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From: zeta%tcscs@idss.nwa.com (Gregory Youngblood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: XGA-2 questions, comments

Radius is working on a ISA XGA-2 card.  Call 1-800-5RADIUS for information.  It
 sounds quite nice, and is due out in late Nov. or Dec.




Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 16:44:54 CST
Reply-To: srcsip!tcscs!zeta
Organization: TCS Consulting Services

sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen M. Lacy) writes:

> It sped up my OS/2 video IMMENSELY!!  We're talking 4-5x speedup.  My
> windowed sessions run about as fast as my full screen ones used to run.
> My full screen sessions scroll too fast to read.  I had already
> installed the service pak, so what I did was not use the "Device
> Drivers" disk that came with the card, since it didn't have any OS/2
> information.  I used selective install to tell OS/2 that I have XGA as
> my primary display.  Then, it asked for disks 6-15 of the original
> disks, and the first Display Driver disk of the service pak.  Then,
> everything went fine.   The stuff that was a bitch was the reference
> disk B.S. that I had to go through.
>
Does anyone know of the XGA-2 for ISA?  I'm curious to see how the ISA version
works in comparison to the MCA.  Also how much does the ISA XGA-2 run, and
where can one get the XGA-2 for ISA?

I'm currently running a Trident 8900B. :(

Thanks
Greg


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From: ddavis@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Dave Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Does VESA Local Bus put a huge strain on a CPU?
Date: 5 Nov 92 03:34:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bx84MC.A2y
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:

>The only thing local-bus buys you is the ability to shove large images
>back and forth to a dumb frame buffer quickly.  It's a cheap way to
>get fast video performance (which is the thing that most people judge
>the speed of a system by).

Let me possibly further confuse this issue.  How does a local bus IDE
controller fit into the picture?  Is the combination of LB video and drive
controller about the same as far as drive performance while offering better
video?  The Gateway 2000 66MHz LB system offers both the LB IDE drive and LB
ATI video combination.

>-- 
>"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
> in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.


dave davis
ddavis@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mikel@networx.com (Mike Lempriere)
Subject: Re: Video losing synch in DOS? READ THIS FOR SOLUTION!!
Organization: NetWorx
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:04:47 GMT

Kevin Lowey (Lowey@Jester.USask.CA) wrote:
[stuff deleted]
: The solution?  Make a directory called \OS2 on all your hard disk
: partitions, and copy the SVGADATA.PMI file into it.  Then OS/2 can
: find it, and the problem should go away.
[.sig deleted]

Not that it's the solution, but wouldn't it have been nice if they'd
included links in HPFS instead of having to copy the whole damn file
every time?
From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Beta
Date: 12 Nov 1992 15:45:46 GMT
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

In article <1992Nov11.221456.25954@mcs.anl.gov> goral@aps.anl.gov writes:
>I got OS/2 BETA CDROM in early October. Is there a newer one?

Supposedly.

I ordered mine right about a month ago, and haven't gotten it yet. Anyone know
what's up? Who can I call to check up on it? (I've lost the DAP phone number,
so if they're the folks, please send the number too.)
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by stupidity.
     We survived Jimmy Carter; we'll (probably) survive Bill Clinton.
From: price@helios.unl.edu (Chad  Price)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Ultrstore 24F Beta Drivers
Date: 11 Nov 1992 14:10:59 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
NNTP-Posting-Host: helios.unl.edu

I downloaded them and tried them. The appear to be totally non-functional on my
machine: Gateway EISA 486DX2/66 with 8MB memory, Speedstar 24X video and
Ultrastore 24F SCSI adapter with a (?)Western Digial hard drive.

The system crashed with a register dump during bootup, pointing the finger at
the device driver as the culprit.

Any other experiences out there? Any word on newer releases? The one I tried
from Hobbes was dated 9/15 or so.

--
chad
price@helios.unl.edu
cprice@molecular.unmc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: adhir@wam.umd.edu (Al Dhir)
Subject: Re: Neat Utils for OS/2
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:36:34 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.180458.11877@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1992Nov9.161221.6252@gw.wmich.edu> x90wardell@gw.wmich.edu writes:
>>	Here are some neat things I would love to see someone make
>>up for OS/2 or if there is such a thing perhaps someone could point
>>it out to me:
>>	A program that will make files with certain exensions have
>>a certain icon.
>>	For example, all .wp5 icons wuld have a word perfect icon
>>when I opened their folder.
>
>AddIcon Version 1.1, written by yours truly, comes close.  You can
>obtain it via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
>
>>	Another util that would be nice would be one to change the
>>default OS/2 logo screen that pops up every time you turn on the
>>machine.
>
>I'm told you can hack around and do this, but I haven't seen anyone
>actually write everything down.  Thoughts, anyone?
>
I suspect that if you replace the file os2logo.bmp with some other bmp
file (and call IT os2logo.bmp) OS/2 will display the new one during bootup.
Haven't tried it because I hate rebooting.
From: mlawson@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Michael Lawson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: How to unzip CSD files
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:33:30 GMT

