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From: lmorris@mdd.comm.mot.com (Larry Morris)
Subject: Re: Getting a Telecommunications program
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 21:19:25 GMT

In <92225.103730DK6TOPER@MIAMIU.BITNET> Dan Karipides <DK6TOPER@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:

>In article <1992Aug11.204252.13033@lth.se>, d89os@efd.lth.se (Ola Sigurdson)
>says:
>>I don't know what modem you'll buy, but I assume that most external
>>14400 modems can communicate with the computer at 19200 or 38400 bps,
>>which are standard rates supported by most com programs.
>>
>Um....I'm not sure where you buy your modems, but wouldn't the maximum
>communication rate of a 14400bps modem be 14400bps?  If you can get
>38400bps out of a 14400bps modem, I'd love to know how you do it.
> 
>(You are right, BTW, that most comm programs support 19200 and 38400.  I
>would imagine these settings are for hardline connections, not modems.)
> 
>Correct me if I'm wrong.
>                                                          -Dan

OK, you're wrong.  ;-) If the modem is doing compression, you better be able 
to have a higher data rate to the modem than the modem has across the line.
If I am running a 14.4 modem, and it is getting a 2-1 compression, then I
need a 28.8 host data rate, etc.  

The higher data rates in the comm programs can be used for null modem 
communications, but that is not their only purpose.

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From: RROXBY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Robert Roxby)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: disk defragmentation under os/2?
Date: 15 Aug 92 22:21:48 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

Is it possible yet?
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
Subject: Re: Why new COM drivers?
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 20:32:53 GMT

>At the OS/2 seminar I attended at IBM this evening, the presenter stresses
>that if your system isn't broken - DON'T FIX IT. The only exception was the
>kernel patch, which everyone using OS/2 should apply (the June 17th patch,
>that is). 
> 

Excuse my ignorance, - I am new here -, but what patch is this?

Erik
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From: ressler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Mike "IR" Ressler)
Subject: Why do the IBM BMPs look so awful?
Organization: UH IfA and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 06:37:36 GMT

Out of curiority, I downloaded the bga?bmp.zip files from
software.watson.ibm.com to see if anything would make a decent background for
my 1024x768x256 screen. They look really awful, like some sort of bad
impressionist art (not that impressionism is intrinsically bad ...). At 3/4
Meg apiece, I would expect something photographic in quality. What's the deal?

It occurs to me that these might only be 16-color images, but they are not
even decent 16-color dithers. If you've ever looked at lighthou.vga in your
os2\bitmap directory, it's the same effect ...

Curious ...
Mike
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From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Subject: Re: DOS Comm programs and MODE.COM
Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Organization: Columbia University, New York
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 03:59:25 GMT

In article <widow.714331602@camelot> widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett) writes:
>	I had been using Telemate (v3.01) under DOS and had no
>	intention of giving it up once I began using OS/2.  Using
>	mode.com, I attempted to set up buffered I/O.  Problem was
>	that Telemate would occasionally lock up OS/2 solid.  I was too
>	lazy to try another DOS Comm program to determine if Telemate
>	was actually at fault.
>
>	Well I upgraded to Telemate v3.10 and here's what I found
>	in the "readme.txt" file.
>
> 	". The COM routine might not work on the DOS box in OS/2."
>
>	So if you're using Telemate you'll want to upgrade.  If
>	you're using another DOS Comm program and having lockups, you
>	may want to try a different Comm program.

Works fine for me, now that I *removed* the mode command for my non 16550A
internal modem, and moved both COM ports to 1 and 2, and moved my Logitech
bus mouse from IRQ5 to IRQ2.

:-)
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Subject: INSIDE OS/2 mag (Was Re: I like Pournelle)
From: ttullio@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 14 Aug 92 13:37:30 EDT
Organization: Wesleyan University

In article <1992Aug13.230011.22707@ugle.unit.no>, amund@itk.unit.no (Amund Skavhaug) writes:
> 
> -- Well I used to look forward to read his column, in fact it was one
> of the reasons I have bougth BYTE nearly every month the past 3-4 years.
> Though not to technical they are entertaining to read !
> (I don't need technical advice ALL the time :-) And francly, there happens to
> be some useful advice there, as his warning about win 3.1 installation )
> And...if you want to read something written by AWFULLY incompetent
> writers  you should look inside one of these big UK magazines, I can't
> rember the name but it had a 20 pages story on os2 2.0 in the June number.
> Pure incompetence ,ignorance and badly hidden lies.
> 

Speaking of incompetent and poorly written...
Has anyone else but myself read the trial issue of INSIDE OS/2, offered with
your OS/2 package?  Actually, the question is:  Has anyone else been insulted
and astonished by the utter awfulness of this publication?  8 pages of drivel,
all available in the OS/2 manuals and on-line help.  Vague, to the point of
misleading, and in a few small cases, simply WRONG!  I suppose that for someone
who has never touched a PC before, it could be tangentially useful... (But how
many first-time PC owners are running OS/2?)

