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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Questions: HPFS/Paradise
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:36:15 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <0096723F.3B730C20@vms.csd.mu.edu> 2609cowend@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
>A few questions, these may be FAQs, if so, put me in my rightful place...
>1. What's the deal with the Western Digital drivers with my 1B card?
>Will SuperVGA still be a dream for me with the proper release of 2.1, or 
>am I going to have to live with 16 colors until I get a new video card?
>Will there be a fix or special drivers on Hobbes?

OS/2 2.1 will include 256 color drivers for all modes (640x480,
800x600, and 1024x768) for most SuperVGA adapters, including Western
Digital.  (Notable exception: S3-based adapters, unless something
changes.)  So, no, you won't have to go fishing for a driver.  The
drivers will support seamless Windows, in fact.

>2. Is there ANY WAY I can make modifications to the config.sys in my HPFS
>formatted partition from DOS or the OS/2 install disks?  Config.sys crashed
>when I installed the SIO/VSIO drivers, and there was no way I could modify the
>config.sys, having to reinstall the entire system.  Is there _any way_ I can
>get around this, or make a floppy-based boot disk with the HPFS system?

Yes.  The first two diskettes in your OS/2 set constitute a bootable
pair (see the FAQ List for details).  Just place an OS/2 text mode
editor (like tedp090.zip, available via anonymous ftp from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu; check file /pub/os2/00Index for location) on a
floppy disk, and use that in an emergency.

(I'll try to cover this better in future releases of the FAQ List.)

>3. Are the multimedia applets _supposed_ to stutter, or is that just my system?
>Windows sound support works marvelously now, but the OS/2 applets sound awful
>on my SoundBlaster...

No, they shouldn't.  Your SoundBlaster isn't sharing in interrupt
(like IRQ 7), is it?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 beta disk images
From: ghdai@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: 20 Jan 93 20:52:51 CST
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
NNTP-Posting-Host: vax1.umkc.edu

>A quick question - can anyone join the OS2 2.1 beta program by
>just ftp'ing the disk images from hobbes or will the installation
>program require an existing copy of OS2 2.0 to install correctly?

The OS/2 2.1 beta on Hobbes is a fully functional OS.  It does not need
any previous version of OS/2 installed on the machine on which you try to
install it.  You can install it onto an empty machine.

Guohuan H. Dai/2
-- 
GHDai@VAX1.UMKC.Edu |** Happy user of only OS/2 !! / HPFS on 2 entire HD's **|
From: twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 and the Gravis Ultrasound
Date: 24 Jan 1993 05:04:27 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Civil Engineering, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: sam.civil.ubc.ca

In article <1993Jan23.035338.11024@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>....
>Gravis has made promises [for an OS/2 driver], but nothing has shipped.  
>You should tell them why you are taking your business elsewhere.
>

I agree. You should email Gravis and tell them (a lot cheaper than long
distance call :) Especially if you get email for FREE :) ). In fact,
even if you're not an Ultrasound owner/owner-to-be/not even thinking
about getting anything at all, we should all write to Gravis to let them
know that OS/2 is for real, and is here to stay. They seem to be taking
OS/2 VERY lightly and we should let all computing companies know that
there are plenty of us out there using OS/2 and it is to THEIR benefit
th they should support OS/2. OS/2 still doesn't seem to get as accepted
among developpers as it should be (all the bad press haven't helped
either, and the media all jumping pover to Microsoft's side). 

So whether you're thinking about getting an Ultrasound or not, please 
email Gravis telling them that OS/2 is for real. And unless they get
their act together, especially since all these other soundcards are
supporting OS/2, you're taking your business elsewhere!

On the Gravis BBS, they said that OS/2 is very low in their priority
right now. This shouldn't be. Let's give them a good waking up with bulk
email. Here are their addresses...

Alan's, the guy, email address is 71333.350@compuserve.com.

AND

Chris Yuzik's, the salesguy, email address is yuzik@sfu.ca.

You should write to both addresses. Same message would be fine.
Let's let them know OS/2 has a large global base of loyal users,
and growing everyday!

Thomas.


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: TCP/IP Package
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.networking
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:55:57 GMT

In article <A53880@AC3.maus.de> Marc_Van-Woerkom@ac3.maus.de (Marc Van-Woerkom) writes:
>We plan to connect a PC to our ethernet, which has several UNIX Workstations
>attached (SGI Iris, probably IBM RS6000 in the near future) to it.
>I think OS/2 is the proper operating system, but I need some info about
>the TCP/IP package for OS/2. (X-windows? NFS? 3270 emulation?)

