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From: brooke@cco.caltech.edu (Brooke Paul Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Any com program w/ kermit protocol and scroll back function?
Date: 2 Oct 1992 08:58:32 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandman.caltech.edu

There is a kermit module for TE/2.  If you can't find it on ftp-os2,
let me know, and I will find it or upload it.  I think I've uploaded
it twice there over the past year or so, so it should be available.
Look for something like kermte2.zoo.
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Cat and Mouse and Autolockup
Keywords: Cat and Mouse Lockup OS/2
Date: 30 Sep 92 21:15:40 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <kaz.717783135@vincent1.iastate.edu> kaz@iastate.edu (Jimmy Buffet) writes:
>When you have Cat and Mouse running so the cat chases your cursor around
>on the desktop, Autolockup is disabled.  Is this a bug?

Depends on how you look at it.  I suspect that Neko works by hooking
the mouse pointer and spying on all mouse messages that applications
get.  If it does this, then it is possible that Lockup (which likely
does the same thing) loses its hook and won't try to auto-lock without
it. 


-- 
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dic5340@hertz.njit.edu| software; and the computer industry doesn't have enough
----------------------+ programmers to create that much good software.
Therefore, most of it must be worthless" -- Boris Beizer "The Frozen Keyboard"
From: craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Why OS/2 **WILL** fail
Date: 29 Sep 1992 09:11:13 GMT
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: decel.ecel.uwa.edu.au

cummins@a.cs.okstate.edu (CUMMINS JOHN WILLI) writes:

>>>Oh and btw, is there ANYONE out there who can do file management
>>>faster through the gui than they can through the command line? Why
>>
>>No, there never was. Unless you call Xtree Gold a GUI!!!!

>Hummmm.... about deleting a "tree" ("prune" under Xtree)...
>I can do that ONE THING faster with a GUI than most CLIs.

>Anyone got a clue for me on a way to whap a directory and all its children
>into the bit-bucket w/o typing a compound command?  How about a simple
>compound command?  (Must delete SubDirs containing files and other SubDirs w/o
>naming them explicitly)

how about "rm -r <dirnames>" on unix.  "delete <dirnames> all" on the Amiga
(don't you feel superior now) or just drag the foder to the trash on the
mac.

Now for some other strengths of the Command Line Interface.

OK, using your command line, sort all of the files by type and delete all
those which are word Processor Documents.  (Not all of them have .doc on
the end remember)

Work out which program created a file.

Sort a large number of files into sub directories.

Have more than 26 volumes available.  (with DOS 3.3 you can't use the
entire 1 Gig Hard disk with 33 Meg partitions)

Selectively delete many files out of a long list.  I bet I can click faster
than you can type the name.

Yes, I'm a macintosh freak, but for the ease of use it really does win.
Also there is no future in DOS.  At least not while there is a 640K
barrier.  Windows has the user interface of a pig and is just a big hack.
OS/2 is better than Windows, but suffers from the "Microsoft is Big.  It
Must be good mentality"  From the same people who made the PC popular, now
we have Microsoft Windows being a popular product.  Many of the people who
slag off the Macintosh have never even used a Macintosh and know no better,
but despise it because they feel they are expected to just like Porsche
oweners are expected to despise owners of other sports cars.

Totally sad situation.

Get a life, or if you can't just get a Macintosh.

Craig

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  University of Western Australia    Dept of Education (afternoon)
craig@ecel.uwa.edu.au                              Dvorak Keyboards RULE!
     "Only users are allowed to make messes on their computers"  I.M.VI
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.advocacy
From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Subject: Re: MS to release PM32 Word & Excel?  NOT
Organization: UNLV Computer Science
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 21:44:55 GMT

In article <1992Sep25.003425.16502@microsoft.com> tomjo@microsoft.com (Tom Johnston) writes:
>Why should Msft (or anyone else) write apps for PM32?  OS/2 runs
>Windows apps (or so IBM tells me).  I'll just stick with Windows apps.

