HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mikel@networx.com (Mike Lempriere)
Subject: Re: A really undeleteable file (Yes I tried everything in the FAQ)
Organization: NetWorx
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:27:15 GMT

Ronald J. Vaniwaarden (rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu) wrote:
: Well, I think I have the ultimate in undeletable files.  While I was 
: installing the Trident 32-bit drvers, I rebooted from a floppy to
: change the 'in-use' files and while at the command line, I tried to print
: out a file.  What I did was type fname.txt > lpt1.  Well, nothing
: was printed and I searched to find the old copy of thes file.  When I
: rebooted, there was this file called lpt1 and it is undeleteable.  I
: tried the drag to a folder and delete the folder but I am not allowed
: to move the file.  If I try to delete it, it says it \dev\lpt1  Sys0003:
: the system cannot find the path specified.
: If I try the gnu rm, it says rm:can't force write permission for c:/lpt1:
: no such file or directory.
: 
: suggestions??
: 
: --Ronald Van Iwaarden
: 
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The problem is that you created the file on a system that did not have
the printer driver installed -- "lpt1" is a "special" filename caught by
the driver.  When you booted from floppy, the driver was not present,
so the filesystem just treated it like any other file, and created it.
Now that you're running a normal system, with the driver installed, you
can't get at it -- now it is being treated as a "special" file.

You have two options:
a)  Just reboot from floppy, the same way you got into this mess, then
    delete it.
b)  Edit your config.sys, rem'ming out the printer driver.  Reboot.
    Delete the file.  Re-edit your config.sys to put the printer driver
    back in.  Reboot.
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: where should SET name=thing go?
Date: 1 Jan 93 16:51:56 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <BUHR.92Dec18105110@ccu.umanitoba.ca> buhr@umanitoba.ca (Kevin Andrew Buhr) writes:
>>  What do you mean here "specific DOS"?
>A VDM session:  this is a feature whereby it is possible to "boot" a
>session from drive A and have it run just as if it was run on a normal
>8088 machine.  In this way, you could boot an old version of DOS, if
>you had a program that wasn't compatible with OS/2's version of DOS,
>for example.  You could also run a program that required booting from
>a drive, even a program that didn't use DOS, provided that program
>didn't try to use any protected mode features.

Well, more precisely, the "specific DOS session" does have access to
EMS, XMS, and DPMI (along with the mouse and, often, OS/2 networking)
through virtual device drivers.  So it can, in fact, use protected
mode features.

-- 
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sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
From: michael.hagerty@nitelog.com (Michael Hagerty) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Serial I/O cards?
Date: 31 Dec 92 17:00:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Nitelog BBS - Monterey, CA - 408-655-1096
Reply-To: michael.hagerty@nitelog.com (Michael Hagerty) 

On 12-30-92, DONALD JARDINE wrote to ALL:

DJ> Not quite true.  I recently bought an IO card with a 16450 on it as
DJ> COM2, had our electronics technician unsolder it, install a socket, and
DJ> install a real NS16550AFN.  OS2 now refuses to even recognize that COM2
DJ> is present, let alone use the uart.

DJ> No, I have not tried the obvious test of putting a 16450 in the socket,
DJ> but I had a similar experience with an Everex board that was supplied
DJ> with a socketed 16550. OS2 wouldn't recognize the COM port on that
DJ> board either, lthough ordinary DOS would do so.  Peculiarly enough, the
DJ> Everex DOS diagnostics wouldn't run on their  16550AFN uart  port
DJ> either, even under MS DOS!

I suspect that a trace may have been broken or such, as I have had none
of these problems and have replaced the 16450 on some really cheap cards
without complaint from OS/2.  In one instance I have had to roll back as
the Miracle Piano actually seems to work better with a 16450 rather than
a 16550.  Weird, but then MP software is attempting to treat the comm
port as a "pseudo-MIDI" port...

Regards, Mikey (michael.hagerty@nitelog.com)

 * JABBER v1.3B1 #B042 * Learn Japanese at home, cultivate a nejibiki...
                                                            
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: Re: How to use START /DOS command from Dos box?
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 13:32:29 GMT

>Um, the docs say that you can*NOT* do this.  From the OS/2 command-line,
>type "HELP START".

