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From: siggi@fml.tuwien.ac.at (Siegfried Hanisch)
Subject: GA cant read 360KB floppy
Organization: Technical University of Vienna
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 10:22:31 GMT

I use a DPT PM2001/95 SCSI-host adapter which has an onboard floppy controller.
My A: is a 3.5" 1.44MB drive, and the B: is an old 360KB 5.25" drive (I
need it to copy files from my old pc to the new one). DOS can read the B: drive
without any problems, but OS/2 2.0 GA can't (6.177 beta could). Is this a
known problem? I guess GA does double-stepping when it recognizes a 360KB disk,
and can't find tracks >1.
I get a "Sector not found" message.

thanx in advance
Siegfried Hanisch


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From: duffy@theory.chem.ubc.ca (Pat Duffy)
Subject: OS/2 V2 isn't being ignored by the press in Vancouver!
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 16:49:31 GMT

Hi All!

I just thought I'd let you know (for all of you despairing over the 
lack of media coverage) that OS/2 is actually getting some coverage in the
Computer Paper, a free publication with a wide radership in four centres 
across Canada (of which Vancouver is one and the original).  A brief
summary of the 3 (count 'em, three!) articles:

1) OS/2 2.0:  The integrating platform.  Gives a guided tour of the Workplace
   shell, discusses functionality of same, DOS compatibility, etc.  Very
   positive.  Sounds like the reviewer has 6.177, because he talks of 
   "seamless Windows in the future".

2) Installing CorelDRAW for Windows under OS/2.  Basically this article tells
   you how to do it.  At the beginning of the article there is a list of pros
   and cons for OS/2.  The cons are the lack of Win3.1 compatibility and scarce
   device drivers.  That's it.  The pros are the usual.

3) Peter Norton talks about OS/2.  Need I say more?

So anyway, don't despair - things are looking up!
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From: nagel@spot.Colorado.EDU (Kurt Nagel)
Subject: Upgrade from BETA
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 05:04:52 GMT

Hi,

	It was mentioned a while back that anyone who purchased a beta copy
from the BBS will be getting an upgrade for free.  Does anyone know the 
timeframe on this activity, also is there anyway to VERIFY that you will 
in fact be sent an upgrade form?  I am waiting because I have a copy of 1.X
that I have requests to sell, BUT I'm not going to sell it until I get
verification of the BETA upgrade. Anyone in the know???

Kurt
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From: cdonnell@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chris E Donnell)
Subject: New OS/2 user needs suggestions.  I LOVE IT!
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:16:57 GMT

I have just installed OS/2 using the HPFS but I only have 4 Mb of ram.  How 
much faster will it run with 8Mb(40%,100% etc).  I am looking for a good 
shareware communications package for it similar to telix.  Could anyone tell me
where to get "must have" shareware and commercial packages for OS/2 2.0GA.  I 
would really appreciate any comments or suggestions.  Also, where is a good ftp
site for OS/2 similar to cica for windows?  Thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: dougb@novell.com (Doug Barlow)
Subject: Anyone heard about Diamond Stealth Drivers yet for OS/2?
Keywords: OS/2, Diamond, Stealth, drivers 
Organization: Novell Inc., Provo, UT, USA 
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 20:28:17 GMT

I have a Diamond Stealth Vram Hicolor card and am running OS/2 2.0.  I like
it very much so far but running on standard VGA on my NEC 4FG is very annoying.
So, I call Diamond to find out when they are coming out with drivers for
OS/2.   I get some message saying how to get drivers for Windoze 3.1 but 
nothing for OS/2. :-(

I left a message for them to call me after waiting 20 minutes.  Now, a friend
just told me here at work that he called yesterday and was told that OS/2 
drivers were "planned" for release sometime in the future (No date given).  >:-<

Would everyone please call them (even if you don't own a Stealth card) and
tell them how important it is to support OS/2 because they don't seem to have 
it on their priority list (where Windoze is).  Their number
is (408) 736-2000.

Thank you very much.

Doug Barlow

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From: stidolph@leland.Stanford.EDU (Wayne Stidolph)
Subject: Re: Os/2 Languages
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 18:47:19 GMT

brooke@cco.caltech.edu (Brooke Paul Anderson) writes (in c.o.o.m):

>JPI also has compilers available for OS/2.  I'm not sure if they
>are 32-bit versions yet, but they did have a full line of
>compilers for OS/2 v1.3 which should still work under v2.0.
>I'm going to call them sometime myself to find out if they are
>giving free upgrades to the 32-bit versions when they come out.
>JPI has C, C++, and Modula 2 compilers and debuggers.  They might
>have Pascal and Fortran, too, but I forget.  I don't know if they
>have an 800 number.  Anyone know?

