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From: shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu (David S. Shy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: copying desktop
Date: 9 Sep 1992 22:26:01 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandstorm.berkeley.edu

Is there a way to make a "snapshot" of the desktop?  The equivalent
in Win 3.1 is Alt-Prt. Screen if you are not sure what I am talking
about.

David Shy
shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cpbaltus@cs.vu.nl (Baltus CPS)
Subject: Unix CTRL-Z and bg command
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 09:44:29 GMT

Hi, on unix i always use (after starting up a task and finding that it
takes too much time to wait for) ^Z and bg to set the task to the background
 
Does something similar exist within OS/2 (no start or detach)?


			Stefan.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: frank@owlnet.rice.edu (Frank T. Kang)
Subject: ATI Vantage/Ultra Win3 drivers are faster
Organization: Rice University
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:11:33 GMT


Sick of the slow scrolling and generally terrible performance the 8514
drivers for winos2, I tried replacing the 8514.drv with the ultra.drv
supplied by ATI with the card.  Result?  To me, it feels at least twice
as fast!  Now to try to get the Crystal fonts working...

Frank
From: person@plains.NoDak.edu (Brett G Person )
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 and a Novell Network
Date: 10 Sep 92 02:01:28 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

What is needed to run an OS/2 machine on a Novell network?  How much
disk space, memory, etc is needed?  
I assume that a standard Dos Novell setup won't run in a DoS box. Am I
rigth?

Thanks
 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: zhao@unixg.ubc.ca (Jiansheng Zhao)
Subject: how to change block size when transfer file?
Keywords: terminal
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 20:00:15 GMT


Hi, there.
When I use  os/2 terminal to dial out to a mainframe computer, I can change
the blocksize (packet size) on the mainframce side. However, I couldn't
find out how to change the block size on PC(os/2) side. Is it possible and
how to do it?
Thanks.

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zhao@unixg.ubc.ca
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From: price@helios.unl.edu (Chad  Price)
Subject: Re: OS/2 and a Novell Network
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date: 14 Sep 92 15:02:05 GMT

sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:

>In article <20251@plains.NoDak.edu> person@plains.NoDak.edu (Brett G Person ) writes:
>>What is needed to run an OS/2 machine on a Novell network?  How much
>>disk space, memory, etc is needed?  

>I suggest 30 MB of free disk space for a minimum Novell OS/2 2.0 setup
>(which includes swap space).  I also recommend 8 MB of RAM to start.
>Add more of each as your needs grow.

>>I assume that a standard Dos Novell setup won't run in a DoS box. Am I
>>rigth?

>No, it does work.  You use a specific DOS session.  Appendix E of your
>Installation Guide provides a LAN Manager example, I believe.

To get all of this running I had to create a boot image. IBM tech support has a
14 page FAX on this topic titled: "VMB" (virtual machine boot). It is also
covered in volume 2, chapter 12 of the OS/2 redbooks (order # GG24-3731-00).

In my virtual session, I an running: dxma0mod.sys, dxmc0mod.sys, dxmt0mod.sys
though config.sys, and ipx, route, and net5 through the autoexec.bat. 

All of this ran in a standard DOS box; however, after running net5, I still
could not see the network login drive. Copying the standard programs such as
login.exe, map.exe and others to my local drive enabled me to login into the
network and access my "home" directories, but I could still not see the rest of
the network, even though slist showed all of the servers. Thus I resorted to
creating a boot image of a specific DOS version.


--
chad
price@helios.unl.edu
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From: hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting)
Subject: Re: 3 button/accelerated mouse drivers
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 13:10:45 GMT

In article <1992Sep13.053014.16816@muddcs.claremont.edu>, ddulay@jarthur.claremont.edu (Dan Dulay) writes:
 > Do mouse drivers for OS/2 exist which allow the use of all three buttons
 > on a mouse or allow for mouse speed acceleration?  Are any in the works?
 > 
 > Daniel Dulay
I use a 3-button driver, with a mouse-systems compatible mouse.
The third button don't do much, but there are some places where it
does the same as button 1 or 2.
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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Is EGA usable with OS/2 2.0 (or MS-Windows 3.x) ?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:18:37 GMT

In article <1992Sep13.000729.17482@weyrich.UUCP> tnet.com!weyrich!orville writes:
>I am looking for a cheap way to set my 8-year old daughter up with a OS/2
>or MS-Windows platform.
>I can get both OS/2 and MS-Windows to work with CGA, but the results are not
>very satisfying. I thought that a second-hand EGA monitor/card might be a
>reasonable approach -- good enough for Solitaire and children's games, but
>someone on the net told me that I need at least VGA.
>Can anyone give me the complete scoop on using EGA?

