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From: unruh@unixg.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Focus moves with mouse?
Date: 25 Jan 93 17:15:40 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca
Summary: focus move with mouse?
Keywords: mouse, focus, foreground, background

Is it possible to set OS2 up so that the focus moves with the mouse, rather
than the focus transfereing with a mouse click on the window (I know in
X it is an option). Also tht foreground background is not tied to the focus
ie to transfer to foreground you have to click  on the boarder ratehr than just 
anywhere. At present focus and foreground are tied together, and that is not 
always convenient.
Bill Unruh
unruh@physics.ubc.ca
From: pang@titan.ucs.umass.edu (H.K. Pang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: many replies, but none seem to work so far.. :(
Date: 23 Jan 1993 23:37:36 -0500
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
NNTP-Posting-Host: titan.ucs.umass.edu

last week or so, i asked how to resize a DOS window that was shrinked to
a much smaller size due to video display installation.. i tried out the
method of holding the shift key while resizing.. but it didn't work at all!
i could resize it to a smaller window but not a bigger one!
if you know the solution to the problem, please let me know.. i in effect don't
have windowed dos anymore..
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From: Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: keyboard lockup??
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 05:43:27 GMT
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.5.23
Summary: keyboard locks (?) randomly

In article <1993Jan20.092025.19992@news.acns.nwu.edu> brokow@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mike Brokowski) writes:
>Recently I recently installed OS/2 on a new hard drive (GA + CSD)
>and I have been hit by a bug.  At seemingly random times the keyboard
>will stop working.  The mouse works, I can launch stuff from WPS,
>close windows and all, but zip from the keyboard.  

Me too - it's a PITA. Happened on GA and now SP. Hardware: Wyse Decision 
Mate 3216. Never happens at home on my clone 486.

>It doesn't even
>happen necessarily *during* any specific application - most recently
>I started the WPS lockup (1st time since this install) and *typed* 
>the password then came back 2 hours later and couldn't get any 
>response from the "lock" screensaver.  Nothing else running except
>memstat.exe.

Mine almost always happens in my DOS+packetdriver network box, occasionally 
other DOS boxes, once or twice OS/2 command line sessions.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: b259phl@utarlg.uta.edu (PHILIP LIPPEL)
Subject: Re: How to use mouse included with Graphics Ultra + ?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:44:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.082820.7921@edfd.uucp>, markus@edfd.uucp (Markus Gruenkorn (MAGIC)) writes...
> 
>I bough a Graphics Ultra + graphic card which includes a mouse
>and a mouse port. How can I use this mouse with OS2 2.0. I tried
>different things to get the mouse work. First I enabled the mouse
>with the install program which came with the graphic card
>(interrupt 4 adr. 2xx). Then I installed different mouse settings
>in OS2 (seriel device, bus mouse, in port mouse, other). It
>didn't work. What should I do ? any suggestions ? Any information
>would be appreciated !
> 
If  it's the same as the older Ultra and Vantage cards, this should install
as an Inport-style mouse. If you previously had a different type of mouse
installed, selective install will add new lines to you config.sys but won't
take out the old ones. Rem out the older lines yourself and all should be
fine.
From: joker@diku.dk (Morten Christian Holmgreen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: XGA-2 Driver
Date: 27 Jan 93 13:52:30 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

shofioni@joule.elee.calpoly.edu (Said Hofioni) writes:

>I have a PS/2 Model 77, 9577-0NA with OS/2 Preload and an NEC 4FG Monitor
>being driven by an XGA-2 video card.  My problem is that the screen flickers
>like crazy!

>Does anybody have a good video driver that will get rid of the flicker at
>1024 x 768 or 800 x 600?  Please send all responses via e-mail.

You have to set up your XGASETUP.PRO file properly. Use DIFINST on the
XGA-2 drivers disk. There's about 25 different video-modes to choose betveen.

The XGASETUP.PRO file is located in directory XGA$DMQS. After having choosen
the mode you want, you can go to OS/2 Setup -> Screen and select the reso-
lution you  want upon next bootup.

If you're using 2.1b you should also be able to choose the video-mode from
OS/2 Setup -> Screen.

Email me, if you're having problems...

Christian
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sDun@isma.demon.co.uk (Stephen Dunne)
Subject: Re: Redbooks available electronically?
Reply-To: sDun@isma.demon.co.uk
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.30 $
Organization: International Securities Market Association
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:51:23 +0000

In article <1993Jan25.181435.11581@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:

>The first four, at least, are available in INF format.  Check below
>directory /pub/os2/ibm on ftp-os2.nsmu.edu.  (Look in the appropriate
>index files until you find it.)
>

Has anyone heard anything about Volume 5 ???

Stephen
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From: xabaea@levels.unisa.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: NEC CDR-84 and trantor T128....HELP!!!!!!! PLEASE!
Date: 22 Jan 93 10:48:50 +1030
Organization: University of South Australia

We have an NEC CDR-84 and a Trantor T128 SCSI adaptor and we are trying to
install the OS/2 developers kit which happens to be on CD-ROM...

however we can't seem to get OS/2 to find the CD-ROM...

we used the drivers os2cdrom.dmd & neccds1.flt for the CDR-84
and t128scsi.add for the trantor

but these don't seem to do much... although i am not sure we have installed
the drivers correctly either...

could anyone please give me some help...it would be much appreciated


please post your reply...

thanks in advance,
Andrew Kulikovsky c/- BAeA
From: bryer@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jeff Bryer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Focus moves with mouse? (xfeel author request)
Keywords: mouse, focus, foreground, background
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:12:06 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

In article <1993Jan25.222717.20871@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <unruh.727982140@unixg.ubc.ca> unruh@unixg.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh) writes:
>>Is it possible to set OS2 up so that the focus moves with the mouse, rather
>>than the focus transfereing with a mouse click on the window (I know in
>>X it is an option). Also tht foreground background is not tied to the focus
>>ie to transfer to foreground you have to click  on the boarder ratehr than just 
>>anywhere. At present focus and foreground are tied together, and that is not 
>>always convenient.
>
>Try getting the file xfeel.zip, available via anonymous ftp from
>ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (check file /pub/os2/00Index for location).  This
>utility will give you the focus follows mouse behavior.
>
Unfortuantely xfeel ties foreground to the focus (but I still have xfeel
installed in my startup folder).

I would like to make a request about xfeel.  Who is the author of the
program?  I remember a post from him a while back but alas I didn't
save it.  I have many suggestions and bug reports I would like to
give to him.

Has anyone suggested to IBM to have more than one choice of window
manager?  (Who can I suggest it to -- preferably in Canada?)

Jeff Bryer


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From: heston@carson.u.washington.edu (Raelyn Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Help with Access Denied error
Date: 26 Jan 1993 22:40:09 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu
Summary: Help with Access Denied error

I installed OS/2 with the 'dual boot' option.  When booting from DOS
all my applications run fine.  When I boot to OS/2 and try to run 
a DOS or Windows application or if I try to run a DOS session I get
a SYS0005: Access Denied error.  Why?  All the help  information say
that the files are right protected but they, of course, are not so
I am not sure how to find the problem.
From: ghdai@vax1.umkc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: re: ibm value point and os2
Date: 22 Jan 93 18:32:03 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
NNTP-Posting-Host: vax1.umkc.edu

>I can't believe that this is true!  Of course these days I might believe
>anything with IBM.  Anyone shed any light on this?

it is true.  i suggest that you just follow the installation guide and
set your machine up with boot manager, which is far better than dual boot.

Guohuan H. Dai/2
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|* OS/2 2.1beta includes MMPM/2, Fax/PM, Win3.1 enhanced mode, TT fonts, etc.*|
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Subject: Re: Opinions Please -- WPS "feature"
Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Organization: Columbia University, New York
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:15:16 GMT

100% correct!!!!
This has been bothering me almost every time I want to drag something :-)
No, seriously, this is an illogical UI.
PSE FIX IT...Thanks.

In article <81678@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt1610c@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael Kenneth McGaugh) writes:
>Hey all.
>
>There is one aspect of the WPS that I really feel is
>counter productive.  I would like to hear some opinions
>from others in the net about this idea.
>
>I feel that when an icon is selected with mouse button 2
>with the intent of dragging it (moving, copying, shadowing,
>or drag-n-dropping), the folder which contains that object
>should NOT become the foreground window.  I has become very
>frustrating to find the object you are looking for, and when
>you go to drag it to another folder, its folder comes to the
>foreground and covers up the intended destination for your
>object.
>
>If I remember correctly, the 6.304 beta of OS/2 2.0 last
>spring had this exact feature in it.  I do not know how much
>code would have to be rewritten to change this, but I would
>like to pursue this matter with IBM.  Does anyone know who or
>where to contact about such a feature change?  I doubt they
>will take it as a bug report.
>
>Ken.
>-- 
>M. Ken McGaugh
>Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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From: bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu (Bruce Dubbs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: many replies, but none seem to work so far.. :(
Date: 24 Jan 1993 06:54:35 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
NNTP-Posting-Host: neuron.tamu.edu

In article <1jt6egINNbvs@titan.ucs.umass.edu> pang@titan.ucs.umass.edu (H.K. Pang) writes:
|last week or so, i asked how to resize a DOS window that was shrinked to
|a much smaller size due to video display installation.. i tried out the
|method of holding the shift key while resizing.. but it didn't work at all!
|i could resize it to a smaller window but not a bigger one!
|if you know the solution to the problem, please let me know.. i in effect don't
|have windowed dos anymore..

I didn't see your earlier post, so I may not be answering the right
question, but if you change the font size of the DOS window, the
entire window changes size to accomodate the proper number of
characters for the defined size.  You can also change the row and
column size with the mode command.
   -- Bruce

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: djm@lems21.lems.brown.edu (Daniel J. Mashao)
Subject: Re: NEC P2200 Driver Needed.
Organization: LEMS, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:33:25 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.093912.10129@netcom.com> sagan@netcom.com (Mike May) writes:

|   I'm looking for a driver that will work my NEC Pinwriter 2200 printer.
|   I've tried the basic drivers: Epson 24pin, Epson LQ500, IBM Proprinter,
|   to no avail, and have look in Hobbes with out any success.  Do any 
|   net.people know which driver will work with this printer?  TIA.

The Nec P2200 manual indicates that it emulates Epson LQ2500. I have used it
without any problems, but some people say its 95-98%.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Redbooks available electronically?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:55:02 GMT

In article <728081483snx@isma.demon.co.uk> sDun@isma.demon.co.uk writes:
>>The first four, at least, are available in INF format.  Check below
>>directory /pub/os2/ibm on ftp-os2.nsmu.edu.  (Look in the appropriate
>>index files until you find it.)
>Has anyone heard anything about Volume 5 ???

It has been in print for a while now, but I haven't seen an INF
version of it, yet.

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From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Kenneth A. Kahn)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 13:35:32 EST
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: No way to install OS/2 w/o Bootmanager together with DOS & 386BSD?
Organization: Staff of IBM Fellow - IBM Personal/370
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0
X-X-From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Ken Kahn)
            <1993Jan20.193641.4845@delos.stgt.sub.org>

In <1993Jan20.193641.4845@delos.stgt.sub.org> Michael Giegerich writes:
>Hello everybody,
>
>Any answers to the following problem?
>On a system with one harddisk and already 2 partitions with
>DOS and 386BSD on it: is it possible to install OS/2 without
>the bootmanger option and without using dualboot?
>
>The install programm doesn't let me mark the free partition
>as installable...

The problem is if you install OS/2 V2 on a partition other than C:, there's
no way to tell the system to BOOT from it; e.g. D: or E:, without a front
end like the Boot Manager.  You need to be able to make the alternate drive
the 'active' drive, which you can't do witn BM or similar.
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:43956 comp.os.os2.apps:10675
From: ksanthan@garnet.berkeley.edu (Kumaran Santhanam)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Telemate 4.0
Date: 25 Jan 1993 14:33:04 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

In article <vpsoc.727943545@manning> vpsoc@cs.UAlberta.CA (Rob Eitzen) writes:
>I have been using TM 3.1 with absolutely no problems.  When I try to use
>TM 4.0, however, I seem to be having lots of trouble.  The settings
>(internal TM and DOS) are identical between the two versions, but when I
>use 4.0 I am constantly losing characters on the display, and downloads
>are impossible!  I have tried it with and without os2speed.  I was
>hoping to hear someone else with the same problems and a solution, but
>so far there seems to be nothing but praise for 4.0.  Therefore, I've
>fucked something in the settings.  Can anyone guide me to a solution?
>Thanks.

I also had the same problem.  Then, I downloaded the Serial I/O drivers from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  These drivers are great.  Now there are no more character
losses and downloads work just fine.  I hope that helps!

Kumaran
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Date: Thursday, 21 Jan 1993 12:08:15 CET
From: FLATSCHER Rony <RONY@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: 2.1b: Memory leakage ?

If starting programs (especially Windows or Windows-programs) repeatedly
(and closing them in the meantime) the swapper file grows continuosly without
rendering the allocated space. I know that OS/2 does not shrink the swapper-
file immediately all the time, but shrinking never occurs on those.

In order to present a case to reproduce at least one way of what appears to
be leaking memory I tried the following: I started and closed PMGlobe a couple
of times (used to eat memory on pre-beta-versions). Now it seems that it
works, except: after having one incarnation of PMGlobe running I opened and
closed another program (Color Palette) and thereafter closed PMGlobe. From then
on I started PMGlobe and closed it as before, except that I did not wait for
PMGlobe to finish drawing the world. From there on I continuosly started to
loose memory...

---rony
P.S.: My machine now is equipped with 24MB of memory due to the amount of
programs I am running at the same time, including various Windows apps (Excel,
Lotus 1-2-3, Word4Win, AmiPro, CorelDraw) and OS/2 programs like ORACLE (data-
base plus all tools plus CASE-designer, ER-diagrammer etc.) and of course
various network stuff (TCP/IP client and servers) and a couple of additional
utilities and DOS-programs. The funny thing: those programs ran on 16MB as
well as now on 24MB with the beta-release of OS/2 ! Maybe one should really
evaluate the needs of additional RAM for OS/2, it may be very well the case
that one can work satisfactory with 4  - 8 MB with this new version, depending
on the amounts of programs you choose to run (in my case sometimes well over
20 apps, most of them very resource-demanding).
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle)
Subject: Re: Which Printer Driver for Okidata Microline 92?
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:03:13 GMT

enk2@po.cwru.edu (Erik Kovach) writes:

>In article <roelle.727470028@uars_mag> roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
>>Apparently Okidata did not provide a driver for their [rather ancient]
>>Microline 92 (80 column) 9-pin dot matrix printer.  Is there a compatable
>>driver provided with OS/2?

>Check for a compatable Epson driver (your manual may mention one.)  Chances 
>are that there is one.  How ancient?  Epson's go pretty far back, and I 
                         ^^^ ^^^^^^^
>think that some of the old printers (as well as most of the new ones) have 
>compatability with Epson, IBM Proprinter, or something else.

Okidata Microline 92 Version 4.0 (circa 1984)
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:43749 comp.os.os2.advocacy:12673 alt.startrek.creative:3116
From: shabby@Athena.MIT.edu (Chris Shabsin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.startrek.creative
Subject: IBM and Borg analogy
Date: 23 Jan 1993 15:50:01 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: comp
NNTP-Posting-Host: deathtongue.mit.edu


We are IBM.
Downsizing is irrelevant.
Client-server is irrelevant.
You will be assimilated.
Mainframes will preva*KABOOM*.

I am Hugh.  I am now IBM.
Meet OS/2.  

:-) I thought this up just now when someone gave the standard
Microsoft analogy...  (We are Microsoft, OS/2 is irrelevant, Unix is
irrelevant, [chorus]...)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: mscdex.exe dos version won't take
Keywords: mscdex neccdr
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:35:41 GMT

In article <Jan20.225954.50708@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> tom@longs.lance.colostate.edu (Tom Aurand) writes:
>When I tried to run MSCDEX.EXE /D:NECCDR in a DOS full screen session
>in OS/2 2.1beta I get a wrong dos version error message.  So I went
>into the settings notebook of the program object which I created for
>mscdex and on the associations page I added MSCDEX.EXE,5,01,255 to
>the bottom of the list assuming that that would fix it.
>I still get the same error message.  Why? 

This question is answered in the OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List,
although you have to look for it.

Use a specific DOS session -- see Appendix E of your Installation
Guide and/or the online Command Reference under VMDISK for further
instructions.

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