Thanks, I did RTFM before posting to the world.  Follow your
own advice, then continue by clicking on EXAMPLES.  Follow to the bottom, I
think you'll be surprised.  The docs must be incorrect or document a disabled
capability.  

> START is clearly labeled as an OS/2 command, not a
>DOS command.

Yes, I can see that.  But then look under EXAMPLES.

>  And this makes sense, too.  OS/2 MDOS is a version of DOS,
>and DOS does *not* have the ability to create new DOS sessions.  :-)
>

I agree it isn't a normal capability of DOS and does make sense that it only
works under OS/2 sessions.  Still, did I find an error in the documentation
or am I just not understanding it?

>Nevertheless, you might be able to get around this using a named pipe to
>communicate with an OS/2 program which *could* launch new sessions.

Hmmm.  The problem is (and I know this is a hack way of doing this)  we have
a DOS application which we will eventually migrate to the OS/2 platform.
In the meantime, we'd like to be able to have that DOS app run under OS/2 in
a DOS box, and have that app be able to do things like spawn other dos boxes
from directly within the app.  Maybe it just can't be done.  Thanks for your
help and any other further suggestions.

--Don Lindbergh
dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ljensen@netcom.com (Colin Jensen)
Subject: Re: AHA-1542B, AHA-1542BK, or AHA-1542B+?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 04:31:53 GMT

In article <1992Dec24.133633.4339@panix.com> os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.) writes:
>In <1992Dec23.211025.15936@nwra.com> dona@nwra.com (Dona) writes:
>>Just a reminder -- Adaptec has announced their 1542C, to ship in January.
>#%$*@!  You're kidding, right?  I *just* upgraded to my 1542B two days ago.
>
>>You might want to wait a week!
>I might want to shoot might, instead.  :)

Would someone care to tell us what the 1542C is?  I was planning on buying
this week and would rather not join Larry in shooting myself :-).
-- 
Colin Jensen
ljensen@netcom.netcom.com	cjensen@ampex.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lestrade@Ra.MsState.Edu (John Patrick Lestrade)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Performance tip
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:26:45 GMT

Well, I just got my 386/33 up to 8 megs so I finally could install OS/2.
Wouldn't you know it, I managed to break the little plastic holder
thingies so one of my simms is leaning against its neighbor.  Well, I
borrowed a wooden popsicle stick from my son's 5-th grade art project
(He'll never miss it) and wedged it between the two simms.  Voila.
It works, OS/2 installed without a hitch.  And I cannot help but marvel
at the problems some people have with parity errors, etc, ..
I must be lucky this time.

--
John Patrick Lestrade        
cnesta::lestrade                       Let's try again in '96!
lestrade@ra.msstate.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rolfe@ldp.com (Rolfe Tessem)
Subject: Re: [Q]:  SNews/2 mailing articles.
Reply-To: rolfe@ldp.com
Organization: Lucky Duck Productions
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:41:00 GMT

In article <724898502snx@doppler.UUCP> jdries@doppler.UUCP (J. Francis Dries  
III) writes:

(preliminaries deleted)

> I do, however, have a problem.  When reading news in SNews I can post,
> followup, reply to poster, etc. just like one would expect.  When I try
> to mail the article to someone, I get a 
>       SYS0005:  Access denied "D:\UUPC\SNews" message, and the screen
> reappears just as everything was normal.  A quick UUSTAT tells me
> otherwise.  This happens if I choose to edit or not the article being
> sent.  MicroEmacs (my editor) is spawned with the article correctly if I
> choose to edit before sending.
> 
> The only other problem I have had with SNews was a NUL pointer
> assignment, runtime error r6000.

I know this isn't what you want to hear, but I'm running virtually the same  
software and I have none of these problems (actually, one minor difference:  
I'm running UUPC 1.11v, and I've also run with version 1.11q). I would  
suspect a configuration problem somewhere along the line. I've used both the  
system editor as well as gnu emacs for my editor, and both work as expected.  
Since I run OS/2 on my home machine, I'm often mailing news articles to my  
office account, and it works smooth as silk.

