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From: djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Viewing new .inf documents (including redbooks)
Date: 12 Nov 92 20:11:36 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

>The trouble is the Command Reference object in Information.  It associates
>view.exe with *.inf, but with parameter cmdref.inf.  Therefore opening the
>file xxx.inf produces, by default,
>   view.exe xxx.inf cmdref.inf   or
>   view.exe cmdref.inf xxx.inf   , I am not sure which.
>In either case, view with two arguments interprets one as a file and the
>other as a topic, producing the "topic not found" message.
>
>I can see no reason for Command Reference to be set up this way; I think it
>is just wrong.  Removing the *.inf association from the Command Reference
>object makes everything work as it should.

When I removed the parameters line from the Command Reference object and
then tried double-clicking on this object, it refused to open, giving me
an error message about needing a parameter of some sort. I'm not sure
why the parameter entry for the Command Reference object should affect
viewing other *.inf files; there is no parameter specified for the
view.exe object.

--David

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (Tan Jin Meng)
Subject: Re: Problems with OS/2 2.0 w/SP
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 05:35:10 GMT

mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN) writes:
: 
: -Word for Windows 2.0 will ask me to insert a diskette with two files called
:  OLE-something (don't remember). It will do this every time, and copy them 
:  over the old ones. It will not list any fonts, other than the default, in 
:  the font-listbox, and no font sizes.

Did you simply back up your old Winword directory before doing the
install and after the install copy it back? Well you can't do that. You
have to reinstall winword from scratch. I suspect that its because the
win.ini file is not migrated. if so, then an alternative is to modify
the win.ini file but I haven't tried it. 

Can anyone confirm the win.ini thing?

jin meng
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From: ecktons@sirius.byu.edu (Sean Eckton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ATI VGA Wonder and Service Pack #2 (The Real Thing)
Reply-To: ecktons@sirius.byu.edu (Sean Eckton)

In article <10127@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> pgleason@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM  
(Pat Gleason) writes:
> Is anyone lese having problems with the ATI drivers and the new
> Service Pack ???? Obviously, there is NO support in the Service
> pack for ATI VGA Wonder cards. Ok, I say. The OS/2 1.3 drivers
> worked great for OS/2 2.0 GA, so after installing the service
> pack I re-install them (ATIOS213.ZIP). IBM even RECOMMENDS that
> I use them in the README. However, whenever I bring up a 
> settings notebook, the right part of the screen (ie. the "tabs"
> of the notebook) are garbage. Most of the time they display what
> is "under" the notebook on the PM/Desktop. When I click on one of
> the tabs, they all turn completely black (and useless).
> 
> Unfortunatly, I have heard through the Compuserv grapevine that
> IBM has said there is nothing they can do (but they worked with GA)
> and that ATI VGA Wonder owners will just have to wait for the 
> 32 bit Wonder drivers (from either IBM or ATI, whoever is developing
> them).

Yes, I have had the same problem.  I was using older ATI VGA Wonder drivers  
under the pre-service pack OS/2.  The ones I used were by Joel (can't  
remember the last name) and they worked quite well under the old.  The older  
drivers had a hard time syncing my monitor (an old multisync monitor).   
Whenever I went from the desktop to a full screen session, the monitor would  
roll and lines all over the screen.  Now, with the newer drivers from ATI, I  
don't have that problem, but I have the new problem of the tabs not showing  
up at all.  I can't wait for seamless drivers!  I have some windows software  
that I would LOVE to run without having to change my view.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Window Washer
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:48:34 GMT

In article <9NOV199218170656@venus.tamu.edu> lmp8913@venus.tamu.edu (PRESTON, LISA M) writes:
>Good strategy, but back to the point; Where can Window Washer be found? 

It is certainly on the OS/2 Shareware BBS.  It evidently hasn't made
it to ftp-os2.nmsu.edu yet.  Stay tuned.

