HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: kdorma@ravana.seas.ucla.edu (Kevin Dorma)
Subject: install can't get past disk 1
Organization: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:08:24 GMT

How's it goin', eh?

Just got my Win -> OS/2 upgrade, many thanx to Jon Hacker for his soothing
advice.  However, the damn thing won't install....

Disk 0 (installation disk) works fine.  Disk 1 produces:
   OS/2 SYSTEM INSTALL
   SYS00371: THE SYSTEM CANNOT WRITE TO A WRITE PROTECTED A:
Any idease why the system is trying to write to disk 1 and not disk 0 
(which is not write protected)???

Bypassing that error I either get
   TRAP 000e
   INTERNAL PROCESSING ERROR @ #0160:fff6453f    blah, blah, blah
or
   TRAP 0002
   INTERNAL PROCESSING ERROR @ # same blah, blah, blah

Could someone tell me what this means??  I'll call IBM to see what they
think.  
Please email, TIA.
                                  | 
Kevin Dorma                       | Hi, my Lyapunov exponent is 2.31.
kdorma@ravana.eche.ualberta.ca    | What's yours?
Ph.D. type of student             | 
Dept. of Chemical Engineering     | Don't look at my disclaimer, your's
University of Alberta             | is much more interesting.
Edmonton, Alberta                 | 
                                  |
From: tom@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Tom Aurand)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: OS/2 reports not enough memory!
Date: 31 Jul 92 14:38:16 GMT
Reply-To: tom@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Tom Aurand)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Colorado State U. Center for Computer Assisted Engineering.

In article <1992Jul30.205616.11037@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>,
sundaram@cps.msu.edu (Divya Sundaram) writes:
> 
> Hi all,
> I came home today and turned on my PC and it startup up OKAY. As soon as
> the system Booted up, I tried to run a DOS shell. It told me that there was 
> insufficient memory to run my apps! I have a system w\16MB ram. Thus it seems
> unlikely that the starup (which contains the color palette and windows clock)
> takes up all the available memory. Also in the startup is the utility that 
> tells me how much memory is being used.  This utility tells me there is over 
> 6MBs free - and yet I cannot stortup anything! Not even open the
settings for 
> an app. It tells me to shutdown some apps and try again. When I shut
down the 
> Windows clock and the Color Palette, I can run a DOS session.
> 
> Any views and ideas are welcome.
> Thanks
> Divya
> (sundaram@cps.msu.edu)

I have similar problems, though not immediately after start-up.  I never
shutdown
until OS/2 won't go on which is approximately once a day.  Also a 16 Mb system
with all the patches.
Come on you gurus, what's happening here?

Tom
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mike@mustang.uucp (Mike Hoffos)
Subject: Re: Does 800x600x256 on the VGA part of a Graphics Ultra work under OS/2?
Organization: None; it is a private machine
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 04:43:54 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.201705.12912@ee.ubc.ca> tedc@ee.ubc.ca (ted chen) writes:
>In article <1992Jul27.185354.5762@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul26.200231.12787@ee.ubc.ca> tedc@ee.ubc.ca (ted chen) writes:
>>>
>>>I haven't been able to get the Graphics Ultra into 800x600x256 mode using
>>>the VGA portion of the card, in DOS full screen.  It doesn't even work if
>>>if I boot from a DOS 5.0 floppy and try going into that mode (VPIC).  Wonder
>>>what's happening?
>>
                ...........MUCH DELETED.............

>I have run the INSTALL program, and have configured my monitor (MAG MX17)    
>using the custom monitor selection.  I've also used the 'Testing Card'
>selection in the install menu, and all 8514/a modes work correctly, as
>well as all the given resolutions.  The 800x600x16 DOES work, both in
>the test section and VPIC, but the 800x600x256 isn't in the test menu so I
>can't test it there.  In addition, 1024x768x16 doesn't work in VPIC either.
>
>Ted
>

So at least I am not imagining things ... it is sort of irritating.  Vpic50
works great in a full-screen DOS session with the 8514/A Ultra driver and
the hdi software installed (the stuff off of the ATI install disk). Nice
quick 1024x768x256.