Rolfe

-- 
Rolfe Tessem				Lucky Duck Productions
rolfe@ldp.com				New York City
(212) 463-0029				(212) 463-7049 fax
From: eblinder@panix.com (Eva Blinder)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: c0000005 appears during boot
Date: 27 Dec 92 17:44:31 GMT
Organization: Panix, NYC

In <72409@cup.portal.com> Allyn@cup.portal.com (Allyn Mark Lai) writes:

>I have a PS/2 Model 70 that prints "c0000005" during boot-up and then dies.
>What does this mean?

Allyn, in my Zeos, this message indicated an incompatibility with the
video card (in my case, a Diamond Speedstar 24X). This was solved by
installing an updated version of BVHSVGA.DLL that I found on CompuServe. I
assume this file is also available from other sources. Good luck.

eblinder@panix.com
From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Kenneth A. Kahn)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 09:41:50 EST
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: It almost gets to the WPS, but...
Organization: Staff of IBM Fellow - IBM Personal/370
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0
X-X-From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Ken Kahn)
            <1305@blue.cis.pitt.edu>

In <1305@blue.cis.pitt.edu> Neal Traven writes:
>A very odd occurrence this morning.  I've been using OS/2 on my 8MB 486/33 for
>about 4 months, with no trouble at all.  Today, when I turned on the computer,
>it went through the usual boot procedure for awhile -- the screen went to
>white, the little clock became a pointer, the Desktop 'exploded.'  And there it
>sat -- no icons, none of the startup windows, NOTHING more appeared.
>
>The first time this occurred, I rebooted and then it came up normally.  Next
>time I turned it on, it hung again with the white screen and a pointer, but
>neither warm nor cold boots would take the process any further.  I turned off
>the computer and let it sit for a few hours, and the next time I booted it
>seems to have worked just fine (hey, I'm writing this note, so *something* is
>working).
>

Just as a first attempt, this could happen if the system doesn't have enough
SWAP space.  Check your SWAPPER.DAT file and see if the disk drive it is on
is close to full.  If so, see i you can move the SWAP file to another drive
with more space available.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr)
Subject: Re: IBM won't accept Internet problem reports any more
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:01:58 GMT
Keywords: IBM problem report compuserve cis

In article <1992Dec21.080854.18870@watson.ibm.com> dwl@watson.ibm.com  writes:
>Maybe this will help a little. John Soyring (Director of Software
>Development Programs for Personal Software) found out about this and is 
>working to get with the right people and straighten this out. 

Hurrah!  Let us encourage all outbreaks of sanity at IBM.  I know from
personal experience that large companies act crazy because of decisions
taken by individual managers for reasons which appear to be in their
own best interest, but without reference to the company's best interest.

For instance, perhaps a manager perceived the Compuserve surcharges for
receiving mail from the Internet to be an avoidable expense.  Of course,
they are: just provide an Internet address -- a minor problem since 
IBM is already on the net.  However, our hypothetical manager may have
deluded himself -- been misinformed -- that the Internet could be 
ignored and simply tried to cut it off.

David makes a similar point about large companies in his second paragraph:

>For what it's worth, IBM's still not exactly small, and sometimes the
>left and right hand don't always talk to each other. The good news is
>that your complaints are getting very direct, unfiltered exposure to
>the people who can fix it.  

Of course, if John Soyring tells us to get lost, then all together now...
"John you scumbag..." :-) :-) :-).

Larry
-- 
Larry A. Shurr (las@cbnmva.att.com) speaking only for myself.
Norman, listen carefully.  I am lying.  Are you sure your circuits are
registering?  Your ears are green.  Logic is a little bird singing in a
meadow.  Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad! - Mr. Spock
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: calvert@QueensU.CA (John Calvert)
Subject: msd.zip
Organization: Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 01:47:43 GMT

Has anyone tried to use this program under OS/2? I couldn't get it
to run because it reported an incorrect version of DOS:

"This program cannot be run under this version of DOS"

I tried this in 4OS/2, 4DOS and OS/2 DOS. I also tried to open the
DOS on Drive A window but this locked up.

