HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: RAM speed
Date: 6 Nov 1992 01:36:23 GMT
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

In article <1992Nov5.220721.8289@netcom.com> bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker) writes:
>It *is* a TRAP 0002.  I ran my RAM through some pretty heavy
>diagnostics and found no problems.  I called IBM again, and they
>backed off from the position that RAM speed had to be faster 
>than 80ns, but he still seemed to think the problem was somewhere
>in the RAM.  He took a bunch of info and is going to have another
>tech guy call me.  I'll post the results of the call if anyone
>is interested.

Ah. I don't know about the RAM speed your system requires (your hardware
documentation should help that), but it may be a problem.

It's been observed here before that OS/2 is a better memory diagnostic than
any one you're likely to find in something like QAPlus or Checkit. It makes
much heavier, and much less predictable, use of system memory than diagnostic
programs do.

-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by stupidity.
     We survived Jimmy Carter; we'll (probably) survive Bill Clinton.
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Logitech mouse driver?
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:44:34 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1dbtvtINN9id@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong) writes:
>Hello everyone. I was wondering if there is a Logitech Mouse Driver
>available for OS/2 2.0. Reason I ask is because right now, I have a bus
>Mouseman and I've installed OS/2 with the bus mouse driver and it works
>fine. But I have some DOS programs that uses the middle button which
>doesn't work (since this is the generic bus mouse driver so it can only 
>assume 2 buttons).

According to recent IBM statements, PM will not be supporting a third
button.  The PM API doesn't consider it.  The virtual mouse driver
(for DOS and WIN-OS2 sessions) however, will pass the third button
along to the DOS session in a future release.

-- 
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: solomon@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Solomon)
Subject: Mouse in a DOS Session--Help
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: No Organization, Only Random Events
Date:  9 Nov 1992 14:04 EST  

	Can anyone tell me how to make my mouse work with a DOS application
?

	Here is the situation. I have a Mouse Systems three button mouse 
running on COM2. It works fine in OS2 and WinOS2 (although sluggish in 
WinOS2). I am using the GA release of OS2 without a problem.

	I use Paradox under DOS as my database. I have it customized to use 
a mouse control mechanism which creates custom mouse menus.

	Under regular DOS, MSCMOUSE.COM is loaded by autoexec.bat as the 
mouse driver. Then a POPUP program (a TSR) is run to enable the customized 
menus. The menu is run by its own program titled PDX.

	Under Windows (ms) this is accomplished with a batch file as 
follows:

		<path>mscmouse /2  (for com2)
		<path>popup
		<path>pdx
		cd c:\paradox
		paradox

	The program runs fine, and the mouse performs as intended when run 
in DOS  5.0 and Windows 3.1.

	I migrated paradox to OS2 and it seems to run properly. But I 
cannot get the mouse to run. I tried using the same batch file as above, 
but I always get the message "Com port not available". I tried setting the 
DOS_DEVICE in the seesions box, but popup tells me the driver is not loaded 
and refuses to load itself.

	Any help?

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From: rkimmel@stein.u.washington.edu (Denise Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: News reader...
Date: 9 Nov 92 23:55:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov9.235554.20491
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

I'm a bit confused about these news readers.  What I need to know is Can I use anews reader to read theses messages off of internet (usenet) with my normal 
account?  I'll the different programs I've checked out seem like I need to be 
connected up through a network and not a modem.  If there is something that 
will work, can someone suggest (preferbly OS/2 2.0 version, but normal dos will work, also) a good program that I can try out?  I'm tired of going through
300+ new messages every 12 hours or so.

thanks!

Robert Kimmel
rkimmel@stein.u.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis) (OS/2)
Subject: Re: Large Window, small font
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:47:41 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.173802.4694@sbcs.sunysb.edu> mjn@sbmiclr.cs.sunysb.edu (The Sixth Replicant) writes:
>In article <1992Nov12.232009.20991@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>
>>(a) is quite easy to do -- simply add /K MODE CO80,50 (or whatever) to
>>the end of the DOS_SHELL variable in your notebook settings for your
>>program object.  I hope that's clear enough -- if not, mail me.
>>
>
>OK, here's one: Why can't I say mode co132,25 to get a _wide_ screen when
>I'm in a window. I know it's not supported by my VGA board, but when I'm
>in a window, I'm not using the VGA's character support anyway.

