HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: varmint@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Samir Varma)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM & Beta bug reports....
Date: 29 Sep 92 20:53:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: ut-emx.80752
Organization: Center for Particle Physics, University of Texas

In article <Sep25.093023.78721@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> dd435157@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Dan Doner) writes:
>
>I've seen this question asked here before, but I've never seen the
>answere:  Where is a good
>place to post bug reports so that they will be seen by IBM?  I've got
>the beta & want to do
>my part, I just don't have an account on compuserve.


If you know the compuserve account number, you can always send e-mail to it
through the internet (xxxxx.xxx@compuserve.com).  For non beta stuff (and
perhaps for the beta as well--I don't know) I always use the os2 problem
report form that I got off ftp-os2.nmsu.edu and e-mail it to ibm on 
compuserve.  They've always been prompt and good about acknowledging things
and keeping me up to date with my bug reports.  You might try using that.

Samir Varma
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: parity@netcom.com (Parity Systems)
Subject: Com3 using com.sys
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 23:37:54 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: na
Keywords: os2 comm

Im having some problems setting up com3. Yes, I've read the FAQ and
the news threads pertaining to the subject but, still a problem.
I have a mouse on com1 irq4 a 14,400 modem on com2 irq3 and a fax/modem
on com3 irq4. The problem is with com 3 the modem can be configured for 
the com port but not the IRQ.. When i've set com.sys to 3,3e8,4 it bombs.
it also bombs as irq 2,5. Can I use there IRQ's? Do I have to change the 
mouse IRQ? if I do, what IRQ's are available to use?
Please post responses. I read this group and it may help someone
else as well.
Thanks,


--Scott 
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From: brinton@icd.teradyne.com (Chris Brinton)
Subject: Trident driver performance
Reply-To: brinton@icd.teradyne.com
Organization: Teradyne, Inc. Boston MA
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 15:22:07 GMT

I have a question about the Trident drivers. I got my drivers a couple of
months ago and got them installed and they work fine, more or less. One 
thing I am unable to do, however, is run VGA games in a DOS window. The 
640x480x16 drivers that came with OS/2 would allow me to do this, but the 
1024x768x256 won't. I want to be able to run a 256 color app (ok, game) 
in a DOS window. Are there new drivers that will let me do this? Are there any in the works? Will the ET4000 drivers do this ?(Im thinking
of upgrading)

Thanks,
Chris
brinton@icd.teradyne.com
From: miker@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Hung Michael Nguyen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Problems formatting/fdisk-ing my Conner cp3184 for use w/ OS/2
Date: 29 Sep 92 02:11:37 GMT
Reply-To: miker@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Hung Michael Nguyen)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: miker@minnie.cc.utexas.edu

Hello there.

Recently, I bought a refurbished Conner cp3184 HDD.  It's an 80MB-ish
drive.  Well, anyways,  when I installed it in my machine, it refused to
finish formatting (using FAT - it would say drive not ready or something
like that, with HPFS, it is extremely slow, and eventually says no more
memory).  This is using a boot disk created with se20boot - using OS/2 on
my C: drive = big red switch, everything freezes.  I don't get it.  It
fdisks okay if I try often enough, I've tried every possible slave/master/
lone drive configuration, still no luck.  I returned it and got another one
and same problem, tomorrow, I'll try again.  Is there anything wrong w/
using the CP3184 w/ OS/2, or with the CP3184 in general, or does somebody
have a clue?  I sure don't :-(

Please reply by e-mail, and thanks in advance.

