HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler)
Subject: Re: Dos session title bar...
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 17:32:19 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.15 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Reply-To: cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler)
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

In <1huj8sINNc5l@shelley.u.washington.edu> rkimmel@stein.u.washington.edu (Robert Kimmel) writes:
>Is there someway to turn off that stupid DOS session title bar that
>gets displayed at the top of the screen?  When something doesn't work,
>and it prints why on one line, which of course is at the top of the 
>screen, which then gets covered up.  Is there some setting to remove
>this?              

No setting, just remove the $i from your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS (for OS/2
prompts) in the PROMPT statement.

Cliff Nadler
IBM Federal Systems Company

Note: This post represents the views of the poster, not those of IBM or the
      IBM Federal Systems Company
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: HPFS going mad ?
Date: 3 Jan 93 22:42:49 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1993Jan2.162755.22209@rhrk.uni-kl.de> weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Christoph Weber-Fahr [KIT]) writes:
>I spend a night or two with installing some crashing display drivers.
>Every when booting I used a boot floppy made by the se20boot software.
>Now my boot filesystem (HPFS) on harddisk behaves strange:
>chkdsk c: /F claims "disk already in use" (SYS0108)
>chkdsk c:   finds no errors
>check disk from WPS sometimes finds errors, sometimes doesn't
>check disk from WPS with "write changes to disk" marked refuses
>running, because disk is in use or locked.
>I have installed the uhpfs fix, but this doesn't change that problem.
>Is this behaviour normal ?
>If not, what can I do ?
>Thnaks in advance for any Idea!

Yes.  Please see the OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List for the
explanation, and the remedy.

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From: merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 2.1 on CDROM?  Different from December release of OS/2 PDK?
Date: 28 Dec 1992 05:56:08 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: neuro.usc.edu

Do I understand correctly that there is some release of OS/2 operating
system on CDROM which will be available on 12/28 which is not part of
the December OS/2 PDK which I ordered a few days ago from 1-800-IBM etc?

Is there a new PDK to go with the new release of OS/2 2.1 base system?
Will my old PDK disk work with the new OS/2 -- or should I once again
acquire a new copy of the PDK?

Thanks, AJ

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From: tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1 beta to be released 12-28 to EVERYONE!!
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 08:02:35 CST
Reply-To: zeta%tcscs@src.honeywell.com
Organization: TCS Consulting Services

rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden) writes:

> In article <1992Dec22.203941.27754@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.c
> >
> >I just called the order desk, and they said the beta code is only
> >available on CD-ROM.  How can I get the floppies?
> 
> Well, someone who works for IBM just left a message on my BBS stating that
> the 2.1 BETA will be available in 3.5 inch disk images after the 28th.  This
> could just be a rumor but I doubt it.  Also, on c.o.o.a., I saw that the
> BETA was to include a fax applet!!!  If someone could confirm or deny this,
> I would appreciate it.  I hope to have the beta in a week or so from an
> IBMer so that I can find out for myself.

I HOPE the 2.1 BETA will be available in 3.5 inch images because I don't have
a CD ROM yet.  All these new things are great but I can't get it because I
dont have a CD ROM?  

IBM is going disillusion more people with OS/2 if they only make this on CD
ROM.


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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Hot-key to kill WPS?
Date: 1 Jan 93 17:32:40 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <BzI7rI.DpI@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> papresco@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
>As far as I am concerned, IBM really, really, wasted Ctrl-Alt-Del.
>C-A-D is a hardware interrupt, so as long as the handler isn't
>corrupted, it should ALWAYS get the system's attnetion.  And I've never
>had a case when I couldn't reboot with ctrl-alt-del.  So why couldn't
>the C-A-D handler bring up a menu: "Kill WPS, Start cmd.exe session,
>attempt shutdown, Reboot."
>For those that REALLY wanted to fast reboot, (though it's not a good
>idea) they could hit ctrl-alt-del and del again.  It's not like it's a
>lot of extra hassle.

Actually, any keystroke is a hardware interrupt.  There's nothing
particularly special about CTRL-ALT-DEL.

You've hit upon what the result will probably be, namely that
CTRL-ALT-DEL will have to be struck twice, but its basic function will
be preserved.

From what I've been able to gather, IBM was severely annoyed that
Microsoft decided to redefine CTRL-ALT-DEL.  I suppose IBM's viewpoint
was that CTRL-ALT-DEL (on a single user system, anyway) should be
preserved as the "I've fallen and I can't get up" key, and do an
immediate, safe reboot (it does).  Other keystrokes (e.g. CTRL-ESC)
should be used for task switching and shutting down tasks.

However, for better or worse, Microsoft has redefined CTRL-ALT-DEL
(although they probably weren't the first).  You may have noticed that
the Service Pak introduces a warning message when you use CTRL-ALT-DEL
indicating that the system is rebooting.  I expect this will evolve to
something like, "Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot or ESC to abort."  I
think that's the best solution -- CTRL-ALT-DEL is a bit too dangerous.

Reviewers have complained that OS/2 doesn't seem to offer the
CTRL-ALT-DEL facility in Windows, whereby it can shut down errant
applications (sometimes).  It does, in fact.  CTRL-ESC is extremely
robust -- this is a protected operating system, after all.  I suppose
IBM felt that an extra keystroke wasn't required to convey robustness
(whether it actually exists or not).

-- 
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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Trident drivers query (possible FAQ)
Date: 2 Jan 93 17:50:07 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Dec23.213603.24813@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
>I just got myself a new monitor and ran in to trouble installing
>the Trident 800x600 (16/256) drivers. It appears that the vertical
>scan frequency isn't  set right. My screen is only half of its
>normal hight.
>I didn't have this problem before with my old monitor. The only change
>is the old one being interlaced at 1024x768 and the new one is
>non-interlaced. I had to remove a jumper on the video (8900c) board
>to accomodate the higher frequencies.
>Anyone seen this before?

Yes indeed.  You may not be using a monitor that can sync properly to
the defaults the Trident tries to use.

First try shutting down, toggling the jumper, then restarting.  After
you've restarted, go to a full screen DOS session and run SVGA ON.
Exit, shutdown, and reboot.

If that doesn't work, obtain the TVGACRTC.EXE utility, available via
anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  It is contained in the file
tridutil.zip, I believe -- check /pub/os2/00Index for location.  You
can use that utility to customize the refresh rates for your monitor.
Do so from a full screen DOS session.  Once you've set things up
correctly, run SVGA ON.  Exit, shutdown, and reboot.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: stevew@mksol.dseg.ti.com (steve wootton)
Subject: Monty Python oddity
Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:37:26 GMT

A while back, I used to play Monty Python's Flying Circus (a game by Virgin
Mastertronic) on my 286/12 under MS-DOS.  Not a bad game, but the
cheese-lookup copy protection annoyed me a bit.

After running OS/2 2.0 GA on my 386/40 for a couple of months, I decided to
try out MPFC once again.  Runs perfectly in a full-screen DOS session, but
much too incredibly fast.

Anyway, the cheese-lookup bit still annoyed me.  Before you can play the
game, you have to identify two types of cheese by finding their pictures in
the manual.  If you fail to identify the two types of cheese correctly, the
game locks up the machine, requiring a reboot.

Being the curious sort that I am, I had to find out what would happen under
OS/2 if I demonstrated "a complete lack of cheesy knowledge."  After all, I
do have Crash Protection now, and this is only a VDM, so the silly DOS game
shouldn't be able to lock up the entire machine, right?

The DOS session locked up, blaring an air-raid siren-esque tone from the
speaker at full volume.  I tried to Control-ESC back to the WPS, but no
luck.  ALT-Home was useless as well.  Even Control-ALT-Delete had no
effect.  I let the siren howl for ten minutes or so, then tried all of the
key combinations again.  No luck.

Only the reset button brought the machine out of its coma, and I was
admonished to run CHKDSK /F on my data partition before doing anything
else.  That done, everything is fine now, but I'm a little disappointed
that I wasn't able to kill the game without taking out OS/2 as well.

So what did I do wrong?  Shouldn't I have been able to kill only the DOS
session?  And how do you slow down a DOS session so that old games become
playable again?

-- 
Steve Wootton  --  stevew@mksol.dseg.ti.com
Hey, don't blame TI... they haven't told me what to say.
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Worldwide OS/2 BBS List
Date: 1 Jan 93 17:05:26 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <jdecarlo.503.724685798@mitre.org> jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo) writes:
>>This list is a compilation of OS/2 BBS's across the world.  If you wish to
>>make an addition or correction to this list, please netmail your BBS
>>information to Dave Fisher at LiveNet, 1:170/110@fidonet.org.
>>[Internet readers: The corresponding Internet address would be:
>>Dave.Fisher@f110.n170.z1.fidonet.org.]
>Is there a definition of "OS/2 BBS"?  Presumably this means a BBS that 
>focuses on OS/2 files and discussions primarily?  Or secondarily?  Or runs 
>under OS/2 but is dedicated to Bonsai discussions?
>There are a zillion BBSes running under OS/2, so if that were the only 
>qualification, the list would be at least one or two orders of magnitude 
>bigger, right?

Right.

I believe the list refers to BBSes where OS/2 is the predominant area
of discussion.

-- 
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From: brown-sh@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (shawn c brown)
Subject: running DOS programs
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 21:57:06 GMT

	I'm having problems running DOS programs from OS/2.  On most of my
programs I keep getting a SYS0005 error.  I checked the possible causes and
none of them make sense.  I get the same error no matter if I run it from
a DOS session or click on an object the migrate apps program created.  Does
anyone know what is causing this??

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From: ucgadkw@ucl.ac.uk (Dominik Wujastyk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: disappearing cursor in TE/2
Date: 2 Jan 93 12:48:27 GMT
Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium

heiser@acs.bu.edu (Bill Heiser) writes:

>Has anyone else noticed that the cursor disappears when using TE/2 on
>UNIX systems?  For example right now I'm in Emacs typing this, and there
>is no cursor.  Also (but less important) I notice that depending on what
>application I use (i.e. vi/emacs, etc), the NumLock light is sometimes
>on, and sometimes off!

This is a known bug in the vt100 terminal emulation of TE/2.  The next
release of the commpak2.DLL should fix it.  (Info from TE/2's author.)

Dominik
From: platinum@montage.UUCP (Doug Swallow)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ati driver support!
Distribution: world
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 04:01:47 GMT
Organization: Software Environments, Inc.

> FWIW, I have emailed them several times over the past two months,
> asking for an up-to-date statement regarding this very topic. They
> have not responded.
> 
> Should anyone receive a response, please email to me or post to this 
> group. Thank you!

I sent them a message telling them I'd buy an XGA-2 card in January if
they didn't respond with details concerning OS/2 32-bit support; and I
complained that they were spending more time on NT, a non-released OS,
than they were on OS/2, out for more than 8 months.

The reply came back within 2 or 3 days:

>Date: 21 Dec 92 16:43:59 EST
>From: Corilee Fox <peora!compuserve.com!76004.3656>
>To: Doug Swallow <peora!montage!platinum>
>Subject: Drivers
>Message-Id: <921221214359_76004.3656_CHN77-3@CompuServe.COM>
>Status: RO
>
>Hi Doug,
>
>ATI is firmly committed to supporting all operating environments for all
>of its products.  Windows NT drivers at this point are BETA only.  OS/2
>drivers are being fixed to work with the SP, they will be released in
>1Q'93.  32 bit drivers will be released in Q2'93.  We will also have
>beta versions of those available asap on CompuServe.  Thanks for your
>comments.
>
>Corilee Fox, ATI


--
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: KX-2124 printer help
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 19:02:38 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <BzGwB5.Awz@inews.Intel.COM> crichmon@sedona.intel.com (Chris Richmond) writes:
>I just installed a new Panasonic KX-2124 printer on my system.  Of course,
>OS/2 doesn't have specific drivers, but I installed the 1124i drivers, Epson
>LQ-850, and IBM Proprinter X24E drivers ( the two modes supported by my
>printer).  I did the same thing in regular Windows 3.1.  I created a test
>file that had several type faces and sizes in AmiPro 3.0.  I had ATM
>running and when I printed the file from Windows, the output was very
>impressive.  I started up WinOS2 and Ami and printed the same file using
>the 1124i driver in OS2 and the output looked like crap.  Even the screen
>didn't look as good.  I did have ATM running, but it looked like it wasn't
>working.  This is on a fresh install of the GA OS2 2.0.  Does anyone have any
>suggestions?  I would like to solve this before I reinstall the CSD.  Can I
>use Windows printer drivers in WinOS2 and/or as the OS2 driver.  I think
>that Panasonic has KX-2124 Windows drivers, but not OS2 drivers.

Just install the 2124 Windows driver using the Win-OS/2 Control Panel.
Assuming Panasonic has a Windows 3.0 2124 driver available, it should
work just fine.

Incidentally, the OS/2 2.1 beta now contains a specific selection for
the 2124, if I recall correctly.

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From: james@iowegia.uucp (james shoemaker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Opinion:  What IBM should change in OS/2
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 22:24:04 CST
Distribution: world
Organization: Iowegia Public Access Usenet/UUCP, Clive IA USA.




	Actually the only thing I want is an OS/2 that doesn't turn off the
NUM-LOCK.

					JWS

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From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Kenneth A. Kahn)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 18:03:27 EST
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How to disable WPS
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)
            <1993Jan2.182434.20906@midway.uchicago.edu>

In <1993Jan2.182434.20906@midway.uchicago.edu> Timothy F. Sipples writes:
>In article <19921229.004822.251@almaden.ibm.com> HHSIAO@TAIVM1.vnet.ibm.com writes:
>>Is there any way to disable the OS/2 WPS when booting OS/2?
>
>Yes.  In your CONFIG.SYS, change the SET RUNWORKPLACE line in your
>CONFIG.SYS to read:
>
>SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
>
>changing the drive letter, if necessary.
>
>See the OS/2 FAQ List for details.  At IBM you may obtain it
>internally -- contact cnadler@vnet.ibm.com if you need instructions.
>

Tim,

Technically speaking, this does not disable the WPS, it is still running the
Desktop.  All the DLLs that support the WPS are still active.  If the need is
to totally disable the WPS, you need to use PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE; of
course this will not support any PM applications.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pidgeon@acca.nmsu.edu (Pidgeon)
Subject: SpeedStar Plus VGA question...
Keywords: SVGA, Tseng
Organization: Alternative Collegiate Computing Association
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:11:19 GMT


I have a Gateway 2000 486 33 MHz with a SpeedStar Plus (1 MB) VGA card  
which is based on the Tseng ET4000. I want to be able to use SVGA (256
colors, 1024x768) under OS/2.

I had tried the driver for the Orchid card which is supposed to be Tseng-
based from hobbes (I think it was called proii8.zip) and followed the
directions. I ended up with a messed up monitor after OS/2 booted and
had no choice but to re-install the operating system. I couldn't get
get a readable screen back.

My questions are:

Was the Orchid driver the right one for me (my monitor is the Crystal Scan,
NI)?

And, how do I protect myself from something going wrong again? I don't want
to have to re-install.

I'm a little timid now about using one of these new drivers.

Thanks for any help.  

Stephen Berrick
Organization: University of Central Florida--Computer Services
Date: Wednesday, 23 Dec 1992 22:35:03 EST
From: Bill Laird <COP80196@UCF1VM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: cause of growing ini problem - SOLVED!!

I have been able to (finally) recreate situations that cause the ini
files to fill up with garbage. I hope IBM is listening here.

To recreate the problem:
        1) Make a copy of a program object that is stored in a subdirectory
           to the desktop. I was using a 200 K .exe in this case

        2) Drag and drop the the newly copied object on the desktop to
           the shredder and delete.

        3) os2sys.ini file will grow (34 K in this case)

 Sounds like a WPS problem to me...

 Configuration: Gateway 2000 486 66, 16 mb ram, western digital 340 mb ide
                ATI graphics ultra pro LB,
                c: 80 (fat)  d: 45 (fat)
                e: 42 (hpfs) f: 80 (fat) g: 80 (fat)

Bill Laird                       -------------------------------------
University of Central Florida    " 640 K is all the memory you will 
cop80196@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu         ever need"... Bill Gates         
ci$ : 71753,130                  -------------------------------------


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From: shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr)
Subject: Re: Why not standard VESA
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:59:45 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.201140.11235@unlv.edu> slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos) writes:
>In article <92354.095839BJT105@psuvm.psu.edu> <BJT105@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>A couple facts about the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA):

>>1. The chairman is Scott Vouri (sp?), who is also president (and chief
>>   programmer) of Binar Graphics -- the company which is producing the
>>   32-bit SVGA OS/2 drivers under contract. (also the people who produced
>>   the Winspeed drivers for window ... they get around!)
>>   If it were possible to utilize the real-mode VESA interface to write OS/2
>>   drivers, it would have been done.
>
>Does he have a mail address that we can write to and tell him how much
>the Tseng 4000 drivers SUCK? They may do fast Windoze, but there OS/2
>stuff is a DOG.

Hold on!  Please!  I, too, am exasperated over the performance of the
ET4000 drivers, but let us not hurry to alienate one of the people most
likely to be able to help us!  The Winspeed ET4000 drivers represent a
substantial improvement over the stock drivers from Tseng.  Thus, we
can hope that speedups are forthcoming or will become available.

I'm a little surprised since I have been holding out some hope that Binar
and Diamond Computer Systems (since I have a SpeedStar) would be able to
help me.  To find that these incredibly slow drivers come from Binar
and look sick compared to the Binar-written, Diamond-tweaked Windows
"Turbo" drivers is disquieting, but the facts aren't all in, yet.  
(Actually, Scott, I think PM performance is fair -- better than any
16-bit driver I tried -- and windowed VIO and VDM sessions are unaccept-
ably slow).  Perhaps this first cut will be improved upon in OS/2 V2.1
-- I hope so, these drivers are marginal for me, but the alternatives 
are too feature poor.

Worse, maybe Scott will tell us that the present speed cannot be improved
on -- difficult to believe at this point, having compared the stock 
ET4000 windows drivers with the Diamond Turbo drivers, but possible.
In this case, we need to be ditch ET4000 SVGA's in favor of something 
faster or we need to ditch OS/2 as badly done.

Another bad alternative is for Scott to tell us to get lost.  In which
case... well, no need to get ugly if there's no need to get ugly :-).

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
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