John
-- 
John Calvert

calvert@mast.queensu.ca
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 15:19:43 EST
From: <CHM103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Thank You SIP1
Distribution: usa

This is just a little note to publically thank SIP1 (Timothy Sipples) for
giving so much time and info to this (and other) groups.  He has also responded
to many private requests I am sure.  Thanks for the help.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Re: Colorado's OS/2 solution for Jumbo is here!
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 02:50:57 GMT

In <1992Dec30.202357.4787@spcvxb.spc.edu> benezra_a@spcvxb.spc.edu writes:

>Sorry, Danielle. You should have stayed where you were. This software is awful.
>Even the tech I spoke to this morning, that gave me a credit back for the $99
>that i threw up on this Sytos garbage, agreed that CMS would have done a much
>better job. I've been a loyal Colorado customer for over 5 years now with no 
>less than 10 CMS drives. The software has always been adequate at the least and 

 Hmm, 2 drives a year?  That doesn't speak very well of quality. :-)

>the hardware support has always been top notch as well. This Sytos software is 
>an embarrassment to your company. Ditch those incompetants and devote some 
>staff to your own version. As of this writing, CMS has no plans to write an 
>OS/2 driver for their drives. Change that quickly!

 From various comments I've seen in the comp.unix groups, Sytos+ has never
been regarding as a very good package.  I've personally never seen it, but
I've never heard anything good about it either.

 Personally I'd like something like Tar.  Perhaps maybe BRU which ships with
Amiga's, and sells for Unix.

 One should think porting something like Tar would not be that terribly
difficult.
-- 
sheldon@iastate.edu                Steve Sheldon
Project Vincent                    ICSS Resource Unit
SCO ODT, Arc/Info, Atlas GIS       2142 Agronomy Hall
                                   Iowa State University
From: lance@lancea.actrix.gen.nz (Lance Andrewes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Is W4W ok under OS/2 2.1 beta?
Distribution: world
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 17:11:16 GMT
Keywords: W4W Word beta 2.1

WinOS2 3.1 beta has a problem with Word for Windows 2.0a - the
drop-down-list combo boxes drop-down behind the active window.
For example, you can only select a different font "blindly" by
using the cursor keys.  You can't see the font-list, so you
cannot make a selection with the mouse.

Does this still occur with OS/2 2.1 beta?

Thanks.
__
 _______  Email: lance@lancea.actrix.gen.nz
////      ZL2AJH    Wellington, New Zealand

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: "joe kovacs" <joe.kovacs@canrem.com>
Subject: un: num lock???
Reply-To: "joe kovacs" <joe.kovacs@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 2 Jan 93 14:03:18 EST

On 12-31-92  17:39, Jeff Altman wrote to All as follows: 
 

 JA> Nick Zahariadis (g1nickut@cdf.toronto.edu) wrote:
 JA> : In article <1992Dec30.182954.12522@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
 JA> jks4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes: : >Why the #$%@ does OS/2 turn off
 JA> my numlock key when it boots up?? : >My BIOS (AMI) is set to turn it
 JA> on. : >
 : >Help, this is driving me nuts....
 JA> :
 JA> :  I feel the same way exactly! I have been trying to figure this one
 JA> out :  for a while and I can't find an answer. Someone please help.
 JA> :

 JA> You can thank the early users of OS/2 1.0 for this feature.  Remember
 JA> that when OS/2 1.0 was released there were few if any extended
 JA> keyboards with separate number keypads.  Most users used the keypads as
 JA> arrow keys. 
 JA> Therefore, IBM programmers received tons of complaints when they
 JA> turned on the NumLock key automatically as was originally the default. 
 JA> Because IBM likes to be consistent (not a bad thing to be) they have
 JA> never changed it back now that extended keyboards are more common.

Here's what you do. Find a demo (shareware) file named KLOCK2.ZIP  42K
9-02-92. It's a demo of KEYLOCKS II v2.00D. It'll control the numlock,
capslock and scroll-lock, as you want, upon boot of OS/2. It's on the
OS/2 Shareware BBS, 703-385-4325, if you can't find it locally.

This item was discussed in a couple of FIDO nets. It's a very polarized
issue.

I vehemently want the #%%$@ thing off, as JA said above.


