HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Help! OS/2 full screen sessions video mangled.
Date: 21 Jan 93 19:56:54 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1jliv7$655@agate.berkeley.edu> dmillar@ocf.berkeley.edu (Derek Millar) writes:
>It turns out to have been a problem with the vertical refresh rate:
>The new monitor supports 640x480 at 72Hz, so that's what I had my video
>card set to.  However, the OS/2 driver screws up fullscreen OS/2
>sessions if the vertical refresh at 640x480 is greater than 60Hz.

Interesting.  The only explanation I can come up with is timing
register changes.  In theory, you're only supposed to alter video
registers (like the mode and palette, etc) during blanking (horizontal
or vertical) intervals.  If you increase the frequency too high, then
the system doesn't have enough time to set all the registers it wants
to during the interval and the display messes up.  Since VGA (640x480)
is an IBM mode, IBM may be critically timing their processing to a
PS/2's refresh rate.

>Oddly, the OS/2 driver works better at 72Hz at 800x600.

The 800x600 driver is probably looser with the timing specifications,
so it can fit all of its register changes in during the blanking
interval at 72Hz.  Or the sVGA driver knows of a better way to get at
the registers on your model card that doesn't require waiting for
blanking intervals.
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From: jonathan@nova.decio.nd.edu (Jonathan Bradshaw)
Subject: Possible WinOs2 problem with Os/2 2.1b -- verify?
Organization: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:39:35 GMT

Has anyone tried the following:

Under Os/2 2.1B and WinOs2 3.1. In Os/2 create an object for TOOLBOOK
and associate it with *.TBK files.  Try running a TBK file. It appears
the command line insn't being passed to toolbook.

Second test:

Create an object for TBOOK.EXE and GIVE it a command line. Now run it,
again, the command line appears not to be passed as toolbook exits immediately
as it does when no filename is given.

Yes, it works fine when launched inside windows.

If anyone can confirm or deny this please let me know.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: roland@margaret (David A. Braun)
Subject: Re: This is a BETA???
Organization: Choate Rosemary Hall
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:08:40 GMT

In article <1993Jan18.061416.14469@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu  
(Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
> In article <enk2.41.727302599@po.cwru.edu> enk2@po.cwru.edu (Erik Kovach)  
writes:
> >Only problems I have encountered:
> >* WIN-OS/2 3.1 doesn't acknowledge that I changed the icon spacing from
> >  120 to 80.  It insists on making my icons spaced at 120.  Anyone else?
> 
> No, that's been working for me -- I haven't noticed that bug.
> 
> -- 
Works here too, but why in the world did IBM make the default setting 120?

<roland>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: What I really, really, really want in OS/2
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:27:44 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.111604.14895@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
>Well, there are a lot of things of course, but most notably I want
>the install procedure to be able to have paths specified, especially
>for where to put the applets and WINOS2.
>Is there anyone else who finds this a good thing? I do, because I
>have reserved (as many) a special partition for the system, and
>I do want it to be system only. Mainly because it is not likely to
>grow or shrink regularly. Having WINOS2 on that partition is a pain
>because it isn't at all static. Adding TT fonts makes it grow, adding
>programs makes it grow, programs make it grow, etc.
>Of course I can install it and then move it, but that would require
>the space to be their in the first place, when I really want to keep
>it down as much as possible.
>So, anyone with me on this?

Agreed.  Selective Install should be improved.  I would also like
Selective Install to handle the Win-OS/2 applets, so I can pick and
choose among those as well.

