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From: samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore)
Subject: Re: OS/2 works fine, but - no shut-down
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 08:20:25 GMT

mueller@ips.cs.tu-bs.de (Elmar Mueller) writes:

>Just everything works fine (yes, no problems!!!), but one day a few weeks
>ago the shut-down-options in the WPS-context-menu disappeared!
>That's why i have to shut down my system by pressing the 3-finger-hotkey
>(CTRL-ALT-DEL) to close the system. A message appears: 'system is re-  
>booting - please wait'. Then the screen turns to the booting-page.
>That is the time i can turn-off the power-switch.

Ive seen this a lot. It appears to be caused by memory use and/or overflow.
The README file mentions this behavior when memory gets low. What is odd is
it may happen even if you clean up your desktop (close all programs). There
seems to be some kind of problem with the memory being to fragmented (or 
whatever) to perform a proper shutdown.
Also check your remaining disk space. Os/2 does strange things when the swap
file has nowhere to go.

                                                    [sam]
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From: klliou@stein.u.washington.edu (Kan-Lee Liou)
Subject: Re: WINFAX PRO
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 19:27:09 GMT


>Why not PMFAX aka FAXWORKS? You can fax DOS, Windows, and OS/2.
>___

Is there an OCR in it?

D
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From: kitchin@lf.hp.com (Bruce Kitchin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Going from HPFS to FAT
Date: 14 Dec 1992 19:12:59 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Santa Clara Site
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Paul S. Kedrosky (pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca) wrote:
: Like the title says, is it possible to go from an HPFS disk back to a FAT
: disk without reinstalling OS/2? I have two internal hard drives and
: was thinking of moving everything from one to the other, re-formatting
: my HPFS disk back to FAT, and then moving everything back again.
: Whether or not this is do-able I don't know, I really don't want to do
: it.
: 

It depends on what's on your disks.  If your HPFS disk is your OS/2 boot
disk, this could be problems.  You couldn't reformat since there would
be open files.  You *might* be able to do this booting from the installation
disks and escaping to cmd.exe.

However, if the disk you wish to convert is *not* the boot disk and 
contains no files that are open, you should be able to do it.  First, backup
all your files (if you have the room, moving to another Hard disk is a good
idea, I wouldn't have the space).  Then format the now empty disk with the
/fs option, e.g., format x: /FS:FAT where x is the drive letter of the
disk to be formatted.  You will be asked to verify what you are trying to
do since reformatting a hard drive would be an easy way to create a disaster
if you didn't mean to do it.  That should be all you need to do except
restore your files.
From: slam@eve.wright.edu (Sau Chun Lam)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Printer Drivers for TI Microlaser PS17+
Date: 11 Dec 92 02:41:07 GMT
Organization: Wright State University

I've been trying to print from AmiPro 2.0 running seamless
using the 32-bit Trident drivers (GA + SP).

I have a TI Microlaser PS17+ hooked up to the machine. My
problem is that AmiPro complains that it CANNOT FIND A PRINTER
DRIVER FILE whenever I try to edit a document.

Under Win-OS/2's printer setup (Control Panel/Printer) I had
installed the WPD file for the PS17 that came with the printer
and selected it as the printer to use. Even after setting this 
option, AmiPro complains about not being able to find a printer 
driver file. The same arrangement works fine using pure DOS 5.0
and Win 3.0.

I could select the Apple Laserwriter Plus as the printer but I
want to use the printer as what it is! Kind of pointless not
doing so......

So, does anybody out there have had this kind of problems?
What are your ideas or opinions? All help and suggestions are
welcome.

SC Lam - slam@eve.wright.edu

PS - I wish Lotus would hurry up with AmiPro for OS/2. I would
     rather dump this last piece of Windoze deadweight. I have
     already upgraded to 123/G and Freelance for OS/2.
From: dave.parsons@factory.com (Dave Parsons) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM won't accept Int
Date: 18 Dec 92 19:22:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Invention Factory's BBS - New York City, NY - 212-274-8298v.32bis
Reply-To: dave.parsons@factory.com (Dave Parsons) 

From: samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore) 
 >  
 > No problem. Send your problem reports to me, I will relay them to CI$ 
 > (just be forgiving of a week delay while I let them queue up).  
 > For every trivial problem there is a trivial solution. 
 >  
 >                                                  [sam] 
 
 
Oh, yea?  I can't believe you said that in public! <G!> 
 
I do, in point of fact, have a major problem with all versions 
of OS/2 2.0... it doesn't boot on the (semi-new) ZEOS '486 I have  
at work... just gives a couple of SYS errors and stops.  It works just fine 
at home.  The REAL problem is that I'm trying to stem the evil Windows 
tide where I work, and it's kind of hard to since I can't get OS/2 to  
run. 
 
