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From: Lynlee@cup.portal.com (Linda Stefny Baum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Any responses to 'Adding A SCSI Dr.'??
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 06:52:17 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa


Hello

I was very interested in following this thread..  I have a NEC CD-ROM reader
that has not been brought into my OS/2 dual Boot system as yet.. I DID tell
OS/2 about the Drive on installation, but it does not show in the Drives
Folder.. The SCSI board is a Trantor T128 and will 'daisy chain' other 
Drives.. I would like to add another H.Drive, so that I may have one H.drive
as HPFS and one as FAT.. 

My System:

386/33 compatible with Ami Bios (3-19-91), using Dos 5.0 with 4Dos.
8megs of ram using 386MAX Mem. Mgr.  (in BOOT /DOS)
130meg IDE Western Digital Hard Drive with PC-CACHE (Large)
Premier P2400E 2400 baud modem in Com2
Panasonic KX-P4450 Laserjet Printer w/1.5megs ram on LPT1
LogiTech TrackMouse in Com1 (serial/series 9) (boot mouse.sys (MOUSE PC))
Trident SuperVGA board w/ 8900c chip & 1meg ram
Sound Blaster board using IRQ 5
No added TSRs (that _I_ know of!) 

Any advice on how to get OS/2 to see the NEC/Trantor would be VERY
appreciated!!

					Lynlee@cup.portal.com
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:27170 comp.os.os2.networking:955
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: 486DX/25 w/ 8M and the Novell Requestor = no memory?
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 12:03:54 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange


I would really like to know how much memory the Novell requestor for OS/2
uses. 
 
I boot the machine. I login. I open the Windows DaVinci E-mail on the network.
I open an accounts receivable app......and then if i try to open anything
else, I'm told I have no memory left.....beep!
 
I customised the DaVinci - removed all EMS and XMS (except 64K). This did a
lot to relieve the problem. But it got me wondering about just how much memory
was being used. I guess I am trying to do a lot in the 4megs left over after
OS/2 and HPFS have got what they need.....

My SWAPPER.DAT has 50Megs of disk to expand into (my half-filled data
partition).
 
Any ideas?
 
Steve
-- 
Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | "But the glory kept shining
Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz         |  and bright in my eyes, 
withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz            |  And the stars going round in 
**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! ****       |  my head." R. L. S.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: teague@a.cs.okstate.edu (Keith Teague)
Subject: Irwin EZ-TAPE for OS/2 2.0
Organization: Oklahoma State University
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 17:46:07 GMT

I just spoke to the Irwin folks about the rumored EZ-Tape for OS/2 2.0
software for the Irwin Accutrak tape drives. I had been told by Irwin
several weeks ago that the software would be released in a couple of
weeks. Well, it has been longer than that - so I called again.

The answer today is that the release date has been changed at least 
four times and that the new release date is expected to be in September,
probably in about four more weeks.

At least they are working on it...!

Keith Teague
Oklahoma State University
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
Subject: Re: OS/2 won't print.
Organization: CARD
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 21:46:15 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.105923.10268@waikato.ac.nz>                               
hamish@waikato.ac.nz writes:                                                    
                                                                                
>                                                                               
>I have a problem printing to a postscript printer from OS/2 2.0 Nothing I do   
>seems to make it work. I have a Silentwriter 290 (Postscript printer) and I am 
>using the silentwriter 290 driver that came with os/2, but the job just doesn't
>seem to want to do anything. There are no errors or anything, the print job    
>goes into the queue, the queue says printing, the printer says processing,     
>waiting, processing, etc, and then it says ready! But no printout appears. Is  
>it because there is no header being downloaded perhaps? If so, how do I make   
>the drivers download a header to the priter each time, instead of thinking that
>there is one resident.  I can't find anything in the on-line docs./            
>                                                                               
>Anyone??                                                                       
>                                                                               
>TIA.                                                                           
>                                                                               
>--                                                                             
>============================================================================== 
>|  Hamish Marson   <h.marson@waikato.ac.nz>                             OS/2 | 
>|  Programmer (n/5), School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences           | 
>|  University of Waikato,                                                    | 
>|  Hamilton, New Zealand.                                                    | 
>|Disclaimer:  Anything said in this message is the personal opinion of the   | 
>|             finger hitting the keyboard & doesn't represent my employers   | 
>|             opinion in any way. (ie we probably don't agree)               | 
>============================================================================== 
>  Q. If Nuclear Tests are so safe, why don't the French do them under Paris?   
>                                                                               
This sounds alot like the wrong OS/2 print driver is being used                 
Double check that you are using the correct print driver.                       
Mike Long                                                                       
Iowa State Univ.
From: Lynlee@cup.portal.com (Linda Stefny Baum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Why can't I communicate??
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 08:51:00 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na


Mikey..

I am also trying to run Telemate, currently v3.01 (have 3.1, but not 
not installed yet), and am having Xfer problems.. My modem is only
2400 baud and is Hayes compatible..  I recently purchased a new I/O
board with a 16550 chip.. The chip had this number: 16c550cd printed
on it.. I dont know if this chip is functional since the other chips
mentioned do not match the ID numbers printed on my chip.. The board
is made by KOUWELL model KW-524F, if thats of any help.. My Transfers
seem to lose sync when I switch from the FS-Dos session with ALT or
CNTL+ESC for just a moment and dont seem to recover on switching
back again.. The only chip mentioned in the Kouwell User Manual is
the 16450 chip.. There is nothing said about a buffer either..

Anyone who has any info to help me out.. please respond.. OS/2 is
EXHAUSTING me!!  I am a simple 'end user', who has thus far been
VERY dissappointed in the functionality of OS2 v2.0!!

I HAVE read the FAQ and TNT And C:\Readme without any positive results..
I have tried adjusting the FS-DOS session 'settings' parameters as suggested
by other users, in other threads.
I have NOT installed the 'latest and greatest' commga FIX.. I will do that
today..

Thank you to any who reply.. Peace.. 
					Lynlee@cup.portal.com
From: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: DOS and HPFS
Date: 18 Aug 92 05:44:01 GMT
Reply-To: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Organization: University of NY at Albany

If I format my hard drive as one large partition, and use HPFS, does that
mean that I cannot use a DOS prompt anymore, since DOS will only recognize
FAT?  How about DOS in a Window?
Or is the OS2 prompt *completely* DOS compatible?

Thanx,
Peter V.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: usdta004@mmm.serc.3m.com (Timothy S. Shea)
Subject: Re: No network object, but there should be..
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN  55144-1000 US
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 14:33:02 GMT

From article <1992Aug21.102306.2302@donau.et.tudelft.nl>, by linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee):
> I was just reading through the manuals and found a passage saying
> that if your computer is connected to a network, a network object
> is put on your desktop. Now the computer I installed on is connected
> to a LAN through a IBM Token Ring card, but I did not get the object.
> Is there a way to install this afterwards, and why wasn't it straight
> off? The machine is an IBM PS/2 model 56 SX by the way.
> 
> Erik
>

1)  I think this only applies if you have the OS/2 LAN Server requester
installed

2)  The Network object really serves no useful purpose...

-- 
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compuserve: 76300,1230                  Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM OS/2 news at PC92
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:26:15 GMT
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA

gideony@microsoft.com (Gideon Yuval) writes:
>In article <1992Aug18.005710.19660@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes:
>>:-). Anyway, walking past the MS stand, one of the demonstrators opened
>>a cupboard to get something out of the back of the stand, and what shuld
>>I see, but a PC running OS/2! I was very amused. I made a comment about
>>MS running OS/2 and she mumbled something under her breath abou it not
>>being a problem. I thought it was very funny.

>Given that LANMAN uses OS/2 as its server OS, what was
>so funny?

"Ignore that man behind the curtain!"
-- 
The meek shall inherit the Earth. In three foot by six foot plots.
From: kslater@sps.pgh.pa.us (Kevin J. Slater)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM4072/BJ-300 OS/2 Driver
Date: 14 Aug 92 11:26:58 GMT
Organization: SPS ACAD BBS, (412) 487-3637

gal502@huxley.anu.edu.au (Graeme Lindsell) writes:

> I have uploaded to ftp-os2.nmsu.edu /pub/downloads 
>                  
>                      OS24072.exe
> 
>  This is the OS/2 printer driver for the IBM 4072 ExecJet
> Printer, which is a clone of the CanonBJ-300. It is marked 
> as a beta version. It will work for the BJ-10e when it is
> switched to Proprinter emulation. I have experienced
> some problems with my paper feed, but I am unsure as
> to whether these are the result of the driver or of the
> printer itself.


I have a Star Micronics Starjet SJ-48 printer. It is based on the Canon 
BJ-10 engine and has mostly the same feature set. What I'm wondering is 
if this printer is software compatible with the BJ-10e and if so then can 
I use the 4072 driver. Currently I'm using a Proprinter X24E driver and 
it's limited to 360x180 output, which is a shame since the printer can do 
360x360. Anyone out there using this printer with OS/2? How do you have 
it set up?

...Kevin

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From: bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: I'm really stupid for telling you this, but here goes
Date: 19 Aug 92 22:27:23 GMT
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.

Everyone / Anyone:

I really mean the subject.  The following is from the Fall 1992 WordPerfect
Report (volume VI, Number 3).

------

Win the Computer Workstation of Your Choice

Announcing WordPerfect Corporation's Freedom of Choice Sweepstakes--
your chance to win a complete, state-of-the-art workstation.  The
choice is yours, but you've got to make it before September 25, 1992.

All you have to do to win is choose a winner.  There are no wrong
choices in the WordPerfect Freedom of Choice Sweepstakes.  Because today,
the right system for you is any system you like.  And soon, eight lucky
winnerss will walk off with the high-performance workstations pictured
here, each pre-loaded with the world's most popular word processor.

To be eligible to win, just send us a completed Official Entry Form,
available from paarticipating software retailers or by calling
(800)526-5166.  Details and Official Rules are on the Official Entry Form.

So check out the choices and entry today.

Ready of OS/2!  IBM PS/2 Model 90, IBM 14" SVGA Color Display, IBM
Laser Printer 6 From Lexmark, IBM Mouse, OS/2 2.0, and WordPerfect.

----

Now do you see why I am stupid!  The entry form asks you to specify which
group you wish to be in (OS/2, NeXT, MAC, Windows, UNIX, DG, DOS or VAX).
Since this is an OS/2 forum, my guess is most (not all) will enter the OS/2
drawing.  I am lowering my chances.

Bert.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: Re: How to install HPFS after installation
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00:48:44 GMT

In article <stanton.450.0@haas.berkeley.edu> stanton@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton) writes:
>I originally installed OS/2 on a totally FAT system. For a few reasons, not 
>least of which is that I want to install GNU Emacs, I'm considering 
>installing HPFS now. How should I go about doing this with minimum possible 
>disruption? Is it possible to have my C: disk (where OS/2 boots from) remain 
>FAT (with dual boot capability) while reformatting my D: disk using HPFS?
>Do I have to back everything up and restore it to accomplish the change in 
>format? What should I beware of?
>
>Thanks for any suggestions
>
>Richard Stanton

Oh, and I'm sure you can reinstall on one partition ONLY, but it would be
for the one partition only, and not C:,D:, etc.

--
Dan Stephenson das9674@usl.edu 
"Is it that Blake has a genius for leadership, or merely that *you* have a 
 genius for being led?" -Avon, from Blakes 7                           
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: NBREVER@ibm.gwdg.de (niko von brevern)
Subject: HELP for ATI-Graphics-Ultra-driver
Organization: GWDG, Goettingen
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 21:47:30 MSZ

Dear folks,
I've some problems with installing the ATI Graphics Ultra driver. I installed
the driver according to the readme.1st file but the changing of resolution does
not work. At the end of booting there is a beeping (three times) and the
resolution goes back to 640x480. It doesn't matter whether I put
SET ATI_RES=1024x768 or SET ATI_RES=800x600.
 
By the way, for the monitor itself the resolution is no problem. The install-
program that came with the card accepted the configuration of the resolution
without errors. Who can help?
 
 
Niko von Brevern       email: nbrever@ibm.gwdg.de
My computer is better then my english
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How to make MouseSystem Bus mouse work in WIN/OS2?
Date: 21 Aug 92 19:33:56 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <oyang.714351988@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> oyang@cs.monash.edu.au (Kai Shing O'Yang) writes:
>Hi netters,
>
>	I've got a problem with my (Mouse system) mouse. While I can install
>it under WPS, (using the Logitech Serial mouse option), the pointer is simply
>missing in WIN/OS2 and I couldn't find a way in WIN/OS2 to install the mouse.

If you have a WPS mouse pointer, you should have mouse support for DOS
and WIN-OS2 sessions using the \OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS driver.  Is it in
your config.sys?  

If you have the wrong mouse driver (you probably did before using the
Logitech driver), then VMOUSE generates an error on boot, and you
might have deleted the line to correct the problem.

>Do I have to dig up my Win3.0 and copy the mouse driver into WIN/OS2? or
>are there ways to work around that?

No.  It won't work.  The COM port for the mouse is locked by OS/2 and
PM, so it wouldn't work.  You also couldn't install it, since
WIN-OS2's setup program doesn't allow you to change anything other
than the network setup.
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  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   sometimes so NJIT is right out!.
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Adding a new modem
Date: 21 Aug 92 19:04:00 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug17.230355.19249@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> gthome@dss1.austin.ibm.com writes:
>In  <4308@equinox.unr.edu>  sulli_t@pyramid.unr.edu (Tim Sullivan) writes:
>> Okay, all you OS/2 experts.  I'm going to add an internal modem to my
>> Gateway '486.  My OS/2 is configured as "dual boot", and the modem is
>> slated to be set up on IRQ5, COM3.
>>
>> Anything unusual or special that I need to do for the OS/2 part of the
>> system?
>>
>
>Don't think you need to do anything special.  Make sure no other device
>is using IRQ5 or Com3, and you should be OK.  Hope it all goes well.

You may need to add a parameter to COM.SYS.  See the FAQ list for the
parameter you need.  Download it from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, look in the
/pub/os2/2.0/info directory.


-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Subject: OSes was Re: Win NT support in OS/2
Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Organization: Columbia University, New York
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 04:09:57 GMT

In article <7154@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
>In article <gnash.714266561@ee.uts.EDU.AU> gnash@ee.uts.edu.au (Greg Nash) writes:
>>It's more like trying to run X clients and servers on top of DOS, with
>>full multi-tasking. I am aware Desqview does something LIKE that, but
>>why isn't everyone using it?
>
>Because Quarterdeck took a year too long to get DESQview/X out. They appear,
>at least from where I sit, to have missed their window of opportunity (no pun
>intended). DV/X is a killer system, but OS/2 is even better.

I agree with you 100%!  Now if only someone would come out with a cheap TCP/IP
and X-Windows for OS/2!

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Subject: Re: Where is my DOS C: partition
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 19:52:37 GMT

BTW: don't post to comp.os.os2: the newsgroup no longer exists, and posting
to it causes double articles.

In article <1992Aug15.003446.9795@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> wrp@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Bill Pearson) writes:
>
>	I have just installed OS/2 2.0 on a 300 Mbyte disk that already
>had a 32 Mb DOS5.0 C: partition and a 70 Mb DOS5.0 extended partitioned
>with the logical name D:.  OS/2 seems to work fine (perhaps when I read
>the manual it will tell me how to shut it down), but C: is now the
>70 Mbyte bootable HPFS OS/2 partition and my DOS C: partition is
>unavailable.
>
>	I would like to know what to do to have OS/2 recognize both
>my DOS C: and D: partitions (although they need not keep those names),
>so that when I run OS/2, I have three partitions.
>
>Bill Pearson

You will have to partition and reformat the OS/2 drive:

You have OS/2 as a Primary partition, and only one  primary partition
can exist at one time. Use OS/2 Fdisk to repartition it as a Logical 
partition. You have to reformat the OS/2 drive, and re-install :-(
OS/2 will be your E: drive.

WHile you're at it: you should install boot manager. It takes 1 meg,
but makes botting DOS or OS/2 very simple.

See the "Installation Guide"



-- 
______________________________________________________________________________
jpm: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca         
                            Happily using OS/2 2.0 because MS Windows isNT ___
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
Subject: Re: Request for info about kernel pre-emption and priorities
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 05:42:45 GMT

terence@tanru.tti.com ( Terry) writes:
: I looked in my copy of "The Design of OS/2" for the answers to the
: aforementioned questions and learned a number of things, including that
: the kernel is indeed non-preemptible but can be interrupted.  Also, that
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
HUH? explicate please ...?
Do you mean that the kernel can receive interruptsss but delays the task
wakeup until the current kernel task finishes?

: process can have their priority boosted under different conditions.
: Another question we had concerning real-time issues was answered:
: Time-critical tasks have a maximum reschedule time of 6 ms after they're
: ready to run.  This was also important to us.

6ms to reschedule a time critical task? Seems a little high to me - or
is this timing related to the fact that the kernel is non preemptible?

jin meng
From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: HOW to INSTALL Fonts??
Date: 17 Aug 92 22:49:41 GMT
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana

Thanks a lot to all the folks who helped me!

Now I can use that teeny font for FORTRAN programming. :-\
--
Dan Stephenson das9674@usl.edu 
"Is it that Blake has a genius for leadership, or merely that *you* have a 
 genius for being led?" -Avon, from Blakes 7                           
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tlihsin@hubcap.clemson.edu (lih-sin the)
Subject: Re: Fortran under OS2
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:23:19 GMT

elee969@elroy.uh.edu (Brown, William J.) writes:


>I am not at all familiar with the world of OS2, so I'm hoping that someone might
>answer a few questions for me.  As part of my research, I do quite a bit of 
>fortran programming which requires the use of rather large arrays.  When I try
>to run these programs thru Windows, I find I have to do quite a bit of tweaking
>with the compiler settings just to get them to run.  Even then, I still don't 
>get the correct answers, so I suspect my problem is the wacky memory limitations
>of dos.  Anyway, my question is - Are there fortran compilers for OS2 that will
>allow me to run these large programs without having to worry about memory?  I 
>know that the MS fortran is supposed to run under OS2 but I am quickly losing
>faith in it.  Also, I have a 386/40 with 8 megs of ram, is this machine capable
>of handling OS2?  How big should my hard drive be?  Right now I have a 40 meg
>hd which is compressed with Stacker, but I have heard that Stacker is not 
>compatible with OS2.  Any input will be greatly appreciated.

>William Brown
>Applied Electromagnetics Group
>Univ. of Houston


I use f2c to translate my fortran program to C, and then use gcc or any
C compiler to run my program in OS2. Both f2c and gcc is in
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. gcc/2 version 2.2.2 have been uploaded recently in
/pub/download/gcc2-2.2.2. Since f2c and gcc are written for OS2, this 
should run about two times faster than MS fortran which was written for
16 bits machines.
.

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: nuscss1@vms2.iscs.nus.sg (Vax BULLET-IN-Board SysOps)
Subject: Template Blues...
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: National University of Singapore Dept. of Computer Sc.
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 22:40:00 GMT

	My templates seem to be pretty dead. I double click on its icon,
	and i get a error message tat goes "Program has encountered a
	problem and cannot continue." Wat am I supposed to do to fix this ?
	Thanx.

						. kilroy .