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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: SVGA problem: get 1024x768; how?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:30:46 GMT

In article <Jan11.234005.59772@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> irakliot@lance.colostate.edu writes:
>I have OS/2 2.1 installed on a 486/33 with a WD90c30 SVGA card (1MB).
>However the resolution is not 1024x768. It looks more like 400x600.
>I went thru the FAQs but they made little sense. So, if there is a
>kind soul outthere willing to guide me, I would appreciate it.

Just go to your OS/2 System icon, double click on it, then double
click on the System Setup icon.  Then double click on Selective
Install.  You then get two successive dialogs.  I believe on the first
one you just click on the Install button.  On the second you check the
box next to "Primary Display," reselect SuperVGA, and then select OK a
couple times.  (I could have that reversed.)  Then go through the
diskettes as you are prompted, answer any subsequent questions (about
which mode you want), and then you're all set.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, 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")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 486/SX for OS/2 adequate?
Date: 9 Jan 93 01:27:31 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1993Jan8.202100.24666@netcom.com> lyle@netcom.com (Lyle Fong) writes:
>I used to run OS/2 2.0 on my 386/33.. it was running 'ok', but definitely
>still slow.. (One of the reasons I decided to take OS/2 off the HD)
>Now I have a 486/sx-25.. Will it be faster than my 386 for running OS2?
>Or the same? or even slower?  Will a 486/33 make THAT big of a difference?
>How much noticable difference will there be with a 486/50sx2?
>err.. I meant dx2 in the last line..

OS/2 is first and foremost RAM bound, so if you can, add RAM first.
Then it is bound by hard disk access speed.  A faster hard disk
results in a faster OS/2.  Then comes CPU horsepower, typically.  Your
486SX/25 will be slightly faster than your 386DX/33 when running OS/2
2.0.  But, if you are short on RAM, add that first.

-- 
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: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Subject: Re: .BMP==>.ICO
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 06:29:54 GMT

jks4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:

>Any way to convert .bmp's , say, from the clipboard, to .ico??
>I am trying to get 256 color icons. Is this possible??

If you have something on the clipboard, you can paste it into an icon.
Simply select 'Paste' from the Edit menu of the Icon Editor.  Images
will be scaled if need be.  Also make sure that the icon you are editing
supports 256 colors.  Check the Device list of the Icon Editor.

As for getting a bitmap onto the clipboard, there are several ways.  One
way would be to use the image as a background in an empty folder, then
use a screen capture program (like PMCAP) to place the image on the clipboard
then edit or cut that.

-- 

Jack Tan                                     Sattinger's Law:
jahk@uiuc.edu                       It works better if you plug it in.
From: forster@chem.tu-berlin.de (Peter Forster)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: FDISK LOST MY WHOLE DISK -- HELP PLEASE !!!
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Date: 9 Jan 1993 16:19:35 GMT
Organization: Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: sispa.chem.tu-berlin.de

My system has been running great for quite a while with two IDE hard disks
and a Tandberg Streamer (SCSI ID 2) on an Adaptec 1542B. Now I've connected
a Fujitsu M2624 520MB SCSI disk to the 1542B and restarted the system.
Starting FDISKPM I had the 3rd disk clearly on display and (I think) set it to
be a logical drive. However, when FDISKPM asked me to shutdown and restart
the system upon exit, I was stupid enough not to follow this instruction.
Instead, I killed FDISKPM manually from a text window and did a few other
things (not related to the disk setup) first. Then I shut down.
When rebooting my system, OS/2 would not boot anymore, giving error messages
like that it cannot find 'E:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS' (E: is my OS/2 partition
on IDE drive 2), and it actually messes up my OS/2 file system. This happens
no matter what I do, with every possible SCSI ID, with or without the tape 
streamer being connected. I've even had to reinstall everything anew (several
times!), but the same thing happens whenever the SCSI disk is connected.

If it hadn't worked in the beginning, i could blame the disk or the drivers,
but I WAS able to boot with this disk connected at first and I DID have this
disk visible in FDISKPM.

What's wrong here? Please help, I'm desperate (I've spent 2 days and 2 nights
with hardly any sleep just trying - reinstalling - trying - re.... )

Any help will greatly be appreciated!

Peter Forster

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: hildajk1@netnews.jhuapl.edu (Ken Hildabolt)
Subject: Re: beta 2.1+reformat
Organization: JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 02:39:50 GMT

jdowdal@wam.umd.edu (John Dowdal) writes:

>I have my hard drives set up:
>212 WD IDE-DRIVE 0:
>170 meg FAT: dumbOS 5 and windoze
>40 meg HPFS: OS/2 2.0+SP
>1 meg boot manager

>500 FUJITSU IDE-DRIVE 1:
>450 meg HPFS: no system; just data/programs
>50 meg HPFS: OS/2 beta with win-os2 3.1+32 bit GRE (the one from this Fall)

>Question:  I know I must "reformat" to install the new 2.1 beta.  Is
>formatting and installing the beta on the 50 meg HPFS on DRIVE 1 
>sufficient to make the beta work (ie blow away the "expired" beta),
>or do I have to reformat EVERYTHING? (if it is everything, IBM can keep
>the beta.  There is no way I'm going to be able to get about 550 megs
>onto floppies.....


>John

I installed the beta 2.1 over GA + SP + UHPFS + TRID32 NEW. Its size for
my system (16 megs) is 55,591K. Hope this helps.

Ken

-- 
Ken Hildabolt
The Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory
hildajk1@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu      CIS: 70674,1657
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS of the future....RFD about configuration
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:34:34 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1245@alsys1.aecom.yu.edu> ed@balrog.aecom.yu.edu (Ed Geraghty) writes:
>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.
>
>Is there a better way of handling system configuration then config.sys?
>How does Macintosh doit. The UNIX rc file system while similar to config.sys
>does split the tasks among different files. (rc.net rc.local rc.boot).

I keep a backup of config.sys.  When I install something that changes
it (most apps notify you first), I diff the two files.  I take any
added lines and group them together, with a few REMarks to remind me
what they're there for.  If something changes the PATH, I REMark that
as well.  It's not pretty, but it works.

As for the way the Mac does it, you may not like this much better:
The Mac has a folder called the "System Folder"  Any device driver or
startup utility or TSR (known as inits to Mac people) are placed in
the folder.  On startup, every init in this folder is loaded in
alphabetical order.  Configuration is done with the control panel
application - apps and drivers can add pages to the control panel by
placing them (files of type cdev) in the system folder.  Under Mac
System 7, cdevs are treated as applications, but the principle still
applies.

OS/2 could place all configuration information in a binary file (like
OS2.INI or the Mac's "System" file or NT's database), but I don't
think I'd like that much better.  And OS/2 could just load everything
in a specified folder as a device driver, but I wouldn't like that,
either.  I like the ability to change configuration with a text
editor.

What would you prefer, instead of config.sys.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: msmith@netcom.com (Martin P. Smith)
Subject: Re: MS Access does not run on OS/2 2.0
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 06:53:43 GMT

In article <C0nswB.80x@unix.portal.com> avi@shell.portal.com (Avi Schwartz) writes:
>In article <9301103976@ritz.mordor.com> ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:
>>Mohammed Mannan (mmannan@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu) wrote:
>>OS/2> I have recently bought the MS Access package (couldn't help it so cheap).
>>OS/2> During installation, it replaced some of the dlls, citing, I may have some
>>OS/2> outdated ones. Now, whenver I run Access, OS/2 goes crazy and I have to
>>OS/2> reboot.
>>OS/2> 
>>OS/2> MS Access is supposed to run on windows 3.0 (it says so on the packaging) and
>>OS/2> OS/2 runs windows 3.0 applications. What happened?
>>OS/2> 
>>OS/2> Anyone know if win 3.1 will run on top of OS/2, instead of running on
>>OS/2> top of DOS?
>>
>>Are you surprised?  In light of Microsoft's previous antics to derail users
>>who try to use OS/2 (or Lotus products) I have decided not to purchase any
>>more of their software.  Why should I patronize a company who goes that
>>"extra mile" to break something just because I am not using their OS or
>>their applications?
>>
>
>Relax. As much as I don't like MS, I don't like to see them bashed for no 
>fault of theirs.
>
>MS-Access works just fine under OS/2 2.0 GA+SP and under OS/2 2.1 when 
>run in full-screen mode. It doesn't work in seamless mode though. You must
>have some other problem that is not related to MS-Access.
>
>-- Avi   (avi@shell.portal.com  or  avi@cup.portal.com)

If it doesn't work seamless then it is not much use to me. The 2.1 beta has 
made some great strides in seamless performance making my new modus operandi
where I run everything sseamless. 

BTW why does it not work seamless and I also am wary of a piece of software
that replaces operating system files because they MAY be out of date. 

Martin smith
msmith@netcom.com

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bharris@hfglobe.intel.com (Bennie Harris)
Subject: Re: 4os2 at 128.123.35.151...a question
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:39:40 GMT

umnoor@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Nasir Ahmed Noor) writes:


>Hello,
>Now that J.P has releases 32bit version of 4os2, I have decided to give it
>a try. But new version requires 16bit version to be present on the system.
>At 128.123.35.151 (aka hobes), in pub/os2/all/shells, there are about 5,6
>files dealing with 4os2 and 4dos stuff. File names are confusing and I
>dont know which ones to get. For example there are two files for 4os2--
>4os210.zoo and 4os210.zip.rev-d. Now which ones of these to get? or both
>should be downloaded. I have a slow modem so I can't afford expensive exper-
>iments. Then there is file called 4os2updd.zip. What is it. If we suppose
>that "rev-d" in 4os210.zip.rev-d indicates 'revised', then if have this
>rev-d'd file, do I sitll need to down load 4os2updd.zip?
>Same questions about 4dos...

>Thanks for your help and time,

>--nasir
>umnoor@ccu.umanitoba.ca

>B.T.W. I have 4dos401 for dos that I obtained from a dos archive site. Can
>       I simply use it under os2 or 4dos written for os2 is different. If I
>       can use mine existing 4dos, do I still need to apply a patch posted at
>       hobes?

You should only have to install 4os210.zoo if you want to install the
32-bit version of 4os2. The 4os210.zip.rev-d file is an upgrade patch 
for 4os210 and therefore you don't need it if you plan to install the
32-bit version. I believe the 4os2updd.zip is the documentation for
the rev-d upgrade. But I'am not absolutly sure.

You can use 4dos as your DOS command shell under OS/2 but not as
a command shell for OS/2. For DOS go into your config.sys and change
the SHELL= to point to your 4dos.com instead of command.com. Read the
4dos manual for more details on how to set up 4dos to run under OS/2.

-- Bennie Harris.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: 2.1 beta disk images
From: darren karns <DWK110@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:51:18 EST
Organization: Penn State University

hi netters,
 i have a simple question that i hope someone will help me with.  I have transf
ered the disk images off of hobbes and onto my hard drive. now what do i do wit
h them ? they are to big to copy onto floppies.  any help would be greatly appr
eciated.  feel free to respond by post or e-mail.


                            thanks
                             -- Darren Karns--
From: mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Interesting WPS Bug
Date: 11 Jan 93 16:20:43 GMT
Organization: Ostfold College

In article <Nrc=f7_@engin.umich.edu> jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe) writes:
>From: jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe)
>Subject: Interesting WPS Bug
>Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 09:01:31 EST
>I've run across an interesting bug in the WPS concerning
>files.  Sometimes, for no reason that I can explain, when
>I make a copy of a file from the command line, when I view
>the directory from the WPS, both the copy of the file and
>the original have the same title.  For example, I might have
>a file named v.exe and when a copy is made and called v1.exe,
>the WPS displays both objects as 'v.exe'.  It seems to only 
>do this for files which have EA's attached (I'm using HPFS),
>but not all files with EA's behave this way.  Has anyone else
>run across this and is there a rational explanation for why
>this occurs?  Clearly you shouldn't be able to have two different 
>objects with the same title in the same folder.
>
>
That is nothing compared to the fact that WPS hardly gives any error 
messages. Try dragging read-only files to the shredder, for example. 
I wonder if WPS will tell me if I'm making a backup to a bad diskette?
From: ez003045@hamlet.ucdavis.edu (James E. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Thank You SIP1
Date: 5 Jan 93 09:04:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

Yeah, thanks a lot Timothy!  I really appreciate your knowledge and
willingness to help, and your efforts _do_ deserve to be noted and
applauded.

jel

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: Telix was working, I SWEAR!
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:20:10 GMT

I have had OS/2 running on my dx2-66 VESA gateway sytem for a 
couple of months now and have been using Telix as my comm program
since day 1.  Initially I had some display scrolling problems till
I set the idle to 100 (disabled) and then it hummed along nicely
at speeds up to 1700 CPS on uploads and downloads.

However, just yesterday for some reason I all of a sudden 
can NOT upload files at high speed!  I tried several times
using zmodem at a 14.4 and a 9600 connection and both times
the file would lock up.  One time it got to around 130K 
transferred, the next was 80K and then 4K the last time.

Any idea what happened???  I have enjoyed using telix with os/2
and would like to continue.  I can't think of anything I did
that would have caused its performance to change so drastically.
 
BTW, I can still download at high speed (1500+CPS) with no 
problems, at least for the time being!!

Please help if you've got any suggestions.

Cheers,
Paul

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From: tomb@co2.serum.kodak.com (Tom "USA" Bullinger (x37419))
Subject: Trident 8800 svgadata.pmi wanted
Summary: SVGA.EXE just don't work! 
Reply-To: tomb@serum.kodak.com
Organization: Clinical Diagnostics Division, Eastman Kodak Company
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:02:59 GMT


Help! I've tried all the hints and tips seen here to get my PC
into any hi-res mode. So far, nothing works. I just cannot get SVGA
to generate the svgadata.pmi file. Would some kind soul please
E-mail me a copy of his/hers? I've got a DFI VG-2000 video card
based on a Trident 8800. I thank you, and my PC thanks you!


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Mary.Evans@launchpad.unc.edu (Mary Evans)
Subject: Re: ATI XL w/TRI32new.exe
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:36:28 GMT

In article <Jan.6.14.27.54.1993.17769@remus.rutgers.edu> glenw@remus.rutgers.edu (Glenn T. Wasserman) writes:
>
>Well, the success with the drivers seems to be limited to the ATI
>wonder...
> the system with the VGA Wonder XL won't allow an SVGA ON DOS (under
>DOS, OS/2, or whatever). It says that the board is not VESA-compliant.
>I thought that it was directly compatible with the Wonder (just
>faster). Is this the truth? Am I doing something wrong? I think I was
>one of the first to get this driver set working with the ATI wonder,
>so I think I basically know what I'm doing. But the SVGA ON won't
>work.
>    :(
>
>-Glenn
>-- 
>*	Glenn Wasserman - Rutgers University - Computer Science  	*
>*************************************************************************
>*	glenw@remus.rutgers.edu	*	glenw@gandalf.rutgers.edu	*
>*************************************************************************


I copied svga.exe to a bootable dos disk, booted, ran it, then copied
that to svgadata.pmi.  Be sure you run it as svga on dos.  This gives
an svgadata.dos file.  Copy that to svgadata.pmi

Hope this helps.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
From: shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr)
Subject: Passing batch arguments to pgm (was: Neat timesaving trick.)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:18:47 GMT

In article <4fIYJ=W00WBOQ890hA@andrew.cmu.edu> sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen M. Lacy) writes:
}I was just playing around with my computer again (gee, guess why I'm a
}CS major)

Beats getting a real job :-).

}So, I have e.cmd which looks like

}@start \os2\e %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

}(is there an easier way than making all the %'s?)

If you were to use 4OS2 instead of CMD, you could then rewrite this as:

@start \os2\e %&

Larry
-- 
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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
From: kaul@vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: To XGA-2 or not
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 18:27:21 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.16 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Reply-To: kaul@vnet.ibm.com
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

In <1993Jan5.205435.28825@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>        640x480 (16, 256, or 64K colors)
>        800x600 (16, 256, or 64K colors)
>       1024x768 (16, or 256 colors)
>
>The board supports other modes, but I don't think the OS/2 drivers (at
>this time) do.

They do.  The hard part is getting the correct DMQS files to describe your
monitor.  There are various versions of the DMQS files, ranging from the
set shipped with the board, to the more recent one in the service pack, to
the most recent set in the beta version of the XGA-2 diskette (which your
service rep may be able to get you).  There are some newer ones on that
disk that are very interesting.  And if you get really daring, have a
muscular board, are willing to take risks, and hack your own DMQS file you
can get higher resolutions than we officially support :-)
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