Yes, it has all the capabilities you list.  A copy of the TCP/IP
announcement letter is available via anonymous ftp from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, directory /pub/os2/all/info.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: aaa@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Simon Fowler)
Subject: Re: 2.1 bugs, suggestions.  (was Re: 2.1b bug and editorial comment on killing processes)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:04:47 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Atlanta GA

In article <1993Jan20.223422.13158@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>, parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes:
> One thing about scroll bars I like under News (for example) is that when you
> move the thumb, it leaves a footprint behind to show where it started. When
> you let the thumb go, the footprint goes. This is really useful for scanning
> /editing large files (in particular source).

This "feature" exists on my 1.3 version (well, when you let the thumb go, the 
footprint stays).

simon
From: thompson@titan.trl.OZ.AU (David Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: FUTURE DOMAIN are slackers
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:23:54 GMT
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia

Hi all,
I have a PLI scsi drive with removable 40 meg platters, Works ok under
dos and os2 but........ I am using a Future Domain quick scsi card in
both my dos and os2 machines and they are not compatible because the os2
driver thinks the bloody removable hard disk is a 2.88 meg FD and it
does not format the platter so it can be read on both dos and os2
machines.
When are the suppliers of these devices going to get it right, enquiries
through my supplier says that Future Domain said 'Thats the way it is ,
so stiff'. You can get a scsi driver for the mac which gives u the
option of formatting in various modes including DOS, WHY cant Future
domain write the driver so u have the option of HPFS format, DOS
format(FAT) etc etc etc.... 
The problem is the standard scsi drivers for OS2 are Future Domain so
IBM use your clout and get these people of the butts and come up with a
GUI driver that is true GUI with proper options, or get anther supplier
of SCSI drivers for OS2.


Dave Thompson
d.thompson@trl.oz.au

Melbourne, Australia
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: hankedr@mail.auburn.edu (Darrel Hankerson)
Subject: Re: tape
Organization: Auburn University, Alabama
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:03:50 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.064836.28430@weyrich.UUCP> uunet.uu.net!weyrich!orville writes:
>I second the motion for GTAK being good stuff; however, I thought that it 
>was GNU-ware [free-ware with certain restrictions] rather than shareware.
>Don't everyone raise your hand at once :-) but should I be sending a 
>registration check to someone for using gtak?

Perhaps someone with more experience will answer. I'll just mention that
Stallman does discuss the GNU project (and how we can help) in the GNU 
EMACS manual. Also, if I recall correctly, prep.ai.mit.edu suggests that
universities and businesses order the GNU utilities on tape, so that GNU
can receive a small amount of money. 

Folks can support the GNU project by sending donations to 
  Free Software Foundation
  675 Mass Ave
  Cambridge, MA 02139
(this info is from the GNU EMACS manual).

There is also the League for Programming Freedom, which I plan to join just
because I like the idea. Send a request to the following address, and they
will send a short note describing FSF:
 If you have any questions, please write to the League, phone
 (617) 243-4091, or send Internet mail to lpf@uunet.uu.net.

                       Jack Larsen, President
                       Chris Hofstader, Secretary
                       Steve Sisak, Treasurer

--darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
From: enk2@po.cwru.edu (Erik Kovach)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 500 Printer Help Needed.. OS/2 2.1 Beta
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:10:39 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62711.student.cwru.edu

In article <1993Jan26.021632.26191@netcom.com> lyle@netcom.com (Lyle Fong) writes:
>And another less important question.. one day, the words/letters under
>the icons on my desktop decided to enlarge themselves.. look like bold-flace
>..err.. bold-face 12 pt or something.. how do I change it back?

Sorry I can't help with the BIG question, but open the Font Palette in the
System Setup folder and drag the font you want to the desktop.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: greve@rs1.thch.uni-bonn.de (Thomas Greve)
Subject: Re: How Unstable is 2.1b ???
Organization: University of Bonn, phys. Chemistry
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:31:54 GMT

In article <930115110021@rgam.sc.ti.com> 5692330@mcimail.com  (Robert Gammon) writes:
>In article <GKUSHMER.93Jan14131411@jade.tufts.edu> gkushmer@jade.tufts.edu (Greg Kushmerek) writes:
>
> >> I just pulled out the read.me file that comes with the 2.1 beta and noticed
> >> that not-so-subtle disclaimer at the top of the file recommending 
> >> you not use the beta for "mission-critical" apps. 
>
>I suspect that IBM is saying to the corporate world, Don't install this on a
>machine that is critical to the success of your company, where absolute
>stability, reliability is of the utmost concern.
You should not install *any* OS/2 on such a machine. The 2.1 beta
seems to be more stable to me than 2.0 GA. IBM *has* made their
homework. 
-- 
				- Thomas

   greve@rs1.thch.uni-bonn.de
   unt145@dbnrhrz1
From: dgillmor@msen.com (Dan Gillmor)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Any details on Radius XGA-2 (ISA) performance ?
Date: 23 Jan 1993 14:16:49 GMT
Organization: Detroit Free Press
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.msen.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Ravi Sompalli (soravi@athena.mit.edu) wrote:
: Just received a brochure from Radius announcing availability of XGA-2 color
: card for the ISA bus. Are there any OS/2 2.0 users who might have beta tested 
: this card and drivers and would care to share their comments on performance ?
: BTW, it is priced at $499 direct from Radius.

