HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (Tobin M. Creek)
Subject: Re: OS/2 and the Gravis Ultrasound
Originator: tmcreek@c00477-224wi.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu (Tobin M. Creek)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:54:00 GMT


In article <1993Jan23.035338.11024@midway.uchicago.edu>, sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
>
>In article <C1ABw4.6uw@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> rgundech@cayley.uwaterloo.ca () writes:
>>I am considering purchasing a Gravis Ultrasound sound card, but would like to
>>get one major compatibility issue straight before I go ahead. I realize that
>>there probably aren't any OS/2 drivers for this card out yet, but will the
>>OS/2 SoundBlaster driver work for this card (the Ultrasound is SoundBlaster
>>compatible). If not, does anyone know of any plans for an OS/2 driver for the
>>card ?
>
>No.
>
>I would strongly recommend you stick with the SoundBlaster Pro 16 or
>IBM M-Audio adapter.  Both have nonbeta, released OS/2 2.x MMPM/2
>drivers.
>
>The PAS-16 drivers are in beta.  (All drivers are available via
>anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu; check file /pub/os2/00Index for
>location.)
>
>Gravis has made promises, but nothing has shipped.  You should tell
>them why you are taking your business elsewhere.
>
>-- 
>Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, 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.]
>

The UltraSound beats the SB 16 and M-Audio hands down in terms of sound quality.
The SB emulation and Windows drivers both work under the 2.1b.  But, yes,
there are no native OS/2 drivers (but the card has only been out about 3 
months!).  I don't have to compromise.  I have both an SBPro and an UltraSound.

Beware:  the SB 16 has hardware problems that Creative has admitted to
(such as static and SB support flaws) that won't be fixed for months!

Let these be your deciding factors.  Also, pick up a subscription to
comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.  It may help you to decide which card is right
for your planned usage.  

Send replies to:               | My opinions do not represent
     tmcreek@eos.ncsu.edu      | anyone who does not feel the
     creek-tm@aza.csc.ncsu.edu | same way as I do.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: djg2@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (David J. Greenberger)
Subject: Re: 2.1 bugs, suggestions. (was Re: 2.1b bug and editorial comment on killing processes)
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 25 Jan 93 13:30:16 GMT

orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net (Orville R. Weyrich) writes:

>While we are talking about features to minimize mouse movement -- how about
>putting the CLOSE option at the top of the pull-down menu invoked by the
>top left corner of a window? 9 times out of 10, if I open the menu, that's what
>I want to do, rather than having to hunt down the list to find it at some
>window-dependent place in the list?

Did you know that you can simply double-click (with the left mouse button) on
the button on the upper left-hand corner of the window (the one you use to pull
down the menu) to close it?  Works like a charm.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: amcandel@eos.ncsu.edu (Alex Candelaria)
Subject: Re: Inexpensive OS/2 CD-ROM Revealed
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 18:50:27 GMT


	I'm not sure about OS/2, but to do Windoze Multimedia, doesn't it
require a CD-ROM with a access time of less than 500ms?  While the price of 
the drive you mention is quite attractive, it has a 650ms access time, which
may cause trouble down the multimedia road... :)


					Alex
					amcandel
					candel in the morning
From: joker@diku.dk (Morten Christian Holmgreen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Printer Problem - WinOS2 3.1 & OS/2 2.1beta
Keywords: Printer Problem Beta Win-OS/2
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:45:54 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:

>In article <2461@newsserver.cs.uwindsor.ca> mathur@server.uwindsor.ca (Amok User) writes:
>>I've been getting weird printer problems since installing the new OS/2 beta - specificially Win-OS/2 applications won't print.  AmiPro says that "the Printer device is not functioning, install a working printer" even though I have one installed.  I can still print from OS/2 and DOS sessions though.
>>I can't even do a Print to File.  The Printer is a HP LJ IIIp, if that helps.
>>All suggestions welcome, respond here or in EMail.

>The LJ III driver in Win-OS/2 beta (current release) is buggy.  Use
>the LJ II series driver instead (IIP, for example), as a workaround.

>-- 
>Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, 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.]

Well, this sounds really weird to me, since I'm using a LJIII with a PS/2
model 95 and OS/2 2.1b and the only problem I'm having is, that once I've
turned on the printer, the first thing printed is a blank page, only 
containing the 2 chars "0G" in the upper left corner. Everything
prints fine and it's ONLY when I've just turned on the printer!!!

I've got 5megs in the printer and page-protection on with both the
printer and WinOS2 3.1, if that means anything!?

Christian
-- 
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M.Sc. student, University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Computer Science
"Human errors can only be avoided if one can avoid the use of humans"
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
Subject: Trident Video cards
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:19:32 GMT

Considering Trident's exemplary support of OS/2 2.0, I thought 
I'd consider a purchase of one of their cards.  Can someone give me some
info on them?  Which is the fastest?  Do any have 8 bit DACs (i.e., a
24-bit palette)?  Are any accelerated?

If you own one, send me mail with your impressions of it (or post if you
think others might be interested).  



-- 
Dan Cogswell
Shirt size:  extra medium
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lavog00@DMI.USherb.CA (GUYLAIN LAVOIE)
Subject: OS/2 2.1b, good enough for me!
Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke -- Dept. d'Informatique
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 09:43:43 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.222421.4974@spcvxb.spc.edu> benezra_a@spcvxb.spc.edu writes:

Hi all, I just installed version 2.1b  of OS/2, I must say that I'm
impressed, it is really fast!  Win OS/2 3.1 is superblazing fast :)
but Window is not important!  I will delete it as soon I have the time!
There seems to be lots of little enhencements. I work without WPS,
so when I do ctrl-alt-del, it says something likes "shutting down the
system".  This is useless but it's nice!  More, PM now display correct
icon when fullscreen program are used!  On the 2.0, the icon was always
the icon of the full screen session!

The only thing that does not work is the boot manager, I cannot seem
to find the way to start DOS partition correctly, it's always
crashing.!

And, how can I get the c++set/2 beta if I don't own a CDROM?

Good Night, I'm going to bed!

Guylain Lavoie
Lavog00@DMI.USherb.CA
Now, if only I had my GUS drivers!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: SCANNON@novell.com (Steve Cannon)
Subject: EXTERNAL TAPE BACKUP UNITS/WHO? WHERE?
Organization: Novell, Inc. --Austin
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:59:37 GMT


Are there any external tape backup units available for OS/2 2.0 that will 
backup both FAT and HPFS EXCLUDING companys based in Colorado?

Who and where are they?



+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|Steve Cannon                       | Novell, Inc.                      |
|Internet: scannon@novell.com       | 5918 W. Courtyard Dr.             |
|MHS     : scannon@novell           | Austin, TX  78730                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
From: enk2@po.cwru.edu (Erik Kovach)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1 beta
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:22:07 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62711.student.cwru.edu

In article <21JAN199308402850@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu> cvadsgpb@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan) writes:
>In WinOS/2 3.1, how do I disable the Print Manager from loading up?  I know
>it's something in the INI file.  I'd like to delete all of the True-Type
>fonts in the SYSTEM directory,  just to free up some space,  are there any 
>references to these fonts that I have to remove in the INI file?  Thanks!

For the printer: The Print Manager is not loaded in the WIN.INI file so I
think that WIN-OS/2 was designed to load the print manager automatically.  
Try shutting off the print spooling by changing the Spooler=yes line in the
WIN.INI --or-- un-checking the "Use Print Spooler" box in the Printers 
section of the control panel.  I have not tried this, but I assume that 
WIN-OS/2 may know not to load up the print spooler program when print 
spooling is disabled.

For the TrueType fonts: Select Fonts in the control panel and just delete the
TrueType fonts (denoted by (TrueType) in the list...like Ariel and 
WingDings).  An additional window should pop up and ask you if you want to 
delete the fonts, and click the Delete File From Disk box.  This should 
delete the files.  If this box does not exist (it does in TRUE Windows 3.1...
I haven't check WIN-OS/2 3.1 cuz I kept the TTF's), then delete the TTF and 
FOT files after removing their counterparts from the Fonts Control Panel.

Hope this helps
The Voch
From: joe@jsnode.equinox.gen.nz (Joseph Skinner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: a couple of more questions
Distribution: world
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 01:41:14 GMT
Organization: Me? Organized?

In article <1993Jan17.033800.458@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:

>I can answer this question at least.  Create a print object which uses
>the IBMNULL driver (for plain text) or the generic Postscript driver.
>Do so by dragging a print object from your Templates folder to the
>desktop.  Use the "Output to File" checkbox in the ports section.
>Make this print object the default (do so by clicking on the print
>object with mouse button two after it has been installed, then select
>the appropriate menu option).  Then, from VIEW, print the file.
>

Is this method supposed to produce simple text files as I have tried this
and got a file full of control codes.

Am I doing something wrong?

--
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usenet: joe@jsnode.equinox.gen.nz      | If at first you don't succeed, 
Invercargill, New Zealand              | you're doing about average.    
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Can I *PLEASE* get a fast COMM driver that &^$#* works!?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:26:09 GMT

In article <kucTXB1w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca writes:
>Well, after my last posting about experiencing a severe system crash
>using Ray Gwinn's SIO driver (version 0.31, I believe) somebody told
>me that 0.34 is out and suggested I give it a try.
>The result?
>The system detected an internal processing
>error at location ##0160:fffa3bb4 - 000d:00049bb4.
>60000, 7016
>038600d1
>Internal revision 6.307, 92/03/01
>The system is stopped.  Record the location number
>of the error and contact your service representative.
>So, in essense, nothing has changed from the last time.  Grrr -- this
>is *really* beginning to piss me off.  Of course, this did a number on
>my D: drive that I had to repair with CHKDSK (which means a 10 minute
>boot-up from the ^#$@! floppies!).
>This time I'm going to include *all* pertinent information and hopefully
>*somebody* out there can tell me what an idiot I've been and what to
>change to get this to work.
>First of all:  I am running OS/2 2.0 GA, Syslevel XR02000 (by the way, 
>*why* does it take over 10 minutes for the "Syslevel" command to give out 
>that info!?)

It may take a while because SYSLEVEL checks all drives, whether local
or networked.  It also checks all directories.  (I think IBM should
probably find a way to keep SYSLEVEL from checking networked drives.)

Would you believe there's an sio040.zip now?  This driver is being
updated very rapidly.  You can find sio040.zip in /pub/uploads (for
the moment) on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu via anonymous ftp.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, 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.]
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr)
Subject: FDFORMAT (was: Trying to create OS/2-Bootable 5.25" Diskette)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:39:37 GMT
Keywords: reboot, boot, bootable, se20boot, boot20, bootdisk.txt

In article <C1F7BD.77s@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan) writes:
}roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
}> I have the Service Pack installed on my system, if that makes any
}> difference. So, what is the proper way to create an OS/2 bootable 5.25"
}> 1.2MB flopy disk?

}This method may not be proper, but it does work:  format the diskette to a
}higher-capacity, nonstandard format.  Using FDFORMAT (available from various
}anonymous FTP sites), I was able to create a 1.47MB diskette, on which I
}created my boot diskette.  OS/2 is able to boot from such a disk, unlike
}DOS.  Also, when you are prompted for the install diskette in making the
}boot disk, you can use the boot disk from the CSD.  It seems to work also.

Yes.  It appears that OS/2 actually uses the BIOS Parameter Block on the
floppy disk (I think that's the data structure) instead of that horrid,
kludgy media byte.  Thus, it works with (almost) any geometry you can
manage to format onto a floppy disk.  I say almost because it doesn't
seem to understand double density, double track density (720K) 5.25
floppy disks -- it looks like it double steps the head as though it
was single track density.

Of course, such formats are officially "out-of-spec" so IBM evidently
thinks you shouldn't be able to format such beasts.  You must use
FDFORMAT under DOS (the "real thing," not a VDM).

Larry
-- 
Larry A. Shurr (las@cbnmva.att.com) speaking only for myself.
Norman, listen carefully.  I am lying.  Are you sure your circuits are
registering?  Your ears are green.  Logic is a little bird singing in a
meadow.  Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad! - Mr. Spock
From: enk2@po.cwru.edu (Erik Kovach)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Which Printer Driver for Okidata Microline 92?
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:24:46 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
NNTP-Posting-Host: b62711.student.cwru.edu

In article <roelle.727635793@uars_mag> roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
>>Check for a compatable Epson driver (your manual may mention one.)  Chances 
>>are that there is one.  How ancient?  Epson's go pretty far back, and I 
>                         ^^^ ^^^^^^^
>>think that some of the old printers (as well as most of the new ones) have 
>>compatability with Epson, IBM Proprinter, or something else.
>
>Okidata Microline 92 Version 4.0 (circa 1984)

All that I can say is check around hobbes.nmsu.edu or software.ibm.watson.com
for printer drivers or try a simple 9-pin Epson driver (like FX-something).
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: conrad@actrix.gen.nz (Conrad Bullock)
Subject: Re: VMODE ? video set on OS/2
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:28:27 GMT
Keywords: interlaced,vmode,video

In article <1993Jan20.142531.24820@dde.dk> tpo@dde.dk (Thomas peter Sonne Olesen) writes:

> I have a colorview et4000 based video card with 1Mb.
> 
> I have a nice 1024x768 (256 colors) PM vindow , but it is interlaced.
> 
> My video card will always choose to run interlaced, when going into
> high resolusion mode, unless I have told it not to. In the dos world
> I'm doing this by running a "VMODE 65M" command.
> 
> How can I tell my videocard to run non-interlaced under OS/2 ??
> 
> I have tried to run VMODE from a fullscreen DOS prompt, but it looks like
> OS/2 reset the video card, before it return to my PM workplace.

Open a DOS Fullscreen, Run VMODE 65M, and then 'SVGA ON'

Next time you reboot, all will be well.

Running SVGA ON tells OS2 to check out the values of the video card
registers, and save them to the file SVGADATA.PMI in the OS2 directory.
When OS/2 boots, it looks at this file to know how to set the video
modes.

(BTW - you can also run CENTER to set the screen position of hi res
modes. SVGA ON also saves these positions.)
-- 
The contents of this article in no way represent the views of the NSA.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mna1@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Muhammad N. Arif)
Subject: Gateway 2000 33v Local Bus and OS/2 2.1b
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 23 Jan 93 01:04:31 GMT

I tried installing the beta on a Gateway 486/33v local bus machine with ati ultra local bus video card.  The insallation process went relatively smoothly (even though selecting 8514/a did not work the first time; had to select VGA). But, I found too many problems after OS/2 came up.  I clicked on windoze clock and the icon was "marked" running but no clock showed up.  I clicked on DOS Window icon, the window opened but there was no prompt and I could not type anything.  The DOS window just sat there with a

 blinking cursor on the top-left corner.  There were so many annoying things that it made OS/2 2.1b almost useless. 

Now, I installed the beta on a no-name 486/50 with AMI motherboard/BIOS and none of those problems showed up.  Is Gateway 2000's Local Bus video compatible with OS/2 ?

--Moe

 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net (Orville R. Weyrich)
Subject: Re: tape
Reply-To: uunet.uu.net!weyrich!orville
Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 06:48:36 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.021256.18623@netcom.com> samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore) writes:
>
>Any SCSI tape will operate with os/2 2.0. There is also the CMS (Colorado
>memory systems) drives. There has been considerable discusion of both, 
>if you can read back in time.
>I use a SCSI tape, an Adaptec 1542b controller, and mostly GTAK shareware
>available on Hobbes.

I second the motion for GTAK being good stuff; however, I thought that it 
was GNU-ware [free-ware with certain restrictions] rather than shareware.
Don't everyone raise your hand at once :-) but should I be sending a 
registration check to someone for using gtak?

orville

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Subject: Re: How to create multi-size icons?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 07:10:08 GMT

linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:

>Or rather, how do I create an icon that has the 20x20 view
>that is shown in the upper left hand corner of a window?
>Looking at the list of displays, I can only find the
>cga-8514 range of layouts.

You can take one of the icons which comes with OS/2 (OS/2 System works
nicely) into the Icon Editor (General notebook tab --> Edit).  Select
'Save As...' and save the icon under some name (e.g., NewIcons.ICO).
You can erase all the graphics from the icon, but all the supported
resolutions are still there ('List Predefined' option in the Icon Editor).
Make this a template, and use it for future icons.

-- 

Jack Tan                             If your parents didn't have kids,
jahk@uiuc.edu                          chances are you won't either.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sam@ms.uky.edu (Mike Mills)
Subject: Adding a SCSI drive to existing setup; help needed
Organization: University of Kentucky
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 08:00:38 GMT

Hi,

I just bought a 1.2gig SCSI drive and Adaptec controller.  I also have
a NEC CDR84 CD-ROM drive.

I would like to get all these working with minimum hassle.  However, when
I add "BASEDEV=154X.ADD" to config.sys, I can no longer boot OS/2.  Inspection
seems to indicate that the SCSI drive (which has an already formatted DOS
partition on it) is being "inserted" before my OS/2 partition, causing the
drive letter to get changed.  Now, I could boot from floppy, edit my config.sys
to reflect the new drive letter, and then things should work, right?  But
is there an easier way?  I'd like to put the scsi drives at any arbitrary
drive letter.

Any help, public or e-mail, would be appreciated.

Thanks,

-- 
--Mike Mills              E-Mail:  sam@ms.uky.edu, {rutgers, uunet}!ukma!sam
--UK Math Sciences Dept.                  mike@ukpr.uky.edu    
--(606) 257-1429 (work) 263-0721 (home)
From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: NEW 2.1B install problem
Date: 24 Jan 93 23:14:18 GMT
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au

uznerk@mcl.ucsb.edu (Andrew Krenz) writes:
: Okay, I got past the first problem I had installing 2.1 beta, now for the
: second one.  
: 
: When you reach the part after it reboots and loads up the graphical
: interface and asks you if you want to install the whole thing or just 
: selected parts, it bombs.  You can choose any of the options (except
: the mouse tutorial) and after a couple seconds, the mouse pointer freezes
: and so does everything else.
: 
: I've  tried all sorts of different CMOS settings, and the install disks I'm 
: using have all the latest and greatest fixes.
: 
: Thanks,
: 
: -Andrew Krenz
: uznerk@mcl.ucsb.edu

I had exactly the same problem - so I mucked around a little, reinstalling
(a total of 4 times), after which the selective install worked fine. I don't
know what happened - seems to be an INSTALL problem.

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: dbrake@cyclone.mitre.org (Dennis Brake (PSI) X7767)
Subject: Re: Is OS/2 a dead end?
Keywords: So quoth Bill Gates
Organization: Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:22:57 GMT