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From: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich)
Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.advocacy
Reply-To: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich)
Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 08:55:51 GMT

[followups to comp.os.os2/advocacy]

In article <sheldon.727420198@pv1413.vincent.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:
>In <80619@hydra.gatech.EDU> eefacdk@prism.gatech.EDU (Richard Kenan) writes:
>
>>...In
>>every case I've heard of, no distributor can force a retailer to sell
>>for the suggested retail price, many places sell for less, much to the
>>dismay of some clothing manufacturers. Only in the case of dumping
>>at cost is this a problem, and courts frequently ignore this for
>>American companies (foreigners get blasted, of course, but this is
>>America, home of the xenophobic and land of the bigoted).
>
> Actually, this practice is really not that uncommon.
>
> Off the top of my head, I'm trying to think of some examples.
>
> Oakley, Bose are two superb ones.  There are others.  I believe Toyota and
>Honda don't like their dealers selling below sticker price.
>
> The only way they can "force" them, is in refusing to distribute goods to
>them.  You can't sell much below cost, if you don't have it to sell.

I thought that such "price-fixing" had been challenged in courts and that
the discounters won? Maybe it is only in certain states. But there are
other ways to keep prices high. E.g. allow only "full-service" stores to sell
the product -- Apple for example has tried that one -- and has succeeded
in preventing me from ever considering one of their products [as if their
look-and-feel lawsuits weren't enough reason].


orville

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From: mlord@bmers63.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Subject: Re: MMOS2 and Soundblaster install prob.
Organization: BNR, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 18:22:33 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.074450.1@cmu.unige.ch> lawrence@cmu.unige.ch writes:
...
>colors), I can't get the MMOS2 installed properly. It installs all the 
>programs but won't load the driver (SBDOS.SYS I think) in the config.sys.
>What do I have to do? My SOundblaster (1.0) works fine in DOS and in the
>multimedia extensions in WIN 3.1 (and of course WIN-OS2).

Re-run the MMPM install program, and tell it to install the IBM M-AUDIO
thingie as well as the soundblaster stuff.  When it later prompts for
how many IBM M-AUDIO devices you have, tell it '0'  (zero).  

All was well for me after I did this.
From: eck@s704. (Terry Eck (@s704))
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: WINGIF under OS2 2.1 beta
Date: 26 Jan 93 13:58:11 GMT
Reply-To: eck@s704.
Organization: Texas Inc., Dallas, Texas

I have recently loaded the 2.1 beta of OS/2. Under v 2.0 I was able to run
WINGIF (Windows gif viewer) without any problems. Now under 2.1 beta WINGIF
does not load gif format files (the same ones that worked under OS/2 2.0). 
BMP files load ok. Any ideas as to what is wrong. BTW, I did format the disk
before installing version 2.1 beta. Thanks for any help or advice,
Terry
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From: widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett)
Subject: Re: Telemate 4.0: Problems
Keywords: telemate
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: na
Date: 23 Jan 93 17:47:35 GMT

In <kanet.727761803@sfu.ca> kanet@fraser.sfu.ca (Kane Tan) writes:

>I have recently obtained telemate 4.0. It works well in full screen
>mode, but when I have it in a windowed session, there appears to be
>a problem in transmission. When I'm in TTY or ANSI or whatever,
>not all the characters are transmitted, characters go missing, etc.

	I had the same problem.  I solved it by using the SIO034
	drivers.

	After I installed the SIO034 drivers, I thought of a couple
	of possible solutions for the standard IBM COM/VCOM drivers:

	- Set RTS/CTS to ON in Telemate.  If they doesn't help, make
	sure the it's set to ON in the MODE command for the COMM port.

	- Instead of having "BUFFER=AUTO" or "BUFFER=ON" in the MODE
	statement for the port, set "ENHANCED=ON".  (Note:  Requires a
	16550 UART.)

	Please let me know if these work.

>One more thing. Is it just me, or does everyone's modem seize up 
>whenever one switches from the WPS to Full screen?

	Nope.


Shaun Burnett		    |	"You can't survive on a new planet with a
widow@camelot.bradley.edu   |	soul full of hope and fresh air you know."
OS/2--Happy Happy Joy Joy--OS/2		-  Dr. Who (Tom Baker)
From: harvie@wpi.WPI.EDU (Lawrence Harvie)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
Date: 23 Jan 93 20:43:08 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu


I read a message (a good one) from David Cherlap (sp?)
and I agree OS/2 is being blocked, undermined, and it 
goes further than MS.  Case #1.  I call IBM and ask about 
a ps/2.   They said I have to buy a copy of DOS or 
I'm brakeing the law.  It took a long time to get through
to this IBM person I'd like to use OS/2 and not pay for 
something I'm going to never use.

Case #2.  My brother called up a company who sells this creative
labs multimedia pc.  They swore up and down os/2 would run 
with it.  Look at how many people have posted question s about that 
driver MSCDEX which looks for DOS 5.0,and fails if it does not find
it.  Until 2.1 comes out, I have to use Win 3.1.   Everything 
and everyone is on the Windows gravy train, and they are choking 
IBM/OS/2 with everything they have.  I love OS/2.  But 
if this choke hold keeps up, NT will corner the  market. 
I don't think this is fair, I don't think NT has enough merit to 
succeed,but because the big ppowers are behind it, guess what folks?

