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From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: Re: SP and STEALTH
Keywords: DIAMOND STEALTH OS/2
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 15:03:30 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.232757.21648@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <9211111954.AA21586@magnusug.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Eric B Karabin <ekarabin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>>	Is there anything in the Service Pack that can be used
>>to get SVGA on a Diamond Stealth card?
>
>No.
>
>There is, however, a crude first attempt at a driver for S3-based
>adapters like the Stealth.  Check ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  Filename is
>something like f10x8.zip, in /pub/uploads at the moment.
>
>-- 
>Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0g, available from
>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.]

Anybody else try this with a Stealth?  Using their SVGA.EXE program wouldn't
generate a .PMI file for me.  I didn't bother continuing.

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

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: btf57346@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Byron "Bohr" Faber)
Subject: Which files do I need for the CSD?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:01:09 GMT

Sorry, bot this, but I ftped to software.watson.ibm.com.

Anybody know which files I want?  And where I get the file
to undo them?

e-mail Please

Thanks alot

Byron Faber
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From: greve@rs1.thch.uni-bonn.de (Thomas Greve)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ET 4000 speed ?
Date: 5 Nov 92 16:05:19 GMT
Organization: University of Bonn, phys. Chemistry

In article <haug03046920931001818@zesi.do.open.de> haug@zesi.do.open.de (Haug Buerger) writes:
>
>hi,
>
>has anybody tested the speed of the et4000 drivers of the service
>pack? All i read was a 1024x768x256, 800x600x256 and 640x480x256 
>driver kit. Isn't it very slow with so many colors?
Yes, it is. But this is not a question of colors but of driver
optimization. Flooding the background with one homogeneous color is
*really* fast, but the slow scrolling speed of text windows makes them
unuseable. The orchid drivers flooded the background more slowly, but
they scrolled faster. That would have made them useable, if they
weren't rather instable...

> Has anybody
>made a speed test? What refresh rates are possible with the et4000
>drivers, 60Hz or 70Hz? 
Depends on your hardware. Usually you switch to the right refresh
rates in a DOS FS session and run SVGA on afterwards. This makes the
video timing available for OS/2 after the next reboot.
-- 
				- Thomas

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   unt145@dbnrhrz1
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: greve@rs1.thch.uni-bonn.de (Thomas Greve)
Subject: Re: has anyone w/ ati ultra gotten a strange driver error w/sp?
Summary: SP service not too complete.
Organization: University of Bonn, phys. Chemistry
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:06:33 GMT

In article <Bx2BnL.66z@acsu.buffalo.edu> oistony@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthony M. Petro) writes:
>i just installed the sp this morning, more or less without incident.
>
>however, whenever i boot, i get a message to the effect that
>
>V8513A.SYS in line 66 of config.sys is an invalid or missing driver.
>Skipping line 66...
It's probably v8514a.sys, but... ;-)

>not an exact quote, i don't remember exactly.  anyhow, os2 then 
>proceeds to boot just fine, and 8514/a mode (1024x768) pops up just 
>as it used to.
>
>why the error?  the line in question in config.sys is:
>
>device=c:\os2\mdos\v8514a.sys
This line was probably added by the dspinst program. I didn't have
this line in my config.sys previously (and i didn't miss it, as i
don't have DOS apps using 8514 ;-).

Nevertheless, if you don't want to delete this line, unpack it
manually from the SP disks. Look at the TOC posted to this list
recently... 

What about the VDMA{AT,PS2} stuff? SP service didn't ipdate this one,
either. Anyone knows, if it is useful/recommended/dangerous to unpack
this one manually and rename it?
-- 
				- Thomas

   greve@rs1.thch.uni-bonn.de
   unt145@dbnrhrz1
From: 32coulter@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: PMDDE.EXE after SP...
Date: 8 Nov 92 15:27:17 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

In article <16899AC17.UC545502@mizzou1.missouri.edu>, UC545502@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Dale Hackemeyer) writes:
> Has anyone else had their PMDDE.EXE deleted by the service pack? I've
> installed the SP twice now and both times the PMDDE program disappeared
> from my hard drive. I searched the HD and only found PMDDE.DLL.
>  
> The first time I installed I put it over my GA version that had numerous
> patches applied. The thing became so unstable I decided to install over
> a "virgin" copy of the GA. Both times PMDDE.EXE disappeared. This doesn't
> particularly bother me as I've never used the OS/2 - WINOS2 Data Update,
> but I was wondering if anyone else had this problem.
>  
> OS/2 seems more stable now that I've reinstalled everything, but I've
> only had about two hours to test it out. Has anyone else had to do this
> to get it working correctly? Did it really help?
>  
> Thanks for any input!
>  

The SP incorporates this function as an inherent feature.  Data Interchage is
no longer a separate program.

