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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Why disable shadow RAM?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:23:24 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.202523.10922@ornl.gov> lio@ornl.gov (MILLION D L) writes:
>I read in the FAQ an offhand remark that one should disable shadow RAM
>for better OS/2 performance.  This was not explained, however, and I
>am still wondering why I should do this.  If the object is simply to
>retrieve more memory for OS/2, that doesn't work in my machine--that
>384K remains unavailable whether shadow RAM is disabled or not.  If 
>there is some other reason for disabling it, I'd sure like to hear it.

I may have amended that remark.  Your intuition is right -- disable it
if it frees up RAM, leave it alone if the RAM would otherwise be
wasted.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal)
Subject: The CSD will be free!
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:12:23 GMT

To those of you who don't know, IBM has repeatedly stated that the upcoming
bug fixes and enhancements will be free.

The 32-bit GRE
Wanted to get it in the GA release but didn't have it released in time,
said that it would be free when finished.  Restated this at PC Expo.
Restated again in a document by IBM detailing their plans for OS/2.
(This was made in August, I recently reposted it to this group)

Windows 3.1
IBM said that it would be added to OS/2, and that some 3.1 code is in
WIN-OS/2 right now.  Said at PC Expo that it was going into beta testing
in July, they did not say when it will be out.
In the IBM document detailing their plans for OS/2, they said it will
be available in the fall, free electronically or for a media charge

IBM stated that in the fall a Performance and Service pack in which
they pack up all the known fixes and the product enhancements will
be offered for a media charge or free electronically.
The P&S Pack will include Win3.1, 32-bit GRE, and drivers for XGA,
SVGA, and 8514/A.

They also state that for a media charge or free electronically, in
the fall, over 200 applets(productivity applications, tools, utilities,
games, and bitmaps) will be made available, and that they will probably
offer a CD version on this.

The last item I will summarize from the very informative document is
that IBM states in the fall OS/2 will be available in a package
containing 2 diskettes and a CD.

If the document OS2PLANS is not already on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu I will
send it their.
From: zorrilla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Eric Zorrilla)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Does OS/2 support v32bis/v42bis modems
Date: 11 Sep 92 13:39:18 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


>Also - you probably have a specific modem in mind, but not all v32bis
>modems (the v32bis=14.4K, v42bis is compression) support local DTE rates
>of 57.6K yet.  For example, the USRs don't, although the Telebits do.  Of
>course, with a base of 14.4K, even with terrific compression I don't think
>you'll be getting up to a 57.6K rate until the v.fast stuff comes out, so
>the local DTE of 38.4K on the USRs isn't that bad.

This is news to me and my USR documentation.  My USR HST Dual Standard w/fax
claims to support DTE rates up to 57.6 K.

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From: db3l@ans.net (David Bolen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Does OS/2 support v32bis/v42bis modems
Date: 14 Sep 92 13:29:50 GMT
Organization: Advanced Network & Services, Inc. - Elmsford, NY

In article <1992Sep12.041919.19675@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>It is much more likely that your machine itself will object to 57,600.....if
>you are using an exteranl modem, you will want a 16550 UART (I think they are
>called PC16550 these days.....).
>
>Add:
>
>call=c:\os2\mode.com com?:57600,n,8,1,rts=HS,buffer=auto
>

If you've got a 16550, and your modem can stand to receive a few (<16) extra
characters after it drops CTS, change buffer to ON.  In the AUTO state, OS/2
will still get interrupted for every character received or transmitted,
even with a 16550.  With it set to ON, it will only get an interrupt for every
16 characters received/transmitted (well, probably 14 characters received).

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From: wrp@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Bill Pearson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: Printing to a program
Date: 12 Sep 92 01:56:04 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia
Originator: wrp@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU


	With FTP Software's TCP/IP package, I have a program (lpr) and
icon on my desktop that lets me drop a folder into it and it is
printed. I would like this program/icon to be my default printer.  How
do I do this?

Bill Pearson
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lio@ornl.gov (MILLION D L)
Subject: Why disable shadow RAM?
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:25:23 GMT

I read in the FAQ an offhand remark that one should disable shadow RAM
for better OS/2 performance.  This was not explained, however, and I
am still wondering why I should do this.  If the object is simply to
retrieve more memory for OS/2, that doesn't work in my machine--that
384K remains unavailable whether shadow RAM is disabled or not.  If 
there is some other reason for disabling it, I'd sure like to hear it.

