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From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
Subject: No charge upgrade notice for OS/2 - time extended.
Organization: CARD
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:36:08 GMT

NUMBER    392-205                                                               
DATE      920908                                                                
CATEGORY  WS00, WS20                                                            
TYPE      Marketing                                                             
TITLE     IBM OS/2 VERSION 2.0 NO-CHARGE UPGRADE PROMOTION NOTICE               
ABSTRACT         This notice pertains to the following promotions:              
          o   OS/2 (R) Version 2.0 No-Charge Upgrade Promotion described in     
              Marketing Announcement 392-070, dated March 31, 1992              
          o   No-charge Upgrade Promotion for OS/2 Standard Edition Version 1.X 
              to OS/2 Version 2.0, described in Marketing Announcement 391-178, 
              dated October 22, 1991                                            
          o   No-charge Upgrade Promotion for OS/2 Extended Edition Version 1.X 
              to Extended Services with Database Server for OS/2, described in  
              Marketing Announcement 391-179, dated October 22, 1991            
          o   OS/2 LAN Server Version 1.X to Version 2.0 - Entry No-charge      
              Upgrade and Distributed Feature Promotion, described in Marketing 
              Announcement 391-180, dated October 22, 1991.                     
                 Because of customer requests for additional time to submit     
          order forms to IBM OS/2 Program Headquarters, a grace period from     
          August 25, 1992, to September 30, 1992, has been granted.  All other  
          terms and conditions remain unchanged.                                
           (R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines          
             Corporation.                                                       
OVERVIEW  "The summary above is the entire text of this announcement."          
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ilya@kronecker.mit.edu (Ilya Zakharevich)
Subject: HELP: The sys0002: OS/2 cannot find files on disk
Organization: MIT Department of Mathematics
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 05:51:18 GMT

Hello netters, after all the tries to work with it myself I call for your 
wisdom. I don't remember anything similar on the net before.

	Symptoms:  a) Migrating the applications results sometimes :-) in a
			greyed second page of settings and it is impossible
			to launch it from menu: application not DOS nor OS
			or memory is tight...
		   b) Copying the file from DOS box results sometimes :-) 
			in getting it in the subdirectory OS2 of the target.
		   c) Trying to launch program from command line results 
			sometimes :-) in sys0002 application not found
			(it is reachable for DIR)
		   d) dvipm cannot find a file got either from menu or 
				explicitely.

Now I'm completely stuck. Please give your suggestion if you know what to do.
Thanks in advance, Ilya

My system: noname 486/33, 256K SRAM, ETEQ chipset, 8M 3-chip memory,
2 floppies (one broken - cannot recognize the disk change and kills OS/2
eventually if it accepts its - I'm planning to correct it when I can),
noname FAX/Modem 9624, Conner 120M hard drive, noname Tseng 1M Hicolor.

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel)
Subject: Re: OS/2 is giving me the fits about Windows and DOS
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:47:52 GMT

hob@soda.berkeley.edu (Bing Ho) writes:

>I have had a recent problem where I try to run a DOS or Windows
>programs under OS/2.  It gives me out of memory errors (full-screen
>or seamless), something about cannot start programs/possibly out of
>memory.

>I reinstalled OS/2, downloaded the lastest patches from hobbes.nmsu.edu,
>the latest hpfs and kernel update.  It was running fine for a
>few hours before the error reappeared.

>Any guesses?  Perhaps a previously unknown bug about the kernel update?

>I have a 386/40 8mb ram, silicon integrated systems chipset, and ami bios,
>dated 7/91.

>Thanks for any pointers.

I got those same error messages when I used the DEVICE=COM.SYS parameters in
the CONFIG.SYS (the COM#,address,IRQ stuff). I know this doesn't solve your
problem, I am just saying this is one thing that can cause that problem.
From: steveh@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Steven Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: CURE! for no desktop on bootup syndrome
Date: 7 Sep 92 01:17:26 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

schmiher@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Hermann Schmidt) writes:

>I've been fiddling around with this problem for a while. All three
>machines I work with were 'infected' one day or another.
>The problem appears to be related to the automatic startup of any
>kind of application thru any method (startupfolder, automatic restart).

