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From: jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin)
Subject: Re: QuattroPro Windows replaces some WINOS2 dll
Organization: University of Maine, Department of Computer Science
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 03:22:06 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.232634.13906@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes:
>SCATTOLIN patrice (patrice@cenparmi.concordia.ca) wrote:
>
>> When I installed Quattor Pro for windows it decided to replace some
>> dll's. Now it mentions this during the install process and I would 
>> not be worried if I was using the actual Windows. But did this
>> replacement does any dammage to my WINOS2 set up? The files are the following:
>
>> 	BWCC.DLL
>
>The Borland Windows Custom Control Library. Each installation of a Borland
>product that uses it makes sure the more up to date version is installed.

Correct.

>
>> 	ODAPI.DLL
>> 	LD.DLL
>> 	ODAPIQ.DLL

ODA?  LD?  I think these are specific to QPW, but I wouldn't bet on it.
Contact Borland....

>> 	OLESUR.DLL
>> 	OLECLI.DLL

These are the DLLs that support OLE (Object Linking and Embedding).  These
are files which are standard in Win 3.1, but can be distributed with 
applications that are OLE aware.  Excel, Word For Windows (2.0) both do
this.  I had to copy these files from my Win 3.1 system directory in
order to use OLE.  This should be no problem for you, as WINOS2 (and 
Win 3.0) knows nothing about OLE and there are no WINOS2 specific
OLE DLLs.

Jeff



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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: walk@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Walk)
Subject: Re: Future of OS/2 and IBM????????????
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 02:32:17 GMT

wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni) writes:

>In article <1992Dec15.210437.934@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> ashwath@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Ashwath Ram) writes:
>	<stuff deleted>

>My understanding is that the mainframe section of IBM is in trouble. The
>to-be-laid-off people and to-be-sold assets are mostly dealing with
>mainframes. Because of this, the roles of workstations and PCs become
>very crucial to IBM's survivability. I see this as a sign of IBM's
>continuous support of OS/2 as well as AIX.


Not only that, but I heard a rumor that IBM has dropped development
for the next series of core logic for their mainframes.  If this
is true, then they HAVE to commit fully to AIX and OS/2.


					Todd Walk
					walk@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
From: horan@cse.unl.edu (Mark Horan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 AND LINUX
Date: 18 Dec 1992 19:14:52 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cse.unl.edu

jerome.yuzyk@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Jerome Yuzyk)  writes:

>I will be getting two new 500M SCSI drives over Xmas (Santa = me) and will be
>re-installing OS/2 with Boot Manager and a bunch of partitions (to be named
>later).  BUT, I also want to make room/allowance for Linux someday.  My
>questions are:

>- where's some reading material about doing this?

>- Should all my operating systems (OS/2,native DOS, Linux) be on one of the
>  drives, or should I put Linux on drive 2 (or can I)?

>- can I just leave one biggish partition unformatted and drop Linux in when
>  I'm ready?

>Thanks in advance

>cross-posted to comp.os.linux

The FAQ for linux covers this and you can FTP it from tsx-11.mit.edu

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kvien@Elkraft.Unit.NO (Oddgeir Kvien)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Performance tips
Reply-To: kvien@Elkraft.Unit.NO (Oddgeir Kvien)
Organization: University of Trondheim
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 08:13:12 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.073652.2239@pollux.lu.se>, Jerker.Delsing@vok.lth.se (Jerker Delsing) writes:
|> 
|> For you people who like more speed from your OS/2 system I will recommend investing
|> in a cached disk controler. 
|> 
|> When switching from an standard IDE controler to a cached controler DC-2023 from 
|> Promise Technolgy (approx. $100+memory) my system (486-33) got an very impressive
|> performance bost. 
|> 
|> 
|> Jerker Delsing

How much memory do you recomend on the controler?

I also have a cached controler but only 1 MB ram. I was planing to buy some more
ram but the price of sim has increased 30-40 % the last month so I`ll wait and see
if it is comming down again.
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From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: More ss24x info from Diamond
Date: 14 Dec 1992 17:46:01 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc12.ins.cwru.edu


I wrote to diamond tech support concerning ss24x video drivers --

>From: 75300.3673@CompuServe.COM ("Jaime [Diamond Tech]")
>Subject: Re: Speedstar 24X
>To: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu ("INTERNET:dab6@po.CWRU.Edu")
>
>As this time, no release date has been set.  We are working on the
>drivers.  
.....
>Once we have
>a release date set, I will post it in our forum on CompuServe.  To get
>there type "GO GRAPHBVEN".
>
>-Jaime Pirnie
> Diamond TS Dept.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Subject: Re: NT won't co-exist with OS/2?
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:35:19 GMT

In <1992Dec16.195913.2231@ultb.isc.rit.edu> djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Don Smith) writes:

>I have no plans whatsoever to run NT... but there is a way to do it,
>if it wont install in the presence of OS/2's boot manager.         

