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From: grumpy@jpradley.jpr.com (Jeff Markel)
Subject: Re: OS!2 2.0 DESKTOP does not reply...
Reply-To: grumpy@jpradley.UUCP (Jeff Markel)
Organization: Unix in NYC
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 11:48:09 GMT
Keywords: DESKTOP

In article <1992Jul21.131837.11062@softserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de> affie@earley.sns.neuphilologie.uni-tuebingen.de (Ralf Affie Hauser) writes:
>Hi freaks,
>
>Since the last week I have a(nother) strange bug on my system (486/33, AMI, 16MB
>ADAPTEC 1542B, WINTARGA (ET4000)):
>
>Sometimes, only sometimes, my boot sequence does not finish! After displaying my
>desktop background bitmap and before displaying all desktop objects (folders,
>printers, shredder etc) the system halts, waits about 30 seconds and displays a
>message box called: "OS!2 2.0 Desktop does not respond, <OK> <Abort>".
>
>If I press <OK> the display clears, bitmap-earth disappears, a few more seconds
>pass by and bitmap re-appears, desktop objects appear but neither the folders do
>open, nor programs contained in the startup folder do run.
>
>If I press <abort> nothing happens.
>
>Since I have changed my whole configuration during the last days (patches
>installed, desktop rearrangement etc) I cannot fix the change responsible for 
>this ugly bug.
>
>Does anybody know a reason (and a solution ) for it???
>
>	affie.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>	Ralf "Affie" Hauser
>	Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft
>	Kleine Wilhelmstrasse 113
>	7400 Tuebingen - WestGermany
>	e-mail: affie@frege.sns.neuphilologie.uni-tuebingen.de
>
>	The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity
>		-- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I can't explain your problem, but I can certainly verify that it does not
happen only to you; it happens to me as well.  If anyone knows the answer,
PLEASE post!
			Thanks...

                        Jeff Markel
Jeffrey Markel | uucp:     jpradley!argos!markel   | Argos Computer Systems Inc
KD2HN          | internet: grumpy@jpradley.jpr.com | 110 W. 32nd Street 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: feg@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (forrest.e.gehrke)
Subject: Re: Has Colorado created OS/2 drivers?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 12:51:04 GMT

In article <protein.711773060@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> protein@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Chris Blackmon) writes:
>Has Colorado MicroSystems created drivers for their DJ (Jumbo)
>series tape backups yet?  Are they due sometime?
>
Their BBS has a bulletin saying "Scheduled for 1993--Windoz first"

Forrest Gehrke k2bt
From: darnold@felix.filenet.com (Dave Arnold)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 Extended Services/Edition
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:33:47 GMT
Reply-To: darnold@fritz.filenet.com (Dave Arnold)
Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA

I recently purchased OS/2 2.0 from 1-800-IBM ($49).  I am interested in
getting the Extended Edition/Services.  ACP as Extended Edition V1.2
shrink wrapped on sale for $100.  1-800-IBM says that to upgrade from
EE V1.2 to ES V2.0 is free.  :-)  This sounds like a good deal to be
since ES V2.0 will cost me $409 mail order discount (probably a $995 
retail).

My question is this:  Does ES V2.0 contain the base OS/2 2.0?  In other
words, did I need to order OS/2 2.0 ($49)?  I asked 1-800-IBM, and they
didn't know.


--------
Dave Arnold - KD6IFY    
Internet: darnold@filenet.com    UUCP: uunet!felix!darnold
--- The opinions expressed above are only mine, not FileNet's
From: mstaben@comtch.spk.wa.us (Matthew Staben)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: The Future of OS/2
Date: 27 Jul 92 21:26:53 GMT
Organization: Waffle BBS at CompuTech Spokane, Washington

dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:

> In article <1992Jul24.122406.86@physc1.byu.edu> robertson@physc1.byu.edu writ
> >
> >  I know for me the Windows compatibility will only make a difference
> >  in the short run.  All of the applications I use are intending to
> >  make a OS/2 compatible version soon.  Thus, why would I upgrade to
> >  the windows version, when I can upgrade to apps that take advantage
> >  of OS/2's superior archetecture.  I intended to delete the winos2
> >  stuff from my hard drive no later than March of 93(I know I will
> >  need the HD space.)
> 
> You too?  Right now, the only Windows app I really use is Word, and
> not much of that, either.  As soon as MS gets Word 2.0 for OS/2 out
> (please let it be soon), I'll probably trash my WINOS2 system as well.
> Well, I may keep it around for WinGif and minesweeper...
> -- 
>    |)  David Charlap           "I don't even represent myself
>   /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   sometimes so NJIT is right out!.
>  ((|,)
>   ~|~  Hi! I am a .signature virus, copy me into your .signature file.