The maximum resolution for VGA is 640 pixels wide.  640 / 132 = 4.84...
This means each character box can only be 4 pixels wide!  Each character
itself can only be 3 pixels wide, plus 1 pixel to separate characters.
This font size is too narrow to create wide characters, like "m" and "w".

What you need is SVGA or better (and the proper driver) to get at least
an 800 pixels wide screen.  800 / 132 = 6.06...  This allows characters
to be 5 pixels wide (plus one pixel to separate characters).

Here is an "m" font using a 6-pixel-wide character box:
......
......
......
......
xx.x..
x.x.x.
x.x.x.
x.x.x.
x.x.x.
......

Now try making an "m" font using a 4-pixel-wide character box...

>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Marc Neuberger                                            mjn@sbcs.sunysb.edu
>


-- 
====== Mike Levis   mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu ======
"I believed what I was told, I thought it was a good   .--.
life, I thought I was happy.  Then I found something  (OS/2)
that changed it all..."  --  Anonymous, 2112  [Rush]   ~--~
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: FCBS in DOS sessions
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 04:28:43 GMT

Gregory Youngblood (zeta%tcscs@idss.nwa.com) wrote:
> This may seeem a dumb question, but the online help has not been as useful as 
> I had hoped.
> 
> In Dos Settings there are two settings for FCBS, by default at 16 and 8.
> 
> From memory, FCBS was used to help backward compatibility to DOS 2.0 back
> in the newer DOS versions.  Is this right?
> 
> Is there any reason to not move the FCBS to 0 and 0 (or 1 and 1 whatever their
> minimal settings can be)?

It is my understanding that few programs use FCB's. They allow single file
operations to be done on groups of characters as they can be specified
using wildcards. Apparently DOS delete/erase uses them. I have set mine to
1 & 1 I think, just in case. I can't see any reason to use more.

> 
> 
> Also, is there a way to add more conventional memory in a DOS session, I had
> heard rumors of being able to have more than the 640 by doing something,
> but I don't know what that was (or even if it is possible).
> 

You'll probably have to limit your display resolution to mono or CGA.

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
Organization: William Rainey Harper College; Palatine, IL  60067
Date: Wednesday, 11 Nov 1992 15:06:27 CST
From: <DGRAHAM@HARPERVM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 and Local Bus Video??

Quite simply, will OS/2 work with a system using local bus video? I want a
machine that will do 32 bit graphics which os/2 now does I believe( at least
with the 32 GRE). Are there any other suggestions other then local bus. Also,
if I do go for local bus, can a different video board be installed( I would
think yes, but sometimes you just don't know....)

Thank in advance

      Dave
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: 880506s@dragon.acadiau.ca (James R. Skinner)
Subject: Re: Will WIN 3.1 SP version install over current SP?
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 19:24:56 GMT

menieuwp@cs.vu.nl (Nieuwpoort van ME) writes:

>Yesterday, I tried installing WINOS231 over 2.0 GA and the Service Pack.
>It replaced some important system files (including OS2KRNL and
>\OS2\DLL\PMWIN.DLL). When I rebooted OS/2 I couldn't open the
>icon view of any folder. (not by double clicking, not via the
>keyboard, and not by choosing OPEN->Icon view).
>Details view and tree view worked fine!
>I re-ran the Service Pack, but only selected the root directory
>and the DLL directory.
>OS/2 is fine now, and WINOS2 3.1 seems to work. I haven't had time
>to really look at it yet, but I could open Write, and I could
>type things using a TrueType font.

I have done this also with great sucess!!
Here is the procedure I used:

	Intall OS/2 2.0 GA
	Apply Service Pack
	Install Winos231 (Do not reboot after install)
     	Run Service Pack again but NOT on the winos231 directory.
	Reboot.

I works great for me but please remember as has been pointed out here
before that this is not supported by IBM so do so at your own risk...

