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From: pdg@crosfield.co.uk (paul goffin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Speed OS/2 vrs. Windoze. sx slugs
Date: 24 Jul 92 09:25:36 GMT
Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.

In article <14ju33INNd1u@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> urbndv8@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Bleeding Rivets) writes:
>On a 486/33 with 12 meg's at work, Norton's SI in a DOS Box shows approx a 
>70 CPU speed rating; the figure I get under DOS 5 is 73 or so ... Subjectively,
>that seems to agree with my perceptions of the speed hit I get doing other
>things.  Another benchmark I tried just now, switching to a DOS full-screen

On my 386/25 (6MB), I get:-

 OS                                         Norton SI
-----------------------------------------------------
MSDOS 5.0                                     22.5
MSDOS 5.0 Full Screen in Win3.1               21.0
OS/2 DOS Full Screen - Default Settings       13.6
OS/2 DOS Full Screen - Better Settings (*)    21.5

(*) Better Settings includes reducing memory to 640K only, various
    other things set to give fast "single session" operation only etc.

PS my experience of disk intensive DOS or Windows apps is that
   OS/2 has a far better disk access/cache mechanism than DOS/Win3.1.

Paul
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From: lebaron@INRS-Telecom.UQuebec.CA (Gregory LeBaron)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: SWAPPER.DAT does not grow
Date: 28 Jul 92 01:16:41 GMT
Organization: INRS Telecommunications

I'd been getting frequent "Not enough memory... PMV2001" errors. As
suggested, I installed the new OS2LDR but it didn't help. Took a look at
swapper.dat - 2 megs and didn't seem to grow. Changed config.sys to
read:
SWAPPATH=c:\OS2\SYSTEM 2048 18432
and got an 18 meg swapper.dat and problems vanished.

I'd thought the file was supposed to grow as needed. Has this been seen
before?

(Config: vanilla 486 clone, everything on one 210 meg partition, HPFS,
16megs ram)

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From: axpmw@acad2.alaska.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME w/RE-INSTALLATION!
Date: 22 Jul 92 13:25:36 GMT
Organization: University of Alaska

Ok, Call me a sucker for believing OS2 was worth it.  Please help me
change my mind, ...

The problem:   

I had os2.0 installed on a 486/33mhz. DOS 5.0 was also installed.  My
sister started up FULL DOS SHELL (fullscreen) used pcwrite, exited the
shell, and turned off the computer. She wasn't aware she had to
SHUTDOWN the computer using the menu option.  Next day, she turns it
on and gets an error msg.
               
This msg claims that OS2CHAR can't be found and I should check my
LIBPATH statement or make sure it's in the root directory. Well I
checked and all appeared fine.  TO make sure, I copied the config.sys
from c:\os2\install to the top c:\ directory. Then it told me it
couldn't find another .DLL file.  (took me a few minutes to realize
what a dynamic link library was)

So I said, "heck, I'll just reinstall the critter from scratch"
but it said "error copying UNPACK.EXE " and I thought, "DUH, it
probably can't copy it if it's already there." So I deleted everything
related to OS2 I could find off the system.  Still os2 is out there
because when I boot, it tries to load.  So I powered off my system
to clear any parts out of memory, and then tried to re-install the
os2 thing.

But it still can't copy UNPACK.EXE to the hard drive.

Now I have a 120mb hard drive, plenty of free space (unless DEL
isn't really deleting stuff)... (over 70mb free right now) ...

SO WHY CAN'T I REINSTALL THIS! ... I'm at the point where I"m
going to do a low-level reformat, and send ibm an irate letter
w/the disks asking for my money back.   

Or do I have to do a low level format to reinstall... I want to leave
DOS5.0 there and my programs on the hard drive... Please send me
step by step instructions. (not that I'm computer literate but
I don't wanta "goof"! )

What if someone had a black out and didn't have time to shut down
their system? That happens all the time here! ...arggggggggggh

(yes, I'm a bit frustrated... I only bought os2 cause I wanted
multi-tasking like my Amiga has.... It may crash once in a while,
but my system at least is rebootable, plus I don't have to shut
it down to turn it off/on!)