-- James --
32coulter@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: scastill@nmsu.edu (Steve Castillo)
Subject: 8514 seamless video drivers?
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:59:14 GMT


I am currently using an ATI Ultra in my pc.  I use the stock IBM 8514
drivers for the wps and the ATI windows drivers for full screen
windows sessions.  I installed the CSD with no problems.  I have two
questions about the video drivers.

1.  There are still no 8514 seamless windows drivers yet.  Has IBM made an
announcement concerning 8514 seamless windows drivers for the 32 bit
graphics engine?  Recent postings in this group indicate that it will
be awhile before ATI will have anything (if at all) for the ATI
Graphics Ultra to run seamless windows sessions.

2.  When I start a windows application from the desktop, a full screen
windows session is started and then the application is fired up.
However, when I open a second windows application from the desktop, a
second seperate windows session is started for the second app.  I only
seem to be able to get around this by explicitly opening a full screen windows
session from the desktop and then firing up each windows app from
within the windows session.  How can I get a second windows app
opened from the desktop to use the already opened full screen windows
session started by the first app?  I have looked at the notebook
settings for the windows apps and I can't seem to find any way to
change this behavior.

Thanks in advance for any information.
--
*****************************************************************
Steve Castillo
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM

scastill@nmsu.edu
(505)646-3214
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From: dhalem@cats.ucsc.edu (Daniel Aaron Halem)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Help!!! mouse problems!!!
Date: 10 Nov 1992 01:47:47 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


Help!!!

I'm a lefty and I swapped the mouse buttons for my os/2
desktop, and my win-os2 desktop, but in full screen dos sessions
and seamless windows, the buttons are not swapped.  This
is very distracting!!!!

There must be other lefties who have had this problem?!?!?!

Please email:dhalem@cats.ucsc.edu

- Dan
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From: msaletni@jade.tufts.edu (Michael J. Saletnik)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Prob with minimized icons
Date: 11 Nov 92 11:46:26 GMT
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA

Here are several I'm curious if anyone else has seen.

I have UUPC on my system, and I have an object that runs 'uucico -s
jade'.  This object is set to be an OS/2 window, run minimized, and
minimize to desktop.  Irregardless of the WPS setting (minimize to
desktop or to viewer) this object will *always* re-minimize to the
viewer.  I cannot convince it to go to the desktop, if it is started
with the "run minimized" option.  Bug or feature?  Anyone?  Bueller?

Also, my desktop-minimized icons are the OS/2 default icon with a border
around it.  I can't convince them to be one of the color icons I've
drawn.  Anyone know which 'device' OS/2 uses from the icon file for a
minimized-to-desktop icon?  For that matter, can anyone point me to a
reference that tells me which device is used at what times?  I have
the redbooks online, but found nothing by skimming the contents.

The system is a Packard Bell Legend 700, 486/33, 120mb, 8meg, Orchid
F1280 S3 SVGA running PM @ 1024x768x256.

					Thanks,
						Michael

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From: d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Service pack - "extent not found"
Date: 7 Nov 92 00:51:48 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg Sweden

melissa@romulus (Melissa Woo) writes:

>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 just recently went through this procedure.  It was a rather complicated
procedure, because of the way they have organized the packaging of the
disks.  Here is what I did:

1.  Copy the HPFS.IFS and UHPFS.DLL files from the SP disks to disk 2 and 3
    of the OS/2 2.0 GA.

2.  Boot up OS/2 2.0 GA and run the install with the first five diskettes
    and let OS/2 reformat all HPFS partitions.

3.  When prompted to remove the Installation diskette and press Enter
    to reboot, I removed the diskette, pressed Enter, and immediately
    inserted the Installation diskette again, to boot from it once more.

4.  When booting is finished (after DISK 2 is inserted), I copy the HPFS.IFS
    file from the floppy to /OS2/INSTALL, and pres Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot
    (without diskette).

5.  I run the installation program, and insert diskette 6-14 (I don't
    remember the numbers exactly).  When prompted to remove the diskette
    in the drive and press Enter to reboot, I remove the diskette press
    Enter, and insert the Installation diskette again to boot from it.

6.  I copy the file HPFS.IFS to /OS2 and UHPFS.DLL to /OS2/DLL and reboot
    with CAD.

7.  I let the system boot from hard disk and wait while the system
    builds all object.  When the desktop is created, I shutdown and
    reboot to install the service pack.

8.  The service pack install is straight forward.

It seems important to NEVER let the old HPFS and UHPFS to touch the
new HPFS partitions.

I don't know yet if this works though...  I have only run two days after
re-installing, and have not got the CPS extent not found, but I don't
this is proof enough (as I only got that error now and then anyhow).

