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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 is falling down, falling down, falling down.
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 13:01:06 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <1992Jul26.095324.13525@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) writes:
> In the last week of so I've had a large number of OS/2 crashes. Most of these
> have occured when I close applications (OS/2 or otherwise). The entire system
> freezes and responds only to the "three-fingered salute". This is really 
> starting to annoy me, as currently I'm rebooting possibly 4 times a night. I 
> have not installed any of the patches yet,  however I've been running since the 
> relase quite happily.
> 	Has anyone else experienced this ? Any help/ advice welcome.
> 
> -- 
> Tom J Parry.
> Your reality is a figment of my imagination.

I recently installed Paradox for Windows on a 486/33 with 8megs. Wehn running
it from the OS/2 Desktop - where it had been migrated to - it went just fine.
but due to confidentiality considerations we moved it off the desktop and onto
the Windows desktop. Now, OS/2 TRAP 000e's evry time we shut down Paradox for
Windows (from the Win-OS2 desktop. 
 
Now.....I don't know how the show room guys got it on to the Win-OS2 desktop
in the first place. These guys know *nothing* abut OS/2.....it is just as
likely to be human error.
 
Steve

-- 
Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | "But the glory kept shining
Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz         |  and bright in my eyes, 
withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz            |  And the stars going round in 
**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! ****       |  my head." R. L. S.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ychung@cayley.waterloo.edu (Young Chung)
Subject: Re: How to get rid of hung DOS windows that WON'T go away?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:28:09 GMT

In article <RHS.410.712429639@garnet.berkeley.edu> RHS@garnet.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton) writes:
>I just tried running PCTools backup in a DOS window that has hung 
>completely. Even worse, I can't close the window. I've tried double clicking 
>and agreeing to close without saving data. I've tried selecting from the 
>task list window. I've tried the KILLEM program. I've tried a shutdown. None
>of these works.
>
>Is there any way of closing this window without a Ctrl-Alt-Del? This happens 
>to me fairly often when crashes occur in a DOS window, but I don't think 
>I've seen anyone else mention the problem. Am I all alone here?
>

Well, I haven't had the 'same' problem, but sometimes my DOS window won't
close when I exit the program.  All the settings are checked and double
checked and I can't find anything wrong with it.  Anyway, I try to close the
window by double clicking or selecting close from the menu.  I sometimes have
to do it 4-5 times.  Sometimes, after one try, the window would close after
about a minute or so.

Anyone with any idea?  (One of the programs that cause this is Wolf3d.)


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                                          I don't know, I have rechargables.
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From: bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Does 800x600x256 on t
Date: 30 Jul 92 22:24:00 GMT
Reply-To: bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler)
Organization: SataLink Info Systems - Huntingdon Valley, PA - 215-364-3324

>>>I haven't been able to get the Graphics Ultra into 800x600x256 mode using
>>>the VGA portion of the card, in DOS full screen.

>I have run the INSTALL program, and have configured my monitor (MAG MX17)
>using the custom monitor selection.  I've also used the 'Testing Card'
>selection in the install menu, and all 8514/a modes work correctly, as
>well as all the given resolutions.  The 800x600x16 DOES work, both in
>the test section and VPIC, but the 800x600x256 isn't in the test menu so I
>can't test it there.

Run INSTALL again, but this time modify the 800x600x256 refresh rate
from its default value of 72hz to 70 hz.  It's mentioned somewhere
in tha genuine ATI docs (but *not* in my Gateway OEM version of those
same docs) that 800x600x256 mode is available only at refresh rates
of 70hz or less.  I did that, and VPIC suddenly started working at
800x600x256 mode for me.  I'll bet that after you do this, 800x600x256
mode will also magically show up on your test menu.

                   Bert Tyler   (bert.tyler@satalink.com)
---
 . DeLuxe./386 1.25 #343sa . Your mileage may vary.  Your car may not run.
From: "kenneth tam" <kenneth.tam@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: os/2 ram drive
Date: 27 Jul 92 03:24:25 EST
Reply-To: "kenneth tam" <kenneth.tam@canrem.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

Has anyone written a RAM drive device for OS/2 2.0?  I don't want a
RAM drive that's accessible only from one particular DOS session/image,
but something that all software can access.

It might sound like a waste of memory, but I've found a small RAM drive
to save a lot of disk wear'n'tear for testing out new programs and for
running programs that create/modify temporary files a lot.

kenneth.tam@canrem.com
--
Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario/Detroit, MI
World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: bli@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bao Li)
Subject:  Help! Can ET4000 VGA Card work with IBM 8514 monitor?
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 23:11:49 GMT



I have a ET4000 VGA card with 1 MB. The BIO date on the card is 9/90.
I am considering to buy a used IBM 8514 monitor. Is there anybody
know if I can use my ET4000 card with IBM 8514 monitor (the monitor
has .31 dp and 57 KHz horizontal scan frequency at 1024x768).

Thanks in advance.

Bao Li
bli@hubcap.clemson.edu
bli@hubcap.clemson.edu


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rfs0838@zeus.tamu.edu (SCHAFFTER, RODNEY FRANK, JR)
Subject: Re: Not enough memory to continue PMV2001
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 20:42:00 GMT

In article <1992Jul26.045817.3206@INRS-Telecom.UQuebec.CA>, lebaron@INRS-Telecom.UQuebec.CA (Gregory LeBaron) writes...
>I've been getting the following error quite frequently (every 20 minutes)
>"There is not enough memory to continue.  Close some applications... PMV2001"
> 
>The system has 16 megs, lots of disk space for swap file and almost
>nothing open; a full screen OS2 window and a DOS terminal program, for
>example. I've applied the most recent kernel patches, os2krn.zoo, from
>ftp-os2...

	The most recent Kernel Patch is your problem-it causes out of
memory errors on some systems.  Reinstall the old kernel, and contact 
IBM support. There is an APAR number for this problem, but I don't
recall it off hand.

Good Luck!  
Rod Schaffter                                 	
Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding	|Who cares if windows is or 
Texas A&M University Dept. of Chemistry		|isn't an opperating system-
Bitnet:   SCHAFFTER@TAMLMSB			|it barely operates at all!
INTERNET: SCHAFFTER@LMSBVX.TAMU.EDU		|
	"Standard Disclaimer, etc."		|An OOPerating system, maybe?
From: williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: TSENG ET4000 Card & VSVGA fix -- What gives?
Date: 28 Jul 92 14:31:19 GMT

Hi.  I recently upgraded to a  1 MByte TSENG ET4000-based card, and got
the infamous 'loses sync when you go to DOS full screen.'

So I downloaded VSVGA.ZOO from the watson site.  There are NO instructions,
but apparently you're supposed to put the three sys files into /os2/mdos
and reboot.

So I did that, and I STILL have the 'lose sync' problem.  What gives?
--
Kent Williams         | "Do you see your cerebellum as a lightbulb or a cog? I
williams@cs.uiowa.edu | saw mine as gristle so I fed it to the dog. But it 
Quote: Bevis Frond    | taste so bad, that she left it in the bowl ..."
From: rstanton@garnet.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: What EXACTLY is lost if I restore default OS2.INI?
Date: 30 Jul 92 05:25:26 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu
Originator: rstanton@garnet.berkeley.edu

Though things are working pretty well right now, I suspect I may have a little
corruption in my OS2.INI file. For example, I used the REXX program from
Hobbes to look inside my INI files, and found descriptions for printer drivers
that I had installed once, but later deleted. Also, today I found that when
I sorted the desktop icons by type, the "OS/2 system" icon didn't respond to
either mouse button at all, though it worked when sorted by name, and after
a shutdown it now seems to work either way.

ANyway, I'd like to clean up my INI files, to prevent any future problems.
I know I can do this using the default INI files, but what exactly gets lost 
if I do this? How much work would it be to get back to where I am now (I have
a lot of DOS program/Windows program icons defined; I've changed the settings
for many of the OS/2 applets; I've defined new folders, printer drivers etc.
How much of this would I lose in changing my INI files?)

Alternatively, is there a way of "cleaning up" my existing INI files without
replacing them, e.g. somehow deleting pointers to objects which don't
actually exist?

Thanks

Richard Stanton
From: kiehl@ibt013.ibt.kfa-juelich.de (Horst Kiehl)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Forbidding extended attributes on FAT drive?
Keywords: extended attributes, FAT
Date: 22 Jul 92 07:32:32 GMT
Reply-To: kiehl@ibt013.ibt.kfa-juelich.de (Horst Kiehl)
Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (KFA), Germany

Is there a way to forbid OS/2 to store extended attributes on a FAT drive?

Thanks in advance,

Horst
From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Strange problems...
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:09:51 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

jwty@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:

>Okay, here's one for the wizards:

>  May be one problem, might be several.  Icons stay grayed after apps
>are shut down.  Shredding a folder on the desktop causes an error that
>requires the WPS to close down and restart.  And (like some other unlucky
>users) the Shutdown procedure... doesn't.


>  Any ideas?

>	Chris Koresko  


Boot from floppies and run chkdsk with the /f:3 option (its on disk
2).  This has fixed every WPS problem I have had so far.

Note: just use /f if you have a FAT disk.


-- 
Jon Hacker
Caltech, Pasadena CA
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
From: Brenda_Haynes@mindlink.bc.ca (Brenda Haynes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Installing OS/2 - CAN'T!!!!!
Date: 22 Jul 92 01:35:19 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

When I try to install OS/2 on my 386/33 using 5 1/4" disks, the first disk
loads the IBM screen that requests the second disk, Disk #1.  I then insert
Disk #1, press ENTER and wait, and wait, and wait . . . .

I phoned IBM and they said that I would have to turn off disk caching and,
maybe, asynchronous memory refreshing.

I then phoned my Dealer and spoke to a tech who did not know how this could be
accomplished (and tried to talk me out of installing OS/2).

My manual says that I can turn off disk caching by using "DEBUG" at the DOS
prompt, and gives me the 3 command lines to do so BUT I can't get to a command
line when I'm installing!  According to the manual, restarting the computer
turns disk caching back on.

I must admit, I'm not too happy a camper at present.  Does anyone have any
suggestions or do I have to say goodbye to OS/2 until I can afford compatible
hardware?

Thanx in advance for any help that anyone may be able to provide

:(  :(  :( :(

-bren
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington)
Subject: Re: Minimized Window Viewer problems
Summary: Cause discovered
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 01:53:30 GMT

In article <22JUL199219523023@zeus.tamu.edu> rfs0838@zeus.tamu.edu (SCHAFFTER, RODNEY FRANK, JR) writes:
>In article <1992Jul22.150317.21120@csc.ti.com>, fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington) writes...
>+>I have been using OS/2 for a few weeks now with no severe problems,
>+>but have run onto a minor irritation that I can't seem to find the
>+>answer for.  No matter how much I change the settings, I can't seem to
>+>get a minimized Icon to show up in the Minimized Window Viewer.  I can
>+>change the settings to make them be hidden when minimized, but if not
>+>hidden, then they always show up at the bottom of my desktop when
>+>minimized, with seemingly complete disregard for the setting that
>+>clearly says that they should be put in the Minimized Window Viewer.
>
>
>	I have the opposite problem-I cannot minimize applications to the
>desktop-they all go to the viewer! I thought this was a known bug, and didn't
>worry about it.

Sorry, I haven't run onto that problem, at least, not after changing
the settings appropriately.  Recall that there is a setting in the
Desktop itself, as well as in each icon, and I'm not sure which has
priority, nor how they interact.

I did discover why I wasn't seeing things in my viewer.  I just
installed the new versions of the proii[48] drivers, and while looking
through the readme.txt, noticed the comment about some of the WPS
icons not showing up on the first boot after changing screen
resolutions.  Sure enough, an 'arrange' on the viewer window suddenly
showed me a lot of icons that had been sent there, but which couldn't
be seen without an arrange.  

There remains one final mini-bug.  I note that now *almost* anything
can be set to go to the viewer when minimized -- *except* a DOS
session.  They seem to still go to the desktop no matter the settings.
-- 
Fritz Whittington     Texas Instruments, 12840 Hillcrest #200, Dallas, TX 75230
fritz@csc.ti.com                Office: +1 214 917 7437    FAX: +1 214 917 7487
_Since I am not an official TI spokesperson, these opinions contain no spokes._
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Stacker
Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 23:51:54 GMT

In article <Bs4qI9.LMs@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> eylee@cayley.waterloo.edu (Edmund Lee) writes:
>Hi, does anyone when stacker will be available for OS/2???
>
>          Is it the third or forth quarter of this year?

I think it will be a while.  I am supposedly on the beta test list, and I
haven't heard a thing yet.  I was told about a week ago that beta testing has
not even begun.

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From: tony@bai.baylis.COM (Tony von Ruden)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Looking for a scsi external cd-rom drive 
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 19:08:05 GMT
Organization: Baylis Automation, Inc.


In article <1992Jul25.053855.21387@nosc.mil> medin@cod.nosc.mil writes:

  >  I am looking for a scsi external cd-rom that works with os2. If you have
  > one running how about what it is (including model) and how its working.

  I think your best bet will be a one of those Trantor parallel port to SCSI
  adapters ( for which an OS/2 2.0 driver is available ) connected to a
  CD Portadrive ( I forget who makes this -- see back issues of either
  BYTE or PC Magazine. ) This drive is really a Toshiba 3301, which is a
  great multimedia drive, and which should also work with the IBM CD drivers.
  I haven't tried this setup, but it's an avenue of investigation, anyway.

Tony von Ruden			tony@baylis.com
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From: rcook@sneezy.helios.nd.edu (robert cook)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Charge for upgrade to OS/2 3.0???
Date: 21 Jul 92 05:43:14 GMT
Reply-To: Cook.14@nd.edu (R. Kelley Cook)
Organization: Univ. of Notre Dame

In article <62197@cup.portal.com>, ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes:
|> > Any company can not go on developing software of any sort without asking for
|> > money to be paid for the additional reliability/funcionality provided. 
|> 
|> Apple seems to.  That will probably stop if anyone ever manages to do a
|> compatible Mac clone that gains widespread acceptance, of course.
|> 
Make that Apple used to.  They have stated publically that System 7.1 (the 
"Universal" system) will not be a freebie.


-- 
Robert Kelley Cook     << Cook.14@nd.edu >>
Univ. of Notre Dame     The future for Intel computers arrived March 31!
Physics Dept.            Long Live the new OS/2!  Time to close the Windows! 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: solomon@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Solomon)
Subject: Novice Installation Questions
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: No Organization, Only Random Events
Date: 29 Jul 1992 15:15 EST  

	Okay, I bought it. Now what do I do?

	Actually, what I need is a novice's guide to installation. I have 
been following the os2 newsgroups for a couple of weeks, and I expect that 
my impression of the software will be one of only two choices: It is either 
a piece of totally worthless trash, or the greatest thing since the 
invention of the hard disk. I expect my impression to be more subjective.

	Anyway, I use Windows 3.1 with NDW 2.0. (No flames, I happen to be 
comfortable with it.) I run a some DOS apps and windows apps under windows.

	My system is a 386/33 with 4 Meg (I will be getting more); AMI BIOS 
with the correct dates, revisions, codes, etc.; 130 Meg hard drive with 50 
Meg free; SoundBlaster Pro; Deskjet 500.

	What I want to do is make a transition to OS/2. I would like to 
have the functionality of the programs I have now while working with the 
advantages of OS/2.

	Based on what I have read, I believe that the best way is to use 
the dual boot installation, and take all the generic options during the 
install. But if I really like OS/2 better, can I later convert to an OS/2 
only system?

	What I need help with is how to get my applications to work under 
OS/2. Do I migrate all of them during install? Or do I leave them the way 
they are and move the into OS/2 later? If I migrate them, can I still run 
them under DOS/Win31? And what about display drivers? Do I need to use the 
generic. I haven't found a driver specific to my board on my board 
manufacturer's BBS.

	What I really need is a little tutoring. Should I just "act like I 
know what I'm doing" and expect everything to work, or is that too 
optimistic?

	Any help will be appreciated, and please use E-Mail.

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From: pshuang@athena.mit.edu (Ping-Shun Huang)
Subject: Re: Registration
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 11:29:41 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.211534.2295@mtu.edu> ajchuah@mtu.edu ([*BARK*]) writes:

 > 	How many of us here actually registered OS2?  Yes, registered.
 > I don't presume sending in the rebate form for Windoze is called
 > registration.  So maybe we can get a poll of hands as to how many of us
 > here actually bothered to get it registered?  Thanx.

I just opened my very own upgrade box's seal wrapper earlier tonight
(OK, earlier this morning... :) I always register my products... so the
card is sitting in my outgoing mail pile right now. I do wish that it
was more clear why there is a small card labeled "5.25-inch diskettes
registration card" and a larger card labeled "Registration Card for OS/2
Support" which actually has the registration number on it. The latter
one looks to be more important, but you'd think that IBM could squirt
the data you put on the cards between the two divisions (the former is
to be mailed to Racine, Wisconsin; the latter to Boca Raton, Florida, to
the OS/2 Support Line). I find it amusing that the latter forms asks if
you live in a city or not... first time I've ever seen that on a
software registration card.

To think... I have spent more on the Red Books than I have for the
actual software. :) (Clarification: I *WILL* have spent more on the Red
Books as soon as I finally get a bill for them; my copy of OS/2 is an
upgrade from 1.x which I obtained for free.)

--
Ping Huang (INTERNET: pshuang@athena.mit.edu), probably speaking for himself
From: jc70@westend.VI.CMU.EDU (Joo C. Chung)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: SCSI Sony CD-ROM
Date: 28 Jul 92 14:22:22 GMT
Reply-To: jc70@norman.vi.ri.cmu.edu
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

I was wondering if anyone knew if there were OS/2 device drivers for a SCSI
Sony CD-ROM drive. I know that OS/2 comes with a CD-rom device driver but I
don't know if it will work with Sony's CD-ROM.

Thanks for the help.



Joo.
From: ballard@ucs.ubc.ca (Alan Ballard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Irwin Tape Drives
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:48:55 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

In <JOHNB.92Jul29133945@kea.am.dsir.govt.nz> johnb@am.dsir.govt.nz (John Burnell) writes:
>The Irwin tape drives are supposed to support OS/2 through EZTape PM. Does
>anyone have any experience with these drives? Does EZTape run under V2.0? How
>much does it cost?

EZTape/PM has several SERIOUS problems under 2.0 that render it
unusable IMO (for example you can save AND verify a file, but still
find that it can't be restored if you need it back later.)

They have been promising a new release that works for 2.0 ever since
about February.  The latest word on Compuserve is that the new release
is ready "all but the paperwork". I'll beleive it when I hear that
somebody actually has a copy that works.

>I am considering purchasing one of these drives when I visit the States next
>month, and would like to get some information about them. I have seen the
>250MB Accutrak+ advertised for around $300. Does this include the controllers
>etc required to operate the drive?

I think this is the one that runs off the floppy disk controller.
That sounds like the right price. 
Note that Irwin "cheat" on their figures.  They quote the "average"
amount you get with compression.  That 250MB Accutrak actually uses
120MB tapes.  

I have the Accutrak 120 (60MB tape).  It works, the EZtape/PM is well
designed and easy to use.  But I have real misgivings about the product
line given the poor support record since Irwin were taken over by
Archive.  

By the way, the message about this on Compuserve said that the upgrade
to EZTape PM from EZtape DOS will be $99.  The upgrade for existing
EZTape PM users
to the new EZTape PM will be $29 (free if you bought the old version
recently). 

-- 
Alan Ballard                   | Internet: ballard@ucs.ubc.ca
University Computing Services  |   Bitnet: USERAB1@UBCMTSG
University of British Columbia |    Phone: 604-822-3074
Vancouver B.C. Canada V6T 1Z2  |      Fax: 604-822-5116
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