HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: np4@prism.gatech.EDU (Nick Pomponio)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Moving programs out of WIN-OS/2 Full Screen
Date: 12 Oct 92 12:48:33 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In <1992Oct11.201517.610@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:

>In article <70816@hydra.gatech.EDU> np4@prism.gatech.EDU (Nick Pomponio) writes:
->I installed Freelance for Windows as per the instructions, but somehow it
->ended up in the Win-OS/2 "folder", so I have to run it under full-screen
->Windows emulation. I would like to run it seamlessly from the WPS desktop.

>If your display driver supports it (i.e. stock VGA or Trident 800x600
>16 colors), you can run Freelance for Windows seamlessly simply by
>going to its program object, clicking on it with mouse button two,
>selecting Open -> Settings, then going to the second page of the
>notebook settings and clicking on the Win-OS/2 seamless button.

>If I'm missing something in your question, please let me know.

>-- 
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The problem is that there's no program object to click on! I have to go to
the Win-OS/2 "folder" (it's not really a folder - the icon is a set of
glass windows) in order to run it. Once there, I'm essentially in full-
screen Windows so that there are no settings I can alter. The Freelance
"object" is a Windows icon, and it doesn't respond to MB2.

I will probably end up re-installing F4W, but I'm persuing this more for
curiousity than anything else. If a user can't move an app out of full-
screen Win-OS/2 into the Windows container for seamless access, then
that is a problem that should at least be documented.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net (Orville R. Weyrich)
Subject: Re: Biff
Reply-To: uunet.uu.net!weyrich!orville
Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 09:00:06 GMT

In article <1687EA8D3.CFORDE@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca> CFORDE@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca writes:
>In article <1992Oct12.012625.17468@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
>steck@ccs.northeastern.edu (Paul Steckler) writes:
> 
>>I AM contemplating writing PMBiff (I've already asserted my copyright
>>on that name :-)), if enough folks demand it.  You're about the
>>3rd person to ask about it.  From what I know about PM, this
>>is an easy port.  Anyone else interested?
> 
>What is Biff and what can it do for me?

Biff is a dog.

Biff barks at the mail-man.

The computerized Biff barks at users when new e-mail arrives.

:-)


orville

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs)
Subject: Re: WPS Lockup
In-reply-to: sangercd@nextnet.csus.edu's message of Fri, 9 Oct 1992 05:07:14 GMT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
	<1992Oct9.050714.28035@csus.edu>
Date: 9 Oct 92 07:16:28

In article <1992Oct9.050714.28035@csus.edu> sangercd@nextnet.csus.edu (Carl D. Sanger) writes:
>In article <woRcsB2w165w@hogbbs.scol.pa.us> jammin@hogbbs.scol.pa.us (Ben Barrett) writes:
>>wmammel@hoss.unl.edu (Bill Mammel) writes:
>>
>>> Does any one know how to change the password that is associated with
>>> Lockup Now?  I tried Lockup when I got my GA, forgot the password, installed
n>>> the beta over the existing system.  I have tried looking through the
>>> INI files but can't find it.
>>
>>but it's cool, it saves my screen - i set the screen blank to 1 min, the 
>>least amt possible, so now when i leave my comp, i just lockup....
>>
>>                                        Ben Barrett
>
> The only problem is if you incorrectly type the password, you have to wait
> for the timeout period (just 1 minute in the above case) before OS/2 will
> accept another password attempt.  So if you plan to the Lockup as a screen
> blanker only, pick a simple password.  I use the space bar.

