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From: lau@hydra.rose.brandeis.edu (Frankie LAU)
Subject: Win unidrv.dll problem AND switching between 2 win/os2 apps
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:57:45 GMT

Hi netters,
	When I first installed os/2 and used Win software under os/win,
I have been getting message of UNIDRV.DLL not found message, I was
thereby not allow to print at all.
	Then I search through my files in  hpfs drive, stock
Win3.0, and stock OS/2 2.0 disks (Oops, only the 6 printer disks),
I didn't find that 'unidrv.dll'.  Finally I found a copy in Win3.1
disk, I renamed it from unidrv.dl_.  and I copied it to mdos/winos2 (?).
Now everything works just as expected.
	I didn't remember I deleted anything from mdos/winos2, how come
that unidrv.dll is gone.  Would I find that file in the first 15 disks
of os/2 2.0? and is it okay to ask the one from Win3.1? (though it
seems perfectly fine now).

        Another Win question now:-
I once have 2 win apps running (to be specific Taipei [Mahjongg game]
and Graphics Workshop), while I have Taipei in autoplay, I switched
to Graphics Workshop.  I clicked a few time before it can switch,
then when I am finally in Graphics Workshop, I found that Taipei is no
longer running (though I expect it would still be running in background),
and when I moved the Graphics Workshop window, no redrawing was done
and I can see lots of ghost windows around.  At the end, I had to killed
both Win apps to get WPS working again.
(specifics: Trident 800x600-16 seamless display.  Both Win apps windowed)
      Am I doing something wrong?  some Setting needed to be fixed?
or it is the fault of WPS?  Should I expect Taipei to run in the
background when I switched to Grahpics Workshop??

-Frankie
lau@hydra.rose.brandeis.edu


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: paul@tct.com (Paul Levin)
Subject: Re: 300,000 sold in ten days
Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 13:29:12 GMT

According to bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler) :
>
>The real test of OS/2's popularity will be noting what happens to
>IBM's share of the PC market when every PS/2 comes with a bundled
>copy of OS/2 (and every Gateway comes with a bundled copy of DOS
>and Windows).  If IBM's share goes up, that's a sign that folks 
>like OS/2.  If it goes down, that's a sign that folks prefer
>DOS/Windows.  No, I won't make a prediction <grin>.
>

What about all of the people who buy a Gateway, or some other clone,
because it is cheaper than a PS/2, and then buy OS/2 to run on it ?


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: eng30087@nusunix2.nus.sg (_)
Subject: Re: Printing to File
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:03:24 GMT

Thanks for any help.
From: pfr@drsrv1.hmi.de (Fritsch_Wolfgang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: NEW: OS/2 2.0 drivers for ATI Graphics Ultra ?
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:34:07 GMT
Organization: Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin GmbH

In the 9/92 issue of the German MC magazine I find an 1-page add about
the ATI Graphics Ultra. It says that there are OS/2 2.0 drivers for
800*600 and 10xx*7yy resolution.

Does anybody know: are these real ATI drivers which support the
coprocessor on the card? I thought common wisdom (as spelled out by Tim S.)
is to use the IBM 8514a driver. I sent a copy of the add to my dealer,
and he was suprised and ordered the drivers for an US $ equivalent of
about 20 from ATI. I bought my card in June and this one still comes with
the PM driver for OS/2 1.x.

Wolfgang Fritsch
pfr@psun2.hmi.de
From: azog@world.std.com (Azog Thoth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Help, I deleted the command shells folder
Date: 29 Aug 92 00:16:58 GMT
Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die

I accidently deleted the folder that has the OS/2, DOS, and WINOS/2
shells in them, and now Im feeling pretty fucked. Of course, since I
just installed my machine two days ago, I havent done a complete
backup yet, and now am at a loss as to how to get them back without
reinstalling everything. (using find to find stuff doesnt turn up anything,
Ive a feeling that not only were the desktop icons deleted, but so where the
executables)

Thanx

-- 
Billy D'augustine
azog@world.std.com

Atari: Power without the price.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rjones@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ronald Jones)
Subject: New Deskjet Drivers from IBM
Originator: rjones@bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Supersedes: <1992Aug29.150933.3318@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 15:18:52 GMT


The new Deskjet drivers from IBM (on hobbes EPSON.ZOO ) seem to have

solved the extra-page ejection problem with the DeskJet 500 for me.

Also printing is much faster than with the Laserjet Classic driver I was

using because of printing problems with the original Deskjet driver. 