I think the problem is more than us paying for win 3.1 support.
IBM is getting shafted.  I don't know if the free upgrades
1.1->1.2#>1.3->2.0 hurt them or if it was something else, but 
I'm upset about it. 

I want a free upgrade like everyone else.  I'm broke, I'm a student,
but if it would save OS/2 from the powers of economics/bullying,
I would pay for os/2 2.1.  I don't know what the answer is, but 
these big people pushing Windows are crowding our freedom to pick 
the os we think best.  That is only my opinion, and nothing new,
but I wanted to air my frustration like everyone else. 

Larry Harvie
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From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:37:58 GMT

In article <1jk77lINN8r1@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh) writes:
>tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood) writes:
>
>]This is just one of the things I refer to.  This is the 2.0 GA box.  Which
>]was not all 32 bit.  Yes the journalists who reported on OS/2 mentioned this
>]and that IBM would be bringing out the rest of OS/2 that was not 32 bit.
>And the parallel port is still 8 bit, so OS2 will never be fully
>32bit.

But the driver for the parallel port is, I suspect, 32-bit.  We're
talking about SOFTWARE, not HARDWARE.  There's a difference.  For that
matter, by *YOUR* lights, nothing can ever be 32-bit as long as it
works with an ISA board plugged into the machine.

>Sheesh

Sheesh, indeed.




-- 
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
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From: rbeebe@surgery.med.yale.edu (Rick Beebe)
Subject: Whence goeth my WIN/OS2 mouse cursor?
Keywords: winos2 mouse
Organization: Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:05:39 GMT

I have a Windows applications that relies on a TSR, so I load the whole 
thing with a batch file. This works fine except when I switch from the 
WINOS2 screen back to the WPS (winos2 runs full-screen only) and then back 
my mouse cursor is gone. If I open a "normal" winos2 session, I can switch 
back and forth at will without problem. Any ideas?

  ......................................................................
   Rick Beebe                                            (203) 785-4566
   Data Network Operations
   Biomedical Computing Unit                  beebe@biomed.med.yale.edu
   Yale University School of Medicine              beebe@yalemed.bitnet
  ......................................................................
From: rkimmel@stein.u.washington.edu (Robert Kimmel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: PMComm scrolls very slowly...
Date: 22 Jan 1993 12:18:14 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu

In article <1993Jan22.000239.2230@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
>Don Smith (djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu) wrote:
>: In article <1jdq59INNgft@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> slug@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Wowbagger The Infinitely Prolonged) writes:
>: }
>: }I just bought PMComm, and have to say that first, it is very easy to use
>: }and quite slick.
>: }
>: }However, the screen scrolling is quite slow.  Is this just due to the cheesy
>: }video on my room-mate's computer here?  We are using generic VGA (16 color), 
>: }and the screen scrolls at about the same rate as a 2400 bps connection, yet
>: }I have an Intel SatisFAXtion 400 (14,400 bps) modem in here.
>: }
>: 
>: I had the same problem with the very slow scrolling with the 800x600x256
>: et4000 driver that came with the service pack.  I recently switched to
>: the newest generic 800x600x16 driver on ftp-os2, and now everything in
>: the WPS scrolls fast. I may lose a lot of color and seemless windows, but
>: the speed is great.
>
>If you don't have an accelerated video card, 16 color modes are typically
>faster than 256 color modes because of the reduced bit manipulation needed.
>
>Russ Poffenberger               DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
>Schlumberger Technologies ATE   UUCP:   {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen
>1601 Technology Drive		CIS:	72401,276
>San Jose, Ca. 95110             Voice: (408)437-5254  FAX: (408)437-5246

I found that it's because of the scrollback buffer that makes PMCOMM slow
on update the screen, try setting the scroll back buffer to nothing, and
it should speed up.  (and yes, I am using et4000)
From: labauer@stein.u.washington.edu (Larry Bauer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Which wordprocessor?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 18:54:36 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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From: dszpiro@student.business.uwo.ca (Daniel A. Szpiro)
Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:11:12 GMT

dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:

> In article <BmFsXB1w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> dszpiro@student.business.uw
> >dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
> >> This is misleading.  Personal systems (makers of PS/n's, and OS/2) has
> >> turned a significant profit, and is HIRING new employees.  Let's not
> >> lump the mainframe division (and other groups) losses in with the
> >> rest, OK?
> >
> >Group losses and group profits are bookkeeping artifacts. There are no
> >'water-tight' financial seals between groups. If the mainframe group
> >is bleeding and needs cash, this still affects the ability of IBM to
> >raise capital for new projects, including those in the Personal
> >Systems group. Holders of IBM debt and equity have to consider overall
> >corporate performance.
> 
> Except that Personal Systems is not a "group".  It's a corportion unto
> itself.  IBM has spun off most of their groups into separate
> companies.  What did you think the "new IBM" was all this time,
> anyway?