-- 
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From: hankedr@mail.auburn.edu (Darrel Hankerson)
Subject: Re: c0000005 -- what does it mean?
Organization: Auburn University, Alabama
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:07:13 GMT

In article <1jlgu3INNr5g@gap.caltech.edu> gah@cco.caltech.edu (Geln A. Herrmannsfeldt) writes:
>At the end, it prints c0000005 and then stops completely.
>
>The only change made recently is a replacement of the
>VGA card, but it has worked since then.  This is the

Bingo. This is a well-known problem. Get the updated bvhsvga driver from 
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. 
--darrel

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: nareid@due.unit.no (Helge Nareid)
Subject: Re: more OS/2 2.1 beta experiences
Keywords: bug OS/2 2.1 beta
Organization: University of Trondheim, Norway
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 15:44:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.130852.19279@ucl.ac.uk>, ucgadkw@ucl.ac.uk (Dominik Wujastyk) writes:
|> I sometimes have trouble switching from a winos2 2.1b enhanced session
|> back to the WPS:  the screen blanks out.  Sometimes the whole machine
|> hangs, and needs a cold boot.  Same (sometimes) when quitting from
|> winso2 2.1b enhanced.
|> 
|> Dominik

Occasionally my machine (two different machines - actually) hangs when I exit 
WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows. I'm running WP in seamless mode with default 
settings. The mouse pointer moves, but clicking the mouse buttons has no 
effect. There is absolutely no response to keyboard input - even Ctrl-Alt-Del
has no effect.

I'm running Word Perfect for Windows, UK English version and OS/2 2.1 beta.

Another minor bug is that the PM X-server disables the shutdown sequence -
shutdown starts normally, but will just stop after the other running
processes have been shut down. Pressing Ctrl-Esc after this will bring
up the task list momentarily, but it dissappears at once. Ctrl-Esc once 
more brings up the task list as usual, and lets you stop PMX manually.
After this is done, the shutdown command works as normal. The shutdown
procedure worked normally with the 2.0GA+SP combination. I can't recall
the syslevel of the TCP/IP  components offhand, but I've installed 
fairly recent CSD's for all the TCP/IP components.

- Helge Nareid
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From: wkn@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ken Neighbors)
Subject: 2.1 beta -- Trap 000d
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Summary: not only for delete
Keywords: trap d, beta
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 22:15:05 GMT

I set up my Noteworthy Music Catalog (ROEG) to go, and it worked
just as good as it always has (GA and win3.1 beta), but when I
exited, bang -- trap d.  I had already commented out the deldir
from config.sys, so that wasn't the problem.  I wonder if they're
related?  Anyway, now the Noteworthy files are screwed up.  Lucky
I made a backup.  Looking forward to hopefully using this program
under OS/2 again in the next beta or real update.  (I remember
it was so slow under Windoze.)

Here's the numbers if they're useful to anybody:

TRAP 000d       ERRCD=0bc0  ERACC=****  ERLIM=********
EAX=7d2b0104  EBX=0000e3ac  ECX=ff080000  EDX=ffe20bc0
ESI=7d19e3ac  EDI=0000001f  EBP=0000556e  FLG=00013202
CS:EIP=0148:00000e24  CSACC=009b  CSLIM=0000854a
SS:ESP=0030:00005564  SSACC=1097  SSLIM=0000469b
DS=0400  DSACC=0093  DSLIM=000070c0  CR0=8001001b
ES=0158  ESACC=c093  ESLIM=ffffffff  CR2=005e4a00
FS=03b8  FSACC=0093  FSLIM=00000023
GS=0000  GSACC=****  GSLIM=********

The system detected an internal processing
error at location ## 0160:fff60967 - 000d:9967
60000,9084

048600b4
Internal revision 6.479, 92/12/09

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ken Neighbors
wkn@leland.stanford.edu
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From: msaletni@jade.tufts.edu (Michael J. Saletnik)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Focus moves with mouse?
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:12:26 GMT
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA

In article <1993Jan25.222717.20871@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
>>In article <unruh.727982140@unixg.ubc.ca> unruh@unixg.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh) writes:
>>Is it possible to set OS2 up so that the focus moves with the mouse, rather

>Try getting the file xfeel.zip, available via anonymous ftp from

But ... although this allows focus to follow the mouse, it still
requires that the window with focus be on top.  What I (and I think
Mr. Unruh) would like is the ability to have the window with focus
remain beneath other windows.

I know OS/2 can do this to some extent ... if I put TE/2 or QPRO/DOS
partially under another window, and there's data coming in, it can
deal quite happily with being partially obscured.

