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From: kslater@sps.pgh.pa.us (Kevin J. Slater)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How can you mark/copy then past to your printer ?
Date: 5 Sep 92 11:36:00 GMT
Organization: SPS ACAD BBS, (412) 487-3637

monty@blackhole.lerc.nasa.gov (Monty Andro) writes:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> Is there a way to mark/copy text in a DOS or OS/2 window and then
> paste it to your pinter for printout ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Monty

Sure, just mark and copy the text in question. Then from a command line 
type window (dos or os/2) run COPY CON PRN. This will wait for input from 
the keyboard, now with the mouse just select the paste function from the 
window's pulldown. After the paste, type ^Z (or F6 key) and the text will 
go to the printer.


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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Compression prog for os2 for happens in dos?
Date: 13 Sep 92 00:15:21 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Distribution: na
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Sep12.062159.3520@cc.umontreal.ca> deryd@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Dery David) writes:
>       I thought i lot about buying stacker for dos when my HD was allways
>full but that meant that I lost some executable space. Since some programs
>need 595k of ram and stacker took some away i let it go. But know some
>compression programs are coming out ( at least in the U.S...). If i use
>a compression program under os2 do i loose executable space ?

No!  That's one of the nice things about OS/2, namely that if you use
an OS/2 driver (like DCF/2, the disk compression software for OS/2 --
see the file dcf2info.txt, available via anonymous ftp from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in /pub/os2/2.0/info) you don't lose DOS RAM.

>      But what bugs me the must is this. If I use a compression program under
>os2 and then need to run a program in a dos only enveriment, what happens to
>the compress partitions ? (they would both share the same fat partitions ?)

Unless a DOS driver was also supplied, it would be very much like HPFS
or Unix volumes are now, namely you wouldn't be able to read them from
native DOS.

That isn't such a critical problem, though.  If you use native DOS
just leave a small uncompressed FAT volume behind for transfer.  Or
you could always use diskettes, I suppose.  :-)

-- 
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sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III)
Subject: Re: Problem with serial communication
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 19:27:23 GMT

Another update on the serial communication problem.  I've deleted the
original problem description to avoid repetition.

I borrowed a 2400 baud external modem and the OS/2 terminal programs
seem to work fine except that TE2 still crashes on exit.  The problem
I described previously was with serial communication through a null
modem cable.  I have a 9600 baud external ordered and I'll report on
how that works out.  The question remains, however: what could the
problem be with making TE2 and PMCOMM communicate through a null modem
cable (specifically the weird character translation problem)?  And what's
the reason for the crash?  The exact error message (on TE2 exit)
follows:


TRAP 000d   ERRCD=0000  ERACC=****  ERLIM=********
EAX=fff0c006    EBX=fff20006    ECX=ffff0000    EDX=7d3503fa
ESI=7d3304d4    EDI=febb0abc    EBP=000007e6    FLG=00012092
CS:EIP=07e8:00000c18    CSACC=009b  CSLIM=0000286f
SS:ESP=00e8:000007e8    SSACC=0093  SSLIM=000007ff
DS=07e0     DSACC=0093      DSLIM=0000b137      CR0=fffefffd
ES=0158     ESACC=c093      ESLIM=ffffffff      CR2=004c0000
FS=0000     FSACC=****      FSLIM=********
GS=0000     GSACC=****      GSLIM=********

The system detected an internal processing
error at location ##0160:fff6453f - 000d:a53f
60000,9084

038600d1
Internal revision 6.307,   92/03/01

The system is stopped.  Record the location number 
of the error and contact your service representative.