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From: figueroa@CS.NYU.EDU (Samuel A. Figueroa)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How do you install ATM fonts?
Date: 30 Sep 92 15:51:38 GMT
Organization: New York University

In a previous article I wrote:
>In a previous article, sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
>>In article <9209250554.AA14659@cs.NYU.EDU> figueroa@CS.NYU.EDU (Samuel A. Figueroa) writes:
>>>I read the FAQ to find out how to install ATM fonts.  I would like the files
>>>containing the fonts to reside in the directory D:\FONTS\FONTS.PS.  I tried
>>>adding the fonts with the Font Palette.  The Font Palette copied all my fonts
>>>to the above-mentioned directory.  Both PFB as well as AFM files were copied;
>>>they are there now.  The Font Palette seems to know about all the fonts I
>>>tried to install, since it is able to produce the complete list of fonts.
>>>But whenever I select any of the fonts, the sample box becomes blank.  Also,
>>>the Enhanced Editor seems to hang whenever I try to use any of the newly-
>>>installed fonts.  However, every single one of them works fine under WIN-OS/2.
>>>I tried adding "D:\FONTS\FONTS.PS;" to the end of the LIBPATH, PATH, and DPATH
>>>statements in my CONFIG.SYS, but nothing changed, even after I rebooted.  So
>>>the question is, what else do I need to do in order to make these fonts
>>>usable?  I would rather not copy the relevant files to C:\OS2\DLL.
>>
>>Two problems which might be applicable here:
>>(1) You must have IOPL=YES in your CONFIG.SYS to use ATM.  Don't ask. :-)
>>(2) The Enhanced Editor has a limit of 99 typefaces.  If more than 99
>>are installed, EPM will not function correctly.  As far as I know this
>>problem has not been resolved even in the Version 5.51 release now
>>available via anonymous ftp from software.watson.ibm.com.
>
>I do have IOPL=YES in my CONFIG.SYS.  I don't remember what version of EPM
>I was running (I've been switching back and forth for the last few days -
>the reason has nothing to do with EPM), but I am only trying to add 37 dif-
>ferent typefaces to the ones that came with OS/2 2.0 (i.e., 37 .AFM files,
>50 .PFB files, but 13 are just for WIN/OS2, not for PM).  So I must be doing
>something else wrong.

I called IBM's OS/2 support number about this.  (They called me back a few
minutes later.)  The person who called me told me you must copy the font
files to the \OS2\DLL directory on the drive on which OS/2 is installed.
He told me OS/2 is not very configurable right now, and that if I was con-
cerned about space on my C drive (which I am because I am about to reparti-
tion my hard drive), I could put the swap file some place else (I already
knew that).  By the way, I used to have my font files in the C:\OS2\DLL
directory, and they all worked fine.
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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: BETA (32BIT GRE & WIN
Date: 28 Sep 92 19:46:09 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

dennis.powell@brent.uucp (Dennis Powell)  writes:


>EG: Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
>    From: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
>    Subject: Re: Beta (32bit GRE & WIN31) works better, but no SVGA
>    Message-ID: <1992Sep22.154808.15640@pony.Ingres.COM>
>    Reply-To: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
>    Date: 22 Sep 92 15:48:08 GMT

>    In article <1686A845B.GILBERT@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>
>GILBERT@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Howard Gilbert) writes:
>> 
>>Contrary to rumor, there is no documented generic SVGA support.

>    Gar!  I thought the ET4000 SVGA drivers were going to be in there :(

>    Hopefully (x-fingers) this is the case only with the beta.  Can anyone from
>    IBM confirm/deny that ET4000 SVGA drivers *will* be in the 1st Service Pack
>    (GRE + Bug Fix Pack)?

>according  to  mel  hallerman in boca, the et4000 drivers are in the CSD
>that gets itsef released this very week.  if you're willing to  download
>it.   which  is  a  6-hour  proposition  at  9600.  otherwise wait until
>mid-october.


Where can I download it from? I presume it's on Internet so I can ftp it?
Is it really 21M? - I can see that the Internet is going to be a bit
clogged up. I hope lots of people will install it for ftp downloading
around the country or software.watsonibm.com and ftp-os2 are going to be a bit
bogged down!

>dep
>___
> * MR/2 1.31 #9 * NT is to operating systems as Perot is to presidents.
From: feoh@Gnu.ai.mit.edu (Chris Patti)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: ET4000 OS/2 support
Keywords: OS/2 ET4000 SVGA driver
Date: 2 Oct 92 05:12:29 GMT
Organization: Free Software Foundation

Hello, I'm buying a 486DX50 in 2 weeks and I'm still very much on the fence
with regard to whether I should go with OS/2 or Windows 3.1 as my main OS..

