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From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Subject: Re: adding PS fonts to OS/2 ?
Keywords: PS font pfa
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 19:31:20 GMT

In article <1992Oct07.142512.10751@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> ucgadkw@ucl.ac.uk (Dominik Wujastyk) writes:
>Using the Font Palette/Edit font/Add routines from the OS/2 WPS,
>I am able to add the Charter font to my system.  This seems
>simply to consist of copying the files to c:\os2\dll -- am I right?
>
>But the system seems unable to cope with the Utopia fonts which 
>are in Ascii Postscript font format, i.e., *.pfa.
>
>Any suggestions?  Is there such a beast as pfa2pfb?  Can the Add
>routine be made to accept a *.pfa font?  (I renamed it *.pfb, but
>that didn't really work.)

yes, I ported some PostScript Utilities to OS/2. They are called os2PSutils.zip,
and are on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. They should be in /pub/uploads/utils.
The programs are t1ascii and t1binary to convert between pfa and pfb formats.

Read the README file in it. You will need the EMX/GNU DLL files, unless you
already have them. They should be in the same directory, the file is emxdlls.zip
(you need unzip version 5.0 to unzip the files)

>
>Dominik


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From: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Why XGA-2?
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:33:03 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization


>Why is XGA-2 important?
>
>(1) Support for up to eight adapters/monitors in a single system.

Does this mean OS/2 will finally be able to do the dual screen thing
like Macs and have the mouse pointer go between screens?  Hmmm...

>(2) An IBM standard, just like VGA.  Meaning you won't have to muck
>about trying to find a driver.

Not a very good point.  ATI has drivers for just about everything already.
(And will soon for OS/2 as well...)

On the other hand, there are a few titles which don't run on XGA since
XGA lacks industry support.  Links 386 Pro, Mpeg viewer, some others...

>(3) Bus mastering.  Apparently even on the AT bus.

Sounds good.  Do the Ultras busmaster?

>(4) Fully extensible.  It is the "last" graphics standard -- vendors
>are free to add additional modes as hardware advances.  Even the
>coprocessor can be replaced.  All without breaking the standard.
>(5) Intelligent querying of monitor/adapter capabilities.  The
>software can respond depending on what modes are available on a given
>machine.

I don't think I will be moving the card/software from machine to machine
very often...

>(6) A VESA standard, meaning it has widespread industry support.
>(7) It is actually _less_ expensive than the ATI cards.
>(8) Much faster than XGA(1).  (We need to wait on the benchmarks -- it
>isn't clear ATI will be faster now.)
>(9) Full (and standard) customization for your monitor.

My main question is this: will there be an EISA version and how much will it
cost?

I bought an EISA system, for better or for worse, and I want to buy cards that
take advantage of it.



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From: cvafyaga@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: VSVGA.SYS nonsense
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:41:00 GMT
Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1975@acf5.NYU.EDU>, checker@acf5.NYU.EDU (checker) writes...
> 
>Perhaps I should clarify what I mean by garbled.  This is not a sync
>problem, it seems to be a problem saving and restoring video memory. 
>Each time I switch to a full screen session the screen is filled with
>flashing boxes.  I believe the card is in the correct video mode, but

Hmm, what makes you say that?  I don't think that the card is in the
right mode.  Why?  I can go into Qedit and change modes to 80x50 (and
back to 80x25) and the DOS session is readable again.  Also, if you
Alt-Esc the full screen DOS session (make it a window), the session
isn't garbled anymore.  

Srikanth
Clinton & OS/2 in '92!
From: me90plb@brunel.ac.uk (Paul L Barnfather)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Viruses under OS/2
Date: 7 Oct 92 11:12:55 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Can DOS viruses infect an HPFS partition ??

A friends DOS PC recently got infected with Terminator 2
Scan can't detect this virus, but the virus messed around with
the FAT and wrecked all the data on the disk.
I havent seen any allocation errors on my system, so is HPFS
immune to DOS viruses??
If not, how do I deal with viruses that mess around with the file system ??

