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From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: OS2SYS.ini file size. Possible Cause(s) !!! ??
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 03:01:03 GMT

Erik van Linstee (linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl) wrote:
> shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
> 
> 
> >As far as I can tell, I've never had any problems with the Incredible
> >Expanding .INI File.  My OS2SYS.INI file is at about 55K right now --
> >I don't know if that represents any abnormal growth, though it is 
> >certainly not the MegaByte Monstor that others are reporting.
> 
> Well, mine is 580k, so I am very interested in finding out if
> this is normal in any way. And, how can it be fixed if it isn't.
> I do not want to loose my current desktop just to fix this.

I did some snooping around using inimaint. I only have one OS2SYS.INI file
to look at (249K but stable) so I can't compare to see if this is strange
or not. Hopefully some other people could have a look.

Anyway, this is what I have found. There is an entry called
PM_Workplace:ActiveHandles. The contents of this are: PM_Workplace:Handles0
but I have a :Handles, :Handles0 and :Handles1. Each of these entries is
24K long. Now it seems as if only one of these is used but I am surely not
game to delete the other 2!!! Removing them would reduce my file to 200K so
I still need to find a lot more to get down to the reported 55K files
around here.

Now, when I ask INIMAINT to calculate the size of the file, it says
92K!!!!!  I have just saved it to a new file and it is 92K I am now going
to be a little brave and reboot from floppy and replace the old file with
this more compact one.

CONCLUSION: OS/2 (With SPP) seems to leave gaps in OS2SYS.INI and not
compact them out. 

BTW I did the same calculation on OS2.INI and it calculates to 116K and
takes up 126K so that's not too bad.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: harold@disk.uucp (Harold Davis)
Subject: CD ROM Supported by OS/2 2.0
Keywords: CD ROM
Organization: Digital Information Systems of KY
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:08:53 GMT

I was wondering if anyone was aware of any CD ROM Drives being supported by
OS/2 other than IBM's. 
Harold

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ltlowe@bnr.ca (Todd Lowe)
Subject: SVGA ON question.
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:49:05 GMT



I've just recently installed OS/2, and have an S3 based Wind/X card.

I know there aren't OS/2 drivers yet, but I have a question about SVGA and
OS/2 full screen sessions.

1st when I boot, and OS/2 normally gives the blank screen and asks you
to wait (after the logo), I get garbage as if something is writing
randomly into a text screen video memory.

If I hit keys (don't know what, I just get annoyed and start banging on
the key board) the HD light comes on and OS/2 loads.  Then if I open a
full screen DOS box and run SVGA ON, and the open a full screen OS/2
session the screen is fine.  If I don't run SVGA then I get garbage 
in my full screen sessions like I do when I boot.

Any ideas?

It seems that SVGA fixes the problem, but I thought that once SVGA was
run once, it built a data file, and then didn't have to be run again.

-Todd

ltlowe@bnr.ca

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Inimaint v 1.1f
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:05:08 GMT

In article <9871@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum) writes:
>The most recent version of Inimaint available on hobbes is 1.1d. One
>CompuServe user reports getting 1.1f from there, but he doesn't have ftp
>access and can't place this on hobbes. I don't have CompuServe access
>and can't get my own copy. Version 1.1f incorporates some modifications
>to deal with changes introduced by the SP.
>Could someone with both CompuServe and ftp access please snag this file
>from CompuServe and upload it to hobbes? As someone with an
>out-of-control growwing os2sys.ini problem, I'd like to see what
>Inimaint can do to help. (Meanwhile, copyini works fine, but the newest
>Inimaint is reported to be able to let the user replace the ini files
>without shutting down the system and booting from a floppy. Neat
>trick.)

Patience, patience.  We have a gateway from the OS/2 Shareware BBS to
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, and it will appear there in due course.

If anyone would like to jump the gun, however, feel free.

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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: "Environment Space", Running out of Room
Keywords: environment
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:59:58 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.001744.4220@u.washington.edu> mts@hardy.u.washington.edu (Sean Milligan) writes:
>Is there anyway to increase the amount of environment space for PATH and SET 
>commands in DOS or OS/2 sessions?  I'm having difficulty getting FORTRAN 5.1
>running under OS/2 becuase it requires all kinds of SET and PATH statements.