Mikael Wahlgren
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot install YNARI fonts!  What's that?
From: cvafyaga@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
Date: 11 Nov 1992 17:26 -0800
Distribution: world
Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <BxD29F.MGJ@chinet.chi.il.us>, naughton@chinet.chi.il.us (Thomas Naughton) writes...
>the GA disks)  I keep on getting error messages about not being
>able to load OS/2 and WIN-OS/2 fonts "Y N A R I".  Whatever that
>splat is.  

I'm guessing here, but I think the Y N A R I is Yes, No, Abort, Retry
and Ignore?  

Srikanth
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Lowey@Jester.USask.CA (Kevin Lowey)
Subject: Video losing synch in DOS? READ THIS FOR SOLUTION!!
Originator: lowey@jester.usask.ca
Reply-To: lowey@jester.usask.ca
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 23:37:00 GMT

In reading the OS/2 2.0 readme file, I came across something
interesting.  Apparantly, when switching to full-screen DOS sessions,
OS/2 looks for the SVGADATA.PMI file in the file \OS2\SVGADATA.PMI
ON THE CURRENT DRIVE.  This is fine, IF you are using the drive
the \OS2 directory is on.  However, if you are on a different drive,
the \OS2\SVGADATA.PMI file cannot be found, so the video loses synch.

The solution?  Make a directory called \OS2 on all your hard disk
partitions, and copy the SVGADATA.PMI file into it.  Then OS/2 can
find it, and the problem should go away.
-- 
- Kevin Lowey (Lowey@Sask.USask.CA)
>>>>> Anonymous FTP to FTP.USASK.CA for DOS, OS/2, and Windows programs <<<<<

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Cshow 8.41/Trident SVGA and OS2 2.0
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 00:16:14 GMT

In article <1992Nov04.183657.14944@r-node.gts.org> 88singhr@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca writes:
>I have a problem using CSHOW 8.41 with a Trident SVGA card (512K) running
>under OS/2.  Whenever I choose one of the Trident Video Modes, I get a
>series of flashing vertical lines that distort the image.  If I choose one
>of the other VGA modes, then the image is displayed fine.  I prefer to use
>the Trident modes becase resolution is somewhat better.
>Does anyone have any suggestions that might help me?

This gremlin seems to have crept in with the Service Pack.  I am
investigating still.

Incidently, does anyone know why the Service Pack causes Sytos Plus to
freeze?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tholen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen)
Subject: Re: Cshow 8.41/Trident SVGA and OS2 2.0
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 23:06:42 GMT

88singhr@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca writes:

> I have a problem using CSHOW 8.41 with a Trident SVGA card (512K) running
> under OS/2.

Is CSHOW available only from Compuserve, or can it be found on popular FTP
sites, like SIMTEL?
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jwichman@cssjgw (Jon Wichman)
Subject: Re: TVGACRTC
Organization: MOTOROLA 
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:48:08 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.153327.5305@sbcs.sunysb.edu> kskapin@csws3.ic.sunysb.edu  
(Keith T Skapinski) writes:
> In article <1992Nov3.165934.4478@schbbs.mot.com> jwichman@cssjgw (Jon  
Wichman) writes:
> >In article <1992Nov2.143501.29910@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> ezeller@iiic.ethz.ch  
> >(Emil Johann Zeller) writes:
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> does anyone know, where I can get TVGACRTC.EXE?
> >
> >Mine came on the driver diskettes that came with my trident
> >video board.  You might be able to get it from the Trident BBS
> >also. That number is 415-691-1016 (U.S.)
> >
> 
> So did mine. However, what use does it have for OS/2? What is it supposed
> to o again? Thanks.
> 
When you run the program (TVGACRT.EXE?) to set your video mode
(eg. 800x600x16 NON-INTERLACED) before running SVGA ON, it wants
to put this file in CONFIG.SYS (and probably blows up if it can't
find it).

I let it do it and then took it back out.  I think it does the
same thing as SVGA ON - only for DOS.  It seems to serve no purpose
in OS/2.

I was unable to get NI mode unless I ran TVGACRT prior to running
SVGA ON...

Jon
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: low@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Hock-leong Low)
Subject: Will new Service Pack ET4000 drivers allow WINOS2 in SVGA mode?  
Organization: University of Engineering, College of Engineering
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 05:29:02 GMT

Hello,

I'm using the new ET4000 drivers--running at 800x600 with 256 colors
on a generic ET4000 card.  Since I'm not able to run WINOS2 (since
after SP install), I'm wondering if the new drivers allow WINOS2
in SVGA 'seemless' mode.

Thanks in advance.

:) Jason	low@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: stu9r22@bnr.ca (Ian Lowrie)
Subject: What goodies were in the SPP?
Reply-To: stephen.drye@synapse.isis.org
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:59:08 GMT

Hi!

When I was poking around the service pack disks, I came across several
programs that weren't installed in the upgrade.