I case anyone's interested, this virus is really viscious !!
I trashed the hard disk in minutes, Scan ver 95 can't detect it
si I've no idea how to get rid of it !!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: WIN-OS/2<->OS/2 cut and paste doesn't work in beta
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 10:11:44 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.135515.17290@sbcs.sunysb.edu> kroe@cs.sunysb.edu (KiYun Roe) writes:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'd like to know if this is a known problem, or if I'm just doing
> something wrong.  Since I've installed the GRE-Win 3.1 beta I have been
> unable to cut and paste between WIN-OS/2 and OS/2 sessions.  I have had
> no success with either 3.0 or 3.1 sessions.  I have made sure
> WIN_CLIPBOARD=ON for the individual sessions as well as in WIN-OS/2
> Setup.  I have also made the clipboard public on the Data Exchange page
> of WIN-OS/2 Setup.  I don't know what else I can do to affect cut and
> paste between sessions.

I have had it working.....though the machine can hang sometimes. 

BEGIN TEST******

The text you are reading now has been pasted into the TE/2 comms program from
Win-os2 3.1's WRITE program.......:-)

END TEST******


See....it works just fine on my machine.
 
Steve
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From: pr@umiacs.umd.edu (Jesus Rodriguez)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: CEG, XGA, ATI
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:14:15 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
Originator: pr@fnord.umiacs.umd.edu


Since I have been seeing a lot about video (XGA-2, etc) lately I figure I'd go
ahead and post one of my own questions.

1)	Have any of you heard of or know anything about Continuous Edge Graphics(CEG)?

2)	Do you know where it is today or where it is going?

3)	Does XGA-2 do any anti-aliasing (smoothes out jaggies) like the ATI does?

Jesus M. Rodriguez
pr@umiacs.umd.edu
Organization: European Academic Research Network (EARN)
Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 1992 15:49:17 GMT
From: Turgut Kalfaoglu <TURGUT@FRMOP11.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DON'T BUY OS/2 -- IBM IS HORRIBLE
 <1992Oct10.104636.25289@donau.et.tudelft.nl>

Ohh!! So, OS/2 doesn't support your STUPID PERIPHERAL. It must be
an *awful* operating system them. Gosh, I think I'll even *sell*
my stock in IBM for that..

tsk...tsk...

I'd grow up FAST if I were you..

-turgut
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mystical@nmt.edu (Gurupartap Davis)
Subject: Re: Wildcards do not work with GNU utils
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 05:20:06 GMT

>>>When I try to use any GNU utility putting an * as filename, it says
>>>"'*' not found". The 4os2 shell that I use seems not to be able to
>>>expand the wildcard characters before invoking the program. 

This is one frusterating thing I've noticed about UNZIP 5.0 as well.



Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Subject: Re: Why XGA-2?
Organization: UNLV Computer Science
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 21:36:10 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.160306.15704@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>
>Why is XGA-2 important?
>
>(1) Support for up to eight adapters/monitors in a single system.
>(2) An IBM standard, just like VGA.  Meaning you won't have to muck
>about trying to find a driver.
>(3) Bus mastering.  Apparently even on the AT bus.
>(4) Fully extensible.  It is the "last" graphics standard -- vendors
>are free to add additional modes as hardware advances.  Even the
>coprocessor can be replaced.  All without breaking the standard.
>(5) Intelligent querying of monitor/adapter capabilities.  The
>software can respond depending on what modes are available on a given
>machine.
>(6) A VESA standard, meaning it has widespread industry support.
>(7) It is actually _less_ expensive than the ATI cards.
>(8) Much faster than XGA(1).  (We need to wait on the benchmarks -- it
>isn't clear ATI will be faster now.)
>(9) Full (and standard) customization for your monitor.

I can't speak for Alexander, but *I* WANT IT!!!

-- 
Steve Lumos - slumos@cs.unlv.edu
From: gsk@idx.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: BETA install experiences/tips
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:16:02 GMT
Organization: IDX Corporation, S. Burlington, VT

--  Hi.. Some quick lessons from my experiences of the BETA on 2 machines..

