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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Tuesday, 25 Aug 1992 22:15:03 CDT
From: <U28661@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Out of memory error. 6M left though. HELP!

In article <1992Aug24.130324.21087@donau.et.tudelft.nl>,
linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) says:
>
>>Are you by any chance running the *new* kernel?
>>I suspect it may have a bug :-(
>
>I am afraid I am, can anyone verify the bug though? I thought it was
>supposed to fix the memory problem but it seems it doesn't. I still
>find that when I return to the startup state, - that is close everything
>I started since startup -, the amount of memory left is far less than
>the amount I started with. I do have to >16Mb patch installed though.

  I also installed the new kernel; a few weeks later, I had the dreaded
PMV2001 (not enough memory) error.  One fellow suggested an inelegant
solution; go back to the old kernal.  Here's what he said:



>buhr@umanitoba.ca (Kevin Andrew Buhr)
>Subject: Re: PMV2001 Not enough memory error - HELP|
>References: <92232.111937FDBAQ03@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be>
><1992Aug19.115751.21252@actrix.gen.nz>
>Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 01:18:09 GMT

>[ Steve Withers and Wim Van Holder discuss the infamous PMV2001 and
>its multiple beeping. ]

>Many people (including myself) have encountered this problem with the
>new kernel (rev 6.142 or something similar).  This new kernel was
>supposed to fix, among other things, the non-shrinking swap file.  For
>some people, it seems to replace it with a non-growing swap file.

>There are two workarounds for this problem:

>        1.  Go back to the old kernel.  If you used the installation
>            script supplied with the patch, just do the following:

>                [C:\] ATTRIB -H -S -R OS2KRNL
>                [C:\] REN OS2KRNL OS2KRNL.NEW
>                [C:\] REN OS2KRNL.OLD OS2KRNL
>                [C:\] ATTRIB +H +S +R OS2KRNL

>            Then, reboot.  It's a good idea to either erase the old
>            swapfile (probably called C:\OS2\SYSTEM\SWAPPER.DAT),
>            which requires a floppy boot, or move it to another
>            place by changing the "SWAPFILE=" statement in your
>            "CONFIG.SYS" file.

>        2.  Make the initial size of your swapfile so big that it'll
>            never *have* to grow:

>                SWAPFILE=C:\OS2\SYSTEM\SWAPPER.DAT 2048 40960

>It's too bad, because the new kernel seems to fix a lot of monitor
>syncing and WIN-OS/2 problems but the PMV2001's are such a significant
>problem.

>Kevin Buhr


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From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: PMCOMM!!!
Date: 28 Aug 92 23:53:25 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting

A minor bug with PMCOMM32 showed up last night when I did a zmodem
download: long filenames are not preserved across the download.
Everything else seems to be working pretty well.
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: hmkirchh@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Hans-Joachim Kirchhoff)
Subject: Re: Why won't the d*mn windows stay put?
Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 07:16:51 GMT

lrj@cs.cornell.edu (Lew Jansen) writes:


>	  This is probably a dumb question, but it's been nagging me a
>	bit and I'd love to find an answer.  I haven't been able to
>	discover anything in any of the help files.
Here it is... (the answer) <G>

Don't Maximize your windows, Show them and, unless they have been maximized
when you minimized them, they'll appear just where you want them.
>	
>	  Also, is there any way to specify where on the desktop
>	minimized icons should go?

Open  OS/2System, System Setup and System. Click on Window. There it is.
Minimize Button behaviour.

-Hajo
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From: "stephen dawson" <stephen.dawson@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: i've seen nt......
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:46:21 EST
Reply-To: "stephen dawson" <stephen.dawson@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

Roger Ramsey writes

RR>Why?  The loophole still exists.  A secure system should be secure and
RR>Microsoft has also stated that it is developing a device driver
RR>intermediary that will allow some drivers to talk to the NT API to ease
RR>transition.  In PC Week, corporate evaluators were quoted as saying that
RR>while the concept of a secure system as defined by the NT API was "a pain
RR>in the ass" it was also a recognizable and necessary inconvenience that
RR>they were willing to put up with for enhanced system security.

You can get the SAME level of security with OS/2 by not installing
the DOS and Windows support, and setting IOPL=NO.

By using OS/2, a company can standardize, and allow their
non-critical stations to run DOS apps, and their critical stations
can be secure.

RR>That means that the disks will go to manufacturing.  it does not mean that
RR>it will be in the retail channel.  This is a scenario that should be
RR>familiar to an OS/2 user since IBM "went gold" on March 31 but retail
RR>product didn't show up in appreciable quantities until a month later.

Yes. But *I* will be astonished if NT goes gold before late spring
'92 unless a LOT of compromises are introduced.

RR>No argument from me, but what about users who don't wish to pay long
RR>distance charges?  The fixes should be mailed automatically to all
RR>registered users, if only as a display of good faith.

The toll charges are cheaper than the shipping & handling and media
charge. The OS/2 patches have been distributed around all major
BBS's, so no one needs to call distance, even.

And, PC mag estimates that over 2/3 of PC users have a modem!

    STEPHEN         Look through the Windows and you will see OS/2!
    ^^^^^^^    :-)  Walking and chewing gum at the same time.

 stephen.dawson@canrem.com
 Entered 09-02-92 at 5:33pm in Downsview, Ontario

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From: wjb5106@zeus.tamu.edu (Walter Barnett)
Subject: Re: Help, I deleted the command shells folder
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 03:18:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.030415.10916@usl.edu>, das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A) writes...

> 
>That does seem to get an OS/2 CLI.  I thought he was asking to recreate 
>his whole Command prompts folder.  To do that one needs to specify
>WINOS2.COM, etc, right?  I am sure someone will correct me if I'm
>wrong.  :-)
> 

Well, I won't say you're wrong, but...  An OS/2 CLI comes up only if the
session is set to be an OS/2 CLI.  If you put * in the Program field you
can then click on the Session page of the program settings and choose to
have * be an OS/2 CLI, a DOS CLI or a Winos2 GUI.  You do not need to 
specify winos2.com to get a Winos2 session (so, I guess I will say you 
are wrong, after all).

_______________________________________________________________________
Walter Barnett        Aerospace Engineering        Texas A&M University 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Funny Filenames and Video Weirdness in Task Switching
Keywords: os/2 filenames
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 01:08:33 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.215412.13074@ee.ubc.ca> tedc@ee.ubc.ca (ted chen) writes:
>1)  I seem to get filenames with semicolons and numbers appended to them.  For
>    example, if I d/l a file into my download directory with filename foo.zip
>    then MOVE it (at both DOS and OS/2 command prompts) to another directory
>    for storage, I get some other copies of this file, of 0 byte size, with
>    names like foo.zip;1  foo.zip;2 foo.zip;3 etc clutterring up that directory.
>    Note that these copies are 0 bytes in length, most have correct dates
>    but some have dates of 1985(?).  I cannot delete these files directly,
>    ie. del foo.zip;1 but must use wildcards.  I can only see these files
>    in an OS/2 session, of course.  What are these files and why are they
>    generated?  How can I prevent it?

Strange one -- I haven't heard of the problem.  You can delete the
files by enclosing the filename in quotes, however.  Try:

DEL "foo.zip;1"

>2)  If I have 2 Full Screen sessions going, one OS/2 (TE/2) and one DOS (VPIC)
>    there seem to be video problems when I switch between them.  Here's the
>    process.  Start up TE/2 download, switch away and open up a full screen
>    DOS session, run VPIC, display image, then switch back to TE/2.  When
>    I switch back, the screen has gone bonkers and is filled with multicolour
>    blocks.  If I switch back to TE/2 when I'm only in the VPIC character 
>    based menu, it's no problem.  What's going on here?  Not enough video
>    memory?  I have an ATI Graphics Ultra with 1 MEG (VSVGA enabled).

IBM is aware of the problem, it seems.  I believe there is an APAR on
it, and it should be fixed in the CSD.

In the meantime you can fix the problem, quite often, by opening a
full screen DOS session and then closing it.  Switch back to TE/2, and
the screen should be restored to normal.

>3)  If I open an OS/2 Full screen session right after boot up, my monitor goes
>    into some interlaced mode which is quite undesirable.  BUT if I first
>    open a DOS full screen session (and it goes into the proper NI mode) then
>    re-open an OS/2 Full screen session it goes into the correct mode.  The
>    DOS FS session works right all the time, no matter when I open it, but the
>    OS/2 FS session doesn't work until I "initialize" it with a DOS FS session.
>    I believe my card has been set up correctly in all modes using the INSTALL
>    program supplied.

See your README file -- some cards do, in fact, require this
"initialization," and it is easy to perform automatically.  Again,
check the README file in your root directory for details.

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From: "roger ramsey" <roger.ramsey@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: i've seen nt......
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:48:07 EST
Reply-To: "roger ramsey" <roger.ramsey@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

Stephen Dawson wrote on 08-28-92 regarding UN:I'VE SEEN NT......:

SD>It is better to use OS/2's approach. You have the option of
SD>installing DOS and DOS/Windows support, as well as IOPL status. The
SD>user can decide what level of security is desired.

Why?  The loophole still exists.  A secure system should be secure and 
Microsoft has also stated that it is developing a device driver 
intermediary that will allow some drivers to talk to the NT API to ease 
transition.  In PC Week, corporate evaluators were quoted as saying that 
while the concept of a secure system as defined by the NT API was "a pain 
in the ass" it was also a recognizable and necessary inconvenience that 
they were willing to put up with for enhanced system security. 

SD>Microsoft has been quoted in PC Week as stating emphatically that NT
SD>will go gold in '92.

That means that the disks will go to manufacturing.  it does not mean that 
it will be in the retail channel.  This is a scenario that should be 
familiar to an OS/2 user since IBM "went gold" on March 31 but retail 
product didn't show up in appreciable quantities until a month later.

SD>As for the OS/2 CSD, I have all the fixes already, downloaded
SD>directly from IBM's BBS in Toronto.
SD>
SD>This is far better than waiting for disks to arrive in the mail!

No argument from me, but what about users who don't wish to pay long 
distance charges?  The fixes should be mailed automatically to all 
registered users, if only as a display of good faith.

Roj

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Subject: Re: OS2 doesn't support Hercules? SYS 0355?? what is it?
Organization: UNLV Computer Science
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 22:06:46 GMT

In article <liuyu.714771225@kramden> liuyu@kramden.nyu.edu (Liuyu) writes:
>Before I started to bash OS/2, does OS/2 support Hercules? 

NOPE! VGA or above. 

>I just installed this thing last night. In the middle of installation, it got
>stuck and gave me SYS0355 which I think is about video. Does OS2 auto detect

In case you are wondering, here is the exact help text for SYS0355:

C:\QMODEM>help 0355

SYS0355: The display mode requested is not correct, or the
VIO function requested is not valid for the current display
mode.

EXPLANATION: The mode information may contain values that
cannot be supported by the Video Device Handler or the
requested VIO function cannot be completed using the current
display mode.
ACTION: Refer to the OS/2 Toolkit or any
documentation unique to your Video Device Handler/Adapter
for information regarding which modes are supported by your
video adapter.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: eng30087@nusunix2.nus.sg (_)
Subject: Re: Printing to FILE
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 04:55:03 GMT


--
NAME Alvin Seah
EMAIL eng30087@nusunix2.nus.sg

I tried that but I still cannot print to a file.
  I have two printer objects :
  1) dot matrix printer connected to LPT1
  2) HP Laserjet printer connected to file
I have selected the default printer to be option 2 but all my printer output
still goes to option 1. Any suggestions ?





 


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: IBM Announces PC Reorganization
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 22:22:55 GMT

As expected, IBM today announced a reorganization of its personal
computer division.

At present I do not have details on the reorganization, but apparently
IBM has spun off the Personal Systems Division (with distribution
mechanisms) into an independent subsidiary called the IBM Personal
Computer Company.  This new subsidiary will be introducing a new, low
cost line of personal computers (in addition to maintaining a
"premium" line of current and future PS/2 models).  This company also,
I believe, will develop, sell, and promote OS/2.

If anyone has the official announcement (from IBMLink), feel free to
post.

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From: price@helios.unl.edu (Chad  Price)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: To IBM about Watson Distribution
Keywords: watson, ibm, csd, tech support
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:47:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: helios.price.715628826
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln

This is a note to IBMers who read this news group.

Yesterday I called tech support's 800 number and presented them with a problem
regarding my installation. They solved the problem immediately and suggested
that I obtain the fix from the IBM BBS via a modem. 

I said "Is this available though Internet at software.watson.ibm.com?", and the
support person said "What's Internet?"  This is NOT a good response. I finally
got the person to put me through to his supervisor who had at least heard of
the ftp site, but said he was totally unaware that OS/2 fixes were being posted
there and made available for the general public's retrieval.

It seems to me that the people at the 800-technical support number should be
aware of all of the places to obtain the csd-like updates and that the ftp site
should be publicized rather than "hidden", although I only mean that it is not
a part of the tech's normal training information, not truely hidden.

Is the watson ftp site "unofficial", or is it "officially" sanctioned? If it is
official, someone should inform all of the technical support personel of what
is there and how to get at it.

Just a suggestion to IBM.. (NOT a flame).


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From: ejh@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Gateway 2000 Telepath won't Fax
Date: 27 Aug 92 05:34:39 GMT
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing

I have a Gateway 2000 486/33 and I have just recently purchased their Telepath
fax/modem.  I had some of the problems mentioned in this listing with getting
com3 IRQ5 to work, but now the modem is running great.  However, my problem is
with the FAX.  It can not be found on the COM port.  I am trying to use WinFax
Pro.  Simply because this came with the Fax.  Has anyone else had a similar
problem?

     I also have a problem running Xtalk for windows under OS/2.  It seems to
sit and buffer data for an awful long time and then it will eventually complete
all the commands that I had typed in.  I turned the buffering off in Xtalk, but
that did not seem to help much.  Can someone give me a hand here?

Thanks in advance for your help!
From: freeman@eagle (Jay Freeman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Install stuck on Disk 2, any clues?
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:11:50 GMT
Organization: Sangamon State University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Hello all, I'm trying to install OS/2 2.0 on a new machine here at work.
It's a clone mothrboard, with AMD bios, and an AMD 40 MHz processor. The
installation starts normally, with the exception of mangled text at the
bottom of the initial blue screen. I get as far as fdisk, where I can 
partition, set up boot manager etc. When I've finished that, I get prompted 
for Disk 2, Hit Enter. When the enter key is pressed, the machine beeps, the
disk light comes on for about 2 seconds, and I'm back at the same prompt.
This can be repeated indefinitely. Anybody have a fix or a workaround for
this?

Thanks, Jay

email: freeman@eagle.sangamon.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: nyet@cco.caltech.edu (n liu)
Subject: Re: Os/2 and Jpeg, viewers available? I'd write one, but
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 09:10:23 GMT

I started to play with the jpeg group's c/djpeg and hiview and
gcc, but I lack a PM API reference... As soon as i get one i'll try
and slam one out. Any good recommendations?
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: joshi@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Anil Joshi)
Subject: Word Perfect for Windows is not running...What did I do wrong?..Anil
Keywords: Word Perfect, OS/2, WIN-OS/2 and Windows
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:31:46 GMT


Hi all:

   I have installed word perfect for windows (5.1) in a dos full screen on a
HPFS OS/2 installation. I got al the icons alright, but when I try to launch
word perfect, I get upto the wordperfect editing screen but then I get a
"Application error" screen with the message


"WPWINFIL has caused an error in WIN-OS/2*. GP Fault in Module : WPWINFIL.EXE
at 0001:0031

Press OK to close application



     ------------
     |		|
     |	  OK	|
     |		|
     ------------
"


What have I done wrong? Do I have to include some DLLs in the libpath?
Thanks for any help

Anil Joshi
joshi@cs.uiuc.edu




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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ProComm Plus dies in background
Keywords: Procomm
Date: 26 Aug 92 19:53:30 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <l9m9nmINNldt@lovelady.cs.utexas.edu> graham@cs.utexas.edu (Ralph Arnold Graham) writes:
>Procomm Plus runs fine in a DOS full-screen - until I do something in the
>foreground.  When I return to PCP, I find that it has stopped exactly where
>it was when it went into the background.  This happens not only on downloads,
>but when it is just sitting there at the UNIX prompt on my school account.
>At that point, my only option is to close the application.  If I then redial
>without leaving Procomm, it dials fine and detects a carrier, but I never
>get the "connect" message - it just times out after the handshaking.  If I
>exit PCP and re-enter, all is well again.
>
>I'm running this on a 386-20 (not SX), a USR 2400 baud internal, and have
>8 megs of RAM.  For DOS settings I have the following changes to the default
>settings:
>	COM_HOLD		ON
>	HW_TIMER		ON
>	IDLE_SECONDS		10 (have tried 60)
>	IDLE_SENSITIVITY	100

I assume you have DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION set to ON.  Otherwise,
it'll be locked when backgrounded.  If you're running in a
non-standard video mode (like 132x44 text), then OS/2 may suspend it
in the background from an inability to virtualize it.

I normally run PCPLUS in a windowed session when downloading (that
almighty ALT-HOME key!) so I can watch the progress while playing
Klondike. 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
From: hamilton_b@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Subject: Re: OS/2 Win3.1 support *better* than MS!
Reply-To: hamilton_b@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 19:47:37 GMT

In article <1992Aug29.005927.8621@actrix.gen.nz>, Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>In New Zealand, we are looking forward to the "Spring" CSD.......Sept 22 - Dec
>22........:-)
> 
>Steve

Funny, I thought that seasons were calendar months, and that the shortest/
longest days aren't involved.

>-- 
>Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | If you don't vote for MMP on 
>Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz         |  September 19, 1992, then you 
>withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz            |  must like things the way they 
>**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! ****       |  are.....can I live with YOU?

 Bruce Hamiton         hamilton_b@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
                       srgxbhh@grv.grace.cri.nz

 *** Certainly NOT a happy user of OS/2. I'm STILL waiting for my free
     OS/2 v1.3 to v2 upgrade, and bored with :-
     - all the " 2-3 weeks " broken promises
     - the need for me to continually request information
     - the fact I've never had a promised callback
     - the current implication that it's my fault for wanting 5.25" disks
     I hope I receive the upgrade in time for Microsoft's cross-grade
     to Win NT, but I'm not holding my breath!   ******