I can give you more details if you want to send this up (down?) to 
IBM... lemme know! 
 
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From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: help with chkdsk error
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 12:22:47 GMT

darren karns (DWK110@psuvm.psu.edu) wrote:

>  regardless of how many times i run chkdsk i get the same error.
>  os2 is in a 50 meg partition of it's own.  my system is a 486-33dx with
>  8 meg of ram.

Are you using the /F parameter? Without it, changes will not be written to
the disk!

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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: SVGA questions
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:21:41 GMT

In article <19879@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> phil@venus.engr.ucdavis.edu (Phillip W. Wong) writes:
>First the background... I was running at 1024x768x256 using the
>SP's ET4000 drivers. However, when I tried to run Word 4.0 and
>MS Works windowed, the error message said that the resolution
>requested was not available. (Any one know why?) Anyway, so I

When you try and run certain applications in a window (which require
certain video modes, particularly 256 color SuperVGA modes), OS/2 is
unable to virtualize them (and may suspend the program).  They do,
however, run full screen.  That's mainly a shortcoming of the PC
architecture (and SuperVGA specifically).

>then used Selective Install to try to downgrade the video to
>800x600x256 (which used to work). After grinding through the
>disks, it hung! I tried to reboot, and did, but when OS/2 came
>up, a blank screen, nothing. So, using the 3 disk emergency
>method, I managed to gain access to the OS/2 HPFS disk. It seems
>that when the system hung, it killed the svgadata.pmi file (it
>was zero length). Now come the questions...
>1] It seems to me, that the lack of the pmi file caused the video
>to come up blank. Am I correct in this assumption? 

Yes, it is likely.

>2] If so, how would one regenerate such a pmi file? I tried SVGA
>ON under regular DOS5.0 and it said it could not recoginize my
>video card (ProDesigner IIs).

SVGA ON DOS should work.  It will generate a SVGADATA.DOS file, which
you can copy over as SVGADATA.PMI.

>3] If I can't generate a new pmi file in an emergency, is there
>a way to force OS/2 to use regular VGA so at least I could bring
>the system up and use the Selective Install to undo my own
>damage?

I'll let someone else suggest a method -- I'm not yet completely
familiar with the new SuperVGA driver support methods.

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From: "mike frisch" <mike.frisch@canrem.com>
Subject: gravis ultra sound card -
Reply-To: "mike frisch" <mike.frisch@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 12 Dec 92 10:05:00 EST


AY> Myself and a few others have been trying to get the Gravis US to work on
AY> OS/2.  The only thing I have gleaned from all the conversations is that it
AY> does not work and with some of us it crashes OS/2.

     This is what I've heard from everybody trying it, so I suppose that
it simply will not work under OS/2.  I've heard a rumor that Gravis is
working on OS/2 support, but it's probably just that- a rumor.  At any
rate, my thoughts are that once the new version of OS/2 comes out, which
should be very soon if IBM's telling the truth, you'll be able to run
the GUS Windows software under the Win31 emulation in OS/2 v2.1.

Mike.

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From: Alan.Kennedy@f1.n3641.z1.fidonet.org (Alan Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Data Technology DTC3X80 ISA SCSI Driver for OS/2 2.0?
Date: 9 Dec 92 02:29:00 GMT

<<< Quoting Larry Salomon Jr. to All >>>

 LSJ> Also, I plan to call Data Technology once the West coast wakes up this
 LSJ> morning, but I seriously expect to learn more from this group than
 LSJ> from them.

 LSJ> Cheers,
 LSJ> Q

You and I are out of luck DTC does not have any os2 drivers. Once 
they said that DTC was not going to make any os2 drivers, but now 
DTC now claims that work has begun on an os2 2.0 driver. The 
person to call is David Snook -
phone number - (408)942-4000
fax -  (408)942-4052.
I had no luck and many others have tried your best option is to 
try to send the card back to the vendor quickly.
Hope this helps.
apk

For you information - DTC does have drivers for NT, a product that 
is not even shipping, go figure.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: keiths@cae.wisc.edu (Keith Scidmore)
Subject: Cache, Diskcache, IFS Cache argument - what's what?
Organization: College of Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin--Madison
Date: 17 Dec 92 10:01:14 CST

I can't figure out what OS2 2.0 is doing with all their different
cache commands. I know what a software disk cache is, about 
write-back vs write through caching, disk drives, stream buffers,
and all the technical stuff (its my field of study), but I can't
figure out what the following commands are doing.  One can:

1. Change the cache parameters from the os2 command line with
   the CACHE command.

2. Set the HPFS cache parameters in the IFS command line of config.sys

3. Add a diskcache command to the config.sys command line.

I've been able to determine that there are two caches established
but nowhere does the online help explain why there are two caches
for one physical drive and what does the two caches do. Secondly, 
there is no explanation of which of these two caches is modified 
using the os2 command line, how to choose the optimum paramiters, etc.  

Would someone out there be able to explain this and suggest a caching
arrangement (settings) for a 486-66 system with the following stats

1. 12MB of memory 

2. running a 200MB HPFS and a 40MB FAT partition on a separate logical 
   drive within a single physical drive. 

3. Running DR-DOS 6.0 as an alternate OS under Boot Manager control. 


Thanks in advance.

Keith R. Scidmore

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jks4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Paradise SVGA Question
Reply-To: jks4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 13:53:21 GMT

OK.....Stupid question.
Disk #13 of the CSD has a couple of files with the name PSVGA.....
1) Is this for Paradise SVGA Card????

2) If so, how do I install it? As usual, the IBM docs miss the key points
such as "How To Install Your SVGA Driver"...

Please e-mail reply....
Jeff
From: Eric.Chan@ttlg.UUCP (Eric Chan)
Sender: postmaster@ttlg.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: WinOS2 V3.1
Date: 18 Dec 92  18:55:02 mst

Where can I get WINOS2 3.1 beta? I would love to get a copy. I couldn't find it anywhere so is it possible that you could copy one to me?
Thanx

 * Origin: Mach2 Vulcan OS/2 Systems 1-403-489-4250 (42:100/20)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ericwolf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Wolf)
Subject: Trap 000C HEEELLLPPPP!
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:16:53 GMT

HELP!

In the middle of playing Mike Ditka's football game in a full-screen
DOS session, I got an error.  Well, it forced me to do a hard reset and
then when I selected OS/2 from the boot manager, it started to boot up
OS/2 and then it came up trap 000c - blah blah blah ( lots of register
info and it told me to contact a service rep.)

Well, I rebooted and again it said this again.  So, I tried to boot off the
floppies and I got past the first disk (installation disk) and then I got 1/2
way thru the 2nd one or so (disk #1) when it said that it could not open CON:
and it could not continue without it.

So, I can't boot off my hard drive and I can't boot off my floppies...
Any ideas???  HELP ASAP would be really appreciated!!!

- Eric


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Multimedia Support for Tandy Sensation!?
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:59:03 GMT

I can't be more specific about 'midi' at the moment. I'm trying to get
a Senstation! Tech Ref manual (if it exists) from Tandy. Hopefully the
book will answer all of my programming questions.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jlloyd@adapcal.UUCP (John Lloyd)
Subject: Re: CD ROM and Adaptec
Organization: Adaptec Inc., California
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1992 17:59:19 GMT

In article <1992Dec4.183801.20452@dds4.uucp> lum@dds4.uucp (Michael Lum) writes:
>Can someone who has the following working please send me their config.sys,
>and any other pertinent information?
>
>    EISA machine
>    Adaptec 1742A SCSI controller (enhanced mode)	SCSI ID 7
>    Maxtor 7213						SCSI ID 0
>    NEC CDR-84 CD-ROM					SCSI ID 1
>    Pro Audio Spectrum 16
>
>I want to put the CD-ROM drive on the Adaptec.
>
>My config.sys has the following:
>
>    IFS=CDFS.IFS
>    BASEDEV=AHA174X.ADD (exact words?)
>    BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.ADD
>    DEVICE=CDROM_G.SYS /Q /I /N:4
>	...
>
You should DISABLE synchronous negotiation on the target assigned to the
NEC drive. NEC does not reject synchronous negotiation correctly and the
drive returns garbled data. You might also want to try the IBM beta
drivers (OS2CDROM.DMD) that will give you full audio/data support.

John


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Another HPFS question
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:18:19 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.154229.28083@inel.gov> jar@inel.gov (Jeffry A Rich) writes:
>OK, good enuf. Now, what is/are the advantages to using HPFS over FAT...assuming a drive partition of 80 Mb? I understand that by using HPFS, you have to dedicate 512Kb of ram to it. With only 8Mb of total ram, this will hurt! Would long file names justify this loss?

Have you read the OS/2 FAQ List advice in this area?

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From: adhir@wam.umd.edu (Al Dhir)
Subject: Re: LPT1 CONFLICT SYS 1799
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 06:45:39 GMT

In article <3375@ncr-mpd.FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM> gkendall@ncr-mpd.FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM (Guy Kendall) writes:
>In article <turner.723699736@s1.elec.uq.oz.au> turner@elec.uq.oz.au (Michael Turner) writes:
>>I have just tried using Protel Traxedit for the first time
>>since I installed the CSD. OS/2 now gives me a message to
>>say that the printer port is in use by some other program.
>>I have made sure that no other program is running but every
>>time it checks the dongle I get the conflict message.
>>Has anyone any idea why I am now getting this conflict.
>
>I have a very similar problem. I am trying to run Laplink 4.0 in a DOS 
>window. When I try and run it it says that LPT1 is in use by another task.
>I tried disabling LPT1 in Laplink, but it still checks that port. I don't
>even have a printer hooked up! Though I used to but can't figure out how
>to disable it. If someone can tell us how to get LPT1 back, I think we'll
>both be happy.
>
>Has anyone been successful using Laplink under OS/2?

I solved all the annoying LPT1 port is in use messages by replacing the
VLPT.SYS driver from the service pack with the one that shipped in the
GA release.  Since then, I have never seen this EXTREMELY frustrating
message and Laplink works, and all the games work that previously used to
try to look at LPT1 for a sound device (Alone in the Dark) etc.

I got this little tidit from an earlier post.  Do it, you'll be happy.
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From: nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel)
Subject: Press coverage of OS/2 - Survey results.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:18:16 GMT

Hi, I recently posted a survey of regarding whether or not the press was biased
towards OS/2.

Sorry I didn't do all this in .advocacy or something, but I needed responses
from OS/2 users, and not users of alternatives such as Windows.

And, Thank you very much to all those responding.

Many of you asked to see the results posted; here they are:

Most of those responding felt that the press does treat OS/2 fairly, with
76 percent answering yes. 24 percent asnwered no.

For the reasons why the press was unfair, the number one reason was that the
press is used to Windows and a Windows-based world, and do not want to see
anything different. Respondents felt that reviewers do not spend enough time
with OS/2 to get used to it, criticize it because it doesn't work the way
Windows works, and do not know much about OS/2 and don't intend to learn much
about OS/2.

Another major reason cited was that the press tends to focus on minor problems
with OS/2 and then portray as much larger problems.

Another major reason was that the press glorifies Windows, and therefore must
put down its alternatives, because of Microsoft's extensive advertising in
the publications.

Those who did not think the press unfairly criticized OS/2 generally said that
OS/2 is not for everyone, and that the press is just making that clear by
pointing out the problems with OS/2 that they think could be serious problems
for general users. They said that the press does this truthfully.



Sorry for not posting this earlier, but I have had a lot of work to do with
finals (including the paper I needed to do this survey for).


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: "kenneth tam" <kenneth.tam@canrem.com>
Subject: tape backups
Reply-To: "kenneth tam" <kenneth.tam@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 17 Dec 92 21:42:08 EST

I'm on the verge of picking up a tape drive, but still not decided as to 
exactly which on.
 
Right now I'm strongly leaning towards the Iomega 250.  It's small (3.5" 
form factor), Irwin and Jumbo/CMS compatible, has a good rep, and is going 
pretty cheap ($250 w/ PCTools Backup for DOS).
 
OS/2 query: Will it work with the Irwin PM EzTape?  I'm not clear enough 
on this "Irwin compatible" bit to be sure.  Can I purchase EzTape separate 
from an Irwin drive?
  
I have an Adaptec 1542B SCSI adapter controlling a single HD right now.  I 
would _like_ to add a SCSI tape backup unit rather than a floppy-based 
one, but so far the prices I've seen are pretty outrageous.  They seem to 
be at least twice the price/MB than the floppy ones I've seen, and I don't 
know if I can justify that.  I know the speed improvement is vast, and I 
think I'm going to feel like an idiot for getting into SCSI and then not 
taking advantage of it, but..  Any recommendations for a good and 
inexpensive SCSI tape unit?
  
Also, do any SCSI units use the same media as the Jumbo/CMS/Iomega drives? 
If so, will they read/write the same software format?  One of the major 
incentives for me to get a Iomega is that most of the people I know have 
them, so it becomes that much more useful if I'm compatible with them 
(unfortunately, none of them have SCSi <sigh>).  My experience with SCSI 
units is limited to WangTek DAT drives using SYTOS PLUS under DOS and 
OS/2.
 
Thanks for any advice... 

kenneth.tam@canrem.com




 




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