1) If there are problems with the install, and you are on a faster machine
(386/40 was mine).. Try slowing down your machine, and removing any shadowing
of ROM by your machine. This was one big help for me.

2) If you have machines with both the ADAPTEC scsi controller and the Future
Domain controller, be careful!. The v2.0 bios for the FD1640 is NOT compatable
with the partitioning information that the ADAPTEC controller has.
I saw somewhere where the bios upgrade from Future domain was free.. They
definitely indicated that it would be free only after a $25 charge for the
upgrade.. This really messed me up (setup partitions on a HD on one machine, and
then moved it to the other to do the install... OOPS! I lost 22 megs off the
drive, and can't seem to get them back..)

3) I occasionally now (initially happened all the time onthe install until I
removerd the 506 drivers) get a disk system freeze, witht he MFM busy light on
solid. A bus init and reboot is the only solution I have found.. Seems to be a
timing problem with the OS/2 drivers in the MFM area. I have a Tiawaneese MFM
OEM controller... so who knows..

4) I am experiencing several keyboard lockups in the WPS after closing or
moving a WINOS231 window.. No solution to this yet other than rebooting.

If anyone has any new ideas.. let me know... Thanks..

				-- George --

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sasdxk@skyhawk.unx.sas.com (Dave Kolb)
Subject: Re: Os/2 and second drives
Originator: sasdxk@skyhawk.unx.sas.com
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:00:39 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


Any suggestions on getting OS/2 to boot after it's boot drive letter changed?

After adding additional primary drives that cannot
be setup as logical (one is a CD-ROM that comes and goes)
my logical D: changed to F: - I have a C: primary and a F: logical on the 1st drive.

I edited config.sys from my other bootable system and changed the D:'s to F:'s
and I can boot but my desktop is gone.

Presumably I've got to somehow edit extended attributes of the "os!2 2.0 desktop" dir???

MOST can't boot off of another physical drive than the 1st - can it?

As I add/remove the CD-ROM, I've got to be able to boot off a different logical
drive as the drive letter changes (I will edit some stuff of course).  My other OS
needs the C: primary slot on the 1st drive.

Is my only option to make OS2 a 2nd C: primary?  If so, I lose access to the
"other C: partiton" when the alternate OS's are booted.

Thanks,

-- 
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SAS Campus Drive - J206       Phone:      (919) 677-8000 x6827
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tamara@glia.biostr.washington.edu (tiny t)
Subject: Re: Softerm > 2400 baud doesn't work!
Organization: Dept Biological Structure-University of Washington
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 03:07:11 GMT


Sorry to piggy back on someone elses subject, but
I wanted to know if anyone has compiled a list of terminal packages
that run under OS/2. I can't convince the powers that be to 
upgrade to 2.0, so it would be nice if the thing ran under 1.3.
A Dos window is okay. If it ran under a LAN I'd prefer it also.

Also has anyone succesfully run NOVELL with OS/2 mounted as a
fixed disk (1.3 style?). Any help would be extremely wonderful.

Thanks for either or any.
Tamara
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From: sam_s@NeXT.com (Sam Streeper)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Basic concepts of find folder
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:22:33 GMT
Reply-To: sam_s@NeXT.com

I have done several finds, and it looks like every time I do I get a find  
folder on the desktop.  How do I make these folders go away?  I know I could  
drag them to the shredder, but I'm unsure of the concept here.  Does this nuke  
everything in the folder?  Or can I shred them because these contents are just  
links and the originals will still exist?

(Yeah, I know this is a real basic concept.  So basic I don't find it online or  
in the manual, and I'm a little paranoid since I already deleted something  
accidentally due to a mistaken concept...)

thanx for any insights!
-sam

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From: holger@perm.geologie.uni-freiburg.de (Holger Hussy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Mouse- Sensitivity in DOS-Box
Date: 13 Oct 1992 12:32:10 +0100
Organization: "Geologisches Institut, Freiburg, Germany"
NNTP-Posting-Host: perm.geologie.uni-freiburg.de

Is it possible to change the mouse- sensitivity
in the DOS- box?