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

--Golden
-- 
Golden Richard III             OSU Dept. of Computer and Information Science
grichard@cis.ohio-state.edu                                   (614) 292-0056
From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM ("Kenneth A. Kahn")
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: se20boot
Date: 10 Sep 92 00:57:49 GMT

Organization: Staff of IBM Fellow - IBM Personal/370
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0
X-X-From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Ken Kahn)
            <5012@sumax.seattleu.edu>

>
>Now that we're in the topic of se20boot or merely the process of making
>a bootable OS/2 disk - I am curious, why do we need the install disk?
>It's obviously a pain to be swapping disks on such a process.  Surely,
>there should be a way where some of the install disks contents that are
>not already on the hard disk, could be copied to the hard disk - so that
>whenever se20boot or some similar program is invoked, it would
>merely look for the required files from the HD, not the installation disk.
>
>Is this impossible?  I'm curious, since no one has attempted this (as to
>my knowledge, anyways).
>

I'm not positive if this is what you are asking, if not please correct me.
If your question is why can't the regular OS/2 V2 Install process look on
the Hard Drive for some of its files, the answer is it can.  The OS/2 V2
install process supports a feature called redirection.  Basically this
allows the Install process to look for the install disks on a drive other
than on the A: drive.  The intent was to support Install Over a LAN Server
but the redirected drive can be any valid medium; e.g. a CD ROM.  I am
working on an Install Process that uses redirection to a VM Host System.
What some users have done is copy over all the Install Disks to an existing
Hard Disk partition and then use redirection to this drive.
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Opening second VDM slows down processing in first one. Is that ok?
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:19:09 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Sep6.125619.1970@Princeton.EDU> serenang@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Serena Ng) writes:
>I have two hard disks both partitioned by the FDISK that came with DOS5. If
>I want to format the first hard disk as HPFS (presumably using the FDISK that
>came with OS/2) would the soft pointers on the second hard disk be lost? Anyone

You don't format with FDISK.  FDISK is used only for re-partitioning
and/or installing Boot Manager (which is, in effect, re-partitioning
the drive).

If you already have a drive available (say, D:), you format it to HPFS
with the FORMAT command.  Just tack on the "/FS:HPFS" parameter.  This
will only work if the HPFS driver is installed.  For more details, see
the on-line Command Reference.

To format the boot drive for OS/2, the install program will do it for
you.
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 ((|,)                          disagreeable person keep his distance."
  ~|~                              --- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters)
Subject: HOW TO: run the WPS as a (killable) child process
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 19:29:07 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In <1992Sep11.164048.10925@nmt.edu> jreynold@nmt.edu (John Reynolds) writes:

>ps. I HAVE NOT DONE THIS, DO NOT KNOW IF IT'S TRUE, BUT...
>I read here, that someone runs WPS as a child process (the parent I don't
>know) so that if/when WPS crashes, he can kill it and start over. I don't
>know if this is possible or smart, but nonetheless. I'm looking for answers
>to these annoying crashes.

I suspect that you may be referring to me.  I've been running without
the WPS for several months, and am basically very happy with this
configuration (although I wish that IBM would change a few things around
to make this work a little better).  For people who are primarily
interested in OS/2 as a multitasking, protected, 32-bit operating
system, rather than as a gooey WIMP-interface system, this is the way to
go, IMO.

The basics are covered in the FAQ, but there are no details.  So, I'll
post some explanations of my setup, and some of the tricks I've
discovered in the course of using OS/2 2.0 without the Workplace Shell.

First, how to boot (this is covered in the FAQ, but I'll review it):

In CONFIG.SYS, there is a line that says:

SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE

change this to say:

SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE

You can actually use any program that allows you to run other programs
here.  For example, and alternate shell, like 4OS2.  Do *not* change the
line that says, "PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE", or you will lose the
ability to run DOS, Windows, and PM apps.

4OS2 allows you to define aliases and executable extensions[1] which
makes the loss of the WPS a lot easier to live with.  I strongly
recommend this program[2].

Now, the question is, what if you need to load the WPS for some reason? 
You *can* just type PMSHELL at the command prompt (or better yet, type
"start pmshell").  But if you do this, you will not be able to kill it.
So, what to do?