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From: d89os@efd.lth.se (Ola Sigurdson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Does VESA Local Bus put a huge strain on a CPU?
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:42:51 GMT
Followup-To: alt.flame
Organization: Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden

Could you please move this f-ing discussion from os2.misc?
It has nothing to do with OS/2, and most of the articles have no
information content at all (like this one :-)

Ola Sigurdson | Internet: d89os@efd.lth.se |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr)
Subject: Re: Seamless Windows.
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:25:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov3.210721.6706@news2.cis.umn.edu> engebret@beluga.micro.umn.edu (David Engebretsen) writes:
>It was my understanding that the SPP would allow seamless Windows on a 
>Tseng ET4000 based video display (Diamond SpeedStar to be exact).  I can't
>seem to get this to work.  If this feature does work, has anyone had and luck,
>and if so, could you tell me how it's done?

David,

Check the WINOS2 settings for the program object you created for the
Windows application you're trying to run seamless.  You may find that
the CLI pathname does not have a "/p" parameter after it.  If not,
add it.  This was what kept seamless from working on my desktop until
I corrected it.

Due to the way I customized my system, the SHELL pathname I set in the
CONFIG.SYS files does not have a "/p" parameter.  I'm using 4DOS as my
MSDOS CLI and I have been putting the "/p" along with the directory
pathname containing the 4DOS.INI file I want each particular program
to use in the arguments field in the settings notebooks of my DOS 
program objects.  This allows me to have per-program customizations
of the 4DOS environment, if I want.  Actually, I only have two custom-
ized environments now, one for MSDOS sessions and the other for WINOS2.

I realize that this may not have been the best or only way to do this,
but it is a way I found which works.  I ask that anyone who wants to
advise me of any alternatives, they have discovered to be kind -- no
need to flame if there's a better way.

I only just discovered the need for the "/p" because I have not been 
able to run seamless WINOS2 before the advent of the new ET4000 drivers
and I didn't use WINOS2 full screen much, either.

Good luck and hope this helps,
Larry
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From: selliott@cup.portal.com (J Steve Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Viewing Redbooks from WPS
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 07:11:11 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>I'm trying to view the Redbooks from the WPS.  I have done the following but
>without success:

	>1.  Created a program object for "VIEW.EXE" in the INFORMATION folder
	>2.  In the settings for the "VIEW" object created in 1, set up an
	>    association for "*.inf"

>Now when I double click on any of the Redbook objects from the Drives folder, 
>I get a message stating that the topic was not found.

>What am I doing incorrectly?

I've had this problem before too. The way I worked got around it was to copy
an existing view.exe object, say the command reference from the information
folder, and then renamed it to whatever I wish to view. Finally, open settings
and change the parameters to point to the .inf file you want to view. 

Steve Elliott
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Install OS/2 from driver B
Date: 14 Nov 92 01:01:55 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Nov13.082731.14298@debbie.cc.nctu.edu.tw> crchen@picasso (Birdy Array (root)) writes:
> I want to install OS/2 from driver B. It's said on FAQ that I can get a
> free software to do it. Where is it???

The FAQ List also mentions the possible sources.  In your case, if you
have access to anonymous ftp, try software.watson.ibm.com.

If you do not have access to anonymous ftp, try
LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET.  Send a single line message with the word
HELP to that address for instructions.

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Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:36392 comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:29059
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Does VESA Local Bus put a huge strain on a CPU?
Date: 13 Nov 92 16:26:01 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <mortenk.70.721604928@dhhalden.no> mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN) writes:
>Why is the 7 MHz bus in the Amiga less of a bottleneck than the 8 MHz ISA
>bus?

Because the Amiga has all of its graphics and sound circuits hardwired
to the processor on the mother board instead of on a card on the bus.
The Amiga's bus is only used for disk drives and user-add-ons.

Followups to comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
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From: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net (Orville R. Weyrich)
Subject: Re: Networking 2 pc's at home, cheaply??
Reply-To: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich)
Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 17:35:43 GMT

In article <TODD.92Nov4083634@todd.kastle.com> todd@kastle.com writes:
>
>I have LANtastic AI 4.0, running on an ethernet--you gotta have SPEED in your
>basement :-).  It works fine under an OS/2 VDM.  As far as I know, Artisoft
>has no plans to do an OS/2 version.  I'd love one, though.  It's a very nice
>little net.
>
>I plan on adding a 3rd machine, Netware 386, and Netware Requester for OS/2
>sometime in the near future.  It's not peer-to-peer, so if anyone knows of any
>other ethernet solutions, I'd be interested in hearing about them...