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor)
Subject: Re: CYRIX 387-33: DOES IT WORK THE OS/2???
Organization: /usr/local/lib/news/organization
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 13:41:31 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.104707.1@woods.ulowell.edu> adamsm@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
>I've been running OS/2 just fine for the last few months in my 386-40 so
>I went out to purchase a 387 to enhance performance.  I was finally sold on
>a CYRIX 387-33mhz (The salesman told me the chip would work find in my 40mhz
>machine and that it would save me money over the 387-40mhz).  From the time
>that I installed the 387-33, Os/2 crashed MANY times.  I decided to reinstall
>os/2 with the new 387-33 installed, bad idea.  I've tried many times, each
>time getting a trap error within the first 4 disks.  Anyone else get this
>problem??  I called OS/2 tech help and they said that there was a problem
>with os/2 and the CYRIX chip and will be sending me a fix OVERNIGHT (love
>the promptness of the tech help, this is my second problem and they've
>done wonders so far.  Should I return the 387-33 and demand a 387-40 or
>drop the CYRIX line alltogether.  Has anyone else had this problem and
>recieved the fix?  Does it work?  help I'm desperate as I can't even install
>os/2 with this damn chip inside my computer, althought it seems to work
>when I boot with plain DOS and no OS/2.
>
>ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AS I HAVE TO RETURN THE CHIP BY FRIDAY
>AND DON'T KNOW WHEN THE OS/2 FIX WILL GET HERE.  SHOULD I PLAY IT SAFE?
>

I have had problems on my machine running Cyrix 387-33Mhz. OS/2 2.0
crashed on division by zero and sometimes on other floating point
exceptions. When I ran the same programs under OS/2 1.3 or plain DOS
on the same machine it worked properly. The crashes were occuring
too often and I had to return to OS/2 1.3. THere was a thread on the 
os2.programmer newsgroup a while ago about these incidents. 

Note that I am not completely sure that the problems are with the 
CO-processor, there might be some other problem with my motherboard.
however the crashes were clearly related to floating point exceptions. 

I did not know there is a fix for the problem.

>- Mike Adams (University of Lowell, Massachusettes)

Dov
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jake@nora.dei.unipd.it (Luca Polo)
Subject: Re: Soundcard's and OS/2 2.0
Organization: Universita' di Padova, Italia
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 09:30:06 GMT

In comp.os.os2.apps (or comp.os.os2.programmer, I don't remember) there
was an article announcing a beta version of a SBPro driver for base OS/2
(no MMPM). it can be downloaded from
	astro.as.arizona.edu [128.196.176.1]
and the path is 
	/pub/SBOS2/sbos2v09.zoo
I have not yet tried it, however, so I can't express any opinion on it.

					Luca Polo.
From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ET4000, 256 colors, OS/2 2.0 with seamless WIN-OS/2 sessions?
Date: 17 Oct 92 03:23:33 GMT
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au

Steve T Keith (stkeith@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu) wrote:
> I have a question...
> 
> When I set OS/2 to run in 256 color mode with the proii8.zip drivers,
> the OS/2 desktop is fine, except that I am unable to run Windows apps in
> seamless mode...if I change back to 16-colors, I can run seamless, no
> problem.  Is this a limitation of WIN-OS/2 or is there something I can
> change to do it...
> 

That's the drivers. There are no 256 colour seemless ET4000 drivers yet.
They will be in the SPP though which I just read in this group in coming
in the next week (or end of month at latest).

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: wmammel@hoss.unl.edu (Bill Mammel)
Subject: WPS Lockup
Keywords: lockup, password
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 15:12:41 GMT

Does any one know how to change the password that is associated with
Lockup Now?  I tried Lockup when I got my GA, forgot the password, installed
the beta over the existing system.  I have tried looking through the
INI files but can't find it.

Any ideas are appreciated.

