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From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: What is a "CSD"?
Date: 10 Sep 1992 15:50:44 GMT
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

In article <1992Sep10.042146.13431@news.Hawaii.Edu> tholen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen) writes:
>CSD:  It's IBMese for Corrective Service Diskette(s).  Call it bug fixes
>if you prefer, though in the case of OS/2, the upcoming CSD should be
>containing some performance enhancements as well as bug fixes.

I'm on IBMLink. I had a flag set to have them notify me of fixes for the
SWAPPER.DAT APAR, and got one yesterday. It seems that the APAR has been
closed now, and the final (?) fix will be in the new CSD...which has now been
assigned a number: XR06050. I hope that means it's getting close...
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by stupidity.
 "Keep in mind that Amateur Radio As We Know It Today will cease to exist
            at midnight tonight." -- Dave Newkirk, WJ1Z
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Questions with OS/2
Keywords: OS/2
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:05:07 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Sep8.213841.28560@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> lutz@solace.psych.rochester.edu (Dave Lutz) writes:
>In <Bu9x1M.5n9@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan) writes:
>
>
>>- I have been having trouble closing DOS and OS/2 windows on the Desktop.  I
>>  type 'exit' at the prompt, and the title bar changes to "Closing:  DOS [OS/2]
>>  Window," but then does not close.  Double-clicking on the title-bar icon
>>  produces the appropriate waring (losing my data in the active session, etc.),
>
>  I haven't seen this, but have a possible explanation.  Did you by any chance
>add /P to the command.com options for your DOS window?  The /P option on
>command.com makes the session permanent (ie you can type exit all you want and
>it won't really go away), which may make it impossible to close the window
>normally.
>
>  This would only explain the problem if CMD.EXE has a similar option, and you
>used that as well.  I don't have an OS/2 system in front of me, so I can't
>check right now.

No, that wouldn't do it.  I can kill a specific DOS session (which
runs COMMAND.COM with the /P option) by closing it from the task list.


-- 
   |)  David Charlap           "LECTURER, n.  One with his hand in your pocket,
  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   his tongue in your ear, and his faith in your
 ((|,)                          patience."
  ~|~                              --- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
From: pd2n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter W. De Bonte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: CHKDSK can't find root
Date: 8 Sep 92 08:16:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.wefB7ZK00Vp8IDxoNC
Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I'm starting to get rather tired of constantly booting off the
installation floppies to reconstruct the root directory of my OS/2 boot
partition whenever I bump the switch on my computer or loose power or
whatever.

Does anyone know if there is work being done to prevent this from
happening in future versions or is it just an accepted annoyance?

Thanx,

Pete W. De Bonte (x4173)                    pwd+@cmu.edu 
"Knolege is powef, Speling is unimportnt"   (but pd2n is unaceptable)
From: joiner@myria.cs.umn.edu (Jay K. Joiner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: SCSI-DD Not Found
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:42:55 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota

I was trying to add a Future Domain TMC-850M and Toshiba T3301
CD-ROM to my existing OS/2 2.0 system and got the following
error on bootup:

	SCSI-DD Not Found
	SYS1201: C:\OS2\CDROM.SYS Not Installed...

I had statements for CDFS.IFS, OS2SCSI.DMD, IBMINT13.I13, FD8XX.ADD,
and CDROM.SYS in my CONFIG.SYS file.  Any ideas on where to start
troubleshooting?

Jay Joiner
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: Re: Unix Windows (uw)
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 02:41:43 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.144318.29712@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> int177c@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Jae Won) writes:
>In article <1992Sep7.041332.26002@ultb.isc.rit.edu> djs6015@ultb.rit.edu (Don Smith) writes:
>>
>>Hi,
>> I was wondering if anyone has heard of an OS/2 version of unix windows.
>>
>I know I shouldn't post this here but I couldn't think of any other group to
>post this to. Besides, I wanted to ask this since it was brought up.
>	My question: What is the latest version of Unix Windows? I use uwpc202e which
>is Windows version(very useful...maked windows even usedful.;-> ).
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Jae

It is up to version 1.03.  I am beta testing 1.04 right now.  The finished
product will have vt100 and vt52 plus the adm31 it always had, plus
X-Y-Z modem downloads.  That is the most of it.

