HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: My  Deskjet 500 is on LSD
Keywords: paper paper
Date: 23 Nov 92 19:41:41 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Nov23.170202.5230@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>Does there exist a driver for the new DeskJet 550C color printer?  As
>the price of this thing continues to drop, it's looking better and
>better.  I just want to be sure there is some support for it.

Yes, a beta version exists.  I've been using it with an original
DeskJet -- no problems.  You can get it via anonymous ftp from
software.watson.ibm.com.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: c145gmk@utarlg.uta.edu (Gordon M. Keegan)
Subject: .BOOks & BOOTs ...
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:42:00 GMT

	Two questions (non-faq :( ).  One fairly straight-forward, one not.

	one.
	     Is it possible to read the .BOO documentation, having
	     copied them from the CD to a hard drive?

	two.
	     Upon booting from a floppy, the 'invalid internal file id.'
	     error will appear if I have booted from the install disks.
	     If I boot using the se20boot disk, the system locks up
	     upon reference to drive C: (HPFS) or D: (FAT).  I've tried
	     loading every device and driver on the se20boot disk that
	     is in the CONFIG.SYS for the install disk(1) and nothing
	     seems to help.  I'd like to be able to boot from a floppy
	     and run CHKDSK to fix drive errors (say on SWAPPER.DAT)
	     with a single disk instead of the install disks.  Any ideas?


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From: owen@mama.minmet.uq.oz (Owen Byrnes)
Subject: Re: I guess there is no way to start zip/zoo from Icon
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 02:05:10 GMT


Darryl,  this WORKS and opens up uses in OS/2 of the file manager that 
I didn't know existed.


buhr@umanitoba.ca (Kevin Andrew Buhr) writes:

>In article <BxrKIM.LJ4@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umnoor@ccu.umanitoba.ca
>(Nasir Ahmed Noor) writes:

>   As these programs require command line parameters and opitons. I was
>   trying to import these onto my desk top to cut short the Path and DPath
>   variables. Is there any PM interface available for any of the archivers?

>Nasir:

>	Here's what I did.  First, I created two new program objects
>(dragging them off the "Program" template) and put them in the
>directory with my "ZOO.EXE" (they could have been put anywhere).  I
>set both of them up to run the program "C:\OS2\LOCAL\APPS\ZOO.EXE".

>	On one of them, I put "v" in the "Command Line Parameters"
>box.  On the other, I put "x".  I named the first "ZOO View" and the
>second "ZOO Extract".  I also changed the working directory of "ZOO
>Extract" to "C:\OS2\LOCAL", so it would put the extracted files in a
>known place.

>	Then, I opened the "Association" settings tab for "ZOO View",
>and I added the "*.ZOO" extension.  I did the same thing for the "ZOO
>Extract" object.  I opened the "Session" (or "Window"?) tab for them
>both and unchecked "Close Window on Session End", so my listing of
>files wouldn't disappear right away.

>	Since I added "*.ZOO" to the "ZOO View" associations first, it
>is the default action.  Now, whenever I double click on a ZOO file, up
>pops an OS/2 text window with a list of files.  When I right click on
>the file, and use the arrow next to the "Open" selection, both "ZOO
>View" and "ZOO Extract" are given as possible options.

>	I did the same thing with ZIP, too.

>Kevin <buhr@ccu.UManitoba.CA>
Owen Byrnes			|  Ph:       +61-7-3654519
Mining & Met. Engineering	|  Fax:      +61-7-3654377
University of Queensland	|  Internet: owen@minmet.uq.oz.au
Brisbane. 4072 AUSTRALIA	|  
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
Subject: Re: Is there any way to change SPOOl directory?
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 10:55:48 GMT

fgpikus@pikuspc.physics.utah.edu (Fedor G. Pikus ) writes:

>By default, OS2 keeps spool files in the directory 
>c:\spool\printer_name. I'd like to have the files on another drive,
>say, e:\spool. Is there any way I can do it?
>Fedor G. Pikus
>Department of Physics,
>University of Utah,
>pikus@mail.physics.utah.edu


Of course. Just open te setup folder and find the spooler icon, open
it and change the path.

Erik



-- 
Erik van Linstee   |   Delft University of Technology   |   I'll be back ... 
----
   We are god, 'cause only we can create the idea of his existence
   in our holy brains...  (Yello)
From: Bertram.Moshier@f115.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Bertram Moshier)
Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 Crashproof? NOT!
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 21:44:29 -0600

Brad:

Just a suggestion, call and tell IBM about these traps.  How can they
fix them if they don't hear about them.  It is after all a free phone
call (not like DOS and Windows).