EGA will work, but it is not the least expensive upgrade you can
undertake, nor the one I would recommend.

I would suggest picking up a copy of Computer Shopper.  Look for an ad
from Underware Electronics and purchase their monochrome VGA monitor
for $59.  Then, from National Computer (?), get a VGA card for $29.
Total cost is less than $100, and you have a monochrome VGA setup
which will work splendidly with OS/2 2.0 (in 640x480 with 16 shades of
gray).

Incidently, Underware sells refurbished IBM 8513 color VGA monitors
for $139, if you want to spend the extra money.  :-)

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: LJ2 replacement in postscript
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:10:18 GMT

In article <ignacij.716223282@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu> ignacij@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu (Ignacy Misztal) writes:
>Is there a printing program with functionality of LJ2 or LJ2UP
>(prints 2 pages on 1 page) that work with the Postscript printer?
>I have received a Postscript printer recently, and I am missing
>the 2 page printouts severely.

Look for a utility called PS-Up (or possibly PS2-Up), available via
anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

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Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
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From: corey@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (william.c.brown)
Subject: Re: SIS Chipset on a 486 33Mhz mboard & incompatibilities?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:14:09 GMT
Summary: no problems with SIS chipset

In article <BuDntt.6yB@news.udel.edu>, sphilips@bach.udel.edu (Santosh S Philips) writes:
> I was planning on buying a mb locally. It is a 486 33Mhz 256kCache
> with a SIS Chipset.  I wanted to know if anyone was running OS2 on this
> Chipset and if there was anything that I ought to be aware of.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Santosh

	I run a 386/33 clone with the SIS chipset. No problems 
	running OS/2 at all. Great install, Great run-time...


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From: ak@ananke.stgt.sub.org (Andreas Kaiser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: CDROM drives and OS2ASPI.DMD 
Distribution: world
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 14:53:26 GMT
Organization: ananke


In article <1992Sep4.132342.3214@ryn.mro4.dec.com> whitney@wcw.mro4.dec.com writes:

  >     BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD /A:0 /!DM:3 /SM:3
  > and
  >     BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD /A:0 /!DM:3
  > 
  > This technique seems a little strange to me since it's not clear how the /!
  > switches communicate to the a specific driver so it's possible I have this
  > part wrong.

DMD drivers, which sit on top of the ADD driver layer, test a bit in
the driver data structure to know if it is allowed to access the
device. And the "!" options used above will reset the corresponding
bits ("DM" for OS2DASD access [disk], "SM" for OS2SCSI access
[tape,CDROM,...]), prohibiting any device access by the corresponding
DMD driver.

		Gruss, Andreas
  
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From: jwb@vnet.ibm.com (John W Bell)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 15:09:52 EDT
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: WANTED: List of installed OS/2 files

In article <2AB5DE4E.53D6@tct.com>,
paul@tct.com (Paul Levin) writes:
>
>Does anyone have (I'm sure IBM does) a list of all of the files that
>were (can be) installed on my hard disk, when I installed OS/2; and what
>those files do.  I am sure there are several that I can remove with
>no ill effects to the rest of the system -- but which ones ??
>

Get /pub/os2/os2flist.package from software.watson.ibm.com (containing
os2flist.text and os2fl.zip).

--
John W. Bell
jwb@vnet.ibm.com
From: Don.Johnson@f107.n207.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Extended Attributes
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Aug 21 1992
Date: 14 Sep 92  13:59:02

TFS>In article <18gi5rINN7as@agate.berkeley.edu>
TFS>shyguy@ocf.berkeley.edu (David S. Shy) writes:
TFS>>I was just experimenting with some things on OS/2 today.  During the
proce
TFS>>of doing so, I think I might have corrupted some extended attributes for
TFS>>something because the system would freeze after i conduct 1 or 2 commands
TFS>>just after loading up OS/2.  I had to cold boot the whole system and kill
TFS>>the applications one by one from the task list (had to cold boot after

TFS>>So i ran a chkdsk of the drive containing os2 and discovered that some
TFS>>of the extended attributes were unlinked (i think that's the term).
TFS>>I used chkdsk /f (took me a while to figure out how to do it w/o os2
spitt
TFS>>an error message at me) and converted all those lost clusters to files,
wh
TFS>>i in turn deleted.  i did try to take a look at the files, but they were

TFS>>My question is, assuming that these lost clusters of extended attributes
TFS>>were not linked to anything too important which may prevent the starting
TFS>>up of OS/2, would OS/2 just rebuild the extended attributes?  Or should
TFS>>I reinstall OS/2 just to make sure that everything that should be thre
TFS>>is there?

