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From: ressler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Mike "IR" Ressler)
Subject: Don't rerun SVGA ON! (Re: Dos box / Orchid drivers)
Organization: UH IfA and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 04:08:02 GMT

In article <nsg2f2g@fido.asd.sgi.com> pdc@sgi.com (Paul Close) writes:
>I have found that if a full-screen DOS program changes the resolution I get
>something like this -- a slightly squashed screen.  My solution is to rerun
>svga on (from a full-screen window, of course).
>
>In fact, I have found that the Orchid drivers don't "sync" for me at all
>until I run svga on (each time!).  So I have svga on in my startup folder
>and all is well.

I found that just running the "vmode" program with whatever resolution you're
running the WPS at fixes this. I use 1024x768x256 and I run "vmode 38" to
fix it.

In fact, I made a little batch file and assigned it to my desktop so I can 
get to it in spite of the craziness. All it contains is

	@echo off
	c:\ss24\vmode 38
	exit

and that fixes it. 

Mike
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: terryr@muse.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Terry Robison)
Subject: POV Ray, Is there an OS/2 version
Summary: Is there a port of POV Ray 1.0
Keywords: POV Ray Tracer, OS/2 Port
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 11:25:01 GMT

Hello,
	Does anyone know if there is a port of POV Ray 1.0 to OS/2.  I
know you can run it in a DOS box by setting the memory available to 3
or more meg - but that's to much of a waste on memory, after all, who
wants to generate huge swap files if it can be avoided.

		Terry

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From: midway.uchicago.edu!sip1@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Forbidding extended attributes on FAT drive?
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:55:00 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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X-Spam-content: irrelevant

In article <250@zam103.zam.kfa-juelich.de> kiehl@ibt013.ibt.kfa-juelich.de 
(Horst Kiehl) writes:
>Is there a way to forbid OS/2 to store extended attributes on a FAT drive?

No.

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From: jemenake@zeus.calpoly.edu (Joe Emenaker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: What OS/2 needs
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:10:51 GMT
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Well, after recently having OS/2 crash and refuse to boot... claiming it
was missing a DLL it needed, I'd say that OS/2 needs a utility that lets
you re-load some of the necessary files from the distribution disks. In
fact, going a step further, they could have the file look at some sort of
error-log and figure out for itself what files needed to be reloaded.

In fact, best of all would be if the program automatically ran whenever
OS/2 ran into a problem booting.

It would have saved me (and countless others, I'm sure) from having to
reinstall the thing again from scratch.

It amazes me that IBM really 'went the extra mile' in so many places, yet
falls so short in others. I mean... look at the migration utilitiy database
file. That thing recognizes TONS of stuff. It even recognized Wing
COmmander II and a bunch of stuff from the Windows Entertainment pack. Yet,
when it comes to restoring system integrity on the hard disk... they didn't
seem to make much allocation for it. (If so, the pample... er... manuals
don't say anything about them. 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mrjg8679@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael R James)
Subject: Re: Format 1.2M to 1.44M
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 05:54:59 GMT

jrs@panix.com (Jon Saxton) writes:

>>>If the original poster is reading this, any ideas why fdformat didn't work
>>>for me. I loaded the INT13X, then used FMT.

>>Hmm.  Are you sure it was FDFORMAT18 and not ATFMT110 or something
>>like that?  I have used the latter (which has progs named INT13X and
>>FMT).  Maybe it's just a different name?

>I've never heard of ATFMT110.  Tell us more.

You can find it on SIMTEL in /dskutl and its actually
called ATFMT100.  
It's a nice custom diskette formatter for 3 and 5" drives.
With that said, I have to admit I'm having real problems
getting it to work under OS/2.  A TSR (INT13X) is provided that permits
DOS to read these special formats.   But the formatter (FMT) doesn't
work in DOS sessions (except for Boots from a:).  
This shouldn't be taken as  necessarily that last word, though.
My experience, as others have noted, is that OS/2 can read extended
formats without these TSR's,  BUT, _I_ can only read 3" diskette's
this way.  OS/2 doesn't like 5" disks formatted > 1.2 (on _my_ system??)
I have tried the new floppy driver with no success.
I would be interested in anyone else's experiences with this
or similiar programs.

>MSDOS on a '386 is a waste of good silicon.
>Jon Saxton - jrs@panix.com

--
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       mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand.  Paul Ehrenfest, carrying
       on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study
       statistical mechanics."  
                                  -David L. Goodman "States of Matter" 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: orville%weyrich@tnet.com (Orville R. Weyrich)
Subject: Re: 1 button mouse?
Reply-To: tnet.com!weyrich!orville
Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 07:58:19 GMT

>In article <1992Jul16.041441.14266@nuscc.nus.sg> eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG) writes:
>>I just installed OS/2 ver 2.0 on a 385-25DX. No problems installing
>>except for one curious thing...
>>The deskstop seems to respond only to my left button. All other
>>buttons are not responded to.eg I can't drag and drop with button 2.
>>I checked the mouse setup and it seems OK.
>>Now I can still do everything with 1 button only by redefining the mouse
>>button/key mappings but the 2 button would be more convenient. Has
>>anyone had this problem and what's the solution.
>>I'm using a Genius Mouse setup as a Logitech mouse. (and no, I tried the
>>other mouse drivers - they didn't work at all).
>>Thanks for any help.

Funny -- I have a similar problem, using a REAL (but old) Logitech mouse.
(it has 3 buttons, if that is significant). I was going to play with it
some more before asking for net.help.... but since you raise the issue,
I'll chime in. :-).



orville

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jburns@pdxgp1 (John Justin Burns Jr.)
Subject: Re: Keyboard Problems / lock-up on GATEWAY 2000
Keywords: Gateway keyboard problems lock-up
Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:45:02 GMT

In article <76715@ut-emx.uucp> bushman@che.utexas.edu (Scott Bushman) writes:
>
>I have occations where I loose control of some of the keyboard
>functions.  Specifically, The CRTL and ALT keys do not operate
>properly. 
>
>The computer which I use is a 486DX2/50 from Gateway 2000 with 8 Meg
>ram.  Gateway has a special keyboard they use called the AnyKey, which
>allows the user to program key sequences to other keys.  For example,
>I have my email address, assigned to CRTL-0 for convinence.  While
>running CUTE/CP, I experience intermitent loss of this function.
>While this is not a tragedy, the eventual result to crash the system.
>
>Has ANYBODY out there in net-land experienced similar problems???
>Maybe on other systems???
>
I run a Gateway 2000 486/33 with no problems.  None, that is, if I
leave the fancy keyboard stuff off.  I only tried the keyboard macros
once (under DOS/Windose) and swore to never touch those keys again.
I now run OS/2 2.0 happily, thanks to my hands never venturing close
to the macro keys.

John Burns
jburns@ichips.intel.com
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Sunday, 26 Jul 1992 23:58:35 EDT
From: <RICHARD@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Dell offers OS/2 on its PCs

I have a 450DE and checked IBM to see if this machine has passed the
compatability tests.  The 433DE and 450SE have passed, but the 450DE is
not on the list.

The customer service rep couldn't say why the 450DE wasn't on the list.
I am sure 2.0 will be available for the 450DE and the existing version would
most likely work.  I am very curious, however, if anyone has any ideas
on why this high-end workstation is not on the list and if I am wrong in
my assumption that 2.0 would most likely work.

Thanks,
Richard Edelman
The American University
Washington, DC
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cummins@a.cs.okstate.edu (CUMMINS JOHN WILLI)
Subject: svga on
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 23:01:13 GMT

I have an old - stable os2 installation.
I switched video cards... and ran svga OFF, swapped cards, installed new
drivers and met with funniness... (lost sync when going from a hi-res
graphic dos window to PM)

I figured... must have forgotten to run SVGA ON.... but when I try, I get
this...

--------------
C:\>svga on

SVGA: PMI File Generator (v1.00).Usage: SVGA <ON | OFF>

C:\>SVGA ON

SVGA: PMI File Generator (v1.00).Usage: SVGA <ON | OFF>

C:\>SVGA /?

SVGA: PMI File Generator (v1.00).Usage: SVGA <ON | OFF>

C:\>

--------------

What's happening?  A clue please?  (Email address to send a bug report to?)

jc
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ekl@fics.uucp
Subject: Re: Impressions of Windows NT
Organization: Kvam data as
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:26:08 GMT

In article <9207281653.AA18391@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> reisert@mast.enet.dec.com (Jim -- MLO3-6/B9 -- DTN 223-5747) writes:
>A co-worker (and user) thought he'd share his opinions on NT:
>
>In article <1992Jul28.152304.28642@chpc.utexas.edu>, apas611@chpc.utexas.edu (David Boles) writes:
>>We were then told that the system is _not_ (yes that is a negative) multi-user
>>The response from the audience was rolling laughter and jeers.
>
>This statement is flatly wrong.
>
>.............................................................................
>
>My views do not necessarily represent those of my company.  And vice versa.
>
>John DeRosa,  ZSO             Internet: derosa@decwet.enet.dec.com
>Digital Equipment Corp.       UUCP:     ...decwrl!decwet.enet.dec.com!derosa
>14475 NE 24th Street
>Bellevue, WA 98007  USA       "Whose side are you on?"
>                                              "That would be telling."

There is an obvious problem with what multi user means. I attended the 
European Windows NT Developers Conference yesterday, and asked specifically
about multiuser capabilities. The answer of the senior MS people at the 
conference was:

   NT is not a multiuser system in the sence that several people hook
   up terminals and use the system simultaneously. However, the system
   is multiuser in the sence that it can store several different user
   profiles, and differentiate between them when they use *one*
   computer at *different* times.

In my book, that is not "multi-user", so "flatly wrong" may be a little
strong. Anyway, it looks like a nice OS. The user interface is not quite
up to it, though, having used the WPS for a while, Windows doesn't cut it.

Eirik Lygre
ekl@fics.uucp
From: jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Black icon fix -> more stable system
Date: 21 Jul 92 13:15:54 GMT
Organization: Workhorse Systems Limited, Dublin, Ireland

Could somebody re-post the black icon fix as it has been expired
on our system.
From: bohanl@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Lee Bohan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 Probs
Date: 30 Jul 92 09:00:25 GMT
Organization: Aston University


	Hi, sorry if this seems out of date, but I am off the net right
now, and can only afford to check email by modem. I have just installed
OS/2 2.0 on the following system:
	386DX-40
	8MB RAM
	AMI Bios (Dec 91)
	106MB Seagate HD
	Tseng ET4000 1MB Graphics
	SVGA Monitor
Boot manager is installed to allow boot from either a 15MB DOS 5 partition
or a 90MB HPFS partition.

Now, installation was OK, but on running I have the following problems:

1)	When I use the top left button on a Window, with either mouse
button, the system hangs. The pointer still moves, but no other part of the
system works.

2)	When I open up a full screen DOS or Win OS/2 session, the monitor
goes mad, and I need several reboots to get it working again.

3)	I am sick of 640*480 when my monitor will do 800*600, where can I get
drivers for this resolution (pref 256 colours, but 16 will do).

4) 	Lastly, I need a comms proggie that'll do ANSI & VT102, and recognise
a 2400 baud modem card set up as comm4.

	Any answers to the above would be very welcome. Please by email though,
as I can't afford phone time to read the group itself right now....


			Lee BOhan.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: ATI Ultra - Diamond Stealth Drivers Available
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:03:38 GMT

In article <anderson.10.711812858@mayo.edu> anderson@mayo.edu (Alfred I. Anderson) writes:
>It is my understanding that the ATI Graphics Ultra card can emulate an 8514/
>a and thus not require drivers other than those normally supplied with OS/2 
>ver 2.0 to function.  Right?

Correct.

>Question:  Do OS/2 2.0 drivers exist for either the Ultra or the Diamond 
>Stealth that will take advantage of OS/2?  I'm looking for at least 
>800x600.

Not for the Diamond Stealth (yet).  In addition to the 1024x768 256
color 8514/A driver that comes with OS/2, the one that works with the
ATI Graphics Ultra, ATI has released beta OS/2 2.0 drivers for 800x600
and 640x480 (accelerated) for the Graphics Ultra.  You can retrieve
them via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

>My calls to Diamond to see if they have OS/2 drivers available have not been 
>returned by them.
>(PS: For those in the know - if you were purchasing one or the other of 
>these video cards to use in a 486DX with the intended purpose of OS/2 Ver 2.
>0 development as well as MS Win 3.1 development......which would you choose?)

The ATI Graphics Ultra.  Easily.  One is proprietary, one is hardware
compatible with an IBM standard (8514/A).  The proprietary one is
slightly slower and not much cheaper.  No contest, in my opinion, at
least right now.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jsanchez@polari.online.com
Subject: Re: Looking for Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 driver
Organization: Seattle Online Public Access Unix
Distribution: comp
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:03:55 GMT

They are not available now.  When I talked to Orchid last time they were
working on some but did not have a time frame.  I keep calling the Orchid
BBS and I suspect that they will be posted when they are available.
-- 
Jim Sanchez 
Hughes LAN Systems - Bellevue, WA (206)828-7417
Internet: jim@hls.com OR jsanchez@polari.online.com
UUCP: ..!uunet!polari!jsanchez
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: cvadrtbc@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
Subject: Re: Format 1.2M to 1.44M
Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 02:24:00 GMT
X-Posted-From: vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <1992Jul23.194934.18926@njitgw.njit.edu>, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes...
>In article <1992Jul22.201259.7773@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> kls@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth L Shellberg) writes:
> 
>>Very recently, there was a posting which recommended a DOS floppy
>>formatter called fdformat, which will format a 1.2M 5.25 floppy to
>>1.44M.  Can anyone tell me where to find this program?  It sounds like
>>it would be very useful to me.
> 
>I don't know where they might be found.  After consulting Archie, the
>only references to fdread were for some Unix package by the same name.
>I remember it was posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc once, so you might
>find it at one of its archive sites.  Look for a package called

FDREAD is part of the FDFORM18 package.  That's probably why archie
couldn't find it standalone.  It's available on Simtel and wuarchie.wustl.edu.

Srikanth
From: shorrock@mips1.info.uqam.ca (Shorrock*Glenn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows problem
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:30:59 GMT
Organization: Universite du Quebec a Montreal

In article <4576@daily-planet.concordia.ca> patrice@concour.cs.concordia.ca (SCATTOLIN patrice) writes:
>I am getting the following error message:
>	WPWINFIL has caused an error in
>	WIN-OS/2*
>	GP fault in module WPWINFIL.EXE
>	AT: 0001:0031
>when booted in DOS5 with WIN 3.1 it still works so nothing is damaged in 
>WPWIN.EXE. The machine is a 486DX/33 with AUSTEK chipset AMI BIOS. 8Mb ram

Patrice,

Did you install WordPerfect using Windows 3.1 and then migrate it to OS/2?
I did that with Scientific Word and had similar problems -- I cured them by
reinstalling Scientific Word directly from a WINOS2 full-screen session.
Everything works now, both in OS/2  and in Windows 3.1.

Regards,

Glenn Shorrock
Math, UQAM
shorrock@info.uqam.ca
From: chk@mcshh.Hanse.DE (Christian Kuhtz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: UUCP for OS/2
Date: 28 Jul 92 19:54:34 GMT
Organization: Point of Presence Hamburg

Hello,

did anyone get an UUCP Version compiled on OS/2 ? Are tthere any executables
or sources the are ported to OS/2 ?

Thx to all who will reply,
  Christian
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: lemieux@eecg.toronto.edu (Guy Gerard Lemieux)
Subject: Re: OO File system (was re: os/2's som)
Date: 23 Jul 92 18:05:35 GMT

mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green) writes:
>No?  If I want, I can associate a file type or name, such as *.ZOO, with
>zoo.exe or its program object, add parameter -extract, and *boom!* instant
>zoo file type, with automatic unzoo.

Yes, but it is not in the FILE SYSTEM, it is part of the graphical shell.

If you are at a CMD prompt, or running application XYZ, you want transparent
access to the data in these .ZOO files.

In the WPS, I have to double click on the .ZOO file myself.  I can't get
Word for PM to access file THESIS.DOC, which is in THESIS.ZOO, and have it
automatically decompressed.

Pity, really.  I expect this to change in the future, though, as database
and OO functionality is added to filesystems.

Guy
From: rcook@sneezy.helios.nd.edu (robert cook)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Going from Win 3.1 to OS/2, worth it???
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:29:16 GMT
Reply-To: Cook.14@nd.edu (R. Kelley Cook)
Organization: Univ. of Notre Dame

In article <1992Jul22.122545.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, adamsm@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
|> I am currently a Windows 3.1 user and find myself drawn to the "completeness"
|> of OS/2.  I plan to "upgrade" to OS/2 later this month but am a bit leery about
|> its DOS compatibility as I was hundreds of megs of DOS files but little or no
|> OS/2 native applications, just how good is the DOS emulation, could I get away
|> using my DOS programs reliably until I can afford new applications?  I
|> currently have a 386/40 with 4m ram and a 130m drive.  I'm hoping this will
|> prove to be an acceptable starting base as I don't forsee using any major power
|> applications in the beginning.  Am I kidding myself about these stats, or will
|> this system not cut it in the OS/2 world?  I would appreciate any comments as
|> to your opinion on OS\2, preferably from previous DOS/WINDOWS users.  I thank
|> you in advance for your comments regarding this issue...
|> 
|>                                     -- Michael Adams (Ingres Programmer)     

OS/2 will run virtually every DOS program around, except ones that
require an extended memory manager besides DPMI.  (I.E. Lotus 3.0 doesn't
work but Lotus 3.1 does).  Other programs that do not work are disk editors,
disk compression programs like Stacker and anything else that tries to
mess with the disk.

All programs can be individually given whatever XMS, EMS, and DPMI
they might need with a couple of mouse clicks.  No more rebooting
the system to change a DOS program's config.sys to run a certain
game!

A 386/40 with 130 meg Hd is plenty.  4 megs will run, but I would
strongly recommend getting another 2-4 megs.  OS/2 runs much faster after 
you do so.  4 megs is about $100-$125 in the back of PC-Week.
Also once you have 8 megs, you can reformat your disk for HPFS
and get long file names, faster performance, and more protection
than your old FAT file system.

-- 
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!
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re:  Dvorak switches to OS/2!!
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:12:59 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <28JUL199215144041@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> cvadrtbc@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan) writes:

>You do have a point about the regular users not havign the facilities to
>get the patches, but I still think that his statement about NEEDING a
>386/33 is off base.  I guess I should be happy that OS/2 is getting some
>postiive press though!

I don't see a problem.  The people who buy products based on
columnists' recommendations would get really teed off at him if the
system didn't work great the first time around.  By recommending a
386/33 or better, people who have problems due to speed/memory can't
complain to him.

If a user had a 386/25 (or 16...), he'll think he got away with
something and will be satisfied.  If Dvorak had recommended an sx/16,
people would complain about speed and he would lose face explaining it
to the masses.




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