Motif, as an X window manager, allows you to choose either
click-to-focus, follow-mouse-focus, or
follow-mouse-and-bring-to-top-focus.  PM behaves as the first, 'xfeel'
behaves as the last; I would like a way to do the middle.  If IBM
could build this option into PM, it would be great.  If someone could
implement it as an add-on, however, I'd still be happy.

						Michael
--
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Manager of Computer Resources, Dept. of Civil Engineering
From: rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Denver Colorado OS/2 users group meeting
Date: 28 Jan 93 06:12:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver

Thanks to all who attended the Jan Users Group meeting and starting the     
New Year off Right !!!!!!                                                   
	The next OS/2 users group meeting will be Thurs, Feb 4, at Rose Medical 
Center at 6:00 pm. The meeting will be in the Goodstein Room. This room 
is located across the street from the main Hospital building, but can be
accesed from the main hospital building, Through an Over-Street-Bridge.
The Room is in the basement. You may park on the street (if you can 
find a spot) , or you can use the parking garage. However the garage will
cost you a small fee, so be prepared ! 

We Have a Special surprize for all who attend the Feb Meeting !!
We will have a Demo of the NEW IBM VIRUS SCANNER Program for OS/2 ! 
We will also have Demos on how to use the apps that come with OS/2 !
Please Help spread the word and post the meeting on other BBS's 
The Door prizes for the February meeeting Have Been Changed !!
We will be giving away the 2.1 Beta CD-ROM to all Who attend the
Meeting !! While the Supply we Have lasts ! We will also raffle the
PDK (Programmers Developers Kit) CD-ROM witch includes the IBM
C++ Beta Compiler !!! We Have only a limited Quantity sorry !
Please Attend This is a one time Deal !!!
The Object Vision and Iversol's PVS Software will be given at the
the March Meeting !!
We will probly have other Goodies so please Attend ! and help spread the
Word !!!
                                                                                                                                      
For more information, contact The OS/2 Source at (303)744-1834 or
			      The OS/2 BBS    at (303)755-6859

--Ronald Van Iwaarden,  Sysop of The OS/2 Source
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: shorrock@mips1.info.uqam.ca (Shorrock*Glenn)
Subject: Visi-On - a trademark of VisiCorp ??
Organization: Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:03:22 GMT

Both the original OS/2 install program and, now, the 2.1 beta install, refer
to Visi-On in their list of trademarks cited.  I vaguely recall that Visi-On
was a mid-eighties vaporware windowing environment.  Does anyone know why it
shows up in OS/2?

Glenn Shorrock
Math
Universite du Quebec a Montreal
shorrock@info.uqam.ca
From: gershon@husc11.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: old ques: how to unzip PMGlobe?
Summary: how do I unzip pmglobe from watson?
Keywords: pmglobe zip watson
Date: 28 Jan 93 00:48:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc.gershon.728182122

I know there was an extended discussion of this some weeks ago, but I
don't know what the results of it were...

Would someone please tell me how to unzip pmgb32.zip (PMGlobe) which
I got from software.watson.ibm.com recently.  I have tried both
info-zip's unzip 5.0 for OS/2 and pkzip 1.02 for OS/2.  Neither
works.

thanks.
                                             --Ethan Gershon
                                             gershon@husc.harvard.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: alex@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Alexander Jung)
Subject: OS2 beta install problem
Organization: University of Wuerzburg, Germany
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 14:16:18 GMT

Hi!
I down-loaded OS2 2.1 beta from two servers
(ftp.uni-erlangen.de and ftp.urz.uni-heidelberg.de)
and wrote the disk images via 'dd if=disk??.dsk of=/dev/fd0'

the disks look OK (they have a DOS file system and I
can read and write files to then, even chkdsk /f is happy...)
but when I try to install it I wont get further than disk1.
I can boot from disk0, and at that deep blue IBM screen
I insert disk1 as I'm asked to. Then the black screen
with those four os2-logos appears and a 
message 'loading please wait' . After some floppy
activity the logos go away and only the 'Loading,
please wait' is in the upper third of the screen.
Shortly after that the machine stops with the following
error:
The system detected an internal processing
error at location ##0160:fff60967 - 000d:9967
60000, 9084

048600b4
Internal revision 6.479, 92/12/09
The system is stopped. Record the location number
of the error and contact your service representative

After that only a cold reboot brings the machine
back to life.
my setup is: 486DX/50,128K Cache, 16MB, ET4000 1MB,
Maxtor 210MB AT-bus, Logitech serial Mouse

The very same thing happened afterwards, when I
wrote the disks with loaddskf.exe on a DOS system

Could some nice soul help me? what did I wrong?

Yours
   Alexander
From: enk2@po.cwru.edu (Erik Kovach)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Which OS/2 to use???????????????????????????????????
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:19:02 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62711.student.cwru.edu

In article <1993Jan21.094433.6572@ericsson.se> etllnfr@eddie.ericsson.se (Lyndon Fletcher) writes:
>First could someone provide me with a list of CSD's and individual patches
>that should be placed on OS/2 2.0 GA to produce the most featured, bug
>free system. Windows 3.1, CDROM and ESDI controller support would be usefull
>I suspect that my display card will be an ET4000. In short I want something
>like:-

I believe the general breakdown is:
	OS/2 2.0
	OS/2 2.0 + Corrective Service Diskettes
	OS/2 2.0 + Corrective Service Diskettes + WIN-OS/2 3.1 beta
	OS/2 2.1 beta

I do not own a SoundBlaster or strange video card (I have a Trident), so
results on this list may vary as what exactly is an upgrade.  More 
individual bug fixes (like _just_ the HPFS.IFS fix in 
individual form) are available from hobbes.nmsu.edu in a bugfixes directory.

For all that you ask for, you should probably go for one of the last two.
The beta is nice for me, but has had mixed results for others.

>Second question is on the Beta. Someone said that it was available on CDROM,
>and as I am going to get a ROM drive I was wondering where this CD was 
>available from. If I load the Beta what am I letting myself in for???  Is 
>the improvement worth the hassles of any new bugs?????

Again, I like the beta, but I too have had a few problems with system crashes
(like from exiting WIN-OS/2 3.1 and using the ALT and CTRL keys).  But I
thought it was worth it.  The beta is available on CD-ROM directly from IBM
(I think), but if you have 29 disks laying around, you may obtain it from
several FTP sites (including hobbes.nmsu.edu and possibly 
software.ibm.watson.com.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rm113@cus.cam.ac.uk (R. Moss-Eccardt)
Subject: Re: HELP! OS/2 no-go after board upgrade
Organization: U of Cambridge, England
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:02:43 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.170130.25555@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:

>It's in the FAQ List (of course).  :-)  "TRAP 0002" means bad RAM --
>the RAM is probably too slow for your system.  Increase the wait
>states in the setup, precharge cycles, etc., and see if that clears up
>the problem.
>
>-- 
>Timothy F. Sipples      | READ the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, available from

To be rather pedantic, it doesn't just mean 'bad RAM'.  We get TRAP 0002s
on PS/2 70-121s because they have a slightly older processor module.  IBM
have an Engineering Change available for such machines.  
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From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Subject: 'Unhandled exception'?
Summary: Unhandled exception error
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:04:16 GMT
Keywords: unhandled exception, error

This past weekend, I received an error message which I've never seen before.
It looks like this:

    UNHANDLED EXCEPTION 0D at 085F:0048 Error code: 0000

    AX = 000D   BX = 001E   CX = 00FF   DX = 0000
    SI = 0000   DI = 0017   BP = 0FEE   SP = 0FE6
    CS = 085F   Limit =17CC segment #8E of D:\DOS\LANG\BC\BIN\BC.EXE
    DS = 05D7   Limit =FFFF segment #4D of D:\DOS\LANG\BC\BIN\BC.EXE
    ES = 203F   Limit =00FF56
    SS = 05D7   Limit =FFFF segment #4D of D:\DOS\LANG\BC\BIN\BC.EXE


    You may hit [T] to terminate, but you should reboot as soon as possible,
    as the system is unstable ...

I was running Borland C++ v3.1 under a relatively normal DOS session (DMPI
enabled).  Gateway 2000 486/33C, ET4000 1024x786x256.  No other programs
running, compiling a simple string class.  I saved my files and rebooted the
system (no shutdown).  Has anyone seen this before?  (I don't have a Compu-
Serve account, BTW.)

A small aside:  for the 'Display Register Information' option of the
SYS3186 error message, 'privileged' is misspelled.

Thank you for your cooperation.  The Computer is your friend.

-- 

Jack Tan                             If your parents didn't have kids,
jahk@uiuc.edu                          chances are you won't either.
From: holli@greiling.sto.mchp.sni.de (Holger Liebig)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1b and SVGA sync
Date: 28 Jan 1993 12:39:17 GMT
Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, W-8000 Munich
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: greiling.sto.mchp.sni.de

In article <1993Jan27.014711.24877@news.columbia.edu>, mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green) writes:
|> OK.  I have had 2.1b running in 800x600x256 mode for a week, now.
|> Tseng ET4000 (Diamond Speedstar 24).
|> I just tried running cshow, and the PM desktop lost sync completely!
|> Not only doesn't vmode fix this, but pressing reset doesn't either!~
|> Next I am going to try turning the machine off completely...if not, then
|> I will replace the .PMI file.  Does anyone know what happened and why?
|> Did cshow change the card timings permanently in a way OS2 can't handle?
|> This is very serious.
|> 
|> Full screen sessions are ok, and I learned from experience to put start /fs
|> into startup.cmd just in case something messes up PM :-)
|> 

I had a similar problem. Every return from an DOS fullscreen mode session
caused the PM desktop to go out of sync.
The solution for me was to use the vsvga.sys (\os2\mdos directory)
from the service pack.
Everything works now perfectly.

Hope, this helps

Ciao, Holger
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From: 177wardell@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is OS/2 a dead end?
Date: 22 Jan 93 12:13:47 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

In article <C18A7s.3rq@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel) writes:
> dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
> 
> 
>>In a previous article, bill@west.msi.com (Bill Poitras) says:
> 
>>>Douglas A. Bell (dab6@po.CWRU.Edu) wrote:
>>>: >Gates: It's certainly a dead end.  That's indisputable.
>>>: >Nobody would dispute that it's a dead end.
>>>: I think Bill Gates has finally gone off his rocker and started to
>>>: believe the crap that his marketing department spews out.  There is
>>>: something to be said for a positive out look, but it is another thing
>>>: to deny reality.
>>>
>>>Oh please.  Bill Gates is probably saying this because you wants
>>>everybody else to believe it.  I have heard management in MY company say:
>>>"Bill Gates says OS/2 is dead" and they believe it.
> 
>>Bill Gates is going to lose a lot of credibility over this one.
> 
> From who? OS/2 computer enthusiasts? I'm sure Gates would agree with me when
> I say, "Ohhh, well."
> 
> It appears the OS/2 advocates were really hoping OS/2 would become successful,
> and when it didn't, they start saying things about how those that put down
> OS/2 will somehow be haunted by what they said when OS/2 rises from the dead
> and makes them look like idiots. Sort of a desparation argument.
> 
> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. If you bought OS/2 hoping this would happen, you certainlytook a long-shot chance. Just think of it as a DOS multitasker.
> 
> BTW, by successful, I mean mainstream, not 1.5 million users.
> 
> 
	Woha, I don't think anyone thought that OS/2 would become THE
os in a year.  I mean, according to Microsoft, there are only about 4 to
5 million windows users so it certainly is not much more mainstream than
OS/2.  I think in a few years, OS/2 or its sucessor is liketly to replace
DOS as the mainstream.  I think Windows will eventually replace DOS
as the main environment and then they will move to OS/2.  I don't think
NT is going to simply because of its poor backward compatibility.

					-Brad



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