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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Do Trident drivers work with ATI?
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:33:06 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <C0C5F8.KsD@apollo.hp.com> ced@APOLLO.HP.COM (Carl Davidson) writes:
>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. 

Yep, and there's a bug in the 640x480 drivers as well.  Sometimes,
colors get munged up a bit.  For example:

1) In the WLO-ported version of Solitare, the heart- and diamond-suit
   cards are displayed as white symbols on a black card back.
2) In Excel 3.0 (for OS/2), some cursors are improperly colored, and
   performing a numeric operation on a range of cells will cause the
   colors to change (only on-screen, minimizing and restoring Excel
   draws them correctly)

After these two problems, I switched back to the IBM VGA drivers.

I also got the "screen-wrap" bug when using the 800x600 driver.  And
it remained even after replacing BVHSVGA.DLL, VSVGA.SYS, and a few
other replaced DLL's with the original ones.  I had no choice but to
remove the entire driver.  Too bad - I'm getting sick of only 16
colors!

>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.

Joel's driver seems to work fine here as well, but I can't stand not
being able to see the background of sliders, notebooks, etc.
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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: VT320 emulation under OS/2?
Date: 9 Jan 93 01:09:20 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.apps
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <7o91wB1w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca writes:
>Is there a freeware OS/2-specific VT320 terminal emulator program that 
>provides such niceties as ISO graphics support, file transfers, and 
>esoteric key combinations like "F17", "Commit", etc.?

That's a bit much to ask of freeware (although you never know now).  I
know plenty of freeware and shareware VT-100 emulators, but VT-320 is
pressing it a bit, I think.

On the commercial side, HyperAccess/5 3.0, TalkThru, Dynacomm
Asynchronous, and ChipChat all probably support VT-320.  (I know HA/5
3.0 does.)  I'm not sure about the esoteric features you refer to, but
you can always ask the technical support department at the companies
that sell this software to see what they have to say.

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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Monthly
Date: 7 Jan 93 23:09:11 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

I just thought I'd mention that I spotted OS/2 Monthly in my local
Software:Etc store.  It was in the back of the magazine rack, but it
was visible without searching.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: olds@helix.nih.gov (James Olds)
Subject: OS2 CHKDSK question
Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:24:13 GMT

Hello OS2 Collective Wisdom. I have a question regarding OS2 2.0
GA. I have it installed under the following configuration.
Hardware:
Compaq 386/25 with 9 MB RAM
VGA Monitor
110 MB Hard drive Partitioned as follows:
Primary Parition C: HPFS 30 MB
Secondary Partition D: FAT 80 MB

While things are running quite swimmingly I am worried because
the C: partition gives me CHKDSK errors which it does not allow
me to correct (because it says the disk is in use or locked).
Everything that I use regularly is on D. Only system files are
on C. The swapper.dat file is on D. I set it up this way so that
I would have basically no reason to touch the C: drive.

Now, there is no problem at the moment, because the machine has
not crashed in any way. I am aware of DOS/OS2 2.0 file attribute
considerations and do not use DOS utilites to copy files created
by OS2 and I have not attempted to back up or compress the hard
drive at all with any attribute-stupid utility.

My questions:
1) Is the problem serious or can I just blow it off and merrily
compute away?

2) How would I go about fixing this problem if I wanted to.

Please e-mail me directly and thank you in advance for your
help.
Cheers,

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From: Michael.Nelson@f20.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Radius XGA-2 board
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 11:09:14 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:125/20 - SeaHunt BBS, San Francisco CA

Hello David!

Friday January 08 1993 19:27, David Charlap wrote to All:

DC-> My mistake.  I was unaware that VESA also had a bust standard.

    I thought Dolly Parton was in charge of that particular standard...?


                                          - Michael -

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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: ATI VGA Wonder (Old model, revision 5 chipset) and TRI32New drivers
Date: 10 Jan 93 23:00:15 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.


I downloaded the TRI32NEW.ZIP package and tried to install the
800x600x256 driver on my 512K VGA-Wonder board.  As everyone else
reported, the top 88 lines were duplicated on the bottom of the
screen, and vice versa.  AFter spending much time with a friend going
over the SVGADATA.PMI file, we found a bug in it: CRT register 9 was a
0, causing the Line Compare Register to contain 511 - causing a split
screen at row 512, exactly what happened.  According to my specs, bit
6 of the Maximum Scan Line register (R9) should be set to a 1, to
yield a Line Compare value of 1023 - below the bottom of the screen.