TFS>No, you are OK.

I've got tons of crosslinked extended attributes that aren't cleared up
with a simple CHKDSK /F.  They're still there next time I boot.  (I'm
running AUTOCHECK on a FAT HD.)

 * OLX 2.1 TD * OS/2: Not just a job, it's an adventure!

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jreynold@nmt.edu (John Reynolds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Separate windows...
Date: 8 Sep 92 18:57:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: nmt.1992Sep8.185705.26735
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: New Mexico Tech

A while back I read some crap on the network about how NT supposedly
ran dos/etc. apps while still in the same text window (someone was 
complaining that OS/2 "hides" the cmd.exe window and brings up another
for the VDM session after launching a DOS program from the cmd.exe session).
I am just wondering, is this a fundamental
part of the way OS/2 emulates DOS sessions, or could the above
feature actually be implemented without too much trouble? Namely, launching
a DOS app from cmd.exe (or 4os2.exe) and having the output of that DOS app
remain in the "parent" cmd.exe window.

I'm just wondering. I find no need for change, but that person's complaining
on the net sparked some curiosity...

-Jr



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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: stoen@katana.pcpd.hou.compaq.com (Rick Stoen)
Subject: Re: Boot manager trick. For those interested
Organization: Compaq Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 17:40:43 GMT

In article <65365@cup.portal.com>, ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes:
|> > I prefer to install dos on a (small) C: partition using the FAT system,
|> > and OS/2 on an extended D: partition using HPFS.
|> 
|> But if you the decide to hook up a second disk, you will have fun.
|> The second disk becomes D:, and OS/2 gets very confused (remember all
|> those things in CONFIG.SYS that refer to D:?).
|> 
The second disk will only become d: if you put a primary partition on
it. I have my system setup with OS/2 on an extended partition (D:) and
when I added a second disk I had no problems.

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From: grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III)
Subject: Re: Problem with install (mouse doesn't work)
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:35:33 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.201322.15730@cis.ohio-state.edu> grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III) writes:
>
>
>I've run into an installation problem on the following hardware:
>
>	Toshiba 3300SL notebook (25 MHz 386SL) w/ 8 meg + 64K CPU cache
>
>
>The problem is that I can't seem to make OS/2 recognize an Imsi PC
>Stylus pointing device.   IBM is looking into the problem but have no


As a followup, apparently IBM has had several reports of problems with
Imsi mice.  Rather than continue to raise my blood pressure, I just
returned the mouse and bought a Logitech Mouseman and connected it to
the PS/2 style mouse port.  Works like a charm.


--Golden

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From: kreinddm@ucunix.san.uc.edu (David M Kreindler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 5mb for os/2
Date: 7 Sep 92 16:16:11 GMT
Organization: University of Cincinnati

In article <Bu6782.3sr@obiwan.uucp> wayne@obiwan.uucp (Wayne Willcox) writes:
>I have a a 386 40mghrtz machine with four meg of ram
>and os/2 run's really slow, I suspect this is because
>of the ram disk since I don't have enough memory and 
>the hard drive run's virtually non stop. If I add 4 256k
>dram to my board will this make much difference?

I can't say to what extent the extra meg will improve performance;
however, by all accounts, 4MB is too little to run HPFS.  My own
experience is that 5MB plus HPFS *is* a significant improvement on 5MB
plus FAT.  I've been running OS/2 on a Northgate 386/25 with around 180
MB of disk space.  I had my system configured exclusively with a FAT file
system for a couple of months, switched to HPFS on my 120MB drive, and
noticed  improvements in the performance of just about everything that
involved a lot of disk access.  (I'm a big Magellan fan; the time
lag between program start and the point where it was ready to run
dropped in half once I started using HPFS.)

