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From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Adding a new modem
Summary: Yay.
Date: 21 Aug 92 19:40:04 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

>You may need to add a parameter to COM.SYS.  See the FAQ list for the
>parameter you need.  Download it from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, look in the
>/pub/os2/2.0/info directory.

Actually, the FAQL is in the /pub/os2/all/faq directory.  The current
FAQL is called faq20d.txt .

The FAQL is a must-read for every OS/2 user (or potential user).
Gee, I sure hope the Great TFS will expand the FAQL into a book. ;)

P.S.  FAQL 1.x > FAQL 2.0 > upcoming book.  Yay.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rofische@iiic.ethz.ch (Roman Fischer)
Subject: Viewer for TIF/GR4 ?
Originator: rofische@c13
Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 10:27:32 GMT


Hi there,

a friend of mine asked me for a prgram to view TIF/GR4-Files.
Is there anybody who knows anything about such a program ?

thanks a lot                          Roman
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Subject: What is COM_HW really supposed to do?
Reply-To: reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation -- Maynard, MA
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 18:45:07 GMT


OK, so I've loaded the latest COMM drivers (COMM2210? - don't
remember).  I tried setting COM_HW to ON in my DOS session that runs a
terminal emulator.  It results in dropping data all over the place (at
4800 baud), and even locking up the application.

So what is this DOS setting supposed to be used for?

- Jim

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From: friesenda@skyfox.usask.ca
Subject: RE: COM3 and COM4 (again)
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 20:05:57 GMT

In a previous article, rogers@hal.emba.uvm.edu (Jeffrey K Rogers) wrote:

>I know this question has been asked many times before but I need to know.
>How do I get COM3 and COM4 working in OS/2.

Should I being having problems with my COM ports, or is my machine just
special?  :)  I just installed OS/2 a few days ago, grabbed a copy of
QVT/PM (works OK but lacks a lot of features) from work and everything
worked just great.  That's one of the things I like about OS/2 as 
compared to Windows; no screwing around with settings in the whatever.INI
file to get my modem working on COM3.  Just start the COMM program and
viola...

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
From: terence@tanru.tti.com ( Terry)
Subject: Re: Request for info about kernel pre-emption and priorities
Organization: Transaction Technology Inc.
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 22:16:16 GMT

I looked in my copy of "The Design of OS/2" for the answers to the
aforementioned questions and learned a number of things, including that
the kernel is indeed non-preemptible but can be interrupted.  Also, that
process can have their priority boosted under different conditions.
Another question we had concerning real-time issues was answered:
Time-critical tasks have a maximum reschedule time of 6 ms after they're
ready to run.  This was also important to us.

Peter Forsberg posted a reply reiterating the same information.  Thank you
Peter!

It's funny, the two inclinations I had regarding the two issues were exactly
opposite to reality!  Just goes to show that I should stick to what I
know and look stuff up before I ask!

Thanks for all consideration!

Terry (terence@soldev.tti.com)

P.S.  Based on the discussion we had on Wednesday here, OS/2 got some pretty
good grades on our criteria and is still in the running!  Hurrah!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
From: brian%jaguar.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill)
Subject: Re: I've seen NT......and I'll take OS/2 2.0 thanks!
Date: 22 Aug 92 15:36:44 MDT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept

In article <OLAVT.92Aug22215004@ulrik.uio.no> olavt@ulrik.uio.no (Olav Torvund) writes:
>(I have not seen NT, just read that the following information was
>given to developers recently:)
>

>- It will not be possible to run all existing DOS and Windows programs
>under NT.
>
>- DOS and Win 3.1 (!) programs that do direct disk access or uses
>expansion boards will not run under NT.
This is true.  PC Week has a good supplement this week on OS/2 2.0 and
Windows NT.  In the end it is not possible to have C2 security and allow
programs to directly access hardware.  OS/2 chose not to have the security
thus allowing programs to access the hardware (which can (and does) allow
DOS programs to crash the OS, or otherwise do naughty things).

Windows NT forces programs to go through intercepted hardware accesses that
are bounds checked, and then performed for the program.  This of course
is slower, and only those device registers directly accounted for in the
DOS subsystem can be used.  As I've said before OS/2 has NT beat hands
down in this ONE area.  Again, referring back to my recent post proposing
the direction OS/2 should go in.... OS/2 should seek the middle ground.
Keep the DOS compatibility, and concentrate specifically on the Desktop
user's needs.  OS/2 would need to lessen it's DOS support too if it were to
try to fill the same area that NT is trying to fill (i.e. "real" security).
NT has at least a two year lead getting symmetric multiprocessing and heavy-duty
networking, and other high-end features in... OS/2 is better off not trying
to be an NT-wannabe.

