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From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Subject: Re: Any news on OS/2 2.1?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 07:56:34 GMT

bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) writes:

>dposey@well.sf.ca.us (David Posey) writes:
>
>>OS/2 2.1 is being discussed today in c.o.os2.advocacy - it is scheduled for
>>release in late Feb/early March (pre-Comdex). The Service Pack is
>>_already_out! 1-800-3IBMOS2 to order ($25, 14 disks).
>
>Is this the same thing that's on ftp-os2?

No.  The files on ftp-os2 are the October Service Pack:  a collection of bug
fixes + 32-bit graphics engine (GRE) + some new video/printer drivers + a few
new bugs released by IBM at the end of October 1992 (level XR06055).  This
October Service Pack does not include Windows 3.1 support.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: TSENG WARNING!
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 10:07:59 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <1992Dec10.120242.7622@unix.brighton.ac.uk> je@unix.brighton.ac.uk (John English) writes:
> 
> I had problems with this after installing the CSD, and I posted a query
> with just this problem -- no replies :-(
> 
> If you go SVGA WHO or SVGA STATUS, it reports the card as IBM, not Tseng.
> The old SVGA.EXE reported Tseng and was generally OK.  But if you use the
> old SVGA.EXE, it gives you 640x480x256 as the *only* option, and if you
> make the mistake of choosing it, your machine hangs when it tries to clear
> the screen on reboot. So I'm stuck with a 1M SVGA card which` can't go better
> than 640x480x16. Please, somebody, HELP!

YES! This is *exactly* the same problem I have. Is your card in a
purple/pastel green box? My other card - Trident 8900c with 1meg - works just
fine with the new 32-bit drivers....so I am happy for now....
 
But for the rest of you.....there seem to be as many types of Tseng cards as
there are flags at the U.N., whereas a trident is a Trident...or so it seems
(I'm sure to be wrong now that I have committed it to the Net..:-))
 
Steve
     
 
Make sure you get one that you have seen working with your own eyes. Nothing
less.
  
Steve
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From: kjb@calmasd.prime.com (Ken Brucker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Future of OS/2 and IBM????????????
Date: 16 Dec 92 16:58:14 GMT
Organization: Computervision, San Diego CA

In article <1992Dec15.223435.12295@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, woc8r@ruby.cs.Virginia.EDU (William Owen Carlson) writes:
> In article <1992Dec15.210437.934@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> ashwath@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Ashwath Ram) writes:
>>	Hi, netters just a thought. IBM doesn't seem to be doing so hot
>>financially they just said they are going to be laying off 25,000
>>more people next year this after 40,000 have already been allocated
>>to be laid off this year. 
> 
> Please be a little more precise.  IBM has NEVER laid anyone off.  Truthfully,
> the early retirement plan that they offer is VERY attractive.  Also, the
> whole point of their doing this is to make the company leaner (get rid of
> some of that famous IBM beauracracy).  Personally, I think that it's a 
> good plan, and one that we can't expect to work in one year.  Give it some
> time.

The article I read in this mornings LA Times indicated that the 25,000 will be
the first time IBM has ever laid anyone off.  They have reduced their work
force quite a bit recently but it was all through attrition, early retirement,
etc.

As far as how IBM is doing in the OS/2 and PC arena, the article went on to
state that the main focus for the layoff is the large systems area, since their
mainframes haven't been doing well in the current economy.  Their PC business
is quite strong however and IBM is doing quite well in that market.

Ken
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: 5692330@mcimail.com  (Robert Gammon)
Subject: Re: will this work for the swapfile growth problem?
Nntp-Software: PC/TCP NNTP
Organization: Texas Instruments Materials and Controls Group
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:00:44 GMT

In article <1992Nov22.073436.2833@weyrich.UUCP> orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net (Orville R. Weyrich) writes:

 >> In article <By37LD.EKF@news.cso.uiuc.edu> nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel) writes:
 >> >Seems like a lot of people who use the CSD experience swapfiles that grow huge.
 >> >How effective would this be: create a script that deletes whatever the  swap
 >> >file is, and put that in the startup folder. Will OS/2 allocate a new one.
 >> >If so, what are the drawbacks to doing this?
 >> >
 >> 
 >> The main drawback is that you can't [I think] delete the SWAPPER.DAT file
 >> while the system is using it [while you are booted from the hard disk].
 >> 
 >> But you can edit the config.sys to specify a different path for the swap
 >> file and reboot -- then you can delete the old one.
 >> 
 >> orville
 >> 
 >> --------------------------------------   **************************************
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 >> Certified Systems Professional                   Voice: (602) 391-0821
 >> Certified Computer Programmer            Internet: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net
 >> --------------------------------------   **************************************