Personal Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM. It does not have a
separate set of shareholders or debtholders. This means we have a
hierarchial/organzational artifact on top of the accounting artifact. IBM
chose to organize Personal Systems as a corporation for its own reasons,
perhaps for the sake of motivating employees or for public realtions.

My original comment on the perspective of IBM shareholders still holds: it
is critical to consider overall corporate performance. Moreover, this can be
extended to all stakeholders, including customers for OS/2. If IBM performs
poorly overall, then eventually OS/2 will be affected.

What did you think the "new IBM" was all this time, anyway?



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From: grichard@cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: AmiPro for OS/2 yet?   Soon?
Date: 21 Jan 1993 23:34:12 -0500
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
NNTP-Posting-Host: swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu


Any word yet on AmiPro for OS/2?  It's the last reason I have to need
WINOS2 and I'm just itchin' to reclaim that 7 meg!  :)

--Golden

-- 
Golden Richard III             OSU Dept. of Computer and Information Science
grichard@cis.ohio-state.edu                                   (614) 292-0056
From: rommel@jonas.gold.sub.org (Kai Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: GNU Awk for OS/2
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:20:09 GMT
Organization: Private

In article <1js0a5INN83o@tamsun.tamu.edu> bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu (Bruce Dubbs) writes:
>I've been trying to use the EMX GAWK port to Awk and am having
>troubles.  The sub() and gsub() commands do not seem to work.  The EMX
>port has the GNU test/ directory that I can only get some of the tests
>to work properly.  
>
>I've thought of recompiling, but the make file has a call to a command
>'implib' that creates a .lib file from a .dll file and I can't find
>the 'implib' program.
>
>Has anyone had this trouble?  Any ideas?

Actually, this version of gawk was a try to utilize a GNU regex dll
made for other GNU programs. Unfortunately, the regex library coming
with gawk and the other one from which the dll was made differ. This
has caused other problems too.

I have uploaded a new gnuawk.zip without that dll stuff to
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu just a few days ago. It should fix your problem. See
/pub/uploads/gnuawk.zip.

Kai Uwe Rommel

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handler, and always will be.                -Russell Williams
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From: halverso@staff.tc.umn.edu (Chris Halverson)
Subject: Re: Emacs/Calc: Won't start GnuPlot
Organization: University of Minnesota
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 01:05:53 GMT

In <1993Jan23.215646.6957@news.duc.auburn.edu> hankedr@mail.auburn.edu (Darrel Hankerson) writes:

>Wild guess: The gnuplot for OS/2 has gone through a few revisions. 3.3 (?)
>starts from gnuplot.exe, but earlier versions started from gnushell.exe.
>Could this be it?

I don't think so. Here's the version number from gnuplot:

gnuplot> show ver

        G N U P L O T
        version
        $Id: version.c,v 3.38.2.32 1992/12/04 18:32:51 woo Exp $
        patchlevel 3 beta 2.33, 5 Dec 92
        last modified Fri Dec 5 22:03:44 PDT 1992

Copyright(C) 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992  Colin Kelley, Thomas
Williams

        Send bugs and comments to bug-gnuplot@dartmouth.edu

gnuplot>

The readme.os2 says that this is version 3.3 beta. I still haven't
gotten anything that works though. Thanks for the try.
--
Chris Halverson        halverso@staff.tc.umn.edu 
Windows is, at best, a priggish, effeminate interface modeled
after the sissified Macintosh operating system interface. 
				 -John C. Dvorak 
                            


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From: raymond@cs.UAlberta.CA (Au Raymond Tung)
Subject: TE/2
Summary: Help!  TE/2 won't go away!
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:46:59 GMT

I recently downloaded TE/2 and the new 32-bit DLL and this is my third
attempt to get the program to work (I don't want to use my CPU hog DOS
comm program anymore!).  I finally have the program working somewhat
satisfactorily.  Unfortunately, after a session (ie: connect --> usage
--> disconnect --> Alt-X), the TE/2 window simply clears and remains
on the screen.  I've tried killing the window by clicking on the window
close icon but that has no effect.  Strangely, after five or six minutes
the window suddenly disappears!  I really want to get this program to 
work but it seems everytime I fix something, something else goes wrong.
Does anyone else have the same problems as I do?

Thanks in advance!
Organization: Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Vienna, Austria
Date: Monday, 18 Jan 1993 11:08:37 CET
From: FLATSCHER Rony <RONY@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Best Calendar/Scheduler Prog?
 <1993Jan15.002825.13183@waikato.ac.nz>

Try ATRGF or CRONRGF.

Both are REXX-programs for OS/2 and implement the AT-command found in LAN-
Server for OS/2 (with one extension) and the CRON-command found in most
Unix-systems.

Both have test-modes, so you can see when your programs will be dispatched.
They are command-line oriented and not interactive as of yet, but then,
you do not have to pay anything for it and get the sources for free to add
that functionality for yourself!

I wait until ONE/2 for REXX or object-oriented REXX appears, before I enhance
them myself (and other REXX-written utilities) for GUI.

---rony
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