I'm using it now in fact.  The terminal emulation is great, but at least 
for me, downloads are screwy.  Oh well.

-- 
Dan Stephenson                                           das9674@usl.edu
" BERLIN WALL FALLS.  3 BORDER GUARDS LOSE JOBS.  CLINTON BLAMES BUSH! "
        -George Bush, '92 Republican nomination acceptance speech
From: jsanchez@polari.online.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Where is gtak ??
Date: 10 Sep 92 21:18:15 GMT
Organization: Seattle Online Public Access Unix (206) 328-4944

I have looked around Hobbes till I'm blue in the face and cannot find the
gtak package anywhere.  Can someone point me to an archive site that has a
current version on it?
Thanks
-- 
Jim Sanchez 
Hughes LAN Systems - Bellevue, WA (206)828-7417
Internet: jim@hls.com OR jsanchez@polari.online.com
UUCP: ..!uunet!polari!jsanchez
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bergstro@src.honeywell.com (Pete Bergstrom)
Subject: FAX software suggestion needed.
To: comp.os.os2.misc
Posted-Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 17: 07:38 CDT
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:07:38 GMT
Received-Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 17: 07:39 CDT

>I am looking for some good FAX software that runs under OS/2.  I would
>appreciate any and all comments, both good and bad, about any products
>any of you have tried.  I am looking for native OS/2 products if possible
>since I don't want to install the WIN compatibility on my system.  Since
>I don't have regular full access to the net, please email all responses to
>

I saw a demonstration of PMFax at the MN OS/2 User's Group meeting 2
months ago and it did everything I could think would be worthwhile.
It comes with a printer driver that you print to from your
applications - that captures the output in a bitmapped form which you
can then manipulate (or not) before actually sending it via fax.

Manipulations include overlaying the fax with text, graphics
(xor,and,or,etc) and other faxes.

Oh, you can do the same stuff with received faxes before sending them
out again

If you have a copy of the OS/2 coupon book, you can get PMFax for $99.
That's probably the only coupon from the book that I'll be using.

Pete
From: chrisr@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Chris Ringe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Need help selecting FAST VIDEO CARD!
Keywords: VIDEO, SPEED, FREAK!
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 00:49:00 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #2, Edmonton, AB, Canada

I have a IP 486/33/256 motherboard with a ISA bus.  I was wondering if anyone
could suggest a GOOD accelerated video card.  The know of the ATI Ultra, but
never seen one in action.  I have also heard of a product called STEALTH or
VSTEALTH.  As being sort of nieve with accelerated cards, could someone please
tell me what is available, on which would be the better choice for OS/2.

Thanks much...


 /  __  ___   /___                    \ /   Chris Ringe       (VE6MCP)    \
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From: ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Bustek and OS/2
Date: Sun,  6 Sep 92 05:56:22 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Aug31.155429.2928@midway.uchicago.edu> <meek.715318796@fizzy>
  <5330@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>

> BUT ... the tech support person I spoke with said that there was no ASPI
> driver and no plans to produce one (!). Since I need the ASPI driver for
> a tape drive, I settled on Adaptec. Bustek said that their host adapters

It's not surprising that they won't have an ASPI driver.  The way SCSI is
supposed to work in OS/2 2.0 is that there are Adapter Device Drivers
for host adaptor cards.  These have names of the form FOO.ADD.

ADD's report what devices are present, and process commands at the level
of "read these blocks" or "write those blocks."  The ADD interface is
not specific to SCSI.  IBM supplies ADDs for floppy and ST-506 controllers
for example.