Note to all,
   OS/2 - all versions - my experience since the beta v0.9 of OS/2 1.0 - will
recreate the swap file at boot time.  For example, if your swap file is 10MB
now, SWAPPATH in CONFIG.SYS is set to C:\OS2\SYSTEM 1024 4096 for a  4MB initial
swapper.dat and 1MB minimum free disk space,  when the system is rebooted, your
10MB swapper.dat is deleted, and a new swapper.dat of 4MB size is created.  
All that we need do to get rid of the monster swapper.dat is reboot the 
computer.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rahayden@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (R Andrew Hayden)
Subject: Where to get the $15 OS/2 CD?
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:09:02 GMT

Subject says it all.

It is my understanding that you can purchase a copy of OS/2 2.0 on CD-ROM
for $15.  Where do you do this?  (number, address, whatever).

I would like to try out OS/2 to see what's what, but I don't want to spend
$80 for the Win 3.x to OS/2 upgrade (I just want to see how it works).

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From: jas8@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Jeff Spirko)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Help with Trident 32-bit drivers and WINOS2.
Date: 11 Dec 92 15:58:31 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University


   I'm having trouble with getting the WINOS2 drivers that came with the 32-bit
drivers to work properly.  When I try to run a seamless windows session, the
application's icon gets hatched for a second or two, then it returns to WPS.
If I try to run full-screen, the screen goes blank, the disk runs for a
little, apparently loading windows, then the computer is effectively turned
off.  No ctrl-alt-del, no ctrl-esc, no nothing.

I followed the instructions in tri32new.txt, copied the svgadata.dos to
svgadata.pmi, made the correct modifications to the system.ini file, did not
replace vsvga.sys, have OS/2 with the CSD and the original DISPLAY.DLL, and I
think I did everything else by the book.  Any suggestions from someone who got
it working?

System:
    486/33  32Mb ram
    SCSI hard drives (Adaptec w/ new drivers)
    Panasonic CD-ROM w/ new drivers
    Trident 8900c v3.11 w/ 1Mb VRAM.
    OS/2 2.01  (CSD)

Thanks,
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From: spring@diku.dk (Jesper Honig Spring)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Cirrus VGA accelerator and OS/2 (a godd combination?)
Date: 14 Dec 92 14:46:06 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

Hello,

  At the local hardware dealer I was told that the Cirrus Windows Accelerator
card was a good option if running OS/2. I have tried the card. It works OK,
but the only problem I have experienced is that the actual windows size is
smaller running (graphic mode) 800x600 than 640x480. In text mode there is
no difference in window size.  In graphics mode (800x600) there is an edge
all around the screen - about 1 centimeter. Can anyone outthere tell me if 
I should invest in this card. Is the Cirrus a well-known product. I have 
noticed that it is very easy to get for example TSeng drivers on ftp-sites. 
I haven't found any for the Cirrus. Does this mean that I souldn't buy 
this card?

If you think that this card 'sucks' please tell me which card I should
consider instead.

Thanks in advance

Please (also) email me.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lum@dds4.uucp (Michael Lum)
Subject: Re: CD ROM and Adaptec
Organization: Digital Dispatch Systems, Richmond BC
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 18:47:12 GMT

In regards to the Adaptec 1742A and NEC CDR-84, thanks to everybody
that responded and sent me mail.  Everything works fine now.

    I am using the OS2CDROM.ZIP from hobbes and I HAD to disable
    the SYNCH negotiation.

Thanks again!
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tim@math.uakron.edu (Timothy Smith)
Subject: A Listing of the TRAP message codes.
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 07:51:57 GMT
X-Posted-From: bach.math.uakron.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


Does anyone have a listings of the TRAP error codes and what exactly they
mean?  I keep getting a TRAP 0000 system halted.  error messages and
would like to know exactly what this an all TRAP error messages are..