I would LOVE to use OS/2 but my *other* main use for the machine is running
Linux under Xwindows, which just about requires that I get an SVGA board 
with the ET4000 chipset..

Does anyone have any feelings about the future of ET4000 support under OS/2?
Do you see STABLE, NON BUGGY, WORKING drivers becoming available for the 
ET4000 within the next few months? 

I know I can use the machine in standard VGA mode with no problems, HOWEVER
I feel this way about it: If I can't use my hardware to its fullest then 
there's something wrong with my choice of OS..

I would definitely appreciate any comments/suggestions on this that folks may
have...

	Chris Patti
	feoh@gnu.ai.mit.edu
From: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 8514 ignorance
Date: 1 Oct 92 19:42:06 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization


>Closest answer is "neither."  The 8514/A supports 640x480 in 256
>colors, 1024x768 in 16 colors, and, with the 512K memory expansion,
>1024x768 in 256 colors.  IBM implemented 8514/A as interlaced when
>operating in 1024x768, but it isn't necessary (as with the ATI
>Graphics Ultra and Vantage).
>
>The 8514/A contains a graphics coprocessor.
>
>IBM is no longer selling 8514/A (although it continues to support it).
>XGA is now the standard of choice from IBM.
>

I thought I knew everything about graphics standards, but recently, I've 
been hearing about a new one... BGA.  What in the world is BGA???



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From: mike.walsh@compart.fi (Mike Walsh) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OBJECT/1 MDBS
Date: 6 Oct 92 20:58:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: ComPart BBS, Helsinki-Finland, +358 0 506 3329 (14 lines V.32bis)
Reply-To: mike.walsh@compart.fi (Mike Walsh) 

Does anybody out there have *any* information about the latest state
of Object/1 in it's OS/2 version.
The Windows version seems to have been upgraded at least once while the
long-promised OS/2 upgrade seems to have died a death.
As our local distributor is more interested in money (i.e. selling
something else) than in support, does anybody have any hope to
offer of a new OS/2 version ? (It doesn't even have to be 32-bit just
better).   Mike
                                                                  
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Michael.Versemann@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Michael Versemann)
Subject: BETA-VERSION WANTED
Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:02:17 GMT
Keywords: beta

Hi Folx.
Where can I get this damned beta-version anybody speaks about?
I need the FTP-address of site containing it.
So, PLEASE post it directly to my Email-address.
Thanx in advance.
Mike
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From: mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Inside OS/2 a bit skimpy?
Date: 5 Oct 92 18:02:31 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

Has anyone noticed how little information you get from
"Inside OS/2"?  I got my trial issue the other day and I
can't understand why anyone would purchase a subscription.
There are only 12 issues a year and the August issue was
exactly 12 pages long.  Not to worry though...I was offered
the special subscription rate of $39/year rather than the
usual $60.  :-)  Thank goodness I have internet access!
I suspect that one week's worth of comp.os.os2.* contains
far more useful information.  I hope that when more copies
of OS/2 are out in the marketplace a more comprehensive
magazine will appear.
 
Cheers,
 
Chris
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Doing Multiple Simultaneous Floppy Copies
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:39:57 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1859@vall.dsv.su.se> harald@vall.dsv.su.se (Harald Fragner) writes:
>
>I think this is a question of what your hardware will support. With ISA I
>can only write to one floppy at a time, although running two tasks
>copying one disk in each drive is faster than running one task copying
>two disks one at a time.

Although ISA can only use one floppy at a time, you can still gain
this way.  With appropriate cache sizes and lazy writing on, your
multiple floppy-copies will work in parallel.  The OS will simply
queue up read and write requests for the two diskettes and issue them
in bulk.  Only one floppy at a time is accessed, but you get better
performance than waiting for one copy to finish before starting the
next. 
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dic5340@hertz.njit.edu| software; and the computer industry doesn't have enough
----------------------+ programmers to create that much good software.
Therefore, most of it must be worthless" -- Boris Beizer "The Frozen Keyboard"
From: gtb6038@summa.tamu.edu (BILES, GREG THOMAS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: How do I move the FOLDERS Icon in OS/2?
Date: 28 Sep 92 08:50:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Thanks in advance,
Greg
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mystical@nmt.edu (Gurupartap Davis)
Subject: OS2 HPFS
Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 04:37:22 GMT



I just got a new 486sx system and I've installed OS/2 in dual boot mode.
I was wondering about the possible benefits of using the hpfs mode, though.
Maybe I could partition the disk (eg. 80 megs DOS FAT, 120 Megs HPFS) or
even just format the entire disk.  would I still be able to boot from a 
floppy if my system hangs?  If anybody has any experience using the hpfs
or knows anything about it, I would appreciate some information.
Are the two systems compatible at all?  If I had the disk partitioned would
either system be able to access the other?  Maybe just OS/2 could access
the DOS partition?  *MAYBE* the dos partition could read text files created
on the OS/2 partition (eg. to fix a crappy OS/2 config.sys file that keeps
it crashing before I can get to the desktop to fix whatever was wrong in the
first place????)
Hmmm.  Maybe I actually stayed on the subject after that ramble...wow.
Anyway, I'd like some help and guidence from anybody...please?

btw, please email responses, I tend to forget to read news :)
Partap
mystical@jupiter.nmt.edu


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: stephen@unity.ncsu.edu (Stephen Jackson)
Subject: OS/2 Users Group
Organization: North Carolina State University Project Unity
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:02:07 GMT

Hi!  If there are any OS/2 users out there who are aware of an OS2 users group in the Research Triangle area of NC?  Or, if any Triangle users
are interested in starting one, or being in a users group for OS2, drop me a line at stephen@unity.ncsu.edu


Stephen
From: bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: L40SX Power Management driver problem
Date: 29 Sep 92 23:42:30 GMT
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.

Hello to Everyone / Anyone:

I have a L40SX running OS/2 2.0.  When I installed it from an early *GA* copy of
OS/2, the power management drivers worked.  I could close the lid and it would
suspend, resume, etc.

I reinstalled OS/2 using an upgrade version (older *GA* copy of OS/2).
I reinstalled my applications and data files.  Now when I close the lid it
doesn't suspend.  It will suspend using DOS (diskette) or the reference disk,
though.

Additionally, I added PM/FAX and removed FAX/PM (through the reinstallation).
I tried removing the PM/FAX CONFIG.SYS file changes (IOPL and a device driver
statement).  It did not clear up the problem.

The driver is from the 1.03 L40SX reference disk.  Additionally, the PS2 OFF
and PS2 ON hh:mm:ss works.  This, though, doesn't help me change batteries
without rebooting.  This is an important issue to since I use the L40SX in
church and don't want to take the time to boot when changing batteries.

Of course, I could go back to the older version of OS/2 *GA*, but I am not sure
which box/copy it is now.  (It could be the one I lent to a friend who needed
3.5" instead of 5.25" in which case ...)

It would be nice to resolve the problem without going back.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Bert Moshier
From: johnf@persoft.com (John Freeborg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Turn Help Off?
Date: 28 Sep 92 13:59:43 GMT
Organization: Persoft, Inc.


Ok - there are about 2 things that are starting to annoy me after I've used
OS/2 for quite a while.  Can anybody help with some ideas here?

(1) How do you turn off BY DEFAULT the annoying little help line at
    the top of the screen of OS/2 or DOS sessions when you are sitting
    at the prompt?  I know you can type "HELP OFF" and that turns it off,
    but how do you make the DEFAULT to be off?

(2) Some of the icons on my desktop have title text in light grey.  I created
    shadows of the OS/2 full screen, OS/2 window, DOS full screen, and DOS
    window on my desktop - they all have grey text.  So does my A: drive
    icon.  All of my other icon title text is black.  I've tried going
    into Palette Schemes and editing my own new palette.  I then dragged the
    palette to the OS/2 desktop holding down the Alt key.  Everything
    followed my new color rules, except for those damn grey icons!
    Any clues?