As far as I know, OS/2's SET and PATH lines are set in CONFIG.SYS, and
there is no practical limit to their sizes.

For DOS sessions, you can increase the environment space using the /E
parameter added to the SHELL line in CONFIG.SYS or in the DOS_SHELL
variable in the settings for that session.  See the online Command
Reference (under "COMMAND") for details.

Note that PATH is limited to 127 characters under DOS, and that limit
is difficult to work around.  The method you suggest is a possible approach.

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From: frank@whare.cavebbs.welly.gen.nz (Frank van der Hulst)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: POV 1.0 and OS/2;
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 23:57:19 NZT
Organization: Tech-Soft Systems, Wellington, NZ

rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte) wrote the following: 
> 
>  	Has anyone managed to get OS/2 working with POV raytracer v.
> 1.0?  It relies (in DOS land) on a memory extender that I expect OS/2
> finds evil.  In any case, it aborts with a "not enough extended
> memory" failure message.   I'd like it if I could get this to work...

I've ported POV to OS/2... you should be able to find POVOS2EX.ZIP (executable
program) and POV_OS2.ZIP (source code) on hobbes. Sorry, but I don't know what
directory; I put it into incoming, but I suppose its been moved to graphics
by now.

Frank.


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From: scottmm@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (Little Mac )
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.hardware
Subject: Does OS/2 have driver for DIAM. SPD STAR...
Date: 17 Nov 92 05:28:16 GMT
Organization: Space Science Labs


	I am about to buy a 486/50 DX and I am planning
to run OS/2 and DOS 5.0.  Does OS/2 have a driver for 
the Diamond Speedstar videocard?  I know there are more
than one type of Diamond Speedstar`s (Speedstar 24, 
Speedstar 24x, etc).  What are the differences?  Should
I spend a xtra $120 to upgrade the monitor from thier
standard .28 SVGA 14" monitor to a ViewSonic 5e?  And
finally I heard that Local Bus has a standard (VESA),
is it a good idea to invest in a computer with a local
bus instead of standard EISA?


	Thanks ALOT in advance!!!!!


		-Scott

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From: marten@feki.toppoint.de (Marten Feldtmann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: COM port with more than 19200 Baud possible?
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 19:59:51 GMT
Organization: Private OS/2 System

Just a question: is it practically possible to use the com-1 port with
more than 19200 Baud (I know I can set the Baudrate to max. 57600)
without getting too much errors .... of course the 16550AFN would be
installed ... and normally working with the system. Perhaps running a
compiler like C/Set2 as an application beside it .....

 MF


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From: Bertram.Moshier@f115.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Bertram Moshier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Port I/O for 32 Bit Apps
Date: 18 Nov 92 19:11:21 GMT

David:

Actually, this question is best put on comp.os.os2.programmer.  To
answer your question, though, what you say is true.  A 32 bit OS/2
application can get to I/O devices.  You should look at IOPL.  This
interface allows a ring three application to perform selected ring two
operations (namely I/O).

Bert Moshier


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis) (OS/2)
Subject: Re: CONTEST!! (was Re: OS2SYS.ini file size: Interim etc.)
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 06:41:50 GMT

In article <1en6knINNbcg@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes:
>In article <1992Nov21.200030.6217@abo.fi> CBURMAN@FINABO.ABO.FI (Chris Burman) writes:
>>In <10012@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> djbpitt+@pitt.edu writes:
>>
>>> Meanwhile, I recovered safely from an 11MB (!) os2sys.ini by using
>>> copyini (reduced it to 29k). 
>>
>>Amateur... ;-) I've been reading the reports of growing os2sys.ini files 
>>for some while, but it was only today I thought of checking the size of my 
>>own: 17.5 Mb. Gasp. That explained why my system had lately become so 
>>sluggish. And where my diskspace had gone...
>> 
>
>17.5 Megs!!!
>
>OK, It's time to get a contest going!
>
>Followup to this message with the size fo your OS2sys.ini file.

I have not edited my os2sys.ini file.  The largest size I have gotten
is 0.127 MB.  I guess I am disqualified.  :-)

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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 Monthly Magazine update
Date: 20 Nov 92 21:00:52 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

This morning, I called JDS publishing to find out the status of OS/2
Monthly Magazine.  As subscribers here probably know, they are very
late on their current issue.  