>
>- Microsoft will no longer give any release date for NT (What a
>surprise - it seems like it is delayed!)
What an odd thing to say, Microsoft has never given a release date for NT...
to this point, not even for the beta.  The program development schedule
calls for (at least did a few weeks ago) the beta to start in September
and the final release to ship at the end of December.  This schedule
is likely to slip... some, why is that bad, wrong, or unexpected?
Now if it did release according to the program development schedule... THAT
would be news -- especially on a project it's size.

>
>Olav Torvund
>Oslo, Norway
>Olavt@jus.uio.no


Brian
From: frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz (Bruce Clement)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DOS and HPFS
Distribution: world
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 12:43:40 GMT
Organization: Private System

pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet writes in article <1992Aug18.054401.25666@sarah.albany.edu>:
> 
> If I format my hard drive as one large partition, and use HPFS, does that
> mean that I cannot use a DOS prompt anymore, since DOS will only recognize
> FAT?  How about DOS in a Window?

I reformatted my disk as a single HPFS partition 3 days ago, and all my DOS programs
AND a VDM copy of DOS 5 still work as well as they did before.

OS/2 performs this by making the OS/2 disk a "Networked" drive.

The only two points to note are related to files and directories which are not named according
to the 8.3 standard. Firstly neither VDM DOS nor emulated DOS can see these files. Secondly
if your current directory is one of these, when you start the DOS program, you will be bounced
out to the root directory (Even if valid names occur further up the tree).

Obviously, if you want to use DOS programs, this means that you must stick to names
which DOS understands, IMHO a reasonable restriction.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
From: matt@gbrmpa.gov.au (Matt)
Subject: Spans for OS/2 + Pepper Pro Tiga card info needed
Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:12:21 GMT

Hi,
	We've just started to use OS/2 Spans (GIS Package) here and I'd
like to know if there are any TIGA drivers available for out 1280x1024
Pepper Pro video card.

Any info Appreciated, please email.

matt.

matt@gbrmpa.gov.au

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cvadrtbc@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
Subject: Re: Trident 8900c full-screen DOS puke-fest!
Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 23:51:00 GMT
X-Posted-From: vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <1992Aug13.194714.27713@regina.cs.uregina.ca>, skagos@hercules.uregina.ca (panagiotis skagos (187802923)) writes...
>Hi,
> 
>  I am having problems with my Trident 8900c and full screen DOS
>sessions.  I am using, I believe, the latest 800x600x256 driver for
>the card and everything works really well, except for full screen
>DOS sessions.  When I switch to a FS-DOS, either by ALT-HOME'ing a
>window or by creating one, the DOS session has a bunch of text-mode
>gibberish all-over-the-place.  This only happens sometimes ... but
>once it happens, it will always happen until I reboot.  Now, since
>I don't use DOS all that much (just for my GIF viewer ... because I
>cannot find a decent OS/2 GIF viewer) it doesn't bother me greatly, but
>if someone has a solution to the problem, I'd really be greatful to
>hear about it.  Thanks!
> 

Known problem.  Just do a MODE CO80 and that'll fix it (or you could
always Alt-Home it back to a window.)  Hopefully Trident will fix 
the drivers.  Speaking of which, when are the release drivers due?

Srikanth
From: vijay@wizards.austin.ibm.com (Vijay Joglekar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: test....
Date: 21 Aug 92 20:01:50 GMT
Reply-To: vijay@wizards.austin.ibm.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: IBM (Aix Tools Development)


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               Vijay Joglekar - arbiter elagantiarum
 Disclaimer: These are my opinions and my opinions only. Has nothing
                      to do with where I work.
            Littera scripta manet: Credo quia absurdum
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: wolf@muug.mb.ca (Wolfgang von Thuelen)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Monthly Subscription ?
Organization: Manitoba Unix User Group, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 07:29:25 GMT

In <1992Aug20.125244.7440@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> ae18@iamk4516.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de (Michael Neaga) writes:

>Can anybody tell me, where I can subscribe the OS/2 Monthly journal from
>Europe?

US:                   $39.00
Canada and Mexico:    $45.00
All other countries:  $77.00

All rates in US Dollars - VISA/MC accepted

Call 1-800-365-2642 (in US, and possibly Canada) 
  or 1-908-247-0952  

Write  JDS Publishing 
       P.O. Box 4351
       Highland Park, NJ 08904
       USA 

Joel Siragher, the publisher, can be reached at 72550.2440@compuserve.com
 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Needs a Supervisor mode!
Organization: UIUC SCS
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 01:08:18 GMT

In article <1992Aug16.001819.14010@unixg.ubc.ca> ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes:


>Well, some people have complained about OS/2 not having multiuser capabilities
>out of the box, but I think IBM should include a "Supervisor" or "root"
>mode, and a "User" mode as a bare minimum. A "restricted" mode would also
>be nice.

You want Unix, or, even better, VMS or an IBM or Unisys mainframe operating 
system.

You know where to find them.

Don't ask to saddle OS/2 with overhead that lots of people don't care about.

Doug McDonald
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lemieux@eecg.toronto.edu (Guy Gerard Lemieux)
Subject: Re: DOS and HPFS
Date: 19 Aug 92 00:38:32 GMT

parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes:

>pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet wrote:
>> If I format my hard drive as one large partition, and use HPFS, does that
>> mean that I cannot use a DOS prompt anymore, since DOS will only recognize
>> FAT?  How about DOS in a Window?
>> Or is the OS2 prompt *completely* DOS compatible?
>The only time you can't access the HPFS drive is if you boot DOS from a
>floppy (or another HDD) or if you boot a specific DOS version into a VDM
>through a DOS image.

Add DEVICE=FSFILTER.SYS to your config.sys on the DOS image floppy.
(And copy FSFILTER from \OS2\MDOS onto your floppy, of course).
Then you can see all 8.3 files on an HPFS volume under your DOS.VMD

Guy
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Dentist.  Where can I get it?
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:34:16 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <-90mgm+@lynx.unm.edu> cn0gr8af@hydra.unm.edu (Student Class Account) writes:
>I would like to modify the standard display.dll driver (for standard vga).
>Can I do this with "Dentist"?

If it's a 1.3 driver, you probably can.  If it's a 2.0 driver, you're
on your own.  I wouldn't try it.

>If so, where do I get it?

ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  Look somewhere in the /pub/os2/1.x directory tree.

Be sure to backup your display.dll file ahead of time.  If you mess
something up, you're going to need the original driver to reboot into
PM.



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From: hamish@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2's lack of decent SVGA support (Re: OS/2 Drivers for Diamond)
Date: 17 Aug 92 10:59:28 +1200
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <16AUG199215451072@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>, cvadrtbc@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan) writes:
> In article <1992Aug13.200955.27485@news.Hawaii.Edu>, ressler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Mike "IR" Ressler) writes...
>> 
>>And why 90% of us are pissed off since we own SVGA cards which blow away VGA,
>>XGA, and 8514/a, but which IBM decided to do an asinine job of supporting.
>>Everytime someone asks "How do I get drivers for an ET-4000 card" I launch a
>>long description of all the arcane things I had to do to get mine working; I
>>should just publish it weekly as an addendum to Tim's FAQ. IBM $%^&ed up on
>>the SVGA support; don't bother trying to defend them.
> 
> Fear not, I hear the 32-bit GRE has Tseng 4000 drivers.  I personally think
> that chipset makes like S3 are either too lazy or too incompetent to write
> drivers and blame IBM, but that's just my opinion.  :)  
>

S3 reckon they will have theirs out by the end of the week. (Or so they say,
I've heard them say this before). But why somebody (I would if I had the time)
doesn't write a PD version of the S3 drivers if there are so many wingers out
there saying S3 doesn't do this, I don't know. After all, S3 distributes their
S3 developement kit for free (ncludes code, manuals etc), and the Presentation
driver stuff is available from IBM, if you purchase the OS/2 toolkit. (Thats
how I got mine, along with the 32-bit GRE).
 
> Srikanth
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From: gthome@dss1.austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Adding a new modem
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:03:55 GMT
Organization: IBM, Austin

In  <4308@equinox.unr.edu>  sulli_t@pyramid.unr.edu (Tim Sullivan) writes:
> Okay, all you OS/2 experts.  I'm going to add an internal modem to my
> Gateway '486.  My OS/2 is configured as "dual boot", and the modem is
> slated to be set up on IRQ5, COM3.
>
> Anything unusual or special that I need to do for the OS/2 part of the
> system?
>
> Thanks,
>
>         Tim Sullivan (sulli_t@cs.unr.edu)

Tim,

Don't think you need to do anything special.  Make sure no other device
is using IRQ5 or Com3, and you should be OK.  Hope it all goes well.