Then you have no need to post to an OS/2 newsgroup.
-- 
Steve Lumos - slumos@cs.unlv.edu
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From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS ready to release 32-bit Word & Excel?!?! Read on...
Date: 29 Sep 92 17:39:07 GMT
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc

In <1992Sep26.025734.7196@sequent.com> furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:

>In article <1992Sep25.180321.21928@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:

>>Frankly, I don't expect to see OS/2 versions of MS applications unless
>>NT shows to be a real dog in the marketplace.  This makes a certain
>>amount of sense from the MS perspective, but you should understand
>>that a lot of customers out here are going to view it with less than
>>favor. 
>>

>I would not bet on it. After giving it some thought it occurs to me
>that Bill Gates remark about 2 million is sales seems to make
>sense. As a software developer, I keep track of how large my
>market is and whether any particular project I take on will make
>money or not.

Yes, but I suspect that Bill Gates will have additional profit-driven
reasons for not supporting OS/2 right away.  After all, it is
certainly in his interest (money wise) if OS/2 dies out and NT takes
over.  This is less likely, the more OS/2 applications that there are. 

>It would tend to make sense that Bill Gates already knows how large
>a market it would take to give Microsoft the penetration
>percentages it needs to make a profit on it's application software.

I think he will take more than just the profitability of doing a
version for a specific OS into account; like possible impacts on the
other parts of his business (like, is it a good idea for MS to produce
an application for a competing operating system?).

>I myself would like to see something else besides WordPerect under
>OS/2 2.0. Borland will be a welcome addition as well, and the more
>vendors that enter the market, the better the software tends to
>become.

Yes, but Bill Gates isn't interested in pushing up the quality of OS/2
software.  The lower it is, the better his profit picture will look,
particularly after NT finally ships.

-- 
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 in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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From: BRYAN@wvnvm.wvnet.edu (Jerry Bryan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Desktop Publishing for OS/2
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:03:04 GMT

There does not appear to be any.  Interleaf never had an OS/2 version.
It looks like both Ventura and Pagemaker had OS/2 versions, but are
dropping them.  This leaves us with Windows versions under WIN-OS2.
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From: kjetilk@stud.cs.uit.no (Kjetil Kollin)
Subject: Changing Workspace
Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:05:23 GMT

    I was wondering if there is a way to have several configurations of the workspace and 
changing between them just with just the mouse (like vue for UNIX).
    I have just a 14" monitor and is is quite easy to drown in information. It would have been nice
to have just the tools I need when programming on the workspace and other tools when I am writing an
essay. Any help would be appreciated.

Kjetil Kolin

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From: reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: GRE-Win3.1 Reports can go to CIS
Keywords: OS/2, GRE, Win3.1
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:03:39 GMT
Reply-To: reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation -- Maynard, MA


In article <hatton.717737756@cgl.ucsf.edu>, hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:

> It is possible for anyone who wishes to send along comments, problems,
> and bug reports to IBM's forum on Compuserve
>
> This would appear to be a one-way street at present, unless someone 
> knows of a reverse route.

They can and do respond via EMAIL.  I don't have CompuServe, but it's
something like:

	>Internet:reisert@mast.enet.dec.com

- Jim

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From: tlilley@jarthur.claremont.edu (Thomas (Ted) Lilley)
Subject: Re: simple q: bigger windows? scrollable windows?
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 07:30:30 GMT

In article <1992Oct4.210521.3241@news.columbia.edu> hpw@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Harry P Warren) writes:
>
>October 4, 1992
>
>Hello,
>
>  Is there any way to resize os/2 command line sessions to anything
>larger than 80x25? Is there any way to make sessions that are
>"buffered" or "scrollable"? It seems so simple . . . 
>
>harry warren
>hpw@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

Type mode co80,100 in a windowed OS/2 CL session to get a big scroll-back 
buffer.  Dos windows only get up to mode co80,50.

Full screen sessions aren't as nice to use this in, though.

Ted
From: hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: GRE Beta and WfW 2.0?
Date: 30 Sep 92 09:27:12 GMT
Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab

grimlok@hubcap.clemson.edu (Mike Percy) writes:
>ghenniga@NMSU.Edu writes:
>>	With all the action in the group I lost track of the thread
>>discussing problems with Word for Windows 2.0 and the GRE/Win 3.1 beta? Did
>>anyone solve the problem of WfW 2.0 and it's only giving you one choice for
>>a font?
> 
>It's not just on the font menu, I've had the same problem on every
>drop-down list in Word that I've used: fonts, drives (in file open),
>document types (in file save as and file open).  I have noticed that by
>judicious use of clicking the drop-down arrow and the arrow keys, I
>could get the selection list to scroll (after a fashion).  At least I
>was able to get my document to save in Text only format for subsequent
>email...

This seems to have been pretty thoroughly reported here and on CIS. I
hope it's being corrected even as we post....   :-)

Tom
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From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Subject: Re: link386 pro (golf game by Access)
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Distribution: comp
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 23:44:33 GMT

In article <1992Sep27.161809.15103@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> i28x1@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>
>That's something I've been sort of wondering too... can OS/2 run programs that
>expect to be running on a 386 in a DOS box?  If so how?  
>

Yes, OS/2 *can* run 32 bit 386 programs in a DOS box. I run Matlab 386 in
a DOS box all the time. If a 386 program complies with the DPMI specs, it
can run under OS/2.

>My personal feeling is that it can't, but I haven't tried it yet... I would
>assume it can't because the 386 and 486 can only virtualize an 8086... from

It doesn't need to be virtualised, it just has to behave itself, and run with
the other 32 bit processes. Only the REAL mode of the 8086 needs to be 
virtualised.
>
>Quazi Haque
>I28X1@VAX5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU
>
-- 
______________________________________________________________________________
jpm: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca         
                            Happily using OS/2 2.0 because MS Windows isNT ___
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Subject: Re: MS to release PM32 Word & Excel? NOT
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 23:55:47 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <1992Sep25.190942.23959@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
> 
> I consider this unfortunate, since I like both products.  I can always
> switch back to Ami for OS/2 when the 3.0 release ships (since I see it
> and Word as leapfrogging each other with each release), but I've
> always preferred Excel as a spreadsheet.  Guess I'll just have to hope
> that Lotus comes through with a greatly improved 1,2,3.

I'd be pulling for Quattro Pro for OS/2......that could be one *awesome*
spreadsheet!

Steve
-- 
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Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz         | for proportional representation. It
withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz            | looks like we may get a more  
**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! ****       | democratic system "real soon now".
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Shredder vs. Trash (was: Why OS/2 **WILL** fail)
Date: 5 Oct 92 18:36:32 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <UenAfIS00YV9A6VVFO@andrew.cmu.edu> jg3s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Michael Gerber) writes:
>Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.os2.apps: 2-Oct-92 Re: Shredder vs. Trash
>(was.. by Heeren Pathak@mitre.org 
>> Put together a OS/2 CMD script that moves all files from the Recylce folder
>> into the shredder.  Then, add the script into the desktop menu.  It works
>> just like the Mac!
>
>Good idea.  Could you post the OS/2 or REXX script to do this?

Yes, yes!  I found that "DEL D:\TRASH\*" won't delete SOM objects that
get dragged into the D:\TRASH foler.  (what I did for trash
management).

I added the script to the trash icon's menu instead of the desktop
menu.  It's more WPS-like this way.  Your way is more Mac-like.




-- 
David Charlap         |"there aren't 50,000 things for which it's worth writing
dic5340@hertz.njit.edu| software; and the computer industry doesn't have enough
----------------------+ programmers to create that much good software.
Therefore, most of it must be worthless" -- Boris Beizer "The Frozen Keyboard"
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Distribution: jadpc2
Date: Mon,  5 Oct 92 02:10:02 -0800
From: Dave_Sichak@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Subject: Problem Printing With Wp
Comment-To: Bealjrkl@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Reply-To: Dave_Sichak@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
X-FSC-PATH: 202/514

bealjrkl>printing from DOS apps, however.
bealjrkl>    I use Word Perfect 5.1.  I recently purchased a Fujitsu
RX7200, 
bealjrkl>which emulates the HP Laserjet II.  However, very few fonts
came with

bealjrkl>the printer, so I purchased Bitstream's Facelift for Word
Perfect, 
bealjrkl>ver. 1.5.  This works great under DOS 5.0.

bealjrkl>    I can somewhat understand the problem: it is seeing EOF
chars (I 
bealjrkl>guess) and splitting the job up based on that.  The only
solution I 
bealjrkl>have to this is to delete the printer driver, which allows WP
to 
bealjrkl>print just fine.  However, that is not an elegant solution,
as now my

bealjrkl>PM apps won't print.

First, what printer driver have you selected for OS/2 2.0?  I use
Wordperfect
5.1 w/ More Fonts 3.0 and have absolutely no problems.  I use the IBM
Null
Driver that way your Wordperfect printer driver works smooth as ice. 
If
you've selected something else as your default driver, than the extra
time is
being eaten up by the OS/2 printer driver processing unnecessarily the
Wordperfect driver's instructions.  My best guess would be to use the
IBM Null
Driver as your default printer driver when in Wordperfect.

bealjrkl>    When is Word Perfect 6.0 for OS/2 due out?  (I think 5.0
is 
bealjrkl>available, but I refuse to downgrade to get the OS/2 version.
 I also

 
I talked to a Wordperfect rep at the recent San Diego Computer Fair --
early
1993 is talked of.  It seems the Dos Version 6.0 will ship first. 
It's said
to be good.  Calling WP, they recommend sticking with DOS or
Windows(yawn) to
upgrade.  And their upgrade policy is great -- I'll be able to upgrade
for
only $19.95....think MS won't follow in their footsteps or try to
release
something at the same time........ :)  
 
Cheers.
=8:) Dave =8:)
___
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Subject: Re: MS to release PM32 Word & Excel?  NOT
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 23:54:06 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <1992Sep25.003425.16502@microsoft.com> tomjo@microsoft.com (Tom Johnston) writes:
> Why should Msft (or anyone else) write apps for PM32?  OS/2 runs
> Windows apps (or so IBM tells me).  I'll just stick with Windows apps.

Well.....a multi-threaded PM32 app will alwys be preferable to a
single-threaded Windows app......
 
Any one using the multi-threaded Corel rather than the Windows version should
appreciate what an edge this gives PM apps over Windows 3.x apps.


> 
> Despite what the trade press may say, Microsoft is not
> developing PM32 versions of Word & Excel.

OK......but the Lotus, WordPerfect and Borland equivalents of your products
will do very well without MS in the field.
-- 
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Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz         | for proportional representation. It
withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz            | looks like we may get a more  
**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! ****       | democratic system "real soon now".
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From: jld@datascope.com (Jay L. Davis)
Subject: Re: Mathematica for windows under os/2 2.0
Organization: Datascope Corp.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:57:25 GMT

In article <1992Sep21.133607.13294@cc.umontreal.ca> qazia@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Qazi Ahmad) writes:
>Hello, 
>
>  Did anyone successfully installed and ran Mathematica for Windows ver 2.0 under os/2? I tried installing it but I kept getting "Need to be running under 386 enhaced mode" and some other things. Somebody told me that I needed Windows 3.1 but seing that os/2 comes with 3.0 what do I do?
>
>I used the migrate option too but that didn't work either...
>

Mathematica does indeed need 386 enhanced mode to operate which WIN-OS/2
does not support (technical explanation not included). You can dual-boot to
DOS and run windows normally (you don't need 3.1). You should also call the
people who make it and tell them you WANT an OS/2 version ASAP. 

---Jay Davis


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: TW.FY4@isumvs.iastate.edu (Timothy I Miller)
Subject: Found.000... (?)
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 01:19:42 GMT

     Well, I'm *finally* getting the hang of the difference between
folders and subdirectories (there is none!), and moving files in the
WPS.  Now I have another question...
     Does anybody out there have a folder/subdirectory called
found.000?  Well, I found it (ha ha) and it was empty.  I decided I
didn't need it, so I dumped it into the Shredder.  My WPS cleared
off all of my objects/files and the picture I had in the background!
Luckily, after waiting a few seconds, it was all rebuilt.  I can't
figure out what happened, though!  If anybody knows what happened ,
I would be grateful to find out!
     BTW, this folder/subdir was on the same drive as my OS/2
folder/subdir, in the root folder/dir (what am I supposed to call
it?!).

Timothy Miller
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Sunday, 4 Oct 1992 14:14:50 CDT
From: Darius Vaskelis <U54345@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: WinFax PRO on OS/2
 <92276.084505U54345@uicvm.uic.edu
 <Oct.3.15.57.05.1992.26214@gandalf.rutgers.edu>

>I have a Gateway 2000 486/33 and a Telepath fax modem, also from Gateway
>which is based on the Rockwell Chipset. After installation, the thing locked
>up
>WIN OS2 everytime. Then Mr. Vaskelis suggested getting the new commga.zip
>or .boo and installing the new vcom.sys and com.sys but not comm.drv
>(which no comm.drv I don't know). That helped. No longer did WIN OS2
>fail every time. But now, 98% of the time the WINFAX Pro says "initializing
>modem" and hangs (other comm programs can find the modem); the other
>2% it sends the fax and says "data sent to fax" but doesn't complete the
>operation. Please help a desparate person. PS: Neither PMFAX nor FAXPM
>support this modem. TIA, L. Clarke (lclarke@zodiac).

Ok, here's how I've gotten Win Fax PRO to work:

\OS2\COM.SYS dated 9/8/92 (from COMM2211, also worked with COMM2210)
\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS dated 9/12/92 (ditto)
\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\COMM.DRV dated 3/30/92 (from shipping 2.0 GA)

It also worked with the current OS/2 2.00.1 beta with either:

\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\COMM.DRV dated 8/4/92 (from 2.00.1 beta)
\WINOS231\SYSTEM\COMM.DRV dated 9/5/92 (from 2.00.1 beta)

My communications port settings are:

MODE COM1:57600,N,8,1,TO=OFF,XON=OFF,IDSR=OFF,ODSR=OFF,OCTS=OFF,DTR=OFF,
RTS=OFF,BUFFER=AUTO

(57600 is my DTE speed, yours may be 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400,
etc.)

I got the same symptoms you describe (usually the lockup at
"Initializing...") when I used the COMM.DRV dated 6/11/92 from COMM2210
and COMM2211.  Perhaps you accidently installed this COMM.DRV?  If so,
rename COMM.DRV to COMM.692 and rename your COMM.392 back to COMM.DRV.

- Darius
I do not speak for IBM Corp.
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University of Illinois Account Team
One IBM Plaza  15-WEA                    Telephone: (312) 245-3532
Chicago, IL 60611                         Internet: U54345@uicvm.uic.edu
From: rshelley@riscy.simplot.com (Robert Shelley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: CD-ROM for OS/2 2.0
Keywords: CDROM cdrom OS/2 os/2
Date: 26 Sep 92 16:01:22 GMT
Organization: J. R. Simplot Co., Boise Id.

I am using a Panasonic 7010 Multi-function CD-ROM with Corel-Scsi
software.  It works great, you do need the latest OS2ASPI.DMD with
it though.

Robert		rshelley@riscy.simplot.com
From: craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Why OS/2 **WILL** fail
Date: 1 Oct 92 01:02:55 GMT
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: decel.ecel.uwa.edu.au

bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier) writes:

>Installation:  I don't know about other people but for me it was as simple
>as put the disks in and answer a few questions.

Unlike my friend who found out some way into the installation procedure
that Hercules was not among the video screens supported :-)

Craig
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  University of Western Australia    Dept of Education (afternoon)
craig@ecel.uwa.edu.au                              Dvorak Keyboards RULE!
     "Only users are allowed to make messes on their computers"  I.M.VI
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From: jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo)
Subject: Re: XMS/EMS IN A DOS VDM
Organization: MITRE Corporation, McLean  VA
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 18:26:04 GMT

In article <530.182.uupcb@scintill>
 john.hines@scintill (John Hines)  writes:

>Is there any way to get either XMS or EMS memory in a DOS vdm (boot from
>drive a) window?  I've got a DOS application that I need to run in a vdm
>that wants either XMS or EMS.  I've tried the HIMEM.SYS in the /OS2/MDOS
>directory, and it doesn't do it.
>                                      -John

How did you do it before OS/2?  What DOS are you booting?  If you are 
booting MS-DOS 5.0, it comes with EMM386.EXE for EMS.  And it comes with 
HIMEM.SYS for XMS (I think).  Remember, you aren't using OS/2 (including 
MDOS) if you need a VDM.

John DeCarlo, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA--My views are my own
Fidonet:  1:109/131  Internet:  jdecarlo@mitre.org
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