Joe Kovacs                           FIDO:  1:229/15
Guelph ON                 Internet/Usenet:  joe.kovacs@canrem.com
                                     RIME:  CRS

... File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)
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From: traven+@pitt.edu (Neal Traven)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: It almost gets to the WPS, but...
Keywords: icon view
Date: 1 Jan 93 22:53:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: blue.1305
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

A very odd occurrence this morning.  I've been using OS/2 on my 8MB 486/33 for
about 4 months, with no trouble at all.  Today, when I turned on the computer,
it went through the usual boot procedure for awhile -- the screen went to 
white, the little clock became a pointer, the Desktop 'exploded.'  And there it
sat -- no icons, none of the startup windows, NOTHING more appeared.

The first time this occurred, I rebooted and then it came up normally.  Next
time I turned it on, it hung again with the white screen and a pointer, but
neither warm nor cold boots would take the process any further.  I turned off
the computer and let it sit for a few hours, and the next time I booted it 
seems to have worked just fine (hey, I'm writing this note, so *something* is
working).

Any suggestions as to what might be happening?

-- 
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neal	traven+@pitt.edu	      You're only young once, but you can be
	traven@vms.cis.pitt.edu	       immature forever.   -- Larry Andersen
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: stewarta@netcom.com (Alex Stewart)
Subject: Re: swap file question
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:34:36 GMT

I mus confess I don't understand much about the techical aspects of how 
SWAPPER.DAT works, but I do note that is is used, even on systems where there
is more than enough RAM.  (if someone could explain this, I would be much 
grateful.)  As for the problem of the continuously growing swapfile, I 
remember that the OS/2 2.0 kernel update (available at fine OS/2 sites 
everywhere), in its list of fixed bugs, mentions something about the 
swapfile not shrinking properly.  If you haven't already, you might try 
installing the new kernel and see if this fixes your problem.

-alex

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From: heiser@acs.bu.edu (William Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Error Code List
Date: 3 Jan 93 23:35:20 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <19930103.141533.74@almaden.ibm.com> KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Kenneth A. Kahn) writes:
>NLS considerations.  The idea was to document the specific text for each NLS
>version of OS/2 V2.  Unfortunately, that documentation is hard to find (if it
>exists at all).  There's a lot of discussion on this internally, including
>what to do instead.  Below is the description of each message:

Thanks for the description of those specific messages.

I still think it is *really* important to at least publish a list of all 
SYSnnnn messages if there will be no text accompanying them.  While your
suggestion of using "help ####" while online is acceptable, it doesn't 
help in cases such as the one I encountered :-)





Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tnfk1@isuvax.iastate.edu (tim green)
Subject: Re: Ultrastor "34F" SCSI Controller?
Reply-To: tnfk1@isuvax.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:53:47 GMT

In article <30DEC199209484766@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>, smbrush@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Andy Brush @Sverdrup) writes:
>Gateway has quoted on a new 486 system which will use the Ultrastor 34F 
>SCSI controller on the VESA bus.
>
>Does anyone have experience with this set-up?  Will I be able to get 
>os/2 drivers?
>
>Gateway will swap for a Adaptec 1542 on the ISA bus.  Should I go for this, 
>instead (trading speed away for compatibility with OS/2)?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Andrew S. Brush             | SMBRUSH@LIMS01.lerc.nasa.gov
>Sverdrup Technology         | 2001 Aerospace Parkway
>NASA LeRC Group             | Brook Park, OH 44142

>"Opinions are Mine, Only"   | (216) 826-6770

I am running a 486 TriStar system with the VESA SCSI Ultrastor 34F controller.
It works okay using the IBMINT13.add driver.  Ultrastor has a beta
driver (14addb4.zip or something) available through 'Hobbes',
which seems to work as well--it has not seemed to crash my system noticeably. 
Note that the 14 series drivers are apparently interchangeable with the 
34 series stuff.  If you want info from ULtrastor, the phone # is 
510-623-8955 (tech support).  Hope this helps.
Tim Green
TNFK1@ISUVAX.IASTATE.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
Subject: Help creation error
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:42:23 GMT

I was wondering if the following is a confirmed bug.
When I put a PM program in a directory, stick the dll's
in a specially appointed \lib\dll and the hlp in \etc\help,
all indicated properly in config.sys I still can't
get any help when I create a progr. ref. obj. and start it.
The path settings are ok, cause if I start it from the command
line all is well.
So, basically, a progr. ref. obj. doesn't recognise help=
properly. Any thoughts?

Erik

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