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From: amah@IASTATE.EDU ()
Subject: Can't get full screen multiple DOS sessions in OS/2 2.1. 
Reply-To: amah@IASTATE.EDU ()
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 07:57:23 GMT


Hi!


I can't seem to get multiple full screen DOS sessions. If I run a DOS program
from WPS or WIN-OS2, I'll get these sessions. But, if a change the session
settings of Full Screen DOS to run a new session when double clicked, it won't
do that. Just gives me a system error.

Does anyone else had this problem, or is it a bug?


Thanks.


amah@iastate.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Are there any disk defragmenters that are safe for OS/2?
Date: 22 Jan 93 08:34:34 GMT
Reply-To: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs


In article <1jl6r1INN5lu@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>,
dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
|> 
|> In a previous article, brent@cco.caltech.edu (Brent R.
|> Eubanks) says:
|> 
|> >For those unfortunates among  us who are still saddled
|> with have to
|> >use DOS once in ahwile (and are therefor stuck with a FAT
|> file system
|> >and dual boot on drive C:), does there exist a program
|> that can
|> >defragment our disk (including the OS/2 system
|> partition?) safely????
|> >
|> >
|> >Thanks
|> 
|> Well, after reading Inside OS/2 and the posts in this
|> group,
|> it seemd that pc tools and optune will mangle extended
|> attributes,
|> but norton speed disk is safe.
|> 
|> But I'd certainly back up before trying it.
|> -- 
I can confirm that Norton Speed Disk is safe (use the version
from NDW 2 or 
NU 6); out of interest I marked all of OS/2s
system/hidden/read only files as
moveable, Speedisk defragged these too, again with no
problem. It is also
beneficial to delete swapper.dat and run chkdsk /f  before
defragging.


David J Jackson   Telephone +44 473 645805
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: HPFS compatability with other OS's
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:31:47 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.145251.18157@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>They might get an APPLICATION to read the volume, though.  Writing
>would be problematic, since OS/2 would sense the changed disk as an
>abnormal shutdown and would require you to run CHKDSK on it before
>booting again.

HPFS uses a "dirty flag" to determine when to run CHKDSK at startup,
so this wouldn't be a problem.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, available from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
From: Gess Shankar <gess@knex.via.mind.ORG>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Redbooks available electronically?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 12:20:18 EST
Reply-To: <gess@knex.via.mind.ORG> (Gess Shankar)
Organization: |<><>| Knowledge Exchange, GA, USA |<><>|

parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes:
> 
> Look in the Hobbes IBM directory - you'll find the Redbooks (illustrations an
> all) in .INF format there.
> 
> Enjoy.
> 
I heard a story that the author(s) of the redbooks wish to sell the
books and therefore IBM has withdrawn electronic distribution of the
red books. Anything behind this story? It seems to have disappeared
from some of the IBM BBS'es such as NSC BBS.

GeSS
-- 
Gess Shankar      |<><>|Internet: gess@knex.via.mind.ORG                |<><>|
Knowledge Exchange|<><>|{rutgers,ogicse,gatech}!emory!uumind!knex!gess  |<><>|
From: h198@hosp.med.umich.edu  (Gene Mangum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: New SBMMPM drivers??
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993  09:18 EDT
Organization: Univ of Michigan Hospitals
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: condor.hosp.med.umich.edu
X-Newsreader: FTPNuz (DOS) v1.0

A few days ago SBMMPM.ZIP was posted on the OS2BBSsection of IBMLink.   I
downloaded it last night, but haven't had a change to try it.   However,
UNZIP -v showed dates on many of the files in Dec 92, and I think a few
in Jan 93.   Has anyone tried this or know what the differences are?

+=================================+=========================================+  
| Gene Mangum                     |  OS/2 ver 2 - Increased productivity    |
| Univ of Michigan Hospitals      |               through the use of a      |
| h198@hosp.med.umich.edu         |               "dead" operating system.  |
+=================================+=========================================+
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: p_quinn@pavo.concordia.ca (QUINN, PAUL)
Subject: TRAP 0003 in 2.1b
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Concordia University
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 04:48:00 GMT

	When I try to install the 2.1b at home, I get a trap 003 error
when OS/2 is trying to copy DISK 1 during the install.  My system is:
486 33 ISA
ATI Ultra 
8mb RAM

	Does anyone else have this problem?  What is a TRAP 0003?


