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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Extracting text from .INF files
Date: 5 Jan 93 21:05:44 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1ia8ejINN4i@hpscit.sc.hp.com> kitchin@lf.hp.com (Bruce Kitchin) writes:
>I guessing and may be showing my ignorance.  I wonder if this is what
>the IBMNULL driver that is always loaded does.  If I were trying to do
>something like what you are, I would create a new printer (drag a printer
>object out of the Template folder) and click on IBMNULL for the driver
>and output to a file checkbox and then the Create pushbutton.  If you
>get no better suggestions try it and see.

Perhaps, but I don't think so.  I've installed the IBMNULL driver.
(BTW, you must install it - from printer disk 1, then re-apply the CSD
- a quick operation the second time around.  If you don't actually
install IBMNULL, you don't get anything from that driver)  When I use
IBMNULL to print text files, I get strait text, but when an app tries
to print graphics (or ATM fonts) using it, the printer gets old
Epson/IBM 9-pin graphics.  I've no problem, since my printer is an
Epson, but it won't be what you want.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Dos->OS/2 communication
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:17:55 GMT

In article <C0AnCD.8K6@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> papresco@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
>Is there any way from a DOS box to tell an OS/2 .cmd to start in
>another session (short of polling the file system or something hideous
>like that)

You could have an OS/2 "monitor" program running in the background at
low priority, monitoring, say, a local named pipe.  Check with the
folks in comp.os.os2.programmer for help.

>Also:  (stupid question alert) How do I make OS/2 and DOS sessions
>start so that they are windowed by maximized.

You can set the default size for any of your DOS or OS/2 windowed
sessions by holding down SHIFT while you drag the border.  Drag the
border(s) as far as you can, and you'll have a maximized window.

>Last: Is there a utility for affixing hotkeys to objects and events?

A couple.  Check ftp-os2.nmsu.edu via anonymous ftp.  Look at the file
/pub/os2/00Index for a list.

>Absolute last: Is there a way to make a file that takes up truly no
>space other then name-space?  i.e. doesn't take up a minimum allocation
>unit?

Under FAT and HPFS, no, I don't think so, unless you're willing to
break the rules.

Under HPFS the minimum allocation is only 512 bytes, regardless of
disk size.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sorourke@lonestar.utsa.edu (Sean J. Orourke)
Subject: Re: Lost Command Prompts folder
Keywords: help command prompts folder
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 10:10:47 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.001217.6099@pacdata.uucp> jimh@pacdata.uucp (Jim Harkins) writes:
>In article <1993Jan8.232802.17281@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> sorourke@lonestar.utsa.edu (Sean J. Orourke) writes:
>>I somehow managed to delete my Command Prompts folder.
>
>Out of curiosity, how did you do it?  In my case I noticed that changing
>DOS settings in a window changed them in one of my other windows (the windows
>were for games and iconized).  So I tried to delete one, they both went away.
>So I opened my command prompts folder and tried to make a couple more DOS
>windows.  I ended up with 2 command prompts folders.  I deleted a folder, they
>both vanished.  grrr.  I mean, it's not like I'd never done that before.
>This was a month ago and I haven't had any problems since.
>
I have a 30meg FAT partition with DOS and OS/2 on it, and a 90meg HPFS
partition.  In order to free up some room on the FAT drive, I was moving
some of the OS/2 files over to the HPFS and changing the paths in config.sys.
Evidently I moved the wrong thing, and the next time I shutdown and rebooted,
my Command Prompts and a few other folders were gone.  Everything else I
could replace.

My partitioning is certainly a mistake I've learned from.  I made the 30meg
FAT to hold DOS and OS/2, not realizing how much stuff I need to use when I
boot plain DOS, nor the size of some of the games that won't run under OS/2
at all.  I should be getting another drive soon, and have 120meg each of FAT
and HPFS.

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: zrsl0136@sysger.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Gerhard Rentschler)
Subject: Driver for Printer Canon BJ200
Reply-To: g.rentschler@rus.uni-stuttgart.de
Organization: Rechenzentrum Uni Stuttgart
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:10:34 GMT

Is there a driver for a Canon BJ200 printer available?

