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From: fritz@choctaw.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington)
Subject: Re: Need Standard 35 Postscript ATM fonts
Keywords: ATM Postscript Fonts
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 17:27:22 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.020201.29602@unlv.edu> slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos) writes:
>In article <1992Oct9.160817.15061@csc.ti.com> fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington) writes:
>>on-screen previews.  I think these contain only *.pfb and *.pfm files,
>>which you need for Windows, even WinOs2.  So for the *.afm files you
>>need for OS/2 WPS, you could get the original ones from the Adobe file
>>server, or use the pfm2afm program, available from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
>
>Can you post some more info on this Adobe file server? I've never
>heard of it.

Send mail to ps-file-server@adobe.com, with the single word 
help
in the body of the message.

However, after you get all the instructions back and track everything down,
you will end up having to send them mail that is a little tedious to type,
so I include the message body you need for the *.afm files below.  Just snip
out everything between the dashed lines, and mail it to
ps-file-server@adobe.com.

----------------------------------------------------------------
send AFMFiles AvantGarde-Book
send AFMFiles AvantGarde-Demi
send AFMFiles AvantGarde-BookOblique
send AFMFiles AvantGarde-DemiOblique
send AFMFiles Bookman-Light
send AFMFiles Bookman-Demi
send AFMFiles Bookman-LightItalic
send AFMFiles Bookman-DemiItalic
send AFMFiles Courier
send AFMFiles Courier-Bold
send AFMFiles Courier-Oblique
send AFMFiles Courier-BoldOblique
send AFMFiles Helvetica
send AFMFiles Helvetica-Bold
send AFMFiles Helvetica-Oblique
send AFMFiles Helvetica-BoldOblique
send AFMFiles Helvetica-Narrow
send AFMFiles Helvetica-Narrow-Bold
send AFMFiles Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique
send AFMFiles Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique
send AFMFiles NewCenturySchlbk-Roman
send AFMFiles NewCenturySchlbk-Bold
send AFMFiles NewCenturySchlbk-Italic
send AFMFiles NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic
send AFMFiles Palatino-Roman
send AFMFiles Palatino-Bold
send AFMFiles Palatino-Italic
send AFMFiles Palatino-BoldItalic
send AFMFiles Times-Roman
send AFMFiles Times-Bold
send AFMFiles Times-Italic
send AFMFiles Times-BoldItalic
send AFMFiles Symbol
send AFMFiles ZapfChancery-MediumItalic
send AFMFiles ZapfDingbats
----------------------------------------------------------------


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From: UKI6@DKAUNI2.BITNET (leo richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: XGA Cards - Are there any?
Date: 16 Oct 92 08:42:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: rz.1992Oct16.084221.3814
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany



> >I know ATI is shipping 16-bit drivers with its 2 new Ultra cards, but
> >from talking to them I believe that they have NO intention of
> >producing 32-bit drivers anytime soon.
>
> This will change is OS/2 becomes as big as it seems like it will...
>
Sorry, what do you mean by this sentence?

- leo
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc

I am investigating purchasing a CD-ROM drive.  I have read the various
postings in this group, but still find it difficult to determine just
what my choices are for a CD-ROM drive and adapter that will work with
OS/2 at present (I realize that things will change with the next (Borg?)
release of OS/2.)

I read that OS/2 presently includes drivers for Adaptec and Future Domain.
And that Trantor has one available directly from them.  This suggests that
the thing to do is buy an adapter from one of these three companies.  But
is it true that every one of the SCSI adapters made by Adaptec, Future
Domain and Trantor will work with the companies respective drivers?
If not which adapters will work and which will not?

Next, once one selects a SCSI adapter that works with the appropriate driver
how does one know which CD-ROM drives work with that adapter.  Will ALL
"SCSI" CD-ROM drives work with all the SCSI adapters made by the three 
companies (that work with the appropriate drivers)?

It is this whole issue of not knowing what can be mixed and matched in
the matter of drive, adapter and driver software that has me in the
dark.

Any enlightenment would be appreciated.