Well, it appears that they're in the process of changing publishers.
It seems that their first publisher left out pages of copy and
advertising and caused other problems.

The next issue is supposed to be back from the printer by Wednesday,
where it will be sent to the distributor.  It should arrive at
subscribers' mailboxes in about two weeks.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: TW.FY4@isumvs.iastate.edu (Timothy I Miller)
Subject: Watch out for ATI Drivers (HELP!!)
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 04:42:59 GMT

     Be Careful of the OS/2 2.0 ATI Ultra Drivers!
     I installed them, and my system won't boot up any longer.  It
appears that all I have to do is replace my config.sys with the
backed up config.sys, but I can't get access to my E: Drive!
     OK, I'll start at the beginning.  I downloaded the ATI drivers
and printed out the readme file.  I then proceeded to change from
the 8514/a drivers to the VGA drivers (like ATI says to do).  I ran
their program (PMINST.COM), which was supposed to change my
config.sys and back up my old one.  It then told me to reboot.  My
machine hasn't booted since (at least, not OS/2)!  It boots up most
of the way, then just stall.  All of the folders are there, but they
don't have any program objects in them.  I can't move the mouse, and
I can't warm-boot.  In fact, theirs nothing I can do but sit there
until I decide  that OS/2 isn't going to boot.  So then I try to
boot a couple more times.  The same thing always happens.  (Even
pulse starts up, but that's it!).
     Alright, everybody's saying, well at least your config.sys is
backed up.  That's what I said, anyway.  I used the Install
disks which came with OS/2 and got to the CLI from those.  I
switched to E: (where OS/2 is), and tried to get a dir.  Nothing
happened!  It gave me some sort of error (Can't read disk, or
something like that).  So now there's nothing I can think of to do!
     So in the end, any help I can get from anybody would be
*greatly* appreciated.  And remember, be very caregul with those ATI
drivers!

Timothy Miller
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: friesenda@skyfox.usask.ca
Subject: Thanx for HD defrag info
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 07:01:13 GMT

In a previous article, cvafyaga@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan) wrote:
>In article <16NOV92.04115376@skyfox.usask.ca>, friesenda@skyfox.usask.ca writes...
>>I understand that using utilities like Norton's SpeedDisk are a no-no
>>under OS/2, but can they be used if I DualBoot DOS?  I have OS/2 and
>>DOS on the same partition and would like to unfragment the disk if 
>>possible.  Can this be done, and if so how (what utilities etc.)
> 
>I have been using Speedisk under OS/2 for many months now.  It works, 
>and it doesn't touch the EA files.  Some people say that they have
>defragmented EA DATA. SF,  but it seems like the EAs are "strategically"
>placed near the file that they belong to so I haven't messed with them.
>Just make sure you Dual Boot,  then use a defragmenter like Speedisk
>or DOG (Shareware I believe,  check the FAQ.)

First off, thanx to all those who responded to my question either here
or via e-mail.  Norton's SpeedDisk works great after I boot DOS.

As for the EA DATA. SF file... mine was chopped up into literally 30+
pieces.  I suppose this didn't make much of a difference, but I hate
having files fragmented that much.  What I did was rename "EA DATA. SF"
to EADATA.SF, copy it to my RAM disk, delete it from C:, THEN run
SpeedDisk. After that was done, I copied EADATA.SF back to C: and renamed
it EA DATA. SF.  Note that DOS is incapable of copying files with spaces
(or other weird characters) in their name, even with  COPY EA?DATA.?SF or
COPY EA*.*; I had to rename it.  Note also that you cannot use the DOS
RENAME command to change the name back to EA DATA. SF.  I had to use
Norton's Disk Editor (Norton 6.01) and edit the name that way.

OS/2 seems not to have cared that I did this.  I didn't try it with
files like the OS/2 kernal and the loader (I can't remember the
exact names) which are also fragmented on my disk, because I didn't
know if OS/2 required these files to be in exactly the same place it
put them at install time (DOS does a similar thing with its system
files).

Thanx again everyone.