I have the new beta CDROM and was wondering if anybody has tried the
new beta Windows 3.1 support on top of the GA code (with the new kernel
patch however)?

 - John

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From: pricejoh@CS.ColoState.EDU (john russel price)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: ftp problems
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:02:32 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University Computer Science, Industrial Technology



      I have a question that I can't get answered. Maybe someone
      can help.
   
     When I try to ftp-os2.nmsu.edu I get a unknown host message.
     If I try to use nslookup on the name it also says unknown host
     or something like that. Why cant I get connected here. I have
     FTP'ed to other sites and have had no problems. Any help or 
     suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bill@snoopy (Bill Poitras)
Subject: Re: 50DX vs 66DX2 and OS/2
Reply-To: bill@msi.com
Organization: Molecular Simulations, Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 18:15:08 GMT

David J Birnbaum (djbpitt+@pitt.edu) wrote:
: I'm about to purchase a 486 on which to run OS/2 (EISA, 16MB, 256k
: cache) and I'd be grateful for advice on whether to to with a 50MHz chip
: (not the clock-doubled one) or the 66MHz DX2. Some considerations:

: 4. There has been occasional talk of a 100DX2. If this is likely, I
: preserve an upgrade path by selecting the 50 now.

I think this is an important point.  The components for the 50MHz system
are of higher quality so that they will run at 50Mhz.  This higher
quality and the possibility of a 100DX2 might be worth initial cut in
performance, which probably will be fairly minor.

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From: bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: L40SX Power Management driver problem
Date: 2 Oct 92 22:41:29 GMT
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.

In article <1992Oct1.83259.6973@ms.uky.edu> jedwards@ms.uky.edu (Jonathan Edwards) writes:
>byu@white.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Sep30.173918.19094@ms.uky.edu> jedwards@ms.uky.edu (Jonathan Edwards) writes:
>>>byu@white.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu) writes:
>>>
>>>>Is this power management driver specifically for the L40SX?  Can it be
>>>>used on another laptop?  My Samsung NoteMaster will not go into suspend
>>>>mode under OS/2 2.0.
>>>
>>>I expect it's specifically for the L40SX (since it comes on the L40SX
>>>reference diskette).  What kind of processor does your NoteMaster have?
>>>Does is suspend under DOS?
>>>
>
>>The processor on my Samsung is AM386SXL/25.  Under Dos, power only goes to
>>RAM during suspend.  All other subsystems are shut down.  
>
>The L40SX power management drivers are designed for use with a plain
>Intel 386SX and the L40SX's custom power management hardware.  I *think*
>the AMD 386SXL is equivalent to an Intel 386SL in that it has built-in
>power management modes.  I would guess Samsung's power management BIOS 
>and OS/2 2.0 aren't talking to each other.  I would also guess that
>it should be possible to fix that, but that it's probably up to Samsung
>to take the initiative.
>
>OTOH, if you'd like to try the L40SX drivers let me know your address
>and I'll mail you a disk.

I remember reading in PC Week that one of the 1993 OS/2 releases is suppose
to provide native OS/2 laptop (power management) support.

Bert.
From: fj05+@andrew.cmu.edu (Faisal Nameer Jawdat)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Help! Can't open more than 1 DOS and OS2 prompt
Date: 27 Sep 92 20:00:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.AelcB5W00VRB0=YGF3
Organization: Sophomore, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

psm@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Phil Malin) writes:
> The subject says it all.  When I first installed OS2 I could open up multiple
> DOS and OS2 prompts (at least I think I remember doing so - doing it gave me
> a buzz).  But now OS2 only lets me open up one of each :-(  The only major
> operation I've done is to install Word2.0 and the postscript fonts.  I also
> used to minimize the folders giving a hash background, but I've learned to
> close them properly now.

I think this has to do with your settings.  Go to the object (icon) of
the os2 command prompt and the dos command prompt, and on each one the
settings should say something about how double clicking opens the
same prompt up.  Change this to the selection for 'new'.
I think that selection should fix things, but don't recall exactly.
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