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From: marten@feki.toppoint.de (Marten Feldtmann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: German Service Pack !?!?
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 14:08:46 GMT
Organization: Private OS/2 System

In article <23678@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de> lauer@mpi-sb.mpg.de writes:
>
> It semm's to me that there isn't any German service pack.
>
> Who knows wheter IBM released a German service pack or not ?
>

 There's one released -- in the IBM DAP there're the disc images of this
package. There's a company in south germany, which always sells
OS/2-stuff very cheap (3.- DM each disc). I think it's called VCS --
perhaps you should ask this company ... or just ask "IBM direct" or "Hello
IBM" for help ... perhaps there's an ordering number!?

 MF



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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: 2.1 beta:  Stuck Printer
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:03:23 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.040347.9111@news.weeg.uiowa.edu> rahayden@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (R Andrew Hayden) writes:
>Hi, it's me again.  Sorry to be such a bother.
>I have a printer that barfs when I try to use it.  Le me show you the
>error messages I get:
>--------------------
>Message 1:  Gotten at startup
>	SPL2162:  Operation cannot be performed while print device is in
>	current state
>Message 2:  Gotten whenever I try to print.  The spooler seems to putz
>away fro 30 to 60 seconds and then repots this back:
>	Error (004) CANNOT write to printer "LPT1"
>	Abort / Retry / Ignore
>	   (these are in buttons)
>if I press retry or ignore, it repeats the error.
>Any thoughts?

Does the language in the OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List on this
issue shed any light?

(By the way, IBM has some good language on this and related issues in
its new OS/2 2.1 manual.  What appears to be the draft is located on
the OS/2 2.1 beta CD-ROM.)

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams)
Subject: Re: Always Technology IN-2000 SCSI Controller
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:31:32 GMT
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

From article <1993Jan06.091157.18161@stiatl.salestech.com>, by rknight@stiatl.salestech.com (Ray Knight):
> The Always IN-2000 currently does not have a native driver.  It uses the INT13 driver and performance suffers greatly because of it.
> 

Here's the deal.

Columbia Data Products will ship this Friday a native SCSI driver for OS/2.
I have ordered it; as soon as I get it I will report back on how well it
all works.

You need to have the BIOS version VCN-03;  you probably don't have this unless
you bought your IN2000 in the last 10 minutes.  The BIOS version is displayed
when you boot.

Columbia will sell you the BIOS upgrade with the driver software.  The cost
for the BIOS upgrade and the OS/2 Driver is 65$.

This is an ADD driver; not an ASPI driver.  The Allways guys aren't sure
but think it may support some ASPI functions.

Allways claims they will be selling this driver also, but are trying to get
a better price from Columbia so they can sell it at < 50$.

I decided not to wait; Allways is amazingly slow to do anything.  $65 plus
shipping is a bitter pill to swallow, but it's cheaper than going out and
buying an Adaptec controller.  I paid $200 for the controller 3 years ago,
paid them 25$ for the BIOS upgrade to allow OS/2 to run.  So now I will have
> 300$ into the Allways controller.

Anyone considering buying a SCSI Controller would be well advised to get
the Adaptec right off; since the cost of the IN2000 plus the drivers puts
it extremely close to the Adaptec price.

I'm hoping this is the end of the Allways IN2000 fiasco.  Time will tell.
--
Kent Williams -- williams@cs.uiowa.edu Work(335-4496) Home(338-6053)
"You, Varlet! Why so blithe?" -- from "Shreck" by William Steig
From: rcmerrit@apgea.army.mil (Robert C. Merritt <rcmerrit>)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Trident drivers DO work with ATI!!!!!!!!! I have drivers!!!!!
Date: 4 Jan 93 14:01:48 GMT
Organization: APG-Edgewood

In article <Dec.28.00.19.29.1992.1164@remus.rutgers.edu> glenw@remus.rutgers.edu (Glenn T. Wasserman) writes:
>
>The trident 32-bit drivers DO work ATI!!! You just need to make sure
>that you generate a new, proper SVGADATA.PMI file. But it has seamless
>windows and everything (notebooks look alright, haven't tried
>printscreen yet).
>
>Anyone with ATI boards, this is EXACTLY what we have been waiting for!
>
>-Glenn
>-- 
>*	Glenn Wasserman - Rutgers University - Computer Science  	*
>*************************************************************************
>*	glenw@remus.rutgers.edu	*	glenw@gandalf.rutgers.edu	*
>*************************************************************************


Well, I have an ATI vga wonder. Which I believe is a 16 bit card. Its
highest rez is 1024x768x16 although with my interlace monitor I really only
want to do 640x480x256. Does thouse drivers work for my card too? 

`Rob Merritt
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers)
Subject: Re: SONY CD-ROM drives with OS/2
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:10:56 GMT

In article <12JAN199308262873@vx.cis.umn.edu> tclausen                         writes:
>Recently I aquired a Gateway 2000 486/66V.  They offer a CD-ROM drive
>upgrade with this machine.  The CD-ROM drive has its own Sony interface.
>I was wondering if it ran with OS/2.  The technical people at Gateway
>tell me that they have no drivers for OS/2.  Mostly I want the drive for
>reading software distribution packages---not so much for multimedia.
>If anyone has any experience with this setup please drop me a line!

I have a Sony CDU 7205.  It is currently a no-go with OS/2 (except, of
course, for specific DOS)

Sony tells me they will have an OS/2 driver available for my drive in
March or April.  I hope they make it.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore)
Subject: Re: [SCSI Tape Backup???]
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:17:18 GMT

zorrilla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Eric Zorrilla) writes:

>I'm looking for feedback on what SCSI tape backups people have successfully
>used with OS/2 2.X and what software they have used as their backup
>mechanism.  I understand that Sytos appears to be the commercial choice and
>gtak appears to be the shareware (freeware?) avenue.  However, I would
>like more information about either product (unattended backups? compression?
>range of hardware devices supported, etc?)

>On the hardware side, I would be interested in a backup of at least 250
>megs as I currently have 810 megs of hard disk space and may be expanding
>shortly.
> 

I have been using os/2 with an Exabyte 4200 DAT drive, using GNU tar. I have
tried several other backup softwares. I am somewhat underwhelmed. Sytos is
not very user friendly. Novastor has a critical *BUG*. 
Tar is very literal, but works, and since it is command line oriented, can
be tied to a time activation or whatever.

                                             [sam]

(disclaimer: yes, I work for Exabyte)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lkuru@lk-hp-5.hut.fi (Lauri Ilari Kuru)
Subject: Registering OS/2 ?
Summary: I've been lazy
Keywords: Why should I ?
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 22:27:27 GMT


Hi everybody !

I bought my version of OS/2 in July -92, but I've been too lazy
to register it. So tell me: what do I get if I register it ?

qru
From: iac!jerome@uunet.uu.net ( Jerome Provensal - ITG)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Cheapest CD-ROM drive ever!!!
Keywords: CD-ROM OS/2
Date: 12 Jan 93 03:14:59 GMT
Organization: Investment Technology Group, Los Angeles, California

I guess you are interested in the subject since you are reading this message.
PDK, 2.1, ... everything seems to be available on CD-ROM, therefore I decided
that it was time for me to get one.
The problem is:
	1. the number of available CD-ROM+card+driver combinations working
	   with OS/2 is rather limited.
	2. the CD-ROM solutions for OS/2 are rather expensive.

Thus, I would be extremely interested and grateful to hear from the lucky ones
who already have a working OS/2 CD-ROM configuration.
The particular questions I have are:
	. Brand name and model (CD-ROM drive / card / driver)
	. price
	. does it work with DOS/Windows/WINOS/2?
	. where you go it
	. happy with it?
	. and any other info you might find useful to the rest of us.

I will be more than happy to gather your answers and post a summary since I 
believe I'm not the only interested in the subject.

Any information will be greatly appreciated.

[JP]

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From: nkolte@daimi.aau.dk (Nikolaj Kolte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Two programs on the some modem??
Date: 12 Jan 93 10:02:34 GMT
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark

Does anybody know a way to set op multiple programs running on the same
time which all can acess the COM port.

I have a problem when I want to have eg. a communication program
started up, but not using the comport / eg. no connection is made.
Then if I use the dial function in f.eks. SideKick for DOS I get the
error of two programs trying to acess the same comport. Fair enough /
it is right, but isn't there a way realase the comport when the 
com.program isn't using the port.

Nikolaj1~
From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ET4000 1024x768 interlaced?
Date: 6 Jan 1993 18:19:32 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc12.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, tmolbach@Lise.Unit.NO (Thomas M|lbach) says:

>I have installed the GA+CSD with the new et4000 drivers. The 640x480 + 800x600
>drivers looked OK, but the 1024x768 drivers looked interlaced to me. The monitor
>(15") and the graphics card (2theMAX) should manage 1024x768 non-interlaced. Does
>anyone know if it's possible to get 1024x768 non-interlaced with the CSD-drivers?
>And what should I do?

Are you sure that it is interlaced?

If it is interlaced, you usually get a fairly stable picture but narrow
horizonal lines tend to shimmer very badly.

If it is 60 htz non-interlaced, the whole picture, but especially any solid
white area, tends to shimmer when viewed under bright lighting or
from the corner of your eye.

Most 15" monitors will support better than 60htz refresh at 1024x768.
Check to see if there is a jumper or dip switches on your card that you
have to play with to get the better refresh.  I believe you want a 48Khz
horizontal scan rate or better to get 70+ htz refresh at 1024x768 resolution.

If you change any settings on your card, be sure to run "svga on" again
to update your svgadata.pmi file.
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From: h198@hosp.med.umich.edu  (Gene Mangum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ATI VGA Wonder and OS/2 2.1 beta
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993  07:54 EDT
Organization: Univ of Michigan Hospitals
Distribution: world
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In Article <1993Jan6.035541.16738@midway.uchicago.edu> "sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)" says:
> In article <19930102094650.h198@hosp.med.umich.edu> h198@hosp.med.umich.edu  (Gene Mangum) writes:
> >I tried the ATI 640x480x256 drivers that came with OS/2 2.1 beta.   They
> >almost work, but I get "sparkles", or colored dots on the screen.   The
> >number of dots increases steadily as I use the system.   I had a similar
> >problem with the 256c drivers that ATI released a while back.   
 
  [Stuff Deleted]
  
> > If so, what message does yours give at boot time?   I get:
> >     VGA 1024, BIOS V5-1.00
> >Maybe I could upgrade the video BIOS?
> 
> Just a wild guess, but is your AT bus set to operate at 8 MHz?
 
  [.sig Deleted]
 
  Yes, I tried a year ago to set it faster, and couldn't get the machine
  to boot :-(   I removed every card except the disk controller and it
  wouldn;t even get as far as the boot manager.
 
  BTW, thanks for your reply to my "enormous desktop" problem the other
  day.   I don't know why I didn't think of that, since I've done it
  accidentally a few times.   I know it's stated oftern, but we really
  appreciate your dedication to helping people on these groups.   I know
  it takes an incredible amount of time...
 

  Gene Mangum
  Univ of Michigan Hospitals
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Thursday, 7 Jan 1993 14:29:45 EST
From: Jim White <JWHITE@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Font Sizes in OS/2 Window.

Is there a way to enhance the selection of Font sizes that are available
in an OS/2 or DOS window?

I'm running OS/2 on a IBM PS/2 Model 70 386 with 8514a support on a smallish
(13 in diagonal) monitor. I like to run the IBM TCP/IP TN3270 product (runs
in std OS/2 window) in 43 line mode, but none of the current font sizes/configs
really fit nicely and look readable to me (or at least I'd like a 'better'
fit for my eyes).

The answer doesn't seem to be in installing new fonts using the Font Palette
in the System Setup folder. The fonts I'd like to change are somehow different
from these. I currently have the following sizes available.....

8x8, 10x6, 10x8, 12x8, 14x6, 14x8, 15x7, 16x8, 16x12, 18x8, 18x10, 20x12,
22x12, 25x7, 30x12.

I'd like to try a 16x10, or a 17x10. Is there any hope?



Jim White

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers)
Subject: Re: Bug report for IBM1S506.ADD from SPB506.ZIP
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:38:51 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.122557.16693@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> etorrem@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (engelbert.jgm.torremans) writes:
>Hello All, (and especially IBM developers for IBM1S506.ADD)
>
>I am a very happy user of the first beta release of the IBM1S506.ADD driver.
>
>Full name: ibm1s506.add    22583  11-18-92  21:25
>
>This driver gave me the support for my 3rd harddisk connected to a
>secondary harddisk controller. And it was also the first IBM1S506.ADD driver
>that gave access to the second harddisk connected to my primary controller.
>Everything is working perfectly when I use this release of the driver.

Story of how "upgrading" broke things - deleted.

I am tempted to say, "If it ain't broke, ..."

But seriously folks (and speaking as a very happy user of OS/2,
anomalies and all [I've got to concede, it's not for everybody]),
this sort of thing is not uncommon with OS/2.  The service pack is the
best example (fix some things, break others).

Anyway, IBM is well aware that the 2.0 Beta version of IBM1s506.add is
the best one so far.  In fact, in response to one of my complaints, IBM
sent me a diskette containing that version.  I haven't done anything
with it yet, however, since I have not yet run OS/2 on a system that has
a disk connected to a 506 interface.

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From: ez003045@hamlet.ucdavis.edu (James E. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Detach command.
Date: 12 Jan 93 06:59:44 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

I just decided to forget my wishes and make some aliases which use
start and some switches to send it to the background invisibly
(have to use a task-switcher to access) and in fs mode--then I
can grab it using vswitch...  My only reason for all this is that
sometimes when I'm in full-screen I don't wanna have to go back to
PM & worry about min icn view, etc...

Now, one more quick ?--After I start a bg fs 4os2 session, do what
I want and finish, I always end up back in PM though I started in 
an fs session--Does anyone know how to force a return to the session 
(fs) from which I started?  

(Yes, I just realized I wrote "an fs session", and that's poor 
grammar, but I'm too tired to go back and fix it--I'm using vi at
2400...)

jel
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 2.1 Beta's WinOs2 will not print?
From: kbwilson@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Date: 8 Jan 93 22:39:44 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

Help
	I installed the Beta 2.1 and my win-os2 will not print in any app
It seems to be some problem with paper orientation....but not that simple.
	I did a selective install of win-os2 and laser jet III drivers and
still I can't print.  
	I installed the laserjet III driver in win-os2 control panel and still
no printing.  If any one can help I really do not want to go back to GA=SP
				Thanks in advance
					Boyd Wilson
						kbwilson@134.53.2.10
From: jgreen@csd.harris.com (Joe Green)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Writing video drivers
Date: 11 Jan 1993 18:12:45 GMT
Organization: Harris Computer Systems Division
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What software (libraries, etc.) and documentation would be needed to write
drivers for a graphics board for OS/2?  Are these things available to mere
mortals?  :-)

--
Joe Green				Harris Corporation
jgreen@csd.harris.com			Computer Systems Division
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: gregb@gout.austin.ibm.com
Subject: Re: FDISK LOST MY WHOLE DISK -- HELP PLEASE !!!
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:15:17 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.16 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Reply-To: gregb@pro-lep.cts.com
Organization: IBM Austin

In <1imtunINNmu9@mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE> forster@chem.tu-berlin.de (Peter Forster) writes:
>Now I've connected
>a Fujitsu M2624 520MB SCSI disk to the 1542B and restarted the system.

It is, in fact, a synergy between this drive and OS/2.  This drive
(and a few others) must do something (sector mapping, most likely)
that OS/2 has problems with.  We use one of these drives, and have
had our system trashed twice, but not to the point that we haven't
been able to reinstall.  It is not the adaptec drivers, because the
same thing has happened to us with both a 1542b and an FD1680.

We notified IBM of the bug when it first hit us early after GA, and
got blown off several times.  We notified them that our development
schedule was thrown (it's now off by almost a year due to OS/2 and C
Set/2 bugs), but have got no satisfaction.  You need to call your
local equivalent of the US 800 number, if you have one, tell them
what's going on, and pray.

We're still using the drive, but have found that once you get it
configured, DON'T TOUCH IT.  Do *NOT* run FDISK, even to just *look*
at the partition table, because it will erase all the format
information for the partitions on that drive.

>Any help will greatly be appreciated!

Good luck.
__________________________________________________________
Greg Bryant                                 (512) 795-0323
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Just consulting.   Not an employee.   Not representing IBM
From: buckler@vnet.ibm.com (Jason Buckler)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 11:42:43 EST
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Opinion:  What IBM should change in OS/2
News-Software: UReply 3.1
            <OLAVT.93Jan5155508@ulrik.uio.no>

In <OLAVT.93Jan5155508@ulrik.uio.no> Olav Torvund writes:
>In article <19930104.100300.334@almaden.ibm.com> buckler@vnet.ibm.com (Jason Buckler) writes:
>
>   I'm one of those folx who, upon any startup, turns off the numlock - I never
>   use it.  Hate it, matter of fact.  I never have figured out why it gets
>   turned on in the first place.
>
>And I am one of those who always turns Num Lock on. I have never
>figured out why it is turned off in the first place. The answer is
>simple: Let the user decide. Let us have one global setting under
>installation, and a possibility to set it individually for each
>program session.

I'm in agreeance with that - some apps, though turn it on all by themselves
(most calculator apps, for instance).  Shouldn't be too hard to add that
option to say, system settings.  I think it's even been suggested, though
I'm not sure.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rogge@fizzle.Stanford.EDU (Sven Rogge)
Subject: super VGA & network 
Keywords: net svga
Reply-To: rogge@fizzle.Stanford.EDU (Sven Rogge)
Organization: Stanford University
Distribution: su
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 01:47:09 GMT

Hello OS/2 and NET fans,

        I have a very serious problem with my OS/2 system at work. I
have to use a 3COM and a NI AT-GPIB card in the system. Now the
problem starts if I use the super VGA mode (better i try).
        I tried all I new with our Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 and with a
simple ET4000 card. Both run in VGA mode fine with the display.dll
from the original OS/2 2.0 version and the drivers for the two other
cards. I can run the video cards in super vga if I kick out all
drivers except for the video dll. The orchid beta driver is
very good and fast so I would like to use it!!!!!

        So how do you use a super VGA driver with your other drivers?
Please send mail or post. Orchid had a very simple answer to
the problem: "Our driver is not designed to work with others!" Good
tip for a user how needs more than a word processor.

Sven

(rogge@fizzle.stanford.edu)
From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 2.1 dissapointment -
Date: 6 Jan 1993 20:39:30 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc12.ins.cwru.edu



The OS/2 2.1 beta still has trouble with windows that contain large numbers
of icons.  It slows down, gives out of memory errors, etc.

These are silly errors and shouldn't happen with virtual memory.

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