Mike Hoffos

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From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Bad news for POV and OS/2
Date: 29 Jul 1992 17:31:23 GMT
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

In article <15108.1088.uupcb@satalink.com> bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler) writes:
>Compuserve accounts aren't that expensive, folks.  Hopefully, they're
>not as expensive as your reputation is.  The POV crew is developing
>an outstanding piece of software over there, and they would love
>to have an OS/2 member on their team.

Then why did they turn down someone who can interact with them as easily as
anyone else? Surely he's aware of the email gateway from CI$ to the
Internet...

When you're running a volunteer organization, you don't run off volunteers and
then complain that you can't get any.

-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by a .sig virus.
"Right now, because of you, this city is being overrun by baboons." "Don't
 you think that's the responsibility of the voters?" -- _Naked Gun 2-1/2_
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: TIGA and me
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:49:57 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.061304.14073@u.washington.edu> mhuth@byron.u.washington.edu (Mark Huth) writes:
>I've heard that there are no drivers for TIGA cards available under os/2.  
>Natch, I've got a TIGA card in one machine.  Can anyone point me at TIGA drivers?
>Thanks in advance.

None at present, but I am told that Number Nine is developing OS/2 2.0
drivers for their TIGA adapters.

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from 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp,     | Internet: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu
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From: rcook@bashful.helios.nd.edu (robert cook)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: The Ultimate OS/2 FTP Source
Keywords: FTP, OS/2
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:52:22 GMT
Reply-To: Cook.14@nd.edu (R. Kelley Cook)
Organization: Univ. of Notre Dame

In article <Jul.23.20.39.50.1992.9915@pilot.njin.net>, johnt@pilot.njin.net (John Thiruvathukal) writes:
|> 
|> Two days ago, I placed a listing of "software.watson.ibm.com" as a
|> fabulous ftp source for your OS/2 cravings.  Since then, I have
|> received an e-mail response asking for that address in numerical,
|> random address form as some of you cant use those fancy host names for
|> telnet or ftp.  The random address, if I didn't make a typo posted
|> around the globe, is:
|> 
|> 		128.34.139.5
|> 
|> If I did mis type that, mail me a request to correct this.  Otherwise,
|> have a blast!
|> 
Guess what?? You mistyped it: Should be 129.34.139.5

|> George Thiruvathukal

-- 
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Univ. of Notre Dame     The future for Intel computers arrived March 31!
Physics Dept.            Long Live the new OS/2!  Time to close the Windows! 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: chow@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Christopher Chow)
Subject: Video refresh rate
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:16:19 GMT


Hi,

I just installed OS/2 about two hours ago and I think its pretty nice. While
I understand that OS/2 presently only has VGA video support, I noticed that
the video refresh rate seemed to have dropped off from the 72-hz I normally
work with to something much slower.

Is there anyway to get the refresh rate back up to VESA standards?

Thanks,

-- 
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---------------------------   Phone:          518-426-0687
1 Notre Dame Drive - Rm 335   Internet:       chow@theory.tc.cornell.edu
Albany, NY 12208-3413         America Online: Chris Chow
From: glen@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Glen Robinson)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:49:49 GMT
Subject: Re: Adding more memory: what should I change?
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc

>   has come and soon I will have 16mb.  I know that I must change the
>   initial size of the swapfile (listed in the config.sys), but I don't
>   know what I should change it to.  So could someone out there please
>   let me know how large a swapfile I should have?  Also, is there anything

I don't claim to be any kind of an expert on tuning, but the default you
get when installing with 16 MB to start with is 2048 2048.

Glen - R
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: RAM disks in DOS sessions
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 00:42:55 GMT

In article <exujlg.115.0@exu.ericsson.se> exujlg@exu.ericsson.se (Jon L. Gauthier) writes:
>>I use a statistics package (Systat and Sygraph) that makes only limited use of
>>EMS memory (1.5 Mb) but will use a RAM disk if available. Is it possible to
>>setup a virtual RAM disk for the full screen DOS session I use to run this
>>app (I have 8 Mb of RAM)?
>I had the same question posed to me here at work by someone, so I decided to
>check it out.  Tried loading RAMDRIVE.SYS (the version that comes with Win3.
>1) and got an error message stating, essentially, that block device drivers 
>will are not allowed under a DOS virtual session.