Bert.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: seths@schroedinger.engin.umich.edu (seth raynard silverman)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 4
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 04:12:48 EST
Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
: In article <1992Nov12.011155.20135@midway.uchicago.edu> jhrv@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
: > In article <BxK182.GA8@access.digex.com> gary@access.digex.com (Gary L. Bobzien) writes:
: > 
: > [nothing]
: > 
: > OK, so let me give it a shot.  Does anybody know if/when HP LaserJet
: > IV drivers will be released for OS/2?  (I already called HP---they
: > don't have it)
: > 
: > John
: > 
: 
: Most hardware vendors write the drivers for major software products. However,
: HP's market dominance causes them to expect software vendors to write thier
: own drivers. Even Microsoft had to write their own drivers for the HPLJ4 (they
: were late....:-))

Actually, HP has been writing both the Windows and the OS/2 LaserJet printer
drivers for quite some time (including the current LJ4 Windows driver).
:  
: So.....IBM will have to write these drivers. HP couldn't care less......they
: are a pretty arrogant crowd.
:

I am pretty sure that HP intends on releasing a LaserJet printer driver with
support for the LJ4.

Seth Silverman

seths@eecs.umich.edu
From: bbm@po.CWRU.Edu (Brian B. Mathewson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Oh, nooo....... More Problems.
Date: 21 Nov 92 05:54:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1ekiuoINNgfj
Reply-To: bbm@po.CWRU.Edu (Brian B. Mathewson)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, sandvl@sci.kun.nl (Sander van Leeuwen) says:

>- One time OS/2 crashed while using WordPerfect 5.1. (I had nothing running in 
>  the background) I was just typing a letter, when my cursor responded very 
>  bad. While scrolling through the letter with the cursorkeys OS/2 crashed.
>  This came back once, but instead of crashing OS/2 gave the error message that
>  WordPerfect had executed a NPX instruction and closed it. 
>

This happened to me too, and to some other people on the net.  In the
DOS Settings for WordPerfect set KBD_BUFFER_EXTEND to Off.  You might
also want to set KBD_RATE_LOCK to Off, although I'm not sure if it
also is a problem.  (This setting should really be in the Migrate
Applications configuration file...)



-- 

Brian Mathewson   bbm@r2d2.eeap.cwru.edu
                  bbm at Cleveland Freenet
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From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
Subject: Re: OS2SYS.ini file size. Possible Cause(s) !!! ??
Keywords: OS2SYS.INI file size growing
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:45:37 GMT

shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:


>As far as I can tell, I've never had any problems with the Incredible
>Expanding .INI File.  My OS2SYS.INI file is at about 55K right now --
>I don't know if that represents any abnormal growth, though it is 
>certainly not the MegaByte Monstor that others are reporting.

Well, mine is 580k, so I am very interested in finding out if
this is normal in any way. And, how can it be fixed if it isn't.
I do not want to loose my current desktop just to fix this.

>Good luck,
>Larry
>-- 
>Larry A. Shurr (las@cbnmva.att.com or att!cbnmva!las) speaking only for myself.
>EOR (end-of-ramble)



-- 
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----
   We are god, 'cause only we can create the idea of his existence
   in our holy brains...  (Yello)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN)
Subject: More bugs
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:32:55 GMT

Here are a couple of more bugs I have experienced with OS/2+CSD :
	- A lot of redrawing errors, like when redsizing the clock window
in digital mode, and when switching to full screen winos2.
	- OS/2 backup isn't compatible with DOS's restore. Have to use VDM.
	- Installing the postscript printer driver, then hp-laserjet driver 
hangs the machine with a trap message (did it twice for me today, deleting 
the postscript driver solved the problem).
	- It seems like OS/2 doesn't support 320x240x256c. I have a tennis 
game where the graphics gets all screwed up when switching back and 
forth.	
	- I still can't get norwegian characters in full screen dos & os/2.
Works ok in a VDM.

More to come....

P.S. Why didn't IBM get Borland to make their Windows-to-OS/2 porting tools? 
I doubt Borland would do such a lousy job (from what I've heard about it), 
and they have lots of experience in developing programming tools.
From: gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU (Constantinos Malamas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Followup: Questions on OS2 from a _potential_ user.HELP!!!
Date: 20 Nov 92 16:38:22 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


	Thanx to all who replied! I _think_ I have a pretty good idea what OS2 is about now... After all this info though, I want some more advice... What I 
forgot to mention on the previous post is that my 486/33 has right now only 4MB 
of RAM :( ... I plan to upgrade to 6-8MB when I can afford it though...Do you 
people think that I should wait 'till I get some serious RAM to get OS2? ( It 
'll also give me time to get Stacker for OS2 when that comes out...) Also, 
what if I partitioned the HD (107MB) in, say, a 40MB partition for the OS2 os
files and swap files and 60+7 MB of Stacker drive (60 compressed, 7 for WIn 
swap files, disk editors and other 'God! This cant be happening' utilities...
Will OS2's DOS access the stacked drive? Will I need to spend a couple of 
hundreds of bucks more to get a second HD?? --I am on a _very_, _very_ tight
budget right now :).......
Thanx in advance again......


