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From: davisar@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: adaptec 1542b install to OS2
Date: 3 Jan 93 17:13:36 GMT
Organization: Memphis State University


 I believe you may have gotten a query from me on Compuserve. If you answered
I would have seen the answer since it seems my home computer is on a trip.
It stopped after I tried [unsuccessfully] installing the 1542B for the umptenth
time.  Be that as it may, when it returns, I will still have the same problems.
May I reference the explanation on the following Newsgroup [it is long]:

reference(a): comp.os.os2.misc message 41385 
              msg-id: 1992dec29.164017.4783@memstvx1.memst.edu

Since posting that msg. [and before Toshiba departed] I removed OS2 and 
re-installed it with 1542B in place. I noted that 154x.add was added to my 
config.sys and attempted to continue.  After a variety of attempts at changing
J6(i believe) pins 1 and 5 and J5 pin 3, all I got were errors that stated in 
part 60000,  9084     or      60002, 9084    or parity error.  Never did I get
thru a full boot.
I have the same questions as asked in reference(a).
(sorry, I could not determine otherwise how to get this msg to you)
//davisar@msuvx1.memst.edu//  //bee-eye//
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tom@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Tom Aurand)
Subject: Re: MULTIPLE COPIES OF NOV PDK 
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:16:07 GMT
Organization: Colorado State U. Engineering College

	I received multiple copies of Oct PDK after multiple calls
to the distribution center complaining about not getting it within
3 weeks of my original order.  They had screwed up the expiration
date on my credit card.

	Then, two or three days after I ordered the Nov PDK,
I got a call from some super(?)visor who informed me that my credit
card authorization had bounced on the Nov order.  They had the same
wrong expiration date as on the earlier order though I had given
them the correct date.  (I was being very careful by then.)  I was
surprised at the time of my second order that I would have to give
them all of the application info again.

	The supervisor then promised me that since I had so many
problems with the first order then the second order (all their problems,
none mine) he would expedite shipment of the Nov CD.  It took more
than two weeks to get it to me.
	
	I recently ordered the OS/2 2.1beta CD and called back the
next day to see if the credit card had cleared and they couldn't
tell me.  They did have a record of my order but said it took three
or more days for the authorizations to show up.

	I think they are a totally incompetent contract organization
not worthy of doing business for IBM.
From: selliott@cup.portal.com (J Steve Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: TRAP2=BAD SIMMS, NOT
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 15:09:13 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Dec26.154134.1502@tcomeng.uucp>


>Did you try one wait state?  I have the same hardware and have not seen
>that error and I'm at one wait state.  My problem is DOS,  QEMM pukes every
>so often and I haven't figured it out yet.  Anyway, my OS2 has been working
>fine.

>Dave

Now this is interesting. I have been having intermittent Trap 0002's since
April 92, and have swapped out all simms, disabled cache, removed all 
unnecessary cards, disabled shadowing, etc... All to no avail. One thing
I've noticed, tho, These only occur after running DOS applications, i.e.,
If I stick to OS/2 native apps, I _never_ get these traps. If i run DOS
apps, i _sometimes_ get them. Also, the problem does not occur while the
DOS app is running, usually it occurs after I terminate it, It seems to happen
when I cause OS/2 to do some video related function, such as opening a 
settings window, or opening a folder. 

So, why would DOS VDM's cause this to happen?????

Steve Elliott
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Bug in drawing windowed VDM
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 18:51:57 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Dec18.140212.3358@nlm.nih.gov> dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh) writes:
>>>Has anyone else seen this bug?
>>>When I open anything in a maximum sized DOS window, in 800x600x256
>>>mode, the contents of the window are shifted over about 1/4" from the
>>>right side of the window. This results in the left 1/4" of the
>>>contents being clipped, and 1/4" of whatever is beneath the window
>>>peaking through on the right. I can get the window to redraw itself by
>>>resizing it to a smaller size and then back to full size.
>>>This only happens about 50% of the time, but it's getting annoying. It
>>>only appeared after I installed the service pack.
>>>BTW, the video card is a Diamond Speedstar (the basic Tseng 4000 based
>>>one).
>>Yes, known bug.
>>Workarounds:
>>(1) Maximize the window, then reposition it.
>>(2) Set things up so that the command MODE CO80,25 is run as you open
>>an OS/2 window.  You can do so by setting up a CMD file, for example,
>>or by using the /K parameter when invoking CMD.EXE.
>I know about (2) and use the suggestion in the FAQ for OS/2 windows, but how
>is this relevent to problems with a DOS Window? (just asking)
>I really wish you could do the 'scroll buffer' trick with Dos Windowed sessions
>but I guess you can't?

COMMAND.COM doesn't understand more than 60 lines, I believe (and, at
that, with some difficulty).  However, the specific remedy (using MODE
CO80,25) does apply to DOS windows for the specific bug mentioned.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0h, 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")
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: TW.FY4@isumvs.iastate.edu (Timothy I Miller)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1522 SCSI controller
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:24:36 GMT

In article <C01Bx0.DM0@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>,
wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
>Is this model supported by OS/2 out of the box?
>
>--
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     Yes!!  But, if you're putting the card in *after* installing
OS/2, you'll have to 'unpack' the driver from disk 6 or 8, then
reapply the SP (which actually only takes a minute, since it only
updates the old aha152x.ADD driver to the new one).

Timothy Miller

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr)
Subject: Positioning discount price (was: XGA-2 Clarification)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 03:54:52 GMT

In article <1992Dec22.172815.29868@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
}In article <1992Dec19.062358.362@netcom.com> samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore) writes:
}>pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak) writes:
}>>[ISA bus mastering].
}>[INMOS, maker of ISA XGA-2 chipset, probably did it].
}[INMOS probably responsible for MCA vs. ISA price differential].

}Also BTW, expect retail prices to be lower.  ATI's Graphic Ultra lists
}for about $600.  I've yet to meet anyone who actually paid that much
}for it.  Radius's $500 list price sounds competitive.  I expect it to
}actually sell for about $300-$350 in stores.

Hmmm...  Yes, it's possible.  Radius might be positioning the discount
price by setting the $500 list price.  With more vendors presumably on
the way, the price will likely fall still further if you can stand to 
wait.

Larry 
-- 
Larry A. Shurr (las@cbnmva.att.com) speaking only for myself.
Norman, listen carefully.  I am lying.  Are you sure your circuits are
registering?  Your ears are green.  Logic is a little bird singing in a
meadow.  Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad! - Mr. Spock
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS of the future....RFD about configuration
From: ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:21:49 GMT
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University 

In article <1245@alsys1.aecom.yu.edu>, ed@balrog.aecom.yu.edu (Ed Geraghty) writes:
>...
> /***********/
> System for Applying Patches and System Software Revision
> /***********/
>    I didn't realize how much a pain applying patches was until I downloaded
>  and applyed the CSD for TCP/IP, PMX, NFS and the SP. Each CSD installed with
> different commands and the NFS(?) package's install script required changes 
> because it copied files directly from drive a:.
>... 
> /***********/
> System Configuration: config.sys
> /***********/
> 
> Another thing I realized while Installing products on an OS/2 machine
> (this is not limited to OS/2 DOS/WINDOWS is another such problem) that
> the config.sys is loaded at boot time and tends to get mangled. I installed
> LAN server and It tacked on 15-20 lines then TCPIP 10 more  lines to my 
> config.sys. With this jumble how would you uninstall something from that
> machine(what line to blow away). Installing programs just tackon stuff to the
> config.sys sometimes with disasterous results.

I couldn't agree more.  This is one area that Windows NT will be quite
good.  A single database file of system configurations, combining
config.sys and autoexec.bat and other parameters.  A utility will be used
to alter the configuration.  Registration of software is again handled by
a utility.

VAX/VMS has a defined installation procedure, but this is only one
step in the right direction.

I hope IBM is listening!

