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From: ccusekh@prism.gatech.EDU (Kevin Hodge)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: ultrastor vs. adaptec for Gateway2000 owners
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:05:13 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I thought I would pass the following information to owners of Gateway2000
(or those contemplating purchase of a GW2000).  I recently received one
of their 486DX2-50 EISA machines.  Originally, the sales droid told me 
that the SCSI controller was an Adaptec 1742.  However, when the machine
arrived, it had an UltraStor 24F instead.  From reading this newsgroup, I
understood that the UltraStor would work with the generic driver provided
by IBM.  Tech support at UltraStor confirmed this and added that performance
would be degraded.  UltraStor was, however, working feverishly on the OS/2 2.0
drivers, he assured me.  When I pressed him for details, he admitted that they
have not reached the beta test stage.  Well, I decided that I did not want
to wait and called tech support at Gateway.  After being on hold for about
two minutes, I was connected to one of the tech support staff.  She said that
I could have the Adaptec instead and it would arrive tomorrow or the next day,
including all necessary software and instructions.  Pretty good service in my
opinion.  Of course, I have no interest in Gateway2000, Adaptec, or UltraStor.

-- 
Kevin A. Hodge                |   "I'll show you a life of the mind!"
Engineering Psychology        |            Madman Mundt
Georgia Tech                  |
From: rp14@prism.gatech.EDU (PRADO,RONALD J)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Help! Deleted files on HPFS
Date: 20 Aug 92 13:12:35 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Are there any programs available yet to recover deleted files on
a HPFS drive?  I've noticed the undelete command in OS/2 but 
unfortunately I didn't have my config.sys file set up to use it
before I deleted my files.

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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Print Questions and the New 32 bit Version
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:48:06 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.203122.14430@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>>1) Anyone figure out how to drop a text icon (Word, Describe, etc.) onto a prin
>>ter (HP Laserjet 3) and have it print out correctly?
>As far as I can tell, this will only work if the word processor is
>written to hook into the WPS.  None do right now.

This is not precisely correct.  DeScribe 3.0 (32-bit) for OS/2
presently includes at least some SOM/WPS hooks.  I am not sure if this
is one of them.

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From: ks3l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenton Shaver)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: I've seen NT......and I'll take OS/2 2.0 thanks!
Date: 19 Aug 92 10:40:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.0eYdKdG00VpK49L5QX
	<438@casemo.UUCP>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


In article <1992Aug17.201353.3278@news.columbia.edu>, mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.e\
du (Meir I Green) writes:
 
> I don't have that kind of money to spend.  IBM's package is inaccessable to
> the typical home user who, in my opinion, is likely to have a spare machine
> or laptop which he will want to network on occasion.  It is too bad that I
> can't use IBM TCP-IP, since it would cost me more than it is worth to me.

This is exactly what that Dvorak person who writes for PC Magazine
wants you to think, but he made it appear as if he was jumping on
the OS/2 bandwagon.  Then, when his reader's defenses are lowered,
Dvorak starts talking about how OS/2 blew out his 486DX/2 - 50mHz
and it can't possibly be run with anything less than a ----

Microsoft never had better ad copy.  His article was ALMOST,
but not quite, subtly slanted. 

Did anyone see the article in PC Magazine by one of their columnests
(a feature article) that sort of "compared" a NeXTstation to a PC
to a something-else and of course the PC won hands down.  What does
the reader expect from PC Magazine?  A declaration that the NeXT
is better and they are all better off reading NeXTworld?

Mr. Z seems to be the only honest columnest there.

KWS
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: Ghostscript redrawing error
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:53:18 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.123247.2532@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, 
funka@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Andreas Funk) writes:
> i have some trouble using Ghostscript for OS/2:
> 
> Any time, the preview window is overlapped by another window,
> the other window stays on top of the ghostscript window.

The author has previously replied that the overhead to redraw the window
was excessive. Look for previous posts on this topic.
From: X049BC@tamvm1.tamu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 SVGA (Still) troubles
Date: 20 Aug 92 20:26:11 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University


 
Well, here goes: I have a NICE chipset (brand, not opinion ;> ) '486, 64KB
cache, 16MB RAM, Trident 8900 SVGA w/1MB, 100MB IDE, 200MB IDE, and am getting
the Olde DOS Swap Video Garbage Problem. I tried the VSVGA.SYS, etc. video fix,
but to no avail. Per the FAQ list, I have tried setting RETRACE_EM to "off",
NOTIFY_MODE to "on", and still no help. Can anyone help me puzzle this out?
Thanks!
Bill
 