-- 

-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
        James Robie Skinner        |     Jodrey School of Computer Science        James.Skinner@dragon.acadiau.ca  |  Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
From: melissa@romulus (Melissa Woo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Service pack - "extent not found"
Date: 6 Nov 92 17:24:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BxB1pJ.61
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

In <720842766snx@ananke.stgt.sub.org> ak@ananke.stgt.sub.org (Andreas Kaiser) writes:

>Still the same bug, even in the service pack. When some mailer
>(Binkley, UUPC) has logfiles on HPFS opened when the system crashes,
>the HPFS CHKDSK informs me about

Did you try the procedure (I don't know if you saw it) that was posted in
one of the Fidonet echos (probably OS2BBS)?

Basically, it involved reformatting all HPFS partitions using GA, *except*
with the  HPFS.IFS  from the SP installed, then installing the SP over that.
(gee, I wonder how to do this?)

I have absolutely no idea if this works or not, as I haven't gotten around
to getting the SP, and after hearing about the problems some Fido sysops
are having, I'm not even sure if I want to install it.

What I've been doing that seems to work is a bit drastic, but I haven't
had a CPS: Extent Not Found error since I started doing it.

I have a STARTUP.CMD file that re-runs chkdsk (fortunately, the bbs drive
isn't the one with the operating system on it, so I can do this), and deletes
all the bbs log files (BINKLEY.LOG, MAX.LOG, SQUISH.LOG) and all the Squish
*.sqb files.

Like I said, I haven't had the CPS error thing since I started doing this,
despite several power outages (one extent not found error was more than
enough for me! ugh).  It *is* sort of drastic, but it's better than trashing
the bbs drive.

-- 

Melissa Woo

melissa@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
From: owen@lakes.trenton.sc.us (UN Owen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: DOS version of pathalias won't run
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 21:42:37 EST
Reply-To: owen@lakes.trenton.sc.us (UN Owen)
Organization: Lakes Public Access

I have a DOS version of pathalias that, according to the docs, was 
compiled under GCC.  I have run it before installing OS/2, but 
from a VDM session I get a message saying the system must be in 
real mode and not v86 mode.  Is there anyway to run a program like 
this from within OS/2?

--
owen@lakes.trenton.sc.us | The Veronica Lake Fan Club
   (Michael Hendrick)    |   Just another blonde in black and white
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:35812 comp.os.os2.programmer:6284 comp.os.os2.apps:8010
Organization: Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Vienna, Austria
Date: Sunday, 8 Nov 1992 14:54:31 CET
From: FLATSCHER Rony <RONY@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: What ever happened to John Rigdes ?

High,

does anyone know what happend to John Ridges, the author of DESKPIC ( a very
nice and open-acrchitectured screen-saver for OS/2 ) ?

On the same DESKPIC-issue:

     - is there a 32-bit version someplace ?
     - where does one get the source code ?
     - is there a place where additional animations for DESKPIC could
       be obtained ?

---rony
From: scratchy.caltech.edu!kasturi (Tejaswi Kasturi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: DVPEG and OS/2 SP and ATI VGA Wonder
Date: 6 Nov 1992 00:39:42 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: piglet.caltech.edu
Originator: kasturi@piglet

I've been using DVPEG for DOS in a full screen DOS shell to view my JPEG  
files and have found it to work very well with OS/2 2.0.  At least before  
I installed the SP.  Now, it's rather spontaneous on if it'll work or if  
it'll crash the system.  Apparently, it looks like if the JPEG file  
requires more than a certain amount of memory, OS/2 will lose video sync,  
and my monitor will go crazy.  So DVpeg still works for small pics but it  
crashes OS/2 for larger ones.  I have no idea why this problem is  
occurring nor how to fix it.  Note that I'm using an ATI VGA Wonder OEM  
512K in 800x600x256 color using Joel Armengaud's driver.  This same driver  
did not work with SVGA ON, so I was forced to turn SVGA OFF in order for  
the driver to work at all.  This could be the problem with DVPEG which  
does use SVGA modes to display the pictures.