Go figure.

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From: logic@gacvx2.gac.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: OS/2 Shareware/Freeware
Date: 15 Aug 92 03:49:18 -0600
Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota


In article <-95mhtq.feustel@netcom.com>, feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) writes:
> I had this problem with Telix also. When it occurred, the only way
> that I could get rid of it was to terminate *all* of my applications
> (telix included) and then restart telix as the only application.
> This behaviour has made me try out every os/2 comm prgram I could get
> to find a satisfactory replacement for telix. However, at this moment
> I'm *still* using telix.
> -- 
> Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
> ---
> Given Civil Seizure, from the DEA's point of view, winning the War on
feel of Telix.  The shareware version is available at hobbes..

al hart

Have you tried TE/2?  It's an OS/2 comm program that has much of the look and
From: "robert fielder" <robert.fielder@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: un:wordperfect for os
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:04:46 EST
Reply-To: "robert fielder" <robert.fielder@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

Peter Gahbler said:

PG>There is again some disturbance I think. I asked Wordperfect
PG>Germany; they told me it will be 5.1. Rather important question
PG>because I am thinking about buying 5.1 now. If Wordperfect/2 will
PG>also be 5.1 I would only have to pay a nominal fee to change. In
PG>case it's 6.0 I will have to pay the real upgrade... As I would be
PG>happy with 5.1 but want Wordperfect for OS/2 I will buy now only
PG>if I can change via the WOD-license. If I will have to pay for an
PG>upgrade I can wait until the end of the year.
PG>I will try to get a written confirmation.

Peter:

Good idea.  I was told that the reason for the delay of WP for OS/2
was because it would be 6.0, and the DOS 6.0 would ship first.
Resource allocation within WP Corp and all that.....

Robert

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From: d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Can't run Ghostscript
Date: 17 Aug 92 16:45:14 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology

In article <js.31.714063714@gaaj.uottawa.ca> js@gaaj.uottawa.ca (Jean-Serge Gagnon) writes:

>>When I try and run either gs.cmd or gs.exe I get an error saying a file
>>could not be found "EMX". If I try run os2pmdrv, it says os2pmdrv is not
>>found. (I didn't expect os2pmdrv to run but I didn't expect a file not
>>found error)

>I have the same problem. Could someone please tell us why????

The emx.dll file is missing from the package.  You can FTP it from ftp-os2
in the file emxdev.zoo

Mikael Wahlgren      d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se
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From: gyan@unixg.ubc.ca (Gyan P. Sinha)
Subject: Re: INSIDE OS/2 mag (Was Re: I like Pournelle)
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:23:07 GMT

In <1992Aug14.133730.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> ttullio@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:


>Speaking of incompetent and poorly written...
>Has anyone else but myself read the trial issue of INSIDE OS/2, offered with
>your OS/2 package?  Actually, the question is:  Has anyone else been insulted
>and astonished by the utter awfulness of this publication?  8 pages of drivel,
>all available in the OS/2 manuals and on-line help.  Vague, to the point of
>misleading, and in a few small cases, simply WRONG!  I suppose that for someone
>who has never touched a PC before, it could be tangentially useful... (But how
>many first-time PC owners are running OS/2?)

>                                       / /\  
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>Wesleyan University                  / /  \                     be someone --

Moi! I sent in the card for my free "trial, no-obligations" issue, and
was dissapointed with the mag, and frightened by the 39$ invoice sent
to me. I called, emphasized the phrase in quotes to the operator and
got out of the deal, but the second issue was already in the mail.

As pointed out, there is nothing there that's not in the on-line docs
or can be found in a book such as Using OS/2 2.0, for a lower price
probably. One of the articles was a long tome on how resizing windows
required "motor control" and then went on to explain how to do it
using the system set-up options!! 