 
... and there's even a version of minsweeper available for OS/2.  The
results of some programmer who thinks like you... :-)  You're halfway
home!

mstaben@comtch.spk.wa.us  _or_  mstaben@visual.spk.wa.us
From: sam@ms.uky.edu (Mike Mills)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Dos box / Orchid drivers
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:15:42 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

gregory@halcyon.com (Gregory Wright) writes:

>I just downloaded the new ET4000 1024X256 drivers from ftp-os2 and it
>looks great. I now have plenty of room for all sorts of shells. The
>problem is that when I am running a dos full screen app, once I switch
>out of it, I can't switch back. When I try to I just get a compressed
>image of what my screen used to look like. The image takes up the middle
>1/5 of my screen. What is the problem? Anyone else out there have this
>trouble?      

>-- 
> ________Greg Wright____________     "I struggle to be brief     
>| gregory@bcstec.ca.boeing.com  |     and become obscure."     
>|     gregory@halcyon.com       |                             
>|____uunet!bcstec!gregory_______|               NOT A BOEING SPOKESPERSON.

Yes!  I have this problem too.  Actually, I've had it since the last batch of
drivers came around...


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--(606) 257-1429 (work) 263-0721 (home)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Which video card to buy?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 04:58:52 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.163138.18949@ra.oc.com> matt@ra.oc.com (Matthew Lyle) writes:
>I've been hearing that a fair number of the SVGA + cards don't have good
>solid drivers yet for OS/2.  If one were to buy a video card today, which
>would be the best one to buy for an OS/2 system?

My current recommendation is either the ATI Graphics Vantage or
Graphics Ultra in the one megabyte configuration.  The Ultra has VRAM
but is otherwise identical to the Vantage and, hence, is faster.

I've seen the Vantage as low as $210 or so, which is not too bad.
Both are 8514/A hardware compatible and, thus, work just fine with the
stock 8514/A driver that comes with OS/2 2.0 for 1024x768 256 colors
in up to 76 Hz refresh rate noninterlaced, I believe.  Nice cards.

-- 
Get the OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST | Timothy F. Sipples
from 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp,     | Internet: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu
directory pub/os2/all/faq, or from      | Dept. of Econ., U. Chicago, 60637
LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP"). | Tsongas > Perot > Clinton.  Yay.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Eric B Karabin <ekarabin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Video Boards
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 21:05:27 GMT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]



	Has anyone seen any video cards that support/conform to IBM
XGA standard?


					Eric...

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70004.1523@compuserve.com
ekarabin@csi.compuserve.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: des@frogland.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd)
Subject: EA problems - OS/2 forgets settings
Organization: INMOS architecture group
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 11:09:58 BST

i've finally decided to start using some of the neat features of WPS
and have started associating various programs with data files but
i get the following problems

1) i associate micro-emacs (my normal editor) with plain text files
and the set up a LaTeX letter template as a plain text file and
mark uemacs as default option. i then take copies of the template
and all is fine. i then reboot the next day and all the associations
to uemacs have disappeared!

2) similarily i configure a TeX directory template with options set
so it won't show *aux, *log files etc to avoid clutter. this works
fine if i do this explicitly to a directory but if i set it up in
a template and take a copy these options are not copied.

if its any help i'm using a FAT filesystem .... is this a symptom
of no quite correct EA emulation under FAT and would this be fixed
by HPFS (not really an option as i've only 5M and since any additional
memory involves replacing 1M of 256k drams with 4M of 1M drams which
will need to be ditched when/if i upgrade to a 486 m/board i think
i'm stuck with FAT for a bit).

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                inmos ltd, 1000 aztec west, almondsbury, bristol, bs12 4sq
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		 and german to my horse."             - charles v of spain
From: tjc@acsu.buffalo.edu (Thomas J. Corsalini)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: MSD under OS/2 (Was Re: Couple of OS/2 problems...)
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:35:47 GMT
Organization: UB Law School

In article <92Jul30.053631.25074@acs.ucalgary.ca> bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens) writes:
>In article <GHENNIGA.92Jul29111724@ampere.ampere> ghenniga@NMSU.Edu writes:
>>
>>In an article jclei@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Lei) writes:
>>
>>This means that OS/2 DOS emulation is to report to MSD.EXE that it is running
>>under DOS 4.01 and that OS/2 is to tell it this up to 255 times. Now click on
>>the "Save" button in the bottom left and close the notebook. Start your
>>DOS full screen session and see if MSD will run now. It has for me everytime!
>
>There are (at least) two versions of MSD, 1.10 and 2.00.  The first one
>reports the OS as DOS 5.  The other correctly identifies it as OS/2 2.0.
>The first one seems to choke for quite a while on my 360 k 5.25in B drive;
>the other doesn't. (BTW, PCtools 7.1's SI does the same thing; and
>reports the OS as DOS 20.0).
>
	I have noticed that MSD reports a 16550 UART on COM1 under OS/2 but
an 8250 under DOS! Has anyone else noticed this? My I/O board has a 16450
chip.

--Tom



-- 
	+ T.J.Corsalini, Director - Computing Services @ UB Law School  +
        + State University of New York at Buffalo                       +
        + Internet:     mictom@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu                     +
        + Voice:        (716)636-5959   Fax:    (716)636-2064           +
From: jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Not enough memory to continue PMV2001
Date: 29 Jul 92 10:20:09 GMT
Organization: Workhorse Systems Limited, Dublin, Ireland

rfs0838@zeus.tamu.edu (SCHAFFTER, RODNEY FRANK, JR) writes:
: 
: 	The most recent Kernel Patch is your problem-it causes out of
: memory errors on some systems.  Reinstall the old kernel, and contact 
: IBM support. There is an APAR number for this problem, but I don't
: recall it off hand.
: 

Well I've been getting PMV2001 errors after loading After-Dark from
the startup folder. Also with after dark loaded CRTL+ESC stopped working.

Ah well goodbye After-Dark.
From: evan.champion@synapse.isis.org (Evan Champion) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM FTP site
Date: 20 Jul 92 14:51:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: SYNAPSE BBS - GATINEAU, QUEBEC - 819-561-4321
Reply-To: evan.champion@synapse.isis.org (Evan Champion) 

ST>Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
ST>From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
ST>Subject: Re: IBM FTP site
ST>Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1992 04:27:26 GMTMessage-ID: <1992Jul18.042726.4849@actrix
ST>.nz>

ST>In article <qXu1NB2w164w@uuisis.isis.org> evanc@uuisis.isis.org (Evan Champi
ST>writes:
ST>> Does anyone know how to get an "allfiles" list (similar to 00Index from
ST>> ftp-os2) from software.watson.ibm.com?  Thanks!
ST>>
ST>> Evan

ST>Sure! Just type "dir".......:-)

The problem is that I can not FTP from uuisis.isis.org the normal way.
I have to mail a message to file-server containing stuff like:

get /ftp/128.123.35.151/pub/os2/00Index
quit

This is why I want to know if there is an allfiles listing.

Evan
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: gouvea@beastie.colby.edu (Fernando Q. Gouvea)
Subject: Re: NEW Orcad (ET400) Drivers on FTP-OS2
Organization: None whatsoever.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:08:40 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.075236.14004@leland.Stanford.EDU> heinrich@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mark Andrew Heinrich) writes:
>They're here!  In pub/downloads.  The 16 color ones are proii4.zip and the
>256 color ones are proii8.zip.  I installed the 1024x768 driver and it 
>have noticed a few things:
>
>1) The "yellowed" palette problem has been fixed.
>2) The font size in Window titles and other places has been increased and
>   is more readable.
>3) Slightly faster (I may be imagining this one though)
> 
>In the still not there department:
>1) No seamless windows.
>2) I still can't run SVGA games in a window. (Video mode not supported in
>   a window).

I've found a bug: when running EPM, new text that is typed in is put in the
wrong part of the screen (up at the top) instead of where it's supposed to
be. (I also hate what the palette does to the EPM background color, but
that's less of a problem.) This is with the 1024x768, 256 color driver,
running on a Diamond SpeedStar (which means, I guess, that I can't report
it to Orchid...). Has anyone else seen this?

--
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Dept. of Math/CS				(207)-872-3278
Colby College					Mudd 407
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: auhl@fzi.de (Axel Uhl)
Subject: Re: NEED SCSI HELP (adaptec 1542B)
Keywords: SCSI, IPE ##0160: fff6453f-000d:a53f
Reply-To: fzi.de
Organization: Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:17:34 GMT

>The past two weeks or so I have been running OS/2 of of an old MFM drive while
>waiting for my new SCSI card to arrive.  Well it did today.  It is an Adaptec
>1542B.  I got it to work reasonably well under DOS (although I had to disable
>my system BIOS's parity checking)  But it doesn't seem to want to work under
>OS/2.  After I set up a 50 MB primary FAT partition and formatted it, it
>started to read files from disk 2.  Shortly thereafter, it hangs.  It givess
>me the following error code.
>
>    ##0160:fff6453f-000d:a53f
>        60000 , 9084
>
>    038600d1
>
>I have absolutely no idea what this means and would appreciate any
>enlightenment anyone can give me.  My systen is as follows
>
>40 Mhz 386
>8megs RAM
>Paradise Pro VGA card  (Yes it is set to 8 bit mode)
>Quantum 168 MB SCSI drive
>Adaptec 1542B controller

I'm glad to read, that another user has the same problem as me.
In my machine exactly this error message appears at random times. I was
in the happy situation of being able to completely install OS/2. The error
seems to occur at HDD access, but not for each. In some cases the HDD LED keeps
lit.

My configuration:
40 MHz 386 DX
8 megs RAM
80 MB SCSI HDD, Seagate 1096 N
SCSI controller Seagate ST02
Trident SVGA (8800)

Any hints would be appreciated.
Axel.
From: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: tseng et4000 cards
Date: 30 Jul 92 06:06:48 GMT
Reply-To: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
Organization: University of NY at Albany

Does anybody know anything about the new SpeedStar 24 bit card?
I am getting a new computer, and will probably end up with a SpeedStar, and
the cost of the 16 bit HiColor card is the same price as the 24 bit card.
I assume I will need IBM's patch for the ET4000.  How does the SpeedStar 
compare with other ET4000 cards for OS2?
Is there a need to get the 24 but card?
Is is completely compatible with the 16 bit card?  What problems might I
have?
What benefits might I get using the 24 bit card in OS2?
What drivers are available for OS2?

Did I ask enough questons?  If you have anything else to add, about ET4000
video cards, about the SpeedStar 24, or about video cards in general,
please respond via EMail.

BTW, would the 24 bit card be any faster (or slower) than the 16 bit card?

Thanx,
P. Volpe
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Subject: Re: 8514 & Scrambled/Clipped fonts
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:34:02 GMT

In article <14jurlINNd2d@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> urbndv8@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Bleeding Rivets) writes:
>
>Problem:  change from VGA to 8514/A mode using Selective Install and then
>all proportional fonts are mangled ... lose parts at the end, especially
>in icon text, and some characters in some programs are mangled.
>
>Tech Support at Boca helped me out ... it seems
>Selective Install tries to change the font files when you go to an 8514,
>but fails because of course they are in use.
>
>So a complete reinstall will do the trick (and did) ... also, unpacking
>the fonts whereever they are on the install disks and booting from floppy
>and copying over should do it.

which files need to be unpacked?


-- 
______________________________________________________________________________
jpm: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca         
                           Happily using OS/2 2.0 because MS Windows isN'T ___
                                                      Insert VapourFeature ^^^
From: zeus.tamu.edu!rfs0838@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Minimized Window Viewer problems
Date: 23 Jul 92 04:52:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
X-mailer: Stadel 3.4a-227
X-Spam-content: irrelevant

In article <1992Jul22.150317.21120@csc.ti.com>, fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz 
Whittington) writes...
+>I have been using OS/2 for a few weeks now with no severe problems,
+>but have run onto a minor irritation that I can't seem to find the
+>answer for.  No matter how much I change the settings, I can't seem to
+>get a minimized Icon to show up in the Minimized Window Viewer.  I can
+>change the settings to make them be hidden when minimized, but if not
+>hidden, then they always show up at the bottom of my desktop when
+>minimized, with seemingly complete disregard for the setting that
+>clearly says that they should be put in the Minimized Window Viewer.


 I have the opposite problem-I cannot minimize applications to the
desktop-they all go to the viewer! I thought this was a known bug, and didn't
worry about it.

 Perhaps I misunderstood the old posts about this. Should I be worrying?

Rod Schaffter                                  
Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding |Who cares if windows is or 
Texas A&M University Dept. of Chemistry  |isn't an opperating system-
Bitnet:   SCHAFFTER@TAMLMSB   |it barely operates at all!
INTERNET: SCHAFFTER@LMSBVX.TAMU.EDU  |
 "Standard Disclaimer, etc."  |An OOPerating system, maybe?
From: mek4@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Mark Kern)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Phoenix BIOS anyone?
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:47:28 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Do you have a Micronics motherboard to go along with that Pheonix BIOS?
If so,  your BIOS is probably messing up your install.  I had the same 
problem.  Unfortunately, there was no BIOS upgrade for my motherboard 
(Rev B). They said one would be out in a week or so.  Well, I didn't wait.
I went out and bought a new upgradeable motherboard and just swapped my
CPU.  Everything is fine now and I'm real happy with OS/2!


Markus
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From: johnt@pilot.njin.net (John Thiruvathukal)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: The Ultimate OS/2 FTP Source
Keywords: FTP, OS/2
Date: 24 Jul 92 00:39:51 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


Two days ago, I placed a listing of "software.watson.ibm.com" as a
fabulous ftp source for your OS/2 cravings.  Since then, I have
received an e-mail response asking for that address in numerical,
random address form as some of you cant use those fancy host names for
telnet or ftp.  The random address, if I didn't make a typo posted
around the globe, is:

		128.34.139.5

If I did mis type that, mail me a request to correct this.  Otherwise,
have a blast!

George Thiruvathukal
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kadorken@thinkage.on.ca (Keith Dorken)
Subject: Desktop Recovery Procedure [ALT-F1]
Keywords: Desktop, ALT-F1
Organization: Thinkage Ltd.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:04:23 GMT

Having now fallen into the void where I have had to use the ALT-F1 procedure
to recovery my machine's config.sys file [that I made a typing error in and
rendered my machine not bootable - be careful with the LIBPATH= statement...]
that is installed in a OS/2 HPFS logical partition (not accessible from DOS)
I am curious if anyone has determined a method to recover the OS2.INI files
and the Desktop that you originally had before doing ALT-F1.

I can't use the original installation diskette method since my machine
will not boot OS/2 from the installation diskettes any longer; I have
altered something in my hardware setup that renders OS/2 not bootable from
the installation diskettes; I need to remove things to determine what. Note
that installed OS/2 worked fine with my current hardware setup; be warned that
you should test that the OS/2 installation procedure still works with your
machine after you add new hardware as well as the installed version.

ALT-F1 is the procedure where you press ALT-F1 during the boot sequence;
OS/2 ignores the CONFIG.SYS file on your installed drive, copies CONFIG.SYS,
OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI to CONFIG.00n, OS2.00n, and OS2SYS.00n (as documented)
and moves the "OS2! 2.0 Desktop" directory to "OS2! 2n.0 Desktop" (not
documented as far as I can see), then restores the CONFIG.SYS, OS2.INI, etc
from the OS2\INSTALL directory [the original desktop configuration]. The
system then boots to an original desktop

Given that OS2 has made a copy for you of your original .INI files, one
would think you could recover to your original desktop by restoring the
.INI files. If it were so easy ...

I have tried the following (without success):
1) alter the CONFIG.SYS file to point the USER_INI= and SYSTEM_INI= vars
   to point to OS2.001 and OS2SYS.001 respectively.
   RESULT: Gray screen without cursor or icons. DO ALT-F1 again (and get
   OS2.002, OS2SYS.002, etc.)
2) Do 1 above, and move "OS2! 2.0 Desktop" to "OS2OLDDESK" and then move
   "OS2! 21.0 Desktop" to "OS2! 2.0 Desktop".
   RESULT: Gray screen without cursor or icons. sigh.

OS/2 Support indicated they were currently unaware of any method to recover
the Desktop once you have taken the ALT-F1 route.

Anyone else have any other suggestions?
-- 
Keith Dorken
Thinkage Ltd., Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA
Internet: kadorken@Thinkage.On.CA