Ouch -- that's a high price. I wonder how many they'll sell.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: Did DCF/2 ship on the 18th?
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 12:05:18 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.161837.28802@bmerh85.bnr.ca> mlord@bmers63.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) writes:
> In article <1993Jan19.001616.6646@desire.wright.edu> slam@discover.wright.edu (Sau Chun Lam) writes:
> >In article <1993Jan18.220123.242@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
> >>Any know if DCF/2 shipped on the 18th? I know the 18th is still underway in
> >>North America, but I thought I'd get in early.
> >
> >No such luck.  :-<
> >
> >Called then on Friday (15th January) and a lady told me that shipping
> >has been delayed - no reasons given. They are now shooting for the
> >end of January.
> 
> Definitely *the* candidate for the "Vapourware of 1992" Award!  Maybe '93 also?

Via FIDOnet - which we also get here on Actrix - I have heard that this delay
was due to the 2.1 beta going wide release. They want to be certain that DCF/2
will work with it. Their beta testers were calling them up asking if DCF/2
would work with the 2.1 beta.....so they decided to make sure it would. The
rumoured new date is Jan 30th. 
 
This one should stick, as i have heard that the code for OS/2 2.1 has been
finalised.......(correct me if I am wrong, folks......rumours are rumours!)

Steve

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sDun@isma.demon.co.uk (Stephen Dunne)
Subject: Re: 16550 UART (what I found out thus far ...)
Reply-To: sDun@isma.demon.co.uk
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.30 $
Organization: International Securities Market Association
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:11:58 +0000

In article <1993Jan22.090417.13629@hellgate.utah.edu> bangell@cs.utah.edu (bob angell) writes:
>
>Ok, here is the skinny on the 16550 UARTs .....
>
>I received mail from several people asking to post this information to
>the net .... and I appreciate everyone's input that sent me email (too
>many to reply separately .... THANK YOU! (you know who you are!!)) ...
>Ok, here is what I did .... called Zero-One Networking out of Anaheim,
>CA (714) 693-8080 and they have a board with 2 16550's for $35 + S&H
>and you can get the board just like it comes for $25 + S&H (1 16550 and
>socketed for another if you decide to put it in .... ) ..... this sounded
>pretty good to me (just needed 1 16550 UART port).....
>
Another possiblity is the Hayes Enhanced Serial Product or ESP as it's known
as.  This is a dual 550 populated port which also has a megga kinky highspeed
DMA enhanced mode. They don't have 2.0 drivers for it yet :-( It's also quite
pricy over here but I don't know the stateside price!

Stephen
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: json@treankare.met.kth.se (Anders Jacobsson)
Subject: Initializing WIND/X (S3)
Keywords: S3, WIND/X
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, NADA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:41:11 GMT

Does anyone know if there is a way to initialize the STB WIND/X,
S3 chip, on boot. As it is now the screen messes up and I can't see
the messeges.
Thank You

A. Jakobsson
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Possible to install OS/2-2.1 beta from second hard drive?
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:05:45 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1993Jan25.043443.13791@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>>beta from my second harddrive to my first HD without making the 20+
>>>installation disks?  If so, how?
>>No.  Not using the diskette images files.  (If you had the entire
>>contents of the CD-ROM, you could.)
>How? (I have the CD, but, alas, an unsupported CD ROM drive)
>I.e., is it a simple trick that you can share, or do I really need
>to buy the $7 book from IBM to find out how to do it?

It's simple once you read about it.  (That $7 is well spent, believe
me.)

Basically you can do a redirected install from any drive, networked or
otherwise.  You just set up copies of the diskettes on a server (or
even on your local drive, in your case) and tell the installation
program to read from there.  The copies are done using a specific
directory structure (and a program is supplied with OS/2 2.0 which
will set it up for you).

Actually, since you're at the University of Chicago, you don't even
need to spend the $7 -- you can give me a call and stop by and read
the manual yourself.  (I'm afraid it can't leave the office, but I'll
allow anyone to come in and browse through our library.)

>Also, is there any way to install from 5.25" diskettes onto a machine
>where the A: drive is 3.5"?  I'm assuming the answer is no - just checking.

