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From: jdickins@mcs213i.cs.umr.edu (James Dickinson)
Subject: Re: Opinion:  What IBM should change in OS/2
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 05:13:19 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla

In article <1993Jan8.163213.25964@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>In article <LZ11wB2w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca writes:
>>About the only the I liked about Windows was that the Program Manager
>>blanked the screen after a certain period of keyboard and mouse 
>>inactivity -- pressing any key or even just moving the mouse would
>>restore the screen.
>>
>>Gawd, I wish WPS did that!

One good thing about NT is that it does just this, even while under a full
screen dos program. Sorry about the lack of OS/2, but I thought that I had to
put in my .02 cents in.

>The closest thing WPS gets to this is Lockup.  But you need to type a
>password to unlock the display.
>
>
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: MS Access does not run on OS/2 2.0
From: withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Date: 11 Jan 93 07:18:35 NZST
Organization: Welligton City Council, Public Access.
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

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 outdated ones.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?
> 
> Chris
> 
> --

I would be very wary of applications that replace "operating system" :-) files
when you install them! Imagine installing DisplayWrite 291 for OS/2 and getting
a new kernel!
 
Steve
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this. Does anyone know ho0w to delete lines using the EVE editor on a VAX?
From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Drivers for Adaptec 1542B
Keywords: Adaptec, 1542B
Date: 11 Jan 93 04:09:16 GMT
Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Organization: Columbia University, New York

In article <C0JD5x.8MK@panix.com> os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.) writes:
>In <1993Jan8.013135.23068@leland.Stanford.EDU> avedon@leland.Stanford.EDU (Roger Edmond Avedon) writes:
>
>>Could someone using the 1542B under OS/2 tell me what drivers
>>I need, and where I can find them?  I'll be buying one shortly,
>>along with a SCSI HD.  I'm also considering getting a CD-ROM in the 
>>next few months.  
>
>>Thanks
>
>The OS/2 Installation program detects the 1542B card and automagically installs
>the proper drivers.
>
>I have a no-name clone at home with a 1542B card and a Toshiba hard drive
>running OS/2 2.0 with no problems.
>
>Cheers,
>Q
>-- 
>"If you choose not to decide, you  | "My other body is in the shop" - seen
> still have made a choice" - Rush  |  on a T-shirt
>------------------------------------------------------------------------

With the 2.1 beta CDROM, there is a piece of paper stating that I need to
install something manually if I have a SCSI disk and another type.  I have
an IDE and a SCSI with 1542B.  Will the beta install or do I need to follow
the paper and install a driver manually to the install disk?

Thanks,
Meir


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From: "marv kohn" <marv.kohn@execnet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: westchester os2 user grp
Date: 9 Jan 93 04:46:10 EST
Reply-To: "marv kohn" <marv.kohn@execnet.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Executive Networks Information

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                     is proud to invite everybody

                        to our January Meeting

                featuring reps from Stacker and Corel:

                           STACKER FOR OS/2

                                 and

                         COREL DRAW FOR OS/2


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: Re: Thank You SIP1
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 18:26:24 GMT

In article <93002.151943CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu> <CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>This is just a little note to publically thank SIP1 (Timothy Sipples) for
>giving so much time and info to this (and other) groups.  He has also responded
>to many private requests I am sure.  Thanks for the help.

I was just thinking the same thing.  It's not often enough we say thanks
to those like Timothy who provide a great service to those of us who
demand a lot and return little in return.  Thanks, Timothy.  I've learned
a lot about OS/2 from reading your posts (and others) - but I've still
got a long way to go ;)


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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ATM fonts for OS/2
Date: 5 Jan 93 20:24:37 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

One bug that was fixed with the SP (XR 6055), that i don't think was
mentioned after all this time: Fonts converted with PFM2AFM work with
WPS now.  They didn't under GA.

I now have some menus and windows opening in "Viking 12" and "Mystical
14" with no problem.
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ATI VGA Wonder (Old model, revision 5 chipset) and TRI32New drivers
Date: 11 Jan 93 21:11:02 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <C0p336.Jr5@apollo.hp.com> ced@APOLLO.HP.COM (Carl Davidson) writes:
>
>Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it appears that these drivers
>will only run properly on boards with 1024K (1 meg) of memory. If you want
>call it a *bug* in the drivers, I won't argue. 

That's what I thought at first, but it doesn't wash.  I made that
change to SVGADATA.PMI, and then I got every-other byte in black.  The
sort of thing I'd expect if it needed 1MB and only found 512K.  And
the top-bottom still wrapped.  The fact is that the 1MB boards get a
completely different setup, and there is more than just that one byte
being changed.  Second, I don't have an XL, so I can't add more memory.

>Even after you upgrade to 1024K things won't be right until you edit 
>SVGADATA.PMI by hand (see my posting from last Friday). Personally, I think 
>that having SVGA.EXE generate register settings on the fly by reading the board
>(this is what it appears to do -- I have no specific knowledge of this) 
>is more trouble than it's worth. It's too easy to end up with sub-optimal
>register values and it's difficult to customize your setup for specific 
>monitors. It would seem more reliable to have SVGA.EXE identify the 
>board type and configuration and then query the user for things like 
>the desired refresh rate and set the appropriate values from an internal
>table. 

I know exactly what VGA register is being messed up.  It's
split-screening the display at row 511, when the register should be
set yo 1023.  But the driver (and maybe OS/2) ignores me when I set
the register to its proper value in SVGADATA.PMI.  Either Joel
Armengaud is setting the port manually, or Trident isn't setting the
mode properly.  I suspect the former, since the register is set wrong
in the file Joel's driver uses as well.

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From: pat@berry.Cary.NC.US (Pat Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Telix was working, I SWEAR!
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 02:21:11 EST
Organization: Berry Communications

pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior) writes:

> Actually, now that I think about it, it would seem I started having 
> these problems just about the time I switched to 3.20!

Gack!  Better call deltaComm and tell them about it.  They're planning a
3.21 release that will fix some minor bugs.  If they don't already know
about yours, maybe they can add it to the list.

-- 
Pat Berry - Cary, North Carolina, USA   |  "At least that's what *I* thought.
pat@berry.Cary.NC.US                    |  But I have a history of missing the
**** Happy user of OS/2 2.0 ****        |  point of stuff like this."
                                        |  -- Homer Simpson
From: friesend@jester.usask.ca (Darryl Friesen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Windows NT vs OS/2: Does NT worth the wait?
Date: 8 Jan 1993 02:32:33 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
NNTP-Posting-Host: jester.usask.ca
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Constantinos Malamas (gt7692b@prism.gatech.EDU) wrote:
> 
> 	I realize that this post may very well start a flame war or, worse 
> yet a thread that will have little or anything to do with the answer to this
> question but, hey! this is Usenet!.... So here it goes: I got a 486DX33 and I
> want an OS that makes some real use of the monster under the hood and has 
> nothing to do with a command line :)).... I really like OS/2 as a concept and
> 'feel' and I prefer Windows's look, but before I go out and spend around $300
> in mem expansion (I got a sorry 4MB) and OS/2, I need some input on this
> so-talked-about Win NT... How much more of an OS is NT compared to 3.1 and 
> OS2?
> Does it multitasking feel like 3.1 or OS2? How well does it perform? Most
> importantly, what are its hardware requirements? (one of the reasons I am
> having cold feet about OS2 is the magnificent 15MB for minimum installation 
> NOT
> counting the swap files...) When is NT expected approx? So many OSs, just one
> PC.... Thanx everybody in advance....

Well... NT should turn your feet to ice then! :)  We got the NT beta a few
days ago. The documentation says the beta REQUIRES 8 Mb memory (16 Mb
recomended), 70 Mb free disk space PLUS 20 Mb for the page file. It also
says that by the final release the recommended RAM _should_ drop to 8 Mb.
The 70 Mb sounds high but I think the beta was a developers edition
(our Systems guys ordered it so I can't say for sure) and may contain stuff
that won't be in the final release.

As for it's looks; it looks a lot like Windows 3.1, and VERY much like
Windows 3.1 for Workgroups.  The best thing I've seen about the NT beta
so far is the new game FreeCell.  :)  Personally, I prefer OS/2.  I like
it's object oriented nature and it Dos/Windows compatibility.  NT on the
other hand doesn't provide the same level of compatibility; it's support
for OS/2 is limited to character-cell apps. As for DOS support, I can't
say.  Our systems people just installed the beta yesterday (took all most
of today to get the mouse working!  Finally had to get rid off BOTH the
bus bus 'mice' they tried and go with a Microsoft serial one).

------------------------------------------------------------
Darryl Friesen            | Department of Computing Services
friesenda@sask.usask.ca   | University of Saskatchewan
------------------------------------------------------------
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:17:29 EST
From: <CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ESDI hard drive
 <1993Jan8.190332.20534@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
 <1993Jan8.192329.21468@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>

In article <1993Jan8.192329.21468@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>,
gregj@kong.eng.hou.compaq.com (Greg Judkins) says:
>
>>My next door neighbor at work has the following setup working on a
>>Compaq 486/25 EISA box:
>>
>>IDE controller with 120MB and 240MB drives
>>ESDI controller with 320MB drive
>>
>>This is working fine under DOS/Windows.  Is there some special reason why
>>it would not work under OS/2?
>>
>>Greg
>
This is something that is possible only with a Compaq (I have heard of
this before) -- I am almost positive that this cannot be done on other
systems.  Any other opinions.  I would like to be wrong as I have an ESDI
drive now and can get an IDE pretty cheap.
                                          Craig

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: goral@aps.anl.gov (Jack T. Goral)
Subject: Re: Reformat needed to install 2.1 over 2.
Reply-To: goral@aps.anl.gov
Organization: Argonne National Lab -- APS
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:58:37 GMT

I installed 2.0 from floppies, Nov. CDROM direct from the CD over 2.0, then
beta 2.1 over Nov. but from floppies. I did not have to reformat my C: drive at all.
Beta 2.1 did not want to install directly from CDROM. It stopped looking for display
drivers: "Insert diskette (!) into drive D:", which was CD drive.
I am using Ultrastor 14F with beta driver 'ultra14f.add' from 'hobbies'.

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					Argonne National Lab.
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					Argonne, IL 60439
					(708)-252-8946
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					goral@anlaps.bitnet

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Do Trident drivers work with ATI?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 05:43:39 GMT

In article <81506@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> pgleason@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Pat Gleason) writes:
>>The fix, in my case, was to go back to the original BVHVSVGA.DLL (from
>>the SP) and SVGADATA.PMI (from Joel Armengaud's ati256c2.zip) for the
>>desktop, and to the full-screen Windows 3.0 driver from ATI, while
>>continuing to use the new IBMDEV32.DLL and IBMVGA32.DLL and the Trident
>>seamless Windows driver from tri32new.zip.
>So simple that any user could get it up and running in 5 minutes <g>.

That's what this is for (newsgroups, BBSes, CompuServe, etc).

I mean, who can decipher WIN.INI?  :-)

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ew8413@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu (Greg Kushmerek)
Subject: Help with Sources
Organization: College of Engineering, Northeastern University
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:10:22 GMT

Hello all.

I am looking for recommendations for printed sources concerning the current
trend in industry to create an OS to replace DOS.

Books, magazine articles, and especially computer journal entries that 
anyone knows offhand would be ideal.  I'm examining source material now,
but would appreciate any tips that could help me sift through all of it!

Thanks

Greg

ew8413@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu
From: shyguy@uclink.berkeley.edu (David Shy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: sorry --- cancelled articles
Date: 12 Jan 1993 03:57:31 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: uclink.berkeley.edu

Hello Netters,

	Last night I accidentally cancelled 3 or 4 articles
in comp.os.os2.misc.  I was attempting to mark the newsgroup
as being read but didn't realize that I had my caps-lock on.
My apologies to those affected.

David S. Shy
shyguy@maelstrom.berkeley.edu
From: pickrell@hoss.unl.edu (Andrew Pickrell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: MISC questions
Date: 12 Jan 1993 16:42:23 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: hoss.unl.edu
Summary: A Few Questions about OS/2
Keywords: os2, questions

I have a few questions which I hope others can resolve.

1.  I have seen the sio comm drivers talked about on the net mainly
in the area of dos communication programs.  What help will they provide
with a os/2 comm program like TE/2?

2.  What is the status of BackMaster?  Will it work with an Iomega 250 (
qic80) tape drive off of the floppy controller?

3.  What is the status on S3 "generic" drivers?  And using "generic" drivers
is the best winmark score still a good indication of relative performance?

4.  Has anyone got conformation on WordPerfect having 5.2 for OS/2 in the
works?  When I call customer support said the next product would be 6.0.

5.  Is there a solution to a shrunked screen under 2.1b using a diamond
speedstar 24x?  Are there custom drivers which will work at 800*600*256
color resolutions?  This computer has a monitor with custom frequencies.

Thanks,

--
===========================================================================
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UNL Dept. of Chemical Engineering | but they could be yours too
EMail :pickrell@hoss.unl.edu      | for the low price of 5 bucks...
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore)
Subject: Re: [SCSI Tape Backup???]
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:45:30 GMT

tjb@NeoSoft.com (Timothy J. Bogart) writes:

>Since you admitted you work for exebyte, I guess I can figure out
>where you got your drivers.  8-)

Most or all of the SCSI tape makers do not make *ANY* drivers and we are no 
exception. This is baecause we are standard via SCSI, and unlike other tape
manufacturers test our drives *CONSTANTLY* for compatibility with other
makers. The drivers are the providence of the software makers.

>Can you describe your setup in config.sys and offer any suggestions to
>those of us having a problem setting up a Wangtek 6130 on a Future
>Domain card?  TIA

Well, first note that boot back to DOS mode to perform backup. This is 
a personal decision. I don't trust the "locked file workaround" for os/2 just
yet (boy, bet I'll hear about that one :). Also, I am moving towards a 
literal backup system because of difficulties I have described here (a backup
that literally dumps all the sectors on the drive to tape including the 
partition sector).
The only tape software I have tried under os/2 2.0 is GNU TAR, and it is well
documented in the GTAK package on hobbes. It also says that an ADAPTEC 1540
is all that has been tested using the drivers :(, but I beleive that any
controller able to run an ASPI mode interface should work.

Here are the relivant sections of CONFIG.SYS:

   basedev=aha154x.add --> obtained from ADAPTEC, the ASPI for os/2 driver.
   basedve=scsitape.dmd tape$0 0 s2 --> comes with GTAR
   set tape=+++tape$0
   set tapemode=2 --> sets scsi interface to SCSI-II

I beleive that scsitape.dmd will operate atop any aspi driver, but I'm not
going to bet the farm on it. Since the full source of GTAR is avalible, it
should not be too hard to figgure out. Good luck !

                                             [sam]
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samiam@netcom.com     | important than your 
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From: tp923021@jarrah.canberra.edu.au (Jason Haines)
Sender: gateway@f262.n620.z3.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: UNIX under OS/2
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:54:01 -1000

I'm trying to find some way to get a version of UNIX running under OS/2.   Has anyone come across a package to do this?

Regards,

jason/2
jhaines@coombs.anu.edu.au

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mark@snark.itc.gu.edu.au (Mark Hessling)
Subject: Extracting text from .INF files
Organization: ITC, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Date:  4 Jan 93 09:13:41 GMT

I am trying to capture the text only of an .INF file by printing
all sections to a file. Unfortunately I can't find a printer driver for
a line printer (or one that doesn't print graphics or Postscript).

Does a "line printer" printer driver exist for OS/2 ?

Thanks in advance. Mark
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: What does the service pack do??????
Date: 11 Jan 93 23:26:38 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <s_fuller.726789971@vincent2.iastate.edu> s_fuller@iastate.edu (Steve Fuller) writes:
>What does the service pack do??? Do I need to install it or can I
>get by running a vanilla copy of 2.1b?????

The SP is only for updating a GA release of OS/2 2.0 to the current
release level.  The 2.1 beta has nothing to do with the SP.  The SP
isn't meant for this package and should not be applied to anything but
the GA release of OS/2 2.0
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