What timeout period?  I mistype my password all the time.  After hitting
<return>, I just type the correct password immediately.  No need to wait.
--
Steve Jacobs  ({bellcore,hplabs,uunet}!utah-cs!jacobs, jacobs@cs.utah.edu)
"Be afraid.  Be very afraid.  I have K-10 offsuit...."
From: aaron@spectrx.saigon.com (Aaron Anderer - System)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DON'T BUY OS/2 -- IBM IS HORRIBLE
Keywords: NT = overpriced
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 18:20:57 PDT
Organization: SPECTROX SYSTEMS (408)252-1005 Silicon Valley, Ca

gonzaled@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (LGV/MC) writes:

> Tazzie@cup.portal.com (Jon S Novak) writes:
> 
> >I just got off the phone with IBM Tech Support.  If I want to be able
> >to use my CD-ROM drive (Creative Labs SBPRO MM Upgrade Kit) then I 
> >have to either (A) buy an IBM cd-rom drive or (B) buy their 
> >'Multimedia Package' software for $500 bucks.  Are they out of their
> >minds?   I just spent $100 for a program that was 'compatable with
> >windows and dos programs' but in order for ME to be compatable, I must
> >spend $500 more?  With customer support like that, it's no wonder that
> >their stocks are falling.  My only suggestion is to keep away from IBM
> >and stick with good ole reliable Microsoft (Can't wait for Windows NT)
> >Furthermore, in their 'readme' file it tells you about problems with certain
> >functions of some programs, and their solution? 'Don't use those features' N
> 
> Oh yeah.  Well, golly, it just looks like NT is going to be the greatest
> best most super duper operating system the world has ever seen.
> And there won't be a thing wrong with it..
> 

From What I've heard, NT is going to Retail for around $1k.  Even if it
works, that is a lot.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Install on HP Vectra QS/20
Keywords: HP, HPHIL, HIL, mouse, 3C501, thinlan
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 01:31:39 GMT

In article <Oct09.191626.5439@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> tom@longs.lance.colostate.edu (Tom Aurand) writes:
>I want to install 2.0 on an HP Vectra QS/20.
>I have 2 problems:
>1.  I need a driver for the HP HIL mouse.
>2.  I need a driver for or other info regarding
>	installing  TCPIP on the HP27210B ThinLAN
>	network card which is almost exactly a
>	3C501.

Sounding like a broken record, both should be available via anonymous
ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

The HP LAN drivers are in a file called hplanb.zip, right now in
/pub/uploads.  I'm not sure where the HIL mouse drivers are, but check
the index file, /pub/os2/00Index.

3Com has an anonymous ftp site (ftp.3com.com?).  You might check there
as well.

-- 
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sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
From: figueroa@ELLIEMAE.CS.NYU.EDU (Samuel A. Figueroa)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: adding PS fonts to OS/2 ?
Keywords: PS font pfa
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:56:17 GMT
Organization: New York University

In a previous article, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>In article <1992Oct07.142512.10751@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> ucgadkw@ucl.ac.uk (Dominik Wujastyk) writes:
>>
>>Using the Font Palette/Edit font/Add routines from the OS/2 WPS,
>>I am able to add the Charter font to my system.  This seems
>>simply to consist of copying the files to c:\os2\dll -- am I right?
>
>It also adds a few entries to OS2.INI (or OS2SYS.INI, I forget which).
>The files can be placed anywhere, not just in \os2\dll.  I tell the
>font palette to place them in \psfonts, so the .pfb files can be
>shared with win-os2.

I have tried putting the .pfb and .afm files in other directories, and while
the font palette knows where the files are and which fonts were installed,
it can't display them in the sample box.  I asked in this newsgroup what I
needed to do in order to fix this, and no one was able to tell me how.  I then
called IBM's OS/2 help number, and I was told that OS/2 was not very config-
urable at this time, and that the font files should reside in \os2\dll on the
drive on which OS/2 was installed.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: giguere@csg.uwaterloo.ca (Eric Giguere)
Subject: What do you recommend for CompuServe?
Originator: giguere@csg.uwaterloo.ca
Organization: Computer Systems Group, University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:36:30 GMT

I want to access the IBMOS2 conferences on CompuServe and I'd rather do
it offline as much as possible.  What software packages do you recommend?
OS/2 would be best, but I can live with DOS or Windows navigators...