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From: hayesb@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1b dozing off
Date: 27 Jan 93 19:29:30 GMT
Organization: Brigham Young University

In article <1993Jan27.124805.189@ludd.luth.se>, bjorn@hactar.ludd.luth.se (Bjorn Fahller) writes:
> 
> I've had some problems with the 2.1b just dozing off. I cannot see anything
> happening, but all of a sudden, it's dead, completely. C-A-D does nothing.
> This doesn't happen often, and besides my suspision that it's related to
> DOS-VDMs or Win-OS/2, I have no idea what's causing it. I cannot make it
> die on purpose. It just happens once in a very long while.
>    _

I've also had this same thing happen to me.  But it usually occurs when I am
using my communications program (MTEZ).  I have a Zoom 14.4 Kb modem.

Bryan
hayesb@yvax.byu.edu
From: ramana@rama.esd.sgi.com (Ramana Vakkalagadda)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Is there a OS/2 driver for Sound source?
Date: 25 Jan 93 23:21:33 GMT
Reply-To: ramana@rama.esd.sgi.com (Ramana Vakkalagadda)
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA

I may be asking too much here. But I will anyway:

Is there a driver for Sound Source for OS/2 Multimedia ?
I have the Windows MM driver for this. Neat little thing
for about $30 from Disney Software. Any references will be
appreciated. I can use Windows .Wav files but I would rather
use OS/2 built in facilities.

--ramana@sgi.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: gdeniso@hubcap.clemson.edu (Gregory W Denisowski)
Subject: Upgrading to 386/40
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:38:13 GMT

Has anyone out there upgrading there motherboard from a 386/20sx
(cached) to a 386/40 (cached) and run OS/2 2.0(1b) on both of them?
If so, what kind of performance increases (if any, heh heh) did you get?
This is assuming 8 megs of RAM (any responses with 12 megs would be more
than welcome because that is what I am planning to upgrade too).  I am
too cheap to get a 486/xx but I just can afford a 386/40.  

Thanks,
Greg
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jel8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Jason E Levine)
Subject: Installing OS/2 2.1 with MiniSCSIplus and NEC CDR-37
Organization: _Spectator_, Columbia University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:18:54 GMT

I would like to know how I should go about installing OS/2 2.1 beta with
a Trantor MiniSCSIplus and an NEC CDR-37 drive.  I have DOS on the system
on which I would like to install OS/2, but no previous version of OS/2.
Is it possible to install FROM the CD-ROM drive?  I keep getting the "drive
not recognized" error number, obviously because OS/2 is not loading any
drivers for it in advance.  Can I place the drivers on one of the two
installation disks?  Can I load them in advance some other way?  Please,
any help will be appreciated.  I would RATHER not have to install the
beta on disks first, if I can avoid it AT ALL.

				Jason Levine

"There's a new sheriff in the West.        |          Jason Levine
Gonna be some changes round these parts."  |   jel8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
  -- Charles Barkley, to Karl Malone,      |   --  Columbia University  --
     about Barkley's new Phoenix home.     |     in the City of New York
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Is hobbes logged on archie? (was Re: Problems with SIO_034)
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:03:25 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.011230.17726@venus.ic.cmc.ca> jcalvert@scorpio.ic.cmc.ca (John Calvert) writes:
>I went on an oddessy looking for sio034 and discovered that no version
>of this wonderful driver is listed with archie rutgers. I wonder if 
>hobbes is being properly logged by archie sites.

Look for sio040.zip, in /pub/uploads (at the moment) at
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu via anonymous ftp.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, available from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
Organization: Junior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:45:32 -0500 
From: Ke-Wei Ma <km4c+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: TIGA???

Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.os2.misc: 24-Jan-93 Re: TIGA??? by Timothy
F. Sipples@ellis 
> However, TI has been rather OS/2 hostile in the past.  I would suggest
> calling them and expressing your interest in OS/2 TIGA drivers.  You
> might also remind them that they are going to profit if IBM sells lots
> of MWave DSP machines.  :-)  (TI and IBM are partners in MWave.)
    I just gave Hercules a call to inquire about their Chrome/ Graphite
boards.  I asked the salesperson about OS/2 drivers and he said that
Hercules plans to release drivers but did not of any specific time, ie
day, month, year, decade ....

   _______________________________________________________________________

   Ke-Wei Ma                                    Carnegie Mellon Universtiy
   km4c@andrew.cmu.edu                 Electrical and Computer Engineering
   _______________________________________________________________________
From: dritz@husc8.harvard.edu (Jay Dritz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with SVGA drivers??
Keywords: tseng,video,graphics
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:33:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc.dritz.727911225

azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito) writes:

>In article <dritz.727821076@husc.harvard.edu> dritz@husc8.harvard.edu (Jay Dritz) writes:
>>
>>I can run VGA and EGA graphics programs in a DOS window on the OS/2 desk-
>>top with the VGA drivers that came with the OS/2 CSD.
>>
>>However, using the high-resolution TSENG drivers (I have an Orchid Pro-
>>Designer II with 1 MB memory), I cannot run VGA or EGA programs in a DOS
>>window on the PM desktop.  I thought that OS/2 allowed one to do this.
>>Is this a bug or is it impossible as of yet?  I get a message saying
>>something like "video mode not supported in window.  program suspended
>>until switch to full-screen mode."  When I switch to full-screen, I have
>>no problems.