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: astsloke@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
Subject: OS/2 2.0 Hangs - Help!
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 11:51:40 GMT

I'm having some trouble with my new installation of OSI/2. My setup is as
follows:


    Hardware:
    
    486/33DX ISA CLONE
    8 MB DRAM 
    256KB CACHE
    Adaptec AH1542B SCSI Bus Mastering Adapter w/ New Roms
    Seagate ST41600N 1.3GB SCSI HDD
    Quantum PD210S 200 MB SCSI HDD
    Archive 2150S Viper250MB QIC150 Tape Drive
    Clone ET4000 + 1MB SVGA Adapter

    Drivers:


    Latest OS/2 Drivers (betas) from Adaptec (13 Aug 92).
    Patches all in for OS/2 including:
       OS2KRNL
       BVHSVGA
       All SVGA/VGA related Stuff
       800x600 256 color Orchid Drivers from Hobbes (PROII8.ZOO).
       

Problem:

	When I have a DOS window open, together with some OS/2 System setup
windows open, the system hangs after a while , I was changing the color of a 
window.  The mouse is still okay but I cannot do anything or activate any 
menus.  

The only way out is (apparently) CTL-ALT-DEL.

Any assitance will be *greatly* appreciated.

P.S.  How do I change the color of the DOS window foreground? Using the Orchid
Drivers made the font a nearly invisible light grey.


Regards


T.S. Loke
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
* Standard disclaimers apply
From: laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Northgates (and others) won't install OS/2 2.0!
Date: 3 Sep 92 13:41:11 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

(I thought I'd keep this public since I think it is potentially
important to many people.)

My BIOS is up to date; I called it in to the distributor (Washburn
and Co.?).

I removed my SCSI, FAX, and 8MB daughter board (leaving me with 8MB)
before installing (the nth time).  This left me with the FDD/IDE HD
interface (Western Digital?) and a VGA video card (swapped an Orchid
Prodesigner II, Sota VGA/16, and no-name ET3000).  The serial and
parallel ports are on the motherboard (but can be disabled).

I also tried the ST506 fix (just for kicks).

These changes did not help at all.

--kyler
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: stein@tellabs.com (stein)
Subject: GCC 2.2.2
Keywords: Missing headers
Organization: Tellabs, Inc.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:47:28 GMT

The posting on comp.binaries.os2 seemed to have "include" files missing.
Fortunately I had the "include" files from 2.2.1. I hope the headers I
restored from 2.1.1 didn't change. Could someone let me know which headers
changed ?
I would like to express my appreciation for the posting, especially since
I currently do not have ftp access. It would be very beneficial if posters
follow a "greatest common denominator" policy. The zip files were apparently
created in a HPFS environment since one of the paths is "g++-include". I 
do not have HPFS, OS/2 uudecode, or OS/2 (un)zip so it took a little
finagling to install using the DOS versions. 
Again, thanks for the posting it's better than trying to get it via a mail
server.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 16:43:48 EDT
From: <JXL103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: official IBM FTP site

Can somebody please e-mail me the address of IBM's ftp site for patches
and updates?...Also, any other good ftp sites with official OS/2 2.0 updates...
----thanx.....
From: liuyu@kramden.nyu.edu (Liuyu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS2 doesn't support Hercules? SYS 0355?? what is it?
Date: 25 Aug 92 19:33:45 GMT
Organization: New York University

Before I started to bash OS/2, does OS/2 support Hercules? 
I just installed this thing last night. In the middle of installation, it got
stuck and gave me SYS0355 which I think is about video. Does OS2 auto detect
video cards like other programs? I already tried replacing os2krnl, ibm1s506,
os2dasd. I installed it THREE times. Still no luck. HELP!!!
I have AMD 386/40, 4meg ram, 70 meg MFM HD, Hercules card and monitor, two 
floppy drives (1.44 being a:), AMI BIOS (12/12/91).

PS, I'm really pissed, it didn't even survive installation.
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:28457 comp.os.os2.advocacy:4651
From: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: OS/2 Win3.1 support *better* than MS!
Date: 28 Aug 92 12:00:12 GMT
 <ignacij.714930723@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu>
Organization: KFA  Forschungszentrum Juelich

In article <ignacij.714930723@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu>,
ignacij@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu (Ignacy Misztal) says:
>
>
>I am finding more and more good Windows applications
>that are using the enhanced mode. Therefore they don't work under
>OS/2. Windows under OS/2 is thus useless for me.
>It would run neither Mathematica nor Framaker + many other good packages.
>Is it possible to write a large Windows application without
>resorting to the enhanced mode? If so, I would suspect that many
>current Windows developers will try to make their packages run well
>under the OS/2 Windows.

