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From: Steve_Goyette@mindlink.bc.ca (Steve Goyette)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: os/2 win3.1 support
Date: 3 Sep 92 03:16:50 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

You do of course realise that you are setting yourself up for OOOOOOHHH so many
replies.  I have been using OS/2 for 6 months now.  Other than the first little
adjustment that any change neccessitates, I have had absolutely NO problems.
Before this I was using Win 3.1 and just wasn't able to run multiple DOS
sessions without either crashing or (As you say) the speed of a snail going up
hill.  OS/2 may not be completely BUG free, but the promise of what it will do
along with the usefullness of what it DOES do make it a far better choice for
me.  As for IBM being slow with releases, I would much rather have a release
that is as stable as possible than a release that's just intended to squelch
the static that is coming from people who have NO intention of using the
product anyway.  By the way, I'd like to see NT run at the speed that OS/2 does
using the apps that I have.  According to a friend who has seen the demon, it's
SLOOOOOWWWWWWW.  If you take out all of the de-bugging code, you may get a
better performance, but at best it may compare with OS/2 2.0 with 16 bit
kernel.  (Just an opinion)

Anyway, like I stated earlier, you set yourself up for that one.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: OS/2 Win3.1 support *better* than MS!
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 00:59:27 GMT

In article <JEFF.92Aug28111259@claw.clearpoint.com> jeff@claw.clearpoint.com writes:
> On 27 Aug 92 18:03:25 GMT, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) said:
> 
> D> But in this case, "RSN" wasn't a statement by IBM, but one by Mr.
> D> Withers.  IBM has stated "Fall", which means (to me) any time between
> D> September and November.  Unofficial rumors out of IBM are saying
> D> September, but I disbelieve unofficial rumors from any source.
> 
> Fall, to me, means September 22 to December 20.  I suppose most people
> in this country consider December part of winter, but winter doesn't
> begin until December 21.

In New Zealand, we are looking forward to the "Spring" CSD.......Sept 22 - Dec
22........:-)
 
Steve
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From: rm3@ornl.gov (MCBROOM R C)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS2 doesn't support Hercules? SYS 0355?? what is it?
Date: 31 Aug 92 14:46:46 GMT
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

In article <liuyu.714771225@kramden> liuyu@kramden.nyu.edu (Liuyu) writes:
>Before I started to bash OS/2, does OS/2 support Hercules? 
>I just installed this thing last night. In the middle of installation, it got
>stuck and gave me SYS0355 which I think is about video. Does OS2 auto detect
>video cards like other programs? I already tried replacing os2krnl, ibm1s506,
>os2dasd. I installed it THREE times. Still no luck. HELP!!!
>I have AMD 386/40, 4meg ram, 70 meg MFM HD, Hercules card and monitor, two 
>floppy drives (1.44 being a:), AMI BIOS (12/12/91).
>
No OS/2 does not support Hercules.  This story got a lot of play during
the round of beta's, but no one (either IBM, Hercules, or other) has
apparently seen a profit in supporting the card.  The explosion in video
display modes and implementations is a blessing and a curse for users and
developers alike!  Something has to be done to improve the availability
and stability of the display drivers.  Something like a univid.dll that
would require only a minimum of a board specific interface.

IBM you are only as good as the view on the screen.  Please make it easy
for the card makers to give you a beautiful face!


Robert McBroom internet: rm3@ornl.gov
From: glenn.frasier@cutting.hou.tx.us (Glenn Frasier) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: NEWS
Date: 29 Aug 92 03:11:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Cutting Edge - Houston, TX - 713-466-1525
Reply-To: glenn.frasier@cutting.hou.tx.us (Glenn Frasier) 



I know this is not the place to ask this but this is the only news
groupe i have access to.  How do I read the news groups for a school
vax.  I have ftp access. and can mail.  but I can't find anything about
news like i have on this bbs.  

please reply to stdjtk@shsu.edu


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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.multimedia
From: shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter)
Subject: Live video or video capture in window available?
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:36:52 GMT

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 want to put such a capability in an industrial environment.  A camera
attached to a microscope will be used to display the product in a
window, and occasionally a frame needs to be grabbed for analyzing
defective parts.

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.

Ken
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jmcging@ssa.gov (John McGing)
Subject: Re: os/2 win3.1 support
Reply-To: jmcging@oss724.ssa.gov
Organization: Social Security Administration
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:24:28 GMT

jreynold@nmt.edu (John Reynolds) writes:

>In article <1992Sep2.1480.26263@dosgate> "roger ramsey" <roger.ramsey@canrem.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>T >Oh please oh please in September!
>>
>>Latest info from IBM reps suggests (tongue squarely in cheek) late 
>>November.  So much for the "summer" CSD...
>>

>Well, whatever the date of the csd, does anyone know if the 3.1 support
 Stuff deleted

I had the opportunity to speak with a very knowledgable IBM person, who asked
me to pass a message to someone I know that the csd should be out "in a month"
and this exchange took place yesterday.  However, he failed to "fill me in"
on the content of the csd :(   (I don't think this IBMer wanted to be attributedto this statement in public, but it's a name a lot of you all would recognize,
so I think it's a solid 'tip".)
 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jreynold@nmt.edu (John Reynolds)
Subject: Re: Some suggestions for OS/2
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:12:03 GMT

>bewhite@goldwing.ksu.ksu.edu (MacroMan) writes:
>  Ok, some things I want to see:
>   1) Be able to set folders to auto-close when an object in
>      them is opened.  (I REALLY want this one)

Good suggestion. That would be handy!

>   2) A replacement for the FIND utility found in many menus.
>      Frankly, I find that Windows BROWSE is much easier for
>      me to use.  Often, I know where the file is, I just 
>      can't remember the EXACT path and name.  OS/2 takes
>      quite a while to search my entire drive, and the 
>      LOCATE function is very clunky IMHO.

I agree with this one. That was the hardest thing to figure out about the
WPS.

>   3) Filename completion on the command line interface.

Get a copy of JP's '4OS2' and replace 'CMD.EXE' with it. It has
filename completion and a whole host of other neat stuff. I think
it's available at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. :-)

-John



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From: clomera@skat.usc.edu (arnold clomera)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: New BIOS for Mylex motherboard...
Date: 28 Aug 1992 05:54:57 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Reply-To: clomera@usc.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: skat.usc.edu
In-reply-to: ppt@max.u.washington.edu's message of Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:58:17 GM


Try Micro FirmWare out of OKlahoma.  (405)321-8333.  Don't know if they're
still there, but they supply BIOS upgrades.  They have a program which can
help determine which BIOS you need.  I downloaded it from SIMTEL20 I
believe.  I have never called them, but the information they provided in
the download was useful.

BEGIN MESSAGE:
In article <1992Aug26.135817.1@max.u.washington.edu>
ppt@max.u.washington.edu (Anna par Terpsikora) writes:

   That's what i think i need.  I'm trying to install OS/2 2.0 on a 
   Zeos machine with a Mylex motherboard.  After the logo screen on
   disk 1, everything stops.  The disk controller's cache isn't on.
   I've been told it's probably an outdated BIOS (Phoenix 1.10.08)
   which is at least as old as the computer (i got it in 1989).
   So far, so good...but i can't get in touch with anyone at Mylex
   to tell me what BIOS i should upgrade to.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: nyet@cco.caltech.edu (n liu)
Subject: Re: Some suggestions for OS/2
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 08:50:12 GMT

Ah hell... While we're at it.

Ability to fix the default size of a window. Its a real drag to have to
resize a large dos/os2 box every time I start it up. Kinda like the 
standard X -geometry option. There seems to be some wierd fixed maximum
based on a 640x480 size screen - just what is going on here?

Focus Follows Mouse! (ala X) I REALLY miss this.

A more xterm-like dos/os2 box. Combine the already mentioned scroll back
buffer (while the ansi screen size remains the size of the window) with
a jump scroll option so people with crappy cards (like my *&#$% Trident)
don't have to wait for the screen to scroll at ~1200 baud.

Actually, looking at this list makes me want to just use Linux and X :-)
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: GNU GCC 2.1
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:33:21 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <BtuqKr.2vF@acsu.buffalo.edu> oistony@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthony M. Petro) writes:
>i downloaded gcc 2.1 and installed it, and then installed the 2.2.2 
>binaries over the 2.1 binaries.  according to the note in the 2.2.2 
>directory, one needs only the files gccbin.zoo and gcclib.zoo to 
>upgrade from 2.1; i found the content of gcclib.zoo to be identical to 
>the ones provided by 2.1 and installed only the binaries.
>
>there are two text files entitled readme and install in the \doc 
>directory (created by extracting the zoo files).  one of them, readme 
>i believe, gives a few hints about using gcc in os/2, like not using 
>the gcc linker but instead using link386.exe provided by os/2.

There is no gcc/2 linker.  That's why you must use link386.exe.

>the other file describes environment variables that must be 
>initialized for proper gcc operation.  i copied these into my 
>config.sys, rebooted, and was able to compile sample1.c and sample2.c.

OK.

>linking these with link386.exe gave me runnable executables.  however, 
>i can't find any documentation on link386.exe.  when i linked 
>sample1.o, link386 bitched that i didn't specify an executable file 
>type or something like that, and warned that it was assuming the app 
>was WINDOWSCOMPAT or something like that.  regardless, sample1.exe 
>worked from an os/2 prompt, but "Hello world" isn't exactly a robust 
>test.

You didn't specify an executable type.  Either include a "/PM:<type>"
line on the link386 command line or (prefereably) linke with a .DEF
file.

The executable type is assumed to be WINDOWCOMPAT if you don't specify
one.  WINDOWCOMPAT means that it is a text-mode app which can run full
screen or windowed.  The other types are NONWINDOWCOMPAT, which can
only run in full-screen sessions, and WINDOWAPI, which is a PM app.

All these are specified in the .DEF file that is used by the linker
(the fifth parameter to link386.exe).

>other than that i'm completely clueless.  does anyone have any 
>documentation (or reference thereto) for link386.exe?

Documentation is on-line in the OS/2 Toolkit.  Descriptions of .DEF
files are in almost any book on programming OS/2 (any version).

For a (very brief) syntax for link386, type "link386 /help"
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From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Hello IBM?  Are you there?
Date: 2 Sep 1992 18:32:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu




Is IBM going to give any advanced warning as to what the upcomming
OS/2 bug fix will incorporate and when it will be available,
or are they just going to spring it on us one day 'out of the blue?'

It is unnerving to wait for the upgrade with absolutely no indication
as to when it will be available.

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: db3l@ans.net (David Bolen)
Subject: Re: Drives object
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 14:31:27 GMT
Organization: Advanced Network & Services, Inc. - Elmsford, NY
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc

In article <78257@ut-emx.uucp> fly@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Neil) writes:

>Is there a way to force the windows from the drives object to show in
>details view instead of icon view?
>  I can set the windows to details view for about 2 levels deep but then 
>the listings are iconic.
>
>  I cannot figure out how to set the default.

I'm not sure if you're already doing this (because of your "I can set"
comment), but in general, the default view for a drive object or the object
within a drive or folder can be changed by opening up the Settings for
that object, and then choosing the "Menu" tab.  Click on "~Open" under
the Available Menus section, and then choose the Settings button.  Then set
the Default action in the dialog box that will pop up.

The problem with this is that it doesn't seem to be used as the default for
lower levels, and I haven't played around enough to see if there's an easy
way to set this all the way down.  I'm pretty sure you can pick any directory
within any of the drives windows and set the default and it will remember it
for that directory/folder for the future, but I'm not sure how to easily do
that for all directories/subdirectories if you always want to see the detail
screen.

Personally, what I normally do is just not double-click on an item if I know
I want details, but just select the object (right MB by default) and then
pick the appropriate view that I want from the Open menu.  It takes a little
bit longer than a double-click, but it's not bad and I can directly control
the type of view I get.

I don't think this really answers your question, but I hope it helps a little.

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From: etl0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ERIC TODD LANDRIEU)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Can't delete WPS ATM fonts!
Date: 2 Sep 92 02:57:52 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

>   Help!
>      I've installed several ATM fonts on my desktop through the
>   Font Palette, and now I can't delete them.  When I try to delete,
>   I get the message   [STOP]  Another program is using this font.
>   A font cannot be deleted while it is currently in use. (PMV2021)
>
>   I know it's not in use, as far as I can tell, but is it really?
>   I tried to use the font as my active window title text and it
>   showed up far to the left, so I changed to some other font.
>
>--Thanx in advance...

Shut down, reboot, and then delete.  This has always done it for me.
                                 Eric Landrieu

                                 
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From: Bruce.Hermansen@emdisle.FIDONET.ORG (Bruce Hermansen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Help-New user, DOS Session
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 08:01:16 PDT
Organization: The Emerald Isle BBS, Tucson, AZ (602) 749-8638

I get the following msg when opening DOS Full Screen
"SYS060"SYS0638: tHE vkbd ... DOES NOT SUPPORT a20 Access.."

Can anyone help? What is A20?
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From: murrayk@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (the Dodger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Possible fix for Trident fullscreen DOS problems!
Date: 27 Aug 92 23:26:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Aug27.232616.18254
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept.

I think I may have discovered a way to fix the full screen problem where
switching to a fullscreen DOS session just puts garbage on the screen. I
was having this problem, and for some reason not necessarily relevant I
decided to run ddinstal and reinstall the driver. And voila! My fullscreen
problems are now cured. I don't know how long this will last, but it sure
is a simple way to fix things up.

Hope this helps someone.

Keith

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From: michael.hagerty@spacebbs.com (Michael Hagerty) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 considerations in mo
Date: 30 Aug 92 16:45:00 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193
Reply-To: michael.hagerty@spacebbs.com (Michael Hagerty) 

LH. From: hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Les Hartzman)
LH. Subject: OS/2 considerations in modem selection?

LH. Are there any special OS/2 considerations I should keep in mind when looking
LH. for a modem (9600, 14.4k)?

Internal or external.  If internal, make certain that it has a built-in
16550.  If external, make certain that the port you will be using has a
16550.

Now for the tough stuff...  If it is internal, what port will you be
configuring it as?  If other than COM1 or COM2, you will probably need
to get a later set of comm drivers than those shipped with the GA.  I
am using the set labeled COM2210 or COMGA3.

One critical piece of information...  Unlike DOS, you cannot share an
IRQ between two apps.  This means that you must assign an UNUSED IRQ to
COM3 or COM4 in order to use the port.  Nor can you have holes in the
comm sequence (i.e., COM1, COM2, COM4 is a no-no).

Other than the above, you should be in hot fat...  Now, is the comm
program a native OS/2 product, a DOS program or (heaven forbid) a Win
app?  If it is a DOS app, and they run real fine under OS/2, remember
to pay attention to the settings to get the full performance out of the
modem.  Take a look at the file DOSGAMES available on some BBS's for a
few suggestions.  Setting the comm program up as a game is overkill,
but you will lose not a single bit that way.

Regards, Mikey
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jreynold@nmt.edu (John Reynolds)
Subject: Re: NEW: OS/2 2.0 drivers for ATI Graphics Ultra ?
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:57:44 GMT


>They are "real" coprocessor drivers, but they are apparently rather
>quick rewrites of the OS/2 1.x drivers.
>
>Here's the rule of thumb: if you want 1024x768 in 256 colors, use the
>stock IBM 8514/A driver.  If you want 800x600, use ATI's version.
>

Then when will we get _fast_ ATI Ultra 1024X768X256 drivers? Are they
in the works? The 8514/a is a fine driver, but I never ignore improvement :-)

-Jr



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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
From: ignacij@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu (Ignacy Misztal)
Subject: Re: OS/2 Win3.1 support *better* than MS!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:52:03 GMT

Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>At an IBM OS/2 seminar this evening, one of the presenters told us that the
>news in IBM's internal forums today was that the Win3.1 support in the CSD is
>going to also include support for those Win3.x programs that will not run
>under Win3.1.......
> 
>So, Win-OS/2 is more compatible with Windows than Microsoft! Don't forget
>WinOS/2 also runs Windows 2.x apps as well, which MS doesn't run.
> 
>Sounds like a better Windows than Windows, to me.
> 
>Also, the CSD will be shipping "real soon now"..........:-)
> 
>Steve

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>withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz            |  must like things the way they 
>**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! ****       |  are.....can I live with YOU?


I am finding more and more good Windows applications
that are using the enhanced mode. Therefore they don't work under
OS/2. Windows under OS/2 is thus useless for me. 
It would run neither Mathematica nor Framaker + many other good packages.
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.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tedc@ee.ubc.ca (ted chen)
Subject: Re: Is my ultra interlaced??
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:34:31 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.001951.20414@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior) writes:
>I've got an ATI Graphics ultra and when I installed os/2 I selected
>8514/a graphics mode.  My screen has pretty back flicker/shimmer
>with light colored backgrounds which I am assuming is a low refresh
>rate/interlacing.  How can I fix this?  Do I need a different driver?
>BTW, the monitor is a Mag 15 FX.
>
>advTHANKSance
>
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>The Ohio State U. College of Medicine   Tobacco Kills- Please don't smoke!


Did you run the INSTALL program on the supplied diskettes to customize your
card to your monitor?

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