The answer is, start a new CMD.EXE (or 4OS2.EXE) session, and start
PMSHELL from that.  When you launch the WPS, the running copy of CMD.EXE
will shrink to an icon on the desktop.  You can close this icon, and it
will kill the WPS.  Simple, no?  Here's a quickie .CMD file that will
automate the process for you:

--- WPS.CMD --- cut here ---
@echo off
if "%1" == "DOIT" goto doit
start %0 DOIT
goto done
:doit
pmshell
:done
--- cut here ---

Just type WPS to invoke this (recursive and kinda tricky) script.

The advantages of this setup are:

1.  OS/2 boots *much* faster.
2.  Lots more memory available for apps, performance is snappier.
3.  Don't have to open four different folders just to get a command-line.
4.  Impress your friends, and wow your neighbors.  :-)
-- 
Chris Waters    | the insane don't | NOBODY for President!
xtifr@netcom.COM| need disclaimers | Because Nobody's perfect!!
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael D Kretzer)
Subject: Re: New generic 800x600x16 PM driver
Originator: tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Reply-To: tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:58:08 GMT

From article <19920911.080109.368@almaden.ibm.com>, by joe2@vnet.ibm.com:
>    Some good news... I have  made an OS/2 2.0 800x600x16 generic
> display driver. It is supposed to support all adapters that are
> supported by SVGA.EXE. I have tested this driver on both an ATI
> and a Paradise adapter. I know somebody who will test it on
> a Trident card. So right now I am looking for owners of:
> 
>  .Video 7
>  .Tseng
> 
> adapters, to beta test it. These people should have access
> to email to receive uuencoded files, or, even better, to
> BITNET. Please contact me directly to joe2@vnet.ibm.com

I would be willing to test your drivers.  I have a Tseng-based
card.
From: beders@wip-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de (Jochen Bedersdorfer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS2 and Soundblaster
Date: 7 Sep 92 09:26:22 GMT
Organization: DFKI Saarbruecken GmbH, D-W 6600 Saarbruecken
In-reply-to: brown-sh@news.cis.ohio-state.edu's message of 3 Sep 92 11:48:49 GMT

In article <9209031148.AA23388@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu> brown-sh@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (shawn c brown) writes:
Path: sbsvax!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!brown-sh

>	   I'm thinking about upgrading my machine to OS2.  Is it just some
>   games that have trouble with Soundblaster (in OS2 mode) or do they all not
>   work???

 
I got no problems with my Soundblaster. Just make sure
to set the IRQ to 5.
There is only one thing that makes me angry:
If I kill a game with Soundblaster-Support, the last played
sound is still there and that doesn~t sound too good.

I`d liked a little program to reset the soundblaster card.
Any solutions out there ?

:)ochen

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ileicht@jarthur.claremont.edu (Spiff)
Subject: OS2SPEED and 4DOS Conflict
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 23:14:13 GMT

I recently downloaded OS/2 Speed. I followed the directions (which
basically said to put os2speed.com in your autoexec.bat. I found
however that whenever i tried to load 4dos, it would lock up.
It would display a message to the effect that 4dos was running
under desqview aware mode, then I would get a notice telling me
that I had a sys3176 for 4dos.com

Has anyone had this problem? suggestions? solutions?

Thanks.
From: Lucian_Dancanet@transarc.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: IBM_TODO.LST
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:55:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: transarc.Uefb=af0BwwwQ0uC9I
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA



Is anyone keeping a list of things IBM should do for OS/2?

If not, such a list should be an appendix to the FAQ, and
should provide the following info:

                                    e.g.
Number and short name          1. Non-interactive shutdown
Description                      ....
Importance/Urgency               Normal
IBM's position                   Unknown

The list should be ordered by component (desktop, compiler, TCP/IP, etc.).
The importance of the proposed change or addition should be decided by the
net, something between very important/high priority and less important/low
priority.

IBM's position (e.g., in the works with estimated release date, considering,
not considering, and not implementable) should be added to the list as soon
as someone from IBM comments to that particular proposal.

