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From: rene@hamel.uucp (Rene Mueller)
Subject: Re: text under wordperfect, true type fonts
Organization: Free University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:06:26 GMT

In article <1992Oct29.200847.4528@iplmail.orl.mmc.com>, richc@iplmail.orl.mmc.com (Rich Cherry) writes:
|> 
|> I just installed wordperfect for windows on my machine.  It is running under
|> winos2 and seems to be working fine except for one problem.  The Fonts come out
|> lousy.  They look like they are printed under a dot matrix printer.  I have
|> a kodak laser printer that is compatibable to hp2p laser printers.  Does anyone
|> know of a fix for my problems.  The the text is so bad I might have to install
|> windows 3.1 just to get good text.  Also is their a way to use true type fonts
|> in OS2 ?
|> 
|> Rich Cherry
Why TrueType?
You have the ATM (AdobeTypeManager)!!!!
So you can use type 1 postscriptfonts and you can use them with a matrixprinter!!!
Which will also answer your first question...
But for a laserprinter you should get a postscriptoption so you can print those
fonts at a direct way... ;)

	rene@math.fu-berlin.de
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.misc
From: furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod)
Subject: Re: BC++ for OS/2 announced - NOT!
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 08:21:11 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.011737.28150@news.acns.nwu.edu> brokow@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mike Brokowski) writes:
>In article <1992Nov16.211931.18273@borland.com> sidney@borland.com 
>(Sidney Markowitz) writes:
>>>I got this from a net in Canada:
>>>The Professional C and C++ Development System for OS/2
>>
>>Sorry, folks, but BC++ for OS/2 has not been released. I don't know
>>where that announcement came from. It certainly is written in an
>>official style, and it is no secret that BC++ for OS/2 is in beta test
>>and that we have an Early Experience Program to make beta copies
>>available for a fee to some people who did not make it into the free
>>beta program before it filled up, but whether or not the text of that
>>posting was originally written by anyone at Borland, it is not a
>>Borland product release announcement. I will not vouch for the
>>accuracy of any detail in that message, and I am not prepared to
>>answer questions about them.
>>
>>[...]
>
>Hey, folks at Borland:  what's the deal here?  I didn't take the
>original post with a lot of seriousness to begin with, but why
>the sudden panic?  The "I got this from a net in Canada" post
>never *said* that it was a release statement.  Did it?  I don't
>recall a date mentioned.
>
>  Just wondering where the fire was,
>

There is no fire. The content of the original message is such that
a proliferation of odd and assorted speculation that would run
amuck, as things tend to do on the NET, was very likely. 

While you were clever enough to realise that this was not for real,
too many other people take things like this to be gospel truth.
Heavens, any one post misleading information on the NET ? :)

What the message did start with was something to the effect of
"Announcing the release of Borland C++ for OS/2". The diatribe that
followed was full of the right marketing buzzwords and organized as
such that at a quick glance looked like a marketing posting that
was for real.

Instead of calling people at Borland into question for attempting
to set things straight, just ignore it and let it pass. I applaud
Sidney and Dave for trying to set things straight after someone
posted something that may not be so.

JMHO...

...Paul

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From: cro@socrates.ed.asu.edu (C. R. Oldham)
Subject: Gnu CPIO utility allow backups on remote tape drive?
Keywords: cpio network os2 tcp-ip
Organization: North Central Association, Commission on Schools
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:04:11 GMT

I just decoded the Gnu cpio utility from c.b.os2.  The manpage says that
you can cpio to a tape drive on another networked host, but
when I try that it just keeps telling me that it can't find
the archive.  Is this feature disabled in the OS/2 version?

BTW--anyone know if OS/2 cpio saves EAs?

Charles R. (C. R.) Oldham | North Central Association, Commission on Schools
cro@socrates.ed.asu.edu or| Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3011   _
aocro@acvax.inre.asu.edu  | 602/965-8700 | #include "disclaimer.h"          X_>

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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Printing envelopes?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:44:28 GMT

In article <BxzI34.8C6@utdallas.edu> goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal) writes:
>Hello.  Are their any OS/2 programs that I can print envelopes with?
>Do they work?  Well?

Sure.  Try PM Envelope, which is available via anonymous ftp from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Service Pak, which one is latest?
Date: 23 Nov 92 20:18:53 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Nov23.054527.17667@news.columbia.edu> mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green) writes:
>>They'll probably do a production code update sometime in December (I
>>expect; nothing official).  They'll probably call that "Refresh Level
>>2.00.1."
>Ah!  That's what I thought the SP would be!  I can't wait :-)
>I hope it is that soon...and available on the net!