==============================================================================
Gerry Thome
gthome@dss1.austin.ibm.com
Disclaimer: These opinions and thoughts expressed are my own, and in no way
            represent the views of IBM.
==============================================================================
From: kchittur@EBS330.EB.UAH.EDU (Krishnan Chittur(CHE))
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Interesting tid-bit
Date: 13 Aug 92 16:07:46 GMT


I would like to share an interesting tid-bit ..

about DOS/DPMI compliant programs ... atleast the one program
I tried!

Program Name: Chemshare's Design II Package (Chemical engineers know this)

The program first checks to see if it has all the memory it needs ...
for example, it was looking for 6144 Kb.  I had about 512 Kb RAM available
(memsize.exe) and a swap file 4096 Kb in size, with another 2048 (or so) Kb
left on the available for the swap file to grow. 

The program complained.  It did not run.  

I increased the swap file size by about 10 Mb, the program worked. 

Based on one single simulation, the program running in OS/2's VDM
appeared to run faster than under DOS 5.0!

Now, if I can upgrade Mathematica to a DPMI compliant version ... 
I'd be in high heaven!  

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From: bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Template problem
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:07:09 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Aug21.192436.18020@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>In article <t2#n_4a.bob@netcom.com> bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker) writes:
>>I have a problem.  Somehow, and I have no idea how, I find myself
>>with multiple Printer, Font Palette, Program, and Scheme Palette
>>templates.  I'd like to get rid of the extra ones, but I don't
>>know how to do it.  
>
>You probably created the duplicate templates by ctrl-dragging them
>(instead of just dragging them) when creating documents from them.
>
Actually, I think their creation might have had something to do
with installing Describe Word Processor.  The extra templates 
seemed to have links to Describe.

>I don't think you can shred (or delete) a template, but you can change
>it from a template to a document and shred that.  Go to the template's
>settings.  One page (I think it's the last, "general" page) contains a
>check box labeled "template".  Uncheck this box.  Your template will
>become an ordinary file.  Shred this.

	That didn't quite work.  Michael Saletnik won a gold star
by coming upo with a working procedure.  Unchecking the "Template" box
was the first step, but then he suggested adding them all to a 
folder outside the template box, and then MOVING the folder to
c:\Nowhere.  That worked.
Organization: K.U.Leuven - Academic Computing Center
Date: Wednesday, 19 Aug 1992 11:19:37 +02
From: Wim Van Holder <FDBAQ03@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject:    PMV2001 Not enough memory error - HELP|

I have an Ericom 486 with 16 Megs, running OS/2 2.0. I run TCP/IP 1.1 for
mail and ftp, as well as two PD utilities (dhrymon and alarmclock). I also
start a Windows organizer program at startup. When I open a few folders and
try to start another (small) application I get the following error:

Workplace Shell

There is not enough memory to continue. End one or more programs that are
running on your system to release memory. Select enter when ready (PMV2001)

I get this also when I open too much folders. The system beeps *a lot* and
I have to confirm 15+ dialogs showing the same error message.

I thought that by using virtual memory and swapping (MEMMAN = SWAP,PROTECT)
I would be able to run much more tasks, especially with 16 Megs of memory.

So, what could be wrong here ? Do I have to change settings of the windows
application preventing it from running in the background ? Where do all
those megabytes go to (CACHE=256,32 - IFS=... /C:384... - FILES=30 -
BUFFERS=30) ? Is it because I load a lot of device drivers to support my
token ring card, TCP/IP etc. ?

Suggestions are appreciated |||

Wim Van Holder,
Systems Engineer at K.U. Leuven - Dept. TEW.
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: After OS2/2 Reinstallation, SYS005 Errors
Keywords: reinstall
Date: 18 Aug 92 22:11:04 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <roelle.714160655@uars_mag> roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
>2. Deleting hidden files: "EA DATA. SF", "WP ROOT. SF", "OS2BOOT",
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^    ^^^^^^^^^^^
>		 	  "OS2KRNL", and "OS2LDR".

Big mistake!  You deleted all the extended attributes, but you didn't
clear the FAT flags that OS/2 uses to indicate the presence of EA's.
So, OS/2 thinks the file has EAs, but it can't load them.  Your only
solution now is to reformat the partition.

>2. All icons for migrated MS Windows applications in the Windows folder
>look alike -- like windows.  Although they were migrated from MSW 3.1,
>and hence won't run, in my previous OS2 installation they maintained their
>regular Windows icon appearance (e.g. Calc looked like a calculator).

The migration process reads the icon from the app and stores it in
EAs.  You deleted the EAs, so OS/2 can't find them.  So it takes the
generic Windows icon - the window.
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