Unfortunately, changing the value of this in the SVGADATA.PMI file did
nothing.  As a matter of fact, nothing happened after chaning ANY of
the normal IBM regusters (sequencer, CRT, GDC, and attributes).  The
only registers that had any effect were the ATI-specific ones (at
1ce/1cf on my system), and they only made things worse.

Since Joel Armengaud's ATI256C2 driver uses the SVGADATA.PMI file
without this bug, I assumed that the BVHSVGA.DLL file is ignoring the
IBM-standard register listings in the SVGADATA.PMI file, and is only
reading the manufacturer-specific portions - leaving the device driver
to itself when setting the registers.

Anyway, does this seem to make sense?  Is there anything I can do
about it, short of getting source code to the driver?  Interestingly
enough, other chipsets (like TSENG) correctly set the Line Compare
register to 1023, so the Trident drivers don't have this problems on
those systems.

I tried searching through the SVGA600.DLL file for a parameter table
to patch, but this is nearly impossible.  I ran EXEHDR on the .DLL,
but IBM hasn't documented the output (for 32-bit DLL's) completely
enough, so I can't locate any of the "prime-candidate" modules in the
.DLL file to look at them.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: gasman1@netcom.com (David A. Silva)
Subject: Gtak100.zip
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:58:57 GMT


I have downloaded gtak100.zip from 2 different sites, and neither my
pkunzip(dos) nor the local unix unzip can read the files. Are they using a
special zip-er, or is ther someone who knows were I can ftp a known good
copy of the file? Thanx - David
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: 003316g@dragon.acadiau.ca (Steve Gregory)
Subject: Re: 2.1 beta found on Hobbes
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:08:51 GMT

davego@halcyon.com (Dave Oliphant) writes:

>In article <1993Jan9.193339.24403@ccnews.nctu.edu.tw> u7822042@cc2.nctu.edu.tw () writes:
>>Hi all
>>
>>   I find the 2.1 beta version on hobbes now. It's in /pub/os2/2.1/beta/35
>>
>>directory. I think anyone who don't have a CD-ROM drivers will be happy
>>
>>hear this. I am downloading it now. And I am waiting for the morning to buy
>>
>>3"5 diskettes.It's a long night.

>Well, its 2000 hours here in Seattle on Saturday, 9 January 1993, I
>don't have a date, nor any party to go to, nobody likes me, and now,
>when I try to find the above, its not there.  What a great day! :-(!!!

>(Actually, I just remembered:  my cat still likes me!!! :=).

Ah, sounds just like my Saturday nights. I guess it is the cross that all
geniuses must bear.

Ya, right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rahayden@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (R Andrew Hayden)
Subject: 2.1 beta:  Stuck Printer
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 04:03:47 GMT

Hi, it's me again.  Sorry to be such a bother.

I have a printer that barfs when I try to use it.  Le me show you the
error messages I get:

--------------------

Message 1:  Gotten at startup

	SPL2162:  Operation cannot be performed while print device is in
	current state


Message 2:  Gotten whenever I try to print.  The spooler seems to putz
away fro 30 to 60 seconds and then repots this back:

	Error (004) CANNOT write to printer "LPT1"

	Abort / Retry / Ignore
	   (these are in buttons)

if I press retry or ignore, it repeats the error.

Any thoughts?
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From: zmz@small.caltech.edu (Steven Zhou)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Select a SCSI adapter
Date: 4 Jan 1993 20:58:04 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: small.caltech.edu

I have seen a lot discussion in this group about the scsi adaptor. My  
novice quesion  is what is a bus master scsi card? What is the difference  
between a bus master card and a usual scsi card? Would some kind soul in  
this group shed some lights on this one for me? I appeciate any help.
From: withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: SIO025.ZIP now on ftp-os2
Date: 8 Jan 93 07:13:20 NZST
Organization: Welligton City Council, Public Access.
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz


My usual site has a malfunctioning news feed, so thisi

is from the backup site......the editor is ........not my favourite :-)

I have uploaded SIO025.ZIP to ftp-os2.
 
