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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: The Future of OS/2
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:50:06 GMT

In article <LJ6DoB1w164w@netlink.cts.com> trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall) writes:
>I have been seriously considering buying OS/2 v2.0 for about 2 weeks now.  
>However, I heard from a friend up in San Francisco that Microsoft will no 
>longer be licensing the code required for OS/2 to run Windows programs.  In 
>effect, Microsoft is cutting their losses and trying to run IBM's operating 
>system into the ground.  I would like to know if there is any truth to this, 
>'cause if there is, then I don't think I'd bother with OS/2, in spite of how 
>wonderful it sounds.  Any comments?

IBM has source code rights to all Microsoft Windows products
(including 3.1 and NT) that are written through September, 1993.  IBM
can license and incorporate Windows code in its OS/2 products in
perpetuity (i.e. there's zero danger that any Windows code already in
OS/2 will be _pulled_).  (The reverse is also true.)  In other words,
IBM can incorporate Windows 3.1 and/or NT technology into its OS/2
products after September, 1993 (for as long as it wants).

In addition, both companies are allowed to reverse engineer the
other's product after that date, in perpetuity.

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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: Improving OS2 performance question
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 21:04:59 GMT

kspeicht@kilcom1.ucis.dal.ca (Kevin F. Speichts) writes:
>	I have a 486/33 with 4MB of RAM with a 120MB 14ms hard drive.  How 
>can I improve OS/2's performance.   I'm using dual boot option, should I use 
>the HPFS system.  Should I buy 4 more MB's of RAM.  Or should I purchase a 
>coprocessed video card like the ATI Graphics Ultra 1.0MB.  Which one should 
>yield the best performance boost.  Or should I try a combination of options.


NOTHING is going to help you like 4 more MB of RAM is going to help
you.  Get the RAM, change to HPFS, and you'll find that OS/2 literally
runs several times faster.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kskapin@csws8.ic.sunysb.edu (Keith T Skapinski)
Subject: Re: Is a Customer Number important in dealing with IBM?
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 18:07:33 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.033933.25193@agora.uucp> tedm@agora.rain.com (Ted Mittelstaedt) writes:
>OK, I am getting ready to order a copy of OS2, but I have a question.  A long
>time ago I read an article here by someone who claimed to have worked with
>IBM for many years, who insisted that a Customer Number was vitally important
>in dealing with IBM.  He went on to outline some long procedure to order
>any IBM part, whereby one called this department and did this, and that
>department and did that, and so on and so forth until one finally called
>another number and actually ordered the software.  Basically, it boiled
>down to getting an authentic customer number from someplace and then making
>absolutely sure to mention it whenever ordering from IBM.  

Whenever I called IBM (for tech support trying to install OS/2 - turned out
to be an old bios problem. Updated it and now everythings good.) they
answered the phone:

Thank you for calling IBM, what is your customer number?

I just said that I didn't have one. I told them that I was having a problem
installing and needed assistance. They gave me a problem number. It helped
them keep track of how my problem was being resolved I guess.

Any way, I didn't have a customer number and had no problems.


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From: patrice@concour.cs.concordia.ca (SCATTOLIN patrice)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows problem
Date: 22 Jul 92 18:46:18 GMT
Organization: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec



I am getting the following error message:


	WPWINFIL has caused an error in
	WIN-OS/2*
	GP fault in module WPWINFIL.EXE
	AT: 0001:0031



when booted in DOS5 with WIN 3.1 it still works so nothing is damaged in 
WPWIN.EXE. The machine is a 486DX/33 with AUSTEK chipset AMI BIOS. 8Mb ram
with standard video drivers. 


After I press OK to clear the message the CPU goes to 100% forever. The only 
way to get back to zero is to open another windows application and then
kill the winos2 that runs the windows environment. 


Any help  would be appreciated. 