Note that that update will not be distributed on the net.  It will be
the equivalent of a GA (plus then current CSD) install.  What I meant
was that new packages will receive new code and be labeled "Refresh
Level 2.00.1."

How do you get your original disks updated?  You contact your friendly
IBM SE and ask him for a copy (works well if you buy a few things
every once in a while, like a large mainframe every so often) or you
make a copy of someone else's.  Now let's make this clear lest
everyone starts to pirate software: you have a license to OS/2 2.0,
which entitles you to use any Service Paks or code updates TO THAT
RELEASE.  IBM doesn't particularly care how you get those updates (via
the Internet, from a CSD copying party, etc).  If you want a copy of
the refreshed code distribution, I don't see a problem with it.

This does not apply, however, to any 2.1 release of OS/2.  As soon as
they increase either the number before or after the first decimal
point, you may be able to get a free (or reduced price) upgrade
directly from IBM, but your license doesn't let you copy freely.

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From: tamu@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Henderson)
Subject: Will ghostview ever be ported?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:25:22 GMT

During the summer I worked with ghostview on a SGI machine.  It seemed like
a nice program similar to ghostscript.  I kind of assumed they were related.

At any rate, has anyone else used it and is there a chance it may get ported
to OS/2.

Thanks,
Todd

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: kdorma@ravana.eche.ualberta.ca (Kevin Dorma)
Subject: need a good graphics program
Organization: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 15:13:43 GMT

How's it goin', eh?
I'm looking for a good graphics program, something for sprucing up graphs and
making cool diagrams.   My supervisor does the graphing bit with Gnuplot and
Adobe Illustrator on the NeXT.  I think it is overkill, though.  A really good 
2D/3D graphing package would be an alternative.  Any suggestions?

                                  | 
Kevin Dorma                       | Hi, my Lyapunov exponent is 2.31.
kdorma@ravana.eche.ualberta.ca    | What's yours?
Ph.D. type of student             | 
Dept. of Chemical Engineering     | Don't look at my disclaimer, your's
University of Alberta             | is much more interesting.
Edmonton, Alberta                 | 
                                  |
From: Byron.Miller@f433.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Byron Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Can I run DOS modem softw
Date: 15 Nov 92 00:51:20 GMT

-> I am planning on buying my first PC (an IBM ThinkPad 700C), and I wou
-> like to put OS/2 on it.  Currently I can dial in to our mainframe usi
-> a very old Toshiba portable and Relay Gold software.  I would like to
-> use my new computer for this, but I am worried about running into
-> compatability problems.
->
-> Actually I don't even know if Relay still exists, so if I can't get a
-> OS/2 version can I run DOS modem software in an OS/2 window?  Do I ha
-> to have a FAT partition to run old DOS software?  Does I matter wheth
-> I am running DOS under OS/2 or running it directly using the boot
-> manager?  Will it matter that I am on a PS/2?
->
-> Any thoughts on the ThinkPad? 
 
Modem Software runs great in an OS/2, and old DOS programs can be run
in a HPFS table instead of FAT, all DOS software works on HPFS...
 
i dont no about the other software youv'e mentioned..
From: kbeal@amber (Ken Beal)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Monthly Planner OS/2 App
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:25:39 GMT
Organization: Harris CSD, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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K.N. Kumar (kumar@ee.rochester.edu) wrote:
: I have a question about the Monthly planner PM app that is bundled
: with OS/2. How do I get the Monthly planner to start up using a 
: custom planner file that I have saved. Presently I need to go to the
: file menu to open the planner file once the Monthly planner App is started.

	Well, I do this with the "To-Do" list program; it should work the
same with the monthly planner.

	First make sure that the types are set properly for the extension you
use for the monthly planner.

	Then, just call the *file*, and the program will automagically start
up around it.  I put my "To-Do" list file in the startup folder, so it starts
up whenever I boot.

	Now I have a question: how do I tell it to start maximized?
--
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From: jg3s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Michael Gerber)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.networking
Subject: Re: Anyone have the NTS/2 virtual device driver working (For DOS)
Date: 20 Nov 92 13:32:45 GMT
Organization: Senior, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.os2.apps: 18-Nov-92 Anyone have the NTS/2
virtu.. by @tscc2.macarthur.uws.edu 
> Does anyone have the Virtual device driver in NTS/2 working for
> DOS sessions? If I understand it correctly, I should be able to
> load a packet driver in a DOS session and be able to use my CUTCP/POPMail
> etc.