I'm outa here!

Steve

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B don't work
Organization: University of Maine, Department of Computer Science
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:58:01 GMT

In article <1993Jan03.175754.24523@adapcal.UUCP> jlloyd@adapcal.UUCP (John Lloyd) writes:
>In article <725996382.AA08636@csource.oz.au> Chris.Collins@f366.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Chris Collins) writes:
>> > From: weiss@staff.tc.umn.edu () 
>> > Organization: University of Minnesota 
>> >  
>> > I just bought an Adaptec 1542B so I could reinstall and USE OS2 with the 
>> > added storage of my 90MB Bernoulli. 
>> >  
>> > It doesn't work for me--I get a "SYS 0026 The specified disk...cannot be 
>> > accessed" when I change to the scsi drive (Bernoulli) and do a "DIR" inside
>>
>> > an OS2 window. OS2 accesses the drive--it whirs during boot --but doesn't 
>> > see the files on there already. It was formatted with Adaptec's AFDISK. 
>> >  
>>Jeffrey, 
>>     DON'T PANIC! (I love that quote!) You are not doing anything  
>>wrong. I have a similar setup at this end, except that I use an 88mb  
>>Syquest rather than a Bernoulli, but I will bet that the principle  
>>is the same. 
>> 
>>     OS/2 treats removeable format media as floppy disks, so it want's 
>>to see a floppy disk format on the media, no FDISK and such as for  
>>hard disks. Unload the software that you have on the removeable under  
>>DOS, boot OS/2 and format the disk under OS/2 and copy your software  
>>back again. 
>> 
>>     I know that this is a pain in the A**E, I have 10 of these 88mb  
>>cartridges and most were 75% full. 
>> 
>>     Supposedly a driver is in the wind from either Adaptec of  
>>Syquest, but???? 
>>
>There is a driver available that will treat removable drives as fixed
>disks. The only disadvantage is that you must shutdown to change media.
>The file is called LOCKKDRV and is available on our BBS and perhaps
>somewhere on the net. The BBS number is (408) 945-7727. 
>
>
>jlloyd@adapcal.com

There may be another solution...contact Corel Corp and ask if their SCSI
package will support your setup under OS/2.  I have CorelSCSI running
my Magneto-Optical drive and I can share platters/partitions with DOS
(real DOS) too.  

Jeff



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From: murrayk@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (the Dodger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: some problems...
Date: 6 Jan 93 06:11:27 GMT
Organization: CS Dept, Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: prism.cs.orst.edu

Ok, I've been having these problems for quite some time now, starting with GA
and continuing with the SP installed.

First of all, I cannot open a full screen dos session if I want to use my
modem at the same time. If I have TE/2 running (great program) and then open
a fs dos session, then the comm port hangs. I have to completely exit TE/2 to
get it back. I have a Supra 2400 baud modem, and other that this problem, it
is just fine. This problem is starting to bug me. Especially when I don't mean
to start a FS dos session and have to restart TE/2. Very frustrating.

Another problem revolves around my lpt1 port. There are a few games which try
to check out my hardware during the config process, and they check lpt1 for
some reason. I'm assuming they are looking for a parallel port sound card or
something similar. Anyway, OS/2 will ceaselessly pop up and tell me that there
is some other app using lpt1. I really don't know what this app could be...If
I open the settings for the print object, the output page shows lpt1 hashed
like it is open or something. And I can't find any way to disable this.

Anyone have any answers?

Thanks.
Keith
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Don Smith)
Subject: Re: Remote terminal for OS2?
Originator: djs6015@ultb
Organization: R.I.T.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:31:03 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.152103.708@schunix.uucp> rwyble@schunix.uucp (Richard J. Wyble) writes:
}Can one implement a dial-up terminal in OS2? A real OS2 app., not a
}kludge that relys upon DOS ctty. I have need to call my office and get
}some realy work done.
}
}If this has been dealt with elsewhere, please point me to the answers.
}Thank you!
}

OS2YOU is a full screen program which allows remote login into OS/2. Its
probably at hobbes (ftp-os2.nmsu.edu) in /pub/os2/all/comms if
anywhere..
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: Video switching hard on monitor?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 18:40:51 GMT