I have seen reports on the net that there is a version of LANTastic for
OS/2 2.0 in beta test now.

Then there is also TCP/IP + NFS -- but that's rather expensive.



orville

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: naughton@chinet.chi.il.us (Thomas Naughton)
Subject: Cannot install YNARI fonts!  What's that?
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 19:32:02 GMT

    Well, along with a lot of other people, I seem to be having
major problems with the SP install.  I have even gone back and
re-loaded the GA version completely and I still have the same
problems when I try to do a selective install to get better
resolution on my t4000 card.  When I'm putting disks 6-15 (yes it's
the GA disks)  I keep on getting error messages about not being
able to load OS/2 and WIN-OS/2 fonts "Y N A R I".  Whatever that
splat is.  
   Has anybody seen this message?  I can't seem to avoid it and
it's about the only thing I can't get to iron out.  I don't even
know if it's the cause of the high res drivers not working or not.
Help!

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Date: Sat,  7 Nov 1992 18:43:37 -0500 
From: Jeffrey Michael Gerber <jg3s+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: DISKCACHE and FAT

Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.os2.misc: 7-Nov-92 Re: DISKCACHE and FAT
by Timothy F. Sipples@ellis 
> It should read:
>  
> DISKCACHE=64,LW,AC:CD

Tried it, doesn't work.  Same error.

Thanks!
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: how do I load 800x600 drivers for win 3.0, 3.1 under os/2?
Date: 14 Nov 92 01:04:03 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <yN66TB1w165w@rhps.chi.il.us> burch@rhps.chi.il.us (Lee Burch) writes:
>   maybe i am missing something but I have my OS/2 desktop
>running in 800x600 but when I switch to windows 3.1 I switch
>back to 648x480x16.  I would really like to be able to run
>windows fullscreen with my 256 color drivers.  normally you use
>setup in windows to change that but the only option I have is for
>networks!  HELP

Please see the Frequently Asked Questions List for an answer to this
question.  If you need further assistance, please post a followup.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Subject: Re: Icon editing and attachment
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:06:27 GMT

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

>Suppose I have an exe program that uses the boring default icon. I'd
>like to assign a snazzy new one, which I found in a big icon archive on
>hobbes. I can't find any PM way to do this:


1.  Open the icon editor and create (or edit) the icon and use the
    File-->"Save as" feature to rename the icon (assuming you don't
    want to overwrite the original).

2.  Open the settings for your program(s) and use the 'Find' feature to
    locate the icon.

I keep a directory (with subdirectories) for icons.  That way, I can use
the same icon for multiple files (I don't think that, after program
object-icon association, the icon itself is then incorporated into the
extended attributes; I'm not certain), and make a single change and have
all references to the icon change as well.  I'll look for a single-step
solution to object-icon association sometime this weekend.

-- 

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cjin@snake2.cs.wisc.edu (Cjin Lee)
Subject: SVGA adr with Feature Connector
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 10:15:15 GMT

Hi,
	Recently I bought a Generic ET400 svga card. I was able
to configure it to display at 800x600x256 colors. In short, I was
happy with it.

	However, this card doesn't have a feature connector that
I need for my Win/TV card from Hauppuage. Is there any ET4000 with
a feature connector? (The feature connector should be at one end of
the surface of the card, somewhere on the card inself.)

	Also, does anyone knows if the ISA XGA-2 card has the 
feature connector? The scroll speed of OS/2 Windows are kind of slow
with ET4000.

	Thank you.