Mark Kosten
(ccmk@latrobe.edu.au)
From: tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IRQ2 in OS/2
Date: 30 Dec 92 15:29:44 GMT
Reply-To: zeta%tcscs@src.honeywell.com
Organization: TCS Consulting Services

ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes:

> :>>Can OS/2 use IRQ2?
> :>
> :>>When I set up COM3 to run IRQ2 using:
> :>
> :>>DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM.SYS (3,3e8,2) (4,2e8,5)
> :>
> :>>in the config.sys file, then OS/2 reports:
> :>>Unable to load COM3, Interupt not available, or something like that.
> :>
> :>IRQ2 is actually a cascade to the second interrupt controller.
> :>AT-class hardware will map IRQ2 to IRQ9.  I've never tried this in
> :>OS/2, but Windows will insist that you configure that port as IRQ9
> :>rather than IRQ2; does OS/2 perhaps do the same thing?
> :
> :     I have my mouse set up on IRQ 2 and my Scanman on IRQ 11.  I
> :haven't had any problems using the two devices at the same time
> :(although this might be expected, since I think IRQ 2 is actually
> :the cascade for IRQ's 9-15 or whatever the upper limit is).  I don't
> :know anrthing about configuring the Serial port as IRQ 2, though.
> 
> I hope he actually SET THE CARD TO IRQ 2 !!!
> 
> (you can't just edit config.sys to change the IRQ)

I'll restate what I started with...it was cut out.
Using Boca I/O 2by4 (4 com, 2 lpt) following configuration
is ON THE CARD.
   COM1 irq4
   COM2 irq3
   COM3 irq2
   COM4 irq5
   LPT1 irq7
   LPT2 disabled

I asked two questions.  One about IRQ2 and OS/2 reporting that the interupt
wasn't there, and the second was if I could run LPT1 and LPT2 on IRQ7 in
OS/2.

Greg

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers)
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1 beta to be released 12-28 to EVERYONE!!
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:11:11 GMT

In article <4725@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU> rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden) writes:
>In article <1992Dec22.203941.27754@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes:
>>
>>I just called the order desk, and they said the beta code is only
>>available on CD-ROM.  How can I get the floppies?
>
>Well, someone who works for IBM just left a message on my BBS stating that
>the 2.1 BETA will be available in 3.5 inch disk images after the 28th.  This
>could just be a rumor but I doubt it.  Also, on c.o.o.a., I saw that the
>BETA was to include a fax applet!!!  If someone could confirm or deny this,
>I would appreciate it.  I hope to have the beta in a week or so from an
>IBMer so that I can find out for myself.

How does this version compare with the version on the Nov PDK CD ?
(I just ordered the PDK - maybe I should have waited...)

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From: cjones@nyx.cs.du.edu (Charles J. Jones)
Subject: More CD-ROM questions.
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 14:44:39 GMT

Earlier I posted asking advice on getting my Future Domain 850 SCSI controller
driver working happily under OS/2.  Thanks to the advice of several persons 
here I achieved that goal.  Now I have a different problem.

When I cold-boot the system, after the OS/2 title screen, the config.sys
reports "No SCSI devices found".  The SCSI driver (for a FD 850) has been 
correctly loaded, but for some reason it can't find the CD-ROM on the SCSI 
chain.  Now if I immediately shutdown and warm-boot then the driver finds 
the drive just fine!  So something is initializing something else somewhere.

Is this something to do with the order of drivers in the CONFIG.SYS?  If
so is there anywhere that I could find a reference that would explain how
the CONFIG.SYS file should be ordered?  I wish IBM had put in better 
documentation!

Thanks in advance

Charles
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----------------------|-----------------------------------------------
Charles J. Jones      | I work at Colorado Memory Systems, but I don't
cjones@nyx.cs.du.edu  | speak for them.
From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How to disable WPS
Date: 29 Dec 92 15:10:09 GMT
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates

In article <19921229.024522.263@almaden.ibm.com> KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Kenneth A. Kahn) writes:
...
>>Is there any way to disable the OS/2 WPS when booting OS/2?
...
>In your CONFIG.SYS change the line that reads PROTSHELL=C:/OS2/PMSHELL.EXE
>to PROTSHELL=C:/OS2/CMD.EXE;  be warned though that this environment will not
>support any PM applications, only Full Screen.  Also there is only a single
>screen group; i.e. you can't switch between different processes.

I think the SHFTRUN solution is better.  How to do it is documented
elsewhere in this group, so I won't go into it, but it allows you to
boot quickly to a command prompt if you choose to.  I have found it very
handy.

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From: cr334@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stephen R. Berard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2, Gateway 2000, Sony CD, and a Monitor w/o synch
Date: 25 Dec 1992 16:30:11 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: cr334@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stephen R. Berard)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Hello, I was trying to install the PDK CD from IBM.  I have a Gateway 2000
486 with 8 megs of memory.  I have an ATI Graphics Ultra Pro video card
that is the local bus VESA version.  	

I couldn't get my CD ROM to install OS/2 so I made disk images.  Upon
loading them as instructed I got to only disk 5, then it asked me to put in
the installation disk.  After doing so I copyied a few files and rebooted. 
First I was wondering if this was normal (I think it is), anyways.  Now
when the machince booted up I got the OS/2 logo and the loading please wait
screen.  Then when a dialog box came up my monitor appeared to loose synch
because I couldn't read anything(the screen was scrolling so fast).	

My graphics card is supposed to be 100% IBM VGA compatable, so could I be
installing something wrong?  Also if someone got the Sony 31A CD player to
install the Beta version I would apreciate any help.

Thanks in advance.....		

Stephen Berard
University of Rhode Island
IQM148@URIACC.URI.EDU
From: Bertram.Moshier@f115.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Bertram Moshier)
Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Partitioning Help
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 10:27:01 -0600

-> Should each system partition
-> contain it's own SWAPPER.DAT file or can the two systems
-> share a common SWAPPER file located in the user partition.
-> Any thoughts, comments, suggestions or experiences would
-> be welcome.
->

James:

Oh, I forgot about SWAPPER.DAT.  I put it on the data partition (120 -
305MB) for all systems.  Boot manager resides on another physical hard
drive (HPFS - all data except for boot manager).

Bert.
From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Please help : scrolling text with new Trident 32 bit drivers
Date: 24 Dec 1992 09:57:11 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

In article <1992Dec23.000441.17668@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes:
:Wen-Chun Ni (wcn@cs.brown.edu) wrote:
:
:> The new Tseng 1024x768x256 driver is also a dog.  Just wondering. The
:> Xfree386 was too slow to be useful. But the recent release reminds me
:> of the sparc at my school. It is 1024x768x256 too. So it is not
:> impossible for IBM or the makers to write a decent driver for our
:> cards.
:
:In fact the cards will do it for you. Try turning off VIDEO_ROM_EMULATION
:in your DOS windows and watch the scrolling wizz by (relatively speaking).
:I'd say my DOS windows are 5 times faster than my OS/2 windows but still
:labouriously slow.

WOW! I tried this in 800x600x256 mode, and it does work. Scrolling in
a DOS window is now very good.

Now is there anyway for OS/2 windows to take advantage of this?
Geez, I'd like to put off buying an expensive video card as long
as I can.

Comparison: dir /s in 4dos, on the /os2 driectory
with rom emulation on: 3:21
with rom emulation off:1:40 

twice as fast!

:
:It seems that the hardware scrolling capabilities of the card (I assume it
:has some given the above performance) are better than the software
:equivalents. If only we could confgure OS/2 windows even slightly as much
:as we can DOS ones.

yes. If my mangy old Trident (which is a nice enough card) can be useful
for a while longer, I will be very happy. I hate knowing that the
potential is there, and I can't get to it. The 800x600x16 vs 800x600x256
comparison wasn't really a fair comparison, but this switch is.

:
:-- 
:Tom J Parry.
:Your reality is a figment of my imagination.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lindor@eng.umd.edu (Lindor Eric Henrickson)
Subject: Re: Good SVGA card? 
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 08:04:46 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

While we're on the subject of SVGA drivers...

I'm currently using a low-end Trident 8900C-based video card, and I'd
like to upgrade to something a little zippier.  Based on reading this
newsgroup, it seems that many SVGA cards have problems under OS/2 2.0.
(or maybe I should just say "many don't have drivers/support for OS/2")
Does anyone have a suggestion of a not too expensive,i.e. less than
US$350, SVGA card which has good support and works well under OS/2 2.0
(or 2.1 of course)? 

LH
lindor@eng.umd.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Device Driver/SVGA problem.
From: chris@actrix.gen.nz (Chris Double)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 10:34:34 GMT
Organization: Actrix Networks

Hi.

I have a strange problem thats occurring with my system. I'm running
OS/2 2.0 (GA+SP) with Trident 16 bit 800x600x16 video drivers.

Super VGA currently works fine. I have seamless windows and Full
screen windows at 640x480x256. SVGA DOS programs work great.

Now if I load some device drivers in my CONFIG.SYS (OS/2 drivers)
the system still works but DOS SVGA no longer works. Also, Windows
at 640x480x256 full screen acts as if SVGA was disabled.

The device drivers in particular are: 

   1. SBOS2.SYS - Sound blaster beta driver
   2. FMD.SYS   - BitFax for OS/2 device driver
   3. SIO.SYS   - Beta comms drivers.

I think I've tracked down what's different with these drivers to the
normal OS/2 drivers. They display a message on the screen when
booting up to confirm they installed correctly.

It would appear that any device driver that accesses the screen on
boot disables my SVGA!

Has anyone encountered this? Got any theories as to how I could
confirm/deny the above? Better yet, anyone know how I can fix it!!

My system is:

386DX/40Mhz
8MB Ram
Trident 9000 512K SVGA card
Soundblaster Pro (IRQ5 DMA1 ADDR220)
April Fax/Modem internal card (COM1 - COM1 disabled on motherboard).

I'd appreciate any help with this.

Thanks,

Chris Double.
chris@actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: teague@a.cs.okstate.edu (Keith Teague)
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1 beta to be released 12-28 to EVERYONE!!
Organization: Oklahoma State University
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 15:31:29 GMT

From article <BznGBp.5xE@utdallas.edu>, by goyal@utdallas.edu (MOHIT K GOYAL):
>      December 18, 1992
> 
>      IBM is initiating a Beta program for OS/2 2.1 and the OS/2 2.1
>      Toolkit.  The code is being made available for testing and
>      development feedback purposes only, and should NOT be used in
>      production.
>      The purpose of this Beta program is to get input from key
>      constituents that will be integrated into the final software
>      product, enabling us to deliver the highest level of quality,
>      compatibility, and function in this world-class product.
>      Notice of this Beta program will also be posted on CompuServe,
> 
>      DESCRIPTION
> 
>      This Beta contains several enhancements to the award-winning
>      OS/2 2.0 code, including support for Windows** 3.1 applications,
>      multimedia, a 32-bit graphics engine, expanded SVGA, XGA,
>      printer and CD-ROM support for industry standard devices as
>      well as fixes to customer reported problems.
> 
>      PREREQUISITES
>      -  Requires a test system capable of executing OS/2 Version 2.0
>      -  Requires a minimum of 42MB of DASD for a full install
>      -  Requires a minimum of 32MB of DASD for a default install
> 
>      ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS
> 
>      For customers without local branch office support or remote
>      customer locations, the Beta will be available on CD-ROM by calling
>      1-800-3IBMOS2, available in the United States only.  Customers will
>      be charged a fee of $15 to cover shipping and handling.  This Beta
>      program will end on February 28th, 1993.
> 
> 
>      Support for customers without local branch office support will
>      be provided on CompuServe and in the OS2BETA CFORUM on the OS/2
>      BBS.

Just to let everybody know, I just called and placed an order for the
2.1 beta for $15. I was told it would arrive within 2 weeks on CD-ROM. I
hope the woman knew what she was talking about!!!

Keith Teague