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    w-chase@tamu.edu       | The opinions expressed above came from
    College Station, TX    | nowhere. When my boss wants my opinion,
    (That's TEKS-is, y'all)| he gives it to me.
                           | "Imagine a society where people pay good
    C.S. Lewis      -----> | money to watch a five-course meal being
    (paraphrase)           | unveiled, dish by dish, but not eaten."
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From: bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu (Bruce Dubbs)
Subject: Re: Whats needed to run E.EXE?
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:21:15 GMT

In article <19AUG199208472481@cl2.cl.uh.edu> CSCI11BA@cl.uh.edu writes:
>Greetings,
>
>I just made myself a bootable floppy with MAKEBOOT.CMD, and now I am 
>trying to figure out how to invoke the system editor (E.EXE)... 
>with no luck.  It seems the more DLL's I point to in config.sys, the
>more trouble I am getting myself into.  Id like to be able to put
>E.EXE on a floppy, and run it from there, just in case the HD crashes, etc.
>
>So, can anybody tell me what I need to stick on the floppy in order to 
>execute the system editor without the system telling me it cant find
>'xxxx'.DLL???
>

If you get the TEDP090.ZOO file at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in
/pub/os2/all/editors (I think) you will have the OS2 version of TED -
this is the Tiny Editor that was orignally published in PC magazine a
couple of years ago.

I tried it on my boot disk and it works fine for that type of fix-up
application. 
   -- Bruce



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From: AV@vnet.ibm.com (Anton Versteeg)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 13:00:37 CET
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: Help!! Can't shutdown anymore ...
Reply-To: AV@vnet.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Uithoorn - Netherlands
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0

In <1992Aug18.090438.24566@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Wey Jing HO writes:
>I've previously ignored reading articles of the same title. Now, I can't
>do a normal shutdown anymore. This happened after playing with a few things,
>among them is setting "SVGA ON".
>
>Any advice to shutdown .... or should I just hit the power switch?
>Thanks for any advice.
>
Before you power off, first hit CTRL+ALT+DEL.
As soon as the system starts the IPL sequence you can do a power off.

>--
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>Wey Jing Ho    Tel: 61-3-573-2567   E-mail : sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au<
>>Physics Dept., Monash University ( Caulfield Campus ), Melbourne, AUSTRALIA<
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>

Anton Versteeg - IBM - Uithoorn Netherlands - TEAMOS2 NL
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kurtk@ee.ualberta.ca (Kurt Klingbeil)
Subject: COM cards with IRQ > 7 for ISA ?
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:04:39 GMT

Is there such a thing ?  I'm not talking about the multi $100, 4-or-8 port
proprietary jobs that require special drivers, and are usually used for
multi-user systems.  I mean a regular rinkeydink COM card with a '16-bit'
card edge that allows jumpering the IRQ up into the 9-15 region...

A related thing I'm curious about...  does the 16550 UART  have a buffer
only on the receive side, or is there one on the Tx side as well ?
It seems almost too obvious to ask, but that would be a way to get around
the 1k interrupt/second limitation...

Perhaps, before long, there will be a 'C' release of that chip?

-- k(sup)2
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Don Smith)
Subject: Re: Two PMSHELLs running?
Originator: djs6015@ultb
Organization: R.I.T.
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 13:49:44 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.171039.2596@colorado.edu> doug@shako.Colorado.EDU (Doug McKnight) writes:
:
:If I use "procs" it reports that PMSHELL is running twice. Is this normal?
:I suspect not and that it is a result of an imperfect recovery from a disaster
:that left me with two desktops. 
:
:How can I tidy up? Killem does nothing on one of these processes and on the 
:other it just shuts down the wps which then restarts itself. 

Procs also reports two PMSHELLs are running on my system. I think that
this is part of OS/2's normal operation. I don't think that this is a
left over PMSHELL from a crash which restarts now, because I have my
config.sys set for "SET RESTARTOBJECTS=STARTUPFOLDERSONLY"	and I still
have the two.

eh, I could be wrong though.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX))
Subject: ATM Type 1 Fonts
Reply-To: frigo@psl.wisc.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Physical Science Lab
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 14:10:24 GMT

Just a reminder for those who do the PostScript printer upgrade sometime,
you must order the Adobe Plus Pack to get the rest of the screen fonts in
order to have all Type 1 fonts for the screen.  It took a call to Adobe to
figure this out.  I wish that IBM would have included this info in the 
OS/2 bundle instead of the Adobe flyer offering one type set of novelty
fonts for $59.  The plus pack is $76 (academic price).

Sean Frigo
frigo@src.wisc.edu
What is your quest?

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: giani@nexus.yorku.ca (John Sfetsas)
Subject: IBMTOK_NIF problem...
Originator: giani@nexus.yorku.ca
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:18:49 GMT

Hello OS2 netland,

I have a problem and I was wondering if somebody can help me.
I am trying to install the Novell lan requesters to access Novell servers
from my PC, running OS2 2.0 and TCP/IP. While booting up I get the following
error message :
Program error while trying to bind IBMTOK_NIF.
Press return to continue

Then OS2 comes up and I am able to access any Novell server BUT the TCP/IP
does not work even though it seems that comes up alright.

Does any of you have any suggestions about it ?

I really appreciate your help.

Thanks Ioannis.
Reach me at : giani@gumby.ccs.yorku.ca
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From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: bernoulli 90 and os/2
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 15:05:59 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting
Distribution: comp

"andrew makiejewski" <andrew.makiejewski@canrem.com> writes:


>A friend of mine has the Bernoulli 90 system and is seriously thinking
>of getting OS/2. I have no idea if OS/2 will work with the unit. He just
>wants to get access to the unit. He also wants to know if the cartridges
>can be formatted in HPFS mode.

Iomega has released os/2 v2.0 drivers for the Bernoulli boxes for $49.
I have the drivers and they work. Cartridges can be formatted for HPFS
but, HPFS cartridges cannot be removed while the system is running.
Shutdown is required. The cartridge drives can be used without os/2
drivers by using the os/2 VDISK command to create a bootable dos image
containing Iomega dos drivers.  The disadvantage of this is that the
cartridge drives can only be accessed from that dos session.

-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
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The Drug War is a government-sponsored, taxpayer-financed,
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: patzel@julia.informatik.uni-ulm.de (Martin Patzel)
Subject: Re: Packet drivers in a DOS box in OS2 2.0
Summary: Can one use packet drivers in DOS boxes?
Keywords: packet drivers DOS
Organization: Fakultaet fuer Informatik
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:25:45 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.234817.3658@ksgbbs.harvard.edu> timb@ksgbbs.harvard.edu (Tim Buehrer - 625-6829) writes:

>Is it possible use packet drivers in a DOS box on the same card that one is
>using to communicate with a Novell network using the OS2 requestor?  I want to
>run some communications programs in a DOS box (Charon gateways, rarp servers,
>and some telnetd programs.)  Any suggestions?

I didn't try it with the same card, but we are using two cards (because we 
lack a OS/2 driver for the NI5210 card). We may use the OS/2 requester with 
one card (eg. NE2000) to run multiple VDM's. In one (only one!) Dos window I 
can load the NI5210 packet driver and use Charon or NCSA-Telnet. This works 
fine.

BTW: Charon (3.4) sometimes crashes with an illegal instruction in the DOS-
Box. Does someone know why? Did anyone have a similar problem?

Martin Patzel
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: OS2 won't install, need quick help
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 21:44:52 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.163846.9139@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
>I may have missed a few things or so, but I haven't had time to go
>through the manuals thouroughly and won't have for a while. So I
>need someone to clear this matter in very few words.
>I am trying to install OS/2 2.0 on a 486-33, 17Meg RAM, Seagate ST-1102
>harddisk, AMI BIOS, 3.5 and 5.25 floppy, 4*serial, 2*parallel, no-name
>IBM clone. It reads the install disk fine, asks for disk 1 and when inserted
>complains "disk read error, insert install disk and try again" or something
>similar. I tried doing as it says in the readme when not installing on
>a MCA-bus machine, but no go. What's up?! Anybody seen this and knows
>the answer? Will I be able to ever install OS/2 (then HOW?) or not at all?

Try switching the system to its slower speed (often 8 MHz) -- some
floppy drives have subtle timing problems when running on very fast
systems.

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From: jwhite@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Joseph White)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Need help choosing a SCSI Hard Drive,etc
Date: 12 Aug 92 19:48:07 GMT
Organization: Annapolis Detachment, CARDEROCKDIV, NSWC  Code 2723 
	      (formerly David Taylor Research Center, Annapolis MD)

I know that this has probably been beaten to death in this newgroup,
but at the time I didn't think I needed a new drive 8-(.

I have a Zenith 386/25 ISA bus computer with 4Mb ram (soon to be 20Mb!!), and
am looking to get a new hard drive.  I talked to the guy in computer
support today, and if I tell them what I want, they will get a price
and order it for me, if I give them a job order number with enough money.

He tried to talk me into getting an IDE drive, they already have the
controllers in stock.  It is my understanding that IDE drives can not
be low level formatted, and I don't want one for that reason.  Please
correct me if that is wrong, or do newer drives come with software to
do a low level format, without screwing up the drive?

As far as getting a SCSI drive and Controller goes, I have seen enough
recommendations in this group, that I have decided to get an Adaptec
1542B controller.  I am looking for a Hard drive in the 200 - 300Mb
range, any recommendations.  Also is the controller capable of using
a tape drive to back up the hard drive, and if so can anyone suggest
a tape drive to get, SCSI or not?

Thanks in advance for any responses
please send e-mail to: jwhite@oasys.dt.navy.mil

I read this newsgroup, but because of the large number of articles every
day, I hit the 'n' and 'k' keys pretty quick, so I might miss posted
info, but I'll try to find it if you post it!

Joe White
jwhite@oasys.dt.navy.mil
Waiting for more memory, and new Drive to install OS/2, I got it yesterday,
Airborne couldn't find my house for 2 days, maybe IBM should ship UPS
2nd day air, I know UPS can find my house!
From: dn@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Daniel Neades)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 11:40:39 GMT
Subject: Memory problems (where to get a RAM check utility)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Reply-To: dn@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Daniel Neades)

Anyone know of any pd/sharewhare RAM test utilities (failing that, something
not too expensive)?  My brother is having problems (keeps getting memory
parity errors).

Thanks in advance,

Daniel.
From: dtl8v@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Heracleitus)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Win NT support in OS/2
Date: 13 Aug 92 17:14:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: murdoch.1992Aug13.171458.883
Organization: University of Virginia



>
>This is the most idiotic article I've ever seen on the net.  Why should
>IBM support Windows NT, which is supposed to be OS/2's opponent? We've
>gotten enough of those bullshit expressed by those who are supposed
>to have brains. The support of Windows 3.0/DOS is used to ease the
>pain of *migrating* the users into the OS/2 2.0 kingdom. If you like 
>Windows NT, go get the CD ROM and leave us alone.
>
>If I were the person in charge of OS/2, my first goal is to make 
>OS/2 2.0 slim enough, rather than bloat it by adding the other 
>nonsense like Windows x.y or DOG 6.0.
>
>*FLAME OFF*
>
>
>On the other hand, *if* OS/2 3.0 is to be designed as a microkernel-based
>system, I'd like to see a pure 32-bit OS/2 on top of a Mach kernel. But,
>no more *Windows* please, I am getting disgusted whenever I open the
>windows of my apartment.
>
>
>
>Wen-Chun Ni

  Flame all you want, Mr.  I was just seeking information.  It is a
FACT that IBM licensed the code to Windows NT from Microsoft and
should therefore have the RIGHT to include the NT kernel in OS/2 3.0.
It is a FACT that MS Windows dominates the marketplace, despite
pig-headed elitists who may know better but refuse to recognize de
facto standards in favor of arguably better systems which have little
or no market share.  It is a FACT that MS's unstoppable (seemingly)
marketing department has drummed up support for NT software from
vendors, and therefore, that software will (most likely) become
available.  It would therefore be in IBM's best interest to use their
license to support the running of that software, even if they'd rather
see the software written for OS/2 instead.  After all, IBM's stated
goal is to provide an "Integrating Platform" that supports DOS,
Windows, and OS/2 software all.  Sure, it would be nice to see a Mach
kernel, but NEXTStep for the 486 should be available next year.  So
kiss off and go back to fiddling with Unix and PLEASE forget about the
millions of Windows and DOS and OS/2 users out here and ignore this
newsgroup altogether!

Doug Lamb
University of Virginia
dtl8v@Virginia.EDU
From: ak@ananke.stgt.sub.org (Andreas Kaiser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: 1280x1024x16 colors with os/2!!! 
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 01:40:12 GMT
Organization: ananke


In article <f95mdlr.feustel@netcom.com> feustel@netcom.com writes:

  > I've seen a 1280x1024 display of the os/2 workplace shell. I want it!
  > The display and controller are from IBM!!! The hardware currently
  > costs 6000. Ask for The IBM Image Adapter/A w 3 megabytes and the 6091
  > color display. This is microchannel hardware.

You can even run 1600x1200 in 16 colors (interlaced) on a multiscan
like the EIZO/NANAO 660.

But the drivers seem to be 1.3 drivers with only the version check
changed, since there is absolutely no virtualization, not even the
simple one of the current 8514 drivers. Using the current drivers, you
cannot run WinOS2 on IA if the IA is used for the PM desktop. If you
want WinOS2 on IA, all you can do is to run a single WinOS2 session on
IA with the desktop running XGA/VGA on a separate display - we have
such a configuration running, to get the better OS/2 network & MO-drive
support for someone running Windows applications.

		Gruss, Andreas

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