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: someday@milton.u.washington.edu (Scott Johnson)
Subject: Re: How to get the IBM CD?
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 02:24:26 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.181906.27228@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <dlcogswe.718724439@vela> dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell) writes:
>>I've read a few articles mentioning the availability of a new CD with a
>>whole lot of (beta?) software on it for $15.  I'm not a devloper, but I
>>am particpating in the 32-bit GRE beta.  In any case, could someone
>>point me in the right direction to get this new CD?
>
>This question is answered in the FAQ List as of Release 2.0f.
>
>Sorry to be so sour, but people really ought to start reading this
>list.
>
>-- 
>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

Tim, this is intended as a *very polite* suggestion: how about putting
the latest revision level of the FAQ (apparently "2.0f" now) into your 
.signature file?  I bet there are plenty of folks out there (here!) who
occasionally miss a posting where you announce a new version, so we're
a couple releases behind.

-Scott
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett)
Subject: Re: running unreal demo, want sound under OS/2 (and don`t wanna boot dos!)
Keywords: unreal, no sound
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: usa
Date: 13 Oct 92 00:49:04 GMT

In <1992Oct12.215533.28134@cvedc.prime.com> billt@cvedc.prime.com (Bill Tracy) writes:

>In trying to run unreal (a LARGE graphics/sound demonstration
>program), it does see the sound board (as a sound blaster).  But all
>the sound you get is a few clicks just at the start - then nothing.

	If I remember correctly, I couldn't get it to run under OS/2
	or native DOS.


Shaun Burnett		    |	"You can't survive on a new planet with a
widow@camelot.bradley.edu   |	soul full of hope and fresh air you know."
OS/2--Happy Happy Joy Joy--OS/2		-  Dr. Who (Tom Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bkline@lhc.nlm.nih.gov.nlm.nih.gov (Bob Kline)
Subject: Re: Disappearing setting notebook
Organization: National Library of Medicine
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 02:17:17 GMT

Peter Schepers (schepers@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
: In article <1992Oct15.174008.25642@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
: >Without the title bar, the clock is unmoveable.  To get the title bar
: >back, open up the clock's settings from its icon in the Desktop
: >folder.  If you try to open the settings from the task list's menu,
: >they won't open.  This is a bug.
: >
: >BTW, I find it easier to change the clock's colors using the color
: >palette than from the settings.  But this is only my opinion.
: >-- 
: 
: What I do when I need to move the clock around (without the menubar) is
: resize it using the corners and sides. E.G. moving the clock from the
: bottom right to the top left means making the clock full-screen (pulling
: the top-left corner of the clock to the top-left corner of the screen) and
: then resizing the clock back down to normal size up in the top corner. I
: find this much easier than going after the original icon and changing the
: settings to bring the menu back.

--
Yes, well that's what I was trying to describe as the "flabby elephant" 
approach in my original post.  It does work, but I was hoping for some-
thing a little more elegant (like a fix to the bug).  I can't use your
solution, David, as I seem to have pulled the original object out to the
desktop rather than copied it.  On the other hand, if problems as 
trivial as this are all I have to contend with, I certainly can't 
complain too much.  OS/2 isn't yet as robust as it needs to be, but
it's getting there more rapidly than I originally expected, now that
2.0 is out.  Thanks to both of you for your suggestions.

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Bob Kline                                      Phoenix Systems, Inc. */
/* bkline@occs.nlm.nih.gov                        voice: (703) 522-0820 */
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
From: jc7o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joo C. Chung)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: A couple questions....
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:46:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: sappho.719185616.1413.0
Organization: Junior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I have a couple questions that I hope can be answered.

1) This question concers the docs for gcc for os2. I have been having trouble
processing these TeX files and converting them to .dvi for printing. Has
anyone succeeded in getting these manuals printed? If so...could you tell
me how you did it and with what program? Thank you.

2) I have a NeXT CD-ROM drive which I want to use. NeXT get's their CD-ROM drives from sony so they should work. I have not been able to successfully hack 
cdrom.sys so that I can use the CD-ROM drive. I've tried changing TOSHIBA to SONY    but its not working. After I havk cdrom.sys, OS/2 complains that it can't find cdrom.sys anymore. Any information would be appreciated.




Thanks for any help you can provide.