If you want a these programs for OS/2 call the company and tell them you want
to use their product but you don`t want to use Windoze. Since many of these
programs e.g. FrameMaker and Mathematica originally come from systems without
the brain damaged 8086/80286 architecture it was hard work to port them to
DOS/Windows. It will be much easier (and therefore cheaper) to port them to
OS/2 2.0. So I don`t think they need ten thousands of requests to consider
a port.
In case of FrameMaker send email to Linda Rodriguez of Frame Tech Support:
  lkr@solbourne.frame.com.

Michael Bode.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: Registering OS/2
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 10:39:43 GMT

In article <GHENNIGA.92Aug25214309@ampere.ampere> ghenniga@NMSU.Edu writes:
> 
> >I telephoned in today to register my copy of OS/2 which I bought at the 
> >PC'92 show in Melbourne, Australia (yes, you can register by calling a
> >number in the registration card), to my surprise, the lady did not even
> >ask for any serial number of the copy I have. All she asked for is my 
> >initial and surname, address, where did I purchase it from, and in what
> >PC I am running it in.
> >So, my question is how do they even know that I have a real copy with me?
> 
> If the past is any indication the registration does little for you. In my
> case I had a registered copy of OS/2 1.3 and what IBM does is send you a
> form telling you that the upgrade is available and to receive it send
> in a "Proof of License" card that they distribute with their software.

Registering entitles you to 30 days of free support for OS/2. Some people have
had big trouble with their non-standard hardware, s this has been truly
valuable to them. I know of several IBMers who have visited people in the
evening - on their own time - to help with OS/2. 
 
Paul, Brendan and others know who I am talking about.
 
Steve
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: eliu@ee.ubc.ca
Subject: ATI Ultra advice needed
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 06:15:31 GMT



I am thinking of getting an ATI Ultra to run OS/2. Could any Ultra
user give me some advice? Does the driver in ftp-os2.nmsu.edu work
fine with OS/2?

Any help is appreciated.


Eric

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Install OS2 on VGA/mono system
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:22:38 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.135234.2249@bnr.ca> panton@bcarh685.bnr.ca (Kenneth Panton) writes:
>Do you know of anyone who successfully installed OS2 on a system
>with a VGA card and a VGA monochrome monitor? How was it done?
>I am seeing many dollar signs in my future!

There are really no special steps you need to take.  Just go ahead and
install.  However, after you've finished you should go to OS/2 System
-> System Setup -> Scheme Palette and ALT drag one of the monochrome
schemes to the desktop.  Also, use the Win-OS/2 Control Panel (if
applicable) and set a monochrome desktop color scheme for Win-OS/2
sessions.  Those two color changes will make the system easier to work
with.

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From: dvss!jtroy@udel.edu (Jay Troy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: Where OS/2 2.0 CSD?
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 07:05:12 EDT
Organization: Delaware Valley Solution Systems, Inc.

marbun@envmsa.eas.asu.edu (Marbun,Leo P) writes:

> I have not been able to follow the newsgroup for a couple of months. Would
> anyone tell me when the CSD will be released and how to get it.
> I appreciate your help.
> Leo.

This is becomming a FAQ.  The "June CSD" was a misinterpretation of
information.  IBM scheduled the release of "Ultimedia PM extensions"
for June 30.  It was released ON TIME.  Some people picked up on this
release date and assumed it was a CSD.  I've spoken to IBM twice on
the subject.  Both times, IBM indicated to me that Windows 3.1 was the
primary focus of the next rev of OS/2, but refused any other information.

When asked for the release date, both of them indicated "in the fall",
when proded, they both said "Late August, Early September".  I'm assuming
we will all hear something REAL in September some time.  As with all
net.info, your milage may vary.

People whining about the lack of "June CSD" aren't living in the real
world.  Net rumors aren't facts, if you want facts, call the source.



 Jay Troy        Delaware Valley Solution Systems, Inc.
                 Computing Solutions for Business and Industry
                 P.O. Box 190 // Claymont, DE 19703 // (302)798-DVSS
                 Internet: ...!udel.edu!dvss!jtroy (jtroy@dvss.UUCP)
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: "Stuck" keys in OS/2
Date: 31 Aug 92 05:43:53 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug28.182301.24635@scott.skidmore.edu> pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel) writes:
>In article <BALDWIN.92Aug28121209@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil> baldwin@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil (J.D. Baldwin) writes:
>>Does anyone else have a "stuck" key problem in OS/2?  I've seen this happen
>>in PM, OS/2 full screen, DOS full screen and various apps.  The system
>>suddenly behaves as if one or more of Alt, Shift and/or Ctrl are being held
>>down.  The keyboard is not sticking physically, and I am certainly not holding
>>these keys down at the time.
>>
>Yes.... when using CrossTalk and typing away (usually when I start
>typing very fast) everything goes to uppercase.  I can use Shift-A to
>get lower case, but I can't get the digits back.  Usually I can C-x-c
>and re-edit a file and things go back to normal (unix emacs at the
>other end).  I'm using a model P70.

