HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: tony@mpg.phys.hawaii.edu (Antonio Querubin)
Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 Telepath won't Fax
Organization: University of Hawaii, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 11:15:33 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.003754.3501@wvnvms.wvnet.edu> ejh@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes:
>I have a Gateway 2000 486/33 and I have just recently purchased their Telepath
>fax/modem.  I had some of the problems mentioned in this listing with getting
>com3 IRQ5 to work, but now the modem is running great.  However, my problem is
>with the FAX.  It can not be found on the COM port.  I am trying to use WinFax
>Pro.  Simply because this came with the Fax.  Has anyone else had a similar
>problem?
>
>     I also have a problem running Xtalk for windows under OS/2.  It seems to
>sit and buffer data for an awful long time and then it will eventually complete
>all the commands that I had typed in.  I turned the buffering off in Xtalk, but
>that did not seem to help much.  Can someone give me a hand here?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help!

Try out the new beta comm drivers from hobbes.  They solve the buffering 
problem with CrossTalk.

I've been able to get WinFAX to initialize the modem and send a partial FAX
by setting COM_DIRECT_ACCESS to ON in the DOS settings.  Beyond that it just
doesn't work reliably under OS/2.
-- 
Antonio Querubin  
tony@mpg.phys.hawaii.edu / ah6bw@uhm.ampr.org / querubin@uhunix.bitnet
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From: roelofs@pan.arc.nasa.gov (Cave Newt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: unzip vs. unzip_ex
Date: 26 Aug 92 01:55:21 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.apps
Organization: University of Chicago

X049BC@tamvm1.tamu.edu writes:

>> I have bgotten the unzip32 files from ftp-os2, and they unzipped okay, but I
>> was surprised to see <TWO> versions of the unzip.exe! Can someone explain the
>> difference between the unzip.exe and unzip_ex.exe?

You may have gotten an early version of the executables; the "_ex" means
"export," i.e., no decryption.  It is necessary to distribute Zip that
way in the US, but not UnZip (no laws about decryption), so the unzip_ex
file is irrelevant.

hank@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:

>I looked at the files in pub/downloads/Info-ZIP/ and find unz50x32.zip has:
>  [...]
>So where did you get your copy?  Also, I'm surprised that no one has mentioned
>the release of these versions.

Heh...problems with the posting.  The announcement is in comp.sources.d,
and there's now a pointer to it in comp.os.os2.apps, among others (which
is where this whole discussion belongs, btw).  The pointer posting also
makes note of a couple of bugs which have already been discovered (sigh).

Greg Roelofs
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier)
Subject: Re: OS/2 through 1999
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 2 Sep 92 12:17:07 CDT

In article <1992Sep02.090621.21054@r-node.gts.org> david@r-node.gts.org (Gerald Abshez) writes:
>In article <1992Aug31.115435.22700@hemlock.cray.com> bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier) writes:
>
>On a different note, one of my soap-opera taping friends showed me 
>something interesting: OS/2 on the show! Can't remember which soap, but
>she recognized it right away. At least those daytime TV series know how
>to pick OSes, right? :-)
>

Way to go IBM and OS/2!  Free PR!!!!!!  Times are they a changing!

Bert.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tedc@ee.ubc.ca (ted chen)
Subject: Funny Filenames and Video Weirdness in Task Switching
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Keywords: os/2 filenames
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:54:12 GMT


I have a few questions.    


1)  I seem to get filenames with semicolons and numbers appended to them.  For
    example, if I d/l a file into my download directory with filename foo.zip
    then MOVE it (at both DOS and OS/2 command prompts) to another directory
    for storage, I get some other copies of this file, of 0 byte size, with
    names like foo.zip;1  foo.zip;2 foo.zip;3 etc clutterring up that directory.
    Note that these copies are 0 bytes in length, most have correct dates
    but some have dates of 1985(?).  I cannot delete these files directly,
    ie. del foo.zip;1 but must use wildcards.  I can only see these files
    in an OS/2 session, of course.  What are these files and why are they
    generated?  How can I prevent it?


2)  If I have 2 Full Screen sessions going, one OS/2 (TE/2) and one DOS (VPIC)
    there seem to be video problems when I switch between them.  Here's the
    process.  Start up TE/2 download, switch away and open up a full screen
    DOS session, run VPIC, display image, then switch back to TE/2.  When
    I switch back, the screen has gone bonkers and is filled with multicolour
    blocks.  If I switch back to TE/2 when I'm only in the VPIC character 
    based menu, it's no problem.  What's going on here?  Not enough video
    memory?  I have an ATI Graphics Ultra with 1 MEG (VSVGA enabled).


3)  If I open an OS/2 Full screen session right after boot up, my monitor goes
    into some interlaced mode which is quite undesirable.  BUT if I first
    open a DOS full screen session (and it goes into the proper NI mode) then
    re-open an OS/2 Full screen session it goes into the correct mode.  The
    DOS FS session works right all the time, no matter when I open it, but the
    OS/2 FS session doesn't work until I "initialize" it with a DOS FS session.
    I believe my card has been set up correctly in all modes using the INSTALL
    program supplied.


Thanks for your replies.


-----
Ted Chen    <tedc@ee.ubc.ca>
 


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jot@teak09.cray.com (Otto Tennant)
Subject: Re: Northgates (and others) won't install OS/2 2.0!
In-reply-to: laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu's message of 3 Sep 92 13:41:11 GMT
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
	<1992Aug31.213857.2914@datascope.com>
	<laird.715527671@stable.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:34:43 CDT

Playing with a Northgate and its h/w diagnostics, I discovered that
the "Change Disk Line" of drive A was not working.  This prevents a
lot of things from installing.
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From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM ("Kenneth A. Kahn")
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Autoexec.bat (problem?)
Date: 31 Aug 92 18:02:58 GMT

Organization: Staff of IBM Fellow - NetWork Computing
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0
X-X-From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Ken Kahn)

In <1992Aug31.133951.3736@spcvxb.spc.edu> mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu writes:
>Hello!
>
>I've noticed that when I run an OS/2 fullscreen session, the
>autoexec.bat file does not get executed automatically.  Is this
>normal behavior?  If so, how do I make it execute when I start
>an OS/2 session?
>

The AUTOEXEC.BAT file is *only* run when starting a DOS Session, not an OS/2
session.  If you want certain actions performed when starting an OS/2 Window
or Full Screen session, edit the SESSION parameters for the associated object
and where it says optional parameters, add "/K xxxxxx" where xxxxx is one or
more OS/2 commands separated by &; just like you can for a regular OS/2
command prompt.

  Example: /K (MODE CO80,50) & (CD E:\TEST)

This will start the session in 50 line mode and the default directory will be
E:\TEST
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: TE2 and <--
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 09:47:02 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <klliou.715197673@milton> klliou@milton.u.washington.edu (Kan-Lee Liou) writes:
> I am using TE2 to emulate VT100 to connect to both UNIX and VMS machines 
> through my .32 bis modem.
> I keep getting problems in using editors (vi for UNIX or ed for VMS).
> The problems are parts of the text I am editing may become invisible (actually,
> it is happening now).  No text is lost, but I just cannot see it.
> One example is if I use the <-- (move left) key, all the characters it goes 
> through will disappear.  I can use the --> (move right) key to let them show up
> again, but it's really a pain..
> How can  I modify the setup and solve these problems?
> Thank you.
> 
> Kan-Lee, klliou@u.washington.edu
> 

Are you using the latest te2_120? 
 
Steve


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: 880506s@dragon.acadiau.ca (James R. Skinner)
Subject: Re: Some suggestions for OS/2
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 22:52:13 GMT

bbm@po.CWRU.Edu (Brian B. Mathewson) writes:

>Have the option of using scalable ATM fonts in DOS and OS/2 text windows
>similar to DV/X. 

This is am option that I too have wished for.  There should be an option in 
the Notebook setting of a program object to allow one to select either the
scalable windows or regular ones.  This would be a nice addition to WPS.

-james

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: OS/2 is playing striptease 
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:55:22 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.132508.6789@starbase.trincoll.edu> nmiller@starbase.trincoll.edu (norman miller) writes:
> Having solved the problem of a blank screen (a new VSVGA
> driver was needed) I'm up against a new problem.  At this
> rate I may be running OS/2 by Christmas.  The new problem
> is this:
> 
> When I click on one of the migrated DOS applications such
> as Word Perfect, the screen goes blank, a brief DOS command
> line flashes on for a moment and -- back to the OS/2 icons.
> Pretty as they are, I was hoping for something more.
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Norman Miller
> nmiller@vax1.trincoll.edu

Go into the OS2 systems folder. Open the System Setup folder. Then open the
selective install folder. Then re-install the DOS and Windows support.
 
What video card have you got? 
 
Steve

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.multimedia
From: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de (Stefan Hartmann)
Subject: Re: Live video or video capture in window available?
Organization: Puplic-Access-Xenix-System
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 23:14:48 GMT

In <reimer.715312101@sfu.ca> reimer@fraser.sfu.ca (Kenneth Ryan Reimer) writes:

>shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter) writes:
>>What hardware/software is available for displaying video in a window and
>>capturing frames?  Is anyone providing OS/2 support for this yet?  Does
>>anyone plan such support?

>I'd recommend VideoLogic's DVA-4000, which has DOS, Windows and OS/2 drivers.
>It supports analog NTSC/PAL video input via composite, RGBS or YC cabling.

>>I need both ISA and MCA cards.  Coexistence with Super VGA, 8514, or
>>XGA is desirable, as the displayed image needs a lot of resolution.

>They offer both MCA and ISA versions, which are functionally identical.  Super
>VGA modes are supported on the ISA platform, I'm not sure about MCA.  You can
>reach them at (617) 494-0530.  We have a lot of experience with their products
>and can vouch for the quality...  but they're pretty expensive.  Good luck!


Hi,
there are still 2 other products, which are in the 500 US$ range:

1. Video-Blaster Plus  by Creative Labs, SoundBlaster manufacturer)

2. WinTV by Hauppage  (495 US$)

3. Screen Machine from Fast Electronic, older product, very expensive,
around 2000 US$


Best regards Stefan Hartmann.
email to: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de


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From: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Out of memory error. 6M left though. HELP!
Date: 28 Aug 92 07:28:01 GMT
Reply-To: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs


In article <1992Aug27.102026.17275@actrix.gen.nz>,
Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
|> In article <1992Aug25.124051@axion.bt.co.uk>
|> djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson) writes:

[my original posting deleted]

|> 
|> I discovered something that might be useful. If you have
|> any DOS programs
|> running and they don't need to be active in the
|> background.....then turn off
|> the background execution in the settings. If you DON'T,
|> then they stay in
|> memory - doing nothing - and you get these annoying
|> out-of-memory errors
|> because.......as often as not......you ARE out of memory.
|>  
Yeah, I know - however as I said my swapper.dat absolutely
refuses to grow
above its' initial size of 2 Meg, and this is the cause of
the "Out of memory"
errors on MY system with the new kernel.

My swapper.dat usually grew to 4 Meg with the old kernel
therefore I tried initialising swapper.dat to 6 Meg (bigger
than I've ever
"grown" it normally) and the error messages didn't pop up.
Starting it as 3 Meg
produced the error message when I opened winos2 and two other
apps. Restoring
the old kernel (and swap file size set at 2 Meg)  allowed me
to open 25 apps
before I got fed up (by then swapper.dat was 8 Meg in size) -
and no error
messages. (Same first three apps used). I therefore concluded
that the new
kernel was the cause of the fixed size of swapper.dat on my
PS/2 - this was
the only change made.

I would therefore advise anyone else getting "Out of Memory"
errors to try
reinstalling their original os2krnl to see if the problem
then goes away.




David J Jackson   Telephone +44 473 645805
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From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: sort fails on 400k file
Date: 3 Sep 92 21:37:46 GMT
Organization: Auburn University, AL

In article <1992Sep3.184135.9608@advtech.uswest.com>, gregw@isaacs ( Greg Wilson) writes:
>[Sipples' suggestion to get the GNU sort]
> I love GNU's "sort" but haven't been able to find an OS/2 version anywhere,
> including ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. 

sort is part of the GNU textutils, so get gnututil.zoo from

ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in
  pub/os2/2.0/gnu/   (32-bit EMX port by Kai Uwe Rommel)
  pub/os2/all/gnu/   (16-bit bound OS2/DOS versions, Kai Uwe Rommel)

--darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Two New OS/2 Books from Abacus
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 21:15:12 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.152313.28339@hemlock.cray.com> bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier) writes:
>P.S.  IBM "announced" last night at the MN OS/2 End-user Group meeting that
>OS/2 sold 300,000 copies in the last 10 days.

Bert:

If that's true, OS/2 has now just about matched the pace of Windows
3.1 sales.  That's incredible, if true.

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From: slug@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Glen Anthony Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: IS IBM UK STILL IN THE STONE AGE???
Date: 2 Sep 92 22:26:07 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <1992Sep1.080316.27980@umr.edu> ckincy@mcs213c.cs.umr.edu (Charles Kincy) writes:
>
>>If you don't consider Hercules a standard, I give up.
>
>Herc is *ancient* technology compared to VGA.  Do you expect that we
>have a CGA driver, too?
I agree Hercules is a ancient technology, and as such IBM undoubtedly considered
it's market too small to be of any value to develop for.  Quite rightly.  After
all, Hercules is not sufficient for current GUI applications.  If you do not
require color, then pick up a monochrome EGA or VGA card.  The fact that some
systems still sell with Hercules just goes to show that idiots will still buy
anything.
 
After all, OS/2 AND Windows NT both require a 386.  So why don't some whine 
about them not developing special versions for a 286?  You have to stop 
somewhere, and I even think that supporting CGA is archaic.
>
>cpk
Glen Graham
From: kslater@sps.pgh.pa.us (Kevin J. Slater)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: need os/2 bubble jet driver
Date: 25 Aug 92 21:02:03 GMT
Organization: SPS ACAD BBS, (412) 487-3637

zhao@unixg.ubc.ca (Jiansheng Zhao) writes:

> 
>  
> I need a Canon bubble jet printer driver badly, it's a pain to settle for 
> LQ510 simulation. Please tell me if such a driver exists and where
> I can find it. It's cerntainly not at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
> Thanks.
> -- 
> Jiansheng Zhao
> Dept. Chem. Eng, Univ. of B. C., Canada. V6T 1Z4
> zhao@unixg.ubc.ca


I've been attempting to use the Lexmark (IBM) 4072 Execjet driver. It 
seems to be eating the first character of text files dropped on the 
printer. I haven't fed it a graphics file yet. I have a Star Starjet 
SJ-48 which can emulate a ProPrinter x24e, however, that driver only 
supports 360x180 dpi output. (The printer, which is based on the Canon 
bubble jet engine, can do 360x360 dpi.)

...Kevin

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
Subject: Re: OS/2 through 1999
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 02:01:00 GMT

bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier) writes:
: In article <1992Sep02.090621.21054@r-node.gts.org> david@r-node.gts.org (Gerald Abshez) writes:
: >In article <1992Aug31.115435.22700@hemlock.cray.com> bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier) writes:
: >
: >On a different note, one of my soap-opera taping friends showed me 
: >something interesting: OS/2 on the show! Can't remember which soap, but
: >she recognized it right away. At least those daytime TV series know how
: >to pick OSes, right? :-)
: >
: 
: Way to go IBM and OS/2!  Free PR!!!!!!  Times are they a changing!
: 
: Bert.

I doubt its free. Companies pay for this kind of thing. It's called
*subliminal* advertising.

jin meng
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Win3.1 support *better* than MS!
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 04:21:34 GMT

Ignacy Misztal (ignacij@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu) wrote:
> Is it possible to write a large Windows application without
> resorting to the enhanced mode? If so, I would suspect that many 
> current Windows developers will try to make their packages run well
> under the OS/2 Windows.

I would assume that if people were going to go to effort to write software
to support WIN-OS/2 they would be wasting their time. Why would yuo spend
time supporting a platform that is there to provide backward compatibility
when you can rather produce native PM apps which would probably give you a
better return for your $.

-- 
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Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Speedstar 24X + OS/2 2.0 ??
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 00:47:29 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.123612.7028@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
>I just bought a diamond speedstar 24X and when I installed it,
>OS/2 2.0 failed to boot.  I was ready for this and downloaded
>bsvgah.zoo for western digital cards and applied it.  Now I can 
>boot up and get the desk top to appear, but just as the desk top 
>finishes drawing, I get a trap 2.  

TRAP 2 almost always signals a memory error, meaning bad RAM (or, in
one case at my office, a bad RAM cache).  The vendor may have cut
corners, unfortunately.

There are various steps you can take to remedy the problem.  I suggest
reading the OS/2 Tips and Techniques file for further information.  It
is available via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

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From: wrp@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Bill Pearson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: starting up/shutting down
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:13:18 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia
Originator: wrp@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU


	Three questions:

	I would like 'calendar' to automatically open wrp-planner, rather
than default emply calendar, when I start it.  How do I do this?


	I am using a VDM (.IMG) disk to access a novell network until my
Netware requestor for OS/2 comes.  How do I automatically close the window
and exit from this program when I am done.

	I the software that uses Novell needs the DOS print spooler loaded.
In a dos window, print says: incorrect version (or something like that).
I can fix it under DOS with setver, but how do I do it in a DOS window?
Will I need another VDM (.IMG) file?

Bill Pearson
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jreynold@nmt.edu (John Reynolds)
Subject: Win-os2 full screen -- does it share resources???
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:07:17 GMT

I've got a question about win-os2 full screen. On my computer at work, I've
just got a VGA card, so I can run windoze apps through seemless windows.
It appeared to me that once OS/2 loaded it's seemless session of win-os2,
that when other windoze apps were started seemlessly, the win-os2 code was
used again (2 seconds to load an additional app vs. loading dos and win-os2
again, then loading the app).

On my computer at home, I've got an ATI ultra and I configured win-os2 to
a higher res, forcing me to run all windoze apps in full screen mode. My
question is this: Is there any way to make OS/2 re-use its win-os2/fullscreen
resources as described above in the seemless case? Every windoze app that I
open runs dos, then win-os2/fullscreen, then the app. That seems like a waste
of memory, disk thrashing and time.


-John
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