>Which TSENG drivers are you using?  The ones on the OS/2 2.1 beta allow most
>video modes to run in a window, but not ALL modes.  640x400 aspect ratio
>mode is one that comes to mind

The ones that came with the CSD.

---Jay---
dritz@husc.harvard.edu
.
From: jphillips@galaxy.gov.bc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Anyone using 'vdisk.sys' with 2.1 beta?
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:11:16 -0800
Distribution: world
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

> 
> Has anyone used 'vdisk.sys' under OS/2 2.1 beta? It works well with
> GA+SP, but locks up my machine with 2.1 beta. The system hangs right
> before the WPS could come up. Maybe this is a new bug?

I'm using it with no problems. I installed the december beta about a week ago
and have had no vdisk problems. I can't say I've had no problems at all (that
would be lying... <G>) but the vdisk line I had in config.sys from 2.0+SP is
the same one I use under v2.1

Have you changed anything else?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kaul@vnet.IBM.COM (Dick Kaul)
Subject: Re: EMX & IBM TCP/IP NFS
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 12:44:15 GMT
Organization: Visual Subsystems, IBM Boca Raton

In article <1993Jan22.010009.3368@melb.bull.oz.au> gbj@melb.bull.oz.au (Graham Jose) writes:
   It would appear that whenever I access a mounted NFS drive using IBM
   TCP/IP with a program that utilises the EMX library, 99% of the time
   the NFS control program (NFSCTL) traps with a 000D. 
   ie: running grep,ls,emacs etc

   Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any fix and/or avoidance?

I haven't, but then again I'm running with one of the CSDs.  Have you
applied any of the TCP/IP CSDs?
--
Dick Kaul               | Nothing in this post is official in any way, nor does
Visual Subsystems, IBM  | it reflect any IBM position or offer -- if I spoke 
Boca Raton, FL          | for IBM they'd make me wear a suit.
kaul@vnet.ibm.com       | "But it didn't look sharp!"
From: cvadsgpb@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Tell MS you want OS/2 apps!
Date: 26 Jan 93 05:09:00 GMT
Organization: Cal Poly, Pomona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

I picked this up off of Fidonet:

---------------------------------------------------------------
Well, got to sit through a Microsoft presentation this weekend.

Even won a piece of their software.

But, I picked up some trivia that put an idea in my head.  They
informed the audience proudly that they have a "Wish" line for
customers.  A phone number a user could call and request certain
features in a software product.  And they proudly announced that many
of the features in Excel 4.0 were the result of this "wish" line.

Well, being the fan of OS/2 that I am, I got a devious smile ... if
they listen to their wishes ... well, why don't we all call Billy G.'s
company and send them a "wish" message -- develop and upgrade their
OS/2 applications.

And I do mean -- flood their message bank to let them know of the
interest.  Request the WPS for Windows program manager, etc.  Whatta
ya think?  I'd love to see a frustrated operator have to tally all the
OS/2 calls and present a report to an executive there <G>.

And the "Wish Line" at Microsoft is:::::::::::>>>>>>

(206) 936-WISH

Give'em a dial.

Cheers.
=8:|)ave
-----------------------------------------------------------------


Well, let's get those phones ringing!

Srikanth
From: pfr@psun2.hmi.de (Fritsch_Wolfgang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 port of Win cardfile somewhere ?
Date: 21 Jan 1993 09:46:08 +0100
Organization: Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin
NNTP-Posting-Host: psun2.hmi.de

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

>In article <1jjq5lINN4gj@psun2.hmi.de> pfr@psun2.hmi.de (Fritsch_Wolfgang) writes:
>>So, is there somewhere an OS/2 program that allows access to the
>>Win cardfile data files?

>Is it at all convenient to convert over?  There's a PM Cardfile
>available via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, but I assume you
>have to cut and paste.

Tim! Cut and paste some 500 cards...?

Someone pointed out to me the wlo110 package. I found it on a mirror of hobbes
and will give it a try.

On a related matter: I seem to be unable to migrate the Win/Os2 cardfile.exe
program, i.e. to create a single icon that calls this program. With
the migrate procedure, cardfile.exe is not found. With the templates, the
cardfile.exe program can be created as a Dos or Os/2 program and of course
then dies on calling time. The Win/Os2 entry is greyed out.

So the only way to call the Windows applets seems to be to call a full Windows
session. On the other hand, with OS/2 2.0 I could create that single icon for
just one applet (cardfile). Anything that I am missing?