Not that this cures anything, but I've always been able to undo a
stuck-shift condition by pressing CTRL-SHIFT a few times.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
Subject: Re: Video video video...
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:17:35 GMT

grumpy@jpradley.jpr.com (Jeff Markel) writes:

>In article <92232.115838BJT105@psuvm.psu.edu> <BJT105@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>Within a month IBM will Beta 32-bit ET4000 drivers, along with the 32-bit
>>graphics engine.  ...

>Any hints as to availability of 24 bit color drivers for ET4000 based cards
>like the Speedstar 24 and Genoa 7900?

Do you know if there are any plans for the ATI Wonder XL series?
Although Joel's drivers work reasonably well there are still some bugs (
snow at the right edge, lines of spurious dots appearing, no seemless)
and it
would be nice to have really good drivers. Has IBM thought of perhaps
hiring Joel to do the work, since his own attempt is so good?
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: genie@netcom.com (The Genie)
Subject: GNU GCC 2.1
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 07:56:02 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 


Hi.  I just downloaded the GNU GCC 2.1 package from hobbes and
successfully installed it into my 386 OS/2 system.  Playing around
with C, I couldn't get even the simplest hello.c (not from the
sample) program to compile correctly.  I'm sure there are
no errors in the 4 line program.

I type "gcc hello.c"
After 3-4 seconds of disk usage, OS/2 responds:
SYS1808:
The process has stopped.  The software diagnostic
code (exception code) is  0006.

What is wrong here?  Is it because I need a math co-processor?
Help!  And thanks in advance.

Gene
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington)
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 Hangs - Help!
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:09:53 GMT

In article <21515@optima.cs.arizona.edu> shack@cs.arizona.edu (David Shackelford) writes:
>In article <1992Aug30.195140.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg> astsloke@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg writes:
>>
>>P.S.  How do I change the color of the DOS window foreground? Using the Orchid
>>Drivers made the font a nearly invisible light grey.
>>
>
>There is no way to do this directly from the WPS.  What I do is run a
>color-setting program (like Norton's SA) in the autoexec.bat, which
>runs every time a DOS window or full-screen is opened.
>
>David Shackelford

Another way is to customize the PROMPT string to include the ANSI
escape sequences (presuming you don't mind installing the ANSI
driver-- since you have so much more DOS memory available than you
used to...).
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From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DOS VDM can't see new file in A:
Date: 27 Aug 92 01:19:37 GMT
Organization: National University of Singapore

mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green) writes:
: Is there any way to "boot DOS on drive B" instead of A?
: Is this a limitation which is in OS/2 or in the hardware?
: 
: I don't mean boot DOS, I mean boot a virtual machine from that disk's boot
: sector!

I haven't tried it out but can't you simply modify the "DOS STARTUP
DRIVE" in the settings notebook?

jin meng
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Problem with Trident 8900C and T640 driver
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 00:56:55 GMT

In article <widow.714759601@camelot> widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett) writes:
>	I've been running the standard VGA driver and decided I needed
>	more colors.  So I installed the 640x480x256 Trident drivers
>	and rebooted the computer.
>	After it gets through the config.sys, it just hangs with a
>	cursor flashing in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
>	Any ideas on how to get the drivers to work?
>	IOPL is set to YES in the config.sys and I've run SVGA ON.

First make sure you have enough memory on your Trident adapter to
support this mode (512K).  Then make sure you have applied all Trident
related fixes and video related fixes available via anonymous ftp from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  These include trid_fix.zoo and vsvgafx3.zoo, for
example.

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From: robert.fielder@canrem.com (robert fielder)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: csd dates
Date: 2 Sep 92 00:51:03 GMT
Reply-To: "robert fielder" <robert.fielder@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems


BD>As for the date  of the rumoured CSD,  our IBM reps have  "repositioned"
BD>their previous statements.  We are now  told that late  November is more
BD>likely.

Bill:

Are these sales people who 'defected' from Microsoft?  <g>

Robert

Entered on Tue  09-01-1992  17:19:45 from Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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From: markm@iris.mincom.oz.au (Mark McCafferty)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: groff for DOS
Date: 28 Aug 92 01:46:49 GMT
Organization: Mincom, Brisbane, Australia
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

This program complains that it will not run while the command processor
run by OS/2 is in virtual mode. How do I get OS/2 to make groff happy?

thx
mark
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc