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From: hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting)
Subject: Re: Civilization under OS/2
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 13:12:32 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.153333.16102@husc3.harvard.edu>, chandoni@husc8.harvard.edu
(John-Marc Chandonia, , , ) writes:
[included article deleted]

 > Tell it the sound is on, but set HW_NOSOUND on so it can't make
 > any sounds.  That should theoretically work, although I haven't
 > tried it.
 > 
 > JMC
I tried it with a dos program.  HW_NOSOUND seems to disallow access to the speaker
i/o port by using the i/o permission bitmap for the VDM.  Wich means that
when the program tries to use the speaker, os/2 kills it and gives a
message that the program tried to do something it was not supposed to do.

I have got civilization to run under os/2, and it is faster than dos because of
HPFS.  But it is slow when I start the game, but when I do the first attack
on an enemy, it speeds up to normal.  
After that, the speed is normal all the time.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: danzig@umbio.med.miami.edu (Jared Danziger)
Subject: SVGA 
Organization: University of Miami Medical School
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 03:10:02 GMT
From: gkushmer@lynx.coe.northeastern.edu (greg kushmerek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: DeScribe Update?
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:40:39 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, Northeastern University

Has anyone heard anything abou the new version of DeScribe?  I know
that sometime around now it's supposed to be coming out.

Cheers,

--gk
From: cj00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Carl B Jabido)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Partition/Swapfile problem
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:30:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.welv6Ny00Uh7M9AVFb
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Help!!
If I reboot the computer without shutting down (because of a crash), I
know that the system won't dump the buffers, so some files won't be
closed etc.  The only problem is that if I reboot (ie, hit the reset
button) without shutting down, I suddenly lose 10 megs on the partition
that the swapfile is on.  Computer crash.  Then reboot, and hard drive
is automatically checked.  Once I get control, there's a new swapfile,
and an unaccounted for 10 megs or so.  
Here's what happens.
Partition is 79 megs.  At crash, swapfile is about 10 megs.  I have 30
megs of stuff on partition.  That means I have about 39 megs free. 
That's correctly reported by dinfo, dir, du, df.  Basically everything. 
Then I reboot and a chkdsk is automatically done.  System reports there
was an error in swapfile.  It corrects it.  Upon bootup, dinfo reports 7
meg swap file. 32 Megs free.  I still have the same stuff on it, meaning
I'm missing 10 megs: 79-30-7=42.  What's going on?  Wait, it gets
better. df reports 47 used, 32 free. du reports 37 used=>that means 42
free.  chkdsk reports 37 used, again 42 free.  dir reports 32 free.  So
which set is right/wrong etc?  Has anyone had this terrible problem
before?
I only have a 120meg hard drive, so losing 10 megs is quite a lot!

PLEASE HELP!!!@!??!!?@

I hate reformatting.
Please help.

Carl Jabido
cj00@andrew.cmu.edu
From: Lynn.Nash@f107.n207.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Boot Manager And Chkdsk
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:36:00 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Sep 21 1992

LH>Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
LH>From: hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Les Hartzman)
LH>Message-ID: 1992Sep25.191613.22117@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov
LH>Followup-To: hartzman@kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov
LH>Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc

LH>I've seen a serious problem with the boot manager, I think.  A friend has
his 
LH>hard drive partitioned with the boot manager at the front of the disk, a
FAT
LH>partition, followed by an OS/2 HPFS partition.  When booting off of an OS/2
LH>floppy, he cannot see this drive when he tries to CHKDSK it, or do a DIR.
LH>He can change to the drive and get the prompt, but nothing else.

LH>Is this a bug in boot manager, chkdsk, setup, or ... ????  Need answers
LH>quickly!

Don't know if this will get to you or not, I may be read only. But I
just went through this scenario with boot manager. Part of the magic
that boot manager performs is to leave the drive mapping in the same
order as recognized by the last OS booted. So if you then boot from
floppy every thing looks the same.  I think that that is the reason
OS/2 install makes you run fdisk to make a partition installable.

I have a small 202mb with 
            1meg  boot manager,
            5meg dos5 primary (fat)               drive C:
            145meg  os2 ga primary (fat)          drive C:
            50meg   win231 beta logical (HPFS).   drive E:

I also have a 1gig SCSI split 800/200meg. 800meg is a primary and
maps into drive D: and the 200meg partition is a logical and maps
into F:  These mappings seem to be a function of fdisk. When I made
the 50meg partition a primary it became non-existant to everybody
but itself and could not see the 145meg primary partition. This
behavior seemed to carry on when booting from floppy. So he should
make sure that he at least attempts to boot through boot manager
far enough to set the expected mappings. Then he can abort and then
boot from floppy and the drives will be correct.  