>If you already have the boot manager installed under os/2 and you want
>to put NT on a partition... then under OS/2 destroy the boot manager and
>then install NT on the drive without removing the 1Meg partition
>that housed the Boot Manager. After NT is sucessfully installed, boot
>OS/2 from a floppy disk and run fdisk to re-create the boot manager.

>I know the boot manager can be killed and put back because I accidently
>destroyed mine when attempting to make my Linux partition bootable. I
>just booted off of my install disks and recreated it. No problem.

However, as I understand it, this still won't work unless you get a
disk editor and blank out the partition header for the Boot Manager.
It seems the NT looks specifically for this header, and if it finds it
refuses to run.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: chow@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Christopher Chow)
Subject: Installation help needed. (Error c000005)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 08:58:48 GMT


A couple of months ago I got OS/2 (as part of the summer promo upgrade
from Windows), but since I had limited disk space, I deinstalled it 
after making sure that OS/2 runs on my system. I haven't got the  October
Service pack, so all I have is the version that existed in July this
year.

Over the last two days, I've attempted to install OS/2 a number of 
times without sucess. I'm using the boot manager, and have tried
installing on both my hard drives, and while the installation itself
seemed to go smoothly (OS/2 accepted all 15 disks plus the first 
printer driver disk), upon rebooting at the end of the install process,
I get the OS/2 logo, and then after some disk activity, a screen which
has the code "c0000005" on the upper left hand corner. The rest of the 
screen is blank.

In the ensuing months, the only difference in my system was that I added
an Iomega Insider 250 tape drive with its fast floppy controller card, and
a Diamond Speedstar 24X. Is there something special I need to do in the 
installation process to get the system up with the Speedstar 24X? What
does the "c0000005" code mean?

For reference, my h/w config is the following: 486-33 clone, AMI bios, 
8 Mb ram, Speedstar 24X, Soundblaster Pro (irq=5), Iomega fast floopy
controler (for tape driver, irq=3), two Maxtor 7213A drives. I've tried
installing (twice each) to a primary partition on drive 1 and also to an 
extended partition on drive 2. Both cases the target partition was formatted
for HPFS.

thanks,
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: gt0554c@prism.gatech.EDU (MCCONNELL)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Which Tape Drive for OS/2?
Date: 14 Dec 92 18:30:01 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


I am looking to get a tape drive to back up my hard drive under OS/2.
Does anyone recommend one? I want to make sure the proper drivers
are available before I buy. What software do I want to use?

Thanks,
Dwayne
gt0554c@hydra.gatech.edu
From: sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Boot Manager: Does any one have a compatibility list?
Date: 14 Dec 92 05:53:39 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
NNTP-Posting-Host: b61442.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Dec13.225515.9365@ichips.intel.com> jburns@pdxgp1 (John Justin Burns Jr.) writes:
>From: jburns@pdxgp1 (John Justin Burns Jr.)
>Subject: Re: Boot Manager: Does any one have a compatibility list?
>Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:55:15 GMT
>In article <sal8.246.724201910@po.cwru.edu> sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski) writes:
>>
>>The NT beta has code included that makes it absolutely refuse to install if 
>>it detects the OS/2 boot manager on your hard drive. Pretty rude of MS if 
>>you ask me (OS/2 does no such check for NT).
>>
>
>OK, so it will not install with the boot manager.  Another post on this 
>news group mentioned that there is a bit in the boot record that may be toggled
>so that the boot manager would not be visible during NT installation.
>Would this work? 

Yep. If you read Tim's benchmark article you'll see that is exactly what 
they did to get everything on the same machine. Maybe someone will post the 
details?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jhlee@rose.handy.co.kr (Lee Joo Hee)
Subject: OS/2 FAQ 2.0h is not in hobbies.
Organization: HandySoft Institute of Technology, HandySoft Corp.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 02:54:09 GMT

Hi, Sipples.
I catn't find OS/2 FAQ 2.0h in hobbies.
Please check and upload.
	thanks.
	jhlee@rose.handy.co.kr

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tomg@rpc.austin.ibm.com (Tom Gardner)
Subject: Creative Labs CD-ROM problem.
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:38:43 GMT
Reply-To: akapo@dce.austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Austin

I've been reading the posts about folks having
trouble with the Sound Blaster Pro card on os2 2.0
but my situation hasn't been addressed yet.