I was very pleased at my decision to be not included in the list of
suckers for the year 1992. 

Gyan P. Sinha
UBC, Vancouver.
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Emacs for DOS
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:14:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: njitgw.1992Aug12.161426.29880
Distribution: comp
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <SIMPSON.92Aug4163224@altair.math.uiuc.edu> simpson@altair.math.uiuc.edu (Stephen Simpson) writes:
>Contrary to what has been posted in this newsgroup, there is a DOS
>port of GNU Emacs.  It runs on 386 machines or better.  It is called
>DEMACS.  It is based on DJGPP, the D J Delorie port of GNU C to DOS,
>using Delorie's 32-bit DOS extender.  It is available for anonymous
>ftp at wuarchive.wustl.edu:mirrors/msdos/demacs.  It requires either
>XMS or VCPI memory management.  I am using it with DOS 5.0 and my
>CONFIG.SYS file is as follows:

No.  It requires VCPI.  As soon as you install EMM386.EXE for UMB
access (placing the 386 into v86 mode), the GO32 DOS extender stops
working.  If you want to use UMB's (one of the only reasons for
getting DOS 5.0, in my opinin), you can't use any of D J Delorie's
ports. 

He claims that he could make the DOS extender compatible with DPMI
1.0, but so far, all DPMI servers (like Windows and OS/2) are 0.9
compliant and not 1.0, and 0.9 is missing the critical features needed
for the DOS extender.
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From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Subject: Re: castle wolfenstein
Organization: UNLV Computer Science
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 01:35:10 GMT

In article <28614@vedge.UUCP> hendrik@vedge.UUCP (Hendrik Boom) writes:
>Castle Wolfenstein seems to run fine when I boot from DOS,
>but doesn't run in a full-screen Dos under OS/2.
>It just shows a blank screen and sits around.
>
>Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Yes, you're not reading the FAQ :-)

Set VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION=OFF in the DOS Settings.

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From: pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak)
Subject: Re: os/2-the user's view
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.apps
Organization: Mitre Corporation
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 00:57:10 GMT

In article <1992Aug16.192847.16524@news.Hawaii.Edu>,
tholen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen) wrote:
> 
> Heeren Pathak writes:
>  
> >> Dave Tholen wrote on 08-11-92 regarding OS/2-THE USER'S VIEW:
> >> 
> >> None of the Microsoft products I use are bug free either.  However, if I 
> >> recall correctly, IBM was the company that mdae a big deal about shipping 
> >> OS/2 2.0 on time and bug free.  I don't recall Microsoft making such a 
> >> statement openly about their products in recent history.
> 
> Hey folks, somebody is getting careless with their editor.  The above
> statement was written by Roger Ramsey, not me.  Not necessarily Heeren's
> fault, because the error could have been propagated forward from somebody
> else's post.
> 
> But do be careful.

My apologies to Dave.

I don't know if I made the mistake, but I should have caught it either way
since I have been following the thread from the beginning.

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From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
Subject: Trident 800*600*256 virtual desktop hangs
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 17:23:08 GMT

When I installed the Trident 800*600*256 virtual desktop driver
on my system (486-33 Trident 8900c) it hung after reboot.
Is this a known problem and has it been reported yet or am I
the first to experience this?

Erik
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Shareware wish list  -or-  does it exist?
Date: 18 Aug 92 22:06:56 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug18.173739.22281@leland.Stanford.EDU> stidolph@leland.Stanford.EDU (Wayne Stidolph) writes:
>dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>>If there are any enterprising developers out there, it seems that this
>>could best be done by writing a Mac-format .IFS driver.  This way, Mac
>>disks would be recognized as any other foreign file-system - OS/2 and
>>WPS using it seamlessly (like they do to HPFS) and DOS being able to
>>see 8.3 files.
>
>Might have to talk to Central Point in *some* detail - the Mac uses
>variable-speed drives, while the PC uses fixed-speed ...I suppose the
>Option board diddles the seperator circuitry or some such, but it
>seems certain (to me) that such an IFS will depend on unusual hardware
>support. 

I would expect such a driver to require CP's option board.  Since the
board and CP's programs can read Mac disks under DOS, I'd expect an
OS/2 driver to be quite possible.

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From: cummins@a.cs.okstate.edu (CUMMINS JOHN WILLI)
Subject: Query: Packet Driver for use over NetWare "card driver"
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 16:24:35 GMT


I am preparing to have NetWare (Client?) installed on my OS2 machine.
I wish to continue using DOS software that currently loads a 
"packet driver" to access my ethernet card.  