I downloaded the CSD files from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. When I attempted to put
them on my diskettes using LoadDskF I got an error message ("File not
compatiable with LoadDskF") and when I tried to unzip them first, using 
PKUNZIP v1.1, I got another error message ("I don't know how to handle 
spg301.dsk"). So what is the correct way to unzip these files??

Mike Lawson
CERC
WVU
From: ak@ananke.stgt.sub.org (Andreas Kaiser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Service pack with 2nd monochrome
Distribution: world
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 92 01:59:18 GMT
Organization: ananke

Don't try to install the service pack with a monochrome card installed
as second video adapter. I did this. The service installed all 12 base
update disks and when it came to the video driver update, it noticed
there is no update for monochrome in the pack. Well, it could have
removed the monochrome, but no, it didn't even install the primary
driver (8514) - it did no longer install anything but terminated.
Leaving me alone with an unbootable system (new GRE, old drivers).

I had to restore the backup, remove the 2nd video setup (hrmmpf - why
does the selective install require a dozen disks just to remove a
driver from CONFIG.SYS?) and rerun the service pack update.

		Gruss, Andreas

:::::::::::::::::::: subnet:  ak@ananke.stgt.sub.org
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From: U25042@uicvm.uic.edu (Bob Jackiewicz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Magazine .... hello.....
Date: 12 Nov 92 17:19:33 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

In article <1992Nov12.135524.8445@scott.skidmore.edu>, pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu
(Pierre VonKaenel) says:
>Have I missed something?  Has OS/2 Magazine gone bankrupt or
>something?  I phoned in a subscription many months ago, had my card
>charged, but have not heard boo from them.

Ditto. I've not received a copy from them in 2 months now, I think. I
have my first 3 copies, but nothing since. Has someone died???

  Brought to you by the sick mind of      University of Illinois at Chicago
  Bob Jackiewicz, writer of wrongs,                    BITNET: U25042@UICVM
  wronger of rights; not UIC.                InterNet: U25042@uicvm.uic.edu
  He who laughs last uses OS/2.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: schovier@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Schoville)
Subject: HOW TO INSTALL 1024x768 SERVICE PACK ON SPEEDSTAR?
Keywords: help
Organization: Purdue University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:32:05 GMT

I know that there has been a lot of discussion on this already,
but I still cant figure out how to install the 1024x768x256 driver
for the CSD on a diamond speedstar.  Could someone please post the correct
way to do this, if it is possible.

Thanks in advance,

			Eric Schoville
			schovier@mentor.cc.purdue.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: VMDISK image back into a floppy?
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 04:43:34 GMT

feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) writes:

>Richard.Solomon@ColoSpgs.NCR.COM (Richard Solomon) writes:

>>While hacking around with my DOS 5.00 VDM the other day, I accidentally 
>>hosed my CONFIG.SYS so the VDM won't boot.  Now I'd like to be able to take
>>the disk image created by VMDISK and turn in back into a floppy so I can get
>>things running again!

>>I tried LOADDSKF just for grins, but it of course complains about file 
>>format (Hey it was a long shot).  Does anyone know how to turn that VMDISK
>>image back into a floppy?  or failing that, any other way to access the
>>image as a file system?

>Funny you should ask, since I was wondering the same thing yesterday.
>If you have the MKS dd program, try the command
>dd ifs=[image file name] ofs=a: bs=18b count=160
>That command will copy the binary file image to the floppy and, if
>the image file really is, make it possible for you to edit the floppy
>copy of config.sys. I haven't tried this myself yet.
>-- 

Note that the above command assumes that the vmdisk image was created
from a 1.44meg 3.5" floppy.
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
If convicted felons can't own firearms, then why in Hell
do we let GE make nuclear weapons?
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: Q: How to Migrate Window 3.1 Accessories?
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:10:43 GMT

In <-1b1Hatlra@atlantis.psu.edu> y1@wilbur.psu.edu (Zhaohui Yang) writes:

>Hi, Netters,

>I just got my OS/2 and quite naturelly, I want to migrate all my formal window
>accesories into WIN-OS/2, like dsketop pattern editor,screen saver etc, in 
>order to make OS/2 desktop appears more powerful. (yeh, I know OS/2 only
>compatible with win 3.0) 

>What I found is although I can install Word for window and other window 
>software under OS/2, it seems impossible to install some window accessories 
>came along with the window system, like paintbrush, desktop,control panel etc.
>I cannot allocate the .exe .icn files corresponding to the application. 
>And since my hard disk is devided into two partition, it is impossible to 
>migrate the application from \windows directory in the DOS directory.

>Anyone tried this out, I need your help.

You can't get there from here (until the end of the year, anyway).
The currently shipping version of WinOS2 only supports up through
Windows 3.0.  The Applets that came with your Windows 3.1 software
are, naturally enough, Windows 3.1 applications (which are later than
Windows 3.0 applications).  The Windows 3.1 support for OS/2 is
expected to ship production by the end of the year (it is in Beta test
right now).

I could have sworn there was something in the installation
instructions about this.

-- 
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
 in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: smadden@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Steve Madden)
Subject: OS/2 Monthly planner problem - SPP problem ?
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 02:59:30 GMT

Hi there,
	 I'm wondering if anyone out there has had the same problem I'm
getting with the OS/2 applet, Monthly planner. What happens is that all
my afternoon entries are being displayed in the morning. Note that the
morning entries are all displyed in the correct positions. If I mark the
afternoon entries as completed, save, unmark as completed, save, then
they are re-arranged correctly. This does not however persist, as when the
machine is rebooted they are back in the wrong place again. I'm not
absolutely certain, but I think that this has only happened since the
service pack was supplied. Anyone got any comments ?


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams)
Subject: Experiences with Corel SCSI Software for OS/2,IN/2000 adapter
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:28:01 GMT
Reply-To: williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams)
Organization: U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Keywords: SCSI,IN2000,Liars

Based on the assertion by a Corel Pre-Sale representative that COREL SCSI
software supports the Allways IN/2000 SCSI host adapter under OS/2, I ordered
a copy.  NOT!!!

1. You need an adapter-specific ASPI driver from Allways, that they've
not bothered to write yet.

2. Corel SCSI software will NOT work with HPFS!  I don't know if that means
that you can't use their driver to boot from a HPFS partition, or that the
backup software doesn't work or what, but they state on their Help line that
you can NOT use HPFS on SCSI disks.

I suppose it's old news that the IN2000 card is slow using the generic
driver, and that they've been promising (and not delivering) OS/2 support
for years.  Their Tech Support bulletin board is full of the most amazing
flaming about OS/2.

SUMMARY: DON'T buy Corel SCSI software for OS/2, if you expect to use
         either the IN2000 or HPFS, or both.  Don't buy the IN2000 card for
         OS/2, spring the extra hundred bucks for the Adaptec controller.

I'm out 70$, but you, the buying public, have the facts now.

--
Kent Williams -- williams@cs.uiowa.edu Work(335-4496) Home(338-6053)
There used to be an inflammatory quote here.


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: c9e-aw@volga (Claudio Fahey)
Subject: OS2SYS.INI file keeps growing to > 5 MB
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 02:40:16 GMT

Yesterday, my OS/2 system was behaving very strangly.  The problem
turned out to be that the OS/2 partition was full.  I rebooted and
looked at what was taking up so much room ( the swapfile was on another
partition ).  The problem was the OS2SYS.INI file.  It grew to around 5
megabytes!  I deleted the huge file and replaced it with an older one.
However, this one is  also growing.  It started at around 108 K and now
it's up to 1.5 megabytes. In just one day it grew over a megabyte!
Does anybody know what the problem might be?  Until I find a solution,
I'll have to replace the INI file every few days.  BTW, I have the
Service Pack installed on a pure GA system so I suspect a bug in the
Service Pack.

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kskapin@csws3.ic.sunysb.edu (Keith T Skapinski)
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Partioning Question
Keywords: hard
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:05:46 GMT

In article <1992Nov4.164520.1292@u.washington.edu> rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte) writes:
>
> 
>    	I plan to install OS/2 2.0 on my system in days.  I need to
>know this:  if I install it with the FAT arrangement, and using the
>Boot Manager so I have the choice of DOS or OS/2, can the hard disk I
>install it on have stuff on it prior to my full install?  In other
>words, can I put a bunch of junk on it, and then put OS/2 along with
>that other junk?   Perhaps I need to use FDISK to make some
>partitions, huh?  If so, somebody post me a good partitioning scheme
>to use.   Thanks.


Here's what I did. It worked good for me.
130 MB Hard drive

Partition #    Size     Name
-----------    ----     ----
 1             1M       Boot Manager (Required)
 2             3M       DOS (Contains only the DOS OS and associated files)
 3             50M      OS/2 (Contains only the OS/2 OS & associated files)
 4             76M      Shared (Contains applications & data)


In the DOS partition resides DOS and programs that can only be used in a 
true DOS bootup such as a mouse driver, ansi.sys (since OS/2 DOS has its
own, QD3, etc.)

In the OS/2 partition resides OS/2 and programs that can only be used by
OS/2 that wouldnt be able to be used if I booted with DOS such as
TE/2, OS/2 icons, etc. 50M seems to be a good number because it allows
extra space for any icons, swap files, applications, etc. use by OS/2.

The shared 76M partition has applications and data that I would want to
use regardless of wether I booted up with DOS or OS/2 such as Procomm,
fonts, etc.

This seemed to be the best set up for me. Hope it gives you some idea
on how you would like to set up your partitions.

By the way, once you run FDISK, you lose everything that you have on the
ddisk.

- Keith
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rda612c@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (js [schwobby])
Subject: virus
Summary: virus
Keywords: virus
Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:28:06 GMT

Hi netters.


FIRST:
~~~~~~~~

If I start XTGOLD by clicking on an ICON and from there I 
started McAffees "SCAN" it will display the message:
   Shut down system immediately, you`ve got the stoned vius 
   active in memory.......

Well, I kept cool and started a DOS session and started from
there XTGOLD and then started "SCAN" (the same programs)
it was clean.

So I started another DOS session and started "SCAN" directly
not using XTGOLD it was clean.

I thought the session running XTGOLD had a bug. So I shut it down.
Restarted it by clicking at the icon and ran "SCAN" form there again.
Again the message: Shut down immediately....


So I started again the SAME XTGOLD out of a DOS session and ran scan
from that XTGOLD, well it told me it was clean.


So I started the BETA version of SCAN_OS2 and it told me its clean...


So I started PLAIN VANILLA DOS and ran scan: everything is fine.



So why does a virus message come up if I start SCAN using XTGOLD when
I start the XTGOLD program using an ICON but NOT when I start it using
a DOS session and run XTGOLD from there?

ANY IDEA?????????????




SECOND:
~~~~~~~~~

A friend of mine formatted a disk in school and copied his work onto
that. Then he went to his home machine and copied his work onto that
machine using DOS.

Well later on he found out he`s got the "MICHELANGELO" virus.
Well you know all what that one does.........................


THE DISK CONTAINED NO EXECUTABLES ONLY C-SOURCE AND TEXT FILES.
ALL HIS PARTITIONS HAD THE VIRUS AND ONE PARTITION GOT DELETED.
EVEN THE OS2 PARTITON ON HIS MACHINE WAS INFECTED.


How about that?????




regards
      Jobst





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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Is OS/2 licence (registeration) transferable?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 01:31:53 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.213202.27927@news.uiowa.edu> seamin@icaen.uiowa.edu (Seyamak Amin) writes:
>I am in the process of buying a used, registered copy of OS/2.
>I would like to know whether the licence is transferable? If
>yes, what kind of document the seller should pass to me.
>Thanks for the comments, and if there is a specific number 
>that I can call and ask, that would be great too.

It is.  Ask the seller to provide you with a letter of transfer (just
a signed statement indicating that the seller has agreed to the terms
of transfer in the IBM license agreement).

You should also file the Change of Address card in the OS/2 package so
that you are on IBM's mailing list.

-- 
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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.]
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: stu9r22@bnr.ca (Ian Lowrie)
Subject: The DAP CD _is_ available in Canada
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:45:54 GMT

The DAP CD _is_ very certainly available in Canada.  It is not a normal
product though so it is not available through normal channels.

To get it, join the World-Wide Developer's Assistance Progam (FREE, open to
_anyone_ developing for OS/2) by calling (416)946-3786.  Leave a message,
and they will call you back within 24hrs.  You should get Ken Fadelle's 
answering machine, since he is in charge of this program in Canada.
They'll fax you a sign-up sheet, which you then fax back to them.

When they call back, ask about the CD (which is FREE! in Canada).  There
are 2 versions right now, ver2 which is a cleaned up version of ver1, both
of which expire on Dec 15,1992.  There is also now ver3, which expires
in Feb, 1993.  The expiry dates on these are because they are _betas_, and
they want you to keep up with the latest level (so you aren't "beta testing"
already released software).

So, if you're in Canada, call 'em and join!

Stephen Drye
__________________________________________________________________________
I'm still waiting for Rod Serling to narrate my life...