-- 
 Eric Giguere                                    giguere@csg.UWaterloo.CA
          So is Windows NT short for "Windows, NOT?"
From: gjocc@brt.deakin.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Irwin tape drive/software?
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:04:01 GMT
Organization: C&CS, Deakin University

I need to restore some files to a HPFS disk that were backed up
using the DOS version of EZ Tape 2.22.
(when I was still running DOS)

I thought I would be able to run EZ Tape in a DOS session but it
doesn't work, the program runs, accesses the drive
but it can't read the tape.

I tried a few things like:
 booting a DOS session from floppy
 not loading the OS/2 floppy driver
 changing some DOS session parameters

My tape drive is on the floppy controller.

It will be a while before I can get hold of EZ Tape PM, any ideas
to help me out in the short term?

BTW how much is EZ Tape PM in the States? It is very expensive in
Australia almost as much as the Irwin tape drive itself.
Is IBM's PM Tape cheaper?


Greg O'Sullivan
(gjocc@brt.deakin.edu.au)
From: seanm@remus.rutgers.edu (sean marrinan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 And Soundblaster Pro Multimedia Kit
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:27:11 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

I also have this kit.  If anyone can send me  information I would
appreciate it.

seanm@remus.ruters.edu
From: mg15@prism.gatech.EDU (Glynn,Mike)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: DOS windows have no curser or text...HELP
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:02:01 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Whenever I open a DOS window it is useless
No Curser, no text and if I change the font it hangs the machine!
Any solutions?
The machine(s) are PS/2s
one has a 8518 and the other uses an Image adapter A

Thanks,
Mike Glynn
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: CCOF50@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Lynda Schneiderman)
Subject: Re: Please explain '.inf' files! What are they?
Organization: Motorola
Date: 14 Oct 1992 17:38:05 CDT

>I asked about a week ago about what I need to write *.INF files, but
>noone has replied yet. So I try once more in this thread: What kind of
>applicataion do I need to write *.INF files, and where can I get it?

I am not sure where you can find it for OS/2 2.0 but under OS/2 1.2,
the format of the .INF help files was documented in the OS/2 Programming
Tools and Information Guide.  This may be a good place to start.

Lynda Schneiderman
Motorola, Inc.

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: need converter PM MetaFile -> any W4W format
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 01:13:21 GMT

In article <pst.718620944@guug.de> pst@guug.de (Peter Stroemmer) writes:
>I'm looking for a converter that gives me any Word for Windows readable
>format out of PM metafiles. PCX preferred. Is there such a thing.
>If there is not, a documentation on the PM MetaFile format would do.
>Any help is appreciated!

First I should say that Word for Presentation Manager does handle PM
Metafiles.  So if you have access to that version, try it.

You'll at least be able to get a PM metafile into the Clipboard by
using the Picture Viewer applet in OS/2 System -> Productivity.
Assuming you installed it, of course.  Open the file, then select
Copy.  Make sure Word for Windows is running while you do this.  Then,
try switching to Word and select Paste.  With luck it will go through.

-- 
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sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ddavis@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Dave Davis)
Subject: recommended new machine for OS/2 ?
Summary: Looking new machine which will best support OS/2 and Windows
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 21:36:40 GMT
Keywords: hardware, local bus

I am looking for a new machine (I do not have an 80X86 machine at the moment)
which will provide the best "bang for the buck."  I've been looking mostly at
a local bus system (Gateway's 66MHz 486DX2) or an EISA system.  Will OS/2
benefit from the local bus graphics card (the ATI Ultra Plus in the Gateway)
or is that mainly a Windows advantage?  Price is an issue, so I'm going with
8Mb of RAM to start with.  I have a 16" monitor already (Nanao) which will
bring down the additional system cost.  I also have a Diamond Speedstar Plus
card with 1Mb (to be sold if the ATI card is purchased).  Any advice?  

