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From: wjb5106@sigma.tamu.edu (Walter Barnett)
Subject: Re: dosv under os-2
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 20:24:00 GMT

In article <1a7i5fINNilb@agate.berkeley.edu>, jp1ek@sunc.shef.ac.uk writes...

>i have been trying to run dosv (japanese version of ibm dos for
>at bus machines) under os-2.  this version of ibm dos fails
>because it cannot load a driver called $font.sys.  the message is
>that there is not enough extended memory.  the machine in
>question in fact has 6 megs of extended memory and $font.sys will
>load happily with 1 meg or less.
> 

There is not really any extended memory under OS/2.  It is all just
memory.  OS/2 can provide emulated extended memory (and expanded, for
that matter) for those DOS programs that require it. 

>my guess is that $font.sys, although written by ibm, does its own
>thing with extended memory and cannot find any because it is all
>under the control of os-2.  if my guess is correct, where do i
>rtfm to find out how to give $font.sys some extended memory of
>its own to play with?  if my guess is correct, my second (largely

I would suggest you look in the on-line command reference.  Try clicking 
on the Search button and entering "extended memory".

_______________________________________________________________________
Walter Barnett        Aerospace Engineering        Texas A&M University
From: slam@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Graphics Ultra Problems!
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:12:28 GMT
Organization: Wright State University

Well, I finally gave in and bought a MAG 15 and ATI Graphics Ultra combo
to run OS/2 2.0. I then reinstalled OS/2 2.0 GA, selecting 8514/a and
High Resoultion Full-Screen Win-OS/2. INSTALL goes through all 15 disks
and the printer drivers but upon reboot, OS/2 hangs on the WPS screen
with the gray background; there are no icons or anything else.

I gave up on GA and installed the 32-bit GRE and had the same problem.
Arrrggghh!!! The strange thing was that everything worked using SVGA and
a cheapo Trident 8900C/1Mb card!

One thing I noticed while attempting to use the Graphics Ultra was that 
it would not go up to 8514/a mode!?!? The MAG monitor has a nifty little 
LED indicator which displays the mode it is operating in and when the 
blank and gray WPS screen came up, the monitor (and card) was only in
VGA 640x480 mode.

What is going on? Help! Pleaazzzzzzeeee......

SC Lam - slam@eve.wright.edu 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: burleigh@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Frank Burleigh)
Subject: Com driver problems
Summary: com driver problems in config.sys after new install
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 17:16:33 GMT


I've gotten past my earlier install problems but now need help setting
up the vmouse.sys, com.sys and vcom.sys drivers (i have the latest from
software.watson).

OS2 didn't see my 2 serial ports when I installed (because the card was
in slot 1, I guess).  After OS2 was installed I moved the card so that
the 2 ports would be visible.  A microsoft mouse is on com2 and the
modem is on com1.

Presumably because OS2 didn't find any serial ports at install, it
didn't put any device statements in config.sys.  Keep in mind the mouse
is working fine though; device=\os2\mdos\vmouse.sys was included.

I decided that all was not well when I was not offered any special DOS
properties (com_hold, etc) for DOS sessions.

So I manually inserted:

device=\os2\com.sys 1,3f8,4,p  [com1, base 3f8, irq4, ignore spurious]

near some os2 device drivers, and near some DOS drivers I added:

device=\os2\mdos\vcom.sys

Now each time I boot OS2 complains about some of these lines or about
vmouse.sys (it simply says the driver wasn't installed).  I presume the
drivers are fighting over control of the ports and that I need the
right combination of device lines and params to satisfy all.

Would someone please help me out here?  I need the correct device
statements for config.sys, assuming the mouse is on com2 and the modem
is on com1.

Thanks in advance!

--
Frank Burleigh
Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN  47405
CIS 72730,1017; Internet burleigh@ogre.cica.indiana.edu; Bitnet burleigh@iubacs
From: gt1610c@prism.gatech.EDU (McGaugh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Moving OS/2 from one hd to another directly
Date: 3 Oct 92 14:53:22 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1agu8vINN9r7@overload.lbl.gov> rob@cad4.lbl.gov (Robert J. McNamara) writes:
>
>I'll be getting a new SCSI-2 hard drive tomorrow, and I'd like to be able
>to simply MOVE my OS/2 operating system setup from my old ide drive to the
>new drive. Is this possible? Or do I need to install from the floppies?
>

I don't know about directly moving all of the system, but you might
be able to use the 'se20boot' util from ftp-os2 to create a bootable
WPS system on the scsi.  Then use WPSbackup to restore your previous
WPS.  Then simply copy the rest of your files from one to the other.

Hope you do find something, so that you don't have to reinstall.

Oh, I just had another idea.  Why don't you use the se20boot util,
after you install the scsi drive, to make a bootable floppy that
will recognize both drives.  Boot from this floppy, and copy away 
(hidden and system files included, nothing will be locked).

Ken.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jim@tct.com (Jim Kunzman)
Subject: Repartitioning requires low level format
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:00:35 GMT
Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL

Problem:  Repartitioning a SCSI drive under OS/2 2.0 requires
          low level format to enable the following command:

		format drive: /fs:hpfs

I have had this occur twice, once when installing the OS/2 2.0
GA release and now again while installing OS/2 2.0 32-bit GRE
beta.  I repartition the drive and start the installation process.
When I get to disk 2, format fails after momentarily accessing
the SCSI disk.

Has anyone else witnessed this problem?  Is it covered anywhere
in the installation guide?  Does IBM know about it?  Is it a bug
or a feature?

Also, why can't I set any partition on drive 0 as installable?  Then I
could have both the beta and the GA releases available under Boot
Manager.  (WIBNI: Wouldn't it be nice if Boot Manager allowed
installation of OS/2 on a drive other than drive 0?).
		
Please reply via email.  This group is to active to scan everything
without using trn, hopefully coming soon to an ftp-site near me.  :-)

-- 
Jim Kunzman at Teltronics/TCT     <jim@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!jim>
-----
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: graphics standards supported by 32 bit GRE?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 03:39:03 GMT

In article <1agt3bINNkph@gap.caltech.edu> hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker) writes:
>According to the documents I have seen the drivers to be supplied with
>the 32 bit GRE include support for VGA, XGA, and some SVGA.
>Does the above refer to seamless windows?  What sort of support is
>there for the 8514 standard?

OS/2 2.0 will apparently go seamless with VGA, XGA, and SuperVGA very
soon.  However, 8514/A may not go seamless until year end or early
1993.

-- 
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Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kaz@iastate.edu (Jimmy Buffet)
Subject: Current prospective release date for the service pack?
Summary: What's the current prospective date on the service pack?
Keywords: Service Pack
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 06:01:13 GMT

	I'm really anxious to get the service pack.  I ftp'ed to 
software.watson.ibm.com about every five minutes on October 1.  
I've been mildly confused by all the posts about it, so what's  the current
planned release date?  I've developed the assumption it's Oct. 15, but I'd
really like some input.  Sorry if it's back there in the messages somehwere,
but I couldn't find it.  Thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 2.0 on 386sx - How is speed?
From: ghdai@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 05:37:00 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City

Anybody has seen OS/2 2.0 installed on a 386sx-20MHz with *8* MB RAM?
How is it compared to the OS running on a 486DX/25?  One of my friend
wants to upgrade from wondoze 3.1 to OS/2, but he worries about speed.
He has currently 4MB, which is definitely not enough, though OK for
windoze.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: philip@nexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough)
Subject: Multimedia extensions to OS/2
Originator: philip@nexus.yorku.ca
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 08:11:33 GMT


Could someone tell me how to get the elusive "multimedia extensions"
to OS/2 which would enable me to run MPC titles under OS/2 version 2.0?
e-mail please, as I don't have regular access to this group.
 
Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.toronto.edu or here
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 256 colour pictures on OS/2-desktop ???
Keywords: colours OS/2 desktop picture
Date: 5 Oct 92 19:01:27 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Oct2.212606.10708@muddcs.claremont.edu> tlilley@jarthur.claremont.edu (Thomas (Ted) Lilley) writes:
>In article <sal8.45.0@po.cwru.edu> sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski) writes:
>> OS/2 doesn't let _anything_ change the pallette colors - including the 
>>desktop itself. Supposedly the CSD has a pallette manager that will allow 
>>the foreground program to maintain the colors it wants. Anyone else know for 
>>sure?

Right now, the WinRealizePalette (I think that's the call) does
nothing.  It always responds as if the palette is not alterable.

>There is a program that can change the palette colors.  It's a picture viewer
>I found on hobbes, but I don't remember the name.  It has a checkbox called
>"Direct Palette Manipulation" which lets it change the desktop palette to
>that of the picture being shown.  If you do this and close the picture viewer,
>the desktop palette matches properly to any colors that weren't proper before.
>I'm *not* advocating this as a solution, just an item of interest to let you
>know that it can be done.  So, IBM, where is it?

This program calls DosDevIOCTL to manually access the palette
registers.  It's a crude method, since PM can't remap other windows'
colors to the new palette, but it works.

-- 
David Charlap         |"there aren't 50,000 things for which it's worth writing
dic5340@hertz.njit.edu| software; and the computer industry doesn't have enough
----------------------+ programmers to create that much good software.
Therefore, most of it must be worthless" -- Boris Beizer "The Frozen Keyboard"
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rm3@ornl.gov (MCBROOM R C)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Pre-Release Beta
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:06:21 GMT

In article <1992Oct4.190357.1439@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> imp@macbeth.Berkeley.EDU (Imp) writes:
>I have't used it for very long, but so far the new release doesn't seem to
>be any significant improvement, other than a slightly faster install...
>I haven't tried the Win3.1 support yet, though.  The only difference I've
>seen so far is that I'm no longer able to use the Tseng 4000 diplay drivers
>to get a 1024x768 (or even 800x600) desktop.  The onlyy display.dll I can use
>is the one that comes with the beta.  Anyone have any ideas on how to get
>my display back?
>
Works for me though there are a number of problems.  However there seem
to be an inconsistencies with the documentation. ;-).  The readme file
talks about a SYSTEM.INI file that is supposed to have a bunch of
entries in it aka. windows.  The display.dll provided is said to just
supply links to the printer drivers while the video is driven by a bunch
of new files.  There is no such SYSTEM.INI file on my drive.  Putting the 
1024x768x16 driver  from orch09 in a directory that is
first in the LIPPATH line in config.sys works for my speedstar +
although I have the problem that the notebook tabs are garbled and when
scanning in a file open window list the characters smear out to become
unreadable.  Highlighting the lines makes them readable again.

I'm using the svgadata.pmi file from my GA install.  Come on IBM lets
get some real SVGA support!!


Robert McBroom internet: rm3@ornl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
Subject: Re: Non-shrinking SWAPPER.DAT *after* patches
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 19:52:20 GMT

asrael@bob.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Schoef) writes:


>He had the well known problem of the non-shrinking SWAPPER.DAT
>which is said to be fixed by applying the kernel patch from IBM.

>He did so (and has now Kernel revision 6.412), but SWAPPER.DAT
>is growing like before (until he reboots).

Yes mine also keeps growing- It does occasionally also shrink, but there
seems to be a huge amount of histeresis in the behaviour- ie it only
shrinks a bit and grows a lot, with very little actually running.

Is there a program, like ps -aux on Unix which gives all of the
processes together with their sizes so one can see if the swap space 
and the memory used really have any relation to each other? pstat
does not seem to give the info, although it is sufficiently poorly
documented that maybe one of the incomprehensible numbers it gives
really is the memory useage.
From: etl0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ERIC TODD LANDRIEU)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Neat program... do this
Date: 1 Oct 92 17:00:03 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

>1.     [C:\] cd \os\bitmap
>2.     [C:\os2\bitmap] attrib -h AAAAA*
>3.     [C:\os2\bitmap] aaaaa
>
>Enjoy!
>
You could also just press [CTRL][ALT][SHIFT]o.
                             Eric Landrieu

                             
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               ===============================================
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: peterd@tscc2.macarthur.uws.edu.au ()
Subject: what is TESTCFG.SYS ?
Organization: University of Western Sydney
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 23:10:40 GMT

Just what is the TESTCFG.SYS file that os/2 2.0 installs ?

What does it do ? I can't find it documented anywhere.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: byu@white.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu)
Subject: Re: L40SX Power Management driver problem
Organization: University of Toronto
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:20:32 GMT

Is this power management driver specifically for the L40SX?  Can it be
used on another laptop?  My Samsung NoteMaster will not go into suspend
mode under OS/2 2.0.

Thanks!
Ben
From: etl0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ERIC TODD LANDRIEU)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Is the cad out now? (1st October here)
Date: 1 Oct 92 16:55:54 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

>
>Well. Its 1 October. Wheres the CSD that was supposed to be available
>electronically by the end of September? I can't find it on ftp-os2 or watson
>yet. Am I just being too impatient? Too right I am! I want it now or I'm going
>to hold my breath until I turn blue!
>
>PS. I loved the message from Microsucks about NT being late :)
>
>
It has been delayed a week or two.  Get the file spann.text dated September 30
from Watson(I think it is in IBMINFO... this is not the beta announcement
anymore... apparently this file name has become a general important
announcement one).  They want to put some more fixes in the system is the gist.
                                   Eric Landrieu

                                   
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"I'd be apathetic, but I don't really care about it.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Subject: Re: Beta report
Organization: UNLV Computer Science
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 23:29:19 GMT

In article <1992Sep27.002922.14115@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> quan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Tony Quan) writes:
>
>1.  The vadlibd.386 file (part of the Adlib sound board driver for
>Win 3.1) is missing.  Anybody have this file?

It seems that all of these drivers are missing. Also missing (at
least) is vsbd.386 (which is for Sound Blaster support). I scanned all
of the compressed files on the Win-OS2 3.1 disks with UNPACK /show,
and it just ain't there. I've decided that this might not be a Windows
file but an OS/2 file and I am thinking about downloading the MMPM/2
Sound Blaster drivers and seeing if it is in there...

>Win-OS/2 3.1 really hauls compared to Win-OS/2 3.0.  It should settle
>any naysayers who think that OS/2 doesn't run Windows fast enough.

I agree completely. It's still not the WPS, but I think 3.1 has some
nifty features. Have you seen the "Mouse Trails" feature in the mouse
setup? I wouldn't mind having that on the WPS...

-- 
Steve Lumos - slumos@cs.unlv.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kaz@iastate.edu (Jimmy Buffet)
Subject: ATI OS/2 Support (Ultra +)
Summary: ATI OS/2 support for Ultra+
Keywords: ATI Diamond Speedstar 24 Graphics Ultra+
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 05:58:57 GMT

I currently own a Speedstar 24 and am very, very, frustrated with Diamond's
support for OS/2.  They can't even tell me if they've started on Speedstar
24 drivers.  Those who do answer me give a different answer everytime I call.
I am thinking of selling my card and getting an ATI Graphic Ultra+ EISA (I
believe that's the designation.  It has 800x600 in 24 bit, and is quite fast.)
Does anyone know what ATI support will be around.  Will 24-bit drivers
be available?  How about standard 256 color drivers?  Also any technical info
(specs) on the Ultra+ would be appreciated... thanks!

Jeff "kaz" Kaczmarek
From: evancLuuisis.isis.org (Evan Champion)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Beta in Canada
Date: 26 Sep 92 13:52:30 GMT
Organization: International Shared Information Service (Ottawa)

880506s@dragon.acadiau.ca (James Skinner) writes:

> 
>   
> 	Has anyone in Canada been able to order the new beta?  I just called
> the 1-800-465-1234 number and they said that they had not heard of the new
> beta program.  I then tried calling the US number, 1-800-IBM-3040 and they 
> told me that they could not ship outside of the US.
> 
> -- 
> 
> -----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
>         James Robie Skinner        |     Jodrey School of Computer Science   
> -----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------

I ordered it from 1-800-IBM-3040 and they said that Canada was no problem.  
I called yesterday to inquire about the status of my order and they said it 
was shipped on the 24th and it would be here monday.
From: FAGER@gribb.hsr.no (Fagerland, Svein      94/96)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Multiple Desktops
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:30:00 GMT
Organization: Rogaland University Centre

I have read earlier about muliple desktops, but cant seem to remember how 
this was done....

Im running the OS/2 2.01 beta.

Cant one change between the different desktops by clikking icons ?
This wouls be great since we are two people using the same machine !

Svein Fagerland
Leder INFO
Informatikk Ingenirenes interesse-organisasjon
Hyskolesenteret i Rogaland
NORWAY
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr)
Subject: Resolved! (was: Tseng SVGA - still trying (was: New TSENG LABS drivers))
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 13:31:24 GMT
Summary: Frustrated ET4000 users read this!  Important!

In article <hatton.717406947@cgl.ucsf.edu> hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:
>shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
>>My thanks to the many people who have responded with suggestions and
>>information.

I reiterate my thanks once again for all of the help extended to me
by all of you.  I now have the answer and... I might of known... it
was so obvious, nobody (especially me) thought to ask the question:
Could there by anything wrong with my VMODE.COM?

The answer, of course, is yes -- it could be out-of-date.  And mine
most certainly was.  My Gateway 386sx is now 1.5 years old.  At the 
time, the Crystal Scan 1024ni monitor was relatively new (to their
product line, anyway).  I was offered this monitor for $50.00 extra
and I went for it.

Unfortunately, the VMODE.COM I downloaded from their BBS did not have 
an entry specifically for the 1024ni and I had no instructions on how 
to use it.  This was a Gateway mistake, they should have sent me the
software and, in fact, they were willing to send it, but downloading
gave instant gratification.  I trust that they have cleared up these
problems since then.  

Through experimentation, I quickly found that VMODE MAG1448 seemed to 
work fine and that is how I have set it ever since... until now.  The 
newer VMODE.COM I ftp'd from ftp.cica.indiana.edu (dated 10/9/91), has
an entry for "CS1024ni" which I selected, after which SVGA ON gave new
results!  No longer the same old SVGADATA.PMI! And...  It works!  Hooray!
I can now use full screen VDMs and WINOS2 without difficulty.

(Note: this new VMODE.COM self-modifies to remember the last setting
you selected; thus, you use VMODE MONITOR after selecting the monitor
once).

Therefore... Attention frustrated ET4000 users such as the exasperated
fellow in Australia who said he was plagued with exactly the same
glitches as I had:

	Look for newer versions of VMODE.COM and/or versions
	targeted at your monitor!  

You should probably review your available settings for the best match
for your monitor.  VMODE.COM also has a custom settings feature, so
that you may be able to set up a better match for your monitor than
any preset available.  It never occurred to me to try this because I
had a preset which appeared to work fine... until OS/2 V2.0 came along.

I am glad that I found the problem now because it appears that my 
problems would have continued even with the new ET4000 SVGA drivers
forthcoming from IBM and I would have suffered bitter but unnecessary
disappointment.  I am looking forward to the 32-bit graphics engine and 
seemless Windows support at SVGA resolution! (I also await WINOS 3.1 so
I can migrate my existing desktop, but that is apparently still in beta).

Thanks once again to the dozens of people who offered their advice!

Regards,
Larry
-- 
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EOR (end-of-ramble)
From: cl45@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ching-Tse Liu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: A list of CD-ROM drives that work with OS/2 2.0
Date: 5 Oct 92 01:07:37 GMT
Reply-To: cl45@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ching-Tse Liu)
Organization: Columbia University
	I am wondering if a list of OS/2 2.0 compatible CD-ROM drives exists.
	When you respond, please indicate whether you obtained a driver
	Thanks for your response.


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