Since one was an _UN_install program (really useful!) and one (bootdisk.exe)
mumbled something about making utility disks, I was wondering what 
exactly came with the SPP?  Also, why weren't they installed?!

Does anyone know anything about this? (BTW, the uninstall program is on
disk 7 of the 3.5" SPP).

Stephen Drye

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: low@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Hock-leong Low)
Subject: Is there a way to reinstall _just_ WINOS2?   
Organization: University of Engineering, College of Engineering
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 05:08:24 GMT

Hello,

Is there a way just to reinstall JUST WINOS/2?--I'm having
some problems running it.

Thanks!

:) Jason	low@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu    
 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: auhl@fzi.DE (Axel Uhl)
Subject: ET4000 drivers of CSD without the rest ?
Reply-To: fzi.de
Organization: Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:06:36 GMT


Can I install the ET4000 drivers of the CSD together with the 32-bit GRE,
but without the whole rest of the CSD? I'm using the German version of OS/2
and thus are not sure if I should apply the whole CSD to my version.

Axel (auhl@fzi.de)
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:35489 comp.os.os2:423
From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Subject: Re: How do I put the downloaded service pack on floppys?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 00:11:22 GMT

acm@acm.Berkeley.EDU (Art McKinney) writes:

> From postings on the net, there are references
> to a program "loaddskf.exe" or something like that, but I can't find
> it anywhere (at least not on .watson.).
>
>Thanks,
>
>Art

[Note:  there is an implied carriage return ater each command]

1.  FTP to software.watson.ibm.com
2.  Answer 'anonymous' for your name
3.  Answer 'ident' for your password
4.  Type 'bin'
5.  Type 'cd /pub/os2/os2fixes'
6.  Type 'get loaddskf.exe'
7.  Type 'bye'

This should produce 'loaddskf.exe' on your computer.  Hope this helps.
-- 

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jahk@uiuc.edu                       It works better if you plug it in.

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: TE/2 window size?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 17:10:05 GMT

In article <9276@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum) writes:
>TE/2 runs very nicely both in a window and full screen, but leaves this
>OS/2 novice with a couple of questions:
>1) Is it possible to switch between the Window and full screen versions
>on the fly (say, by hitting a hot key while the program is running)?

With OS/2 programs, at present, no.

>2) Is it possible to resize the Window. The usual approach (right button
>while pointing to a border) doesn't have any effect. Clicking on the
>enlargement box in the upper right corner of the window frame moves the
>window on my screen, but doesn't enlarge it.

Use mouse button one on the border, hold, and drag.  If the window is
as big as it is going to go, nothing will happen.  You can change the
size of the text in the window by selecting the menu in the upper left
hand corner, then Font Size.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: des@inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd)
Subject: Re: post-CSD disk performance
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 09:33:38 GMT

Brent Nordin (nordin@qucis.queensu.ca) wrote:
: I installed the CSD last week on a Dell 310 (386DX-20,8MB RAM),240MB spread over
: 2 ESDI drives, 2 FAT partitions and 1 HPFS partition.  I had occasion to
: delete a subdirectory containing about 110 files, with an average size of
: 1k bytes.  The operation seemed very slow, so I did some further testing.
: The files were all on one of the FAT partitions.
: 
: Native DOS, delete 110 files < 2 secs
: OS2 window                     18 secs
: DOS window under OS2           3 minutes, 10 seconds!!!

one reason why OS/2 under FAT is slower than plain DOS is that
everytime it deletes a file then it has to rewrite the directories
extended attributes to remove that file's entry. Hence while
under DOS the delete consists of flipping the delete bit in the
directory entry for all the files, under OS/2 in addition the extended
attributes need to be rewritten. As i assume the fact that EA's
under FAT are in a special file is hidden in the filesystem, this
EA rewriting may be being done 110 times :-)

not sure how to explain why DOS is so much slower though 

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From: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Questions:  Background Bitmap
Date: 6 Nov 92 04:23:18 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

I found a really nice GIF that I decided to use as my background, so I 
loaded into WinGIF and saved it as a BMP (and converted it from 256 colors
to 256 grayscale since it looks cooler in B&W...very chic).  Anyway, 
ever since installing this thing as my background, my sapfile has
started growing IMMENSELY.  I used to stick around 5120k (under the 
service pack) and it used to shrink down back to 5120 or so if it ever
grew too far, but if I use the picture as my background, the swapper
gets up to 13 or 14 megs after a while and there doesn't seem to be
any reason why...and it doesn't come down.

The BMP file is only 500k long, so I thought at worst, I'd have 500k more
of memory being thrown around...but it seems like this 500k increases
EVERY TIME the screen is switched to full screen anything and back again.
It seems like OS/2 is actually placing multiple copies of the bmp in
memory and then forgetting to deallocate the space when it is supposed 
to.  

Can anyone confirm this, or offer some explanation, or anything?

Thanks for the help...

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