SCSI ADDs have to respond to additional requests of the form "execute this
SCSI command."

The ADDs are used by Device Manager Drivers (DMDs).  OS2DASD.DMD, for
example, converts requests from the OS/2 file system to requests for
ADDs.  OS2SCSI.DMD manages SCSI ADDs. 

The documentation in the ADD developers kit mentions an OS2ASPI.DMD.  This
would be where ASPI requests are handled.  Presumably, it converts them
requests for SCSI ADDs.

Thus, to support a given host adaptor, all you need is the ADD for that
host adaptor.  (Note that if you just want to use disks, you don't even
need that.  OS/2 will use the INT 13h BIOS of the host adaptor if there
is no ADD.  Many people will find this to be good enough.)

I don't know how well the above corresponds to reality -- the ADD
documentation is not final yet (at least, the copy I have is cleary
preliminary...), so I don't know if OS2ASPI.DMD exists and is available.

--Tim Smith
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
From: radel@bach.udel.edu (Todd Radel)
Subject: DOS door games with an OS/2 BBS?
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 14:39:25 GMT

[ Pardon for the crosspost, but I'm new to OS/2 2.0 and the comp.os.os2
hierarchy. ]

For the past year, I've run a BBS under DOS and Windows.  The problem,
as you can guess, is that this arrangement is slow as heck.  What I'd
like to do is move the BBS to OS/2, using e.g. BinkleyTerm and Maximus/2.

However, if there's one thing my callers love, it's door games.  And
there aren't any good ones for OS/2.  The favorites -- Alpha Colony,
PimpWars, etc. -- all run under DOS.

Thus my question:  Is it possible to run DOS door games from an OS/2
BBS window?  Are there any problems in spawning, say, PimpWars from
the Maximus/2 window?

(I'm wondering mostly about technical concerns, e.g. comm port
arbitration, etc.)

Any information you can give would be appreciated!  Please send e-mail
rather than posting; I'll summarize to the net if there's interest.


-- 
Todd Radel                   | "I obscenity in the milk of all," Agustin said,
CIS/English undergrad        | "if it does not seem like a lunatic asylum in
University of Delaware       | here." -- Hemingway, _For Whom the Bell Tolls_
A.I. duPont Institute, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE  19899
From: ameline@vnet.ibm.com (Ian Ameline)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 11:22:57 EDT
Subject: How do I apply CS0014? (probably obvious)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: C-Set/2 Development, IBM Canada Lab.
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM

In article <1992Sep14.233554.5279@unvax.union.edu>,
boehme@unvax.union.edu (Eric M. Boehm) writes:
>
>This is probably painfully obvious. I looked in CS0009 and CS0014 and
>can't find out how to apply to CSD. It complains that it is looking
>for the message file. I created IBMC\BIN, IBMC\DLL and IBMC\LIB on the
>OS2 drive but it still doesn't work. I tried ftp-os2.nmsu.edu and
>software.watson.ibm.com but couldn't find more info.
>
>Can someone enlighten me (please respond by e-mail)? Thanks in
>advance.
>
>--
>Eric M. Boehm
>boehme@unvax.Union.EDU
>BOEHME@UNION.BITNET
>



   You shouldn't need to create any directories. You do gave C-Set/2
installed don't you?

Regards,
Ian.
P.S. If you send me your phone number in a note, I'll give you a ring and
see if I can help you out.
From: pclank01@vulcan.spd.louisville.edu (Pat C. Lankswert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: LAN Manager v2.1 and OS/2 v2.0
Summary: Help... I've trapped and I can't reboot (Note: the preceding is humor)
Keywords: LAN, OS/2, 2.0, Guns. Butter
Date: 5 Sep 92 17:59:13 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

We have OS/2 v1.3 and are running LAN Manager v2.1.

I have convinced them that OS/2 v2.0 is the way to go, but they are also
using MS Database, SQL Server, and SQL Bridge. They don't want to repurchase
everything and convert the data.

On a test machine (Gateway 2000/486/33MHz/3C507 E-net), I have loaded LAN
Manager, applied the BETA fixes in lmos22.zoo, and used the newest 3c507
drivers.  NETBUI works ok... (I think, I am not bridged to them yet), but
when I try the TCP/IP drivers, they fail to load.

We have the LAN Server 2.0 Entry... will this work with MS LAN Manager?
No documentation mentions any compatibility.  Will the rest of the software
work with LAN Server???

Does anybody have any ideas?  All relevent suggestions accepted.

Pat
From: jslm_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jonathan Schulman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: EISA machine
Date: 15 Sep 92 20:21:34 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1992Sep14.234153.22038@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
>It is growing more important (having a 32-bit bus with bus mastering
>adapters) as systems get faster and software more demanding.  I would
>certainly recommend a Microchannel or EISA system as a LAN server or
>multimedia platform, for example.

I am only a student, and my next computer will be an EISA machine. If I 
could have shared DMA's I probably would have bought the new machine, but
now I will probably wait a few years until I need more memory. I will have
to stay with my 386/25 computer. The manufactor discontinued the propriatary
cards, so I am stuck at my present memory level.
From: emartine@digi.lonestar.org (Edgar Martinez Martinez)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: DETACH screws up FULL SCREEN session
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:04:57 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX


 Hello. Am I the only one who has this problem? I start a FULL SCREEN session
of OS/2, then detach an EPM session: DETACH EPM FILE.XYZ. I check back in the
WPS and the EPM session is there. Eventually I go back to the FULL SCREEN
session and type EXIT. Now everything is locked up, I never get the WPS back,
and I have to do the CRTL-ALT-DEL shuffle. Is this a bug?


Edgar Martinez                UTArlington Co-op program (Great!)
emartine@digi.lonestar.org    DSC Communications Corp.  Plano, TX
b645zju@utarlg.uta.edu        University of Texas at Arlington
"My bathroom fan goes out straight into my living room"
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
Subject: Re: OS/2 wants to boot from A: every time??
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 02:08:57 GMT

pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior) writes:
: I have a problem with my newly configured OS/2 system -- every time
: I start it it will load about 1/2 of the desktop and then it will 
: access the a: drive for about a minute or so before continuing.
: If I open up the prompts window it has the "boot dos from a:" highlighted
: but it is not in the startup folder and I tried doing a "refresh"
: before a shutdown.  

Try doing a left_contrl - left_shift - F1 when the initial desktop
background comes up and hold it down. This should disable any automatic
startups.

I haven't tried this yet. But to cure this and to prevent further occurrences
of this, you can also try modifying the  "AUTOSTART" in the config.sys.

: 
: Any reason why?  Performance has never been the same since I unzipped
: those 2000 icons in a dos window ... (on a different partition than
: the os/2 system files).
: 
: Paul
: 
: -- 
: --------pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu----(614) 621-8240----------------
: Paul A. Prior    Ban anchors, not reef tanks   "With friends like this,   
: 3rd year medical student		          who needs anemones?"
: The Ohio State U. College of Medicine   Tobacco Kills- Please don't smoke!

hope this helps

jin meng
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:29661 comp.os.os2.apps:5996
From: gregory@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Greg Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: MathCAD 3.1 under Win-OS2
Date: 9 Sep 92 19:29:32 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Boeing

In article <RUGGIERO.92Sep8204536@antwrp.antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov> ruggiero@antwrp.antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov (Knic) writes:
>I've had the same problem someone give us a clue.....
>
>		Knic
  There seem to be conflicting reports on MathCAD 3.1 under Win/OS2. Myself,
I can run it only once. If I exit it and try to load it again it issues the
famous "Not enough mem. Try closing some Windows apps....." The only way to
get it to load again is to reboot. I have also noticed that certain other
Windows apps which run fine by themselves will leave the system in a condition
that will not allow MathCAD to startup. Other people I have talked to reported
having no trouble at all. Still others, like yourselves, can't get it to load
at all.
  In all three cases the people have set the following Win/OS2 settings:

     DPMI limit to >64
     XMS limit to 0
     EMS limit to 0.
  
  This is the place to start.......

Good luck,



-- 
 ________Greg Wright____________     "I struggle to be brief     
| gregory@bcstec.ca.boeing.com  |     and become obscure."         
|     gregory@halcyon.com       |                             
|____uunet!bcstec!gregory_______|               NOT A BOEING SPOKESPERSON.
From: 32coulter@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Recurring Problems: W4W, Procomm Plus.
Date: 13 Sep 92 15:28:28 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

Recently I attempted to run W4W 2.0 in a seamless Win/OS2 windowed session.
During the load of W4W (an sometimes during the usage of W4W) I get a
dialog box from the Workplace Shell informing me that there is not enough
memory, followed by several beeps (hence, the dialog box covers itself with
an identical dialog box.)

  Sometimes this problem persists to the point where my system locks
completely.

My system:  CompuAdd 386DX 20MHz w/AMI Bios R6
            8MB RAM
            DISKCACHE 256,32,AC:D    <== D: is 124MB HPFS Partition.

Kernal Fix installed.

Possibly related comm problems:

Procomm Plus:  Drops characters when downloading in background, causes
several CRC corrections with Z-Modem.

Note:  The W4W problem is especially prevelant when it is that first app.
loaded after a boot.

Help appreciated!!

-- James --
32coulter@gw.wmich.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Formatting to HPFS
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 17:30:19 GMT

In article <1992Sep6.125619.1970@Princeton.EDU> serenang@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Serena Ng) writes:
>I have two hard disks both partitioned by the FDISK that came with DOS5. If
>I want to format the first hard disk as HPFS (presumably using the FDISK that
>came with OS/2) would the soft pointers on the second hard disk be lost? Anyone

No problem.  When you install OS/2 just tell it you want to reformat C
to HPFS.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
From: kevinc@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: ATI says "NO OS/2 2.0 16bit drivers EVER!"
Date: 15 Sep 92 18:27:24 GMT

z_kupkams@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:

>say that they were also waiting on a Device Driver Kit from IBM. 
>This sounds like a lame excuse to me. To write a Driver, ll you need is
>an assembler, C compiler, linker, and the 1.x libraries. 
>already out there.

My video company says the same thing.  It sounds like the 32-bit GRE
for video drivers is a significant change.  Meanwhile, back at the
ranch - I'm patiently waiting for my company to develop their 32 bit
drivers to push their 24 bit 16.7million color card to the limit up
around 1600 x 1200.

I've played with thier Windows 3.1 driver and it's fast.  BTW, anyone
know where to get all these video bench mark programs that are being
quoted in all the adds - WinMarks of 21.0, Winbench of xx, etc.  I'd
love to test this card under Windows to get some idea of what's what.

Kevin
--
Kevin "autark" Crocker (Athabasca University)
kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA  -or-  risk@cs.AthabascaU.CA
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: HELP! OS/2 just committed suicide!!
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 15:34:20 GMT

In article <189d6aINNc96@agate.berkeley.edu> stanton@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton) writes:
>This is as much as anything just to let off steam, also to warn about using
>CPBACKUP under OS/2. Does anyone have any suggestions about
>3) A good OS/2 backup program/tape drive that will handle HPFS, long names,
>extended attributes etc. I'll be getting FTP Software's TCP/IP package soon.
>Will I be able to use this reliably to back up my disk to a workstation?

I'm addressing this question specifically because it comes up quite
often.  Probably yes to the second half of your question.  To the
first half, there are at least a few options.  Sytos Plus for OS/2,
Stirling Intelligent Backup, and OBackup (shareware, soon to be
available via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu) all do floppy
backup with HPFS, EAs, etc.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job