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From: jpolizzi@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (joe polizzi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DON'T BUY OS/2 -- IBM IS HORRIBLE
Date: 12 Oct 92 02:05:38 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

Tazzie@cup.portal.com (Jon S Novak) writes:

> I just got off the phone with IBM Tech Support.  If I want to be able
> to use my CD-ROM drive (Creative Labs SBPRO MM Upgrade Kit) then I 
> have to either (A) buy an IBM cd-rom drive or (B) buy their 
> 'Multimedia Package' software for $500 bucks.  Are they out of their
> minds?   I just spent $100 for a program that was 'compatable with
> windows and dos programs' but in order for ME to be compatable, I must
> spend $500 more?  With customer support like that, it's no wonder that
> their stocks are falling.  My only suggestion is to keep away from IBM
> and stick with good ole reliable Microsoft (Can't wait for Windows NT)
> Furthermore, in their 'readme' file it tells you about problems with certain
> functions of some programs, and their solution? 'Don't use those features' Ni

Those are pretty strong words. IBM has made the Professional Developer 
Kit beta CD available to developers for only $15 dollars. Of course being 
a new venture there are only a limited number of drivers available at 
this time. The PDK includes the complete technical library for OS/2, all 
significant OS/2 redbooks, Cset/2, WorkFrame/2, Toolkit, TCP/IP, OS/2 
2.x, many utilities and driver support for several ROM drives. These 
betas represent long man hours and are offered to developers for just the 
cost of postage. I can tell you that there is an enormous amount of sweat 
and long hours going into providing solid support for these products.

I am sorry that you are unhappy. I can't tell from your post what product 
you purchased, but I know from personal experience that IBM will do 
whatever it takes to make sure that their customers are happy. You are 
welcome to wait for NT-- hope you have a nice library with lots of books 
the size of "War and Peace." <grin>

Seriously, though, both companies are under the same types of pressures 
from consumers and neither IBM or Microsoft are going to be able to make 
everybody happy all the time. But that won't keep either from trying real 
hard. I recommend that you try calling IBM again and talk to someone 
else. Perhaps you can find a workable solution or an answer you did not 
know exists.

Kindest regards,
joe
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
From: allan@vicorp.com (Allan Krantz)
Subject: os2 development
Summary: info needed
Organization: V. I. Corporation, Northampton, Massachusetts
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 13:40:59 GMT



  Hi,  I'm new to os2 and I'd like to find out more about it.
 Could someone tell me development environments available and
 graphics packages available.  Where to look, who to call or
 anything that would get me started writing some software on
 os2 would be helpful.  I'd also like to here from people
 that have already worked with os2 developing software and 
 what was good or bad about it.  Any info would be helpful.

  thank you.
  allan krantz
  allan@vicorp.com
From: fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Why XGA-2?
Date: 16 Oct 92 21:44:14 GMT
Organization: Texas Instruments

In article <1992Oct16.203432.18236@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
>In article <16104@umd5.umd.edu> adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir) writes:
>> 
>> IBM has promised the CSD since June.  It was June CSD, then Sept CSD, then
>> October 15 CSD, and now I just read it's been delayed again.  If IBM can't
>> get a fixed version of OS/2 and the 32-bit GRE out, then how the hell can
>> we expect all these other companies to get drivers out for it??  
>> 
>> Hold your whining about lack of drivers until we get the CSD.  Unitl then,
>> whine about no CSD!
>
>I spoke to an IBMer yesterday who said that IBM wants to release a CSD with
>ever possible bug squashed. They are not used to handling the "mass" market
>(desktop end-users in *big* numbers), but they are so happy that people are
>backing OS/2 that they really are going the extra mile to deliver a *quality*
>upgrade.
> 
>So keep the pressure up....but be constructive. Abuse serves no purpose
>whatever.

Agreed.  BUT, I think they would make a lot of people happy if they
would just go ahead and post a BETA version of the ET-4000 drivers!!!

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu (John H. Kim)
Subject: Re: Os/2 and second drives
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 01:51:46 GMT

hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:
>mikel@networx.com (Mike Lempriere) writes:
>>One minor gootcha te be aware of...
>>OS/2 2.0 insists that the first partition on the first drivee be C:,
>>and the first partition on the second drive be D:.
>>E.g. If your existing first drive currently has more than one partition,
>>     (C: and D:), it's second partition (D:) will no longer be D: --
>>     it will now show up as E:.  The new physical drive will be D:.

>Pardon? I think you have confused matters. OS/2 doesn't "insist" on
>anything w.r.t. partitions, except that you identify them :-)
>If you use the Boot Manager, you can easily specify that the first 
>disk be C: D: and the second disk be E: F: G: ... to your heart's
>content.

Are you sure?  Do you have two physical disks with the first labeled
partitions C: and D:?  I played around with the installation program
(just got a new 2nd drive) and the moment I assign a partition to the
second drive, it gets labeled D: and the first drive's letters are re-
assigned.
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From: jammin@hogbbs.scol.pa.us (Ben Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: WPS Lockup
Keywords: lockup, password
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 21:08:31 EDT
Organization: The Heart of Gold BBS, Lemont PA

wmammel@hoss.unl.edu (Bill Mammel) writes:

> Does any one know how to change the password that is associated with
> Lockup Now?  I tried Lockup when I got my GA, forgot the password, installed
> the beta over the existing system.  I have tried looking through the
> INI files but can't find it.
> 
> Any ideas are appreciated.
> 
> --
> Bill Mammel
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> University of Nebraska-Lincoln

yeah, just open settings.
then use that little arrow button to flip thru pages on info/settings on 
that object.
you may notice that there is more than one page per index-flipper 
thingy....  i think if you fool around, you'll understand.

so just go in and change it.
you have to enter it twice, and you can't see what you type either time, 
that's a real bitch!

but it's cool, it saves my screen - i set the screen blank to 1 min, the 
least amt possible, so now when i leave my comp, i just lockup....

                                        Ben Barrett
jammin@hogbbs.scol.pa.us
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kurt@alumni.cs.colorado.edu (Kurt Olender)
Subject: XGA Cards - Are there any?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 20:11:50 GMT

I have been reading this thread on XGA-2 and was wondering if
anyone makes one yet for ISA?  It sounds like it is only for
MCA or EISA machines.  What's the scoop?

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: gerry@pizzabox.dialogic.com (Gerry Lachac)
Subject: Need Standard 35 Postscript ATM fonts
Keywords: ATM Postscript Fonts
Organization: Dialogic Corporation
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 14:53:49 GMT



It's nice that OS/2 2.0 came with some ATM fonts.  Unfortunately it
only came with 3, Helv, Cour, and NewTimeRoman.  I'd like to get the
missing fonts that round out the "standard" (Bookman, Dingbats, etc.)
35 fonts on a postscript printer.  Does anyone know where I can get
these?

Thanks.
From: kjb@calmasd.prime.com (Ken Brucker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Picking icons
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:38:46 GMT
Organization: Computervision, San Diego

In article <1992Oct11.192545.29361@midway.uchicago.edu>, sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
> In article <kaz.718827016@vincent1.iastate.edu> kaz@iastate.edu (Jimmy Buffet) writes:
>>I keep all my icons in \os2\icons and was wondering if there is a way to
>>inform os/2 of this.  It is really annoying to go to "locate" and type in
>>the directory every time I want to pick an icon.  Thanks!
> 
> I haven't tried this, but you might try shadowing that directory to
> some location on your desktop (where the normal search looks).

I seem to recall seeing that this was recommened against on here earlier.  Or
am I misunderstanding something?  What I recall reading was that shadowing
items from the Drives objects to the desktop can cause problems in OS/2.  I
don't know that those problems are however.

So, which way is it?  If it shouldn't be done, what are the problems that can
develop and what are the circumstances that cause them?

Apparently this is something that is mentioned in the red books, but I don't
have copies of them yet.

Thanks.

Ken

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From: adhir@oberon.umd.edu (Alok Dhir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Norton Utilities gives me wrong info on CPU speed
Keywords: Wrong CPU speed
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:55:06 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

In article <Oct.16.13.47.20.1992.29730@gandalf.rutgers.edu> junglee@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Jung S. Lee) writes:
>I have 386DX/40MHz motherboard made in Taiwan. When I run NU ver6.0 in
>Dos full screen in OS/2, it says that I am running 386DX at 20 MHz,
>which is not correct.Do any of you know why NU in OS/2 gives me wrong
>info?
>
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>Jung S. Lee
>
>
>BTW, When I ran NU ver 6.0 after I booted the system from DOS 5.0
>system diskette, I gave me right infomation about CPU speed.


Because Norton is not made to run with OS/2 v2.0...
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From: tlilley@jarthur.claremont.edu (Thomas (Ted) Lilley)
Subject: Re: TE/2 and 16550 UART
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 01:48:17 GMT

In article <81626@ut-emx.uucp> vcl@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Victor C. Limary) writes:
>
>  I'm having problems with high speed serial communications under OS/2.  My
>current setup is a 486/33, 8 megs of RAM, and an Intel 9600EX modem on com4
>(on port 2e8h, irq 4, with a 16550AFN UART).  I have the computer boot up
>with a call=mode com4:19200,n,8,1,buffer=auto in the config.sys, and TE/2
>is configured to use com4 at a locked baud rate of 19200.  Every seems to work
>fine until I try to download  using ZMODEM.  The transfer rate will start
>going up, and then, sometime after the transfer rate starts to go over 1024 cps,
>I get "Retry Packet" errors.
>  All the above information has lead me to believe that either OS/2 or TE/2
>isn't using the UART.  Is anyone  having similar problems?

Hi,
	I don't have similar problems, but I thought you'd like to know
that hi-speed transfer can be done -- I download regularly at 1700 cps
using TE/2 on a direct com1 hookup to my dorm server.  I do not have a
16550 and have not made or changed a mode statement...it just works.

On occasion, I do have retry packet errors that do not recover.  I'm inclined
to believe that this is a TE/2 problem.  It happens mostly when I do disk
i/o during a hi-speed dl, but has happened when I'm not doing anything
intensive at all, with the dl in the foreground.  I don't believe that it's
the speed of the transfer causing the problem, because I've had successful
3000 cps uploads go through.  I also don't believe it's the machine on the
other  end, because whenever I terminate  one of these bad dl's and reconnect,
the other machine is still trying to send packets.  I would venture a guess
that it may be TE/2's error-recovery routine, although I've heard there's a
patch for the communication dll it uses.  I'm going to get that sometime and
see if the problem goes away.

Ted
From: jorourke@ocf.berkeley.edu (Jason O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 performance tips?
Date: 9 Oct 1992 04:18:02 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: whirlwind.berkeley.edu

of course windows 3.1 could load Word in less time than OS/2.
It didn't have to load itself!  If you were to time how long it
takes to load windows and then word, you might find it pretty close
to the 30 seconds it takes os/2.

Jason
From: Christopher.Davey@f1.n100.z60.wlink.nl (Christopher Davey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Viruses and OS2
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 10:28:47 -0100

Organization: Quay Financial Software

Is there any virus catching software for OS2 ? At the moment, I am using
the McAfee set of routines, to try and catch the beasties, which seems to 
catch most viruses on the floppy drive, but it doesn't like the hard drive
much ( HPFS ). 

Any thought ? please email them to me here (chris@quay.ie) - a summary will 
be posted. Is there a FAQ on this, if so, where can I pick it up,

Chris


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From: loatspa@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Phil Loats)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 on 386sx - How is speed?
Date: 14 Oct 92 03:10:50 GMT
Organization: University of Cincinnati

In article <1992Oct13.191005.1093@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>2) The slower memory shouldn't be too much of a problem.  I'd have
>   preferred 100ns dRAM on the board, but 120ns will do with a wait
>state.  Yes this memory will be slower, but I think your biggest speed
>loss will be from 16-bit access across an 8MHz bus, so the RAM speed
>shouldn't be as much of an issue as you may think.  I think OS/2 will
>detect slow memory and adjust its memory usage schemes accordingly.
>
I think you are right that OS/2 will detect slower memory.  I would also
think that even the slower memory would be faster that swapping to the
disk (unless you have a realy fast hard disk). 

Phil. 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ignacij@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu (Ignacy Misztal)
Subject: Suddenly, WINOS2 full screen loses sync
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 22:09:55 GMT

Until today, I was able to switch between WINOS full-screen and PM
at will. Both are running at resolution 800x600x16  on ATI card using 2.0. 
Today, suddenly, without any system changes, WINOS2 started losing sync
if I return to an existing WINOS2 session from the PM screen. 
WINOS2 always loads fine the first time. If one session goes out of sync, 
another WINOS2 session can be opened without problems, This session goes
out of sync too, if I temporarily switch to PM. Did someone else 
experience this behaviour?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cb@tamarack13.timbuk (Chris Brewster)
Subject: Thoughts during my forced OS/2 sabbatical
Organization: pubs
Date: 12 Oct 92 13:57:39 CDT


After a long series of crashes and lost work, and many failed attempts
to get OS/2 to work, I'm back using DOS and Central Point PC Shell until
either the CSD or 2.01.  And now I'm feeling a bit nostalgic about some
features I formerly took for granted.  For example, PC Shell allows me
to view files of all kinds without needing to open the programs that use
those file types.  It allows me to list many more files on screen at
once than either of OS/2's listing styles (icon and details).  It
arranges these names in the most efficient way within the available
space, rather than OS/2's way of arranging the icons without taking
account of the shape and size of the window that contains the directory.

The activity of moving around directories, seeing listings, and looking
at files is part of the everyday use of an OS.  I think OS/2 should make
this at least as easy as it is with standard DOS utilities.

Chris Brewster 
cb@cray.com
From: Andrew Tong
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Email reader for OS/2
Date: 14 Oct 1992 01:12:11 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: krusty.caltech.edu
Originator: werdna@krusty

Is there an email reader or news packet reader available for OS/2?
From: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DON'T BUY OS/2 -- IBM IS HORRIBLE
Date: 10 Oct 92 04:55:44 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

In article <67445@cup.portal.com> Tazzie@cup.portal.com (Jon S Novak) writes:
>I just got off the phone with IBM Tech Support.  If I want to be able
>to use my CD-ROM drive (Creative Labs SBPRO MM Upgrade Kit) then I 
>have to either (A) buy an IBM cd-rom drive or (B) buy their 
>'Multimedia Package' software for $500 bucks.  Are they out of their
>minds?   I just spent $100 for a program that was 'compatable with
>windows and dos programs' but in order for ME to be compatable, I must
>spend $500 more?  With customer support like that, it's no wonder that
>their stocks are falling.  My only suggestion is to keep away from IBM
>and stick with good ole reliable Microsoft (Can't wait for Windows NT)
>Furthermore, in their 'readme' file it tells you about problems with certain
>functions of some programs, and their solution? 'Don't use those features' Nic

Uh, OK, dude!  Whatever you say.  Gosh, I sure am glad you warned me!  I
was about to go out and do something crazy like buy OS/2!  Thank god for
you.

Idiot.

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From: Fred.Wilkins@f501.n914.z8.rbbs-net.ORG (Fred Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Panisonic 2124 and OS/2
Date: 11 Oct 92 08:16:00 GMT

JJM> I just bought a Panasonic 2124 printer (nice printer by the way!), and  
JM> was wondering if there are OS/2 drivers around for it.  Right now I'm 
JM> using the 1124i drivers, but I want the ones that actually match my printer.

 
I have a Panasonic 1124 and I can't get anything to Print to LPT1 using 
the newest Epson driver.  There is no Panasonic 1124 driver I use the 
Epson driver for panasonic 1124...  Please any info will help 
 
I can Dual Boot and print... no probs 
 
 

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From: widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Soundcard's and OS/2 2.0
Date: 13 Oct 92 21:36:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: camelot.widow.719012214
Distribution: usa
Organization: Bradley University

In <1992Oct13.014753.18147@utdallas.edu> goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal) writes:

>Is it possible to create sound drivers that can be used with the OS/2 2.0
>base package?
>As far as I know, the *only* soundcard drivers available are for the
>original SoundBlaster and require MMPM/2.

	I don't know, would be nice for us people who can't afford
	MMPM/2.

>I'm not sure what use sound drivers will be for games.

>If I own a Sound Blaster Pro, and get a Sound Blaster Pro driver for
>OS/2 2.0, does this mean when I play DOS games that I will be able to
>select SoundBlaster as my sound card and everything will work?

	The MMPM/2 and SB drivers only apply to OS/2 programs.  DOS
	programs work just as they always have.  Well, except those
	with digitized voices ...

>I use OS/2 2.0 and am considering a sound card, the only reason I would
>get one is for games, and maybe listening to a few cool .voc's or .wav's
>or whatever...

>Is this possible under OS/2?  Or should I create a FAT partition on my
>HD and stick DOS 5 on it if I want to play games with sound?

	With the 3.1 update, Window's MM is included.  Therefore, you
	can run the various shareware sound file players made for
	Win 3.1.


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OS/2--Happy Happy Joy Joy--OS/2		-  Dr. Who (Tom Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: derek@wubios.wustl.edu (Derek Morgan)
Subject: Can't Install OS/2
Organization: Division of Biostatistics, WUMS, St. Louis, MO
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 18:01:27 GMT

I have a Compu-Add 433 with 16 MB RAM, and 200 MB hard disk. I have tried to
install OS/2 three times. I have selected the HPFS for the whole disk, because
this is to be an OS/2 machine.

When I try to escape the installation boot procedure so I can install the
video fix I need, it will let me go to the C: drive. Unfortunately, OS/2 can't
do anything else. The DIR command fails. OS/2 tells me "Incorrect internal
file identifier." I can't change directories. "The system cannot find the path
specified."

So now what? I have a computer, and the operating system of the future which
right now doesn't do a damn thing except sit there. After three days of lost
productivity, I'm inclined to trash the PC, the operating system, and anything
else involved in this fiasco.

Derek Morgan

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: paul@tct.com (Paul Levin)
Subject: Re: Tape backup compatibility...
Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 14:16:10 GMT

According to @prism.cs.orst.edu:
>I have the chance to obtain a 120 meg tape backup and I need to know if it
>is going to be compatible with OS/2 or not.
>
>It is an ALLOY 120 meg unit. It is QIC-40 compatible and also is supposedly
>compatible with the Colorado 120.
>
>It comes with some dos software, but I want to be able to use OS/2 software
>to do my backups.
>
>Am I out of luck here?
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Keith

Keith,
	I tried to e-mail a reply to you about this, but the mail was 
returned -- undeliverable.  Send e-mail to me and I can give you some
info about the Alloy tape drive.
		Paul Levin
		paul@count.tct.com
	
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