Greetings
Gerhard
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From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Will my OS800.DLL for OS/2 1.1 work with os/2 2.0?
Date: 7 Jan 1993 08:25:02 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

In article <1993Jan6.050316.20286@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:

[ stuff on old Pardise OS/2 drivers ]
:
:Not likely.  However, if you have 512K on the adapter, you can get
:640x480-256 and 800x600-256 with the new OS/2 2.1 beta (or with the
:leaked generic SuperVGA driver, available via anonymous ftp from
:ftp-os2.nmsu.edu).  If you have 1 MB, you can also get 1024x768-256.
:
??????????????????????????

I thought everyone was saying (and confirmed, at least on most SVGA cards)
that the generic SVGA drivers needed a full 1 meg even for 800x600x256.

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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: shift resizing seems to affect all OS2 windows
Date: 5 Jan 1993 21:43:19 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: physics.ubc.ca
Summary: shift resizing affects all OS2 windows.
Keywords: resize, os2window

This may be  a faq, but I have swapsize running which I want to be a
small one line window. I also have what I want to be aan OS2 window
minimized on the desktop. If I Shift- resize the window running
swapsize, so it gets remembered, my other OS2 window also comes up tiny.
Ie, the resizing seems to affect ALL OS2 windows- Is there only one
table somewhere with the bootup winsow sizes? Is there some way I can
get teh windows to be resized on bootup independently?
Bill Unruh
unruh@physics.ubc.ca

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tjb@NeoSoft.com (Timothy J. Bogart)
Subject: Re: [SCSI Tape Backup???]
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 00:41:08 GMT
Summary: drivers

Since you admitted you work for exebyte, I guess I can figure out
where you got your drivers.  8-)

Can you describe your setup in config.sys and offer any suggestions to
those of us having a problem setting up a Wangtek 6130 on a Future
Domain card?  TIA
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tom@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Tom Aurand)
Subject: Re: why OS/2
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 04:41:15 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Colorado State U. Engineering College

In article <1993Jan4.221904.438@mr.med.ge.com>, sdk@med.ge.com writes:

[excisions]

|> 6.  Finally, put yourself in the position of asking this question:
|>     I am not a Icon-Mouse-Window person, ... [more excised]

Become one.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: peterson@choctaw.csc.ti.com (Bob Peterson)
Subject: Re: SCSI termination on NEC CDR-84
Reply-To: peterson@csc.ti.com
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:08:06 GMT

In article <1993Jan9.194919.15383@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, mjn@sbmiclr.cs.sunysb.edu (The Sixth Replicant) writes:
|>     I just bought a NEC CDR-84 CD-ROM and an Adaptec 1542B adapter. This
|> configuration appeared to be the consensus in this group about what was
|> good for OS/2.

  I own a 1542A and a CDR-84, but not in the same machine.

|>     I'm new to SCSI. The CDROM will be my only SCSI device for the moment.
|> As I understand it the adapter must be terminated (by leaving in the
|> terminator resistors), and the CDROM drive must be terminated also. How do
|> I terminate the drive ?  The drive doc's say nothing about termination,
|> except to say that if you've installed the drive terminated and it doesn't
|> work re-install it unterminated and vice versa. Do I have to go out and buy
|> a SCSI terminator ?  Any help would be appreciated.

  I just opened the factory fresh CDR-84 box and checked the drive.  If
you remove the rear plate you'll see two resistor packs just behind the
SCSI connector.  I expect those are the terminators.  HOWEVER, mine
appear to be soldered in, instead of being in sockets!  YUCK!

  Since yours will be the only device on the SCSI bus, you should be
fine with the CDR-84's termination in place.

|> Marc Neuberger                                            mjn@sbcs.sunysb.edu

    Bob

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From: ced@APOLLO.HP.COM (Carl Davidson)
Subject: Re: Do Trident drivers work with ATI?
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:23:32 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Chelmsford, MA

I downloaded the tri32new.zip archive from hobbes recently, unpacked
it, and installed the files according to Steve Withers' revised directions.
The installation went smoothly (I did it all by hand) and it came up first
try -- even the seamless Windoze support works! Kudos to whoever at
Trident wrote this stuff. I was amazed to see drivers from a single vendor
that support so many other vendor's cards!

But, as often happens, there is a fly in the ointment. In this case, the
fly is that in 800x600 mode the top 1 1/8" (approximately) of the 8" high
screen is repeated at the bottom 1 1/8" (approximately) of the screen such
that the top row of icons in the WPS is repeated at the bottom of the screen.
This not only occurs in the PM, but also with both seamless *and* full-screen
Windoze apps. The 640x480x256 driver works fine. 

Anybody else seen this? Anybody know the fix? I sure would like to be able to
use this driver. BTW, my board is the VGA Wonder XL and has 512K of video
ram on it. The board works fine running Windows 3.1 over DOS in 800x600 mode
and works OK with Joel A.'s driver (but I want seamless Windoze support, so
I've not been using it), so I don't think I have a hardware problem.

Thanks,
Carl

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From: fiv2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Fidel I Villa)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: why OS/2
Date: 11 Jan 93 23:22:54 GMT
Reply-To: fiv2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Fidel I Villa)
Distribution: na
Organization: Columbia University


>>In article <48041@ogicse.ogi.edu> francis@ese.ogi.edu (Francis Moraes) writes:
>>
>>   sdk@med.ge.com writes:
>>
>>   >After reading IBM literature, talking with one individual and
>>   >thinking about the postings here I decided that I should post
>>   >several questions and study the responses before making any
>>   >purchases.
>>   >
>>   >1.  If you value the ability to multi task as a driver to use
>>   >    OS/2, how much to you **really** multitask ?
>>

Let me pose this question, if you are going to match 200,000 records
against a 4,000,000 records, how long do you think it will take? From
my experience, at least 4 hours (486/33MHz machine). Are you willing
to give up your computer for that long? NO!!! Even if performance is
reduced by 10% (not necessarily) when running under a multi-tasking
environment , you can still access other resources - music playing 
from your CD, formatting diskettes, querying other databases, play 
a game, reading internet postings...and so on.

In short, all your resources are accessible and
optimizeable under a multitasking environment - spell that
P-R-O-D-U-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y and O-S/2.

To me OS/2 is a dream come true.


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Cheers!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: patrice@cenparmi.concordia.ca (SCATTOLIN patrice)
Subject: PM Terminal and Telebit T1000 with kermit
Organization: CENPARMI, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:58:37 GMT


I tried to configure PM Terminal with my T1000 to upload
files with the Kermit protocol. As far as I can tell
the upload starts and part of it is successfull. However
after about 11K PMTerm looses synch with the modem CTS 
light goes out and no more transmission occurs. According
to the manual S58=2 so the T1000 does CTS/RTS and the 
radio buttons are set accordingly in PM Terminal. What gives?

Please help I spent the best part of the evening figuring this out. 
I hope PM Term would come configured for some of the fancier modems 
or come with better instructions. It would be ok to do
backgroung communication otherwise. Hope IBM fixes this
somehow.

Thanks to anyone who can help

Patrice
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak)
Subject: Re: Enhanced Mode???
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Mitre Corporation
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 19:20:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.035012.16365@midway.uchicago.edu>,
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) wrote:
> 
> >> >I was just wondering how OS/2 now support 386 Enhanced mode Windows 
> >> >apps if this compromises system integrity like so many people have 
> >> >said in the past.  
> >> An excellent question, one which I'm still investigating.
> >> All I know is that Mathematica for Windows now works.  :-)
> >The critical distinction, I'm told, is that OS/2 does not "run Windows
> >in enhanced mode", but rather "runs programs that require enhanced mode".
> >It does this by supplying a DLL containing the necessary Enhanced mode
> >entry points and mapping them into nice, wholesome OS/2 calls.  :-)
> >(This info is only what I've been told; I have not verified it personally.
> >However, it was an IBMer who made the distinction for me.)
> 
> I didn't think it was possible, but I'm mighty impressed.  Chalk one
> up for OS/2 here, folks -- NT can't do enhanced mode.
> 

But Tim, NT doesn't have to do enchanced mode since it directly supports
the Windows API (or at least the Win32 API).

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From: toy@crd.ge.com (Raymond L. Toy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Windows Help not supported
Date: 12 Jan 93 20:21:49 GMT
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center

In article <1993Jan12.160357.4430@gvl.unisys.com>, rickt@rmtc.paramax.com (Rick Thompson [RMTC/ISP]) writes:
|> 
|> I'm having problems with some Windows apps. I have in that when I try to
|> issue Help I get the message "This Version of Help not Supported" or
|> something along those lines.  I'm running 2.0 + Service Pack.  The apps that
|> this occurs on are those apps that say they work under Windows 3.0 or 3.1 such
|> as ProComm for Windows, Coral 2.0 and Microsoft Access.  Is there a way to
|> get this working?

I had exactly this problem with Quattro for Windows after I installed
the SP.  It seems that the SP installs a new Windows help viewer that
overwrote the one the Quattro put there.  Re-install Quattro fixed
that problem.  It seems that Quattro has a its own compatible help
viewer that it must use, even though it claims 3.0 and 3.1
compatibility.

Hope this is the same problem and solution for you.


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From: sagan@netcom.com (Mike May)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Need help w/Dos Window
Date: 6 Jan 93 22:17:53 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Problem solved, Thanks Alan Rovner!
The problem was an old 8-bit vga card and/or old bios, is anyone
else has these symptoms.. :)


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From: lansche@torolab6.VNET.IBM.COM (Martin Lansche)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 12:55:37 EST
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How to suppress IBM Logo/copyright window for Workframe,Debugger?
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0

In <1993Jan6.150600.28023@rdg.dec.com> Andrew Cullen writes:
>Hi there,
>
>    I recently purchased the CSet/2 development kit, ordered from IBM here
>in Germany. (OS/2, Developer's Toolkit, Cset/2 compiler and
>Workframe/2 for DM799). Does anyone know how to suppress the Copyright/License
>information window that appears when I start the Workframe? I get the
>same window with an "OK" button whenever I start up the debugger as well.
  Andrew,
The documentation is correct, although until recently I was as confused
as you are.  Here is the answer:
  Double click on the OS/2 System Icon on the desktop
  Double click on the System Setup Icon in the OS/2 System Folder
  Double click on the System Icon in the System Setup Icon
  Click on the Logo tab in the System Settings Notebook
  Click on the None radio button.
  Double click on the upper left corner icon and close all the windows
   that you openned.  Now you will no longer see the Logos of the
   products that you mentioned (or any others for that matter).

Cheers,
Martin Lansche IBM Toronto Lab, Canada
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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Better File Management??
Date: 6 Jan 93 03:45:46 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1993Jan5.203111.28314@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>And you won't have to apply the XR-6055 patch, followed by the 2.1 CSD
>anyway.  CSD packages are usually cumulative, so you need only install
>the most recent one.
>Of course, 2.1 being an actual revision and not corrective service,
>they may simply issue new 2.1 packages instead of CSD's.

That's the plan.

A new manual as well, according to what I've heard.

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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IRQs and PAS-16
Date: 9 Jan 93 01:10:44 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1993Jan08.015900.8741@rose.com> victor.ng@rose.com (victor ng) writes:
>Is it possible to use IRQ 9 on an ISA machine for the ProAudio Spectrum
>Soundcard?  Will this cause problems under OS/2?
>Can somebody tell me which IRQ's to use for this card under OS/2?

That should work fine -- IRQ 9 is normally free on the AT bus.

IRQ 5 is also a possibility.  If you don't have an LPT2 installed (or
any other device which uses IRQ 5), IRQ 5 is free.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: gregj@kong.eng.hou.compaq.com (Greg Judkins)
Subject: Re: ESDI hard drive
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 02:10:29 GMT

In article <93008.191729CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu> <CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>In article <1993Jan8.192329.21468@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>,
>gregj@kong.eng.hou.compaq.com (Greg Judkins) says:
>>
>>>My next door neighbor at work has the following setup working on a
>>>Compaq 486/25 EISA box:
>>>
>>>IDE controller with 120MB and 240MB drives
>>>ESDI controller with 320MB drive
>>>
>>>This is working fine under DOS/Windows.  Is there some special reason why
>>>it would not work under OS/2?
>>>
>>>Greg
>>
>This is something that is possible only with a Compaq (I have heard of
>this before) -- I am almost positive that this cannot be done on other
>systems.  Any other opinions.  I would like to be wrong as I have an ESDI
>drive now and can get an IDE pretty cheap.
>                                          Craig
>

I did some checking around here.  It seems you are probably correct.  Sorry,
I sometimes take certain things for granted.

Greg