Thanks for the help! Pam  

IBM System: 486/33mhz compatible, 8mb memory, 120mb harddrive, 3.5
floppy version of 2.0.

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System: A3000/25/40Mb/Wb2.04
From: mg@elan (Michael Golan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: X-like cut & paste in WPS?
Date: 24 Jul 92 23:37:51 GMT
Organization: Princeton University, Dept. of Computer Science

fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington) writes:

>>What would it hurt to have both methods?  It hurts IBM's claim of ease of
>>use and productivity to leave out the simple, standard method that people
>>keep asking for.

>If you allow this, then if running a DOS application in a window, and
>the DOS program is designed to use the mouse, how are you going to
>tell the difference between a mark operation and an
>application-defined operation?

Oh come on, we have all those KBD_... in DOS settings, it would be really
smart and useful if OS2 provided SOME KIND of mouse use in the DOS box,
with a MOUSE_.. setup for those who need mouse support in the dos box.
It can even be automatic... once a DOS program access the mouse driver,
it is 'owned' by the DOS box for the rest of the session.

IBM should buy a copy of Desqview and try it out ...OS/2's dos boxes are nice,
but they could learn some new tricks. After all, IBM is a new dog now :-)

For that matter, IBM could have brought Desqview (the company) years ago, add a
re-entrent DOS and OS/2 support and have a great product... Of course, MS
is the major company to blaim for the existing DOS anyway. 

 Michael Golan
 mg@princeton.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: wcl@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Wayne Long)
Subject: Keyboard problems now fixed - w. current AMI Keyboard BIOS
Summary: AMI Keyboard BIOS revision -KF fixes OS2 2.0 keyboard problems.
Keywords: BIOS, bios, keyboard, problem, fixes, lockup
Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:17:15 GMT


I have a 386/33 MHz Aramus motherboard with the standard adapter
cards (in terms of ports and IRQs), enhanced 101 keyboard, Logitech
serial mouse installed on COM1, AMI ROM BIOS dated 4/09/90 and AMI
Keyboard BIOS revision -KD.  Upon installing OS2 2.0 I encountered
the following unresolvable (through config.sys/driver changes) problems:


    1.  Pressing CAPSLOCK or NUMLOCK would cause loss of keyboard control.
        (defined as total loss of character entry capability.)  Mouse
        capability remained.

    2.  Upon entering into a WIN-OS2 session, keyboard control would be
        lost.  Again, no effect on the mouse.  Setting KBD_RATE_LOCK
        to on would prevent this particular problem.

    3.  Selecting Special Needs under the keyboard setup icon
        intermittantly locked the machine.  In general, opening the 
        keyboard settings icon window would be sluggish.
		
    4.  There may have been other problems but these were enough to
        cause me to wrap up OS2 and put it in a corner until a perm-
        anent solution could be found.


It turned out that the permanent solution to these (and perhaps other latent)
keyboard problems in OS2 2.0 was to replace my existing Keyboard BIOS
with the latest revision (-KF).  Updating the AMI ROM BIOS was NOT necessary
(which is good since it is supposedly customized for my motherboard). 

If you are experiencing keyboard problems with OS2 2.0, and you have
AMI BIOS, and you've checked all your H/W ports and IRQs for conflicts,
and you're sure you've got the correct OS2 config.sys drivers installed 
then you may have an AMI BIOS (ROM and/or Keyboard) incompatibility with
OS2.  Please note that incompatibility symptoms may be motherboard/hard 
drive/BIOS date dependent as the flavor or required BIOS differs depending
on these factors.  

If you have AMI BIOS and haven't experienced a single (signifcant/un-
resolvable) problem with OS2 (particularly keyboard-related), relax,
you're in the majority.  You may thank IBM's 30,000 hours of testing.
But be sympathetic to those few who do have problems - they're real.

I posted a copy of Washburn & Co.'s AMI compatibility guidelines on
the net last week.  If you are having keyboard problems, think it
may be your BIOS, and didn't catch the post, I'll email a copy of it
or you can call Washburn & Co direct at (716) 248-3627.  (Note:  I'm
not pushing Washburn, just don't know where else to get need upgrades.)

Otherwise, if you're just curious, the info should be making its way
into the FAQ.  I also uploaded it to ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in the /pub/downloads
directory (current filename:  AMI_BIOS_Guidelines).


Nice to back on OS2 ...

Wayne.
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From: gsbg9079@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (G. Scott Braley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: _NOW_ what do I do!?!?
Date: 23 Jul 92 22:37:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Brv5Is.59r
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

So, I download the OS/2 Kernel.zip file, which takes about 1/2 hour at 2400Bd.
I download pkz110.exe and zoo201.exe, just in case.  I try to use either of
the utilities, but they cause my system to lock up!  Oh, I got some .zoo files
too.  So, what do I do?  Did I wind up with bad .exe files?  Did I get .exe
files for another system?  Help!


				-Scott

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: Re: OS/2 and Modplay
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 14:24:42 GMT

>I've finished testing the WOWII 1.00 Mod player.  It actually works
>under OS/2 2.0.  I was shocked and amazed!  This is the only Mod
>Player which has woked so far.  There isn't much in the way of an
>interface, requiring you to specifiy input files from the command
>line, but it does a great job.  There is a minor glitch in the sound
>related to the fact that the program is doing double-buffered DMA
>transfers, but the author knows about the bug - its related to being
>in v86 mode and is unavoidable.
>
>There is a more recent version out (version 1.2b - WOWII12b.exe -
>located in /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS right now on wuarchive.wustl.edu).  I'll
>try this one soon.
>

David, thanks alot for debugging the modplay under os/2 situation, many
people will no doubt be appreciative.  "One small step.."

--Don
dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov

>-----
>
>If anyone has a soundblaster and a non-ATI video board, I'd like to
>hear how well the Sound System (ss.zip) program does.  As I've said
>previously, this program can't display its graphical interface on an
>ATI VGA Wonder for some reason.  It doesplays it fine on an Ultra or
>on other VGA boards, but I can't test it there, since those computers
>(at school) aren't running OS/2.

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From: iear.arts.rpi.edu!moncrg@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Future Domain SCSI Adapter
Date: 22 Jul 92 21:58:00 GMT
Organization: the committee for asethetic deletions
X-mailer: Stadel 3.4a-227
X-Spam-content: irrelevant

In article <1992Jul22.113737.28378@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> 
dtl8v@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Heraclitus) writes:
>
>  In considering SCSI controllers that OS/2 2.0 supports, I ran across
>several variants of the Future Domain 1670 16-bit SCSI card.  It seems
>to have a bare version, an SVP version, and a DNK version.  Can anyone
>enlighten me as to the differences between them (and the meanings of
>the acronyms)?
>
the bare vs SVP vs DNK refers to the level of driver support
offered. bare does MSDOS, SVP will also do OS/2, DNK adds Unix.

what i'm unfamiliar with is what versions support tape and
cd-rom devices (and also windowsNT) as far as i can tell, if
you want the greatest range of supported peripherals and OS's
you basically have to go with the DNK version. if your needs
are less than you can save $50 to $100 by only getting a bare
or SVP version

(if you get the full details, please post!)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: os/2 & 80387
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 02:17:11 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.1480.23147@dosgate> "stephen dawson" <stephen.dawson@canrem.com> writes:
>Is OS/2 itself any faster with a 80387 installed? Why or why not.

No, simply because no portion of the base operating system that I know
of makes use of a math coprocessor (it would not benefit).

