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From: hsu_wes@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Wesleyan Hsu)
Subject: Re: Any Earthly Reason I SHould Use OS/2 NOW?
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 17:47:30 GMT

I know how frustrating it is to use OS/2.  I tried it for a month when it
first came out and gave up on it until the CSD came out.  When it did, I was
*very* eager to try it out, and so I did the whole routine of tape backup,
mass deletion, repartition, reformatting, installation, etc.  And, I *still*
had plenty of problems (video syncing, couldn't print, and more).  But, I'm
going to stick with it.  I haven't read all the messages on comp.os.os2.misc
or other related groups so I don't know if you've been posting a lot for
help, but I can't remember one post except your last one that mentioned
someone using an EGA monitor.  Every problem I've had, I posted it, and so
many people have written me back with advice.  I've used their advice, then
added a bit of my own creativity and voila, it works.

You must remember that OS/2 is still very young and so not as many people know
much about tweaking it.  Just remember way back when PCs were coming out.
How many people could nimbly change their autoexec and config.sys?  I sure
as hell couldn't.  Sometimes I change it daily!  I'm still *very* scared to
touch OS/2's configuration files and whatnot, but after I go out and buy a
book, use the extensive help system (which could use some improvements!) and
play around (which means a *few* crashes :), some frustration, and *lots* of
posting to this great newsgroup, I too may be able to feel confident with
changing things in OS/2.

In summary, I would strongly urge you to be more patience and ask for lots of
help.  It's wonderful to post (after hours of frustration) and to receive so
many responses from people, and then to actually fix the problem!  I think
IBM did a very good job with OS/2.  I can't even begin to imagine what OS/2
3.0 will be like...

Wes Hsu
Johns Hopkins U
Dept.of.ECE

ps. Thanks to all those who have helped me out with my problems!  You know
who you are.
From: murraya@ecf.toronto.edu (MURRAY ALEXANDER W)
Subject: aaaaa.exe - Credits
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Summary: Look what I found.
Keywords: magic cookie
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 09:49:07 GMT

Has this been discussed here before?  I happened to execute "ls -la" in the
\os2\bitmap directory (the -la being out of habit from heavy Unix usage),
and two files, namely aaaaa.exe and aaaaa.met, showed as hidden system
files.  Curious me, I chmod'ed them to be regular files and ran aaaaa.  Lo!
Behold!  It displays the .met file to fill the desktop and rolls a humungous
listing of names up in a window; I would imagine it's a list of developers
for the OS.

I've never heard this mentioned before;  just thought I'd point it out.

Is this on everyone's installation?  I have GA + a beta 32bit GRE.

Regards,
Alex
<murraya@ecf.toronto.edu>
From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: DeskJet (Beta) Drivers now on Watson
Date: 7 Nov 1992 07:52:32 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

There are beta printer drivers specifically for the DeskJet family
now available from software.watson.ibm.com

Enjoy!

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Caltech, Pasadena CA
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kbass@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ken Bass)
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 runs OK--should I still install Service Pack?
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 00:39:55 GMT

In article <19921031043511.h198@hosp.med.umich.edu> h198@hosp.med.umich.edu  (Gene Mangum) writes:
>In Article <1992Oct31.032559.12723@news.Hawaii.Edu> "lkan@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Linus Kan)" says:
>> 
>> The SUBJECT says it all.  Could I use the ET4000 drivers on the 
>> Service Pack without full installation?
>> 
>  [Stuff Deleted]
>  One reason you may want to is:  Changes in the SPP are going to be in
>  future versions of OS/2.   If you're going to have problems, it may be
>  better to report them now and get them fixed, rather than waiting 'til
>  they've been part of the system for awhile.   It would be too bad if
>  next year  you install 2.(n+1) and its unusable...
>
>Gene Mangum
>Univ of Michigan Hospitals

I disagree. IBM says that you need not install the SPP if you arent
having problems currently. If the drivers are 32bit they probably wont
work, but 16bit versions might.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rgaudre@triton.unm.edu (Ron Gaudreau)
Subject: Re: Service Pack Results...
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 10:05:12 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <16663@umd5.umd.edu> adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir) writes:
>
>>	readme.sp indicated that ALT-F1 on boot-up would put my desktop back
>>	the way it was before installing the CSD.  The appearance was OK, but
>>	OS/2 System contained nothing but empty folders (except for Drives,
>>	which was ok).
>
>>  In my attempts to recover from the last problem, I managed to trash the
>>system, so I decided this would be a good excuse to switch over to HPFS.
>>Unfortunately, after reformatting the drive I found out that my original disk >6 had gone bad.  I'm waiting for a new disk 6 now, so I won't be able to try
>>anything more for a few days.
>
>If ALT-F1 didn't work. you could have booted from Install Disk & Disk 1 and
>used MAKEINI on OS2SYS.INI and OS2.INI.  This actually rebuilds your INI files
>so you will be right back to square one, where you WANTED to be.
>
>-- 
> ============================================================================
> Al Dhir                      			   Technical Consulting Staff
> Internet: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu	  	 University of Maryland, College Park
> Bitnet:   adhir%cygnus.umd.edu@Interbit      (301) 405-1500 * (301) 405-3014

 The ALT - F1 does not work under the Service Pack. I found this out
when IBM told me to do this for a problem they were working on and it
trashed my system. The IBM guy contacted the Service Pack Team and they
told him that the ALT - F1 does not work like before and that users should
not do it. It was one of the many things that they neglected to tell
the IBM Support Line people.
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From: pgleason@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Pat Gleason)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Joel's ATI drivers and the SPP
Date: 7 Nov 92 01:23:42 GMT
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA

In <1992Nov5.085045.13559@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:

>Perhaps ATI's drivers won't.

Maybe the ATi guy meant none of "OUR" 1.3 drivers <g>

>This sounds just like the way we've been doing things all along.

That is how my system has been set up for months.

>Apparantly only ATI can't get their drivers working right...

I guess they are getting their just rewards for foisting off 1.3 drivers
as 2.0 drivers. 

>Personally, ATI has until Radius gets their XGA-2 board out for a
>price I can afford (I'm looking for $300, discount).  If I don't have
>a 32-bit driver by then, solong ATI.

If XGA-2 is as fast as I have heard, it won't matter if ATI has drivers or
not.

From my conversations with ATI support, they have not even obtained a
copy of the Service Pack, let alone tested it against their drivers.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
Subject: Re: DOS *VERY* unstable after CSD
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 08:41:01 GMT

In article <1df7vaINNp3d@fido.asd.sgi.com> close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Diane Barlow Close) writes:
>dpoole@hydrogen.oscs.montana.edu (David Poole) writes:
>>
>> Other times, I'll flip to a full screen, do some work, and won't be
>> able to flip back to windowed mode.  
>> Has anyone else encountered this problem?  
>
>I have!  I can't switch between qmodem windowed and qmodem full
>screen.  I can get to full screen but I can't flip back to the windowed
>screen no matter how I try.  (Qmodem is the only DOS program I've used
>so far, so this could be a DOS thing rather than a qmodem thing.)  If
>it happens with other DOS programs I plan to report it as a bug to the
>compuserve address.  I just have to try it and see!

Me, too!  Since I installed the SP, Alt-Home does not switch between
FS and Windowed for MS-Kermit sometimes.  I have not (yet) had any
problems with other DOS software.  I wonder if this problem affects
only DOS sessions running a communications app.

>
>-- 
>Diane Barlow Close
>	close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com 
>	I'm at lunch today.  :-)


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lutz@shredder.raleigh.ibm.com (Dave Lutz)
Subject: Re: Drive icon question.
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 92 15:09:38 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.14k by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Reply-To: dave_lutz@vnet.ibm.com (Dave Lutz)
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

In <1992Nov5.182839.11935@netcom.com> saf@netcom.com (Steve A. Feinstein) writes:
>
>Does anyone know if it's possible to create an icon that operates
>functionally identical to a drive icon, but will open up to a specific
>directory (not the root) when double clicked?
>
>I find it's a pain to navigate down through the directory structure

Sure, I do it all the time.  Use the drives icon to find the directory you want 
and then make a shadow of it.  This is done by holding down Ctrl-Shift, then
dragging (RMB) the directory folder to your preferred destination, releasing 
the mouse button, and releasing Ctrl-Shift.  Now double-clicking on this 
shadowed folder will show you the files in that directory.

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"Nice job with the sprinkler!" - Darkwing Duck
"Nice job with the, uh, getting your gun melted." - Megavolt
From: joe2@vnet.ibm.com
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 18:27:32 FWT
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Joel's ATI drivers and the SPP
Reply-To: <joe2@vnet.ibm.com>
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0
            <10260@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>

In <10260@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> Pat Gleason writes:
>In <19921102.091305.8@almaden.ibm.com> joe2@vnet.ibm.com writes:
>
>>   It's a bug in the 32bit GRE (using color indexes that are 2.0
>>drivers-only, and should not be used with 1.x drivers).
>>   I could find a workaround for this, but since IBM is going to
>>release its own ATI Wonder drivers (640x480x256, 800x600x256 and
>>1024x768x256), I am going to wait! And NO, I don't know exactly
>>when those drivers will be released...
>
>How many people would have to plead to get you to update your drivers ???
><plead, plead>
>
>In another thread, someone stated that ATI has said that NO 1.3 driver will
>work with OS/2 2.0 Service Pack and that ATI will not be releasing working ATI
>Wonder drivers until 2Q 93. I for one need hi-res drivers that work NOW.
>
The IBM 32bit 256c drivers will hopefully be available before 2Q93!!


>You might get quite a few registrations from all the dissatisifed people
>here who also need working drivers.
>
>Would one registration fee cover 16 color and 256 color drivers ???
>

   I never received a single $ for those drivers... so I don't feel
really committed to deliver a new version :-)
   Well, I may distributed my 16bit generic 800x600x16 driver, which
works fine with the SP (it has been written from the 2.0 16bit VGA driver).
Since I just got the new Kernel Debugger (for the SP), I may also
try to recompile the 256c drivers... don't hold your breath on it
however!

    -Joel Armengaud
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Distribution: jadpc2
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 10:28:00 -0800
From: Craig_Swanson@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Subject: Trident drivers
Comment-To: Robert_Wald@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Reply-To: Craig_Swanson@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
X-FSC-PATH: 202/514

 RW>   I need to use the Trident os2 drivers on the archive, but
they're in
 RW> a strange ZIP format. Its not corrupt, but I can't read the
compression.
 RW> What version do you need to get at these? Thanks

You probably need the InfoZip UNZIP 5.0 version.


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From: anto@dutetvf.tudelft.nl (Anto Daryanto)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: HELP **FatalExit code 0x0401**
Date: 5 Nov 92 08:35:27 GMT
Organization: Delft University of Technology


Hi, yesterday I had annoying error, I can't start WINOS2 anymore.
Everytime I click the WINOS2 icon it goes to the DOS full screen and
then I got  'FatalExit code 0x0401', and then it dies. It happen also if I
start WinApps seamlessly.

This is happen after I installed the ServicePack (the Golden one), and
this is my first error concerning WINOS2. 

I can't use my PageMaker anymore. 
Please, someone help me.
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From: iam@stiatl.salestech.com (Ian Mercado)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: Service pack with WinOS/2 3.1 Beta
Date: 13 Nov 92 13:26:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: stiatl.1992Nov13.132631.64
Organization: Sales Technologies, Inc.

hstarke@europa.eng.gtefsd.com (Hal Starke) writes:

>> I installed the service pack on top of GA and things are looking
>>pretty good.  Have seamless Windows 3.0 in 800x600x256 mode with Tseng
>>ET4000 video.

>>So I modified my autoexec.bat and config.sys files to change
>>references from c:\os2\mdos\winos2 to c:\winos231 and rebooted, as
>>suggested by Al (adhir@cugnus.umd.edu).  While everything works as
>>before, I can no longer get seamless windows applications to run, even
>>stuff as simple as Windows 3.1 clock.  The system goes into a strange
>>video mode with lots of horizontal blue lines, and hazy shadows of the
>>underlying windows.  I restored my config.sys and autoexec.bat files,
>>and now at least I can get seamless windows running Windows 3.0.

To solve this problem, I copied the service pak Windows drivers on top of
the Win-OS/2 3.1 video drivers.  Two files whose names I cannot exactly
remember, but the gist was to copy WSST*.DRV from the \os2\mdos\winos2\system
directory on top of \winos231\system\swinvga.drv and to copy WSPD*.DRV on
top of the \winos231\system\vga.drv file.  (I use stars to indicate that I
can't remember the rest of the filename...there's only two files you need to
copy.  Also, I think these are Diamond Speedstar dependent files...generic
Tseng drivers might have different names.)

Now I can get both Win-OS/2 3.1 (beta :-( ) and Win-OS/2 3.0 to run seamless
under OS/2!  I put C:\WINOS231 in my path so that's the default, but if I
want to run stuff under 3.0 (like Word for Windows, which is quite a bit 
buggy under the 3.1 beta) I just put C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2 in the working
directory section of the program item's settings folder.  I have to do that
because apparently the DOS_AUTOEXEC setting disappears when you re-install
the service pack on top of the GA/SP modified by WINOS231 install.
Anyone know how to keep the DOS_AUTOEXEC setting from going away?

Ian

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cfor@ciba-geigy.ch (Rainer Foeppl)
Subject: Be careful with the CSD for OS/2 ***** Warning *****
Organization: Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
Distribution: eunet
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:42:53 GMT


As I checked with IBM, the Version on software.watson.ibm.com is for users
with a US Version of OS/2 ONLY. Most of european users have a UK Version and
not a Us Version. You will run into deep trouble if you apply the CSD for US on
a OS/2 beeing not US. Eg. the communicationmanager is very sensitive on this
subject and many other applications too.

R. Foeppl
Fax 0041/61/675585
Mail CFOR@Ciba-geigy.ch

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email: cfor@ciba-geigy.ch
From: stephen@linus.cc.ncsu.edu (Stephen Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Service Pak readme
Date: 9 Nov 92 17:48:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: ncsu.1992Nov9.174858.23239
Reply-To: stephen@ncsu.edu
Organization: North Carolina State University


I posted the part from the README the other day...OOPS :)

Sorry guys :) oh well, it does say Selective Install...hehe
Last week was a bad week in general...Count Taxula was elected, and Stephen 
only looks at half of the readme, like those he criticized.  On to the next 
topic (now that we all know that you have to use the Selective Install)
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From: haines@BBN.COM (Edward C. Haines)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: SVGA ON from CSD doesn't work
Date: 5 Nov 92 20:06:18 GMT
Reply-To: haines@BBN.COM (Edward C. Haines)
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com


I am running OS/2 GA + CSD on a Positive (made by Tandon) 386SX-20 with a
built-in svga chipset made by Western Digital.  I am trying to experiment with
possible support for higher resolutions and/or more colors.  When I do a

SVGA ON 

in a full screen DOS session, it replies

SVGA: PMI File Generator (v1.01)
Usage: SVGA <ON | OFF>

as if I had given it a bad argument.  Actually it gives the same message for
any agument.  It does not generate the svga file.

Any ideas as to what is happening and how to fix it?

I tried selective install of svga support.  It made minor changes to my
config.sys but that is all I notive.  It does not give me a dialog about
possible resolutions. 



Also on a slightly different machine with the same configuration I remember
there was an option for vga256 or some such thing suggesting a 640x480x256
mode.  I have not been able to get that again.  Any ideas?

Ted Haines
From: h198@hosp.med.umich.edu  (Gene Mangum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Semi-official ServPak Problem Info
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992  19:29 EDT
Organization: Univ of Michigan Hospitals
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: condor.hosp.med.umich.edu
X-Newsreader: FTPNuz (DOS) v1.0

Hi folks,
 
I saw a new document on the OS2BBS "News and Announcements" of IBMLink
today which documents known problems with the service pack and solutions
or workarounds where they have them.   I have posted a message requesting
permission to forward this document in its entirety to this group and
OS2-L.   I haven't heard back, so I thought I'd take the liberty to
"paraphrase" some of it...
  1.  Out-of-sync with Diamond Speedstar.
      They have a solution, but its fairly long.   I hope I can post the
      entire file...
  2.  List of supported SVGA adapters.
      Western Digital Paradise Professional
      SVGA with Tseng ET4000 or ET3000
      Video 7 VRAM II
      ATI VGAWonder XL (chip #18800 or #28800)
      Trident 8900c
  3.  Problem with XGA and OEM monitor with workaround
  4.  Problem with non-IBM XGA-NI can't use XGA mode in VDM.
  5.  New Tseng SVGA - system won't boot - make sure you have SVGADATA.PMI.
  6.  SVGA mode not supported in DOS box or WinOS2 for ATI 8514-Ultra.
  7.  EVEREX Viewpoint out-of-sync problem.
  8.  Internal Processing Error when deleting file on FAT in a VDM DOS box.
      This sounds bad (don't delete from FAT in VDM DOS box).   Fix will
      be produced.
  9.  Alt-Home fails after session loses focus.   Workaround is: switch
      to desktop and select "Windowed" from the pop-up menu for the 
      program object (not the task list).
 10.  Once #9 happens, *RIGHT* Alt key plus any extended key kills the
      keyboard for that session.   Workaround is: quickly press and 
      release *LEFT* Alt key.
 11.  When a Windowed DOS program uses hi-res graphics, the box loses 
      focus and keyboard appears dead.   Workaround is: same as #10.
  I hope I don't get in trouble posting this info.   I can't imagine
  IBM would care, but they *do* have lawyers :-)
  Anyway, hope this helps.   Assuming I get permission, I'll post the 
  exact file...

Gene Mangum
Univ of Michigan Hospitals
From: sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Unix Like File Name Completion...
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:59:49 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
NNTP-Posting-Host: b61442.student.cwru.edu

In article <BxKGwH.Bpw@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umnoor@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Nasir Ahmed Noor) writes:
>From: umnoor@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Nasir Ahmed Noor)
>Subject: Unix Like File Name Completion...
>Date: 11 Nov 92 19:31:28 GMT
>
>Does any one know if such a utility exists or if someone has plans to work
>on one [if its possible--at all] to allow file name completion as its done
>in Unix [ESC key]?
>

Already done. Download 4OS/2 from the ftp site of your choice. It does that 
and a whole lot more. There's also a dos version (called 4DOS) that will do 
the same for your DOS sessions.

They both default to the TAB key for this but I'm pretty sure you can use 
any key you want.

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this post was written while i should have been doing homework. therefore,
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tokarj@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Joyce Tokar)
Subject: TRAP 0002
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Summary: Which Memory Module Is It?
Keywords: RAM, SIP, Trap
Organization: tartan.com
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:26:51 GMT


I have just added 4MB 1x9 70 ns SIPs to my existing 4MB (of the same
specification).  Now I am experiencing the dreaded TRAP 0002.  The
current wisdom suggests this is an improper mix of RAM.  I don't
believe this is true in my case.  My question is: Can the misbehaving
chip be identified from the Trap message with its associated addresses
and other mysterious numbers?

Thanks