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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DeskJet too slow
Keywords: Oh no! He's doing it again
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:49:19 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <17941@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de> atoenne@mpii02000.cs.uni-sb.de (Andreas Toenne) writes:
>Thanx for all tips regarding Windoze printing.
>However, once the document is spooled in OS/2 printing is still crawling.
>I tried it by printing into a file and then redirecting this file to the
>LPT1: device manually. The printer is busy all the time but waits between
>printing lines for about 15-25 seconds.
>Note: this applies to printing graphics only. Text is fine.
>Currently I use the Epson - DeskJet 500 printing option. Does the
>Epson-EPL 7000 make any difference?

Yes, give it a try.  A friend of mine was using that driver as was
perfectly satisfied with the performance of his original DeskJet.

>P.P.S. Has any1 noticed that the find option (when changing object icons) is buggy. I used to have a folder with about 2000 icons and I would like to 
>'find' them all to pick new icons. Unfortunatly, find returns only the last 20
>or so. Thus I have to copy/paste those icons using the icon editor.

I think this is a known problem (and in the README).  It isn't so much
a problem with FIND as it is having 2000 icons in a folder.  Not
recommended.  If you go crazy, you can bump up against some sort of
system limit that hasn't been fixed yet.
-- 
Timothy F. Sipples       Keeper of the OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu  List, available via anonymous ftp from
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From: JPMvOorschot@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl (Jan van Oorschot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: IBM TCP/IP 1.2 and Lanman 2.1
Date: 13 Apr 92 13:23:18 GMT
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Hi,

I'am trying to onstall IBM TCP/IP 1.2 on an LanMan 2.1 server. As you
might suspect, this doesn't work.
The server has HPFS386 loaded and a SCSI adapter, it is a real IBM
PS/2 model 70 wit 8 Mb.
The server itself runs fine.
The system crashes on 'config.sys' time when loading the inet.sys
driver. (Trap 000D, contact you ....)
I already install this TCP/IP on a Lanman 2.0 client, and this worked
fine. 
I commented the netbeui.os2 and netwksta.sys from config.sys, but i still
get the same crash.

Any suggestions ?

Jan

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From: jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu (John H. Kim)
Subject: Stuff in comp.windows.ms
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:58:52 GMT

I just ** HAD ** to post this article I ran across in comp.windows.ms.
It just made my day.  :)

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From: pss1@kepler.unh.edu (Paul S Secinaro)
Subject: Re: more bugs in 3.1
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:13:19 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.122110.54509@cc.usu.edu> fahole@cc.usu.edu writes:
>In article <1992Apr15.145813.12588@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:
>> 
>> More bugs:
>> 
>> 1) a bad one: the clock appears to only run once, no multiple copies,
>>    and, far worse, you can't make it the active window by clicking
>>    just anywhere on it - you have to use the "move bar" area.
>>    Whoever at microsoft that did this, it was dumb.
>
>Not entirely a bug.  This was done on purpose, so that the clock will
>remember its spot on the screen, and can always be, on top (in the foreground
>of any win application, if you want.
>The trade off was that you can only open it once.  However, the 3.0 clock
>works fine in 3.1 and you may, if you want, run it as many times as you 
>want.
> 

But wait...it seems like _all_ my apps only allow one copy to run at a
time under 3.1.  This includes WordPerfect for Windows (though I think
it did this under 3.0 also), Wingz, MathCAD, and a few others, plus
all the applets I've tried.  The only exceptions I've found so far are
WinGIF 1.4 and anything in a DOS box.

I clearly recall running multiple sessions of Solitaire under 3.0, but
under 3.1, when I click on an icon, and that application is already
running, it just activates the app's window.

Was this behavior intentionally added by MS?  Is this an RTFM?

Paul

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pss1@kepler.unh.edu      | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
p_secinaro@unhh.unh.edu  | University of New Hampshire

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(*Snicker*)  !!!!!   :) :) :)

Please, don't go over to the comp.windows.ms with a flamethrower saying
how high and mighty OS/2 is in "fixing" the above "problem".  If you
post anything, keep it brief, respectful, and polite - Nobody has said
if Windows 3.1 has or doesn't have an option like OS/2 does.
-- 
John H. Kim                 | (This space to be filled when I
jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu | think of something very clever 
uunet!jarthur!jokim         | to use as a disclaimer)
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DeskJet too slow
Keywords: Oh no! He's doing it again
Date: 8 Apr 92 21:34:08 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

And one other thing.  Don't enable the Windows spooler under OS/2 2.0.
OS/2 has its own spooler.
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sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu  List, available via anonymous ftp from
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Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Friday, 10 Apr 1992 22:46:56 EST
From: Marc Zimmermann <ACPS0974@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 V2.0 being sold at ComputerFest in Pickering

A note to all Canadians in the greater Metro Toronto area.  Yes,
OS/2 V2.0 is on sale right now at the ComputerFest show just east
of Toronto at the Metro East Trade Centre in Pickering.  And yes, I
now have my very own copy of it :)

Even though a Canadian price list has been posted I will repost it to
verify Canadian retail prices (until July 31 I believe):
  OS/2 V2.0                      - $199
  OS/2 V2.0 with DOS upgrade     - $159
  OS/2 V2.0 with Windows upgrade - $79 (Microsoft, Logitech, any vendors copy)

OS/2 was only being sold at the IBM booth.  Copies are going like mad.
I arrived 45 minutes after the show started and there was a somewhat
disorganized line of people trying to buy it.  In the 10 minutes I was in
line two cases of OS/2 were sold (about 6 copies per case), and the third
case was almost empty.  BTW, they used the honour system if you
were upgrading from DOS or Windows (ie:  I did not have to show
any proof that I own Windows...I just said YES and they gave me the
upgrade price).

What comes in the box:
  21 disks - 1 install, 15 general OS/2, and 5 printer disks
  Manuals  - Getting Started (59 pages)
             Using the Operating System (79 pages)
             Migrating to the OS/2 Workplace Shell (39 pages)
             Installation Guide (113 pages)
  Misc     - Adobe Type Manager for WIN-OS/2 (11 pages)
             Compatibility Information (11 pages)
             Program License Agreement, Quick Reference, etc...

The manuals are 5.5"x8.5" and paperback.  The rest of the documentation
is online.

Marc
Toronto, Canada
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier)
Subject: Re: Timothy Sipples RIP, the evil has finally been destroyed! REJOICE!!
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:46:51 CDT

In article <1992Apr3.201045.18200@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> schubert@capri.berkeley.edu.UUCP (John Schubert) writes:
>You know all you IBM OS/2 folks this was really the last straw.  I had to
>stand up and join the voice of a most courageous person in finally pointing
>out the hipocracy and lunacy of one Timothy Sipples.
>
>I am sure that all of you feel the same way, but have kept silent waiting for
>a champion to appear on the horizon.  While I think he has finally arrived.  I
>know it is so-so-very presumptious of me to even attempt to quote and improve
>on his most-excellent rebuff of the evil Sipples, but I think that I must try.
>
>So here goes, and if I err could you please try and find it in your hearts to
>forgive me....Just think of me as a poor dolt who is trying to rise to the
>GREATNESS that has appeared before all of us mere dolts, and dolter-ers.
>

I must disagree.  Timothy is doing an outstanding job with the FAQ and helping
new users!  While I have not been on this forum recently (since 3/30/92), 
I can't believe Timothy went over the edge.

IMHO, personal attacks are not appropriate to this forum.  Putting OS/2
information on this forum, discussing OS/2, helping people is appropriate.

Bert Moshier
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: GA can't read 360KB drives
Date: 13 Apr 92 17:04:32 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <siggi.702904731@ruble> siggi@fml.tuwien.ac.at (Siegfried Hanisch) writes:
>
>I use a DPT PM2001/95 SCSI-host adapter which has an onboard floppy
>controller.  My A: is a 3.5" 1.44MB drive, and the B: is an old 360KB
>5.25" drive (I need it to copy files from my old pc to the new one).
>DOS can read the B: drive without any problems, but OS/2 2.0 GA can't
>(6.177 beta could). Is this a known problem? I guess GA does
>double-stepping when it recognizes a 360KB disk, and can't find
>tracks >1.  I get a "Sector not found" message.

Two things to do:

1) The obvious first step is to check your CMOS settings to be sure
   you're properly configured for a 360KB drive.  I don't think DOS
   uses these settings except when formatting.  Your setup program (in
   ROM, or on disk depending on brand and BIOS).

2) If still no luck, submit an APAR to IBM.  (Do the GA manuals have
   forms for that like the 1.3 kits did?)  I believe the National
   Support Center can take APAR submissions over the phone.

IBM is sworn to make it work or refund your money.

Another idea is to replace the drive with a 1.2MB drive.  This is no
real solution, but if you were considering it anyway, here's a good
excuse. 
-- 
David Charlap                   Q:"Where do these stairs go?"
dic5340@hertz.njit.edu          A:"They go up"
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From: gulcu@masg1.epfl.ch (Ceki Gulcu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Intelligent users v. Microsoft
Date: 10 Apr 92 09:05:16 GMT
Reply-To: lbdsun6.epfl.ch
Organization: EPFL, Physics Department

In article <1992Apr09.190225.23261@microsoft.com>, gregde@microsoft.com (Greg Demichillie) writes:
|> You know, this whole debate about whether Windows is or is not an
|> operating system has got to be the silliest thread I've ever
|> seen.  In fact, it is so silly that it really calls into question
|> the whole point of the thread.
|> 
|> I mean, no one really gets this worked up over issues this small without
|> someother motive do they?  
|> 
|> -Greg
|> 
|> Oh, I guess I shouldn't bother with a "not a microsoft spokesman"
|> disclaimer since it doesn't seem to do any good anyway...
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|> Greg DeMichillie
|> Software Design Engineer - Application Frameworks (AFX)
|> gregde@microsoft.com

I don't think the question of whether Windows is an OS or not, is silly. Just
that the answer is obvious. Windows is not an operating system.

I've done programming for Windows 2.x, 3.0 and PM. Under OS/2 things are 
logical from the start. Windows programming has major flaws in it. I
especially disdain its memory menagement.

I'm the author of a small program called DoublesFinder. I've posted a
character based version of it a few days ago to hobbes.nmsu.edu. It
extensively uses "malloc". I'm currently porting it to PM. The point is that
all the calls to malloc remain unchanged. All I have to do is to add modules
to do the displaying. The modules that do the real work don't change!

You think I could do this under Windows? Does Windows recognize malloc? 

How about the file system? Gosh! I'm getting angry just thinking about it!

Don't tell me Windows is an Operating Sytem! Do you think DBase is?????

There are people out there who use their computers for other purposes than
writing letters. Those people are switching to OS/2! I'm just one of them...

Money cannot buy the truth just mouths! Bill has the money.....

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 800x600x16
From: conrad@actrix.gen.nz (Conrad Bullock)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 02:44:43 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <UduBr4600YVXE3mVN2@andrew.cmu.edu> Jeffrey Michael Gerber <jg3s+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

> Basically I'm asking "is there any way that I can run the WPS (even w/o
> seemless Windows) at 800x600x16 (or better?) with a Paridise compatible
> chip set?  And, like I said, Windoze 3.1 uses the "universal SVGA
> 800x600x16" driver, so chip set shouldn't matter.

If you have any drivers for older versions of OS/2, you might like to try
those - OS/2 2.0 GA does a whole lot better with 'old' drivers than it
used to - if you used old drivers in the past, you got 'black holes', and
missing scroll buttons, etc. Currently, I am running Tseng drivers for
OS/2 1.2, under GA, and it works very well - you can't run Seamless
Windows, but you can run a standard Windows driver in a Windows Full
Screen. It also doesn't support some permutations of graphics in DOS
Windows. Also, the fonts you are allowed in a Window are restricted, but
a lot less so than in earlier betas.

I remember seeing some Paradise 800x600x16 drivers around somewhere, but
I suspect that they were for OS/2 1.1. You may like to try them anyway.
From: harris@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Help me install OS/2 on a Clone...
Date: 12 Apr 92 03:05:29 GMT
Organization: North Carolina State University

adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir) writes:

>Why don't you get a copy of 'COUNTRY.SYS'? <grin>... 

There is one on the diskette.    O   O
                                   ^     <--- BIG Smiley
                                 \___/

______________________________________________________________________________
     Michael Harris - harris@catt.ncsu.edu or harris@carvm3.vnet.ibm.com
 Vice-President, Computer and Technologies Theme Program, NC State University
(My opinions are my own and do not represent those of NCSU or IBM Corporation)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: duffy@theory.chem.ubc.ca (Pat Duffy)
Subject: Re: CONFIRM: Animation is slow under OS/2?
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 09:32:13 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.045527.29009@cco.caltech.edu> brent@cco.caltech.edu (Brent R. Eubanks) writes:
>I posted a couple of days ago asking about the speed at which graphics
>are displayed under OS/2 2.0.
>I got the following message in response:
>
>You'd probably want to run the flight simulaters in a DOS full screen
>session.  16 colors does work, but is a little slower.  If the program
>is 256 colors, say goodbye to animation since OS/2 has to dither the 256
>colors to 16 colors (slow).  All of your programs continue to run if you
>run the game in the DOS full screen session (you can have multiple full
>screen sessions).  It helps to set DOS games to no background execution
>so they pause/stop stealing cycles when you switch away from them
>
>John
>
>This concerns me alot since it suggests that I can't play any
>high-performance simulators (eg: Red Baron, Falcon 3.0, etc) under
>OS/2 2.0.  Could someone please confirm or (hopefully) deny the truth
>of this situation.
>
>Thanks alot.

I think you're getting confused here.  What John said is that you will
want to run your flight simulatora full screen DOS session, since
doing it in a window will slow things down a mite.  What he neglected
to say (but implied) was that all this was taking place under OS/2 V2 and
not DOS.  Your animation/flight simulation programs will run just fine 
here.  I use a few games too and they all work indistinguishably from
DOS when running under OS/2 full-screen.  Just make sure that when you
switch away from them (to the OS/2 desktop), that you switch their back-
ground execution off so they won't steal away CPU cycles from any 
processes running in the foreground.

I think that this may not have been a very good explanation, so I'll
summarize:  Your programs will run fine under the DOS emulation in OS/2.
All you have to do is make sure that within OS/2 you run them full-screen
and not in a window.

Hope this helps (or at least doesn't confuse you more :-).
(Someday I will learn to write good...).
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tholen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen)
Subject: OS/2 version DR DOS
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 09:10:07 GMT

Most of the discussion in this newsgroup has been about how OS/2 will fare
compared to Windows.  Having just received a brochure in the mail pushing
DR DOS version 6.0, I can't help but wonder whether OS/2 will kill off DR DOS.

Interesting:  the brochure was sent by an American firm to a United States
address advertising an American firm's product, but the picture of the DR DOS
box showed labeling in German!
From: porteous@cory.Berkeley.EDU (PORTEOUS IAN)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: I WANT MY UPGRADE NOWpwd!
Date: 10 Apr 92 17:31:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: pasteur.1992Apr10.173123.26614
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley

The latest issue of computer currents ( a bay area computer paper)  had a 
full page add for OS/2 2.0.  I called them and they said they
would have it next week.

nobody.
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From: vandendo@qucis.queensu.ca (Christian Vandendorpe)
Subject: Trident drivers and GA
Organization: Computing & Information Science, Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 03:41:59 GMT

I just installed OS/2 GA and it works fine, but I have been unable to install
the SVGA drivers for my Trident 8900 card with 1M of RAM. I did type
SVGA ON, and I even copied the driver files manually. When I try running
800x600x16 I get the message:
   SYS0355: the display mode requested is not correct, or the VIO function
   requested is not valid for the current display mode.

When I try running 800x600x256 I dont even get that message, it just hangs.
I am using the drivers that were posted to comp.binaries.os.os2
What am I doing wrong?

Christian

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From: chenjs@acf3.NYU.EDU (Jiansheng Chen,1141 Meyer,8-7667,)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Logitech mouse and OS/2 2.0 GA
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:50:00 GMT
Organization: New York University

/* acf3:comp.os.os2.misc / mlord@bmers63.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) /  1:43 pm  Apr  6, 1992 */
In article <57250005@acf3.NYU.EDU> chenjs@acf3.NYU.EDU (Jiansheng Chen,1141 Meyer,8-7667,) writes:
>
>I installed the OS/2 2.0 GA on a noname 386SX machine with 8MB and
>the Logitech serial mouse.  But the mouse didn't work.  I tried the
>following options:
>
>	1) Logitech mouse; 
>	2) Serial pointing device;
>	3) In-port pointing device;
>
>but none of them worked.

You probably have an older model Logitech Mouse (C9?) like mine.
It acts like a Mouse Systems PCMOUSE on powerup, rather than a Microsoft mouse.
The newer ones (last couple of years) default to Microsoft mode on powerup.

To use it, install OS/2 as if you had a "Serial pointing Device", and then
use keystrokes to invoke the editor on CONFIG.SYS.  Find the MOUSE.SYS line
and replace it with the following two lines:

	DEVICE=PCLOGIC.SYS SERIAL=COM1
	DEVICE=MOUSE.SYS TYPE=PCLOGIC$

Shutdown and reboot.. your mouse should be fine.

To simplify the process, you could borrow a MS-compatible mouse for the 
installation process, and switch mice back again after editing CONFIG.SYS.
That is what I did, since I don't know the keystrokes for causing a SHUTDOWN.
/* ---------- */

My Logitech mouse is farely new (see response #5).  If I select Logitech
serial mouse, I got the above two lines.  But this did solve the ploblem.

By the way, the way to SHUTDOWN with keystrokes is:

	a. select OS/2 desktop with ctrl-esc;
	b. press space to deselect any object on the desktop;
	c. shift-F10 brings up the needed menu.

Thanks for the reply.

- J. Chen
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From: alushiku@engws4.ic.sunysb.edu (Lushiku)
Subject: How about this?
Originator: alushiku@engws4.ic.sunysb.edu
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 18:42:56 GMT


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             With the recent release of OS/2 v2.0 and Windows 3.1, 
                   you now have your choice of pointers:
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                OS/2:  |    \        Windows:  |:.....|
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                       |/ \ \                    |::|
                           \ \                  / :. \
                            \_\                |...:..|
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