Help appreciated!  On either fixing the 800x600x256 driver problem with  
SVGA ON or with DVPEG.

Tejaswi Kasturi
kasturi@cco.caltech.edu
From: eaj@acpub.duke.edu (Edward A. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Switching from WINOS2 to Desktop & Back
Date: 7 Nov 92 19:17:20 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

Until recently, switching back and both between the WPS and WINOS2
fullscreen using Alt-Esc took less than a second. Now, switching from
WINOS2 to WPS takes 15 seconds, whereas from WPS to WINOS2 remains less
than a second. What have I done or has happened to cause this and how
can I fix it?

-Ted-
From: Richard.Solomon@ColoSpgs.NCR.COM (Richard Solomon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Setting DOS_VERSION in ALL dos sessions????
Date: 12 Nov 92 14:17:48 GMT
Organization: NCR Microelectronics

I load a TSR in my AUTOEXEC which requires DOS_VERSION be set to 5.00.  Is
there a way to do this in CONFIG.SYS or something so that I don't have to
change DOS_VERSION in all my DOS program settings?????

Thanks in advance, as usual please reply via e-mail and I'll summarize to the
net if interest warrants.

Richard

Richard Solomon                                 NCR Microelectronics
                                                1635 Aeroplaza Drive
Richard.Solomon@ColoSpgs.NCR.COM                Colorado Springs, CO  80916
...!uunet!ncrcom!ncr-mpd!Richard.Solomon        (719) 596-5795 x227
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rgaudre@triton.unm.edu (Ron Gaudreau)
Subject: OS2 Bug: problems with COM1/2/3/4 when using COM1(mouse)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 07:29:21 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque


 I figured out the problem I was having with my computer and the
new Service Pack that I installed.

SYMPTOM: Whenver I used my mouse which is on COM1 to open folders scroll
through windows etc it would cause my other COM ports to screw up. This was 
very noticeable with my modem which I had on COM4 - then on COM2 and also 
on COM3. It would cause the relay to open and close and eventually hang
my modem. I would ahve to power down in order to reset my modem.

CAUSE: I finally figured out that it was the video driver I was using
because it would also screw up my modem when I only used the keyboard
to operate the PM and when I ran a screen saver with an aquaruium scence
it would really drive my modem wild. I was using the TSENG drivers that
came with the service pack at the 600x800 resolution. When I reinstalled
the video driver back to the default low resolution driver that you start
out with in OS2 then everything was fine. I then went back and tried each of 
the three TSENG driver resolution and it did it on all three.


So I'm now forced to the crummy default driver until OS2 can fix this
problem or soemone writes some decent drivers for the TSENG chipset.
I left a message with the IBM service person who was handling my problem since
I discovered this late this evening. Tomorrow I'll talk to them and see
what kind of a response I will get from them.
-- 
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        Ron Gaudreau              | rgaudre@polaris.unm.edu  
    University of New Mexico      |
From: jerome.yuzyk@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Jerome Yuzyk) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: BOOK RECCOMENDATIONS
Date: 9 Nov 92 00:49:00 GMT
Reply-To: jerome.yuzyk@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Jerome Yuzyk) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Freddy's Place BBS - Edmonton, AB - 403-456-4241

BK>Can anyone reccomend a good reference book on OS/2 usage? Most of the ones
BK>I've seen are so basic that they are insulting to anyone who has ever used
a
BK>computer before. Thanks.

By now you will have heard about the NRP book - it's a good _introduction_ and
(light) reference to function.  There is no better that I've seen anywhere
(even promised).
 
To REALLY get to the heart of OS/2 there is another book "The Design of OS/2",
and it is to OS/2 2.0 what "Inside OS/2" (not the same as the NRP book) was to
OS/2 1.x - I read that one while waiting for the NRP book, and although
written
for programmers, it offered tremendous insight for a prior DOS/Win power user.
BUT the "...Design..." book costs CAN$62, and is rather small for that.