				Joo.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: REPORT: Windows for Workgroups and "NT 3.1"
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:16:04 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.advocacy 
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

This morning at 07:20 (NZDT - *yawn*) I attended at special preview for
re-sellers of Windows for Workgroups. It was hosted by Microsoft New Zealand
and the main speaker was Andy Schouten from MS, Redmond. 

It was a whole day affair, with the sales, marketing strategy in the morning
and the technical information in the afternoon. I was only able to attend the
07:20 - 11:00 session. 
 
Windows for Workgoups (a beta) was demonstrated on two 486/33 laptops. It
worked fine except for the DDE update from one EXCEL spreadsheet to another.
It would only update one-way. When the reverse direction was attempted, it
failed on two attempts and was abandoned.
 
Windows NT was referred to many times. Each time it was poiinted out that it
should be called "Windows NT 3.1". 
 
More importantly from OS/2 an OS/2 user's point of view, it was repeatedly
stressed that "Windows NT 3.1" is *NOT* a desktop system to replace Windows
3.1. It is a file server. It can be used as a single-user system, but it is
not deisgned with this in mind. The resource requirements make it unsuitable
for normal desktop use in most business and home situations. 
 
These points were made in words of two syllables or less and were said slowly
so that every one would get the message.
 
Clearly, Microsoft intends Windows 3.1 and its successor(s) to be the desktop
systems. DOS will remain as the platform.
 
When questioners after the main presentation referred to "upgrading to NT from
3.1", they were reminded that "Windows NT 3.1" was not a replacement for
Windows 3.1.
 
I found the whole presentation to have been very well organised and very
professional. I was impressed. As for Windows for Workgroups.....it certainly
seemed to work OK in the demo. How successful it will be in the marketplace, I
don't know. A lot of money has already been invested in Novell lans. Lantastic
is also very popular here. Many people still use exclusively DOS-based
applications. 

 
How the emphatic statements of the Microsoft people today tie in with the
views of Brian Sturgill and others......I don't know. Today, Microsoft said
that NT is not a desktop OS. They explained why this was so......
 
I believe them. 
 
Steve
 

-- 
Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | On Sept. 19th, 88% of NZ voters opted
Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz         | for proportional representation. It
withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz            | looks like we may get a more  
**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! ****       | democratic system "real soon now".
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:32590 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:26642
From: stimpy@nmt.edu (John Reynolds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 drivers *ARE* shipping with new ATI cards!!
Date: 10 Oct 92 17:04:12 GMT
Organization: New Mexico Tech

>I just got off the phone with ATI customer service (4167560711) and
>the guy I spoke with said that the ATI Graphics Ultra Plus has drivers
>for OS/2 2.0 included with it.
>
Well, would someone upload them to fpt-os2.nmsu.edu if/when they
arrive? Thanks....

-Jr
ps. Has anyone out there with the ATI problem of screwed up DOS sessions
after running win-os2 reported the bug to IBM?
-- 
Windows...It's like a stale cookie.
OS/2..."It's like butter" (SNL quote)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: buhr@umanitoba.ca (Kevin Andrew Buhr)
Subject: Re: FOLDER from Hell!
Organization: University of Manitoba, Canada
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 20:23:02 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.201106.4719@desire.wright.edu>
slam@desire.wright.edu writes:

   I knwo this has come up before but it never happened to me until today.
   I have been afflicted with the "FOLDER" from hell. I cannot delete or
   shred it. Anyway I can rid myself of this blot on my WPS?

This is a probably a manifestation of the known bug that is fixed in
the Service Pack:

   PJ03981 OBJECT CREATED FROM TEMPLATE FOLDER CANNOT BE DELETED

What can you do about it now?

1)  Have you tried rebooting?  I have run into this problem once or
    twice, and on those occasions rebooting brought back the "Delete"
    selection.

2)  Folders are directories, and directories can be deleted from the
    OS/2 command line.  Just run an OS/2 command line window, "CD" to
    the appropriate place and "RMDIR" the folder.  How do you "CD" to
    the desktop, you ask?  Well, CD "OS2!2.0 Desktop" (or something
    similar) works with the HPFS and CD OS2!2.0_D (or whatever) works
    with the FAT file system.

    Alternatively, make it easy on yourself.  Drag the naughty folder
    to your C drive (or D drive or whatever) icon while holding the
    SHIFT key (to make sure it does a move, not a copy).  The folder
    should be placed in the root directory of the appropriate drive.
    Now it will be easy to find (and "RMDIR") from the OS/2 command
    line.

Kevin Buhr <buhr@ccu.UManitoba.CA>
From: steck@ccs.northeastern.edu (Paul Steckler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Biff
Date: 12 Oct 92 01:26:25 GMT
Organization: College of CS, Northeastern U

In article <JEFF.92Oct9142432@claw.clearpoint.com> jeff@claw.clearpoint.com writes:
>
>I have gotten WinBiff and set it up.  It seems to work okay, but I was
>wondering if there is an OS2Biff, PMBiff, WPSBiff or whatever it would
>be called.

Make sure you're using latest version of WinBiff (1.3c) - by far, it
works best for OS/2.

I AM contemplating writing PMBiff (I've already asserted my copyright
on that name :-)), if enough folks demand it.  You're about the
3rd person to ask about it.  From what I know about PM, this 
is an easy port.  Anyone else interested?

-- Paul (author of WinBiff)
-- 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
| Paul Steckler                       |  Were I Brittania,              |
| steck@dworkin.ccs.northeastern.edu  |    I'd waive the rules ...      |
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From: ms12@jaguar.uofs.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: how can one put 2 operating systems on one harddrive?
Date: 14 Oct 92 20:05:25 GMT
Organization: University of Scranton

Hello,
      A friend of mine got me the Beta Release of OS/2.  Unfortunately,
 I have not been able to experience any of the problems fore-mentioned since
 I am hazy about how to make my drive dual bootable.
      I would like to have a DOS partition where I could leave Word Perfect,
 and other DOS programs ,just in case OS/2 gets buggy on me, and the other
 partition for OS/2.
      I have read in the DOS 5.0 manual that the computer will only boot from
 a primary partition.  However, FDISK can only create one primary partition
 on a disk.
      I would appreciate any help that anyone could give me on creating
 two bootable partions on a hard-drive. (I have 202 Mega Byte hard-drive,
 and a 486 33MHtz Gateway)  Or, can I just install OS/2 on an extended 
 partition?  I guess you can tell I am new to having anything other than
 DOS reside on my Hard drive!!  
       thanks.

              Michael
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How do I get rid of the Minimized Windows folder
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:57:11 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Oct8.145003.12387@bnr.ca> jcyr@bnr.ca (Jean Cyr) writes:
>
>When I first installed OS2 2.0, I discovered that when I minimized
>an object it got stuck into the Minimized Object folder. Since I
>prefer the way OS2 1.3 minimizes onto the desktop itself, I set the
>OS2 2.0 desktop options such that it does the same thing. Now when
>I minimize an object, it does not disappear into a folder that may
>not even be open. Eventhough this Minimized Windows folder is no
>longer in use, I can't seem to get rid of it. I've tried dragging
>it to the shredder, but it won't shred. Is there any way to delete
>this unused folder ???

No.  It's not a folder.  If you want, drag it into one of your OS/2
System folders.  Then you won't have to look at it.
-- 
David Charlap         |"there aren't 50,000 things for which it's worth writing
dic5340@hertz.njit.edu| software; and the computer industry doesn't have enough
----------------------+ programmers to create that much good software.
Therefore, most of it must be worthless" -- Boris Beizer "The Frozen Keyboard"
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cddukes@c00508-119rd.eos.ncsu.edu (PakRat's Anonymous)
Subject: GCC2_222 source.. Where can it be found?
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:13:50 GMT

I am in search for the source code for the current version of GCC for OS/2.
I am looking for it in an attempt to create a cross compiler for OS/2 (IE
build programs on a Unix box because the unix boxes I use are faster than
my OS/2 machine.

Chris "the PakRat" Dukes______________________________cddukes@eos.ncsu.edu
PGP key available upon request.   
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: naughton@chinet.chi.il.us (Thomas Naughton)
Subject: Re: How to get the IBM CD?
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 03:48:52 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.181906.27228@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>point me in the right direction to get this new CD?
>
>This question is answered in the FAQ List as of Release 2.0f.
>
>Sorry to be so sour, but people really ought to start reading this
>list.
>-- 
>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

   I just went to Hobbes and Release 2.0f wasn't there.  The latest
FAQ was 2.0e which (from your post) I assumed didn't have the information.
Since, my news machine doesn't have the 2.0f FAQ and Hobbes doesn't
have it, could you please re-post the 2.0f FAQ, post the relevant info,
or make sure that Hobbes has the most recent version of the FAQ?  I
realize that it's a lot of work keeping this stuff together and organizing
the FAQ (along with all the PR you do for OS2), so don't think I'm
not grateful, but I would like to check out the CD.  Thanks.

-- 
Thomas M. Naughton	              "Love is chemistry, but sex is physics"
naughton@nauts.chi.il.us (prefered)   naughton@chinet.chi.il.us (alternate)
Nobody is responsible for anything I say or do but me.  Sometimes not even me.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: andy@huey.jpl.nasa.gov (Andy Poulsen)
Subject: HELP!  can't access cd-rom drive!
Organization: JPL Optical Interferometry Group, ...
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 05:25:56 GMT

hi all,

i just got the new ibm cd-rom, and borrowed a friend's drive.  it's a
toshiba 3201, and i've got it connected to an adaptec 1542B controller.
the cd-rom is the only device i've got connected to the adaptec, and i
just installed all of that today.  I've got it working just fine under
dos, but when i tried to access the cd-rom under os2 there was no
success at all.  so i figured i'd try to make the install disks under
dos and then try to install from the cdrom drive to get the config.sys
file the way it needed to be.
   so, i was able to create the install disks just fine.  then i looked
at the config.sys file on disk 1 (not the install disk) and pretty much
copied the sections having to deal with the scsi stuff and cdrom stuff
into m os2 config.sys (as well as copying the new driver files onto my
hard drive).   however, when i rebooted it (booting from my hard drive),
i got a message saying something like "SCSI-DD not found.  SYS1201:
cdrom.sys  ... was not installed."   I also got the same message when i
used the new cdrom_g.sys from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  and when i tried to
actually install from the floppies, it wouldn't access the cdrom drive.

does anyone have any idea why i can't access the drive?  HELP!!!!!

thanks in advance!

andy
--
andy poulsen                   *
jpl 169-214/pasadena, ca 91109 *      we engineers have a saying:  
(617) 227-7655                 *
andy@huey.jpl.nasa.gov         *    we may be dumb, but we're slow...
 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mathelmr@nuscc.nus.sg (Helmer Aslaksen)
Subject: Stuttering Sound Blaster in a VDM
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 06:38:58 GMT

I have the Creative multimedia upgrade kit, and I'm trying to run it
from a VDM. It works quite well, but when I try to use Microsoft
Bookshelf and watch the animation, the narrator starts to stutter. Any
suggestions? Do I ned to change some DOS settings?

Please respond by e-mail, and I will post a summary.
--
Helmer Aslaksen
Department of Mathematics
National University of Singapore
Singapore 0511
Republic of Singapore
mathelmr@nuscc.nus.sg
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: Soundcard's and OS/2 2.0
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 01:43:32 GMT

Mohit K. Goyal (goyal@utdallas.edu) wrote:
> 
> If I own a Sound Blaster Pro, and get a Sound Blaster Pro driver for
> OS/2 2.0, does this mean when I play DOS games that I will be able to
> select SoundBlaster as my sound card and everything will work?
> 
> I use OS/2 2.0 and am considering a sound card, the only reason I would
> get one is for games, and maybe listening to a few cool .voc's or .wav's
> or whatever...
> 
> Is this possible under OS/2?  Or should I create a FAT partition on my
> HD and stick DOS 5 on it if I want to play games with sound?

I have a soundblaster 1.5 and it seems to work quite well in DOS sessions
without any special drivers. I have a mod player that runs in full screen
DOS sessions VERY well. The VPLAY command that comes with the SB runs great
in a DOS window. If you're doing some heavy processing or disk access it's
not 100% and I hope that OS/2 drivers would fix this problem.

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
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