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: elliott@lmt.mn.org (David Elliott  MIS x 363)
Subject: Re: Question: Using bitmaps for Background/Lockup
Organization: LaserMaster Technologies, Minneapolis, MN
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 18:07:50 GMT

Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
> In article <1992Jul22.162831.5880@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
>> 
>> In a previous article, edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman) says:
>> 
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>bitmaps as a background for the desktop or lockup, the image is not displayed
>>>correctly -- it is scewed and wrapped across a diagonal.
>>>
>>>I thought that the gif2bmp utility was probably messing them up in the con-
>>>version, but when I use vpic ( a dos-based image viewer ) it correctly 
>>>displays the image and identifies it as an OS/2 PM bitmap.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know what the problem might be and if it can be fixed?
>> 
>> From what I understand, not all bmp's are created equal.
>> There are windows bmp's and OS/2 bmp's.  Some windows bmp's
>> will work under os/2 & vice versa.  But not all
>
> I got my GIF2BMP from Hobbes. I've converted about a dozen gifs with no such
> problems. Maybe you have a Windows gif2bmp?......get the one from Hobbes.
>
I've used the GIF2BMP program and have noticed that the skewing effect
you describe occurs on the 8-bit-color BMP files but not on the 4-bit-color
BMP files.  I am using the Orchid 0.9 drivers at 1024x768x16 on a generic
ET4000 card; perhaps the number of colors available to the desktop makes
a difference.  (I haven't tried it with the 1024x768x256 drivers, so I 
can't say for certain, but it's a hypothesis worth testing.)

Elliott
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: The Ultimate OS/2 FTP Source
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 07:31:40 GMT

johnt@pilot.njin.net (John Thiruvathukal) writes:
> 
> 
> The source is : SOFTWARE.WATSON.IBM.COM  and look into the pub\os2\
> directory.  There are also other goodies for other IBM os's like AIX.
> 
> This is probably the best source as it is likely to get the latest
> doodads and bug fixes FIRST!
> 
> I'm sure many of you already have heard about it but just kept a lid
> on it.

No, an official announcement appeared here days ago and its been
discussed since then.

I don't think its the BEST source overall but it is probably the best
source for patches. For PD and free software, ftp-os2 must take the
cake.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tommy@diku.dk (Tommy Andreasen)
Subject: Re: NEW Orcad (ET400) Drivers on FTP-OS2
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 09:23:41 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen
Keywords: ET4000, large fonts

You can change the the fontsize with the FontPalette in System Setup.
Well except StaticText, MenuText and some others. I wonder why ???

tommy@diku.dk (Tommy Andreasen)
From: heiko@uwesa.hanse.de (Heiko Weber)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: SOLUTION: COM1,COM2 and internal Modem with COM3 ?
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:18:44 GMT

heiko@uwesa.hanse.de (Heiko Weber) writes:

>How can I disable COM1, so that I can use the modem ?
>Any changes to config.sys ?

Well, not nice, but ...

DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM.SYS (1,3F8,3) (3,3E8,4)
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS (1,3F8,3) (3,3E8,4)

Thus, tell OS/2 to share Intr. of COM1 and COM2 (Mouse on COM2 works), and
I can use the internal Modem on COM3.

Thanks for your help !

Heiko
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From: matt@bss1.umd.edu (Matthew Piermarini)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: New ATI Ultra Drivers
Date: 30 Jul 92 16:45:21 GMT
Organization: College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, U of Maryland

Has anybody been able to get the New ATI Ultra drivers to work properly?  I 
have installed them and right before the WPS starts, the machine beeps 3 
times and the display is put in what looks like 640x480.  This happens 
whatever mode I tell it to use (800x600, 640x480, etc).

Thanks for any info...

Matt Piermarini
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ajchuah@mtu.edu ([*BARK*])
Subject: Registration
Keywords: Registration
Reply-To: ajchuah@mtu.edu
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:15:34 GMT


	It just occured to me to ask this question.  I know most
of the people here bought OS2 V2.0.  I know i did.
	How many of us here actually registered OS2?
Yes, registered.  I don't presume sending in the rebate
form for Windoze is called registration.  So maybe we
can get a poll of hands as to how many of us here actually
bothered to get it registered?  Thanx.


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From: "bill dehaan" <bill.dehaan@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: csd charge?
Date: 21 Jul 92 21:41:02 EST
Reply-To: "bill dehaan" <bill.dehaan@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

I wrote:

BdH>Because  IBM  publicly  stated  that  the features which were originally
BdH>promised in 2.0 which did not actually make it into the product would be
BdH>available in a free CSD in the  summer. A lot of people who were  in the
BdH>"wait and see" camp were convinced to buy the original release based  on
BdH>this.

Tim Sipples wrote:

TFS>They never said summer, but otherwise I agree with you.

I was on contract with IBM Canada when OS/2 2.0 was release. The "summer
CSD" was a  constant theme, and  was used on  the support lines.  When I
asked whether  the 32  bit graphics  engine was  in the  GA release, the
official IBM support line said (and  I quote): "No, it will be  added in
the summer  CSD". Of  course, a  lot of  people (internal  and external)
spoke of the June  CSD, which was never  promised. Summer goes to  Sept.
20th, so I expect that's when the it will appear by IBMLINK. Which means
that Joe User will probably see it late October or early November.

TFS>Their latest "future plans" letter (posted here recently) seems to
TFS>indicate that the 32-bit graphics engine, Windows 3.1 compatibility,
TFS>generic SuperVGA drivers, and so on will be available in a Service Pak
TFS>this September, for free (electronically, e.g. via ftp) or on
TFS>diskettes (media charge).

Correct. "Service Pack" is a term used to replace IBMese "CSD", but they
are the same thing.

TFS>Another interesting note in that letter: release of over 200 extra
TFS>applets and utilities is set for about the same time.  You'll be able
TFS>to download these as well to put them to use.

Now this  will be  of interest.  I expect  that it  is the  long-awaited
opening up of IBM's internal OS2TOOLS disk as "as-is" software.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ghenniga@NMSU.Edu
Subject: null device (was Re: The Ultimate OS/2 FTP Source)
Reply-To: ghenniga@NMSU.Edu
Organization: New Mexico State University - Electromagnetics Group
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:48:47 GMT


parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes:
>rolfe@w3vh.UUCP (Rolfe Tessem) writes:
>> 
>> (flames to /dev/null please -- whoops, does OS/2 have a /dev/null?)
>
>Yep, but it would probably be called /dev/nul
>If you do a COPY CON, it tells you it is copying to /dev/con. I can only
>presume that /dev/nul will therefor also exist. (I seem to rememebr it
>does).

OS/2 does indeed have a null device. The correct way to access it is via 
NUL, e.g., "type config.sys > NUL:" but apparently /dev/nul also works. Is
this some portent of things to come, i.e., Unix-like devices? Who knows?
	You can also do a "DIR \DEV\NUL" or a "DIR \DEV\CON" and it shows a
file, although "DIR \DEV\*" doesn't show anything.

Gary
(ghenniga@NMSU.Edu)
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Drivers or OS/2
Date: 23 Jul 92 19:12:20 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Jul22.102357.5515@ISF.Unisys.COM> starner@ISF.Unisys.COM (Mark Starner) writes:
>I was wondering (before I start making a lot of long distance phone calls)
>whether anyone knows whether there are any drivers for the Sony Bus CD-ROM
>Drive (from the laser library package) and for the Colorado Memory Systems
>Jumbo 120 Tape Backup?

I don't know about the tape backup, but U heard a rumor about the Sony
CD-ROM.  Someone claimed that you could use the IBM CD-ROM driver, and
edit it with a binary file editor.  Replace the word "Toshiba" with
"Sony".  Try this at your own risk.  Personally, I wouldn't want to
attempt this on my own hardware.



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