About the 800 number, no :) but they were in California, moved last summer
to New Hampshire (603) 899-6470. Their BBS is (603) 899-5751. I just
called them to ask about 32-bit code generator for OS/2, got kind of a
song and dance: late summer, early fall. (Since all JPI languages share a
common code generator, we'll get C, C++, Pascal, and Modula-2 all at
once, as a plug in upgrade to the existing OS/2 IDE. No WPS IDE
mentioned.)

The 32-bit code generator will (apparently) be the basis for OS/2 and
Win32 and Windows/NT compilers. At the same time, they'll be upgrading
the C++ front end to pick up templates and exceptions.

They were unclear on exactly what they'll be releasing, they're still in
the "defining" phase. No pricing decisions yet. Ada is "not in the near
future", they dropped that one.

Wayne (no relation to JPI beyond reasonably satisfied customer)

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From: rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain)
Subject: Re: Is OS/2 2.0 faster than Windows??
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 03:37:02 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen) writes:
: 
: READ THE ARTICLE, PEOPLE!  I did NOT compare raw numbers from machine to
: machine, but rather ratios.  That is, the PS/2 was used to obtain the
: OS/2 to 3.0 speed ratios, and the 386/40 to obtain the 3.1 to 3.0 speed
: ratios.  It may not be ideal, but it's not nonsense, either.
: 
: I will admit to an error of omission, though: I forgot to mention that the
: versions tested were OS/2 6.304E (from early March) and Windows 3.1 61d
: (from mid-December).  I expect release versions of each to be somewhat faster.
: 

Tom, got it.  Sorry to be so dense.  The numbers then are very meaningful.
This was real easy (well I did it) to misinterpret.  The fact that 6.304
was used is a signifigant factor as you point out.  Can't wait to see the
numbers with GA.  Would somebody please send Tom a GA?
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From: CSYSPCN@mvs.oac.ucla.edu (CSYSPCN)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Is OS/2 2.0 faster than Windows??
Date: 13 Apr 92 10:50:53 PDT

It's understandable that if you eliminate all differences (Not even
using the DOS emulation of OS/2) the DOS sessions would run a little
slower.  Esentially you've frozen all variables but the multi-tasking
overhead.

I don't really undestand this approach to benchmarking.  On the job
I'll turn on all features which give me a benefit.  So I'd like to
see a comparison on the same machine, between a dos ap, with
memory extenders, disk cash, etc, vs OS/2 and HPFS and/or super/FAT.
From: ianking@tcom.stc.co.uk (Ian King)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: HELP: OS/2 2.0 GA with networks
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:57:02 GMT
Organization: NT Europe Limited, London N11 1HB.

Does OS/2 2.0 (shrink wrapped) work with LAN Networks without buying
additional s/w?. I've got confused over this as the on-line doc seems
to suggest that it will. Plus some people on the net say that it does
if you run the DOS network from a DOS window. I tried this & it wouldnt
load. Complains about wrong version of DOS. The network is PowerLAN and
is Netbios-based. 

Also when I try to run DOS full screen, it screws up the video card. Am I
correct in that this is normal behaviour for et4000ax boards without
special drivers. Will the OS/2 1.x drivers that came with card work? Or
would I be wasting more time?

I'm a completely new user of OS/2 & would really like it to be successful
but I think I'm going to have to go back to win3.1 since that at least does
work with the network.

Regards....
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From: dperks@hobbit.gandalf.ca (Dave Perks)
Subject: Trouble with 2 IDE drives
Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 00:24:38 GMT

Has anyone else have trouble with OS/2 not handling two IDE drives?  I
keep getting sector not found messages whenever drive D: is accessed.

Both drives work just fine under MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1, even with
SMARTDRV 4.0 installed.

Under OS/2 the first drive works perfectly, but file system accesses to D:
result in sector not found dialog boxes.  Retrying doesn't help.  Norton
Disk Explorer can read sectors all over drive D: without any problems too,
even when executed in a DOS window (I was desperate.)

I tried replacing IBM1S506.ADD with IBMINT13.I13 to no avail.

The hardware and software details are:
    Motherboard: noname PC Chips 486DX/33, 8M RAM, 128K cache
    Bios: AMI 03/19/91
    Drives: two Western Digital WDAP4200 Piranha 200M IDE configured as
	drive type 47 (user defined) with correct physical geometry.
    O/S: OS/2 2.0 GA, but problem also occurs with 1.30.1

Thanks,
Dave
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From: max@underg.UUCP (Max Cray)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 for user groups
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 22:41:51 EDT
Organization: Underground Computing Foundation

gthome@ausvm1.VNET.IBM.COM writes:

> Try contacting your local IBM branch office and explain your situation.
> They might be able to get some diskettes for you.  You may even get some
> help from some local IBMer.  If you don't mind, please email to my
> mailbox and I may be able to hook you up with some ibmers who are willing
> to help demo to your user group.

If you could help me too? I have had the same problem. The locals around 
here don't seem like they really want to show OS/2, and I can't get a copy 
to show myself. They are giving a demonstration for the Navy, and I being in 
the Navy pulled some strings with the Navy to allow the common folk to go 
and see it, but I don't think I should have to do that. The guys in the labs 
seem to make neat stuff, but the guys in the field seem to be a little lost.

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From: goodearl@world.std.com (Robert Goodearl)
Subject: Re: Shutdown of 2.0
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 13:31:48 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.094140.5854@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> x27@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (T. Voelkering) writes:
>Someone just said, he didn't know how to shut down without the mouse. Here
>is a way:
>      select the drive with your os2 on it and open it (several ctrl-esc)
>      go to "desktop"
>      press shift-f10
>      -> the popup menu of "desktop" opens and you can shutdown
>

From Tuesday's presentation in Boston --

Alt-Shift-Tab is the accelerator for the desktop
	(Though it seems to move between windows in reverse order of Alt-Tab
	 on my machine.)
Ctl-\ (Control-Backslash) deselects all
Shift-F10 gets you the context menu


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From: marv.kohn@execnet.com (marv kohn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: os/2 2.0 release: fir
Date: 12 Apr 92 22:24:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: execnet.199212.863.10136
Reply-To: "marv kohn" <marv.kohn@execnet.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Executive Networks Information

In article <1992Apr9.192424.1924@midway.uchicago.edu>
mention was made of floppy disk problems under OS/2 2.0 GA.

     Let me add some of my own experience to this.  I have installed GA
on a machine with a 3.5" 1.4m A drive and a 5.25" 360k B drive.  I have
found that OS/2 has considerable difficulty reading 360k diskettes.
     If I format a 360k diskette using OS/2, then OS/2 will have no
trouble reading it.  However, my OS/2 setup generally CANNOT read a
diskette that had been previously formatted by DOS.  If I try, I get a
SYS0045 error.
     Has anybody else seen this quirk?  My system consists of teac floppies
run by an Ultrastor 12F controller.

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From: it1@ra.msstate.edu (Tim Tsai)
Subject: Re: generic scsi support
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 08:51:50 GMT

choup@bionette.CGRB.ORST.EDU (Ping Chou -- Biochemistry and Biophysics) writes:
>In <it1.703325984@Isis.MsState.Edu> Tim Tsai wrote:
>>  Can anyone elaborate the generic scsi support on OS/2 2.0 GA?  From
>>what I've read about it, sounds like IBM is calling the BIOS routines??
>>What does this do to performance?  Just curious.  Thanks.

>       Are you sure PC BIOS or PS/2 ABIOS knows anything about SCSI?
>       I would say it is a protection ring 1 device drive. Just guess.

  Well they don't, but most SCSI controllers (I'm somewhat fuzzy
on this, so correct me if I'm wrong) will intercept INT13 and
point to its own routines on the board.  I am curious as to how
OS/2 can make use of the BIOS on these controllers.  My guess is
that it uses the virtual-8086 mode when accessing the disk,
hence the question on performance.

  Tim
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Thursday, 16 Apr 1992 18:39:51 EDT
From: <MASSOUD@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: HARDCARD II XL compatible with OS2 2.0?

I have a Plus Development Hardcard II XL 105, and want to install OS2 2.0 on it
(the hardcard will be used as the boot drive.) Drivers for OS2 1.2 are availabl
e, but when I called Plus Development, they said that the new drivers for OS2
2.0 will not be available before September!!@#$%!
Has anyone successfully installed OS2 on this hardcard, either on top of a DOS
format or with OS2's own format?

I am kind of scared that my card will cause problems.
Thanks for your help.

Nadim Massoud
Massoud@auvm.american.edu
From: gt8834a@prism.gatech.EDU (William Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Fossil drivers under OS/2
Date: 17 Apr 92 16:38:13 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I've got a slight problem with OS/2 2.0.  I'm trying to run a BBS under it,
but the fossil communications driver seems to "barf" after a random amount
of time.  It works fine for a few logons, then all of the sudden it
seems to ignore input from the modem completely.  I have heard rumors about
there being problems regarding this, and that there are ways to fix it,
but I have seen NO info on HOW to fix this.  If anyone can help me, please
email me.  I'd be much appreciated!

Thanks!
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 11:54:53 CST
From: gthome@ausvm1.VNET.IBM.COM
Subject: Re: OS/2 and AMI Incompatability
Reply-To: gthome@ausvm1.VNET.IBM.COM
Organization: IBM - Austin
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 2.0
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc

In <1992Apr8.150605.13468@eng.ufl.edu> Jason Nadrowski writes:
>An important note to the notion of throwing windows away after one gets OS/2.
>OS/2 windows support is limited to the windows 3.0 platform, not the faster and
>better windows 3.1!
>
This will be true for a period of time only.  IBM plans to send a CSD that adds
Win 3.1 support in the future.  There is no official date for this CSD, but
IBM did show seamless Win3.1 at Comdex yesterday.  IBM stated that the
Win 3.1 code was not ready for customer ship yet, but they are working
in it as fast as they can.

Gerry Thome
IBM - Austin
From: d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Comparative programming OS/2 / Win (was Re: sexy guis?)
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:01:14 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology

>One very important difference is that the origin in Windows is in the upper
>left corner and in PM it's in the lower right.

Te lower LEFT corner actually, I think.

Mikael Wahlgren      d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se
From: gt0040a@prism.gatech.EDU (Thomas Michael Sorensen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM OS/2 v.2.0 demo in Atlanta
Date: 11 Apr 92 23:30:51 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In <rhoward.703025832@matd> rhoward@matd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard) writes:

>It's just a matter of knowing where to be and when!?!?  What an insult!

I didn't mean it to be. Its true however- I have no doubt that a large number
of people who would've liked to see it in NY, LA, Austin, etc. didn't simply
because they didn't know about it.

>in?  My previous post's bottom line was "IBM hasn't put out much 
>effort to make OS/2 visible/successful in the Atlanta market."  No
>matter how much hoopla they plan, no matter how many meetings they
>organize, if they don't let us know about it they might as all just
>give up right now.  (I follow these newsgroups, I read local Ga. Tech

Admittedly IBM hasn't been doing a great job of getting the word out- possibly
because Atlanta is one of the first stops on the road show and other such
fanfare. Read git.acm, I'll try to post info there.
        Tom Sorensen

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From: dans@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel L. Schneider)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Is a 16MHz 386sx with a 65 Meg HD enough for OS/2 2.0???
Date: 8 Apr 92 13:52:25 GMT
Reply-To: dans@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel L. Schneider)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: dans@minnie.cc.utexas.edu

OK, so I'm thinking about getting OS/2 2.0.
I have a 386sx 16 MHz with 2 Megs ram and a 65 Meg hard drive.
I know that I'll need more ram, at least 4 Megs total, but how much
hard disk space will OS/2 2.0 take up?  Certainly not 65 Megs, I hope,
but I'm worried that OS/2 may be twice the size of Win3 or something.

How much space will it take?

Also, is 16 MHz enough?

Reply via email if possible, as I can't keep up with this newsgroup.

Thanks,
Dan
dans@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
From: "bradley grigor" <bradley.grigor@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: my os/2 ga won't inst
Date: 12 Apr 92 00:33:59 EST
Reply-To: "bradley grigor" <bradley.grigor@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

  On 04-10-92 at 11:39pm, Timothy F. Sipples wrote to All:
TF>In article <matt.10#bss1.umd.edu> matt@bss1.umd.edu (Matthew Piermarini) writes:
>  I finally get a copy of GA and it won't get past disk 1 during the install.
>It fails with a FDISK error after displaying the Logo.  The INSTALL.LOG file
>looks like:
>Model=FC
>Submodel=01
>Non-Abios Machine
>Bus Architecutre=|0|
>Disk Type=|0|
>FDISK Unsuccessful
>I am installing it on a 386 AMI bios clone, with 2 95meg RLL Drives
>(WD1006SRV2 Rll Controller).   I don't think it is a hardware problem
>because I have been using these drives for a while with DOS 5, AND IT WORKED
>FINE USING THE .304 BETA!  Please help.

TF>I'm noticing a trend (I think), and, while speculative, it seems:
...
TF> (c) Even after (a) and (b), OS/2 2.0 causes the hard disk to
TF>make a strange whining or grating noise at bootup;
TF> (Solution: ignore it; seems to be harmless, though
TF>disturbing.)

I had the same problem.  The IBM Canada OS/2 product manager told
me on April 10 that this is a known problem that affects certain
controller/drive combinations (but not specific about WHICH
combinations!).  It causes the install to take A VERY LONG TIME
(on the order of 9 MiNUTES OR MORE per diskette) and the hard
drive to make very HARD WORKING sounds! (Well, OK grating
noises!!).

He says they discovered, after going into manufacturing, a hard
disk driver problem.  A fix is available on CompuServe for
downloading.  It was NOT on either the IBM Canada BBS or the IBM
NCS BBS as of this afternoon (April 11).

BTW, I'm using the WD 1006 RLL controller on a Seagate ST277R.
This problem can hit you with the 2.0 GA even if you've
succesfully installed one of the 2.0 betas or OS/2 v1.3, as was
the case with me!

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