                                 thanks.. tim
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Help with dual monitor configuration
Keywords: os2 waffle 165
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 05:37:18 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.174500.5832@cbnews.cb.att.com> shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
>>You should get ahold of the utility EchoMon, available via anonymous
>>ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (search the file /pub/os2/00Index for exact
>>location).  This utility enhances the dual monitor support found in
>>OS/2.
>Please help deconfuse me (and others).  I just downloaded the file 
>/pub/os2/00Index from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu a few minutes ago.  I scanned
>for echomon using "grep -i echomon 00Index" and the result was null.
>There's no instance of echomon in the index.  A minute before that I
>had mistakenly downloaded /pub/00Index.  Not only was I wrong, but 
>it's wrong, too!  It shows that echomon resides in an archive directory
>which (I presume), no longer exists.  That 00Index evidently is an
>old one which no longer applies.  What now?

Well, you shouldn't take any file reference I give too literally.  :-)

If memory serves, the filename is either echomn12.zip or echmon12.zip.
If you do a case insensitive keyword search on "monochrome" you might
have better luck.

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From: swood@tamsun.tamu.edu (Stanley C. Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: slow com3 in dos/win-os2 sessions
Date: 12 Dec 1992 18:09:22 -0600
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: tamsun.tamu.edu
Summary: Access to com3 unnaceptably slow from dos & win-os2
Keywords: com port slow com3

Anybody,
	I am having a difficult time getting my dos and windows applications
to access my com3 at a reasonable speed.  The com port is on an internal modem
and I have the proper interrupt and base I/O addresses defined for com.sys and
vcom.sys in my config.sys and in the system.ini file for win-os2.  I use 
Crosstalk for windows extensively with my 14,4 modem but when it runs under
win-os2 it takes about 1-2 minutes for characters typed to the modem to
echo back to the screen.  I have tried executing mode.com in the autoexec.bat
file to ramp the serial port speed up to 19200 and 38400 to no avail.  I have
tried commenting out the vcom.sys line in the config.sys.  I have tried using
dos based terminal programs but have gotten similair speeds.  The "PM terminal"
connects just fine, it doesn't have the function that I need though.  This is
my first installation of OS/2 on an ISA machine; I have installed & used os/2
on PS/2's extensively, but this problem has me bamboozled.  Has anyone had a
problem sililair to this before?  If so, what was the solution?
	I have a 486DX33 on an ISA motherboard with 16megs of memory and about
90 megs of free drive space.  I am using the 8514/A drivers for a Graphics
Ultra/Pro (Mach32 chip, not Mach 8) and I have DOS 5 in a primary partion with
OS/2 in a logical HPFS partition.  The mouse seems to function properly on
com1 in both os2 and dos sessions.  The IRQ for com3 is 5 and the base address
is 03E8.  I know that I have crosstalk set up properly because I am running it
under dos5 and windows 3.1 right now.  I haven't tried moving the modem to
another com port or changing the I/O address but I guess that's my next step
if no-one has seen the problem before.

					Thanx,
					 Stanley Wood


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2
From: ian@stirling.hursley.ibm.com (Ian Stirling)
Subject: Re: WinOS2 driver for the IAA display card
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:18:01 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.16f by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Reply-To: ian@vnet.ibm.com (Ian Stirling)
Organization: IBM, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

In <92352.091237TRAN@MTUS5.BITNET> Phat M Tran <TRAN@MTUS5.BITNET> writes:
>
>I too have the same IBM ImageAdapter/A connected to NEC/MultiSync 5D
>running at 1280 by 1024.  However, WinOS2 can only use 640 by 480.
>Solution to this problem will be greately appreciated.
>

Phat

As of this moment in time there is *no* solution.  What several people I know
do is run a second display adapter, such as an XGA, in their system.  They
configure PM/WPS to run on the IAA and full screen sessions on the XGA.  They
then run WIN-OS2 in the full screen session at XGA resolution.

I can say that the problem has been acknowledged by the IA/A developers in
Japan.  What I cannot say, because I don't know, is what they will do about it.