The problem occures when you have SHADOWS in your startup folder, or restart
applications that are NOT in your startup folder. If you _copy_ whatever
you want to run at startup into your startup folder, things will be swell.

I made these changes about 6 weeks ago, and haven't had a problem since.

-- 
   Steven Hayes                                    |  steveh@rmit.edu.au
   Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)  |  +61 3 660-2693
From: Don.Johnson@f107.n207.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS2 documentation
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Aug 21 1992
Date: 13 Sep 92  00:26:04

SCB>       Can anyone tell me where I can get the Tips and Techniques and that
SCB>stuff???

Just about anywhere.  Try CompuServe's IBMOS2 forum or IBM's NCSC BBS in
Atlanta (404 835 6600).  Most BBSs that support OS/2 also have the
latest version.  (BTW, it's called OS2TNT.ZIP and sometimes OS2TND.ZIP)

                  =Don Johnson=


 * OLX 2.1 TD * OS/2: Not just a job, it's an adventure!

--- Maximus/2 2.01wb
From: hansen@logdis1.hq.aflc.af.mil (John Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Installing OS2
Keywords: OS2 problems installing
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:21:34 GMT
Organization: HQ AFLC LMSC/SXSN,Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Help me please!   I just bought OS2 2.0 via the 1-800 number and am
having difficulties (to say the least) installing it.  I have a 20Mhz
386 made by Unisys (Pheonix bios)  with a 160 meg SCSI HD, vanilla VGA,
HD 3.5 drive A, HD 5.25 drive B.  The install disks are 3.5 as
requested.

I am attempting a dual operating system installation in the same
partition.  I have over 55 megs free on the scsi drive.  I followed the
instructions in the installation guide to the letter (copy c:\*.* c:\dos
 etc, etc...)  The system boots from the installation disk, I am
prompted to put in disk 1 (which I do...)  The screen changes to the
colored OS2 rings, the message: "Loading..." (or similar words) comes
up, and after a short period of time, I get the following.

... Top of screen is filled with 386 extended register dump ...
then an internal error number:
##0160:fff6453f - 000d:a53f.
60000, 9084

038600d,
Internal revision 6.307 92/03/01

followed by the statement that I should phone my support number
and tell them this information.

My question is, of course, does anyone out there know what I'm doing
wrong, or why this is not working?  I have tried a number of tricks to
fix the problem, like disabling shadow rom, and cache control via the
bios setup, but nothing helps.  Should I send it back?  Help me Obi-wan,
your my only remaining hope. :)

Thanks in advance for any assistance.  (please email...)

John C. Hansen			e-mail     ->   hansen@logdis.hq.aflc.af.mil
				snail mail ->   HQ AFLC/LGPP
						WPAFB, Dayton, OH
						45433
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: TE/2, V32bis and Tseng ET4000
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 03:18:54 GMT


Since the imminent CSD will include SVGA drivers for the most popular video
cards, I went out and bought a Tseng Labs ET4000 SVGA video card. I replaced
my existing video card with it, which was a bit slower although a good card
(Trident 8900C).
 
Running TE/2 in a window with my V32bis modem had been a bit slowish on the
video refresh...........I often ran it full-screen, but then I couldn't cut
and paste.......
 
But with the Tseng video card, TE/2 is *much* faster in a window (at 640x480 -
I haven't downloaded the SVGA drivers yet).
 
I was surprised by the difference. I hadn't expected it to be so great.
Perhaps when I get to 800x600, it won't be so noticeable.
 
Any comments?
 
Steve
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From: bw152@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gary A Hensley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: New SOM Fix.
Date: 10 Sep 1992 03:52:02 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


  I downloaded the new SOM fix and I haven't had any problems,
but I can't make up my mind if its faster or slower.  Sometimes
the WPS is extremely fast and sometimes it seems slower than the
fix (I have noticed this during heavy and light use).  Is the
fix suppose to speed anything up, or is my senior year getting
to me already :) :)
 
Gary Hensley
bw152@cleveland.freenet.edu
vd208cs@opie.bgsu.edu
 
Go Falcons, beat OSU!!!!!
From: thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: How do I default to details view for drive objects?
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:21:50 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Hello netters,

How do I make a drive object default to details view when I double
click on it.  I am getting tired of right clicking, choosing open,
and then details.  