Dan Million                   Internet:  milliondl@ornl.gov
From: bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM Announces PC Reor
Date: 7 Sep 92 11:56:00 GMT
Reply-To: bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler)
Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434

DS>the news report i read said that OS/2 was remaining inside the
DS>existing IBM division which now is based around high end pc's (?)
DS>and the RS6000 workstations. the usual anti OS/2 line in the
DS>guardian newspaper weekly computer section gloated over the
DS>fact that the IBM PC division could now ditch OS/2.

Quoting Business Week ("Big Blue's new baby", 9/14/92, page 32):
"But IBM-PC, as Big Blue has dubbed it, gains considerable freedom.
For one thing, it gains distance from IBM's workstation business and
OS/2 operating system, which got its own separate unit in the shuffle."
Ultimately, however, everybody reports to Cannavino.

DS>also, someone from the new PC company (cannavino ?) said that
DS>it would be so independent that they might consider getting an
DS>indenpendent stock market quotation in a couple of years.

That was apparantly under consideration at one point, but that
consideration has been dropped.  It's now a "separate operating unit"
(whatever that means), and IBM will not be reporting the unit's
operating revenues or earnings.

                   Bert Tyler   (bert.tyler@satalink.com)
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From: dwayne@stratsft.uucp (Dwayne Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: MathCAD 3.1 under Win-OS2 - SOLVED?
Date: 9 Sep 92 00:47:11 GMT
Organization: Strategic Software, Redford, Michigan

Thanks for the mail I got from several people on how to make MathCAD 3.1
work under Win-OS2.  For anyone else trying the same, the basic trick is
to set the DOS_DPMI_LIMIT field to a huge number.  I got suggestions
ranging from 63K to 207K!  BTW, 63K worked fine for me.  Anyone know WHY
this silly trick works?  It this a screwup by IBM or by MathSoft?

On another but related note:  MathCAD doesn't seem to be able to find
all the fonts available on the system.  In particular, it seems unable
to locate the Symbol font.  That particular font comes in handy for
unimportant characters, like PI for instance.  Any clues?
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
From: grumpy@jpradley.jpr.com (Jeff Markel)
Subject: OS/2 PR
Organization: Unix in NYC
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 13:40:43 GMT

I'm a commuter (on NY's Metro-North Commuter Railroad) and yesterday for
the first time I saw a small billboard type ad on the train for OS/2 - 
it was the crash helmet ad.  Obviously directed at NYC business types.

                        Jeff Markel

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From: d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 Soundblaster drivers available
Date: 15 Sep 92 09:38:10 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology

A pre-release of the Soundblaster drivers for MMPM/2 is available at
software.watson.ibm.com.  I can't find any support for the CD-ROM though.
You MUST have MMPM/2 to have any use of these drivers at all.

Mikael Wahlgren
From: frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz (Bruce Clement)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Why I love OS/2. (Kids, try this at home!)
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 01:45:15 GMT
Organization: Private System

Carl writes in article <Yeg0ve_00WBMQ9W25r@andrew.cmu.edu>:
 
> Hey, I can beat this!  Try this on for size. . .
> 
> Yesterday, I was FTP'ing from a local site, and all of a sudden, my WPS
> crashed (BTW, this was about the 4th time its happened since April).  I
> saw the WPS close, and there was my FTP window.  It was still open, and
> FTP'ing!
> The WPS reopened, and a few seconds later, FTP told me it was done
> getting the 2 meg file!  Pretty cool.
> Try that under windows.  In fact, try that under X!

There's a program called "KILLEM" around (hobbes or wherever). Whenever WPS
grinds to a halt I just go to one of my command windows & type "Killem
PMSHELL" & watch the effect you noted. 

Recently I was away for 9 nights. I left my system running, mainly so I wouldn't 
miss anything from comp.binaries.os2. Being afraid that WPS would lock, I 
left ALARMS running & set to do a KILLEM daily at 5am. On my return I was
surprised to see everything up and running.

Of course, this all works because PMSHELL is not presentation manager, just 
one application, a shell that PM runs. Against that, I've never known PM itself
to crash.

--
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rogers@hal.emba.uvm.edu (Jeffrey K Rogers)
Subject: Printer file location
Organization0: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility
Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:04:09 GMT

Hi,  I managed to get my printer objects on the wrong drive and now they
won't go back.  I have 3 partitions C: D: & E:,  E: is a bootable HPFS
partition D: is a Logical DOS FAT.  OS/2 is on E:.  For some unknown
reason I have a \OS2\DLL\EPSON directory on the D: and E: drives and it
seems that D: is the active one.  The only OS/2 files on the D: drive are
printer related and duplicated on E:. I would much prefer my printer to
run off the E: drive.  Any ideas on how to move it?  The OS/2 help line
suggested reinstalling OS/2, Great help they are.
-JeffR
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From: hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: What is a "CSD"?
Date: 11 Sep 92 19:26:50 GMT
Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab

des@frogland.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:

>In article <09SEP92.14981240.0196@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA>, HWHA@UNB.CA (HWHA000) writes:
>>I've been reading this newsgroup for a couple of weeks now
>>but I still haven't figured out what CSD means. What is the
>>June (November?) CSD?

>i'm  beginning to think that CSD==Coming Some Day !

                                 Good one! :-)

>actually its Corrective Service Diskette i think. also someone
>has said that IBM are calling it something different from a
>CSD anyway this time!

   Well, think about it - "corrective service" sounds a lot like what we
already have, namely fixes for bugs. So, if you have the revised kernel,
the revised vsvga.sys, and so on, then you already *have* the "CSD"!
What's coming will also include *new* goodies - purportedly the 32-bit
Graphics Rendering Engine, some 32-bit drivers for VGA, XGA, and, if we
are howlingly lucky, SVGA for some chips, ET4000 rumoured to be among
them thank-your-favourite-deity. And so on. 
 
So, with new items and functionality, corrective service doesn't really
fit - so Service and Performance Pack (or was it the other way 'round)
becomes the new name. But people haven't really had time to adjust fully
to IBM-speak, and so having just learned "CSD" they aren't willing to 
give that up as the name for the upcoming release. 
 
Tom
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: saf@netcom.com (Steve A. Feinstein)
Subject: Re: OS2 and Soundblaster
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 04:33:41 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Distribution: usa

In article <1992Sep7.220751.1835@news.iastate.edu> TW.FY4@isumvs.iastate.edu (Timothy I Miller) writes:
>The IRQ needs to be set to something other than 7 because that is
>the IRQ reserved for LPT1.  If you have a printer, you will probably
>get conflicts.  BTW, IRQ 5 is reserved for LPT2.  You won't have to
>worry about this unless you are using this port, though.

I've never changed the settings on my sound blaster Pro and have never
had a problem the IRQ is set to 7 and the DMA is set to 1 (I think
those are the defaults) anyway with all this talk about IRQ being used
for the printer, why don't I have any problems.  

I have a 486/33 AMI Bios with anOKI OL400 printer and the sound
blaster pro.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: db3l@ans.net (David Bolen)
Subject: Re: installing 16550a's
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:34:01 GMT
Organization: Advanced Network & Services, Inc. - Elmsford, NY

In article <1992Sep9.204056.26086@muddcs.claremont.edu> ddulay@jarthur.claremont.edu (Dan Dulay) writes:

>I plan on changing the UARTs in my system very soon to 16550afn's and
>I was wondering if there was anything that I would need to change w/
>OS/2, e.g. reinstall, change my config.sys, etc.?  Also is there any way
>to change the threshold on the buffer through OS/2?

If you want to make best use of the extended buffer, you'll want to make sure
that you set the COM port to BUFFER=ON rather than AUTO.  If BUFFER is AUTO,
as long as IDSR and OCTS are ON (the default, and probably good to do), you'll
still be getting 1 interrupt per character even with the 16550's.  The other
settings shouldn't have to change.

For some detailed info, check out a post I made to this group on 9/3 (if it's
gone from your server, drop me a note and I can send you a copy).

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From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: New COMMPAK2.DLL for TE/2 seems faster......
Date: 13 Sep 92 21:21:20 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

I've been playing with the new COMMPAK2.DLL contained in cpk2_102.zoo and it
seems to be faster than the old one.....
 
Any comments?
 
Steve

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: Re: Unix Windows (uw)
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 17:37:07 GMT

In article <1992Sep7.041332.26002@ultb.isc.rit.edu> djs6015@ultb.rit.edu (Don Smith) writes:
>
>Hi,
> I was wondering if anyone has heard of an OS/2 version of unix windows.

There isn't one, I'm afraid.

The author's name is Russ Poffenger (sp?), and he
can be reached at poffen@sj.ate.slb.com.   A vew version of
the Windows version is in beta.  There might be some hope yet
since Russ uses OS/2 himself, or so I hear.

>   | Don Smith                  | Woman mirrors the universe, and within |
>   |djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu    |her temple she contains all the ritual  |
>   |DJS6015@ritvax.isc.rit.edu  |sacraments needed to unleash the vortex |
>   |DJS6015@ritvax.BITNET       |ov the subconscious.  John ZeWizz       |
                                   ^f


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From: pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: os/2 win3.1 support
Date: 8 Sep 92 13:52:42 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Distribution: comp
Organization: Mitre Corporation

In article <1992Sep6.1480.26637@dosgate>, "roger ramsey"
<roger.ramsey@canrem.com> wrote:
> 
> Martin P. Smith wrote on 09-04-92 regarding OS/2 WIN3.1 SUPPORT:
> 
> 
> MP>Oh NT doesn't support all my 3.1 apps I'd better get with the program 
> MP>and buy the NT  version. Real smart thinking I don't think !!!!!
> 
> But Martin, this is what IBM would have had you do for the last five years 
> until OS/2 2.0 came out...
> 
> Besides, NT will have 3.1 app support.  It might not be for all 3.1 apps 
> but they are promising the majority.  Time (and BETAs) will tell...
> 

Hmmmm.....  I wonder what the "majority" will be.  What portion of my
software investment will have to be upgraded.

Note, this is DIRECTLY opposite of what MS has been stating in the past. 
MS said the NT would support ALL Win 3.1 apps, now they state that it might
not.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: Why I love OS/2. (Kids, try this at home!)
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 02:57:18 GMT

John Reynolds (jreynold@nmt.edu) wrote:
> 
> Ok. Now that I know how/why the WPS restarts itself, someone tell me what
> *this* crash is, because it doesn't sound like the WPS crashing. Several
> times, I have been working with OS/2 (typical programs running are, a windoze
> app or two, a couple of 4os2, or 4dos windows, and maybe asteroids :-), when
> I come out of the win-os2 session I can see (just for a split second) that
> the DOS colors are fubar on the screen (I have my global dos-autoexec.bat
> type an ANSI file on dos-box start ups). When I see that that happens, if
> I try and start _any_ app that relies on starting another dos session, OS/2
> will hang. Although, pulse, pmclock, and pmeyes still seem to be doing
> what they're supposed to. And when I do c+a+del, I hear the file system
> being sync'ed. What is this bizarre lockup? I've got 16Mb of ram in my 
> machine, and not many apps going on at once.....
> 
> Rest of setup: Gateway 486/33T, ATI Ultra, Meg 15" mon., 200Mb ide drive.


I am using the new BETA ET4000 drivers in 800x600x256 mode and find that
sometimes (more often its when switching from full screen) if there is a
lot to be redrawn, then everything locks up. But it's only the WPS it seems
because things continue to run even though the WPS has stopped dead in the
middle of a redraw. Disk access may continue in the back on a process not
producing output and Ctrl-Alt-Del sync's the drive.

It never happened before I used these drivers.

Hardware: 486/33, Tseng ET4000, 200MB HPFS, 120MB FAT

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
From: ifai645@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Paul C. Janzen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Fdisk fails
Summary: Fdisk just exits, no messages. Basica screwy, too.
Date: 15 Sep 92 22:09:38 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX


Hi. I just installed (well, actually, re-installed) OS/2 on my 
Northgate 386/20 with a Seagate ST/01 and a new SCSI harddrive.
The installation went smoothly. I then added a few extra partitions
in the extended partition for Linux, and now:

Fdisk (and fdiskpm, and fdisk /query) all just exit. They don't
say anything, they don't do anything, they just exit. The
exit status is 1. 

It *is* getting invoked, because if I try to run it from a Dos window, 
it says, "This program cannot be run in a Dos session", and the title-bar
temporarily flashes to fdisk.com. 

My disk configuration:


Bootmanager, 1 mb, primary
DOS 5.0 FAT, 40 mb, primary
OS/2 2.0 HPFS, 200mb, primary (system lives here)
DOS FAT, 300 mb, extended (D:)
Linux/Minix, 64mb, extended
Linux/Minix, 64mb, extended
Linux/Minix, 16mb, extended

which gives me the maximum number of partitions.

Can anybody shed some light here?


Another problem: (unrelated, I think, but I guess there's really
no telling what's going on inside that putty-colored box):

Basica is thoroughly dysfunctional. It either flashes the row of PF-key
descriptions, and disallows keyboard input (although you can kill it by
going back to the desktop) or hangs the machine entirely. (Please don't
flame me for using basica, it was not my choice.) 


TIA...

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