I was using a beta version of NTS/2 back in August.  It kept crashing,
but I was able to get it to allow me to have multiple domain logins to
our IBM OS/2 LAN Server LAN, each in its own DOS box.  Plus, I had
Attachmate for Windows running using the Token Ring.

I found that I did not need to load NETBIOS into the DOS sessions, since
the OS/2 network drivers already provided that.  I have not yet tried
using PCTCP or CUTCP.

Jeff
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:02:38 EST
From: Joe Bruce <JAB156@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: AmiPro 3.0

I had problems installing AmiPro 3.0 - all would install correctly, except the
help would not work - WIN-OS/2 help reported that the AmiPro help files were
incompatible or something.  During a re-install, I noticed that it was trying
to overwrite my WINHELP.EXE and WINHELP.HLP files, but was not succeeding.
Anyway, I renamed the two files to save them, and then the AmiPro install
replaced them with - surprise - the Windows 3.1 help files.  ALL of my help
works now - my only question is - will this cause a problem?  So far, all of
the help things work for all of my applications, though with the 3.1 interface,
for obvious reasons.  Will this cause problems in the future?

Please respond via email.  Thanks in advance.
Joe
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Stacker for OS/2 ?
Date: 23 Nov 92 02:36:00 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <1992Nov22.092958.24877@discus.technion.ac.il> s2942275@techst02.technion.ac.il (Yaniv Golan) writes:
>Anyone knows if there is a Stacker version for OS/2 ?

There will be.  A year-end release is still possible.  Contact Stac
Electronics to see if you can participate in the beta program.  (Note
that DCF/2 is also available, and, at least paper, it seems to be a
better bet than Stacker, unless compatibility with Stacker for DOS is
required.  For information on DCF/2, see the file dcf2info.txt,
available via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.)

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From: stevew@convx1.dseg.ti.com (Steve Wootton)
Subject: Re: EZTAPE FOR DOS
Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:25:05 GMT

In article <1992Nov14.162307.24322@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1752.182.uupcb@scintill> patrick.macroy@scintill (Patrick Macroy)  writes:
>>Does anyone know if it is possable to get the EZTAPE 2.22 for DOS to
>>work 
>>under OS/2?  It comes buddled with IRWIN tape drives.   Thanks! 
>
>Possibly, but I would strongly recommend an upgrade to EZTape/PM.  It
>is apparently out now -- any reactions from users?  Contact Irwin for
>details on upgrades -- shouldn't be too expensive.

CompUSA (in Addison, TX) was selling EZTape/PM for $129 last week.

-- 
Steve Wootton  --  stevew@mksol.dseg.ti.com
Hey, don't blame TI... they haven't told me what to say.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: Can anyone recommend a text editor?
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:34:37 GMT

In article <9961@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum) writes:
> Can anyone recommend a fairly simple character-mode text editor for use
> in OS/2 window sessions? I have tried ted, tinyed, and the and don't
> like the interface on any of them. The model I have in mind is Qedit for
> MS-DOS.

Then perhaps you should call Qedit and get the OS/2 version. In my opinion,
an editor is not the place to settle for anything but your favorite.

I use the Brief editor, recently acquired by Borland. They have a $99 special
on the package containing both OS/2 and MSDOS versions.  Note that the
search-and-replace is broken in the early OS/2 releases (a patch is
available). (The OS/2 release from Solutions Systems was ok, Borland did the
damage.)  Note also that Programmer's Shop does not make it clear that the 
OS/2 version is included (it is).

Maybe you've been waiting for Emacs?  You can get the real thing at
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  You will never need to learn another editor.

-- 
--Darrel Hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
From: traub@rtf.bt.co.uk (Michael Traub)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Microsoft C++ 7.0
Date: 16 Nov 92 13:06:31 GMT
Organization: BT Customer Systems, Brighton, UK

In article <1992Nov12.172216.27000@nmt.edu> stimpy@nmt.edu (John Reynolds) writes:
>In article <4802@equinox.unr.edu> bmobley@unssun.UUCP (Brian Mobley) writes:
>>Where can I found the OS/2 hosted version of Microsoft C++ 7.0? I thought it 
>>was available on hobbes, but I couldn't find it.
>
>As far as I know, there is no OS/2 *hosted* version of Microsoft C++ 7.0,
>and if there was, it sure wouldn't be at hobbes ($$$ :-). My microsoft
>6.0 (which I don't use anymore thank you) produces 16-bit OS/2 code,
>but I've heard through the grapevine that 7.0 doesn't produce OS/2 code
>at all......