Probably not.  It's like DOS in the sense that you have to boot to
install (fresh system), and there's really no way around that (with
HPFS a consideration).

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Organization: William Rainey Harper College; Palatine, IL  60067
Date: Thursday, 21 Jan 1993 12:27:12 CST
From: <DGRAHAM@HARPERVM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Why am I getting a startup.cmd window?

When I enter OS/2 upon starting the computer the first thing that pops up
is a window titled startup.cmd. OS/2 is obviously running startup.cmd and
opening a window for it, and I have no idea why. I have the clock in the
startup.cmd folder so that the clock comes up all the time, but when I close
this new window the clock doesn't show up. Any way to get OS/2 to just run
the applications that are in the startup.cmd folder like it use to for me
instaed of having this window open? I am not sure what I did to change it to
make this happen, but something did.
    Thanks in advance

     Dave Graham
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ian@watson.ibm.com (Ian Stirling)
Subject: Re: Running 2.0 and 2.1 on the same machine
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:20:20 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.17d by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Reply-To: ian@vnet.ibm.com (Ian Stirling)
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM UK Laboratories Ltd, Hursley, England

In <1k6d7gINNmf5@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe) writes:
>I'm more concerned about the EA's that
>get stored with the directories in the common partition.
>If I add objects to a folder which resides in the common
>partition, what will happen when I run the other version
>of OS/2.  Will the system get hopelessly confused about
>which objects reside where?

I have never had any problems with having multiple versions
of the operating system which have all changed various common
disks.

Ian Stirling                      Internet: ian@vnet.ibm.com
CICS/ESA Systems Facilities         Bitnet: ian at vnet
IBM UK Labs Ltd, Hursley,         IBMIPnet: ian@stirling.hursley.ibm.com
England, SO21 2JN                  IBMMail: GBIBMJWB at IBMMAIL
                             International: + 44 962 844433

Disclaimer: This post represents the views of the poster, not IBM.
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:44356 comp.os.os2.apps:10798
From: tom@finwds01.tu-graz.ac.at (Thomas Leitner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: OS/2 driver for IBM 3363 WORM driver: where ?
Date: 28 Jan 1993 12:48:52 GMT
Organization: Technical University Graz, Austria
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: finwds01.tu-graz.ac.at

Hello,

Is there a OS/2 Version 1.3 or 2.0 driver for the IBM 3363 WORM drive?
If so, I'd appreciate if someone could drop me a line where to find
such a beast. Or perhaps its possible to use another similar disk
driver?

Please respond per e-mail to tom@finwds01.tu-graz.ac.at.

Thanks and regards from Austria -- Tom Leitner, Technical University Graz
From: slam@discover.wright.edu (Sau Chun Lam)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Did DCF/2 ship on the 18th?
Date: 22 Jan 93 06:28:29 GMT
Organization: Wright State University

I received a letter from Proportional signed by the company's President
Max L. Eidswick.

In it, he explained that the delay was caused by an OS/2 kernel bug as
well as the pending release of 2.1. He also goes on to say that the
delays were regrettable but necessary in providing a high quality product.

I think the guys from Proportional are on the level but delays do have
a way of getting on people.. like me.

SC Lam - slam@eve.wright.edu
From: Michael.Nelson@f20.n125.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM PS/2
X-Sender: newtout 0.07 Jan  3 1993
Date: 23 Jan 93  11:59:02

Hello Peter!

Friday January 22 1993 03:24, Peter Nielsen wrote to All:

PN-> I have 64Mb of RAM and I tried Adaptec's 1542 MCA SCSI adapter.

    *That*'s a good trick!  There is no such thing as a 1542 MCA SCSI adapter. 
Did you perhaps mean a 1640?  That's the MCA equivalent of a 1542.

                                          - Michael -

--- GoldED 2.41.B1207+ #1102
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bangell@cs.utah.edu (bob angell)
Subject: Who sells 16550 UARTS!! (This has been asked before, 1000 wet noodles!!)
Date: 21 Jan 93 13:27:58 MST


sorry to clutter up an already busy group....however, who knows where I can
order a 16550 UART board with maybe just one or two com ports??!?  Any 
suggestions??

thanks.

-Bob-
From: tommy@taichung.Eng.Sun.COM ()
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Library which can support DOS, OS2, and NT.
Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:44:14 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: tommy@taichung.Eng.Sun.COM ()
NNTP-Posting-Host: taichung
Originator: tommy@taichung


Hi netter,

	I heard that these is a library which can support
DOS, OS/2, and NT to exist on the same disk and still can boot to
each OS.

	Does anybody happen to have the library  on hand ?
If possible, please e-mail me the library. Thanks in advance.


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