Thanks
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From: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Why can't two full-screened DOS apps multitask???
Date: 30 Jul 92 19:32:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: /etc/organization

>For once, the answer is in the documentation that comes with the OS/2 package.
>Read the "Compatibility" booklet that comes in the package.  Page 7 starts the
>discussion on video compatibility.  In there it explicitly states that DOS or
>windows programs in the background that attempt to update the screen through a
>driver that doesn't know how to virtualize the screen are suspended.  I
>believe the standard VGA drivers that come with OS/2 will handle this, but
>some hi-res Windows or other drivers may not.

This makes good sense.  I finally understand why my Windows apps never execute
in the background...it's because they are using a driver that doesn't know how
to virtualize the screen.  On the other hand, this raises an interesting
question...will the release OS/2 v2.0 drivers include drivers for high res
WinOS/2 which DO know how to virtualize the screen?  Or will we be limited
to multitasking everything EXCEPT for full-screen WinOS/2 programs?

Thanks for the info...

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lemieux@eecg.toronto.edu (Guy Gerard Lemieux)
Subject: OS/2 2.0 LAN advice requested.
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:47:09 GMT

I am considering hooking up a small LAN with about 4 machines running OS/2
2.0, and perhaps one DOS machine (non-server).  I would like to use Ethernet.
There will probably be only one server, but I would like to share drives
across all machines.

What would be my cheapest setup?  I'm mostly worried about the cost of
software.  What LAN software can I get for OS/2 2.0 (with a possible
DOS client) that is CHEAP?  Which Ethernet cards are supported by this
software?

Thanks in advance for any replies.
Guy
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From: wanderer@athena.mit.edu (Opus)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: New ATI Ultra Drivers
Date: 31 Jul 92 11:17:09 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Hey are these ATI drivers available on FTP anywhere? or did you have to
call ati's bbs or anything?
thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
Subject: Re: Question: Using bitmaps for Background/Lockup
Reply-To: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:11:42 GMT

>In article <1992Jul24.180750.4620@lmt.mn.org> elliott@lmt.mn.org (David Elliott  MIS x 363) writes:
>> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
>> > In article <1992Jul22.162831.5880@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
>> >> 
>> I've used the GIF2BMP program and have noticed that the skewing effect
>> you describe occurs on the 8-bit-color BMP files but not on the 4-bit-color
>> BMP files.  I am using the Orchid 0.9 drivers at 1024x768x16 on a generic
>> ET4000 card; perhaps the number of colors available to the desktop makes
>> a difference.  (I haven't tried it with the 1024x768x256 drivers, so I 
>> can't say for certain, but it's a hypothesis worth testing.)
>

Yes my BMP files seem to be all 8-bit.  I've been using the Orchid .9 driver
in 1024x768x256 and that doesn't make a difference.  Perhaps it's just
buggy Orchid drivers (lord knows there seem to be plenty of other bugs with
them).  I'd get the newer drivers, but those still seem to have problems
as others have been mentioning here.  Guess I'll just wait for the next
CSD and hope IBM will have some decent ET4000 drivers in there.

-edg-
From: "stephen dawson" <stephen.dawson@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: os/2's som
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:37:25 EST
Reply-To: "stephen dawson" <stephen.dawson@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

"roger ramsey" <roger.ramsey@canrem.com>  writes

DC>You mean like Norton Desktop does right now?  And like WPS does for
DC>OS/2?  Wow!  Microsoft's new technology is simply bundling
DC>competitor's innovations!

RR>An object oriented file system provides considerably more than simple
RR>Norton Desktop type functionality.  It provides things like directory
RR>services and hooks for document management.

Care to expand on what you mean by "directory services" and "hooks"?

The WPS has features that I would describe by these terms. Maybe
OS/2's System Object Module has more features than you realize. :-)

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From: Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Trident 8514 compat. drivers
Date: 28 Jul 92 06:14:37 GMT
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University

In article <1992Jul26.190748.7779@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
>In article <dregeczi.712170884@sfu.ca> dregeczi@fraser.sfu.ca (David Joseph 
Regeczi) writes:
>>Can someone tell me what the difference is between the 8514 compatible
>>1024x768x256 drivers and the actual Trident drivers (of the same 
resolution).>>Is there any distinct advantage to using the 8514 drivers?