You could use a specific DOS session if you really wanted to get this
running.  See the online Command Reference under VMDISK and/or
Appendix E of the Installation Guide for details.

>Now, what use is a ram drive if it is written as a character device? ;)
>Seriously, can someone enlighten us if it's possible to do this?

The reason setting up a RAM drive is not intuitively obvious or
convenient is that the reason for a RAM drive, in most cases,
disappears when running OS/2 2.0.

I will let others work out the reasoning, but it should be fairly
obvious why a RAM drive, really a kludge from the DOS world, isn't all
that necessary in the OS/2 world.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: starner@ISF.Unisys.COM (Mark Starner)
Subject: Drivers or OS/2
Originator: starner@hpwisf1.han.paramax.com
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 10:23:57 GMT

I was wondering (before I start making a lot of long distance phone calls)
whether anyone knows whether there are any drivers for the Sony Bus CD-ROM
Drive (from the laser library package) and for the Colorado Memory Systems
Jumbo 120 Tape Backup?

Thanks
Mark
From: sstrazdu@hopi.intel.com (Stephen Strazdus)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: GT16MB.ZOO: Not Just for ISA Anymore
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:09:20 GMT
Organization: Intel Corp, Chandler, AZ

A few weeks ago I posted about a problem I was having installing OS/2 on
an EISA machine.  This machine is an Intel Xpress, and I think it is the
same as the 50MHz 486 DEC is selling.  The computer would cold-boot
immediately after inserting disk 1 in the installation.

I didn't try the new os2ldr in gt16mb.zoo because this fix was
supposedly for ISA systems not recognizing memory over 16 MB, not EISA
systems with >16MB crashing.  I just found out yesterday that someone
else at Intel got OS/2 to load on one of these machines by removing RAM
to make the system contain only 16MB.  This person didn't know about the
os2ldr fix.

So I made a backup of the installation disk and copied over os2ldr with
the fixed file, and it worked.  So I guess the moral of the story is
don't ignore the gt16mb.zoo patch if you have an EISA system and are
having problems.
--
Steve Strazdus    sstrazdu@sedona.intel.com
From: CATHIE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: NNTP Server Needed
Date: 29 Jul 92 19:37:22 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

I'm posting for a collegue and am not familiar with this.  We need
NNTP Server for OS/2.  Is it available?  Thanks in advance.

Cathie Burke Dager   cathie@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu   415-926-2904
---> the opinions expressed are mine alone and not necessarily those
     of SLAC, Stanford University or the DOE
---> Recommendation:  take a break from work and enjoy summer and life! Cheers.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene)
Subject: Re: JUNE ???? CSD'S?????
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:49:53 GMT

>>In this week's InfoWorld, the rumor mill says the "June CSDs" will
>>be out in mid September.  This will include the graphics engine, super-vga
>>drivers, and other bug fixes.
>
>NOTE:  THIS IS A RUMOR.  Did IBM say anything official about
>September?  I only heard "Fall".

	Did IBM ever officially say Fall of what year? :)

>-- 
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>  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   sometimes so NJIT is right out!.
> ((|,)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Close)
Subject: Re: Impressions of Windows NT
Originator: pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com
Reply-To: pdc@sgi.com (Paul Close)
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:42:01 GMT

Matthew Staben (mstaben@comtch.spk.wa.us) writes:
>dhinds@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Hinds) writes:
>> In article <9207281653.AA18391@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> reisert@mast.enet.dec.com 
>> >
>> >>Further, since NT is 32-bit, users won't be able to address all of their
>> >>memory (physical + disk swap, the R4000 is a 64 bit chip because 32-bits
>> >>isn't enough address space).
>> >
>> >Wrong.  The R4000 is a 32-bit chip.  NT is 32 bits now, and has hooks
>> >for 64-bit support.
>> 
>> Actually, the R4000 is a 64-bit chip.
> 
>So?  Who's right?

They both are!  (Although the spirit of claiming the R4000 is a 32-bit chip
is misleading at best).  From the NEC "VR4000 Microprocessor User's Manual",
page 1-5: 

    1.2 64-bit Architecture
	The MIPS R4000 family consists of high-performance 32-bit and 64-bit
	microprocessors.  The R4000's natural mode of operation is as a
	64-bit microprocessor.  It can, however, be programmed to operate as
	a 32-bit processor.

	The R4000 provides a 64-bit on-chip floating point unit (FPU),
	64-bit integers, registers, and a 64-bit virtual address space
	architecture.  Application compatibility with 32-bit applications is
	maintained when the processor operates as a 64-bit processor.
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	"I came to Casablanca for the waters...."
		-- 'Rick', Casablanca, 1942 (50th anniversary!)
From: glen@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Glen Robinson)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:32:15 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Sytos Plus & GNU tar
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc

        It doesn't work here under OS/2 2.0 with my Adaptec AHA1740 (latest
    microcode & .add drivers) and my Archive 2150S.  It can do TAPE ERASE, MARK, and
    all those functions of TAPEP.EXE, but GTARP.EXE just hangs when it starts to
    copy files to the tape drive.

How are you invoking it?  I have been very successful using it, though I have
a 1542B rather than a 1740.  I did have to get the June 19th version of
aspitape.  Gnu stuff expects forward slashes vice back slashes, and you 
do need a space before the - if you are using std in.  Finally, did you 
rewind the tape before trying?

Good luck,

Glen - R
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: smsmith@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M Smith)
Subject: Re: Soundblaster's FMORGAN
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:11:01 GMT

I got FMORGAN to work by loading the SBFMDRV driver first.  It
should be in your \SB directory.  But even then I had to sort of
mess around with the keys before they started producing notes.
Strange.

   Steve Smith       | __|__ |    " #*&<-[89s]*(k#$@-_=//a2$]'+=.(2_&*%>,,@
<smsmith@magnus.acs. |   |   |      {7%*@,..":27g)-=,#*:.#,/6&1*.4-,l@#9:-) "
  ohio-state.edu>    |   |   | 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: Re: Lost Extended Attributes.
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 14:03:24 GMT

>That could be the problem.  I'm told that a more recent version of DOG
>(are you using an older version?) should keep extended attributes.
>You may wish to contact the author to ask about the problem.
>

I noticed DOG isn't available at 128.123.35.151  I found a version with 
filename DOG316.ZIP (at wuarchive, /mirrors/msdos/dskutl I think)
Since it's mentioned in the FAQ, could we get the 'happening' version at
the above OS/2 ftp site?

--Don
dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: panton@bcarh685.bnr.ca (Kenneth Panton)
Subject: SYS0355 - video problem
Followup-To: panton@bcarh685.bnr.ca
Reply-To: panton@bcarh685.bnr.ca (Kenneth Panton)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:26:12 GMT

Has anyone encountered this error response when trying to boot OS2,
or even during the latter stages of installing the first 5 (6?) diskettes?
If so can you tell me what it means and how you fixed it?

cheers

-- 
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panton@bnr.ca | Ottawa, Canada         | My paycheque belongs to the govt.
ESN 393-7961
From: hethmon@cs.utk.edu (PAUL HETHMON)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Dvorak switches to OS/2!!
Keywords: dvorak,os2
Date: 24 Jul 92 03:50:27 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - CS Department
NNTP-Posting-Host: duncan.cs.utk.edu

If you haven't seen it yet, in the August 92 issue of PC Mag,
John Dvorak has announced his switch to OS/2.  To quote:

     "Drop any preconceived notions about OS/2 and just install
      it.  If you've got the right machine, it's rock solid."

He's written a pretty fair column about his switching to OS/2 and
what he likes about it.  He also manages to throw a few jabs at
Microsoft for their "propaganda machine ... to keep this OS out
of the hands of the users."

It's interesting now that Zachmann has resigned, another ZD
columnist has gone to OS/2.  I wonder what PC Week will do now?

Paul Hethmon
hethmon@cs.utk.edu
From: "bill dehaan" <bill.dehaan@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: csd charge?
Date: 29 Jul 92 19:27:19 EST
Reply-To: "bill dehaan" <bill.dehaan@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

In message <22JUL199215305460@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>, Srikanth Viswanathan write

SV>I don't see IBM charging for the CSD. But I have no problem paying for a
SV>major upgrade.  According to  Albert Shan  on Fidonet,  the 32-bit GRE is
SV>in wide beta internally.

Yeah, my IBM buddies say the same. My original point about the CSD being
free was that IBM is morally obligated to provide the function that  was
originally promised free of charge. That includes Win31 support, the  32
bit GRE, and  probably SVGA support  (to make their  claim of a  "better
Windows  than  Windows"  true).  Beyond  that,  they have every right to
charge for additional functionality, such as multi-media support.

I much prefer IBM's upgrade  approach to Microsoft's ("you found  a bug?
wait till the next release"), and  I hope that they maintain the  stream
of bug fixes on the net and otherways.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: smsmith@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M Smith)
Subject: Re: Specific DOS and memory
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 05:23:05 GMT

pjb3@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Paul J Bodin) writes:

>rneilly@okcadm.okanagan.bc.ca (The Mad Alchemist) writes:
>>Question : can a VDM created using VMDISK have EMS/XMS, DOS loaded
>>high, UMB's for loading device drivers high, etc.
>
>It is indeed possible to do it all.  Remember to use FSFILTER.SYS in
>the image CONFIG.SYS, and then simply substitue the HIMEM.SYS and
>EMM386.SYS from the /os2/mdos directory instead of the native DOS
>versions.  Be sure to provide enough memory in DOS Settings to do what
>you try to do with the image configuration files, and all should go
>swimmingly.

In case it helps anyone here is the config.sys for booting a
DR DOS 6 image under OS/2:

DEVICE=A:\FSFILTER.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICEHIGH=D:\OS2\MDOS\EMM386.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=D:\OS2\MDOS\HIMEM.SYS
BUFFERS=20
FILES=20
FCBS=4,1
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /P /E:256

As you can see, you CAN load DOS high and give it UMB's.  But the
OS has to be able to do this of course--DOS 4.01 can't do this.

Speaking of DOS 4.01, here's the config.sys I use for booting DOS 4.01
under OS/2:

DEVICE=A:\FSFILTER.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\EMM386.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\HIMEM.SYS
BUFFERS=20
FILES=20
FCBS=4,1
BREAK=ON
SHELL=D:\OS2\MDOS\BOOT-DOS\DOS401\COMMAND.COM /P /E:256

Of course you'll have to keep your DOS executables separate for each
DOS.  For DR DOS 6, all the system files are on my C: drive, separate
from my OS/2 system files which are on drive D:.  For DOS 4.01, I
have all the system files in D:\OS2\MDOS\BOOT-DOS\DOS401.  To 
distinguish these two I just set the appropriate paths so they use
the correct system files and executables.  Then at the end of a
minimal autoexec.bat file for each DOS version, I have each branch
to another batch file in which I have additional commands ending
with an FSACCESS A:.  This way I can alter the contents of their
autoexec.bat files without having to redo the entire DOS image on
my hard drive.

Hope that helps.

   Steve Smith       | __|__ |    " #*&<-[89s]*(k#$@-_=//a2$]'+=.(2_&*%>,,@
<smsmith@magnus.acs. |   |   |      {7%*@,..":27g)-=,#*:.#,/6&1*.4-,l@#9:-) "
  ohio-state.edu>    |   |   | 
  BTW, WYSInaWYG     |   |   |                           --witty.saying.ARC
From: ted@isgtec.com (Ted Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: some gripes about OS/2 2.0
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:35:07 GMT
Organization: ISG Technologies Inc. Mississauga Ont. Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes:
: > >How the heck do I get more than one windowed DOS box running?  If I click
: > >on the icon, it keeps popping up the one that's already running.  Reminds me
: > >of similar annoying behavior on the mac.
: > 
: > Go into the system icon and change the default action of what happens when
: > you click on an icon that has already been opened.
: 
: This assumes that you like "click again to get another" behaviour.  If you
: don't, you can make more icons to create DOS windows.  You can then easily
: start multiple DOS windows, yet retain the "click on the icon to bring back
: the window" behaviour.

A quick way to get a one-shot "click to get another" is to copy the DOS
window icon to the desktop using CTRL-drag (or is it ALT?), double click
on the copy and then drag it to the shredder.

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