As a consequence of having no seamless drivers for my ATI Ultra Pro
card I find myself switching around a lot, causing my monitor (Mag 15FX)
to change modes.  It does this electronically, but the screen jumps
around and it clicks when it happens.  Does this put undue stress
on the monitor?  That is, is it really designed to be changed frequently
or was it designed to make the switch maybe once a day?  I think
most quality monitors now have this feature so that one does not have
to manually adjust the field every time the mode changes.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Anyone gotten the DOS Hardcard driver to load in an external DOS box?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:19:21 GMT

In article <widow.726628807@camelot> widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett) writes:
>>You don't want (or need) to do that.  The OS/2 Hardcard driver
>>provides all the support you need for these specific DOS sessions and
>>DOS emulated sessions.  In your specific DOS sessions, just make sure
>>that you're using the \OS2\MDOS\FSFILTER.SYS device driver in your
>>CONFIG.SYS.  Copy the file to your boot floppy, and list it as the
>>first device driver in CONFIG.SYS.
>	Thanks a lot!  This works folks.  Only problem is the driver
>	eats up too much memory.  I need +590K free.

Keep going.  You need to use the OS/2-provided memory management
files.  These are located in \OS2\MDOS (e.g. HIMEM.SYS).  Read up on
specific DOS sessions in Appendix E of your Installation Guide and/or
the online Command Reference under VMDISK.

You should be able to get much more free conventional memory.  That
session can be controlled with the DOS Settings when you create a
program object.

Someone asked about LOADHIGH.  I believe you simply use the DOS 5.0
version (once you've used the OS/2-supplied memory management files).

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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Video drivers that shipped on the 2.1 BETA?
Date: 9 Jan 93 00:58:41 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <C0JoFF.8Lp@Novell.COM> Doug_Barlow@Novell.COM (Doug Barlow) writes:
>Would someone please tell us which video drivers were shipped with the 
>OS/2 2.1 BETA?  Was the rumored S3 driver included? Does the README say
>anything about Diamond Stealth video cards finally working with OS/2 in a
>mode higher than 640x480 16 color?

Trident TVGA (8900B/C)
ATI VGA Wonder (Rev. 2.0 and above)
Video7/Headland VRAM II (HT209)
Paradise/Western Digital (PVGA1A, WD90C00, WD90C11, WD90C30, WD90C31)
Tseng Labs ET4000

plus, of course, CGA, EGA, VGA, XGA, and 8514/A.  All SuperVGA, VGA,
and XGA are seamless.  (The 8514/A is not, at the moment, but
hopefully that will be rectified.)

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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Different desktop popup menu!
Date: 4 Jan 93 20:49:15 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Dec25.205608.6313@cdf.toronto.edu> g1nickut@cdf.toronto.edu (Nick Zahariadis) writes:
> I am having a problem with the desktop. I can't get the desktop popup
> menu the way I used to. All I get now is:
...

It sounds as if WPS no longer sees your "desktop" directory as your
true desktop.  Try this to create a new desktop:

1) look in /OS2 and find the file INI20.RC.  Copy this file somewhere
   and edit it.  Keep all the lines that just have double-quotes on
   them.  Keep the line that creates the object "OS/2 2.0 Desktop".
   Delete all the other lines.

2) Insert the following command in config.sys:  CALL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE

3) Reboot.  You'll be dropped at a prompt.

4) Locate your "OS!2 2.0 Desktop" directory.  It should be in the root
   of your C: drive.  Rename it.

5) Run MAKEINI.EXE using the modified INI20.RC file you just made.
   The syntax is: MAKEINI OS2.INI <your ini.rc filename>.

6) Reboot.  You'll be dropped at a prompt.  Check to see that a new
   "OS!2 2.0 Desktop" directory now exists.  Move the directory that
   used to be your previous desktop into this one with the MOVE
   command.

7) Type "EXIT" to finish booting into WPS.

8) You should have a working desktop, with your old desktop being a
   folder on it someplace (it will probably be a desk-shaped folder).
   Move all the icons out of the old desktop folder into the new one
   and trash the old one.  You should be done.  Check that your menu
   is restored.

This is the only solution I know of that will really work.  Deleting
EA's is dumb, since you clobber more than the desktop when doing so.
This process actually creates a new desktop, which is much safer than
blindly erasing things.
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