I am just about positive that in my playing around that I got boot
manager to set the disk in a state that allowed me to boot a floppy
and actually see the boot manager partition as almost 2meg decimal 
formated. I think this happened because originally I had the entire 
disk formatted as one large partition dual boot. After using fdisk to 
install boot manager that formatting is still there because boot 
manager is at the start of the disk. It probably looked like a small 
fat drive to the floppy load. Confusing ??? it sure was to me.

--Lynn
___
 * MR/2 1.1 NR * BETA TESTERS WHO LIE! On the next Geraldo...

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From: murrayk@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (the Dodger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Beta SoundBlaster driver won't install...
Date: 30 Sep 92 23:31:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Sep30.233147.890
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept.

I've tried everything I could think of to get SoundBlaster support under the
new 3.1 windoze beta. The sound device install keeps telling me that it can't
find a certain file. I saw that other people had this same problem also, and
they just installed a newer SB driver that they downloaded. I found this file
and downloaded it and now the install tells me that it can't find the device
driver when I try to install SB wav support.

AAAaaargh.

Can someone help me?

Keith

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Subject: Re: No Diamond Speedstar Drivers for some time
Organization: UNLV Computer Science
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 23:58:58 GMT

In article <1a9kdpINNqkt@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
>
>
>Well, 
>
>Here is the mail that I recieved from diamond technical support.
>I have to say that it is not optimistic. I encourage os/2 users
>with diamond video cards to write to him and express your
>concerns.
>
>>From: 75300.3673@CompuServe.COM ("Jaime [Diamond Tech]")
>>Subject: Re: Speedstar 24X
>>To: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu ("INTERNET:dab6@po.CWRU.Edu")
>>
>>
>>No, there has not been any date set yet.  Once the 32 bit engine is
>>available, we will write drivers.  We have to have the 32 bit engine first
>>before we know what to write drivers for.  Once there is a date, I will
>>post it on our BBS and on here.  Have a great day.
>>
>>-Jaime Pirnie
>> Diamond TS Dept.

Oh please... *I* have the 32-bit GRE and *I'm* not a major video
hardware manufacturer. I think Diamond needs to learn to be a little
more straight with their customers. This and other messages like it
has convinced me that Diamond is the WRONG way to go. I'll wait to see
who else comes up with accelerated 24-bit. Better yet, I'll go XGA now
that it's been adopted by VESA...

TTYL - Steve
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Subject: Re: OS/2 CSD   e-mail disribution
Organization: UNLV Computer Science
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 23:55:17 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.111632@axion.bt.co.uk> djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson) writes:
>
>In article <EVF7QSI@mailgzrz.tu-berlin.de>,
>bzbmaier@ZIB-Berlin.DE (Gerhard Maierhoefer) writes:
>|> 
>|> In article 717555737snx@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz,
>|> frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz (Bruce Clement) writes:
>|> >    ...........................
>|> >To conserve bandwidth, and to speed the distribution, I
>|> was wondering if
>|> >it would be possible (and acceptable to your legal
>|> department) to come to
>|> >an arrangement with the powers that control
>|> comp.binaries.os2 to have 
>|> >the service pack simultaneously available through that
>|> distribution
>|> >channel?
>|> >
>|> >--
>|> >Bruce Clement    (frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz  SNEWS/2, 
>|> UUPC 1.11q)
>|> 
>|> I strongly recommend and promote this idea.
>|> 
>I can't agree  - this method allows those who haven't already
>paid for OS/2
>to obtain it free of charge.  (Don't forget the service pack
>is the complete
>system, not just bug fixes). I'm sure IBM wouldn't want to
>encourage
>software piracy in this way.

Actually, the SPP ships on 10 disks. That is HARDLY the entire system
(grin!) 

I don't think IBM is too concerned with pirating. There was a post
recently from somebody who had the beta release but NOT the GA
release. It seems that they are not checking out people who call and
order the beta. The beta version IS the full OS. 29 disks total.

TTYL - Steve

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cummins@a.cs.okstate.edu (CUMMINS JOHN WILLI)
Subject: ZIP -> ftp -> unzip (on another machine) FAILS?
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 17:49:51 GMT

I zipped a file (using the "new" zip) and let a co-worker FTP it from my
machine.  I also let him take the correct UNZIP.  When he attempted to UNZIP
the file... he got an error.  "ACCESS DENIED" or somesuch.

I noticed also that some 5k of ea are in the zip file...  I'm wondering what
these might be.... (these are dos mode files i USE UNDER os2...)

(dRATTED pc CAPS LOCK!  AARGH!)

JC
From: andreast@athena.mit.edu (Andreas M Turanski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Tape Drives
Summary: Colorado Jumbo:GOOD, but no OS/2 driver: BAD
Keywords: tape backup drivers
Date: 7 Oct 92 00:33:30 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Marc,

In article <1992Oct5.225105.1740@sbcs.sunysb.edu> mjn@sbmiclr.cs.sunysb.edu (The Sixth Replicant) writes:
>I've decided to add a tape drive to my system and I'd like input from OS/2
>users as to what tape drives/controllers work with OS/2 and which work
>well. I'd like a 250MB drive and am mostly interested in the inexpensive
>drives like the Colorado Jumbo 250. Any comments ?
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Marc Neuberger                                            mjn@sbcs.sunysb.edu

If you had asked this question in any other newsgroup I would have replied
with a resounding YES!!  However, I assume you want to use this tape drive
with OS/2 so my answer is "I hope it is a good choice" because I already
have one!! It is a great drive: inexpensive (was $247 at USA Flex in Computer
Shopper when I bought it recently), a good capacity for average users, and
the tapes can be had for as little as $18+change at Globe Office products
if you don't mind leaving your computer on for a while as it formats the
tapes (I have four on the way- this is a GREAT price IMHO).
So if Colorado &/or IBM decide to support each other, this is an excellent
product to get.  I have used it under DOS and it works like a charm...
a slow charm...but a reliable, non-200+-floppy-disk-change-requiring charm.
Someone, somewhere probably knows if it will get supported by OS/2 in the
near future, but I don't (though I would _like_ to).

Hope that tells you something,
Andreas.

NOTE: of course I have NO connection with any above mentioned Co.
      besides the fact that I LOOKED FOR A LONG TIME TO FIND THESE 'DEALS'
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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 09:15:24 CDT
From: Bob Jackiewicz <U09046@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: List of Printers

Sorry if this is obvious, but is there a list of printers which OS/2 2.0
has driver for? A friend of mine is looking for a cheap printer, and I
want to know when we get El Cheapo that it will be supported by OS/2 2.0.
Without actually installing the drivers (I know there's a list there)
I want to know. Thanks.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington)
Subject: Re: OS/2 on TI TMS4000 laptop
Keywords: TMS4000, laptop, TI
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:22:26 GMT

In article <tony.717146137@helios.llnl.gov> tony@helios.llnl.gov writes:
>As I reported a few weeks ago, I could not install OS/2 2.0 on
>my TI 486DX/25 laptop, with the 1.x BIOS.  TI was very responsive,
>and mailed me an updated BIOS.  I am now able to run OS/2 2.0.
>
>TI's interest in fixing the problem and responsiveness were superb.
>
>We have not figured out how to get the TI Travelpoint mouse to
>work with OS/2 2.0 yet, however.  I am using a microsoft mouse
>with the serial port.  Any ideas?
>
>- Tony Skjellum

Sorry that we can't fix this one quite as quickly.  You have already
hit upon the immediate work-around, to use the serial port.  Below
is the response I got from the internal support group:

**************************************************************************
The PS/2 port on the TravelMate 3000, TravelMate 3000 WinSX and TravelMate
4000 WinSX/WinDX will not function as a mouse port under OS/2.  Most PS/2
pointing devices provide a means of connecting to a serial port, which can
be used on the TravelMate 9 pin serial connector under OS/2.

Texas Instruments is working with IBM to ensure that a future Corrective
Service diskette is available to address this issue.  For more information
please contact TI at 1-817-771-5856 or your local IBM software service
provider.
**************************************************************************
 
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From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: What is thunking?
Keywords: thunking
Date: 29 Sep 1992 17:38:02 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

In article <1992Sep28.111157.26969@sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu> wang@cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>steck@ccs.northeastern.edu (Paul Steckler) writes:
>>The name is putatively onomatopoetic:  The designers of ALGOL60 claimed 
>>that such procedures made a "thunk" sound when pushed on the stack.
>Alternatively, it's a tribute to Don Knuth.

The Jargon File (available in a neat hypertext version for the OS/2 VIEW
program) says that "thunk" is the past tense of "think" at 2 AM...the idea is
that the operation in question had already been thought about, so the compiler
could save the "thunk" version. This (paraphrased; go get the File for the
full version) explanation is from the author of ALGOL 60, who came up with it.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: wjw1@me1.MsState.Edu (Bill Wilson)
Subject: New OS/2 beta install problem
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 23:30:01 GMT

Howdy Netters... I just got the new OS/2 beta today, and am having
problems installing. When I try to boot off of the beta installation
diskette, I get the following errors:

SYS !! 02025
SYS !! 02027

and then the system hangs. (I think that is the way they look... the 
numbers are correct anyway.)

I've never run across this error before... and I can't seem to fix the
problem with any of the standard tricks (turn off turbo mode, go to
1 wait state, etc.).

System is :   386-25 non-cached motherboard
              AMI bios
              Maxtor 7213-AT IDE hard drive
              Cyrix 387 FPU installed
              8 megs RAM

I think that is the important stuff anyway. This is a system that has
been running the OS/2 2.0 GA release successfully since May.

Thanks for any help!

--
Bill Wilson : MSU Nuclear Engineering : a confused individual
From: balesej@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Eric J Bales)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Service Pack Update from IBM (LONG)
Date: 3 Oct 92 17:28:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucunix.BvK37K.6pq
Organization: University of Cincinnati

In article <1992Oct3.160122.10426@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> kbass@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ken Bass) writes:
>      
>OS/2 2.0 SERVICE PAK ADVANCE INFORMATION UPDATE
>      
>September 30, 1992
>      
>This is an update to information posted September 18, 1992.
>      
>IBM intends to produce two versions of a Service Pak for OS/2 2.0.
>One version will contain fixes for OS/2 2.0 and will include the
>32-bit Graphics Engine, which will replace the 16-bit Graphics Engine
>when the Service Pak is installed.  The second version of the Service
>Pak will only contain fixes for OS/2 2.0.  Both of these Service Paks

Is there any reason why I (or anyone else...) would NOT want the 32-bit
graphics engine?

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From: gregory@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Greg Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: DISK #1, Null modem cable
Date: 5 Oct 92 19:12:51 GMT
Organization: Boeing


 My friend that had the problem with the OS2 beta found out that the
install disk had a bad sector in one of the FATs. We have corrected
the problem but have lost all of the file names. Could someone send
me the file names and *SIZES* of the files on the install disk?


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sam@ms.uky.edu (Mike Mills)
Subject: Re: New files on software.watson.ibm.com & ibm suggestions
    <1992Sep27.000803.25938@actrix.gen.nz> 
    <Gary.Woodman.725.717649924@anu.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:00:11 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman) writes:

>In article <1992Sep27.000803.25938@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>>USE "ls -altr" to list the files in date order. All the new files are at the
>>end of the list.

>Steve is obviously not a Unix user... "ls -alt" (or "ls -lt" for that 
>matter) will list the files in date order, with the new files at the start 
>of the list. Happy hunting!

>--
>Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au         This post made from 100% recycled electrons.


Actually, Steve is correct.  "ls -altr" lists ALL files (including ones
beginning with a dot) in a directory sorted by modification date (-t option),
in reverse order (-r).  Take off the "-r", and the newer files will be at
the top of the list.  Since the directory may have a lot of files, and since
I'm usually more interested in the newer files, the "-r" option is helpful
since it puts all the newer files at the bottom of the list (where hopefully
they haven't all scrolled off of your screen.)


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From: sundaram@cps.msu.edu (Divya Sundaram)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: GOT THE GRE AND BETA - I HAVE QUESTIONS!!!
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:04:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Michigan State University, College of Engineering
Originator: sundaram@indian.cps.msu.edu


Hi all,
I got the GRE and BETA OS/2 package today. Having got this, does this mean that I cannot get the CSD? .....

-- 
Thanks
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Les Hartzman)
Subject: HELP!!!!! Drive Stopped/Hardcard Swap file
Followup-To: hartzman@kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov
Keywords: hardcard, swap file, drive stopped
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:38:27 GMT

HELP!!!!  I have my swap file directed to my hardcard, but every so often,
the system dies (seems to happen pretty often with WP4W).  It requires a
hard reboot, which later reports that the hardcard drive was improperly
stopped and that the swap file can't be used there.  It also reports that
2 drives on my IDE have stopped.  Some times the desktop comes up, sometimes
it doesn't.

My hardcard is partitioned to have a 20MB HPFS swap partition, and an 85MB FAT
partition.  I'm using the newest device driver from Quantum for 2.0.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Les



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