Costas Malamas________________________________________________________________
Georgia Institute of Technology
Internet: gt7692b@prism.gatech.edu
From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI disk and IDE together w/2.0?
Date: 21 Nov 92 14:31:01 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting

naughton@chinet.chi.il.us (Thomas Naughton) writes:

>      My machine boots with one SCSI disk and an Adaptec 1542B
>controller.  Is it possible to add a second IDE drive and have it
>be recognized by OS/2 2.0?  Any ifo would be appreciated.  Thanks.

I boot my machine from the IDE drive and with the 1542a bios disabled.
Both the IDE and the SCSI (Connor Cp100) are formatted HPFS and give
me no problems at all.

I'm curious how you installed os2 on the lone SCSI drive; it wasn't
clear to me in the install instructions that came with os2.
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
GE knew there was lots of money to be made in the diagnostic medical
machine field since it was only a matter of time before people started
getting sick from the effects of all of GE's toxic and radioactive
waste dumping. I expect GE to get into the Mortuary business next.
From: Paul.Thornett@f409.n711.z3.fidonet.org (Paul Thornett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Hard Disk Partioning Que
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 12:22:08

RM>     I plan to install OS/2 2.0 on my system in days.  I need to
RM>know this:  if I install it with the FAT arrangement, and using the
RM>Boot Manager so I have the choice of DOS or OS/2, can the hard disk I
RM>install it on have stuff on it prior to my full install?  In other
RM>words, can I put a bunch of junk on it, and then put OS/2 along with
RM>that other junk?

Yes.


RM>Perhaps I need to use FDISK to make some
RM>partitions, huh?  If so, somebody post me a good partitioning scheme
RM>to use.   Thanks.

Make sure that:

 - if you use Boot Manager, make your DOS partition the first physical
   partition on the disk (after Boot Manager, if you like, or place Boot
   Manager at the END) - and it must be a PRIMARY partition;
 - if you use Boot Manager, make the OS/2 bootable (installable) partition a
   LOGICAL one (secondary);
 - you probably won't want to use HPFS for any OS/2 partitions less than some
   60 MB - use FAT instead.

For your information, here's my layout.
   NAME             STATUS         ACCESS          TYPE          MBYTES
   ----             ------         ------          ----          ------
   Dos v5           Bootable       C:Primary       FAT             2
                    None           D:Logical       FAT            40
                    None           E:Logical       FAT            60
                    None           F:Logical       FAT            60
                    None           G:Logical       FAT            44
   Os2 v2           Bootable       H:Logical       HPFS          110
   Os2 mtce         Bootable       I:Logical       FAT             2
                    Startable       :Primary       BOOT MANAGER    1

The "Os2 mtce" partition is an independently bootable OS/2 partition which I
use for disk maintenance, replacing DLL files, etc. It's much faster than
booting from floppy.

 * SLMR 2.1a *                                                     

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: guidry@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (David Guidry)
Subject: Re: How to "register" new hardware with OS/2?
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:00:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.024535.25041@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <burleigh.721859932@ogre> burleigh@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Frank Burleigh) writes:
>>>of it.  Is there some way to restore the drive to the factory condition,
>>>or do I have to take it back to the store?  (I was able to re-install
>>>OS/2 on the drive, seemingly w/o problems, but I may at some point
>>>decide to trash OS/2 entirely, and I'd hate to have to trash the drive
>>>as well)
>
>It was created as an HPFS.  The issue is not whether I can access it
>from a DOS session (that is a trivial question).  The issue is that when
>I boot a DOS floppy and run FDISK, FDISK hangs for a long time and then
>reports that it cannot access the disk.  It then becomes impossible to
>delete the OS/2 partitions and/or setup DOS partitions, since the disk
>is utterly inaccesible to FDISK (although FDISK knows it is there).
>When I ran the PD util EDPART, it reports a controller error on the disk.

This is documented in the PRINTED docs that came with OS/2 2.0 (remember
those little "worthless" booklets?).  You must unpartition the drive with
OS/2's FDISK because DOS's FDISK just won't understand the wierd stuff on
the drive.  Once you remove the HPFS partitions with OS/2's FDISK (you can
boot from the install diskettes and it will put you right into FDISK), you
can use DOS's FDISK to partition the drives as you wish.

>Another poster suggested using OS/2 to change it from an HPFS to a FAT,
>then using DOS FDISK (or, I assume, EDPART) to blow the partitions away.
>That sounds like it might work...  Still, it was rather scary to get
>controller errors on this (brand new) disk.

It would work since it is gonna be blown away anyway... but it is really
silly, just blow away the partition information altogether and start from
scratch. 

>(Also, I do understand that FDISK itself will not blow the partitions
>away, since it prefers to leave non-DOS partitions alone.  EDPART has no
>such qualms, however...)

that is DOS's FDISK won't touch them... OS/2's FDISK will happily nuke it.



-- 
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From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Subject: Re: RUNNING OS2 unz50x32.exe IN OS2? HELP!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:42:17 GMT

adamsm@woods.ulowell.edu writes:

>I've just discovered all those great ftp sites for os2 applications, no
>trouble getting the zips to my home machine but can't run unz50x32.exe
>from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu under os2.  I understand that this must be a os2
>application but when I copy it to my drive and migrate it, os2 insists that
>it is a dos program, resulting in a horrible crash when I try to run it.
>I've tried all sorts of ways to get os2 to recognize it as a os2 native
>application with no luck.  These ftp zip files don't seem to be compatible with
>dos pkunzip, how can I get this os2 unzip to work or where can I get one that
>will do the job?  Help, have lots of good os2 apps but no way to get to them?!
>  

This file is self-extracting.  When you type 'unz50x32' at a DOS prompt,
the file unpacks itself into several files:  some executables (including
UNZIP.EXE) and documentation, among other things.  The resulting files
are the ones you should use.

-- 

Jack Tan                                     Sattinger's Law:
jahk@uiuc.edu                       It works better if you plug it in.
From: ncpmont@angelo.amd.com (Mark Montgomery)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Paradise says it IS. Was: Paradise said it wasn't.
Date: 18 Nov 92 17:29:54 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Santa Clara, CA

In article <1992Nov18.014356.3040856@locus.com> gvoon@locus.com (George Voon) writes:
>I just talked to someone in tech support and they claim to be working on
>it with a target date of January.  Maybe somebody is listening to us.
>
>George Voon
>gvoon@locus.com

Well, if this isn't enough to confuse us what is.  On the assumption
that Paradise wil either write their own or distribute the IBM written
drivers, does anyone know what the method of distribution will be??
At one time they had a BBS but the last time I called it I got the
"I'm sorry...disconnected" message.		Mark

---
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Advanced Micro Devices, Networks Products Div.	|______________________________
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From: Bertram.Moshier@f115.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Bertram Moshier)
Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: MN OS/2 EUG Nov. Meeting
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 14:47:39 -0600

                      Minnesota OS/2 End-user Group
                             November Meeting

Reservations requested:  Please call 612/397-6444 and register using
                         course code OS2.

When:   November 19, 1992 - 19:00 (7PM CDT) to 22:00 (10PM CDT)

Where:  IBM Building
        650 Third Avenue South (First Bank Place)
        Minneapolis, MN   55402

Agenda: Business Meeting
        Questions and Answers
        Vendor Presentation
                Lotus non-Communication Products

         Lotus will again come.  This time they will show off their
         non-communications OS/2 products (Ami-Pro, 1-2-3, and
         Freelance).

         BTW, if these products are as good as CC:Mail in providing an
         end-user object oriented interface - Microsoft is going out
         of the applications business.

        Member Presentation
                None (yet) scheduled.  Would you like to present?

Refreshments provided.  Door Prize:  None (yet).

Directions:  The IBM Building location is on Third Avenue South between
South Sixth Street and South Seventh Street.  IBM and First Bank share
the same building (First Bank Place).  You might ask directions when
registering.

Note:  Only two entrances are open - 6th Street and the skyway.

Parking:  Several parking ramps exist.

  Northstar Center - One block West of IBM.
  IBM/First Bank - Parking is expensive ($6.00 plus).
  Pillsbury Center - One and an half blocks North of IBM.
  Hennepin County Govt. Center - $2.00 after 4PM, last time I used it.


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From: manne@Minsk.docs.uu.se (Magnus L|vkvist)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: CD-ROM... HELP!!!
Date: 23 Nov 92 17:27:31 GMT
Organization: Uppsala University
NNTP-Posting-Host: minsk.docs.uu.se
Keywords: cd-rom

Does anyone know which combinations of SCSI controllers and cd-rom
driver are supported by OS/2 2.0 GA and GA + SP.

IBM Sweden knows (as usually) not much and are only interested in
selling me IBM cd-rom drives.

A have an Adapetc 1542B and I'm thinking of a NEC cd-rom.
From: traub@rtf.bt.co.uk (Michael Traub)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Font Size for Windowed DOS/OS2 boxes
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:02:15 GMT
Organization: BT Customer Systems, Brighton, UK

I can't find a way to set the font for individual icons under OS/2.
When I change the option for the font size all windowed prompts
start up in that new size, not just the one I set it for.

Am I missing something?


-- 
Michael Traub
BT Customer Systems, Brighton Systems Centre. traub@btcs.bt.co.uk
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