Ian Stirling                      Internet: ian@vnet.ibm.com
CICS/ESA Systems Facilities         Bitnet: ian at vnet
IBM UK Labs Ltd, Hursley,         IBMIPnet: ian@stirling.hursley.ibm.com
England, SO21 2JN                  IBMMail: GBIBMJWB at IBMMAIL
                             International: + 44 962 844433

Disclaimer: This post represents the views of the poster, not IBM.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jmg@stdavids.picker.com (Jeff Granito)
Subject: Win 3.1 support
Reply-To: jmg@stdavids.picker.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:06:50 GMT

	I have been running OS2 2.0 for a couple of months now, and have
had no major problems.  Recently I bought Print Shop for windows, and it
required Windows 3.1.  I have been noticing that a beta version of WIN-OS 3.1
is available.  Does anybody know when a full release will be available? And
if not soon, how do I get a copy of the beta version?

	Thanks for you help.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Help with dual monitor configuration
Keywords: os2 waffle 165
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:14:42 GMT

In article <1992Dec12.212003.23457@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mjharris@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Harris) writes:
>I received email telling me about the ecomon utility and I have downloaded
>it for future use but I think my problem is different. See I can't even
>install OS/2 and I believe it is because there is no support for the
>hercules (MDA) adapter and OS2 thinks it sees a hardware compatibility
>problem. If all you have is a monochrome (MDA) adapter is there anyway to
>get OS2 up and running? I don't really care about fancy colors and with
>Xmas coming....... Well you know. TIA

No, you're right -- that is correct.  The installation program assumes
a Workplace Shell installation, and the Workplace Shell is not
supported on Hercules monochrome systems.

I hate to do it, but in this case I really recommend a hardware remedy
to this problem.  One way is to use either an ATI EGA Wonder or a
Paradise Monochrome EGA adapter in place of the Hercules adapter.
These adapters support all EGA modes on TTL monochrome monitors, like
yours.  I've seen them on the secondary markets for $25 or so.

Alternatively, a monochrome VGA monitor with basic VGA adapter can be
had for under $100.  OS/2 2.0's Workplace Shell really does work best
with at least VGA.

Nonetheless, if anyone is interested in a shareware/freeware type
project, this one would be useful to a few people.  A Hercules
monochrome driver would bring OS/2 2.0 to the very low end systems.
Also, many LAN servers are endowed with the less capable displays
(simply because no one needs to sit at one all day), and if OS/2 could
drive a Hercules display it might help there too.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: aaa@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Simon Fowler)
Subject: Re: autostartup - it's gone on too long!
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:50:34 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Atlanta GA

In article <TNT.92Dec16111557@netcom.com>, tnt@netcom.com (Terry Turner) writes:
> a friend _still_ has apps starting up that he setup to autostart under
> os/2 1.3. he does not want them to startup and neither he nor i can get
> them to stop coming up at startup. if anyone can help us stop them please
> send me a note.
> 
> background: he migrated his 1.3 desktop to 2.0 when he installed it (this
> was last spring.summer) and these apps that he formerly wanted to have
> start up were still coming up. there is no obvious way to stop them. he
> has restartobjects set to startupfoldersonly and this does nothing to fix
> this problem. 
> 
> my best guess is that the problem requires some work with an ini file
> editor. has anyone tried this route?

I assume that he has modified/removed the STARTUP.CMD file in the root directory?
This is how I autostart applications under 1.3

simon
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: newsman@stein.u.washington.edu (Christian Ricci)
Subject: Should I or Shoudn't I, install that is
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 01:14:29 GMT

OK, I finally go my copy of OS2.  I want to install it but I only have 4 MEG
of ram.  I can afford to upgrade to 6 Meg, but not 8, like I would like to.
Should I wait to install OS2 until I have the money for 8 Meg or is the per-
formance curve such that I could effectively use OS2 in 6?  Thanks!

Chris
From: steuer@clam.rutgers.edu (robert Steuer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Need help selecting CD-ROM for OS/2 2.0
Date: 11 Dec 92 22:40:22 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Is it possible to use a $180 Mitsumi under OS/2? Presently, it looks
as though only SCSI type drives are supported, is this only temporary
or is it just that non-SCSI CD-ROM's are technically impossible to use
under OS/2 2.0?  I would like the CD-ROM JUST for the following:
1. When OS/2 comes out on CD, I would like to install it from there.
2. I would like to browse thru the shareware CD's and the OS/2 archive
CD's.
That is about it, I just need it for information retrieval, I don't
need multimedia, graphics, games on cd, etc.  Audio playing would be
nice though, but not really necessary.
So, to sum up, do I have to go SCSI and if so, what is fairly
inexpensive for my purposes or can I use a Mitsumi?  Tnx for all Help!
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