Hope this helps.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jtcox@syr.edu (Ted Cox)
Subject: printing binary files, emx/gcc
Keywords: printing, binary, emx/gcc
Reply-To: jtcox@syr.edu
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 09:22:36 EDT

I want to send some binary files to my paintjet in an os2 window.
Under DOS this is easy: copy /b datafile lpt1.  In a DOS window under
os2, or in an os2 window it doesn't work the same.  I get (at least) an
extra character to start with and a form feed at the end.  I can live
with extra form feed, but not the extra character, which prints a 0 and
a CR.  I have the latest paintjet driver from hobbes.  I can drag the
file to the paintjet icon (this doesn't print the extra character (but
still causes a form feed), but I want to do this within a c program.

Is is possible to send a stream of bytes, no more no less, to a printer
attached to the first parallel port under os2?  Can this be done with
emx/gcc?

Thanks,
Ted Cox




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From: hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting)
Subject: Re: Line buffering in OS/2 window
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 09:34:20 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.210834.6093@nds.com>, tom@nds.com (Tom Williamson) writes:
 > This should be an easy one (I hope).
 > 
 > I would like to know how to set the number of lines that will buffer in an 
 > os2 window.  When I open a standard os2 window, often there is no scroll bar 
 > on the right hand side.  After using the command line for a while, I notice 
 > a scroll bar has appeared.  The problem is that it will only buffer two lines. 
 > This seems hardly worth the effort.  Is there a way to change the default?  
 > I would like to have at least a 100 line buffer.  Since we have scroll bars, 
 > let's make 'em work.
 > 
mode co80,100
This should give you 100 lines.  You can specify any number of lines, but
the memory requirements must not exceed 16k.
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From: FAGER@gribb.hsr.no (Fagerland, Svein      94/96)
Subject: Where are the Soundblaster drivers ????????????????
Organization: Rogaland University Centre
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 13:04:58 GMT



I've been posting a few letters about the soundblaster pro drivers and OS/2.

Now that I've installed MMPM/2 I really need them. But where are they ?

ANYBODY --------------------> Please :-)
From: efa@iesd.auc.dk (Erik F. Andersen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: DJGPP and OS2 ?
Date: 8 Sep 92 18:36:55 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, Aalborg University


Hi,
I just downloaded DJGPP today, and installed it on my 386
running under OS2/2.

However I haven't been able to run any of the executables,
and every time I try I get the message that the CPU must
be in REAL mode not V86 mode. I guess that V86 means
"virtual 8086" mode. Does this mean that I will not be
able to use DJGPP on my machine, because a DOS session
always run in V86 mode, OR is there a way to change that?
Maby the problem is something else!!??

I would LOVE to use a 32-bit compiler instead of those
!@#! 16-bit compilers and get the full speed out of my
computer.

Erik F. Andersen, Denmark
EMail efa@iesd.auc.dk
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From: des@frogland (David Shepherd)
Subject: Re: DeskJet Gone Mad
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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 11:20:20 BST

CBURMAN@finabo.abo.fi wrote:
: Oh brethren in OS/2,
: 
: we had a nasty brownout on our floor yesterday, and it killed my OS/2 
: _dead_. I tried everything but couldn't get it up again. So I've spent the 
: day re-installing the little sweetness (with all patches and fixes, nicely 
: configured program objects, etc. it's taken all day).
: 
: Things are all right again EXCEPT that my DeskJet 500 doesn't work 'as 
: advertised'. It prints the first page, and then starts to feed out empty 
: sheets as many as I put in the tray. Only way to stop it, is to reset the 
: printer.

i had this problem ... someone suggested here that i checkk the setting
of the deskjet paper size selector DIP switch. when i set this to the
correct value it solved the problem for me.

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From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: HELP NEEDED!!! Is 8 mb ram enough for os2??
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:08:56 GMT

Ko-Ming Wang (koming@eddystone.ecn.purdue.edu) wrote:
> Please help me on this question.
> Sorry if it is a FAQ.
> 
> I am planning to buy a 486pc.
> Because of budget limitation, i can't go for 16 mb ram.
> I will have to buy a 8mb ram pc.
> 
> If i can only go for 8 mb ram, could i still be able to run os2??
> What am I going to encounter if I have only 8mb ram running os2?
> 

OS/2 will run with 4MB and starts to get zippy around 5MB. 8MB is a very
nice amount of RAM to have with OS/2 especially with a 486.

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
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