This list should reduce the traffic on the various OS/2 bboards (one should
read the FAQ *and* the IBM_TODO.LST before posting), and would help IBM
make and us get a better system.

Comments welcome

Lucian
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
Subject: URGENT: hardisk problem, not recognized
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 17:01:21 GMT

I need a fast reply on this one desperatly!!! Today I went to get
a new harddisk (or rather a new system with one), the harddisk is
some unknown brand known as BT BRAND and is my worst nightmare.
I moved it to my OS/2 system and tried to install it but OS/2 wont
even recognise it. FDisk failes and from the OS/2 prompt I can't even
see it. It has the following characteristics:

777 cylinders
14  heads
36 sectors/track

average seek 12 ms (quite good I though)
track to track seek 3ms (not to good I thought then)
500k/s transfer rate (bloody useless I shout)

I could live with those figures but I would rather like to use it
at all with OS/2. Since it IS recognised by DOS I am rather at a loss
what is wrong here.
Before anyone shoots off, I checked the controller, it is setup fine,
I tried the CMOS settings, fine again, cables ok, in fact everything
is working fine under DOS, but not OS/2!!! Incedently, I am rather
pissed so excuse my loud typing.

If someone knows what to do please let me know immediatly before I
go kill the vendor tomorrow.

Thanks for listening
Erik

-- 
Erik van Linstee   |   linstee@duteca.et.tudelft.nl   |   I'll be back ...
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: using .zoo files?
Date: 4 Sep 92 23:20:59 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <40825@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com> maurit@nrtc.nrtc.northrop.com (Mark Aurit <maurit>) writes:
>Until recently, Ive been getting ftp'ing zip'ed software. At HOBBES
>its all in .zoo format, and I dont know what to do to uncompress it.


Use the zoo archiver.  Download /pub/os2/all/archivers/zoo210e.exe.
This is a self-extracting archive containing the zoo.exe program and
instructions.  It will uncompress all the zoo files on line there (and
anywhere else).


-- 
   |)  David Charlap           "TELEPHONE, n.  An Invention of the devil which
  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   abrogates some of the advantages of making a
 ((|,)                          disagreeable person keep his distance."
  ~|~                              --- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
From: frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz (Bruce Clement)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Help with apparent OS/2 bugs and limitations
Distribution: world
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 11:54:43 GMT
Organization: Private System

dmillar@ocf.berkeley.edu writes in article <18f20eINN23o@agate.berkeley.edu>:
 [editted]
> 7. How do I copy over files which are in use by OS/2?  I ran into this
>    problem when trying to install the patch for black icons.  I know
>    it's possible, because the kernel patch did it, but how?

In general you can't copy over a file which is open by the operating system.

The fact that you can replace the kernel implies that the kernel is not kept
open while running. Presumably it is not pageable & so doesn't bother to
keep a handle for itself.

I've found the best way to install patches (.DLL files) is to create a new directory,
and *copy* all the replacement modules into it. Make that directory the first entry
in  CONFIG.SYS' "SET LIBPATH=" statement, shutdown, and reboot. Then
copy the patches to their final place, remove the dummy directory from LIBPATH
and reboot. Empty & delete the new directory.

An alternate method is to boot from a floppy & do the copies directly to their final 
resting place.


--
Bruce Clement    (frey@alfheim.welly.gen.nz   Waffle 1.64, 
                  frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz  SNEWS/2,  UUPC 1.11q)
From: jslm_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jonathan Schulman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: EISA machine
Date: 15 Sep 92 20:23:51 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

>Isn't it possible to change the dma-channel for at least one of the boards?
>My soundblaster (pro) has jumpers for using other dma-channels and
>interrupts than the default.

I can, but they are all taken. The soundblaster can use 0,1,3. 0 is the
memory refresh rate so that won't work (I tried it). My Com port (ESP board)
uses DMA 1 or DMA 3, so that doesn't help, any my QIC-02 card used
DMA 1 or 3. I have 3 items that use the 2 available DMA channels. There
are 7 DMA channels, and they all have to use the same 2.
From: TPERMUTT@UMAB.BITNET (Thomas Permutt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Tenfold improved performance with MFM
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:38:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: UMAB.92248.103808TPERMUTT
Organization: University of Maryland at Baltimore

I have a MFM hard drive very much like Mr. Smith's (I think it was him, I
don't have the post) relative.  I installed APAR PJ04045, IBM1S506.ADD.
My system got about 10 times faster.  This patch is in file
/pub/os2/2.0/patches/ibm506.zoo on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

The thing is, this patch is surrounded by warnings not to use it unless you
have the problem.  Well, I didn't know I had a problem.  I thought OS/2 was
supposed to take 10 minutes to boot and 3 hours to install.  It's not.

I would suggest that anyone with an MFM or RLL drive think about this.  I am
very grateful to Mr. Sipples for the answer and Mr. Smith for the critical
question.

Tom Permutt
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: Re: Unix Windows (uw)
Keywords: Unix Windows (uw)
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 05:40:50 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.015959.19485@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> dony@nimios.eng.mcmaster.ca (Bob Dony) writes:
>In article <1992Sep12.212823.25994@usl.edu> das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A) writes:
>
>>It is a comm program that lets you connect to BSD UNIX or a VAX and
>>run a server.  Pressing a keystroke cause MORE shells to appear.
>>7 total.  Nice for ftp'ing or archie searches AND still read news.
>
>Is there a version of the uw server for System V UNIX?

I dunno about the DOS version, but the Windows version needs BSD.

>Bob Dony, Ph.D. Student
>Hamilton Ontario CANADA  L8S 4K1                  dony@Nimios.Eng.McMaster.CA
--
Dan Stephenson                                           das9674@usl.edu
" BERLIN WALL FALLS.  3 BORDER GUARDS LOSE JOBS.  CLINTON BLAMES BUSH! "
        -George Bush, '92 Republican nomination acceptance speech
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ignacij@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu (Ignacy Misztal)
Subject: LJ2 replacement in postscript
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:54:42 GMT

Is there a printing program with functionality of LJ2 or LJ2UP
(prints 2 pages on 1 page) that work with the Postscript printer?
I have received a Postscript printer recently, and I am missing
the 2 page printouts severely.
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University of Illinois		Phone: (217) 244-3164
1207 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
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From: jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Recurring Problems: W4W, Procomm Plus.
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:02:00 GMT
Organization: MITRE Corporation, McLean  VA

In article <1992Sep13.152828.5216@gw.wmich.edu>
 32coulter@gw.wmich.edu writes:

>Recently I attempted to run W4W 2.0 in a seamless Win/OS2 windowed session.
>During the load of W4W (an sometimes during the usage of W4W) I get a
>dialog box from the Workplace Shell informing me that there is not enough
>memory, followed by several beeps (hence, the dialog box covers itself with
>an identical dialog box.)

Go to the DOS_SETTINGS for that program and up the amount of DPMI and XMS 
memory limits to 6 or 8 MB.  That should give W4W the memory it needs.

John DeCarlo, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA--My views are my own
Fidonet:  1:109/131  Internet:  jdecarlo@mitre.org
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kotulla@scapa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Axel Kotulla)
Subject:  Re: LJ2 replacement in postscript 
Keywords: Laserjet Postscript 2-side
Reply-To: kotulla@scapa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Axel Kotulla)
Organization: RWTH Aachen, Deutschland
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 15:54:47 GMT

Hey,

for DOS there exists a tool called PCPS. It performs like the UNIX
(SUN-OS)-Tool 
"enscript", which allows double-side printing with or without header and so on.

I don't now, whether there is a port to OS/2.

It is available via most of the common ftp-servers.

Axel