					- cjin%whipple@cs.wisc.edu
From: jruiz@vnet.ibm.com (John Ruiz)
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 13:51:49 EST
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with IBMs TCPIP for OS2 and NFS
News-Software: UReply 3.0

In <9211042126.AA10926@ebs330.eb.uah.edu> Krishnan ChitturCHE writes:
>I am having trouble with IBM's TCP-IP and NFS for OS/2 2.0
>(apology for posting here ... I do not get comp.os.os2.networking)
>
>I am trying to mount my home directory on a SUN ... the /etc/exports
>file contains "me" i.e. my hostname (aruncc) ...
>
>I do a "mount -u2004 -g11 z: ebs330:/home "
>I get the following error:
>--------------------------
>Drive z: could not be attached to the file system
>Unknown error (rc:15)
>Use the following command to show the export list of the server:
>showexp ebs330
>Note: The VM NFS server does not support this command.
>--------------------------

Return code 15 is ERROR_INVALID_DRIVE in the IBM OS/2 toolkit.
Do you have a "LASTDRIVE" statement in your CONFIG.SYS?  According
to the OS/2 Command Ref. "LASTDRIVE" specifies the max. number of
drives that are accessible and is not supposed to effect OS/2
sessions.  However, I was able to reproduce the rc:15 by specifying
LASTDRIVE=M and trying to mount to drives after M.

John Ruiz     Internet: jruiz@vnet.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: roland@spock.uucp (David A. Braun)
Subject: Startup.cmd
Organization: Choate Rosemary Hall
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:17:28 GMT

How can I get the startup.cmd window NOT to appear... I use the startup to
tell my system to boot OS2 again without showing the Boot Manager Window, 
I.E. setboot /X:2 This is my protection against an OS/2 'crash'... if OS/2
fails to boot, I reset and DOS boots. I think it looks really ugly ans
unprofessional to show the startup.cmd window, and just want the cmd file, or
simply setboot to run unseen.

Roland.
From: mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Here's a great idea, why hasn't anyone at IBM come up with this yet?
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:24:07 GMT
Organization: Ostfold College

In article <1992Nov3.204944.8482@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>
>We all know that MS-DOS supports dual-monitor setups.  We also know
>that OS/2 produces virtual displays for DOS boxes.  So, why not have a
>DOS setting for dual monitor?  When such a session opens, two windows
>are created, one for the VGA display, and one for the MDA display.
>The one DOS session would think it had two monitors hooked up and
>could react accordingly.  It would be great for debugging DOS-text
>programs.
>
>Would it be that difficult?  As far as I know, MDA is simply a
>memory-mapped region of screen, just like text displays are, so it
>doesn't seem like it would be that hard.  Of course, having two
>windows for one session might look strange, and might violate CUA, but
>it doesn't have to be two windows, either.  It might just be one
>window with a pane sliced through it, with one display in each panel.

Good idea!
From: "richard wyble" <richard.wyble@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: ram speed
Date: 11 Nov 92 21:42:12 EST
Reply-To: "richard wyble" <richard.wyble@channel1.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

->. . . but the tech. rep. I talked to seemed to think that
->the source of all my problems was my 80ns RAM.

This opinion sounds tainted by haste. What are some of the problems you are
experiencing?
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From: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Window Washer
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:10:39 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

In a previous article, Tim Sipples claims that a screensaver called Window
Washer is available via hobbes.  I couldn't find it.  Anyone else?

Perhaps it's time for an all-inclusive index on hobbes.  I am sick of
going into directory after directory looking for something.

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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: DISKCACHE and FAT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 17:12:49 GMT

In article <MeyzFNG00iV401V51v@andrew.cmu.edu> jg3s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Michael Gerber) writes:
>The following is an excerpt from the README (after installation of CSD):
>       DISKCACHE=64,LW                            
>    change it to read:                            
>       DISKCACHE=64,LW AC:CD                      
>    This change causes OS/2 2.0 to automatically  
>    run the Check Disk program on the specified   
>    partitions if the system shuts down improperly
>I tried this, but got an error that said that I had an illegal parameter
>in CONFIG.SYS and then asked me to press any key to bypass the line.
>What's up?
>I have a C: drive, which is a DOS-FAT drive (if that matters) and a D:
>drive, which is an OS/2-FAT drive.

It should read:

DISKCACHE=64,LW,AC:CD

(comma required).

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