The OS/2 *hosted* version of Microsoft C++ 7.0 is available from Microsoft
directly and is free of charge.

No, it doesn't produce OS/2 code, but then that wasn't the question was it?->






-- 
Michael Traub
BT Customer Systems, Brighton Systems Centre. traub@btcs.bt.co.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: meyer@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Meyer)
Subject: Re: Printer Driver for IBM 3812
Organization: UIUC College of Agriculture
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:09:33 GMT

ian@stirling.hursley.ibm.com (Ian Stirling) writes:
>In <3808@creatures.cs.vt.edu> cadizht@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Horacio Cadiz) writes:
>>
>>   Does anyone know where I can find a printer device driver for the
>>IBM 3812 laser printer?  We want to attach it to our LAN in the office.
>>Thanks for any info.
>>

>There is no native printer driver for the IBM 3812.  You have to use the
>IBM Graphics Printer driver, IBM5152.DRV.  This is not shipped with OS/2 2.0
>but can be obtained from various sources:

Actually, there is a driver named 'IBM52XX 3816-01S', which indicates that it
supports the IBM 3812.  Installing it with ours worked well except for one
'small' problem:  the first print job sent yielded a blank page; the second
job sent yielded the 1st job's output; etc.  Switching to the IBM 5152 driver
after this caused the system to work correctly.

However, installing the IBM5152 driver initially caused a situation where an
ascii file sent to the printer tried to print around 90 lines on a 65 line 
sheet of paper.  (The extra lines were dropped, almost as if printing on 
legal paper...)  The settings were correct, yet the system continued to send 
output as if there were 90-100 lines per page.  Installing the IBM3816 driver, 
printing one job and reverting to the IBM5152 driver cleared the problem.


>Finally, I have the source code for a Windows driver for 3812/3816 which I
>propose to convert to an OS/2 driver at some time.  Finding the time is
>difficult at the moment though.

You might want to check for similarity to the above mentioned IBM3816 driver.
I found it in the same bundle as the IBM5152 driver, on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

Don
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From: beders@wip-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de (Jochen Bedersdorfer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: OS/2 Fax Software Piracy
Date: 17 Nov 92 12:58:54 GMT
Organization: DFKI Saarbruecken GmbH, D-W 6600 Saarbruecken


Hi,
I also recently got your 0.99 Beta-Version of BitFax.
I almost didn`t notice, that it was NOT shareware. 
You didn`t make it clear to the user, that beta-test
is not allowed for EVERY poor soul...

Next time,
there should be a big warning, that distribution of it
is not allowed. I enjoyed your program and ,after that message,will
delete it. I would like to purchase this software, but
in Germany you will never know, how to get software from
USA...

So, would you be so kind to tell us poor european users, how to
get your faboulus program ?

BTW, is there support for the new voice-facility in ZyXEL-Modems ?
There is an automatic feature, which decides weather the call
is a fax or a voice...

Greetings, :)ochen
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From: jac@vision.ummed.edu (Jeff Collins)
Subject: Tcsh for OS2-2.0
Organization: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 12:15:44 GMT



Recently the following article was posted to comp.unix.shell.
Has anyone tried to compile tcsh for os2 2.0?




-jeff collins


>Hello everyone,
>
>This is the release announcement of tcsh version 6.03.  Tcsh is a
>version of the Berkeley C-Shell, with the addition of: a command line
>editor, programmable completion and listing, and a bunch of
>small additions and bug fixes to the shell itself.
>
>Tcsh now runs on VMS/Posix, OS/2-emx and Coherent, as well as many known
>                            ^^^^^^^^
>and unknown unix variants :-)
>
>Tcsh-6.03 does not contain any new features, but it has lots of bug fixes
>and minor cleanups.
>
>You can grab a copy of tcsh, from 
>	tesla.ee.cornell.edu:/pub/tcsh/tcsh-6.03.tar.Z
>
>As always I would like to thank all the people who helped test and debug
>all twelve patches of 6.02...
>
>christos
>

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From: xjyan@quaker-oats.ai.mit.edu (Charles XiaoJian Yan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Prodigy under OS/2?
Date: 15 Nov 1992 21:33:12 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: quaker-oats.ai.mit.edu


-- 

I have prodigy running on mine fine. The installation needs a bit assistant on a
HPFS. I don't remember the exact command line options, but you can call
Prodigy(the number should be in the booklet), and they will tell you.

Good Luck !

 - Charles