Thanks,



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From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Where are the new newsgroups?
Summary: where are .porting and .setup?
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:43:41 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

Where are comp.os.os2.setup and comp.os.os2.programmer.porting?
I have not seen any weekly voting summaries, any discussion, any
voting results, or anything relating to these newsgroups that we
had voted for.  Here is an excerpt from the voting rules.

:
:Votes must be cast according to the following instructions or they
:will not be counted.  Votes will be accepted until 12:01 a.m. UTC,
:August 31, 1992.  Individual vote acknowledgements will not be sent,
:but weekly voting summaries will be posted to all related newsgroups.
:Votes will be tabulated by Robert Cain (rcain@netcom.com).
:

After we get these new groups, maybe we can change comp.binaries.os2
to comp.os.os2.binaries .  This name would be closer to the other OS/2
newsgroup names.

Maybe we can also create comp.os.os2.ftp where we can discuss ftp
sites.  This would be the discussion newsgroup for comp.binaries.os2/
comp.os.os2.binaries.  This can include the weekly posting made by
the ftp-os2 moderator, as well as authors uploading their programs
to ftp-os2 ("I just uploaded my new program <xxxx> at ftp-os2"), and
repost requests ("My site did not receive part 6 of program <xxxx>.
Can someone e-mail me a copy?").

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Cirrus Logic chipset VGA drivers
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:53:19 GMT

In article <dkm2.716447807@Isis.MsState.Edu> dkm2@ra.msstate.edu (David K. Magee) writes:
>I just bought the BOCA superx vga card and it has a Cirrus Logic chipset.
>Are there any available drivers out for this?

Not yet, although I suspect the situation will be strikingly different
in approximately one month.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
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: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: ATI says "NO OS/2 2.0 16bit drivers EVER!"
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 23:51:33 GMT

In article <kevinc.716581644@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> kevinc@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker) writes:
>>say that they were also waiting on a Device Driver Kit from IBM. 
>>This sounds like a lame excuse to me. To write a Driver, ll you need is
>>an assembler, C compiler, linker, and the 1.x libraries. 
>>already out there.
>My video company says the same thing.  It sounds like the 32-bit GRE
>for video drivers is a significant change.  Meanwhile, back at the
>ranch - I'm patiently waiting for my company to develop their 32 bit
>drivers to push their 24 bit 16.7million color card to the limit up
>around 1600 x 1200.

They are fibbing.  Honestly, tell them you'll take your business
elsewhere if they don't get on the ball YESTERDAY.  There are enough
OS/2 2.0 compatible alternatives to take your business elsewhere.

-- 
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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: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Woes
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 00:26:54 GMT

Timothy F. Sipples (sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu) wrote:
> In article <1992Sep3.035320.11605@ultb.isc.rit.edu> jks4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
> 
> >Problem #3: Is there any wat to start an OS/2 program minimized? The     
> >notebook does not allow any changes to the settings for OS/2 programs.
> 
> It should.  If you have OS/2 windowed you should be able to select
> Open Minimized.
> 

You should? I find that many OS/2 specific apps (PM especially) take
over the SESSION section of the notebook so you have windowed is
automatically selected and you can't change any of those settings
including start minimised.

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Joel's new ATI VGA Wonder drivers (1.01)
Date: 15 Sep 92 13:53:12 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <92254.172718SIKORSKI@vm.utcs.utoronto.ca> SIKORSKI@vm.utcs.utoronto.ca writes:
>>
>Even odder I tried using these drives and my system does not even
>boot. After processing the config.sys and I am about to get the
>switch to the WPS I get a black screen and nothing else. My only
>recouse at this point is to reboot the system and remove the
>1.01 driver.
>
>I am running with the ATI 1 Meg XL on a Commodore 386 33 DX.
>The 1.00 driver works fine.

Did you do an SVGA-ON before booting with the new drivers?  They're
using the BVHSVGA driver to change modes, and with SVGA OFF, they
can't work.
-- 
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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: gill@eagle (Warren Gill)
Subject: Re: LAN Manager v2.1 and OS/2 v2.0
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Organization: Sangamon State University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:51:43 GMT

   I would NOT recommend upgrading your servers to OS/2 2.0 until Microsoft
comes out with new server software.  I believe it is more important right
now to have the continued support of the server software than to realize any
small gains which might be achieved in upgrading the operating system at
this time.  I DO believe, however, that you should upgrade ANY workstation
that is using OS/2 to the new 2.0 version.  Make sure your servers are
running NETBEUI if you want to take advantage of IBM's TCP/IP.  IBM TCP/IP
and LAN Manager TCP/IP won't work together.  NETBEUI and IBM TCP/IP will.

   I'll be glad to help, if you need it - see the address below.  Our mail
server lopped off the domain name, so use    gill@eagle.sangamon.edu

   Best of luck,

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: HWHA000 <HWHA@UNB.CA>
Subject: What is a "CSD"?
Organization: The University of New Brunswick
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:52:17 GMT

I've been reading this newsgroup for a couple of weeks now
but I still haven't figured out what CSD means. What is the
June (November?) CSD?
Thanks.

Hugh Whalen
Faculty of Administration
University of New Brunswick




Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: OS/2 and a Novell Network
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:55:57 GMT

In article <20251@plains.NoDak.edu> person@plains.NoDak.edu (Brett G Person ) writes:
>What is needed to run an OS/2 machine on a Novell network?  How much
>disk space, memory, etc is needed?  

I suggest 30 MB of free disk space for a minimum Novell OS/2 2.0 setup
(which includes swap space).  I also recommend 8 MB of RAM to start.
Add more of each as your needs grow.

>I assume that a standard Dos Novell setup won't run in a DoS box. Am I
>rigth?

No, it does work.  You use a specific DOS session.  Appendix E of your
Installation Guide provides a LAN Manager example, I believe.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
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: rpfaff@umiacs.umd.edu (Ray Pfaff)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: HP DeskJet driver - Landscape graphics?
Date: 14 Sep 92 00:17:40 GMT
Organization: UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

Sorry that I can't include previous messages in my posts, but
I'd like to warn potental users of the new epson.zoo file that 
it totally crashed my system. I had to reboot using alt-f1.
It may work for you, but be forwarned!
From: sphilips@ravel.udel.edu (Santosh S Philips)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: SUMMARY: SIS chipset compatibility (486&386)
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:09:59 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware

Due to the large response of OS2 (including potential users) users who asked me
to send information regarding the conclusions re: SIS chipsets...here goes:

SIS 386 25/33Mhz ===> no reported problems.

SIS 486 33Mhz    ===> Mostlikely OK

Most 486 33 SIS chipet users reported minimal problems running OS2
...some reported better than average results running OS2 (very few... to none) 

A few 486 OS2 users reported problems that could not be attributed directly
to the hardware chipset.

One reported "internal error #????" when trying to run a windows application 
from an os2 command line.  Still do not know the cause. 

Another had problems with os2, but indicated that he had mixed 
3chip/9chip memory SIMMS.  I have heard of of computers having problems
dealing with 3chip memory for some reason or another
(comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware).  Probably older chipsets had problems with 3chip
memory.  Mixing 3chip & 9chip memory could pose another problem.

If you are not sure of which chipset to buy like I did, I got a vendor to
guarantee (return & refund of money) if OS2 did not work.  I ended up getting
a Symphony 486/33 256Cache (direct mapped==> equivalent to 64k write back).
Upgradeable to the DX250.

INCIDENTALLY: 
It was interesting to learn that various vendors make different versions of the
same board (same chipset).  Symphony makes 3 grades, low medium and high.  My
vendor said that he used my type of board (highest grade) for various
server configurations with no hardware problems.  He rated it best for
compatibility.  The different grades vary in size and quality of construction
of the motherboard. My main issue was compatibility! 

Hope the above helps someone,
Santosh

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= Santosh Philips                                                           =
= e-mail: sphilips@brahms.udel.edu                                          =
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