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From: cooke_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: how to convert .pcx to .bmp???
Date: 19 Nov 1992 07:07:38 GMT
Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
Distribution: comp
Reply-To: cooke_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

In article <TNT.92Nov18081814@netcom.com>, tnt@netcom.com (Terry Turner) writes:
>i have a scanner whose dos software produces .pcx files. i would like to
>get them into os2 bmp format. any ideas would be hel
pful. i have done some
>looking around and experimenting and have had no luck. 
>
>i also would like a program to view os2 bitmaps.
>
Try VPIC50 by Bob Montgomery (I don't know if an OS/2 version exists). 

This program can save .pcx/.gif, etc files as .bmp

I think it should be available through Compuserve and most BBSs






-------------------------

Russell Cooke
COOKE_R@KOSMOS.WCC.GOVT.NZ

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: balesej@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Eric J Bales)
Subject: Re: CSD and a growing swapper.dat
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 00:40:30 GMT

In article <4450@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU> rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden) writes:
>
>I too was having the same problem (16 mb ram, no apps running and 12+ mb
>swap file)  The solution turned out to be to get rid of the background bitmap.
>Apparently, the CSD/32-bit GRE has some trouble with remembering that it no
>longer needs memory that it has swapped out to disk when it comes to
>graphics on the desktop.  I got rid of the background and have a solid color
>now and I have a manageable swapfile

The background bitmap doesn't make that much different on my system (other
than the size of the bitmap, of course) as far as the swapfile goes, so
long as I don't size it to the screen, or tile it.  If I just display it
normal size in the center of the screen, all works well.  (Except for the
palette...  :-))  I'm using 2.0 + SP and 1024x768x256 ET4000 drivers in the
SP.

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Dolphins. Soon you will be one of us, and then you will understand.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ojtv@zombie.oulu.fi (Olli Vuolteenaho)
Subject: Re: Windows NT  is it out yet?  What will happen to OS/2?
Organization: University of Oulu, Finland
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 11:34:20 GMT

Bill Gates himself told reporters a couple of weeks ago that
NT will be released between April and June 93.
From: mustard@thor.sdrc.com (Sandy Mustard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: cset2 editor - finding a line
Date: 20 Nov 92 20:33:26 GMT
Distribution: usa

Using cset2 and workframe, how do I position the editor to a particular
line number?  I would like something line the 'vi' 36G command to get to
line 36.  When the compiler tells me I have a syntax error on line 36, I
select the source file name and click on Process. This brings up the
editor. (the default one which came with os/2.)  How do I position the
cursor to line 36?

Thanks,
Sandy Mustard
mustard\@sdrc.com
From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Crashing OS/2 - No.2
Date: 18 Nov 1992 03:25:48 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

925wardell@gw.wmich.edu writes:
>> 
>> What is a Trap 8 ? How can a DOS program crash OS/2 so effectively.

The information found here is taken in part from the Intel i386 or i486
								manual(s)

==============================================================================
Trap #	Function	OS/2 HELP MSG (SYSxxxx)	Likely cause under OS/2:
==============================================================================
0000	Divide error			3184	division by zero by OS/2
0001	Debug exception				shouldn't occur
0002	NMI Interrupt				memory parity or 387 error
0003	One Byte Interrupt			shouldn't occur
0004	Interrupt on Overflow		3185	from INTO instruction
0005	Array Bounds Check		3191	from BOUND instruction
0006	Invalid OP-Code			3176	usually a corrupted .EXE
0007	Device not Available			from ESC or WAIT instruction
0008	Double Fault				shouldn't happen
0009	Reserved by Intel			
000A	Invalid TSS (Task State Segment)	OS/2 bug - not a common bug
000B	Segment not Present			Can be a program or OS/2 bug
000C	Stack Fault				stack was ruined (not common)
000D	General Protection Fault		invalid pointer (most common)
000E	Page Fault				OS/2 bug, error in virtual mem
000F	Reserved by Intel			
==============================================================================
(C)1992 Gebran Krikor  * Freely distributable 





-- 
Jon Hacker
Caltech, Pasadena CA
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lkan@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Linus Kan)
Subject: comm baud rate limit
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:19:15 GMT

What is the comm baud rate limit on OS2 with Service Pak?
Also, how can I increase scrolling in DOS and refresh
rate in WINOS2?

Thanks in advance.

:) lkan@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii
From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: copyini vs cpyini
Date: 23 Nov 1992 08:04:55 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca
Keywords: OS2SYS.INI file size growing

In article <1992Nov22.213113.1978@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
:In article <10028@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum) writes:
:>>The cpyini program that I an d (I suspect) most people are using is the
:>>one in the hobbes uploads directory, which does not have a companion program.
:>>In my opinion, it is much easier to use than the checkini/copyini programs
:>>which have been around for quite some time now.
:>I just checked this out. Except for the name change (copyini.exe vs
:>cpyini.exe), these files seem identical (date, time, size, and look and
:>feel). How can one be easier than the other? One less letter to type in
:>the filename? :-)
:
:While we're on the subject of the massively growing INI file, and
:after apparently ruling out DeskPic as the culprit, is there anyone
:NOT using 4OS2 who suffers from the problem?  (In other words, shall
:4OS2 be nominated as the culprit?)

I am using 4OS/2 and I have the os2sys.ini bug, but 4OS/2 is not the culprit.

The WPS shell is buggy, and I can cause the os2sys.ini to grow at will, to
demonstrate the bug. For me, anyway, all I have to do is open up the 
Settings menu for a desktop object, and change a few things. Then within
a few seconds it hits the disk, and if I keep checking os2sys.ini I can
see that it grew. I can then try another object, and then os2sys.ini
grows by 40kb. If I change the same object again, os2sys.ini doesn't grow
but if I change a different object, it does grow. And this is not because
anything is being stored in os2sys.ini because of the changes: data like
that is stored in EAs.

I'm convinced the Workplace Shell is at fault.
:
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:sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
:Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
:of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]


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______________________________________________________________________________
jpm: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca         
                            Happily using OS/2 2.0 because MS Windows isNT ___
                                                      Insert VapourFeature ^^^
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: goyal@utdallas.edu (MOHIT K GOYAL)
Subject: 256-color and/or 3d icons?
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 05:57:29 GMT

Anyone know where I can find some 256-color and/or 3d icons for OS/2?


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rolfe@ldp.com (Rolfe Tessem)
Subject: Re: Cnews and uucp?
Reply-To: rolfe@ldp.com
Organization: Lucky Duck Productions
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:38:28 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.063906.12349@visual.spk.wa.us> ssanbeg@visual.spk.wa.us  
(Scott Sanbeg) writes:
> In article <1992Nov15.152237.28074@grebyn.com> richk@grebyn.com (Richard  
Krehbiel) writes:
> >In article <kD87TB2w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us> owen@lakes.trenton.sc.us (UN  
Owen) writes:
> >
> >>   Is there any thought of porting the cnews package and something 
> >>   like HDB or Taylor uucp over to OS/2?  I currently run Waffle 
> >>   under a DOS session, and could not use UUPC since it does not 
> >>   (according to the docs I have) have any support for feeding other 
> >>   systems.

I don't understand this comment; batching news for other systems (if this is  
what you mean) is the responsibility of the news software, not UUCP. UUPC  
1.11 (for OS/2) itself feeds other systems pretty much like any other
UUCP does, with scheduling, grading, polling, etc. I'm using 1.11v which has  
some improvements and fixes over 1.11q which I had been using; I understand  
there is at least a version 1.11w out there now.

> >I've thought of porting C-news, but a great deal of C-news is written
> >in Unix shell scripts; it would be a significant effort to port.

But hasn't a Bourne-like shell already been ported?
 
> Likewise, Taylor UUCP is written primarily for UNIX too - it would also
> be a non-trivial task to port over. 
> 
> Still, Waffle in a DOS session *forever*, though working fine, is
> a thought to shudder against. :)

You should take a look at UUPC 1.11 for OS/2.

Rolfe

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rolfe@ldp.com				New York City
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: scastill@nmsu.edu (Steve Castillo)
Subject: Re:  * OS/2 2.0 specific ATI drivers Available * 
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:28:13 GMT


Do these new drivers have the seamless windows capability?  Can they
run seamless windows in 1024x768x256 resolution?  I talked to a person
at ATI support.  He did not know anything about these new drivers.
All he said was that they hope to have something in the very near
future because of the "unbelievable demand" they have had.  If these
new drivers do exist, can somebody upload them to Hobbes.  I do not
have a high speed modem, but I do have access to Hobbes.  Thanks in advance.
--
*****************************************************************
Steve Castillo
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM

scastill@nmsu.edu
(505)646-3214
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson)
Subject: Re: How to "register" new hardware with OS/2?
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 17:48:23 GMT

In article <1992Nov15.171515.8155@midway.uchicago.edu> I wrote:
...
>	3) Installed OS/2 on the new drive.  This was (relatively) painless.
>	4) After playing with OS/2 for a bit, we decided to try to get
>	   the data off the hardcard, so we re-installed the hardcard,
>	   and re-booted OS/2.  No luck.  Varying types of error
>	   message, but, in particular, OS/2's FDISK did not recognize
>	   the presence of a second drive.
...
>	6) After several days of no luck, we decided to trash it all and
>	   start over.  This time, we did the (fresh) install with the
>	   hardcard installed.  Lo & behold, this time, FDISK recognized
>	   the second drive.  This makes me think that OS/2 must
>	   preserve some kind of "state" information on disk between
>	   boots that tells it how many disk you have.

Another interesting (?) thing about this.  After having installed OS/2
on the new drive once, I found that I was unable to access the drive
with DOS FDISK.  (Even after turning the machine off, waiting the
proverbial 10 seconds, and booting a DOS floppy!).  That is, somehow,
OS/2 broke my hard disk.  I seem to remember reading something in the
dox about how once you've installed OS/2, you can never really get rid
of it.  Is there some way to restore the drive to the factory condition,
or do I have to take it back to the store?  (I was able to re-install
OS/2 on the drive, seemingly w/o problems, but I may at some point
decide to trash OS/2 entirely, and I'd hate to have to trash the drive
as well)

************************************************************************
I've been told to back off on the diode jokes, but I still don't
like smileys ;-)

	- pynq@quads.uchicago.edu, who is still costing the net
	  hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars, every time he posts -
************************************************************************
From: Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Full Screen Problem
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:57:04 GMT
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.5.23

In article <1992Nov11.195255.9526@bilver.uucp> dandrews@bilver.uucp (Dave Andrews) writes:
>In article <1dr3rbINN14s@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jms20@po.CWRU.Edu (John M. 
Sully) writes:>>
>>When I open an OS/2 full screen session, the monitor looses sinc, but
>>there's no problem opening a DOS full screen session.  
>>
>>My system is:
>>486/33 - 8Mb
>>Diamond Speedstar
>>OS/2 2.0 + CSD
>
>John, I've experienced exactly your problem, and I don't have a fix either.
>
>I'll take any suggestions, too.

I don't know what to say to you guys with Tseng-based video, but I can say 
with some certainty that a) I have this problem too, and b) it's to do with 
the contents of SVGADATA.PMI. I have one which gives me nice clean 
fullscreen sessions, DOS and OS/2, but leaves a broad border up to 3cm wide 
around the desktop, and I have another which I generated with TVGACRTC (
Trident's size/position utility) and SVGA that gives me a nice fullscreen 
desktop with minimal border, but loses sync with fullscreen OS/2 sessions.

There must be some peculiar relationship between the values that TVGACRTC 
generates, and those that SVGA records. I've wasted dozens of hours on this, 
and I'm still not happy. I would be extremely annoyed if I needed FS OS/2 
for anything... still waiting for a substitute Trident card to try a 
hardware solution.

--
Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au         This post made from 100% recycled electrons.
From: ak@ananke.stgt.sub.org (Andreas Kaiser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: GTAK broke after SP. 
Distribution: world
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 15:01:15 GMT
Organization: ananke


In article <1992Nov12.232624.21481@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:

  > >    Well, I finally got the Service Pak installed.  I had to
  > >reinstall GA (after reformatting the partition!) and the SP
  > >installed cleanly.  Now however GTAK has broken.  I keep getting
  > >I/O errors when I try to write to a tape.  I've heard some people
  > >say that GTAK doesn't work, and some people say that it does.
  > >Has a conclusion been reached?  Has anybody fixed it after it broke?
  > >Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
  > 
  > If it is any consolation, Sytos Plus 1.35 broke on me after applying
  > the Service Pak.  I'm working with IBM to try and resolve the problem.
  > Still no solution to date.

There is a serious bug in a system call in the Service Pack, which can
lead to a faulty behaviour of TAR, when extended attributes are
archived (thanks to Kai Uwe Rommel, who found this bug). The next
release of GTAK will contain a workaround.

The 32bit OS/2 system call DosQueryPathInfo, which should give
information about the size of the extended attributes, leaves garbage
in the respective field. This bug is a flakey one, since it depends on
some unknown conditions, whether it happens or not. My environment
never showed this problem in TAR, but when I ran a separate test of
exactly the same EA code as used in TAR, I got garbage unless compiled
with IBM C Set/2.

The problem can be avoided by not using this information. It is
somewhat redundant anyway, since 2.0 GA used to return 65535 as EA size
independant of the disk EA size.

  > The problem could be similar.  You may wish to file a problem report
  > using the file /pub/os2/2.0/info/os2prob.txt, available via anonymous
  > ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

I have no FTP access.

		Gruss, Andreas Kaiser

:::::::::::::::::::: subnet:  ak@ananke.stgt.sub.org
:: Andreas Kaiser :: fidonet: 2:241/7220.9
::::::::::::::::::::
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: copyini vs cpyini
From: djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum)
Date: 21 Nov 92 22:52:46 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Keywords: OS2SYS.INI file size growing

>The cpyini program that I an d (I suspect) most people are using is the
>one in the hobbes uploads directory, which does not have a companion program.
>In my opinion, it is much easier to use than the checkini/copyini programs
>which have been around for quite some time now.

I just checked this out. Except for the name change (copyini.exe vs
cpyini.exe), these files seem identical (date, time, size, and look and
feel). How can one be easier than the other? One less letter to type in
the filename? :-)

--David
-- 
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The Royal York Apartments, #802     djbpitt@pittvms   [Bitnet]
3955 Bigelow Boulevard              voice: 1-412-687-4653
Pittsburgh, PA  15123  USA          fax:   1-412-624-9714
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Help installing READIBM.EXE
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 02:38:27 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.235524.2566@gremlin.muug.mb.ca> borger@gremlin.muug.mb.ca (James Borger) writes:
>Also, how on earth do I add paths to the DOS emulation windows?  I see it
>has a few remnents of my old DOS path but I can't figure where to add the
>rest!  I've been all over the online help and nowhere can I see where it
>says to edit the PATH statement used in DOS emulation!

The DOS PATH is controlled by the PATH line in AUTOEXEC.BAT, just as
in DOS.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0g, available from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
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From: gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU (Constantinos Malamas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Questions on OS2 2.0 from a _potential_ user. HELP !!!!
Date: 18 Nov 92 18:03:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


	I am the prud owner of a new 486DX33, and I am seriosly
considering installing OS/2 2.0 as my OS... Before I spend $125 on the
package though, I wanna some input by you, fellow netters:
	o  Due to a small (comparatively) HD (107MB), I will probably
install Stacker 2.0, that I used on my old machine. Now I _heard_ that OS2
requires ~30MB for its swap files. Is this true? How close is this figure
to actual performance? most importantly-- will OS2 be able to access the
Stacker drive to dump its swap files (unlike Windows)? are this files so
compressed that this is not efficient anyway?
	o  How does OS2 run DOS and Windows apps? Does it emulate these
two exceptional os's (NOT!!!! :))...) or does it require the actual DOS
and Windows OS software to be installed on the HD?
	o  How much space will the OS2 files take up?
	o  How power-intensive is OS2 anyway? Will it take up so much uf
the CPU that really BIG programms (Mathematica 2.0 for DOS, for example) will
not run fast enough? 
Thanx in advance...

Costas Malamas________________________________________________________________
Georgia Institute of Technology
Internet: gt7692b@prism.gatech.edu


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From: rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ANY way to do 24-bit graphics under OS/2 2.0?
Date: 19 Nov 92 01:38:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov19.013857.15311
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Washington

Brandon.Vanevery@launchpad.unc.edu (Brandon Vanevery) writes:


>Is there ANY KNOWN METHOD of doing 24-bit graphics under OS/2 2.0?

>I'll even take suggestions about displaying in a DOS or Windows shell.

>Are there ANY MANUFACTURERS WHATSOEVER working on 24-bit drivers for OS/2?
>Any expected release times?

>Brandon Van Every

>--
>   The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
>     North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
>        Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
>           internet:  laUNChpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80
 

	This is an important concern for me, also.  I'm happy to say
that OS/2 hasn't let me down in this area.  Any DOS program which
works with the Hicolor of my ET4000 works fine in an OS/2 fulls screen
DOS session.  Better still, I was able to install an old Windows
driver into Win/OS2 -- so while I'm in my OS/2 session, I am provided
the benifits of faster 256 color display, but where I need it
(painting programs under Windows), I am afforded a full 32000 color
palette!  Nice, huh?  The best of both worlds, I'd say.  Note that IBM
doesn't recommend this, but if it works, I'm not gonna argue! 

Rene
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From: louis@arapaho.ucsc.edu (Louis Goldstein)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Re: Having TCP/IP trouble
Keywords: Ping works. Beta CD
Date: 20 Nov 92 21:41:10 GMT
Reply-To: louis@arapaho.ucsc.edu
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: arapaho.ucsc.edu

In article <Bxzx2u.EwB@vti.com>, rickr@vti.com (Rick Rodman) writes:
|> Everything seems to work... I have a PC cabled to a Sun which has an ext
|> transceiver with lights on it.  The lights flash when the PC pings but
|> the Sun respondeth not.  Similarly, when the Sun pings, the PC respondeth
|> not.  They appear to be ships passing in the night.  I'm afraid I've spent
|> more time looking at this and scratching my head than I want, but I have
|> no idea which way to proceed.  I've tried turning on and off canonical, etc.
|> - every option in ICAT - none help.  I've also tried fiddling directly
|> with ifconfig and making it look EXACTLY like it looks on the Sun - no help.

I had exactly the same symptoms, and the problem turned out to be an incorrect 
setting for the "route" in "\tcpip\bin\setup.cmd".  Having that pointing to the
wrong machine (not sure if it didn't exist or what) caused anything sent from
the PS/2 to be lost.  What's likely happening (what was happening to me) was
that when you ping the PC from the sun, the PC gets the message, but the 
reply gets lost.

Hope this helps,
Louis
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