>They are not 8514/A compatible drivers, they are 8514/A _style_
>drivers, meaning you get larger icons, mainly.

I find the fonts much nicer than the "standard" 1024*768 ones, too.

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From: mayo.edu!anderson@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: ATI Ultra - Diamond Stealth Drivers Available
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:47:00 GMT
Organization: Mayo Foundation
X-mailer: Stadel 3.4a-227
X-Spam-content: irrelevant

It is my understanding that the ATI Graphics Ultra card can emulate an 8514/
a and thus not require drivers other than those normally supplied with OS/2 
ver 2.0 to function.  Right?


Question:  Do OS/2 2.0 drivers exist for either the Ultra or the Diamond 
Stealth that will take advantage of OS/2?  I'm looking for at least 
800x600.


My calls to Diamond to see if they have OS/2 drivers available have not been 
returned by them.


(PS: For those in the know - if you were purchasing one or the other of 
these video cards to use in a 486DX with the intended purpose of OS/2 Ver 2.
0 development as well as MS Win 3.1 development......which would you choose?)

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From: smbrush@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Andy Brush @Sverdrup)
Subject: Re: Registration
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Registration
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: 30 Jul 1992 08:44 EST  

In article <1992Jul29.211534.2295@mtu.edu>, ajchuah@mtu.edu writes...
>	How many of us here actually registered OS2?

I Did... I sent in the card from the 5.25" version, the 3.5" version, all 
the cards from the WorkSet, even the card from the Technical Library.

I'm hoping that this means that IBM will write to me with a free fix for 
all the mistakes they made the first time.  (But I'm told that they won't)

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From: wjw@ebh.eb.ele.tue.nl (Willem Jan Withagen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: GT16MB re: OS2LDR gone missing?
Date: 21 Jul 92 10:34:20 GMT
Reply-To: wjw@eb.ele.tue.nl
Organization: Digital Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

In article <1992Jul21.041006.21971@news.columbia.edu>, mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green) writes:
=> In article <Brp5sw.M1C@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> meyer@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Meyer) writes:
=> >Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
=> >>Did I miss something? Is it really in the gtm16*.zoo?
=> >
=> >Try "gt16mb*" 
=> 
=> Anybody else find that this fix doesn't work?
=> I finally ran into some *real* memory, and OS/2 doesn't recognize all of it.
=> My AMI BIOS, however, reports all of it at bootup!
=> Any ideas?
=> 

I'm runing a 486/33 with AMI bios and 20Mb, and I seem to remember that
PMfree only reports something which totals 16MB. And I did load the 
gtr16MB things. But since I had other things to worry about (and still
do) I never really looked into it.

	Willem Jan

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From: holmes@gorilla.nbn.com (Tim Holmes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: strange goings on
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 20:49:05 PDT
Organization: GORILLA BBS

So I finally got up to 8 megs(!) and am using OS/2.
I like it, but a couple of crazy things.
First, when I start up, I get Excel opened three times!
I have nothing in the "startup" folder. 
Also, the sticky pad and other things always open in 
their default positions, not where I put them.
Finally, it often takes 3 or 4 tries to get the
thing to boot.

The computer is a 386 33 with a 340 meg HD and 8 megs RAM.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: thomasr@cpqhou.compaq.com (Thomas Rush)
Subject: No Shutdown option from Desktop
Reply-To: thomasr@cpqhou.UUCP (Thomas Rush)
Organization: Compaq Computer Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 21:53:00 GMT


	I've lost the shutdown optin from my Desktop popup menu.
I ran chkdsk, which found some lost EA's, but it didn't restore
shutdown.  I also went through a minimal install, which also did
not bring back my shutdown (there is a popup menu, just not the 
right one (I think it has Create Shadow, for instance).

	Any ideas on how to fix this one?  Thanks!


