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Newsgroups: comp.groupware
From: rwhitehead@cix.compulink.co.uk (Roger Whitehead)
Subject: inappropriate articles - Readme needed? 
Cc: rwhitehead@cix.compulink.co.uk
Reply-To: rwhitehead@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 08:24:00 +0000

> I would like someone else to do this, since I have trouble writing at
> the appropriate level. The README should primarily ensure that
> inappropriate articles are not posted, and then refer readers to the
> "Introduction to comp.groupware" for more information. I can arrange for
> the actual posting if preferred.

How about posting the README instead of the Introduction?  No other group I
download finds it necessary to go into such detail at such frequent
intervals.  Furthermore, nobody I know who reads this group (and that's not
just in the UK) finds the Introduction anything other than a pain in the
backside.

Do the decent thing, David, and send it to the knacker's yard.   8->

Roger

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From: david@ruc.dk (David Stodolsky)
Newsgroups: comp.groupware
Subject: inappropriate articles - Readme needed?
Summary: New introduction posting needed
Keywords: administration posting student teacher followup
Date: 22 Nov 92 20:12:31 GMT
Organization: Roskilde Universitetscenter, Danmark

American University has been the source of several student contributions
to comp.groupware recently. This is apparently a result of a teacher
assigning students participation in a newsgroup as one possible way of
fulfilling class requirements. 

I have exchanged email with the teacher, who agreed that this was not
appropriate, especially considering that he did not ensure that students
had read the "Introduction to comp.groupware" before posting. Other
contributors in the group have responded to these students' articles by
giving information and commenting that questions were not adequately
prepared. These reactions have not stopped these articles. I suggest
that no further follow-ups be posted in response to these types of
articles.

I have added a section to the "Introduction to comp.groupware" for
teachers in the hope that we can avoid another rash of inappropriate
articles. However, I think we need another periodic post to ensure that
students and others who have not prepared adequately are aware of the
standards we are trying to maintain. This would have to be shorter than
the "Introduction to comp.groupware", easy to read (my word processor
indicates that the "Introduction to comp.groupware" requires grade 13
education for comprehension), and a title, maybe "README BEFORE
POSTING", that would make it more likely that it would be read by even
the most inexperienced Netnews users.

I would like someone else to do this, since I have trouble writing at
the appropriate level. The README should primarily ensure that
inappropriate articles are not posted, and then refer readers to the
"Introduction to comp.groupware" for more information. I can arrange for
the actual posting if preferred.

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From: san@daffy.Berkeley.EDU (Steve Sanderson)
Newsgroups: comp.groupware
Subject: Re: Groupware's use in team development
Date: 12 Nov 92 17:09:47 GMT

Interesting idea to use groupware to improve team development.

Are there any aspects of team development which you are already
considering that could be improved by groupware?

Also, do you have a model of "teams" that you are using?

In article <92312.120234HO3545A@auvm.american.edu>,
HO3545A@auvm.american.edu (Hugh P. Obrien) writes:
> From: HO3545A@auvm.american.edu (Hugh P. Obrien)
> Subject: Groupware's use in team development
> 
> 
>      I am very interested in how groupware can aid in team development.  It
> appears that when a team forms there is a lag time before the team becomes
> productive.  Is there any way that groupware can shorten this lag time?
> Any response would be appreciated.

				Steve Sanderson
				Tandem Computers
				san@mpd.tandem.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: dscott@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Doug Scott)
Subject: Re: HELP HELP HELP OS/2 and Tseng Board HELP!
Keywords: HELP!
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:14:14 GMT

In <1992Nov7.231239.27501@u.washington.edu> rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte) writes:

> 
> 
> 	*Sigh.*  My install of OS/2 was going so well, too.  I
>installed the general release of OS/2, and then placed the CSD atop of
>it without incident.  I was really impressed with the speed and
>multitasking of the system.  So I decided I would go ahead and install
>the 800x600x256 Tseng driver.  I successfully negotiated the Welcome
>folder mystery, and appear to have successfully installed the hi-res
>driver.   
>	
>	The *Problem* is one I alluded to in an earlier question.  I
>have a generic Tseng board that relies on a peice of software to set
>it into its various modes.  One of the most important of these modes
>from my standpoint is one which changes the refresh rate of the card
>to a lower one than is the default.  See, I have a relatively old
>multisync monitor; it only goes to 800x600, and (I think) at 60 hz ( I
>use the command "vmode 35k".  In DOS, I would simply run the program
>in my autoexec bat file if I intended to use 800x600 Windoze.   
> 
>	Failure to set this switch properly, in Windows and OS/2,
>results in a violently swimming screen, totally unreadable, once the
>graphics (in my case, the OS/2 desktop) appear on the screen. And if I
>recall my previous Windows misery with this problem, once the screen
>is screwed, running the program doesn't help. 
> 
>	So what I need, ideally, folks, is a way of having OS/2
>calling this little DOS utility BEFORE it initializes its desktop.  I
>am certain that if we can do this, everything will look OK (though the
>screen is fairly messed up, I can see windows changing if I hit
>alt-esc and so on.   There _has_ to be a way to do this -- please
>help!!! 
> 
>	Barring that, I am going to need some way to remove my
>"failed" driver and returning to a usable screen.   
> 
>	Oh, yeah -- one big thing working in our favor.  I formatted
>under the normal FAT arrangment, with Dual Boot.   I _can_ get at my
>files and utilities right now.  
> 
>	Help gratefully accepted!! 

>  	An almost-very satistfied user of OS/2 2.0!


Hey, the solution is in the new README that came with the CSD.
Make a startup.cmd file that contians

start /fs /dos setmode.bat

then a dos batch file setmode.bat which contains

c:\video\vmode 35k
exit

Check the README file. Its a little beeter explained and has better
spelling tham I.

My $0.02 worth. This time it might actually be worth 2 cents!!
Doug.
.
PS. I don't think you have to undo your changes. Just boot to does to do the 
editting. I guess.........
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Who is Joel?
Date: 17 Nov 92 17:35:57 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <16NOV199217122820@trentu.ca> rbarclay@trentu.ca (Ross Barclay) writes:
>
>I was wondering who Joel was

Joel Armengaud.  I don't have his e-mail address, though.  He
occasionally posts from Europe.  I believe he's an IBM employee.

>where can I get his ATI drivers?

That's the easy part.  ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  Look in /pub/os2/2.0/drivers

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: How I made OS/2 + CSD stable.....
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:12:35 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange



Perhaps I should clarify the subject line. I am responsible for OS/2 running
on four different PC's:
 
a 386DX/40, a 386sx/25, a 486DX/25 and a 486DX/33.
 
It runs great on three of them, but the 386sx/25 was crashing in Windows
programs several times a day. Usually MS Word 2.0a. Both Excel and Word are
running off a LAN with this setup as the guy only has a 49Meg hard drive (his
OS/2 partition) and all his apps are on the LAN. 
 
He was crashing and burning far too often..

 
So I did two things that fixed it. 

1. I deleted the swapper.dat file that remained from the GA install and made
OS/2 allocate a new one.
 
2. I migrated the progman.exe to his desktop and he runs all his windows apps
- seamlessly - from there. Now his system is as solid as a rock. 
 
Either one or both of these changes appear to have resolves his problems.....
 
Anyone else want to comment?

He has a 3c505 ethernet card, 8 megs of 70ns RAM and runs at 640x480 res (his
choice). The LAN is a semi-ancient Netware 2.15a. 
 
Steve

 
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From: 880506s@dragon.acadiau.ca (James R. Skinner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: win-os2/ATI mouse problems sort of fixed!!!
Date: 20 Nov 92 08:31:53 GMT
Organization: Acadia University

stimpy@nmt.edu (John Reynolds) writes:

>For those of you running the ATI Graphics Ultra and the SPP 8514/a drivers
>from IBM, I bet you've noticed you mouse either gone, or flickering in
>win-os2 sessions.....

>Well, set the IDLE_SENSITIVITY to 100, and it will help the situation out.
>My mouse was not gone, but flickering. Doing the above, made it flicker 
>less, but the mouse will still disappear every so often.


Installing ATI's windows drivers will also improve the situation DRAMATICALLY.
I no longer need to bost up the IDLE_SENSITIVITY after installing the drivers..


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Organization: Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Vienna, Austria
Date: Friday, 20 Nov 1992 11:22:28 CET
From: Niklas JRM Schmidt <9050564@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: CPS: Extent not found

Hello,

I am getting ever more often the following error:
I do some work and suddenly my system ist stopped and OS/2 says:
Internal processing error at location
##0f00:141e - 0002:141e
65535,9051
CPS: Extent not found
048600b4
Internal Rev. 6.307 92/01/01

Ive got a 486DX2 50 MHy, 16 MB, 540 MB IDE, VGA, no patches, GA

Would it help if I installed the SP? Somebody know what causes the problem?

Thanks for any enlightenment...
       Niklas





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                NIKLAS JRM SCHMIDT
                UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS VIENNA, AUSTRIA
                BITNET/EARN: 9050564 AT AWIWUW11.BITNET
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mikel@networx.com (Mike Lempriere)
Subject: Re: Looking for WYSIWYG word processor which can import/export TeX file
Organization: NetWorx
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:32:59 GMT

 Eric Jui-Lin Lu (jlu@cs.umr.edu) wrote:
: 
: The subject says it all.  I prefer OS/2 version, but win/dos version are
: also acceptable.  I was told AmiPro do a pretty good job in this subject.
: Any comment?  Thanks!
[.sig deleted]

DeScribe is a great WYSIWYG WP for OS/2.  I highly recommend it.
From: me90plb@brunel.ac.uk (Paul L Barnfather)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Crashing OS/2 - No.1
Date: 17 Nov 92 12:14:01 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Why does this cause OS/2 to hang, requiring a COLD reboot:

-Start ANY WIN-OS/2 program seamless.

-Drag something on the WPS desktop.

This causes the mouse pointer to disappear, and the keyboard locks.
Any running apps. also 'freeze'. I then need to cold reboot.

I'm fairly sure the problem bust be specific to my system, as I've only
heard something similar mentioned once.

System:

8MB DX40 clone
1MB generic Tseng 4000 in 800x600x256 @ 56Hz
GA + Service Pack
Serial Mouse on COM3

This only started after installing the SP.

Any help much appreciated.

Paul.
From: Bertram.Moshier@f115.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Bertram Moshier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: HELP!!!  Who knows what:
Date: 18 Nov 92 19:16:49 GMT

Just FYI:

SYS3146: The system cannot find the OS2LDR.MSG file.
If your system stops, contact either your system administrator
or your service representative.
The OS2LDR.MSG file can be replaced with a valid non-corrupted version
found on the installation disk.

EXPLANATION: The system cannot locate the OS2LDR.MSG file.
ACTION: If your system has stopped, contact either your system
administrator
or your service representative.
The OS2LDR.MSG file can be replaced with a valid non-corrupted version
found on the installation disk.

Bert Moshier
Unemployed but now I can do OS/2 during the daylight hours - at least
till the money runs out!


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From: rkimmel@stein.u.washington.edu (Robert Kimmel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Bug Found in SVGA.EXE
Date: 17 Nov 92 13:56:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov17.135623.10227
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <o16cuB2w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky) writes:
>Be aware that there is a bug in the SVGA.EXE program supplied with the
>SP (and maybe with the orginal disks too). This has been verified by a
>number of users. The problem is that the SVGA program does not
>correctly identify certain video cards (notably Diamond Speed Star
>Plus ET4000 based cards). The work-around is to boot up under real DOS
>and run SVGA there. The PMI file thus created will be correct and
>should be used in place of the one created by SVGA.EXE when run under
>full screen OS/2 DOS sessions.
>
>Paul
>
Sorry to say this, but it worked quite fine for my Diamond SpeedStar Plus  
ET4000 card.  As a matter of fact, I'm quite happy with how everything works.
So it must be a real nice bug, eh?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: makovsky@scsuc.ctstateu.edu (MAKOFSKY,STEVEN)
Subject: Help! Install prob's!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Southern Connecticut State University - Computer Center
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:26:00 GMT

Strange thing happened. I went to go and re-install Os2 2.0, and everything
was fine. BUT, now, everytime I go to open a dos session, it wont let
me run anything. I keep getting a SYS0002: (I think it was 2), Access
is denied. But I know that these programs exist, and I havent had any
problem in the past running them under os2.. HELP!!!!!
.
From: rbotimer@max.ct.gmr.com (R Douglas Botimer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: BC++ for OS/2 announced.
Keywords: WPS PM
Date: 17 Nov 92 13:57:41 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.003901.27719@borland.com> dave@borland.com (Dave Draper)  
writes:
:
:The following post is INCORRECT. Borland C++ for OS/2 HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED!
:While it is true that BC++ for OS/2 is under development it has not been
:released and I cannot say when it will be.
:
:- Dave Draper
:  Senior Engineer - Debugger & Tools for OS/2
:  Borland International
:
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:>Minimun system recommendations:
:>8-Mb, 20MHz 386sx with 100-Mb hard disk, mouse, and VGA resolution.
:>
:>(C) 1992 Borland International, Inc.
:>


Dave, 

One question.  The press release refers to the PM interface.  Will Borland C++
be Workplace Shell aware and/or compliant?

Thanks,
Doug
From: cvadr014@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: MMPM and SBPROsend
Date: 15 Nov 92 20:27:25 GMT
Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Nntp-Posting-User: cvadr014

article <1992Nov10.133502.27376@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, pee9901@ultb.isc.rit.edu (P.E. Erkkila) writes:
> 
> 
> 
>       Can anyone with experience tell me how to get MMPM to recognize my
> SBPRO. I've tried everything (including the manuals (well sorta)) and It
> still won't do it. Something about the device already being in use.


	Well - i'm running an opl/2 level soundblaster pro, and the drivers by
creative labs, bluntly put, stink. I've tried every irq, base address, and dma
channel, i've booted my ystem with a video card, hadr drive controller, and
sbpro, and the STILL lock my system up. I've drived droping my cpu speed, i've
tried bus speeds, i've tried wait states, i've tried EVERYTHING. I've called
them, on MANY occasions. I've tried EVERYTHING. Their tech support is uselsss,
all they do is tell me that that'll call me back. (this has been going on since
they released the 'drivers'. I'm about ready to sell my card, and get something
else, mainly because their tech support, is uselss, and the card, IMHO is a
pile. I'm finding many dos games (starconII is the latest) will lockup with the
sbpro. 
	I'm waiting for Mediavision to release their drivers, then i'll think
about gettting one of theirs.....



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From: toddy@uni-paderborn.de (Thomas Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Gigabyte Streamer Problem
Date: 22 Nov 1992 13:48:55 GMT
Organization: Uni-GH Paderborn, Germany
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: greco.uni-paderborn.de

Hi !

I've a problem. I like to use the Streamer GiGa 1200 (Giga Tape Corp) with
my Adaptec 1542 B. The Streamer should manage 1.2 GB Bakups onto a
120 min DAT Tape.

We only came up to 600 MB (Data Transfer Rate 6 MB/min). Where is the
Problem. Which Software could manage this ???

We tried NOVA, and Sytos. Are there better Programs ? Does anybody
know good parameters for NOVA Backup with such DAT Streamers ?              

We also have no manuals for the Streamer ! Is there anybody, who has worked
with it up to now ?


       Please answer via elm  toddy@uni-paderborn.de

                Thomas Rose

                Uni Paderborn
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: STB Wind/X Driver
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:37:10 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.080049.18323@kth.se> json@treankare.met.kth.se (Anders Jacobsson) writes:
>Hi, does anyone know anything about a driver for STB Wind/X
>accelarator card, it has an S3 accelarator chip. My computer
>works OK right know but a specific driver would be usefull.

You could try the beta Orchid S3 driver.  It is available via
anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  The filename is f10x8 (roughly
speaking), now located in /pub/uploads (although it could be moved).

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From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Who has a WIN-OS2 setup object?
Date: 15 Nov 1992 21:54:50 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum) writes:

>>Several people have talked about a new setup object for WIN-OS2 in
>>there OS/2 System->System Setup folder after installing the SP.
>>
>>No such thing exists in my System-Setup folder ...

>Mine was off screen. I originally thought it was missing, but when I hit
>"arrange icons" to move things closer together, it moved into view.

Alas, this didn't work for me!  I also tried the "Find" command and
came up with nothing.

-- 
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Caltech, Pasadena CA
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
From: vohwi-d@acsu.buffalo.edu (David A. Vohwinkel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: 256 Colors in WPS
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:11:53 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

I hope this question hasn't been asked a million times...... but I'll ask it 
anyways....

	Is there a way to get 256 colors as a background in the WPS... I have
installed the latest service pack( I ordered it from IBM), I have run dspinstl,
and loaded the TSENG SVGA drivers in 1024 x 768 x 256  and the 640 x 480 x 256
and rebooted... Then typed svga on in both the dos full screen and os2 full 
screen and no go. What I want to do is have a SVGA .Gif picture converted
to .BMP mode and displayed on the screen as a background in the Work Place
Shell. I used gif2bmp, and the latest vpic to do the conversions. I can view
the .bmp in 256 colors using vpic but when I put it as the background it only
comes up in 16 colors!!!!!  Is there a program out there that will fix this.
Or did I do something wrong...... 

			Thanks 

				Dave V
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc