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From: [e-mail]                 02-Oct-99 21:41:29
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 03:16:07
Subj: Re: New Matrox drivers (v2.31 beta) on Hobbes, supporting G400

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, on 10/02/99
   at 11:26 PM, "David McKenna" <[e-mail]> said:

>     I get a Trap 000e on booting with these drivers and a G200 AGP
>w/16MB RAM. I reverted to the ver. 2.23 drivers.

FWIW, the GA 2.31 drivers are now available from Matrox.

Steven

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Steven Levine <[e-mail]>  MR2/ICE #10183 Warp4/FP11
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From: [e-mail]                              03-Oct-99 09:16:16
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 10:24:09
Subj: Re: TP760 ELD, ES16881$, and Trap 000D

From: [e-mail]

Hello again!

I re-installed OS/2, this time using only FP10, and got the same
result.

I used the ES1688 driver pack from the ESS web site, which is
at the same revision level as the drivers from the IBM Device
Driver Pack Online site. (1.03 for AudioDrive).

Has anyone else experienced this problem?  It seems as though my options
are limited to running without any sort of fixpak but have sound, or run with
a fixpak but play in silence.



In <wZrJ3.3242$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
writes:
>Ever since I installed FP11, I have been getting Trap 000D errors.
>
>Here's what I get
>
>Exception in device driver: ES16881$
>TRAP 000d       ERRCD=0084  ERACC=****  ERLIM=********
>EAX=00000084 EBX=Obc70000  ECX=00000093  EDX=00000000
>ESI=9bd6001e  EDI=00000275  EBP=0000Reaa  flg=00213246
>CS:EIP=1250:000030f4  CSACC=00Ob  CSLIM=00005448
>SS:ESP=0030:00004EA6  SSACC=1097  SSLIM=00003fff
>DS=1248  DSACC=0093  DSLIM=00002b62  CR0=8001001b
>ES=1248  ESACC=0093  ESLIM=00002b62  CR2=ffecb028
>FS=0000  FSACC=****  FSLIM=********
>GS=0000  GSACC=****  GSLIM=********
>
>The system detected an internal processing error at
>location ##0168:fff492de - 000e:c2de
>60000, 9084
>
>05860570
>Internal revision 9.035, 99/04/01
>
>FYI, it's a Model 760 ELD-U3F, with 72 MB of memory, 810 M hard disk
>
>Thanks,
>
>John
>
>jdserra at ameritech dot net
>


jdserra at ameritech dot net

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From: [e-mail]                                   02-Oct-99 23:26:27
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 10:24:09
Subj: Re: New Matrox drivers (v2.31 beta) on Hobbes, supporting G400

From: "David McKenna" <[e-mail]>

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:07:50 -0400, Marty wrote:

>Has anyone tried these new drivers yet?  They work fairly well with the
>older Matrox cards, seem a bit faster, and look just as stable so far.
>VIO window scrolling works much better than their GA drivers.
>
     I get a Trap 000e on booting with these drivers and a G200 AGP w/16MB
RAM. I reverted to the ver. 2.23 drivers.

Dave McKenna


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From: [e-mail]                           03-Oct-99 05:25:18
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 10:24:09
Subj: SDD/2 and Hauppauge GRADD VCAFILT use

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

Good News, The new SDD/2 beta 7 will work with the
Hauppauge Win/TV VCAFILT GRADD extension driver.

Previous versions of SDD/2 would hang when the
VCAFILT driver were installed. The new version
works without any problems. This "should" allow
anyone that has a Hauppauge Win/TV to use
the GRADD display on any card that is supported with
the SDD/2 drivers.

The GRADD driver provides a much better video
display than DIVE and requires a small fraction of 1%
of the CPU for display as opposed to DIVE's requirement
of up to 80 or 90%


Lorne Sunley


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From: [e-mail]                                       03-Oct-99 12:30:00
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 19:48:20
Subj: Re: SDD/2 and Hauppauge GRADD VCAFILT use

From: [e-mail] (Timo Maier)

Hi Lorne!

>Good News, The new SDD/2 beta 7 will work with the
>Hauppauge Win/TV VCAFILT GRADD extension driver.
I already noticed that, too bad, beta 7 is due to enormous bugs not usable on
my system. ): But, I think, SciTech is about to release a GREAT software.

TAM
--
OS/2 Warp4, Ducati 750SS '92
http://www.privat.toplink.de/homepages/thunder
Remove "_" for eMail reply

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From: [e-mail]                                   02-Oct-99 06:45:19
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 19:48:20
Subj: Re: CDR & CDRW Problems

From: "Dale Curren" <[e-mail]>

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:41:37 -0400, Lee Kravitz wrote:

I have a 4416s cd burner and couldn't get it to work.  I updated the bios in
the burner and also the bios in the scsi controller (tekram dc390f) and then
it
worked.  Also Stephane Charette sent me these quickie instructions which cut
through the crap and got me going.


Just to help you out past the learning curve:
(My CDROM is unit #4; replace the "0,4,0" with whatever unit you're using.)

To blank a CDRW:
cdrecord dev=0,4,0 -multi -v -blank=fast

To write a multi-session CDR[W]:
cdrecord dev=0,4,0 -v -speed=4 -multi cd.raw

To write an entire CDR[W] at once:
cdrecord dev=0,4,0 -v -speed=4 cd.raw
cdrecord dev=0,4,0 -v -speed=4 -fix

To create a raw cd image:
mkisofs -a -d -J -l -L -N -v -o cd.raw -m "WP?ROOT.?SF" -m "WP?SHARE.?SF"
/=c:/stuff /backup/=c:/mybackup ...etc...

Hope some of this helps.
Oh yeah -- if you're using Warp 4 fixpak 4 or later, then add the "/W" to
the line IFS=C:\BOOT\CDFS.IFS /W -- this will allow you to use long
filenames (Joliet) on the CDROM.
Stephane Charette

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Stephane Charette, [e-mail], Vancouver, Canada, [phone]
author of DCITU for OS/2: http://users.uniserve.ca/~software/index.html





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From: [e-mail]                              03-Oct-99 13:52:05
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 21:38:25
Subj: Re: TP760 ELD, ES16881$, and Trap 000D

From: [e-mail]

In <Q9FJ3.5598$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
writes:
>Hello again!
>
>I re-installed OS/2, this time using only FP10, and got the same
>result.
>
>I used the ES1688 driver pack from the ESS web site, which is
>at the same revision level as the drivers from the IBM Device
>Driver Pack Online site. (1.03 for AudioDrive).
>
>Has anyone else experienced this problem?  It seems as though my options
>are limited to running without any sort of fixpak but have sound, or run with
>a fixpak but play in silence.
>
>
>
>In <wZrJ3.3242$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
writes:
>>Ever since I installed FP11, I have been getting Trap 000D errors.
>>
>>Here's what I get
>>
>>Exception in device driver: ES16881$
>>TRAP 000d       ERRCD=0084  ERACC=****  ERLIM=********
>>EAX=00000084 EBX=Obc70000  ECX=00000093  EDX=00000000
>>ESI=9bd6001e  EDI=00000275  EBP=0000Reaa  flg=00213246
>>CS:EIP=1250:000030f4  CSACC=00Ob  CSLIM=00005448
>>SS:ESP=0030:00004EA6  SSACC=1097  SSLIM=00003fff
>>DS=1248  DSACC=0093  DSLIM=00002b62  CR0=8001001b
>>ES=1248  ESACC=0093  ESLIM=00002b62  CR2=ffecb028
>>FS=0000  FSACC=****  FSLIM=********
>>GS=0000  GSACC=****  GSLIM=********
>>
>>The system detected an internal processing error at
>>location ##0168:fff492de - 000e:c2de
>>60000, 9084
>>
>>05860570
>>Internal revision 9.035, 99/04/01
>>
>>FYI, it's a Model 760 ELD-U3F, with 72 MB of memory, 810 M hard disk
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>John
>>

Here is what I did to recover:

Use the utility disk to boot to the os/2 full screen command prompt.
Edit the config.sys and rem out references to the ess drivers.
Then reboot the system as normal.
Get the ess driver from the ibm site as described in the readme.
Install it (minstall).

Things should be back to normal. I recommend remming out references
to the 1688 driver before installing fixpaks above 9. Then reinstall
the driver after the fixpak is applied.

Don't understand why this problem is occuring with this specific driver.


Keith Cotroneo
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                              04-Oct-99 00:17:01
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 21:38:25
Subj: Re: TP760 ELD, ES16881$, and Trap 000D

From: [e-mail]

Thanks for the tip.  In fact, that's exactly what I did.  Still, I get the
traps.

What I'll probably do is re-install OS/2, and install only FP9 (and leave
it there), as FP10 and above seem to break the ES1688 driver.

Regards,

John


In <fcJJ3.2979$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
>In <Q9FJ3.5598$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
writes:
>>Hello again!
>>
>>I re-installed OS/2, this time using only FP10, and got the same
>>result.
>>
>>I used the ES1688 driver pack from the ESS web site, which is
>>at the same revision level as the drivers from the IBM Device
>>Driver Pack Online site. (1.03 for AudioDrive).
>>
>>Has anyone else experienced this problem?  It seems as though my options
>>are limited to running without any sort of fixpak but have sound, or run
with
>>a fixpak but play in silence.
>>

>
>Here is what I did to recover:
>
>Use the utility disk to boot to the os/2 full screen command prompt.
>Edit the config.sys and rem out references to the ess drivers.
>Then reboot the system as normal.
>Get the ess driver from the ibm site as described in the readme.
>Install it (minstall).
>
>Things should be back to normal. I recommend remming out references
>to the 1688 driver before installing fixpaks above 9. Then reinstall
>the driver after the fixpak is applied.
>
>Don't understand why this problem is occuring with this specific driver.
>
>
>Keith Cotroneo
>[e-mail]
>


jdserra at ameritech dot net

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From: [e-mail]                           03-Oct-99 01:02:16
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 21:38:25
Subj: OpenGL

From: "Rade Popovic" <[e-mail]>

Hi

Where can I download OpenGL for Warp3 (if it is free)?

TIA

Rascho
e-mail:[e-mail]
ICQ# 49354974

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Hal 9000: "Dave, put those Windows disks down....Dave...DAVE!"


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From: [e-mail]                                         03-Oct-99 14:02:05
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 21:38:25
Subj: Re: CDR & CDRW Problems

From: Anssi Saari <[e-mail]>

"Lee Kravitz" <lee at diebold> writes:

> I am trying to get CDRecord/2 to work on my 320 Server with a Yamaha
> CDRW4416 SXZ external drive. I think I have installed all the software
> pieces/parts correctly per Chris Wohlgemuth's page:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/cdrecord/cdrecordmain.htm
>
> I have EMX runtime, ASPIROUT.SYS, MKISOFS, etc.
>
> However, after I apparently write to the CD (using CDWrite 1.2 front
> end), I can't get to any of the files. I get a sys0026 error (drive not
> formatted properly). I get this for both CDR & CDRW media.
> I have also tried the MAKEDISC.CMD feature in the MKISOFS directory.
>
> A novice at this needs help!

Just a guess, but have you tried ejecting and reinserting the disc
after writing? cdrecord completely bypasses OS/2 when it writes, so it
does not know that you have put data on a disc until you reinsert it.

--
Anssi Saari - [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                        03-Oct-99 18:15:20
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 21:38:25
Subj: Re: SDD/2 and Hauppauge GRADD VCAFILT use

From: "Joseph O. Henley" <[e-mail]>

Lorne,

Yes it doesn't crash now.  But I still get lines thru across my screen
and your app and StWTV don't work .... the image is frozen unless I keep
moving the mouse cursor across the screen area.  Hopefully it will get
better.

Joe

Warp 4 FP 12, Matrox Millenium 45 meg, latest BIOS, 1280-1024-65K



Lorne Sunley wrote:
>
> Good News, The new SDD/2 beta 7 will work with the
> Hauppauge Win/TV VCAFILT GRADD extension driver.
>
> Previous versions of SDD/2 would hang when the
> VCAFILT driver were installed. The new version
> works without any problems. This "should" allow
> anyone that has a Hauppauge Win/TV to use
> the GRADD display on any card that is supported with
> the SDD/2 drivers.
>
> The GRADD driver provides a much better video
> display than DIVE and requires a small fraction of 1%
> of the CPU for display as opposed to DIVE's requirement
> of up to 80 or 90%
>
> Lorne Sunley

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From: [e-mail]                                   03-Oct-99 08:38:27
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 21:38:25
Subj: Re: ESS1869 and trap on FP10, FP11startup

From: Daniel Jones <[e-mail]>

Don't ditch it! I have had more success with this card than any
other - incl. Crystal Semi cards.

I have the drivers that'll work, if you can't find them. Drop
me a note if you want me to attach tem to an e-mail.

This card has outstanding Win-OS/2 sound sharing...something I
require for my Real Audio occasional surfing. And I have used
it through FP's 10, 11, and now 12 - with DD FP 1.


pavery wrote:
>
> Ironically, I don't find anything for an ess1869 at this reference
> (unless one of the others will work as well).
>
>  ess1788.exe                                      164 Kb    Tue Feb  3
> 00:00:00 1998 Binary Executable
>
>  ess1868.exe                                      171 Kb    Tue Feb  3
> 00:00:00 1998 Binary Executable
>
>  ess1888.exe                                      169 Kb    Tue Feb  3
> 00:00:00 1998 Binary Executable
>
>  ess688.exe                                        53 Kb    Thu Feb  5
> 00:00:00 1998 Binary Executable
>
>
> It also ocurred to me that I had tried installing the dd fixpack (I
> believe xr_d001) after installing at various times fp8, fp10, and fp
> 11 but that it had caused a trap on booting with an error that
> PROTSHELL pointed to an invalid file, some file with an extension of
> .122, a name that doesn't even appear on my fp8 level installation but
> was present when the error appeared.  Maybe if I muster together
> enough time and patience I will try installing the dd fixpack again,
> though I suspect I might be smarter to ditch the card and buy one with
> more reliable drivers.
>
> On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 09:43:49 GMT, [e-mail] (Mooo) wrote:
>
> >[e-mail] wrote:
> >
> >>ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak
> >>
> >>Using these drivers for the card will fix the problem. I think you will
find it also
> >>mentioned in the fixpak readme.txt file about the ess sound card driver.
> >
> >Theres a bit of a problem with the ess1868 and 69 cards in that the
> >drivers are really no longer homegious for Warp3 and Warp4.  Warp 3
> >with FP30+ needs the old files with the device driver from the above
> >pack to work, Warp 4 needs the above pack only.
> >
> >Even so, its a bit unstable with the more recent fixpacks.  I remember
> >reading somewhere that there was a bug in the original drivers from
> >ESS and this bug did not surface until one of the later fixpacks.
> >
> >Craig

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From: [e-mail]                                   03-Oct-99 08:44:20
  To: All                                               03-Oct-99 21:38:25
Subj: Re: Installation of Real Audio in Netscape

From: Daniel Jones <[e-mail]>

If you have a Matrox card, then use the latest GRADD drivers
from IBM. The Matrox drivers (up to and including the latest
official 2.31 version) have trouble with Win-OS/2 sessions
and Netscape running at the same time. Real Audio won't launch
at all unless you launch it *before* you launch Netscape.

Plus the GRADD drivers give me "deeper" color (I have a Matrox
Mil. PCI, 8 mb VRAM).


Jan Hartman wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:14:10 -0700, Daniel Jones wrote:
>
> >Nope, you do not have to have a Win-OS/2 version of Netscape. I
> >know the various readme's on the 'net say do not let it search
> >your drive for installed versions of Netscape. I have found that
> >this is incorrect - let it do so, so it can install a driver in
> >the WIN16\PLUGINS Netscape subdirectory.
> >
> >Also, you will want to double check that you have DOS TCP/IP
> >support installed, i.e. the following lines in your config.sys:
> >
> >DEVICE=C:\MPTN\BIN\VDOSTCP.VDD
> >RUN=C:\MPTN\BIN\VDOSCTL.EXE
> >
> >These files should have dates of at least 1997. If you have TCP/IP
> >4.1 (maybe even the latest 4.0 stack), then you are "good to go".
> >
> >Also, check for these lines in your AUTOEXEC.BAT:
> >
> >PATH=C:\OS2;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;C:\TCPIP\dos\bin;
> >SET ETC=C:\TCPIP\DOS\ETC
> >
> >BTW, what is your sound card, and what video card do you have??
> >(the Matrox drivers are no good here - I have to use the GRADD
> >drivers or RealAudio won't load from a Netscape session).
> >
> >
> >
> Daniel, thanks for you reply. I'll check my DOS TCP/IP. I have, since
> you
> asked, a Creative Labs Soundblaster 32 AWE, and a Matrox Mill I with
> 4 mb.
> I run a PentiumPro 200, 128 mb ram. What is the problem with Matrox?
>
> / Jan
> ===================================================
> Jan Hartman
> Filosofiska institutionen/Department of Philosophy
> Lunds Universitet/Lund University
> Kungshuset, Lundagård                                  [phone]
> S-222 22 Lund                                              fax +46-(0)46
2224424
> Sweden
> E-mail: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                              04-Oct-99 01:06:02
  To: All                                               04-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: Re: TP760 ELD, ES16881$, and Trap 000D

From: [e-mail]

In <2mSJ3.7169$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
writes:
>Thanks for the tip.  In fact, that's exactly what I did.  Still, I get the
>traps.
>
>What I'll probably do is re-install OS/2, and install only FP9 (and leave
>it there), as FP10 and above seem to break the ES1688 driver.
>
>Regards,
>
>John
>
>
>In <fcJJ3.2979$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
>>In <Q9FJ3.5598$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
writes:
>>>Hello again!
>>>
>>>I re-installed OS/2, this time using only FP10, and got the same
>>>result.
>>>
>>>I used the ES1688 driver pack from the ESS web site, which is
>>>at the same revision level as the drivers from the IBM Device
>>>Driver Pack Online site. (1.03 for AudioDrive).
>>>
>>>Has anyone else experienced this problem?  It seems as though my options
>>>are limited to running without any sort of fixpak but have sound, or run
with
>>>a fixpak but play in silence.
>>>
>
>>
>>Here is what I did to recover:
>>
>>Use the utility disk to boot to the os/2 full screen command prompt.
>>Edit the config.sys and rem out references to the ess drivers.
>>Then reboot the system as normal.
>>Get the ess driver from the ibm site as described in the readme.
>>Install it (minstall).
>>
>>Things should be back to normal. I recommend remming out references
>>to the 1688 driver before installing fixpaks above 9. Then reinstall
>>the driver after the fixpak is applied.
>>
>>Don't understand why this problem is occuring with this specific driver.
>>
>>
>>Keith Cotroneo
>>[e-mail]
>>
>
>
>jdserra at ameritech dot net
>

Instead of re-installing os/2, try just re-installing multimedia support.
Use selective install.


Keith Cotroneo
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                                  03-Oct-99 17:01:03
  To: All                                               04-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: CD player stopped working...FP11?

From: [e-mail] (David T. Anderson)

Hey folks...if you are about to upgrade Fixpak 10 to 11, check and see
if it affects your CD audio.

My CD audio stopped working at some point, but I'm not sure why or
exactly when.  It MIGHT have been with the FP11 upgrade, but I'm not
sure.   The player works mechanically...it shows the right CD player,
and turns the CD and all...but no music comes out.  [Yes, everything
is hooked up right ...Win95 works fine {sigh}].

I tried a few things.  The FP12 Readme.1st suggests backleveling
several MMOS2 DLL files to cure system sound troubles, but that didn't
work.  I updated my various storage and disk drivers via the
IDEDASD.EXE set that was reissued last June...no luck.  DANI disk
drivers make my CD audio drive [I've hooked up a second CDRom drive
just to play CDs] disappear, so I'm using the IBM drivers for
now...I'll play with command line switches to make Dani's drivers work
later.

Any other ideas?  I know from an earlier thread that other people are
having this problem...


David T. Anderson
Calgary, Alberta
http://www.agt.net/public/dtander/

Using ProNews/2 for OS/2 Warp

**NOSPAM**  To email me, remove the 's' from my address...

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From: [e-mail]                               03-Oct-99 14:46:00
  To: All                                               04-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: Re: CD player stopped working...FP11?

From: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (David T. Anderson) said:

>Hey folks...if you are about to upgrade Fixpak 10 to 11, check and see if
>it affects your CD audio.


I have no trouble with playing audio CDs with FP 11 using either the OS2
CD player or RSJ CD Writer.





>My CD audio stopped working at some point, but I'm not sure why or
>exactly when.  It MIGHT have been with the FP11 upgrade, but I'm not
>sure.   The player works mechanically...it shows the right CD player,
>and turns the CD and all...but no music comes out.  [Yes, everything  is
>hooked up right ...Win95 works fine {sigh}].

>I tried a few things.  The FP12 Readme.1st suggests backleveling  several
>MMOS2 DLL files to cure system sound troubles, but that didn't work.  I
>updated my various storage and disk drivers via the  IDEDASD.EXE set that
>was reissued last June...no luck.  DANI disk  drivers make my CD audio
>drive [I've hooked up a second CDRom drive  just to play CDs] disappear,
>so I'm using the IBM drivers for  now...I'll play with command line
>switches to make Dani's drivers work later.

>Any other ideas?  I know from an earlier thread that other people are
>having this problem...


>David T. Anderson
>Calgary, Alberta
>http://www.agt.net/public/dtander/

>Using ProNews/2 for OS/2 Warp

>**NOSPAM**  To email me, remove the 's' from my address...
_____________
Ed Letourneau <[e-mail]>

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From: [e-mail]                                   03-Oct-99 21:22:22
  To: All                                               04-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: Yamaha 4416S with a ASUS T2P4 motherboard

From: JNiffen <[e-mail]>

I recently, purchased a Yamaha 4416S CDROM recorder, rewriter player.  I
have attempted to install it in a ASUS P55T2P4 PSC00 motherboard with on
board Adaptec 7880 SCSI bios ver 1.24.

The SCSI will not reconize the Yahama but it will see an old NEC 841
CDROM.  I have tried the setup with the Yamaha as the terminated and ID
of 3 and the NEC as 2 or 5 but the Adaptec setup utilities on the board
will not acknowledge the Yamaha exist.  I have even tried the Yamaha
alone on the system.

One thing funny is I noticed the the SCSI setting will not accept a
change and the controller is at ID 15 not at 7.  I am using the
Ultra/UltraWide connection. Also I have an 8 gig WD Hard drive and an
Imation Superfloppy.  I have not installed any software except for PC
DOS 7.0 and the adaptec drivers for DOS.  So, what I am wondering if I
need to update the Yamaha BIOS, but will it do that if the controller
can't see the CDROM.

Any clues?

Thank you for your time in this matter.

I have sent a similar e-mail to Yamaha, if I don't here from them by
Tuesday I am going to return the drive and save more money for a
Plextor.

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From: [e-mail]                03-Oct-99 23:59:25
  To: All                                               04-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: Re: New Matrox drivers (v2.31 beta) on Hobbes, supporting G400

From: "Billy Ko" <[e-mail]>

On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 21:41:59 -0700, [e-mail] wrote:

:>In <[e-mail]>, on 10/02/99
:>   at 11:26 PM, "David McKenna" <[e-mail]> said:
:>
:>>     I get a Trap 000e on booting with these drivers and a G200 AGP
:>>w/16MB RAM. I reverted to the ver. 2.23 drivers.
:>
:>FWIW, the GA 2.31 drivers are now available from Matrox.
:>
:>Steven
:>
:>--
:>---------------------------------------------------------------
:>Steven Levine <[e-mail]>  MR2/ICE #10183 Warp4/FP11
:>---------------------------------------------------------------
:>
:>
I have a G400 and the GA 2.31 drivers seem to work well - so far (a few days
now).  However, I have had experiences with Matrox drivers where it would
take almost a week for some bugs to present themselves.  I'm not busting
Matrox's chops over this.  After all, they seem to really try to provide
top-notch support for us OS/2 guys.  :)




Bill
Team OS/2

-----

OS/2 - If you want "productivity" to be more than a few
four-letter words.



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From: [e-mail]                     04-Oct-99 06:14:23
  To: All                                               04-Oct-99 05:20:19
Subj: Re: OpenGL

From: [e-mail] (Glen D)

It hasn't been updates for a while but
http://www.utsi.com/~kgl/os2-opengl/index.html is a good place to
start.  You want OGLGOLD.ZIP from IBM's ftp site.  You might also want
to check out www.scitechsoft.com as well if you already haven't.


Glen D
-<remove Z from my e-mail address>-



On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 01:02:32 +0200 (CDT), "Rade Popovic"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>Hi
>
>Where can I download OpenGL for Warp3 (if it is free)?
>
>TIA
>
>Rascho
>e-mail:[e-mail]
>ICQ# 49354974
>
>------------------------
>Hal 9000: "Dave, put those Windows disks down....Dave...DAVE!"
>
>

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From: [e-mail]                                   03-Oct-99 21:10:09
  To: All                                               04-Oct-99 05:20:19
Subj: Re: realaudio "not a realaudio file"

From: JNiffen <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> In <[e-mail]>, "Roberto F.
Salomon" <[e-mail]> writes:
> >On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 12:10:31 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:
> >
> >>I have realaudio configured on my machine. As
> >>soon as the player starts to receive the file, I
> >>flashes a window that tells me that the file
> >>is not a realaudio file. The transmission halts
> >>from there. I think tcpip is ok because the
> >>player does start to get the file.
> >
> >The file is probably a G2 file and won't play with RealAudio 5 for Win 3.x
> >
> >
> No, they are not G2 files. I can play them on my other os/2 machine.
> There is something about the configuratio of this other machine
> that is doing it. No clue what though....
>
> Keith Cotroneo
> [e-mail]
Did you update the DOS TCPIP?  Can't remember what the file is but that
has to be updated before the RA will work.

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From: [e-mail]                            04-Oct-99 10:21:00
  To: All                                               04-Oct-99 10:49:05
Subj: Re: TP760 ELD, ES16881$, and Trap 000D

From: "Esko Kauppinen" <[e-mail]>

On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 00:17:02 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>Thanks for the tip.  In fact, that's exactly what I did.  Still, I get the
>traps.
>
>What I'll probably do is re-install OS/2, and install only FP9 (and leave
>it there), as FP10 and above seem to break the ES1688 driver.

I'm using the ES1688 on my Compaq and also had the Trap while
installing Fixpak 10 (or was it 9?).

I solved the problem by installing the fixed driver but had a bit
difficulties finding it. I first tried one driver from the recommended
pages and it trapped too.

Now it works well in OS/2 side but for WinOS2 I have to use the
Blaster drivers.


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From: [e-mail]                           04-Oct-99 18:51:06
  To: All                                               04-Oct-99 16:43:07
Subj: Re: OpenGL

From: "Rade Popovic" <[e-mail]>

On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 06:14:47 GMT, Glen D wrote:

>It hasn't been updates for a while but
>http://www.utsi.com/~kgl/os2-opengl/index.html is a good place to
>start.  You want OGLGOLD.ZIP from IBM's ftp site.  You might also want
>to check out www.scitechsoft.com as well if you already haven't.

Thank you. I am downloading it right now.

Rascho
e-mail:[e-mail]
ICQ# 49354974

------------------------
Hal 9000: "Dave, put those Windows disks down....Dave...DAVE!"


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From: [e-mail]                                    04-Oct-99 14:54:03
  To: All                                               04-Oct-99 22:07:06
Subj: Re: Yamaha YMF724 drivers

From: Walter Protch <[e-mail]>


JM wrote:

>
> Can you explain the way you made it? I also took from lokal retailer SV
> 550 PCI card with Yamaha 724 chip
> (have to give it back, if not working in OS/2 4.0) , then  took from
> somewhere PCIYMF.EXE file with
> device driver for OS2, did all from reassume file... and nothing! System
> didn't recognized card,  and no
> sound at all! In readme file I saw that for card installation I need:
> 1.hardware (PCI card)
> 2. Software:
> a) PCI Yamaha YMF724 (DS-1) driver
> b) MMPM/2
>
> What is MMPM/2 ? Have I it and where can I get it?
>
> When I recently put in ISA slot one ESS 688 card, after alt-F1, and F5,
> when I tried OS/2 System,-->
> System Setup--> Install/Remove --> Selective Install, In box Multimedia,
> stand ESS688.
> In case with Yamaha (actually  SV 550 with Yamaha 724 chip), in
> Multimedia box was nothing!
> I am not OS/2 expert so please explain the way you (or somebody from
> community)
> made it
>
> Thanks at front!


Ok, let's start from the beginning (as far as I know):

MMPM2 is the multimedia support for presentation manager (PM)
You install it in the selective install section.
Something like "install multimedia support" checkbox

after that (I presume) Os/2 will restart your computer.

So, assuming you got the drivers uncompacted somewhere in your drive.
You type in a os/2 session (as said in the pciymf readme file) mminstall
(or something like that) to
invoke the multimedia installation utility.

Follow the instructions both of readme and installation programm and the
drivers will be installed.

Then restart you computer and chose at next boot Alt-F1 F5 (detect
hardware)
After booting, if you're luky enough, you'll hear some "noise" warp
startup music if enabled.
If not, check with the device manager (I don't know the exact name in
english) and locate wether
your audio card is listed or not,

If positive, check if IRQ and DMA assignation succeeded.
If not, edit your config.sys and put a /V flag on your driver to verbose
the next boot.
reboot then, and pay attention of what's said at boot.
If you get a message saying IRQ and/or DMA could not be assigned then
you get *maybe* the
same problem I got.

Check first if there not any arbitrary (and unusefull of course) IRQ
and/or DMA assignation trough BIOS
If it don't make things better, then try to move your PCI card to
another slot: It's better not to be close to a shared PCI / ISA port or
a AGP / PCI port (that's what fucked up in my computer !!!).

And if after that it doesn't work, well you can always throw it away or
try to play with the RESERVE.SYS os/2 driver (I gave up at that point,
and hopefully it worked with the other solution.


Well If you still have problems, let me know

--
======================================
Walter PROTCH
[e-mail]
______________________________________
Ainsi va la vie, ainsi va la FORCE !
======================================

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From: [e-mail]                              05-Oct-99 03:18:08
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 04:01:06
Subj: Re: TP760 ELD, ES16881$, and Trap 000D

From: [e-mail]

Hello Eric,

By any chance, do you recall where you found the fixed driver?  The drivers
from
www.esstech.com and the ddpack online site are at the same revision (1.0.3),
though the zipfile sizes differ slightly.

Thanks,

John

In <[e-mail]>, "Esko Kauppinen"
<[e-mail]> writes:
>On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 00:17:02 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the tip.  In fact, that's exactly what I did.  Still, I get the
>>traps.
>>
>>What I'll probably do is re-install OS/2, and install only FP9 (and leave
>>it there), as FP10 and above seem to break the ES1688 driver.
>
>I'm using the ES1688 on my Compaq and also had the Trap while
>installing Fixpak 10 (or was it 9?).
>
>I solved the problem by installing the fixed driver but had a bit
>difficulties finding it. I first tried one driver from the recommended
>pages and it trapped too.
>
>Now it works well in OS/2 side but for WinOS2 I have to use the
>Blaster drivers.
>
>


jdserra at ameritech dot net

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From: [e-mail]                            04-Oct-99 00:10:28
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 04:01:06
Subj: GIMP, XFree86, GhostScript HELP PLEASE.

From: [e-mail] (Ray Appleby)

I am trying to open a .EPS file in GIMP.  After getting
XFree86/XWindows/GIMP setup, the first try said that it couldn't find
gs.exe (ghostscript) so I installed ghostscript for X11 from Hobbes.
Didn't work.  I have been advised that ghostscript 5.5 for OS/2 will
work under XWindows but I'm not convinced of that since the
executables have different names (I need it to work in conjuction
(seamlessly) with GIMP which wants to call gs.exe to interpret the
encapsulated postscript file.)

I can't find any info on how to properly set up ghostscript under
XFree86/XWindows.

If anyone has done this could you please post the procedure or
location and name of a readme file which contains detailed info about
this specific procedure.

I don't just want to run ghostscript, I want it to work in conjuction
with GIMP under XWindows.

Thanks.

Best Regards,
Ray Appleby                     [e-mail]
[Team OS/2]                 Multitasking at OS/2 Warp4 Speed.

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From: jms%email.de%email.de%email.de@b...               05-Oct-99 07:55:16
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 05:20:19
Subj: good color printer/driver ?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: [e-mail] (Jens)

Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.

Thanks,
Jens

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From: [e-mail]                            05-Oct-99 09:45:15
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 05:20:19
Subj: Re: TP760 ELD, ES16881$, and Trap 000D

From: "Esko Kauppinen" <[e-mail]>

On Tue, 05 Oct 1999 03:18:17 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>Hello Eric,
>
>By any chance, do you recall where you found the fixed driver?  The drivers
from
>www.esstech.com and the ddpack online site are at the same revision (1.0.3),
>though the zipfile sizes differ slightly.

I cannot remember where I got it from but the driver is revision 2.00.15.
The name of the packet is os21688.zip     341207 bytes.

The date on my file is 17 Apr-99 but that is probably wrong and caused by
the date bug. The newest file is dated 23.Oct -98 as is the ES1688DD.SYS
which states ver. 2.00.15.

The readme files still talk about ver. 1.0.3.

Esko



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From: [e-mail]                    05-Oct-99 15:56:14
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 14:43:29
Subj: Re: GIMP, XFree86, GhostScript HELP PLEASE.

From: "Simon Bowring" <[e-mail]>

>I am trying to open a .EPS file in GIMP.  After getting
>XFree86/XWindows/GIMP setup, the first try said that it couldn't find
>gs.exe (ghostscript) so I installed ghostscript for X11 from Hobbes.
>Didn't work.  I have been advised that ghostscript 5.5 for OS/2 will
>work under XWindows but I'm not convinced of that since the
>executables have different names (I need it to work in conjuction
>(seamlessly) with GIMP which wants to call gs.exe to interpret the
>encapsulated postscript file.)

Ghostscript isn't a GUI program, and as such will "work under X
windows"!

GhostView is a GUI front-end to gs.exe and an OS/2 Presentation
Manager version is available - this won't work under X.

I imagine (but don't know) that the OS/2 X version is also a
front end for gs.exe.

Regards

Simon Bowring


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From: [e-mail]                           04-Oct-99 21:59:07
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 14:43:29
Subj: Re: OpenGL

From: "Rade Popovic" <[e-mail]>

On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 06:14:47 GMT, Glen D wrote:

>
>It hasn't been updates for a while but
>http://www.utsi.com/~kgl/os2-opengl/index.html is a good place to
>start.  You want OGLGOLD.ZIP from IBM's ftp site.  You might also want
>to check out www.scitechsoft.com as well if you already haven't.
>
>
>Glen D
>-<remove Z from my e-mail address>-
>
>
>
>On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 01:02:32 +0200 (CDT), "Rade Popovic"
><[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>Where can I download OpenGL for Warp3 (if it is free)?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Rascho
>>e-mail:[e-mail]
>>ICQ# 49354974
>>
>>------------------------
>>Hal 9000: "Dave, put those Windows disks down....Dave...DAVE!"
>>
>>
>

I have downloaded oglgold.zip but there is no installation
instructions. How do I install this?

Rascho
e-mail:[e-mail]
ICQ# 49354974

------------------------
Hal 9000: "Dave, put those Windows disks down....Dave...DAVE!"


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From: [e-mail]                                  05-Oct-99 17:58:21
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 16:51:10
Subj: Re: SB live and OS/2

From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>

UPDATE:

OK, for what it's worth,(yeah, I've got a pretty good idea as well) for
those of you that responded to me directly to the effect of "GEE, I would
have remembered such a survey, and I don't"......check out
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/09/euro.warp.stock.idg/index.html

I may be growing feeble and old, and I may have confused IBM with one of
it's product's support groups, and confused the timing considerably, but
the subject matter at hand was quite genuine. More so anyway than the
"hoaxter" that sent me bogus info re: results of the survey.

Now, to more pressing matters: What chances do you give the candidate
Kennedy of defeating the "sitting VP" Nixon in the upcomming election? If
elected, can he make a good president?  Do you think he has anything to
worry about from those prohibition bootleggers that warned Joe K "I
wouldn't want to be a Kennedy,....EVER!"?

What's this gotta do with IBM and/or OS/2?  well, a double cross is a
double cross regardless of vintage.

Just curious

[e-mail] wrote:

> I recall somewhere reading that IBM was preparing OS/2 drivers for the
> PCI based SoundBlaster Live card as a result of "overwealming" interest
> from user surveys. Any body know the official status of this??
> --
> "Windows N.T."  ........OS/2 for the masses?



--
"Windows N.T."  ........OS/2 for the masses?


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From: [e-mail]                                    05-Oct-99 20:45:25
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 19:53:18
Subj: Warpstock '99 Atlanta, GA USA

From: "Johnny Kitchens" <[e-mail]>

Outstanding Software and Specials At Warpstock '99 Atlanta


Warpstock '99 Atlanta Press Release
October 5, 1999
For Immediate Release

Warpstock is THE place to find the latest OS/2 Software. You'll find both
new and updated software from a large assortment of vendors, and be ready to
buy because you won't believe the "show specials" that will be available for
Warpstock attendees!

For example, Hethmon Brothers will be offering their first class Inet.Mail
Pro 1.5 for $399, a full $100 off the normal retail price! Version 1.3 will
be also available at discounted prices. Inet.Mail Pro for OS/2 is a full
featured SMTP and POP3 server for OS/2.

Sundial Systems, the Warped Jeopardy! sponsor and major OS/2 software house
("Sundial has the Answers"), will show their full product line. Look for
outstanding savings on their Mesa 2 spreadsheet; DBExpert relational
database and application builder; Relish, RelishNet, and RelishWeb, all for
time management; the Clearlook word processor; and Rover Pack desktop
enhancements. Plus, get a sneak preview of a new anti-spam product,
code-named Kiwi.

Perfect Niche Software will offer an incredible discount on SMACK!, the easy
to use label printing program. The retail price of SMACK! is $69.95, but
Warpstock attendees can license SMACK! for only $44.95, a $25.00 savings!

Serenity Systems will be supporting a pavilion where more than a dozen ISVs
will demonstrate their applications on Managed Clients supported by
Serenity's amazing WiseManager system. Serenity will also demonstrate their
new WiseTalker Database Server, and will preview their Building Automation
and Security Software, including the "security camera" application. User and
prospective channel partners can look for some "show specials" as well.

And Theta Band software, with Julien Pierre at the helm, has planned special
discounts on their WarpCharge and MMPack software for Warpstock attendees.
WarpCharge lets your web site take credit card orders online, and MMPack is
a top-of-the-line multimedia package.

You'll also see IBM's latest products including OS/2 Warp Server for
e-business, and Workspace On-Demand. IBM is giving over a dozen
presentations, and it's a perfect opportunity for you to see the future
through IBM's eyes.

JBC Software Development will offer a fantastic 30% discount on their
HomePage Publisher and GpfRexx products. HomePage Publisher is the most
powerful OS/2 web page editor on the market. GpfRexx is a visual application
generator that combines the ease of a WYSIWYG visual programming environment
with the power of Rexx.

Also, Armin Schwarz of the Warped Code Cellar has announced discounted
pricing for his powerful House/2, House/290, and UPS Monitor products. Get
all three programs at Warpstock for only $34.00, and Warp your whole house!
HOUSE/2 is designed for easy operation of X10 home control devices, and UPS
Monitor is a utility program to monitor most American Power Conversion (APC)
Uninterruptible Power Sources (UPS) for power line status.

Aviar will showcase several unique OS/2 products including KidStuff for
OS/2, KidStuff for OS/2 Plus Pack, Oz of Prevention System, and "Object Rexx
by Example". The KidStuff titles are edutainment packages for little
children, while "Object Rexx by Example" is a book which teaches Object
Rexx. The Oz of Prevention System is the world's only OS/2 native
speech-aware Computerized Maintenance Management System for Plant Engineers,
Maintenance Managers, and Operations Personnel.

Uwe Schlenter has made special arrangements to provide drastically reduced
prices on his WarpNote, BioGraph/2, and PM Checksum programs. Plus you can
see Phoenix Software's Think Tool Pro desktop database alternative and
CrossTec's NetOp Remote Control for OS/2 remote control software.

With Software and Specials like these, you know you don't want to miss the
premier OS/2 event of the century, Warpstock '99 Atlanta!

OS/2 users from around the world will meet October 16-17 in Atlanta. Visit
http://www.warpstock.org for the complete information about this very
special OS/2 event.


# # # # #
Press release by Tom Bolick ([e-mail]).


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From: [e-mail]                    05-Oct-99 20:27:05
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 19:53:18
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

Jens ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
: I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.

    A no brainer...  Lexmark 3200/5000/5700/7000/7200/Z31/Z51
all have great OS/2 support.  OS/2 printing output matches perfectly with
Windows output.  Another one to look at is Epson, the Stylus 600/800 (I
recall someone reporting that the 640 worked fine with the 600 driver a
while ago).


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From: jms%email.de%email.de%email.de@b...               05-Oct-99 21:50:04
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 19:53:18
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: [e-mail] (Jens)

Thanks...and the epson 900 ?

Jens

>     A no brainer...  Lexmark 3200/5000/5700/7000/7200/Z31/Z51
> all have great OS/2 support.  OS/2 printing output matches perfectly with
> Windows output.  Another one to look at is Epson, the Stylus 600/800 (I
> recall someone reporting that the 640 worked fine with the 600 driver a
> while ago).
>
>


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From: jms%email.de%email.de%email.de@b...               05-Oct-99 21:50:26
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 19:53:18
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: [e-mail] (Jens)

Thanks !
It took me a while to understand what your link means, but now I got
it to work and it looks good !

Jens


> > Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
> > I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.
>
> --> http://www.erdw.ethz.ch/~bonk/bonk.html

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From: [e-mail]                             05-Oct-99 16:42:01
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 21:22:25
Subj: Re: GIMP, XFree86, GhostScript HELP PLEASE.

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>


Ray Appleby wrote:
>
> I am trying to open a .EPS file in GIMP.  After getting
> XFree86/XWindows/GIMP setup, the first try said that it couldn't find
> gs.exe (ghostscript) so I installed ghostscript for X11 from Hobbes.
> Didn't work.  I have been advised that ghostscript 5.5 for OS/2 will
> work under XWindows but I'm not convinced of that since the
> executables have different names (I need it to work in conjuction
> (seamlessly) with GIMP which wants to call gs.exe to interpret the
> encapsulated postscript file.)
>
> I can't find any info on how to properly set up ghostscript under
> XFree86/XWindows.

Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript page description
language used by
laser printers.  GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript that
runs on Windows, OS/2 and X11.  Info on how to obtain and configure
GSView and Ghostscript under OS/2 (and other platforms) is available at:

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/index.html

All of the files and information that you need are available here but
you will have to download and read some READ.ME files to get some of the
info.

>
> If anyone has done this could you please post the procedure or
> location and name of a readme file which contains detailed info about
> this specific procedure.
>
> I don't just want to run ghostscript, I want it to work in conjuction
> with GIMP under XWindows.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best Regards,
> Ray Appleby                     [e-mail]
> [Team OS/2]                 Multitasking at OS/2 Warp4 Speed.

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From: [e-mail]                                 05-Oct-99 23:36:29
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 21:22:26
Subj: Re: Yamaha YMF724 drivers

From: JM <[e-mail]>


Walter Protch wrote:

> JM wrote:
>
>

------snipped  here----

> And if after that it doesn't work, well you can always throw it away or
> try to play with the RESERVE.SYS os/2 driver (I gave up at that point,
> and hopefully it worked with the other solution.
>
> Well If you still have problems, let me know
>
> --
> ======================================
> Walter PROTCH
> [e-mail]
> ______________________________________
> Ainsi va la vie, ainsi va la FORCE !
> ======================================

Thank you for answer, but all you said I tried (moving card
from one to another slot, verbose mode, etc,) without success.
However, verbose mode in config sys file explained what
happened: " .. can't detect YMF 724 PCI card.." and another
line something like that. I suppose that it is because
the card was not original Yamaha (although on chip was printed 724),
then SV 550 , so I gave up and returned card to retailer.
I keep looking for OS2 music card. (maybe AWE 64 value/gold?)
Anyway, is somewhere on the net good OS/2 FAQ for this area?

Thank, and  good luck!

Jovan

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From: [e-mail]                                   06-Oct-99 00:12:10
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 21:22:26
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: ROBERTO GAINZA <[e-mail]>


Jens escribió:

> Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
> I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.
>
> Thanks,
> Jens

  QMS Magicolor 2CX 2400*1200 laser color, drives ready for os2. It is
verygood, but not for personal use, by the price.
Saludos

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From: [e-mail]                       05-Oct-99 23:52:07
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 21:22:26
Subj: Dual Soundcards under OS/2

From: [e-mail] (e-frog)

Anyone know if it's possible to run dual soundcards under OS/2? Couldn't
find any mention on DejaNews.

I don't want to muck up any of my setup if it is blatantly impossible.
It doesn't work under Win95, it totally craps out and doesn't even boot.