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: SYS0005 message in a DOS box
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:46:09 GMT

In article <64021@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt2327c@prism.gatech.EDU (Brian Ricker) writes:
>I am having problems running various dos programs under OS/2 2.0. All
>of these programs ran fine when I first installed OS/2 2.0. I get
>a sys0005 error when running under command com or an Access Denied error
>when running under 4DOS 4.01B. The help for the message says that the files
>readonly attribute is set or the file is in use, neither of which is true.

Run CHKDSK /F on your hard disk(s) per the instructions in the FAQ
List.  That should fix the problem.

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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: no service after 1994 ?
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:38:40 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <712307170snx@feki.toppoint.de> marten@feki.toppoint.de (Marten Feldtmann) writes:
>Well, what does this mean?
>
> Service expiration date :
>
> 4/30/94 No program services are available after this date
>
>
>One can read this on all packages of OS/2.

Interesting.  I couldn't find it on my OS/2 2.0 package.  At least not
on the outside of the box.  I did see it on the case of my OS/2 _1.0_
package, with a date of sometime in 1988.

Are you referring to OS/2 1.3, perhaps?  Or maybe my package (being an
upgrade from OS/2 1.0, and not a purchase) is different?

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From: jjs@ubitrex.mb.ca (John Joseph Strybosch)
Subject: Re: Has Colorado created OS/2 drivers?
Organization: Ubitrex Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 18:08:51 GMT

In article <protein.711773060@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> protein@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Chris Blackmon) writes:
>Has Colorado MicroSystems created drivers for their DJ (Jumbo)
>series tape backups yet?  Are they due sometime?

I spoke to them on july 7th.  They claim that it will be
at the _very_least_ one year before they have OS/2 support.
But at least they are now claiming that they will be doing
OS/2 drivers, about a month earlier they said they might
possibly think about it.

Anyone want to buy a DJ-20?  Given the fact that their shipping
Unix drivers core dump, I don't expect very good support
even when they get around to it.

JJ Strybosch
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Subject: Re: cant shutdown my system
Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 23:58:02 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.052055.16026@muddcs.claremont.edu> teverett@jarthur.claremont.edu (Toby Everett) writes:
>In article <1992Jul28.235705.23848@news.columbia.edu> mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green) writes:
>>
>>That's not it.  Sometimes I can get OS/2 to shut down after a refresh, other
>>times it just won't.  This is similar to the icons which stay cross hatched
>>bug.  Anyway, OS/2 isn't out of memory, since I have 20 Mb installed, and
>>OS/2 sees 16 Mb.  Anybody think that a new version of GT16MB will come out
>>which will work for me?  My ISA machine has an AMI BIOS which is reporting
>>all 20 Mb.  Oh well, I don't plan on keeping the extra 4 Mb anyway.  It is
>>useless to me (although I could use it's worth in money).
>
>Open a Windows List.  Select all bars except OS/2 2.0 Desktop.  Right click
>on one of them.  Click Close.  Open a Windows list.  If the only program
>running is OS/2 2.0 Desktop, then try Shutdown.  If not, you're SOL and try
>a three finger salute.

Somebody please tell Boca that there should be a kill option for OS/2 programs
as well as for DOS programs (close).  This would give OS/2 2.0 a lot of
additional functionality and make it more robust.  Reminds me of the ritual
shutting down of Columbia's new Sun 4/490s to get rid of the phantom unkillable
processes :-)

Does anyone have an email address to Boca for OS/2 suggestions?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: Improving OS2 performance question
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 11:50:32 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.000725.2784@news.Hawaii.Edu> ivan@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Ivan Gum) writes:
> >
> >NOTHING is going to help you like 4 more MB of RAM is going to help
> >you.  Get the RAM, change to HPFS, and you'll find that OS/2 literally
> >runs several times faster.
> >-- 
> 
> I've heard that there are a few bugs with HPFS.  Is it safe to use and can I convert HPFS file back to FAT at a later date?

I've been running HPFS only since April 27th and haven't had *any* problems
with HPFS. It is faster, better and you can fit more data on too, because it
uses 512byte blocks instead of the usual 2k or 4K (I forget which) that FAT
uses.
 
Steve

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