- Darryl



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From: djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: 4os2 and the growing ini syndrome
Keywords: OS2SYS.INI file size growing
Date: 23 Nov 92 03:04:10 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

>While we're on the subject of the massively growing INI file, and
>after apparently ruling out DeskPic as the culprit, is there anyone
>NOT using 4OS2 who suffers from the problem?  (In other words, shall
>4OS2 be nominated as the culprit?)

'fraid it's not 4os2. I am now using 4os2, but my os2sys.ini file had
grown to 11MB before I ever installed 4os2. In fact, considering that my
os2sys.ini hasn't grown since I reformatted and installed 4os2, perhaps
4os2 is the vaccine. :-)

Chers,

David
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: smbrush@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Andy Brush @Sverdrup)
Subject: SP Better Than 2.x Beta?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: 18 Nov 1992 14:50 EST  

I've been having reasonably good luck running the Oct '92 CD beta version 
of base OS/2.  This is particularly convenient for me, since it's easier to 
recover from my screw-ups using the CD, than all the diskettes.  What I 
wish someone would tell me is:

Is the SP "better enough" than the Beta to justify re-installing the GA, 
then applying the SP (probably about three times, based on my record with 
OS/2)?  I realize the graphics are better resolution with SP, but is there 
any other reason to change?

Thanks,

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From: sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: cset2 editor - finding a line
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 02:54:59 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
Distribution: usa
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In article <2301@sdrc.COM> mustard@thor.sdrc.com (Sandy Mustard) writes:
>From: mustard@thor.sdrc.com (Sandy Mustard)
>Subject: cset2 editor - finding a line
>Date: 20 Nov 92 20:33:26 GMT
>Using cset2 and workframe, how do I position the editor to a particular
>line number?  I would like something line the 'vi' 36G command to get to
>line 36.  When the compiler tells me I have a syntax error on line 36, I
>select the source file name and click on Process. This brings up the
>editor. (the default one which came with os/2.)  How do I position the
>cursor to line 36?
>
>Thanks,
>Sandy Mustard
>mustard\@sdrc.com
>

Change the editor to EPM [from the default of E]. Then, when you get an 
error message, just double click the error message.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: c145gmk@utarlg.uta.edu (Gordon M. Keegan)
Subject: Re: FDISK does not set D: installable?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:56:00 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.084812.3055@kub.nl>, hoppie@kub.nl (Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers) writes...
>Help! I cannot get OS/2 to install on D: anymore?!?
> 
>My OS/2 system has been working for half a year now without any major
>flaw. But last week the unexpected happened: my hard disk banged his
>heads against the wall  :-(   So I tried to install the system again
>and then I ran into trouble.
> 
>I used to have a primary partition C: (20MB FAT) and an extended logical
>partition D: (80MB HPFS) with a BootManager at the beginning of the
>disk. The BM gave me the choice of DOS or OS/2, and from within OS/2 I
>could still access the C: partition. (DOS on C:, OS/2 on D:).
> 
>Unfortunately I cannot get this setup back again! FDISK won't let me set
>a non-primary partition installable?!? I can only make two C: partitions
>that thus cannot access eachother if I want to set the HPFS partition
>installable.
> 
>This has definitely worked before!
> 
>Does anyone have any suggestions about what I am doing wrong this time?
> 
> 
>Jeroen


	I have not been able to set a partition as installable by
	simply running FDISK in an OS/2 session.  I was able to
	install on D: properly when going through the FDISK that
	runs during the install process, however.  If that's already
	what you're trying, I'm afraid I'm not much help.

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From: Zak.Smith%f736.n154.z1@xanadu.mil.wi.us (Zak Smith)
Sender: FredGate@xanadu.mil.wi.us
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: TCP/IP for OS2
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:48:00 -0600

 Hi

 Right now I have the basic OS/2 v2.0 (with serv. pack) set up on my 486.  I 
want to connect it to a 386sx running DOS with some sort of tcp/ip. (I have 
been thinking of Lantastic's TCP/IP system for the dos machine).

 Can someone mail me some information on what things I need to get the OS2 
side of this working?  What stuff from IBM do I need?  Are there any ways to 
get access to drives on the DOS box in all os2 windows using tcp/ip? 
(\386sx\c-drive => i: on the os2 box)  Are there any public domain programs 
available?

 I appreciate any help!

Zak.Smith@xanadu.mil.wi.us


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