Then I got the OS/2 Redbooks - CAN$50+GST - and for this price they are a MUST
for anyone wanting to commit to, support, and/or hack OS/2. For the money,
I got 6 Redbooks: Control Program, DOS/Windows Env., Pres. Mgr., App
Development
Print Subsystem, and a YellowBook: Networking and Systems Services and Support
(actually a Technical Bulletin).  These books are 8-1/2x11 3-hole punched
softcovers full of design information, so-so graphics (even the INF versions),
and Lab Session Exercises and printed example code.  I can't imagine why
these books are not more widely recommended, especially given the character of
most OS frontier-pushers.
 
If you want to know how to format a floppy, get the NRP book; if you want to
understand how OS/2 works, get the RedBooks.

___
 * MR/2 1.32 NR * Will the real Neil Parks please log on?
From: rkimmel@stein.u.washington.edu (Denise Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Tseng 4000 speed comparison on generic and Diamond boards.
Keywords: tseng 4000 performance
Date: 10 Nov 92 00:02:47 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

I have a diamond speedstar and I don't find anything wrong with speed.  It
doesn't seem much different.  Did  you use selective install?  I first
installed mine with dspiinstal, then reinstalled it with selective
install after I found out that was the way to do it.  And it is faster
after i did the selectrive install.

the machine: 486DX 33 256k cashe
             Diamond Speedstar 4.23 (video mode: 800x600x256)
             8 megs memory
             130 meg maxter
              95 meg seagate
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Volker.Stegmann@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Volker Stegmann)
Subject: No 256 colors in background ???
Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 08:53:15 GMT

Hi,

I've installed the Service Pack a few day ago and selected the 800x600x256
resolution. I'm using a Speedstar HiColor Card with Tseng Chipset. Now here
comes my problem:
I'm using Paint Shop Pro in a windowed session and can use the full
256 color palette. Today I decided to take a picture as a background. So
I converted the .GIF file to .BMP (OS2-BMP) and got it in 16 COLOR MODE in
the background (The Picture is correctly converted).
Do I have to make some switches in the setup or somehow ? Or is the driver
just for windows and dos sessions ?
Please help me !
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: CATD@ibm.rz.tu-clausthal.de (Thorsten Domsalla)
Subject: HELP! Slow 8514/A after SP installation
Organization: Rechenzentrum der TU CLAUSTHAL
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 09:19:22 GMT

I just installed the SP (10/92) and was surprised to see my windows
popping up in half of the speed they did before. I have an 8514/A
graphics adapter in a PS/2 Model 80-A31.
I read that the 32-bit Graphics Engine is part of the SP but the
8514/A driver still is a 16 bit... ;-(
                                                                              W
What can I do to get at least the old performance?
 
T.J.
From: gouvea@zariski.harvard.edu (Fernando Gouvea)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: C/Set 2 CSDs
Date: 9 Nov 92 18:37:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Nov9.133734.17253
Distribution: world
Organization: Colby College Dept. of Math/CS


I'm finally getting around to installing the C/Set 2 from the DAP CD-ROM,
and noticed that a CSD is already provided on the CD. There seems to be a
(different?) CSD on ftp-os2 also. Can anyone confirm whether these are the
same/different? Compatible? Cumulative?

Thanks!

-- 
============================================================================
Fernando Q. Gouvea				fqgouvea@colby.edu
Dept. of Math/CS				(207)-872-3278
Colby College					Mudd 407
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo)
Subject: Re: DISKCACHE and FAT
Organization: MITRE Corporation, McLean  VA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:43:41 GMT

In article <Qez5GdS00WBKE4EYAy@andrew.cmu.edu>
 Jeffrey Michael Gerber <jg3s+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.os2.misc: 7-Nov-92 Re: DISKCACHE and FAT
>by Timothy F. Sipples@ellis 
>> It should read:
>>  
>> DISKCACHE=64,LW,AC:CD
>
>Tried it, doesn't work.  Same error.

Mine says:

DISKCACHE=512,LW,AC:CD

and works just fine.  Drives C and D are FAT, drive E is HPFS.

Are you sure the error comes from that line in CONFIG.SYS?  Do you actually 
have C and D as FAT?

John DeCarlo, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA--My views are my own
Fidonet:  1:109/131  Internet:  jdecarlo@mitre.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc