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From: lai@seas.gwu.edu (William Y. Lai)
Subject: Re: Why does OS/2 not support non-SCSI CD-ROMS ?
Organization: George Washington University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 22:17:44 GMT

In article <1992Oct16.013519.1661@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
[...about CD-ROM support...]
>
>Perhaps IBM doesn't know of everybody's proprietary interfaces and
>doesn't have the time to be bothered writing drivers for them all.
>SCSI is (more or less) a standard, so one driver can be made to work
>for everybody.
>

So why do people have to physically change strings in the cdrom driver in
order for the driver to used with NEC, for example?  I just don't understand.


William
-- 
email: lai@seas.gwu.edu | "I want to do everything.  I want to have everything.
Dept. of Electrical Eng.|  I have a wonderful, wonderful life.  But there's so
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Washington, D.C.        |  want more?  Yeah, sure."     -Demi Moore        
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: smlg1015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Stuart M Lichtenthal)
Subject: A Problem with the Beta
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 12:51:15 GMT

Last night I locked the machine several times by having an
open WinOs2 3.1 session running Borland C++ 3.1 (BWC) and
jumping back to the WPS to run File Seek.  The disk is an
IDE drive formatted FAT.  I couldn't shut down and lost
control of the keyboard.  Although it is possible my bad
code had some wild pointer contributing to the problem, I still
had hoped os/2 would protect me from having to cold boot.

Anyway, I won't use the WPS File Seek unless the WinOs2 3.1 window
is completely closed.

Stuart Lichtenthal smlg1015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tom@longs.lance.colostate.edu (Tom Aurand)
Subject: Install on HP Vectra QS/20
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 19:16:26 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523
Keywords: HP, HPHIL, HIL, mouse, 3C501, thinlan
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc


I want to install 2.0 on an HP Vectra QS/20.
I have 2 problems:
1.  I need a driver for the HP HIL mouse.
2.  I need a driver for or other info regarding
	installing  TCPIP on the HP27210B ThinLAN
	network card which is almost exactly a
	3C501.
From: ssu@garnet.berkeley.edu ()
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Mouse accelerator for OS/2 2.0?
Date: 11 Oct 1992 20:22:03 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

What mouse accelerators are available for OS/2?  The maximum available
settings don't seem to move the pointer very quickly.  Thanks in advance
for any replies.

ssu@garnet.berkeley.edu
From: benezra_a@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Tape Drives
Date: 8 Oct 92 00:41:52 GMT
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

In article <1992Oct7.003330.5026@athena.mit.edu>, andreast@athena.mit.edu (Andreas M Turanski) writes:
> Marc,
> 
> In article <1992Oct5.225105.1740@sbcs.sunysb.edu> mjn@sbmiclr.cs.sunysb.edu (The Sixth Replicant) writes:
>>I've decided to add a tape drive to my system and I'd like input from OS/2
>>users as to what tape drives/controllers work with OS/2 and which work
>>well. I'd like a 250MB drive and am mostly interested in the inexpensive
>>drives like the Colorado Jumbo 250. Any comments ?
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Marc Neuberger                                            mjn@sbcs.sunysb.edu
> 
> Someone, somewhere probably knows if it will get supported by OS/2 in the
> near future, but I don't (though I would _like_ to).
> 

Colorado will support os/2 by the end of this year. Target date is before 
Christmas. It is not a PM program, but command line. It will support HPFS and 
back up all .ini's and .dll that are in use. There is no outside beta testing 
going on at this time, only in house. Hang in there.
>ab
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: HELP! VESA Local Bus battles OS/2?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:46:55 GMT

Well, at long last I got my Gateway 2000 dx2-66 system with the ATI
Graphics Pro Local Bus (VESA) card.  System has 16mb RAM.

Problem:  I installed os/2 from scratch selecting 8514/a high res.
video mode (I had an ATI ultra before) and had no prblems.  I then
added the os/2 ATI drivers and had limited problems but no ability
to have win-os/2 sessions in a window as I had hoped.  So, after
reading the docs that came with the card that stated "install os/2
selecting VGA mode" I decided to re-install os/2 and then re-install
the drivers.

Big mistake.

After re-formatting the os/2 partition and re-installing the system
selecting VGA mode I can't get it to run!  The program loads and
I see the initial os/2 screen but when the desktop begins to come
up I get video garbage (looks like scan rate is screwed up) in hte 
form of two rectangles of horizontal lines.  I have a MAG15FX multi-
scan monitor and it says "mode 9 - out of range" when this happens.
I tried setting up the ATI card in several different manners,, to
no avail.

So, I figure I'll put it back like it was (in 8514/a mode) where at
least I can get some work done.  NOPE!  Even though I re-fdisked the
partition and reinstalled the system 3 times it never gives me the 
chance to select video mode and thus the screen is always screwed
up.

PLEASE HELP ME!!  Please, please, please please!

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: 880506s@dragon.acadiau.ca (James R. Skinner)
Subject: Re: Why do windows move around?
Organization: Acadia University
Distribution: comp.os.os2.misc
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 22:19:54 GMT


In comp.os.os2.misc John writes:

>Has anyone noticed this problem? I'm wondering if it's my ATI Ultra + 8514/a
>drivers from IBM doing it.

I have this same problem using an ATI Vantage but I think that it is 
probably a problem with PM/WPS or CMD rather than the drivers.

>PROBLEM: You are running a cmd.exe or 4os2.exe session inside of a window. It
>is located in the middle of your desktop. You execute a DOS app from said
>commandline, your 4os2.exe window disappears, and the VDM session window
>opens (in an unpredictable location at that). You get done with the dos
>app and exit, and your original 4os2.exe window is now repositioned at the
>upper left hand corner of the desktop (started in the middle before the DOS
>app). What gives with this? It looks kludgy enough to have a window disappear
>and another for the DOS session appear, but when the original moves....!?
>I'm not flaming IBM or OS/2. I just want an answer on *why* this happens, and
>if anyone knows if it will be fixed in the Service Pack, Beta, or CSD, (insert
>you favorite name for the 'enhanced product' here), etc.???k

It still does it in the Beta  8-(


-- 

-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
        James Robie Skinner        |     Jodrey School of Computer Science        James.Skinner@dragon.acadiau.ca  |  Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: harris@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris)
Subject: Re: Deleting Desktop files, and other dumb OS/2 User tricks
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 01:11:01 GMT

williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams) writes:

>Simple, really stupid question:  How did I get TWO desktops???  I've
>got one that appears to be the one that WPS has open, and another that
>just seems to hang around for no good reason.
>
>From a command prompt, I see the following directories
>
>OS!2 21.0 Desktop
>OS!2 2.0 Desktop

Did you ever need to do the Alt+F1 trick to recover your desktop?  If so,
OS!2 2.0 Desktop is your original desktop and OS!2 21.0 Desktop is the
new desktop.
______________________________________________________________________________
     Michael Harris - harris@catt.ncsu.edu or harris@carvm3.vnet.ibm.com
 System Administrator, Computer & Technologies Theme Program, NC State Univ.
(My opinions are my own and do not represent those of NCSU or IBM Corporation)
From: mrice@mozart.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Mark W. Rice)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Soundblaster and cd rom pack
Date: 7 Oct 92 20:29:35 GMT
Organization: Your Organization Here


I've seen good prices on the SoundBlaster with a cd-rom.
Does this setup work in a DOS box?
I've heard they are working on a driver.  Is this true?
Does anyone have the phone number for Creative Labs?

Thanks


mark
From: Stephen.M..Lacy@f1.n100.z60.wlink.nl (Stephen M. Lacy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Why XGA-2?
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 07:28:58 -0100

Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.os2.misc: 12-Oct-92 Why XGA-2? by
Alexander Maldutis@cunix 
> background than OS/2, not to mention file viewing and such].  To my 
> knowledge, the ATI boards won't be that terribly more expensive than the XGA,
> and give you putatively faster performance with more colors.

I don't know any of the specs for XGA-2 in terms of speed, but I would
wager to say that it is close to THE FASTEST video card on the market. 
What makes it so fast, you ask?  1. It's a busmaster.  This means you
say to the video card "copy this block of memory from X to Y" where X is
in VRAM, and Y is in regular RAM, and you don't have to wait, the card
goes ahead and does it while your CPU does other things.  2. It has a
32-bit interface.  I'm sure you've seen the difference between 8 and 16
bit VGA cards, well I'm sure the difference between a 16 bit card and a
32 bit card is all the greater (guess you'll have to get MCA for this
one...he he he) 3. XGA (the original version) I believe was already
rated as fast as the ATI 8514/Ultra.  XGA-2 claims 5 times the speed of
XGA, if I remember right (don't quote me on this one, though)   That's
speed.  Why all the fuss with colors.  Can you really tell the
difference bettween 256 and 65k at that high of a resolution, and the
real question is, do you need it.  If you say that you run multimedia
applications with realtime video, I'll believe you, but I doubt the
majority of users really need that many colors and that high of a
resolution.  

Steve


"I don't like much really, do I?  But what I do like, I love
passionately!" -Pet Shop Boys

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter)
Subject: Epsilon subprocess after Kwikinf hangs system
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:18:28 GMT

System: PS/2 Model 95, 486/33, 32mb
Software: OS/2 2.0, Epsilon 5.0, Kwikinf 1.00

I start Kwikinf, which installs a keyboard monitor and launches VIEW
with an appropriate manual based on the word under the cursor. I then
start a subprocess from Epsilon (either ^X^M, which starts a shell in an
edit buffer, or ^XM, which executes an nmake command). The keyboard goes
dead. The mouse cursor will move, but window update stops. I have to
Ctrl-Alt-Del to escape. Once, when re-booting, Epsilon was able to
report error 121 on its status line just before the WPS vanished. The
lockup occurs both with Epsilon in full-screen and windowed.

Ken
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: redmax@sabrina.dei.unipd.it (Massimo_Alessan Santin 197369/IL)
Subject: Report from SMAU (Italy) about OS/2
Organization: D.E.I. Universita' di Padova, Italia
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 20:51:43 GMT

Last Monday was the last day of SMAU, the most important computer show of
Italy. I stayed at SMAU 4 days in my company stand. My company make
informations systems software and distributes some developing products.
During these days I visited the show and look for OS/2. I have seen some
applications like Lotus 123,  Designer, Object Vision, PJ2 (a full featured
32 bit 3D CAD under PM). The beta version of Borland C++ looked very good.
I have seen Windows/NT on a R4000 machine (Olivetti M700) and on a
compatible. I'm not impressed from the performance and the user interface is
identical to Windows 3.1 interface. I visited the IBM stand and I have seen
many OS/2 2.0 machines. Here I received the first copy of a magazine
dedicated to OS/2. This magazine is for low level users. This is a correct
move because OS/2 is appreciated by many power users and technicians but
many end users doesn't consider it (Microsoft has a big marketing). In the
IBM stand I have seen many people looking at OS/2 machines with interest. My
friends that worked at the user group stand told me that many many people
asked informations. In my stand I told to many developer that OS/2 is a good
system with many good features. Some people were astonished about the
possibilites of OS/2 2.0. Probably the NT delay (note that many professionals
don't want to believe this) and the NT beta not so smart will help OS/2. IBM
show some interesting things like SNA connectivity, LAN and others. IBM maked
a good job with the little space available. I think that in IBM there are
many people that push OS/2 (and AIX) but there are many "dinosaurs" that are
glad with the old software, the old architectures, the old machines. Probably
the time will kill these dinosaurs and only the other people will survives.

My impressions is that OS/2 is like a rocket: it starts slow and then
accelerates. At the end, OS/2 will have the speed necessary to leave the
Earth orbit and to gain the Moon. Today OS/2 is at the beginning of flight.
But caution! A rocket can explode during the initial stage of the flight!

Good flight, OS/2!


                                               Massimo A. Santin

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: derek@wubios.wustl.edu (Derek Morgan)
Subject: Re: Can't Install OS/2
Organization: Division of Biostatistics, WUMS, St. Louis, MO
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 19:55:25 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.180127.10418@wubios.wustl.edu> derek@wubios.wustl.edu (Derek Morgan) writes:
>I have a Compu-Add 433 with 16 MB RAM, and 200 MB hard disk. I have tried to
>install OS/2 three times. I have selected the HPFS for the whole disk, because
>this is to be an OS/2 machine.
>
>When I try to escape the installation boot procedure so I can install the
>video fix I need, it will let me go to the C: drive. Unfortunately, OS/2 can't
>do anything else. The DIR command fails. OS/2 tells me "Incorrect internal
>file identifier." I can't change directories. "The system cannot find the path
>specified."
>
>So now what? I have a computer, and the operating system of the future which
>right now doesn't do a damn thing except sit there. After three days of lost
>productivity, I'm inclined to trash the PC, the operating system, and anything
>else involved in this fiasco.
>

 The video fix is one which another user in our division had to apply for his
 system (identical to mine). Without this fix, OS/2 crashes the PC and leaves
 "C0000005" on the screen. It's because of problems with WD PVGA1D based
 adapters. It's a "CSD level 02000 ONLY" fix. At any rate, I think that the
 video fix is a _SEPARATE_ problem from the one I'm having. After all, I can't
 get far enough to install the damn fix.

 As far as what did I do during install, I reformatted the hard drive (all 1
 big partition using HPFS). I am NOT using Boot Manager (this is going to be
 an OS/2 machine, period. Why would I need Boot Manager?) Why did I do it 3
 times? 1) Didn't work - must have done something wrong.
	2) Still doesn't work - maybe we need to reformat the disk.
	3) Still won't work - systems person said "just reinstall it."

  I mean, how difficult is it to change disks in a floppy drive, even if there
  are 15+ disks? Oh, this is a complete install, I have the disk space, so I
  don't need to worry about what OS/2 functions to include/exclude at this
  point.

  I hope this is enough information for those of you that can help. Has
  anybody seen this problem before? It could be the hardware, too.

  Derek Morgan
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Don't put program shadows on Desktop!
Date: 14 Oct 92 21:23:06 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Oct14.003222.15425@hsv3.lsil.com> mvp@hsv3.lsil.com (Mike Van Pelt) writes:
>Oh, OK.  Unless I'm more confused than I think I am, here's another way
>to think of it for us Unixoids:
>
>A shadow is a hard link (and unlike Unix hard links, must have the same
>name) and a program object is a symbolic link.
>
>Sort of.  For one thing, shadows are distinct from the "original",
>which isn't true of Unix hard links.

More like this:  A shadow is a symbolic link.  A program object is a
                 batch file which launches the app.  A program object
is a separate object which has no physical connection to the program
it references.  A shadow is simply another access point to the
original file.  If the original file gets deleted, the shadows become
useless (are they erased?), just like a Unix symlink.

Unix hard links are different in that if the original gets deleted,
the links are all still valid access points and the file isn't really
deleted until all the links are erased as well.
-- 
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: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: Re: 3.5" beta disks-what if A: = 5.25"?
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:35:17 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.174451.13638@ugle.unit.no> hafting@Lise.Unit.NO (Helge Hafting) writes:
>
> > I fiddled with my BIOS - no luck there.  I looked at the cables from my
> > drives in my computer, and they weren't compatible so I couldn't
> > just switch them around.  Am I outta luck?
>If the cables were incompatible in the drive end, perhaps they were
>interchangeable in the other end, at the driver card?
>If both drives ae on the same (flat) cable, you will see that a few of the
>wires are swapped between the two drives.   If you can swap the same
>wires another time between the driver card and the first drive on the cable,
>then this will have the same effect.  Of course, modifying the hardware yourself
>will probably void any warranty, but the risk is rather low.

I wound up visiting a omputer store and buying a two-way floppy
ribbon cable.  Works great.  The ONLY problem now is that I have to
switch back temporarily to install MSDOS 5.0 on my DOS partition
(I use boot manager, you see)

-Dan
.


-- 
Dan Stephenson, a *true* FORTRAN Hacker                        das9674@usl.edu  
"I have never understood why it should be neccessary to become irrational in
 order to prove that you care. Or indeed why it should be neccessary to prove
 it at all."  -Avon (Blakes 7 _The Duel_)               
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From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Re: Dual Monitors (Mono/Trident 8900 VGA) Problem
Date: 11 Oct 92 01:46:29 GMT
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:

> 
> What is critical is having an MDA card, not Hercules.  Hercules cards
> conflict with VGA and SuperVGA adapters.  Sometimes you can get away
> with it, but not often.
> 
> MDA (i.e. true text only) cards are available for pocket change -- I
> see them about for $6 quite frequently.
> 

The mono card is MDA. Not Hercules clone. Also the same set-up works
fine when using Paradise Clone VGA Board. The problem is only with
Trident. Someone told me it may be a BIOS problem. The card has Ver 2.11,
apparently Version 3.x fixes somes of these glitches....

GeSS
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From: glenw@remus.rutgers.edu (Glenn Wasserman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Can't print to file!
Date: 11 Oct 92 20:07:04 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

This is a pretty annoying bug. When I install a new printer driver (any one)
the WPS hangs. When it comes back, (really fast, I'm using the beta) I delete
the extraneous printer icon, go to my printer object, select a driver and PRINT
TO FILE, and whenever I print, it prompts for a filename, and then the app
craps out and closes. I get "This session encountered... blah blah...". 
Needless to say, nothing goes to my file...

Anyone else experience this? Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

-Glenn

Glenw@remus.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: oczander@cs.ruu.nl (Olaf Zander)
Subject: Deadlock?
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 13:17:08 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science

Two days ago, I had the WPS deadlock (at least I think, that's what happened).
Here's the data:

I have a 386-20Mhz, 8MB RAM, 80MB HD. There are only a few MB free on the HD.
So if the swapfile increases, I do expect a warning message. In this 
particular occasion, that did not happen so far. I had some Windows apps
working, when I left the machine for a few minutes. I have the auto-
lockup feature installed as screen saver (with auto dim background picture).
This was activated due to no more input for some time. Right after the 
desktop cleared, being ready to load the picture, a dialog box appeared:
Please close some applications due to memory shortage (I think it was 
PMV 2001, or so). The keyboard had locked already or the lockup feature
did at least not yet expect the password to unlock, as it still had to 
load the background picture. I could not close any applications by mouse
either, since there weren't any anymore (at least not visible).

At last I performed a cold start. 

I did not wait for longer than a minute of two, so I don't know if OS/2
would have cought the 'no response' situation if I had stayed on there for
longer.

I assume this to be a very rare occasion. Did this happen to anyone else
before? What could I have done to escape this situation?

Thanks.
	Olaf
------------------------
oczander@cs.ruu.nl
From: ericwolf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: SB drivers for OS/2
Date: 12 Oct 92 20:33:05 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1687EA9E4.CFORDE@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca> CFORDE@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca writes:
>In article <1992Oct10.015234.3436@midway.uchicago.edu>
>sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
> 
>>For native OS/2 2.0 support you should politely and repeatedly request
>>as much from Creative Labs.
> 
>I called Creative Labs this morning (800-998-5227).  The rep I talked to
>said they do have OS/2 drivers for the SBPro.  They are available from
>the Creative Labs BBS at 408-428-6660.
> 
>Have fun,
>Carl Forde                            phonenet: 604-360-7130
>VM Database and Development Support   bitnet  : CFORDE@BCSC02
>British Columbia Systems Corporation  internet: cforde@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca

Could someone please be kind enough to upload them to hobbes, then?

Thanks!

- Eric Wolf
  Purdue University
  ericwolf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
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