--
Bill Mammel
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
From: rvenkate@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Ravikuma Venkateswar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 beta problems
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:24:56 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I have a Compaq Deskpro 386/20e and tried to install the beta release.
The first time I tried installing (of course after I had problems with
the IBM1S506.ADD file) the installation worked fine, but the first time I
booted up the screen just froze and the keyboard locked. I figured it was
my Diamond Stealth, so I reinstalled (after unplugging it) with Compaq's 
motherboard VGA (which I assume is register-level compatible), and the screen
froze on the logo again - but with a different display. The GA release
installed just fine, even with the Stealth.

(Note: As for the IBM1S506.ADD file, the fix didn't work either, and I had
the same problem with the GA release)

I really wish that I could switch from Windoze to OS/2 2.0, but I have 
several programs that require Windoze 3.1 or 386 enhanced mode (which _does_
bother me). And, to quote a columnist in a certain computer magazine,
"The installation program sucks toxic waste".

Thanx.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tdukes@eng.auburn.edu (Todd J Dukes)
Subject: Logitec C-7 mouse won't work
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 22:12:03 GMT

I have been using OS/2 since April and think its great. I finally convinced
a friend of mine to give it a try. He was a little uncertain so he opted for
dual-boot.

24-hours later we still can't get the mouse to work. Otherwise the installation
seems to go ok.

I thought I saw mention of a problem with the Logitec C-7 earilier, but
since I have a mouseman I paid little attention.

Is there a quick fix for this problem?

Todd
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter)
Subject: What CDROM drives work with OS/2?
Organization: Kensington Laboratories Inc. (Precision Automation)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 22:28:41 GMT

I'm looking into getting a CDROM drive for such things as the
Professional Developer's Kit CDROM, and I want to know which ones are
compatible with OS/2. I have two configurations: One is a PS/2 Model
95 with IBM SCSI adapter.  The other is an ISA machine with an
Adaptec 1542B SCSI host adapter.

I'm particularly interested in the NEC CDR-84, which seems to be the
fastest unit around. Price isn't an issue here, since the delta
between cheap and expensive isn't that much, and I'm buying for the
long haul. I want fast access time, external housing (so that it can
be moved from machine to machine), and compatibility (possible future
uses include OS/2, Win 3.1, Win NT, and Solaris). CD-Audio would be
nice. I've looked into jukeboxes, but they appear to quadruple the
price :-(.

I've heard that Commodore is coming out with a new super-player that
will understand all kinds of different CD formats; it's an outgrowth
of their CDTV project and is supposed to be fast in CDROM modes and
capable of reading audio disks with graphics and other esoteric stuff.

Kenneth Porter
Systems Engineer
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: imbri_m@aesc.cs.odu.edu (Mark Imbriaco)
Subject: SVGA!!
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 16:39:56 GMT


Hi.. This is probably a FAQ, but all of the files I have read haven't done me
the slightest bit of good.  I have Trident SuperVga Card with a meg of Ram and
I would like to use the 1024x768x256 or 800x600x256 display modes under OS/2 
and Win-Os/2.  How do I change the display modes?  And what version of the 
drivers should I look for?  And is there anywhere I can FTP the latest driver?

Thanks in Advance,

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting)
Subject: Re: FOLDER from Hell!
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 12:34:33 GMT

In article <6049@news.duke.edu>, eaj@acpub.duke.edu (Edward A. Johnson) writes:
 > > I recall having this once, and seem to remember that I eventually managed 
 > >to MOVE it to a floppy. (Formatting it after, of course). You can try it.
 > 
 > You cannot use MOVE to move files across drives, only between
 > directories on the same drive.
 > 
 > -Ted-
I once got an extra template folder, with extra templates and all.  
It was impossible to delete, because
of the undeletable templates inside. I could turn off the template
setting and move the objects elsewhere and get rid of the folder, but the
objects were still undeletable, and impossible to move to a floppy.
The solution was to move the undeletable objects to a directory of their own,
and then use eautil from the command line to remove ea's from the objects
and the directory.  Then they could all be deleted with del and rd.

This is a rather tedious method.  The WPS should provide some sort of
override option for "undeletable" objects, perhaps with an appropriate warning. 
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