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From: djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: All-inclusive index on hobbes
Date: 7 Nov 92 14:47:35 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <16869@umd5.umd.edu> adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir) writes:

>Perhaps it's time for an all-inclusive index on hobbes.  I am sick of
>going into directory after directory looking for something.

It's already there: the 00Index file in the top-level OS/2 directory
includes indices of all subdirectories.

--David
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From: pfr@drsrv1.hmi.de (Fritsch_Wolfgang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: BOOK settings not permanent: bug ?
Date: 11 Nov 92 08:47:42 GMT
Organization: Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin GmbH


Already in the GA version of OS/2 I had noted this problem: when I
open the book settings for a folder of files, and on the Include page
ask to show only the files with a given extension, this works fine -
but only in the current session! After next boot this setting is lost
and in the book settings there is only the entry "no criteria set" or
similarly.

This also happens after the SP has been installed.

To me this is annoying. Is it a bug?

Wolfgang Fritsch
pfr@psun2.hmi.de
From: gt8080a@prism.gatech.EDU (Henry 'Hank' Harlan Roark III)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: CSD Report . . .
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:24:54 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Just finished installing the CSD on my computer.  Thought I'd give a short
report:

Hardware:  486/33 w/8M RAM, 240M HD (Bootmanager, FAT, and HPFS Paritions)
           Tseng4000 Local Bus card w/1M RAM (capable of 32K colors).

Installation:  The installation went extremely smooth (after I figured
               out what to do).  Everything was on the desktop where I
               left it.

Graphics:  The graphics are somewhat slower under the generic Tseng4K drivers
           supplied with OS/2 CSD than Windows 3.1 drivers supplied w/my
           generic card.  Also, the OS/2 drivers don't support 32K colors,
           like I have in Windows.  :-(  But that is to be expected with
           generic drivers.  I'm just really pleased to be in 800x600x256
           mode in OS/2.  However, the OS/2 Bitmaps I store to be placed
           in the background are not the correct color.  PaintShop Pro
           swears they are only 150-200 colors dependant on which bitmap.
           Any suggestions to fix that would be appreciated.

DOS Programs:  The only problem I have experienced that I hate so far
               is that some programs that I used to be able to start-up
               and run in a Window, now require full screen mode (Harvard
               Graphics 2.3 for example).  Any solution would be appreciated.
               Other than that, all I have to say is it is fast.  Using
               default Fractint set-up, it only requires about .13 seconds
               more to generate a Mandelbrot set at 1024x768x256 than it does
               in native DOS.

Windows Programs:  Finally, seamless SVGA 800x600x256!  Only one minor
                   nuisance.  When running a Win program, the background
                   of the Desktop changes color.  Also, some weird pallete
                   changes when displaying graphics that take the entire
                   pallette.  Any suggestions?  Other than that, I'm
                   extremely pleased.  (OS/2 open menu's faster in AmiPro
                   2.0 than Win 3.1 does  :-)  )

OS/2 Programs:  At 256 colors, my Ray Traced images are viewable, unlike only
                16 colors.  No complaints.

All in all, I'm just really glad that I can now display 800x600x256.
Minor nuisances.  I love it.




-- 
Henry "Hank" Harlan Roark III | UNIX--An OS for those that don't have to pay.
Georgia Tech                  | OS/2--An OS for those that do have to pay.
gt8080a@prism.gatech.edu      | DOS --An OS for those that don't care.
My views only, not GT's       | Windows--An OS, NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: WARNING: SP BUG, AFFECTS ZIP AND CP
Date: 6 Nov 92 05:42:02 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

In article <1992Nov4.233122.19555@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel) writes:
>IBM put a new bug in the bug-fixing Service Pack:
>
>The 32-bit DosQueryPathInfo call returns incorrect values for the EA
>sizes with the FIL_QUERYEASIZE subcall.
>
>This bug causes Info-ZIP for OS/2 (32-bit version only) to fail finding
>ANY extended attributes. The 16-bit version is not accected. I will put
>out a fix for zip soon.


I did some more debugging on this, and came up with odd  results:

If I linked a program with UNIX style ld, the ea program returned ZERO for
the size of all EAs (even ones that had EAs).

BUT if I linked with link386 (Ie Intel OMF format) the program appeared to
fail for the first call, but succeeded for successive calls.

(just a test program I wrote, ecat.c to look at EAs; it calls Kai-Uwe's 
GetEAs() to do the work)

ie, for UNIX a.out, ld linking:
ecat foo bar returned 0 even if foo & bar had EAs

with Intel OMF, OS/2 exe, link386
ecat foo bar returned 0 for the first, but returned results for others.
possibly incorrect results, but the EA value looked OK, but the size appeared
off.

>
>Kai Uwe Rommel
>
>/* Kai Uwe Rommel --- rommel@informatik.tu-muenchen.de */
>
>DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt
>handler, and always will be.                -Russell Williams
>


-- 
______________________________________________________________________________
jpm: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca         
                            Happily using OS/2 2.0 because MS Windows isNT ___
                                                      Insert VapourFeature ^^^
From: michael.hagerty@nitelog.com (Michael Hagerty) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: What about flopticals??
Date: 8 Nov 92 08:28:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Nitelog BBS - Monterey, CA - 408-655-1096
Reply-To: michael.hagerty@nitelog.com (Michael Hagerty) 

On 11-08-92, DAN COGSWELL wrote to ALL:

DC> Is anybody using a floptical drive to do backups instead of tapes?
DC> Seems to me with all the trouble finding cheap tape backup solutions,
DC> floptical drives could be used with some public domain backup program,
DC> like OBACKUP.  Only thing:  does OS/2 treat flopticals like big
DC> floppies?  Is removable media supported correctly here?

I have been following flopticals for exactly this reason...  So much so
that I have badgered the author of FlexiBack Plus to begin work on an OS/2
version, just for flopticals (and less dense floppys, too).

Nonetheless, I got some info from a company in Silicon Valley about their
$399 external floptical drive, controller and 5 media package deal.  On
calling them I found out:

  - the drive can be used as B: or (D: through Z:) because

  - you must have a driver loaded to make the drive visable, but

  - there is no OS/2 driver available "at this time" with no hints as to
    whether it will ever be available.

Regards, Mikey (michael.hagerty@nitelog.com)

 * JABBER v1.3B1 #B042 * Just got a new car for my wife... Great trade...
                                                                                                                                                      
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Trident drivers (was Re: Misc...)
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 11:59:57 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.171620.8050@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>, dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
> I knew there was something else. I have a Trident SVGA card on my
> machine. It comes with a disk which contains a PM 1.3 driver. Will
> this work under 2.0? If not is there a 2.0 driver (I thought the FAQ

I just installed an 8900C. Get tri_drv.zip (or something like that) from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (probably in pub/os2/new/, but check the 00index). The
readme will direct you to other files, depending on the resolution you want.
You may need bvhsvga, vsvga, and tvgacrtc from pub/uploads/.

I did have some problems getting the higher rates to "stick": tvgacrtc crashed,
but it did create enough of svgadata.pmi to get things working. There must
be an easier method...

-- 
--Darrel Hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
From: ericwolf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: "DOS from Drive A" fails with "Illegal Instruction" error.
Date: 12 Nov 92 05:50:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.BxL9KB.zK
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1dpubcINNh9u@myall.awadi.com.au> dhichens@awadi.com.au writes:
>
>G'Day,
>
>	Has anybody come across the problem of "DOS from Drive A" failing with an "Illegal Instruction" error? The problem occured both before and after installing the service pack.
>
>	Thanks for any assistance.
>
>
>		Regards,
>
>
>		David Hichens.


Yeah, me too!

Why did it do this???  I can't get it to boot anything from drive A without
coming up with the SYS3176 (or whatever) error.  That is, by the way, an
illegal instruction if I remember what it said correctly.

Any clues?

- Eric
From: juanman@photon.com (Juan Castaneda)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Iomega Bernoulli Drives & OS/2?
Date: 12 Nov 92 18:02:08 GMT
Organization: Photon Research Associates, Inc.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Has anyone had any experience(either good or bad) with the aforementioned?
I have been trying to install OS/2 on my AST 386/33 with an internal 20 
MB Bernoulli and dual 44 MB Bernoulli's.  I have the OS/2 drivers from Iomega,
but can't seem to get past Install Disk 1.  Do I really need a fixed drive to
first install OS/2, then tranfer the OS to bernoulli's? Is there any solution
to this problem?  Any insight or hints would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Juan Manuel Castaneda
Photon Research Associates, Inc.
La Jolla, California
(619)455-9741
From: rpfaff@umiacs.umd.edu (Ray Pfaff)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: sbos2 problems
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:19:22 GMT
Organization: UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

Hopefully this is not a FAQ, but I've gotten the soundblaster drivers
for OS2.  They work (I can copy a .voc fiel to the driver and it plays)
but all of the utilities that come with it say "emx not found"
when I try to run them.  I got the emx dynamic link libraries and
put them into the dll directory.  Is there something else I need to 
do?  Am I missing some sort of executable?
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tamu@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Henderson)
Subject: Apps putting their crap in system directories. :(
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:42:35 GMT


Is there any reason why companies' setup installs to put files in
system directories?  It seems like to me it would be much easier for the
user if they created a sub-directory, at the very least, off of the system
directory they are shooting for.

Case in point is Draw for OS/2 by Micrografx, they put a bunch of stuff
in the os2/dll directory.  Now if I want to delete it, I have to know which
is which.  I have created a  os2/dll/user_dll directory where I put the
stuff that I know about or have control over.  At least here I only have to
worry about other apps' files.

Is this trend left over from DOS when the PATH had a limited character
length or do most UNIX's do this also???

Todd
tamu@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bharris@hfglobe.intel.com (Bennie Harris)
Subject: Re: Problems with OS/2 2.0 w/SP
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:57:05 GMT

eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (Tan Jin Meng) writes:

>mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN) writes:
>: 
>: -Word for Windows 2.0 will ask me to insert a diskette with two files called
>:  OLE-something (don't remember). It will do this every time, and copy them 
>:  over the old ones. It will not list any fonts, other than the default, in 
>:  the font-listbox, and no font sizes.

>Did you simply back up your old Winword directory before doing the
>install and after the install copy it back? Well you can't do that. You
>have to reinstall winword from scratch. I suspect that its because the
>win.ini file is not migrated. if so, then an alternative is to modify
>the win.ini file but I haven't tried it. 

>Can anyone confirm the win.ini thing?

>jin meng

Modifing the win.ini worked for me. I copied the Word for Win 2.0
settings from my 3.1 win.ini and pasted them into my win-os2 
win.ini. You may also have to update the LIBPATH= statement in
your config.sys to point to your W4W path and reboot. Your autoexec.bat
should also include the path to your win3.1 and win3.1/system 
directory to avoid other problems when running Win-OS2. I was able to
run Word for Win 2.0 without re-installing.

-- Bennie Harris
From: enk2@po.CWRU.Edu (Erik N. Kovach)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Any Earthly Reason I SHould Use Os/2 NOW?
Date: 8 Nov 1992 22:45:35 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: enk2@po.CWRU.Edu (Erik N. Kovach)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc12.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, landis@sugs.tware.com (Hale Landis) says:

>I know there are others out there with similar stories to tell --
>I know some of them!

After the number of times that I have reinstalled OS/2 has rocketed
into the teens, I now believe that I have a stable system.  I run
FAT (HPFS liked to die sometimes) file system, some windows programs
(like MS-WORD, but basically full screen only), and things like
Turbo C++ for DOS.  The only problem I still have is my AT&T network
packet driver crashing the system once in a while in a DOS session,
but that will hopefully be solved when I switch to Cabletron.

-- 
    Erik Kovach       |    "OMIGOD!  The brakes are gone!"
Kusch Mental Hospital |    "Well..no sense in steering then."
     Bed #410D        |-------------------------------------------------
  Want some candy?    | Love is when everyone knows how you feel but her.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mikel@networx.com (Mike Lempriere)
Subject: Re: Simple PM Question
To: francis@atmos.cse.ogi.edu (Francis Moraes)
Organization: NetWorx
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 02:50:20 GMT

In article <45514@ogicse.ogi.edu>:
[stuff deleted]
: (using 8x14 or 14x8 fonts). I would like these windows to open to their
: maximum size but I haven't found a way to set the window size (you know,
: something like 8*80x14*25). Thanks for the help.
[.sig deleted]

In the Font menu, use Save to preserve your font size.
When you next bring up the window, size it to maximum by dragging the
sides with the mouse, and while holding down the shift key.  Do this
instead of hitting the maximize button.
Lastly, you'll need to set up a macro that any new shell will run, whose
sole purpose is to execute a MODE command (eg. MODE CO80,54) to actually
make a larger than default window.

You can put the name of the macro to be run riight into your config.sys
in the definition of the interpreter "...cmd.exe /c OS2Init.cmd" and it
will always be run.                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
From: Tom.Candido@iphase.infoserv.com (Tom Candido)
Sender: FredGate@iphase.infoserv.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: HELP: Service pack with WinOS/2 3.1 Beta
Date: 12 Nov 92  10:51:54 EST

I don't know if you are aware of this .. but I will be the bad guy to tell you anyway.. IBM says very clearly NOT to mix both products. The beta for win3.1 and the GA are 2 distinct products, although they are very similar THEY SHOULD NOT COEXIST IN THE SAME DRIVE....  This was clearly stated in the readme file of the service pack and ALSO in the beta license agreement!! 
Now that I gave you the bad news, on to the worst of all... You can only have one or the other Jim.. either seamless 3.0 or 3.1 in normal video..  I dont want to sound rude. I hope you dont take this the wromg way. 
There may even be someone that actually got it working in some computers but not all clones are the same ( like IBM found out very quickly with OS/2 2.0 ) and that's the reason for IBM not to offer fixes for the beta...  If you just hold on for another couple of months You and I will have the win 3.1 in seamless support for the GA!!!!


 * Origin: OS/2 EXCHANGE -- JAX FL's FIRST and FORMOST OS/2 BBS (1:112/37)
From: marten@feki.toppoint.de (Marten Feldtmann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Beta and Deskjet driver
Distribution: world
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 92 20:31:39 GMT
Organization: Private OS/2 System

Well, I installed the beta version from the CD-ROM and found, that with
the new deskjet printer driver (actually Deskjet 500, Epson) I have no
more problems any more with my Deskjet+. I had problems with printings
from PM-chart, Bitfax and PM-Draw (from an IBM empl.). With this new
driver all my problems have been gone. By the way: it has nothing to do
with the Beta, because installing the LaserJet Classic driver and all my
problems are here again ...

From the readme of the beta version:

DESKJET, DESKJET+, DESKJET 500, AND DESKJET 500C
PRINTERS

If you want to use a Deskjet, DeskJet+, DeskJet
500, or DeskJet 500C printer, install the Epson
driver and then select HP DeskJet 500.

Note:  The HP DeskJet 500C will not produce color
       output using the HP DeskJet 500 device
       support in the Epson printer driver.


 MF


--
Marten Feldtmann,     Kieler Str. 29,       2300 Kiel 14,    Germany
E-Mail: marten@tpki.toppoint.de, FAX possible
From: pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Close)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Tseng 4000 speed comparison on generic and Diamond boards.
Date: 9 Nov 1992 21:50:03 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Reply-To: pdc@sgi.com (Paul Close)
NNTP-Posting-Host: lunch.wpd.sgi.com
Originator: pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com

C. R. Oldham (cro@socrates.ed.asu.edu) writes:
>
>I was severely disappointed when I installed the SP on my work machine
>which is almost identical to my home one except I've got only 64k of
>cache, 200Mb HD, and a Diamond Speedstar Plus.  Sadly, display
>performance is as everyone says--BAD.  I had to go back to 640x480x16
>to stand it.  And I'm not just talking about text scrolling speeds.
>For example, Deskpic's flashlight screen saver/animation on my home
>machine bounces around the display like a basketball during an NBA
>game.  At work, the same animation acts more like a hot air balloon
>than a basketball.
>
>Can someone explain to me why this is?  Are Diamond's cards so flaky
>that some generic board manufacturer can blow them away?  Or does my
>extra 64k of cache in the home machine really make that much
>difference?

Perhaps your Diamond card has older roms or something?  How about the bus
speed?  You didn't mention that either.  On an ISA system, that might make a
big difference.

In any case, my Diamond SpeedSTAR 24 (not X) has a very fast "bouncy"
flashlight mode too.  It was one of the first things I noticed!  So I'm
afraid you can't blame Diamond on this one....  (Note I have a 256k cache,
so there could be something there, although I doubt it).

My text windows do scroll much slower than before, however.... :-(

Other than that, the graphics is faster and zippier with 256 colors than
with the Orchid drivers at 16 colors!  DOS box performance seems way up too,
as I haven't noticed dramatic slowdowns when opening Qmodem and another DOS
program like I used to under GA.  I haven't really tried this much, though,
so it could be wishful thinking :-)  Seamless windows are great!
-- 
Paul Close	     pdc@sgi.com	   ...!{ames, decwrl, uunet}!sgi!pdc

			No fate but what we make
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 and terminal program bug
Date: 9 Nov 92 17:05:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: midway.1992Nov9.170510.4967
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Nov8.075535.12482@u.washington.edu> rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte) writes:
>	Am trying to make OS/2 work with a telecommunications program.
>I tried TE/2, but it says "Com 3 not found".  I tried Commo,  a
>popular DOS based telecommuncations program, but for some strange
>reason, it appears to "miss" characters --words will be missing
>letters and so on.  I would prefer to use soemthing like TE/2, but
>can't if it doesn't work (obcviously) .
>	I am running a Boca 14.4k modem.  Missing character prob
>occurs in windowed mode and full screen.  No other problems of note
>with my install now

It sounds like you have an interrupt conflict.  The internal Boca
modem can be set to COM3/IRQ5, for example, which would probably
alleviate the problem.  See the FAQ List for details on the remedy.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST 2.0g is avail.
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | from 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [You picked the right President, America -- Thanks.]
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: CCOF50@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Lynda Schneiderman)
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 + EXCEL 4.0 = no printout?
Organization: Motorola
Date: 5 Nov 1992 08:52:28 CST

>I am struggling with Excel 4.0 to get my data on paper.
>I have 5MB HP IIIP installed on LPT1:
>I have OS/2 with full scren WINOS2.
>I have the same problem since GA, CSD did not fixed that problem for me
>I get just a empty grid at 75 DPi resolution,
>in WIN 31 I get everything OKAY!
>I switch ON/OFF Print manager, to no avail.
>Otherwise I am very pleased with PROIIs colors, speed in 32GRE!
>I compared that with S3 (F1280 - too many crasholas)and T8900C. T4000
>is not a speed demon, but it WORKS! That's what matters.
>ANy idea? Thanks in advance.

I had a similar problem on a HP laserjet.  I finally got the actual
data to print out by switching the printout quality setting from low
to high quality output.  I also had it at 300 DPI but I don't think that
is what made the difference.  Hope this helps
From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM tries to weasle out of upgrade offer!
Date: 12 Nov 92 23:19:39 GMT
Organization: UNLV Computer Science

In article <1992Nov12.185312.21429@sbcs.sunysb.edu> kskapin@csws3.ic.sunysb.edu (Keith T Skapinski) writes:

[ story about somebody waited until the very last minute and got
screwed deleted. ]

>Anyway, I just thought I would share this horror story with you all and see
>if I would get any responce from anyone else who was victimized by IBM.

I really do sympathize...but, WHY didn't he send for the form sooner?
It looks to me like he decided not to upgrade at all, since the
original end date for the free upgrade was in July until they extended
it. 

>same time. But I do think what IBM did is very wrong and seems very
>deliberate to me.

Unfortunately, if IBM believed everyone who said that they sent they
sent in the form on time ("I SWEAR"), then they might as well not have
deadlines at all, right? I waited to call for my upgrade form because
I knew I was moving soon and didn't want to have to mess with address 
changes after my order had already started processing. Your brother on
the other hand let one deadlin go right by (implying that he didn't
really want the upgrade anyway) and then waited until the very end of
the second deadline... Technically, IBM is in the wrong, they made a
mistake. Come on though, is there anyone here who doesn't know by now
what communication inside IBM is like? It is like trying to tell every
single member of a city something without missing anyoe. Can't be
done...

-- 
Steve Lumos - slumos@cs.unlv.edu