Wolfgang Fritsch
pfr@psun2.hmi.de
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Subject: Re: IBM Value Point and OS2
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:03:14 GMT

dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:

>In article <19829@mindlink.bc.ca> Dan_Smith@mindlink.bc.ca (Dan Smith) writes:
>>I just setup my new IBM Value Point 486SX which came preloaded with OS2.  OS2
>>has an 80 Meg partition, Boot Manager has a1 Meg partition and there is a
>>mystery 1Meg partition at the end of the disk.  I want to install both DOS
>>and OS2 on the same partition and have read that they can be installed using
>>the Dual Boot method.  However the manuals all seem to indicate that the only
>>way to install using Dual Boot is to install OS2 on an system that has DOS
>>existing.

>Yep.  This is the nature of how DualBoot works.  All it does is back
>up the DOS system files on installation and install on top of it.
>Then, when you do a BOOT/DOS or BOOT/OS2 command, the program copies
>the proper system files (OS/2's or DOS's) onto the boot sector and
>related space and boots.

You can use the DBPREP (DualBoot Prep) utility to install DOS over an
existing OS/2 setup.  This is available from software.watson.ibm.com
under /pub/os2/misc.

-- 

Jack Tan                             If your parents didn't have kids,
jahk@uiuc.edu                          chances are you won't either.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: PNIELSEN@FINABO.ABO.FI (Peter Nielsen)
Subject: Re: XGA-2 Driver
Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:05:12 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <1993Jan27.045815.117014@zeus.calpoly.edu> shofioni@joule.elee.calpoly.edu writes:

> I have a PS/2 Model 77, 9577-0NA with OS/2 Preload and an NEC 4FG Monitor
> being driven by an XGA-2 video card.  My problem is that the screen flickers
> like crazy!
> 
> Does anybody have a good video driver that will get rid of the flicker at
> 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600?  Please send all responses via e-mail.

NEC 4FG is a Multisynch monitor, right ?  This means that it will support 
XGA's noninterlaced modes.
XGA-2 can be run in interlaced and non-interlaced mode.
To enable XGA-2's non-interlaced mode, certain pins in the connector has to be
connected together.
Your problem is probably that you're running your XGA-2 in interlaced mode!

Solution: #1 Get a suitable video cable with an XGA-2 plug that has *all* the 
             pins required (and connected) for non-interlaced mode operation.
          #2 If 1) doesn't help - have your monitor serviced!

I assume you're using the drivers shipped with your XGA-2 video card (or maybe
the ones that are on your system's reference disk).

Regards,
	Peter Nielsen			pnielsen@finabo.abo.fi
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
From: vpsoc@cs.UAlberta.CA (Rob Eitzen)
Subject: Re: Telemate 4.0
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 06:32:25 GMT

I have been using TM 3.1 with absolutely no problems.  When I try to use
TM 4.0, however, I seem to be having lots of trouble.  The settings
(internal TM and DOS) are identical between the two versions, but when I
use 4.0 I am constantly losing characters on the display, and downloads
are impossible!  I have tried it with and without os2speed.  I was
hoping to hear someone else with the same problems and a solution, but
so far there seems to be nothing but praise for 4.0.  Therefore, I've
fucked something in the settings.  Can anyone guide me to a solution?
Thanks.

--
Judge Dredd                                             +--------+\ 
vpsoc@manning.cs.ualberta.ca                            |   :)   | |
DoD # 268                                               +--------+ |
In case of humor impairment, break glass.                \________\|
From: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Can I *PLEASE* get a fast COMM driver that &^$#* works!?
Summary: AAAAAAAAAARGHHHH!  SAME PROBLEM WITH SIO_V040!!!
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:51:29 GMT
Reply-To: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Vicuna Systems, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito) writes:

> I've seen that failure myself (it's the famous SIO VDHSERV bug).  I'm
> tracking down another problem with SIO now, but that's what beta testing 
> is all about.  At least it's happening when we get a new release every 
> day!

Well, I tried version 0.40 -- SAME problem.  Once again, I get:

The system detected an internal processing
error at location ##0160:fffa3bb4 - 000d:00049bb4.
60000, 7016
038600d1
Internal revision 6.307, 92/03/01
The system is stopped.  Record the location number
of the error and contact your service representative.

This time I tried it *without* the X00v149a fossil.  So I now know it
wasn't the fossil's fault, it is the SIO driver itself who is at fault.

You really have absolutely no idea how pissed off I am getting.  Linux
is starting to look better and better.

OS/2 is great -- but if I can't even use the COM port (something my
system is used for 90% of the time) it's usefulness diminishes.

Please help!

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