Thanks...

dave davis
ddavis@aeha1.apgea.army.mil (preferred)
ddavis@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 on 386sx - How is speed?
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:10:05 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <GKUSHMER.92Oct13124913@jade.tufts.edu> gkushmer@jade.tufts.edu (Greg Kushmerek) writes:
>I have, in a drawer at home, a number of fully functioning Intel Above 
>Boards with piggybacks.  Each of these total 4 megs of ram and slide right
>into a 16 bit expansion slot.  The chips are all 120ns.  Seeing what 
>Steve had to say makes me wonder - should I dig these out and stick
>them in my machine?  
>
>I can put more of my 4x9 70ns SIMMS on my motherboard except that I do
>not have the cash to by memory right now (I'm surprised I'm eating
>actually :-).  Does anyone have any experience with this?  Recommendations?
>
>Would these slower chips accessed through the 16 bit slot actually slow
>down OS/2?

1) Any memory on a 16-bit card will be restricted to the 0-16MB memory
   range.  Which means that if your total memory is more than 16MB,
you're going to have to (somehow) make sure that your motherboard
memory occupies an address space above that of the AboveBoard memory.
This could be an impossibility.

2) The slower memory shouldn't be too much of a problem.  I'd have
   preferred 100ns dRAM on the board, but 120ns will do with a wait
state.  Yes this memory will be slower, but I think your biggest speed
loss will be from 16-bit access across an 8MHz bus, so the RAM speed
shouldn't be as much of an issue as you may think.  I think OS/2 will
detect slow memory and adjust its memory usage schemes accordingly.

3) If the memory all fits within your first 16MB of memory (or if you
   can do the maybe-impossible memory arrangement I described in
section 1) then give it a try.  It can't hurt.  I doubt it could crash
the computer.  If performance improves, leave the board in.
Otherwise, remove it.
-- 
David Charlap         |"there aren't 50,000 things for which it's worth writing
dic5340@hertz.njit.edu| software; and the computer industry doesn't have enough
----------------------+ programmers to create that much good software.
Therefore, most of it must be worthless" -- Boris Beizer "The Frozen Keyboard"
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: Microsoft Mouse Behavior in Win OS/2
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 14:19:40 GMT

Thought I'd post about a little experiment I did last night.  I've seen some
posts about non-ideal Mouse behavior in Win OS/2 (beta 3.1 mostly).  I'm
running the beta, and wasen't really noticing problems, but was curious about
trying the 'real' MS Mouse driver(s) and using the 'Control Panel' applet
(POINT.EXE)  Well, it works, and very well too!  I perceive the behavior to
be identical to 'real' WIn 3.1 and you get that nice big mouse cursor if you
want.  Seems to me to be smoother, check it out if you have a Microsoft Mouse.
I have ver 8.2 of the mouse driver (just pointed to my MS /MOUSE directory
in the Win OS/2 3.1 .INI file) and installed the MS Mouse Control Panel 
(POINT.EXE) in Win OS/2 3.1

Somebody might know more about this though:
I never figured out how MS intended the choice of pointers (big, small etc) to
'stick' after selecting them, ie upon reboot, the pointer isn't big after 
choosing that size.  I see in the .INI file something that indicates size, but
still couldn't get it to 'come up' that way every time.  If one simply clicks
on the Control Panel applet and hits Enter or 'OK' the big cursor is the 
default.  For this specific type of program, a utility called 'nonag2.exe' 
works pretty well.  It's designed to be used 'in front of' programs which
display some kind of message which requires a simple <CR> to get rid of it, ie
'nagware messages'.  Note I am not really interested in discussing the ethics
of the nonag program if someone was about to flame.  I'm simply using it to
solve my problem.  It is available at 129.70.20.84 (cica) in the /pub/pc/win3
area

So it works well for this little mouse problem, after 
putting it in the startup folder, the Control Panel is started and the default
large cursor is selected.  There must be some better way though.