I have the SBPRO card installed on my Compaq.  I am
also running os2 2.0 using HPFS (I don't have dos installed
or windows at any level).

I cannot access my CD-ROM using the driver provided by Creative Labs
because I don't have MMPM/2 installed.  I have MMPM/2 ready to be installed
but I have it on CD !!   So, what is a guy to do?  Is there any driver
available for the Matsushita model 521-CAC that runs under os2 only
(meaning without MMPM/2) or am I stuck?

tom gardner
512-838-3719 (w)  512-472-3020 (h)
akapo@dce.austin.ibm.com, gardner@cactus.org
From: jphillips@galaxy.gov.bc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with TE/2 on my machine.  Can anyone help?
Date: 11 Dec 92 11:43:50 -0800
Organization: BC Systems Corporation


>>A friend of mine is also using a 14400 modem under OS/2 without any problems.
>>He's also using TE/2.
> 
> Maybe you can help me out then!
> 
> I have a 16550AFN UART for my COM2: but still have to get OS/2 apps to 
> access it (I would like to use TE/2)!
> 
> The only way I can access my modem now is with Telix either from a DOS 
> window or standard (REAL) DOS.
> 
> I tried using MODE COM2:38400,n,8,1,OCTS=ON,BUFFER=ON and a lot of other 
> combinations to no avail.

Make sure you have the latest TE2 and the latest Commpak2.dll

Check Commpak2.doc for suggestions re: Set commpak2flags= settings in
Config.sys (for 16550)

Since updating my CommPak2.dll (via TE/2 BBS) I have alleviated all the
annoying little problems I was having.
 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: uucp programs for Os/2 2.0, Trident 32bit drivers,
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 09:31:40 GMT
Keywords: uucp help info program

In article <LZ6JrAGFBh107h@vlad.mintir.new-orleans.la.us> storm@vlad.mintir.new-orleans.la.us (Jack Eugene Storm Jr.) writes:
> A few Questions (and my 2cents worth):
> 
>   1: What (if any) UUCP mailers and offline readers are there for OS/2 2.0?
>       (I'm currently using Waffle 1.65 for dos and Helldriver for windows,
>       but Helldriver doesn't like  OS/2, or the otehr way around...either
>       way it runs to slow.  Now for waffle, that runs GREAT, but I would like
>       to make full use of the HPFS for the newsgroup names)

Try UUPC  - the OS/2 version - and SNEWS 2.0 (a threaded news reader for UUPC)

> 
>   2: I have a problem with the Trident 32bit 1024x768x256 color drivers for
>       for os/2, when ever I open up a book (ie setting, help) the "side bars"
>       (i don't know what you would call them) get over written with garbage,
>       when I scroll up/down the old markers are still there, somewhat readable
>       still. Any one else had this problem? and if so where you able to fix it?
>       Also, are there any plans for seamless drivers at 1024x768x256?

Uhh....the 32-bit drivers *are* seamless. Did you install the WinOS/2 drivers,
too? You have too. You also require the original DISPLAY.DLL  - not the one
that came with the 16-bit Trident drivers. 
 
Unless you have a backup...you will have to re-install the whole works (GA+SP)
.....like I did.

Then you'll be just fine!

Steve

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ghenniga@NMSU.Edu
Subject: Re: IBM's failure to honor upgrade problem resolved!
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.advocacy
Reply-To: ghenniga@NMSU.Edu
Organization: New Mexico State University - Electromagnetics Group
	<1992Dec16.192635.27673@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
	<1992Dec16.195439.28031@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 18:01:24 GMT


In an article kskapin@csws3.ic.sunysb.edu (Keith Skapinski) writes: 
>The real point of this whole episode is how does IBM expect to have loyal
>customers when they treat them like that. Have they ever heard, "the customer
>is always right"? I doubt Microsoft would have been so unwilling to help him.
>Now he's looking into purchasing a laser printer. It was a toss up between
>IBM and HP but with the bad service he received from IBM, I'm sure he'll
>go with HP. (Not to mention the HP is a better printer.)

You're right Microsoft would've sneaked the upgrade by him!! I've got
Word for Windows 2.0 and there have been 2 minor, free upgrades which
I have heard word ZERO about from MS! And, I read in PC Week that
there is to be a third soon. Of course we just moved so even in the
UNLIKELY event that they tried to notify me I wouldn't hear about it.
How could a company be worse? I could probably get the upgrades IF I
called their TOLL number, yet another point in favor of IBM's toll
free number!
	Anyway, I'm not defending IBM, from what I read of your
brother's situation IBM was wrong, but at least they realized their
mistake and came through in the end. I honestly don't expect to hear
word ONE from MS 'til they want another $129 from me for a full-blown
upgrade!

Well, I've degraded the article to an advocacy issue so please note
and use the FollowUp-To line when/if replying to this article!

Gary Hennigan
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New Mexico State University
email: ghenniga@NMSU.Edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jburns@pdxgp1 (John Justin Burns Jr.)
Subject: Re: Boot Manager: Does any one have a compatibility list?
Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:55:15 GMT

In article <sal8.246.724201910@po.cwru.edu> sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski) writes:
>
>The NT beta has code included that makes it absolutely refuse to install if 
>it detects the OS/2 boot manager on your hard drive. Pretty rude of MS if 
>you ask me (OS/2 does no such check for NT).
>
Does NT have a boot manager or something like it?

I have just been given an article which describes how to install NT using
the OS/2 boot manager (Douglas Hamilton, Windows Magazine, OCT. 92).  I
have not tryed the procedure.  It is very specific and the biggest catch
for me is that NT must be the first thing put on the disk, something I can
not tolerate (Boot Manager must be first, then os/2 v2 on E:).  NT must be
put on C: (OK with me).  I assume this article is for the beta version just
previous to the one now out.

OK, so it will not install with the boot manager.  Another post on this 
news group mentioned that there is a bit in the boot record that may be toggled
so that the boot manager would not be visible during NT installation.
Would this work? 

John
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mikel@networx.com (Mike Lempriere)
Subject: Getting at color scheme
Summary: Color Scheme guts
Keywords: Color Scheme guts
Organization: NetWorx
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:48:10 GMT

: In article <ByM7Fo.G2u@nic.umass.edu>, pang@titan.ucc.umass.edu (H.K. Pang) writes:
: >i want your favorite color schemes!! especially those easy on the eyes..
: >
: >
: >
: >-- 
: >KO|+   pang@titan.ucc.umass.edu    Windows let you do one thing quickly
: >```    sorry, i'm just a student...  whereas OS/2 let you do ten things slowly
:
:
: How do you want them?  I have one I knda like, all tho I am still
: refining it.
:
: Dave Early

Does anyone know where this info is kept?  I'm guessing in OS2.ini?
Is there a way wee can get at this info in a reasonably concise text
form?  Perhaps one of the `ini` editors displays it?  It would be nice
to be able to backup/restore this info independently.  It would also be
neat to be able to exchange these forms as suggested by the above note.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
From: andrzej@bnr.ca (Andrzej Bieszczad)
Subject: Re: Good OS/2 news ........
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.,
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:19:40 GMT

In article <1gkrggINN9ie@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:


   The 12/14/92 pc had several bits of good news for os/2 2.0.


   The first is that os/2 2.1 is close to being finished and that it will
   support windows enhanced mode applications under winos2.

   The second is that Symantec is releasing zortech c++ for os/2 2.0.

   These are both good things to read.


Could somebody give some more details about the ability to run
Windows 386Enh applications? That is something that forces me to use
Windows/DOS rather than OS/2.

Thanks a lot,
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: dflint@unlv.edu (Michael Evans)
Subject: A few questions about Radius' XGA-2...
Organization: UNLV
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 08:59:12 GMT

I have a few questions regarding XGA-2 (on an ISA machine)
and OS/2...

1.)	The file on ftp-os2 (xgaps2.ann I think) mentions 
that up to eight adapters can be in one machine (at least 
on MCA) at a time.  Will this be the case on ISA machines?
If so, how will OS/2 handle placing the multiple screens
relative to each other (will it be something like the
"monitors" control panel on the macintosh, or will OS/2
be able to handle it).  Will it be able to co-exist with
VGA?  Other SVGA adapters?  

2.)	Since XGA is a busmastering system, will it be
able to co-exist with say a Adaptec 1542?  I saw someone
mention this before, but since it seemed to be mentioned
in passing, I chalked it up to rumor.

3.)	Can anyone give any benchmark figures for it?
In the file on ftp-os2, IBM mentions that their MCA version
is about 2.5 times as fast as the XGA (sans 2).  Just about
any information in this area would be helpful, since I have
no idea how fast/slow the card is.  (How does it compare to,
say, a Tseng card?  An ATI Graphics Ultra?  Diamond Speedstar
24X?  As I said, any pointers in this area would be helpful,
and given XGA-2's speed relative to XGA, any figures for 
XGA would be helpful, as well.)

Thanks in advance.

Mike Evans
dflint@unlv.edu