What do I need to replace my DOS session's packet driver with
so it will access the NetWare OS2 "card driver" instead of trying
to access the card directly?

Thanks!
jc
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
From: widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett)
Subject: DOS Comm programs and MODE.COM
Summary: Conflict between OS/2 and Dos COMM program (TM3.01)
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 20 Aug 92 17:26:42 GMT


	I had been using Telemate (v3.01) under DOS and had no
	intention of giving it up once I began using OS/2.  Using
	mode.com, I attempted to set up buffered I/O.  Problem was
	that Telemate would occasionally lock up OS/2 solid.  I was too
	lazy to try another DOS Comm program to determine if Telemate
	was actually at fault.

	Well I upgraded to Telemate v3.10 and here's what I found
	in the "readme.txt" file.

 	". The COM routine might not work on the DOS box in OS/2."

	So if you're using Telemate you'll want to upgrade.  If
	you're using another DOS Comm program and having lockups, you
	may want to try a different Comm program.


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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Why do the IBM BMPs look so awful?
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:08:20 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug19.063736.7961@news.Hawaii.Edu> ressler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Mike "IR" Ressler) writes:
>Out of curiority, I downloaded the bga?bmp.zip files from
>software.watson.ibm.com to see if anything would make a decent background for
>my 1024x768x256 screen. They look really awful, like some sort of bad
>impressionist art (not that impressionism is intrinsically bad ...). At 3/4
>Meg apiece, I would expect something photographic in quality. What's the deal?

odd, I have no problems with them.  I'm using Joel Armengaud's
800x600x256 driver with my ATI Wonder, and they look fine.  One
particular shade of white comes out yellow, but that's probably do to
certain palette colors being reserved by WPS.

I regularly use either "Balloons.bga" or "yarn.bga" as my backdrop.
They look just fine, although WPS stretch-blts them down to 800x600,
making them look a bit grainy.

>It occurs to me that these might only be 16-color images, but they are not
>even decent 16-color dithers. If you've ever looked at lighthou.vga in your
>os2\bitmap directory, it's the same effect ...

No, they're 256-color images.  Those balloons are much to detailed to
be dithered.
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From: tholen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen)
Subject: Re: os/2-the user's view
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 08:09:28 GMT

Roger Ramsey writes:

> None of the Microsoft products I use are bug free either.  However, if I 
> recall correctly, IBM was the company that mdae a big deal about shipping 
> OS/2 2.0 on time and bug free.  I don't recall Microsoft making such a 
> statement openly about their products in recent history.

I do recall them advertising their FORTRAN compiler as being "GSA certified
to be correct and complete".  Well, either GSA's testing is woefully
inadequate, or else Microsoft is hyping their product as badly as anybody
else.
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From: fisherjm@denali.cs.ucdavis.edu (John M. Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Gnu Emacs Installation, help!
Date: 17 Aug 92 17:15:53 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.apps
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis

Hello all,

I am trying to get gnu emacs installed on my system, but have been
running into a multitude of problems. After some fooling around
with emx, I got gnu emacs to compile, but now it says that it
can't find the termcap database. I assume that I need to set some
environment variables, but I can't figure out which one, and the
documentation doesn't seem to help me at all (either emx or
emacs). Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
John
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: HELP!!!! My W4W fonts are messed up.
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:52:21 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Aug13.145245.5720@ichips.intel.com> jburns@pdxgp1 (John Justin Burns Jr.) writes:
>
>All of a sudden my fonts inside Word For Windows 2.0 (running winos2 of
>course) are all screwed up.  The Helv font displays are 6pt, even though I
>have it set at 10.  It continues to display at 6pt up til about 14pt, then
>it displays real large (24pt?).  Everything was just great, all fonts were
>displayed correctly.  Now every font is messed up.  Some are far worse than
>the Helv.

Check your ATM-control panel settings.  Be sure that "use hardwre
fonts" is not checked.  Also, be sure that the font files are loaded.
If they're not, load them.  If they are, use the ATM control panel to
delete them, quit WIN-OS2, delete the /PSFONTS directory, restart
WIN-OS2, and use ATM control panel to re-install the fonts from the
font disk (the last printer disk).  Re-start WIN-OS2 again.  See if
that helps.
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