--Don Lindbergh
dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting)
Subject: Re: VideoBlaster and OS/2
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 10:59:56 GMT

I am going to get a video blaster.  Do someone know if it is meant to
work only with standard VGA, or if it works with higher resolutions and
different monitor frequencies?  (And will the win-software work seamless :-)
I have of course tried to ask the people in the shop, wich knew little.
They were kind enough to call the company that imports the cards, but they
knew nothing...
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From: gthome@dss1.austin.ibm.com (Gerry Thome         (8-2256))
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: winos2 3.1 & After Dark
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:01:35 GMT
Organization: IBM, Austin

In article <1992Oct5.232654.10237@muddcs.claremont.edu> ddulay@jarthur.claremont.edu (Daniel Dulay) writes:
>Has anyone been having problems w/ the winos2 beta and After Dark
>2.0?  W/ the modules Mountains and Satori I have been getting
>GPFs in OS2GDI.EXE @ location 0016:04C6.
>Also is hitting [ctrl][esc] from full screen winos2 and then ending
>up in the WPS supposed to be a "feature" or a bug?
>
>Daniel Dulay
>ddulay@jarthur.claremont.edu
>
Daniel,

I am running exactly what you are -- I tried Satori and Mountains without 
problems.  And hitting ctrl-esc from WINOS2 should take you to the WPS.

Gerry Thome
IBM - Austin
I don't speak for IBM...
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: marc@unb.ca (Marc Levesque)
Subject: Shutdown without a mouse
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 16:40:27 GMT

Does anybody know how to get the desktop pull down without using the mouse?

--Marc Levesque
  University of New Brunswick
  Fredericton, NB  Canada
  marc@unb.ca
From: holger@perm.geologie.uni-freiburg.de (Holger Hussy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Problem with Borland TC++
Date: 13 Oct 1992 12:46:20 +0100
Organization: "Geologisches Institut, Freiburg, Germany"
NNTP-Posting-Host: perm.geologie.uni-freiburg.de

My Borland TC++ 3.0 Compiler alway shows the message
"Time and Date of file on disk has changed. Reload?"
This happens also during debugging!
Also the setftime- function is not working correctly.
I think this could be a problem of the fsfilter.sys which
is not correctly supporting the DOS conventions.

  :
Z
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From: kjb@calmasd.prime.com (Ken Brucker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Information about video drivers for OS/2 2.0...
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:29:17 GMT
Organization: Computervision, San Diego

>>Tseng ET4000 drivers will be in the Service Pack, they will be 32-bit,
>>256 colour drivers for VGA, SVGA, and 1024X768.
>>

Are these going to support seamless mode???

Ken

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From: olson@husc9.Harvard.EDU (Charles Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Shutdown without a mouse
Date: 16 Oct 92 00:45:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Oct15.204532.16432
Distribution: world
Organization: Spam-On-A-Rope Inc.

In article <marc.2.719167227@unb.ca>, marc@unb.ca (Marc Levesque) writes:
|> Does anybody know how to get the desktop pull down without using the mouse?

Yes, and it's really silly:

alt-shift-TAB (or is it alt-ctrl-TAB? Try both)
ctrl-\
shift-F10

Dunno why it's such a tangled sequence.  Does your mouse not work? (niether
does mine, and it's pissing me off). 

-- 
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by the sea, circled by the circus sands, with all memory and fate driven deep 
beneath the waves; let me forget about today until tomorrow"  -Bob Dylan.
From: rickt@gvls1.gvl.unisys.com (Rick Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Wing Commander II
Date: 8 Oct 92 20:30:34 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Unisys Defense Systems, Great Valley Labs, Paoli, Pa



Hello OS2 Game Players;

     I'm having trouble with WCII in that it is very slow.  One thing I have
     not been able to do is set HW_TIMER on.  If I do this WCII hangs just
     after the message indicating that EMS memory is available.  I found a
     file on hobbes that recommends DOS settings for many games.  Seems 
     everything that I did was correct, except of course for not being
     able to set HW_TIMER.  I have a Gateway 200 486/33, no joy stick and
     no sound card.  Any advise would be appreciated.
     
     
     Thanks,

     Rick   rickt@gvl.unisys.com