(The background is this:
I've "upgraded" from a SB32 PnP to an Acer AW320 - Crystal chipset 4614.
I'm a bit loath to remove my SB32 just yet because i) it works, and ii)
the Crystal drivers don't have OS/2 MIDI support for some reason)


Thanks,
Isaac

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From: [e-mail]9.c...               06-Oct-99 01:07:14
  To: All                                               05-Oct-99 21:22:26
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: Roland Pinches <[e-mail]>

Hi,

I just got the HP Deskjet 2000C and it works fine with the OMNI print
driver that I downloaded from the Device driver pack on-line.

The OS/2 driver does seem to be lacking the ability to query the levels
of ink in the cartridges though :-(

Roly.

Jens wrote:
>
> Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
> I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.
>
> Thanks,
> Jens

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From: [e-mail]                                05-Oct-99 20:36:02
  To: [e-mail]                              06-Oct-99 03:33:25
Subj: Re: TP760 ELD, ES16881$, and Trap 000D

To: [e-mail]
From: "James D Parker Jr." <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote:

> Hello Eric,
>
> By any chance, do you recall where you found the fixed driver?  The drivers
from
> www.esstech.com and the ddpack online site are at the same revision (1.0.3),
> though the zipfile sizes differ slightly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> In <[e-mail]>, "Esko Kauppinen"
<[e-mail]> writes:
> >On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 00:17:02 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:
> >
> >>Thanks for the tip.  In fact, that's exactly what I did.  Still, I get the
> >>traps.
> >>
> >>What I'll probably do is re-install OS/2, and install only FP9 (and leave
> >>it there), as FP10 and above seem to break the ES1688 driver.
> >
> >I'm using the ES1688 on my Compaq and also had the Trap while
> >installing Fixpak 10 (or was it 9?).
> >
> >I solved the problem by installing the fixed driver but had a bit
> >difficulties finding it. I first tried one driver from the recommended
> >pages and it trapped too.
> >
> >Now it works well in OS/2 side but for WinOS2 I have to use the
> >Blaster drivers.
> >
> >
>
> jdserra at ameritech dot net

You can find the driver referred to in another post at at
ftp://ftp.quasarbbs.com/os2/drivers/audio/ess/os21688.zip

Jim


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From: [e-mail]                     06-Oct-99 00:29:08
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 03:33:25
Subj: Re: OpenGL

From: [e-mail] (Glen D)

Make sure the .dll files are in your LIBPATH, if you want to run
OpenGL programs.  The other stuff (if I remember correctly) is just
for developing OpenGL programs.

Glen D
-<remove Z from my e-mail address>-


On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 21:59:15 +0200 (CDT), "Rade Popovic"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 06:14:47 GMT, Glen D wrote:
>
>>
>>It hasn't been updates for a while but
>>http://www.utsi.com/~kgl/os2-opengl/index.html is a good place to
>>start.  You want OGLGOLD.ZIP from IBM's ftp site.  You might also want
>>to check out www.scitechsoft.com as well if you already haven't.
>>
>>
>>Glen D
>>-<remove Z from my e-mail address>-
>>
>>
>>
>>On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 01:02:32 +0200 (CDT), "Rade Popovic"
>><[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>Where can I download OpenGL for Warp3 (if it is free)?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Rascho
>>>e-mail:[e-mail]
>>>ICQ# 49354974
>>>
>>>------------------------
>>>Hal 9000: "Dave, put those Windows disks down....Dave...DAVE!"
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>I have downloaded oglgold.zip but there is no installation
>instructions. How do I install this?
>
>Rascho
>e-mail:[e-mail]
>ICQ# 49354974
>
>------------------------
>Hal 9000: "Dave, put those Windows disks down....Dave...DAVE!"
>
>

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From: [e-mail]                      05-Oct-99 18:27:20
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 03:33:25
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: "Nick Danger" <[e-mail]>

On 5 Oct 1999 07:55:32 GMT, Jens wrote:

>
> Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
> I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.

Getting good results here with Lexmark 3200.  I paid
$134 and got a $50 rebate.


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From: [e-mail]                                  06-Oct-99 03:10:02
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 03:33:25
Subj: Re: Need help with AOpen AW320 Sound Card installation

From: [e-mail] (Nathan Liskov)

I've made some progress on the sound card problem.

Evidently there is an interrupt conflict with my 2nd ethernet card
(3com 509 ISA card).  With the sound card installed my local network
does not work.

I've thought of two possible work-arounds:

    1) Try to find another interrupt for the ethernet card (i'm not sure
there are any)
    2) Get a PCI ethernet card to replace the ISA ethernet card.

I'd appreciate any suggestions.

    Thanks

        Nathan Liskov

On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 02:17:07, [e-mail] (Nathan Liskov) wrote:

> Evidently my old ISA pas-16 sound card stopped working so I bought an
> AOpen AW320 PCI sound board with a crystal CS4614 chip.  Sound cards
> with crystal chips have been recommended in this newsgroup as having
> good support under os/2.
>
> With the crystal drivers my system hangs on boot.  If someone has
> gotten this board to work under warp 4, I would appreciate any inputs.
>
> This card is described in
> http://english.aopen.com/products/sound/aw320.htm
>
> I got the os2 installation and driver file cwos2303.zip from the
> cirrus web site http://www.cirrus.com/drivers/audiodrv/os2.html
>
> After installation, the following lines are added to my config.sys:
>
> BASEDEV=CWCMMPM.SYS /N:CWCAUD1$
> BASEDEV=CWGMSG.SYS
> BASEDEV=CWCSPUD.SYS
> DEVICE=E:\MMOS2\CWGUTIL.SYS
> DEVICE=E:\MMOS2\CWWINVDD.SYS
> RUN=E:\MMOS2\CWCUTIL.EXE
> RUN=E:\MMOS2\CWDAEMON.EXE
> DEVICE=E:\MMOS2\OPL3.SYS /N:OPL31$
>
> The first five lines are ok, but if any of the remaining lines are
> left in, the system hangs on boot.
>
> I installed on top of previous installations.  I tried the method of
> de-installing all mmpm/2 multimedia
> and re-install.  However after deleting the mmos2 directory in my e:
> boot directory, selective install of multimedia failed.  First, the
> selective install was set to c: instead of my boot partition e: and
> was grayed out and not changable.  Second I got a sys3175 failure
> message when hitting the next button on the screen where multimedia
> was selected.
>
> I'm running with fixpak 11 on a k6-233 system with 128 mb.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
>     nate liskov
>
>
>
>
> [e-mail]   http://nateliskov.ne.mediaone.net

[e-mail]   http://nateliskov.ne.mediaone.net

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From: [e-mail]                                   06-Oct-99 04:37:21
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 03:33:26
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: [e-mail] (Rogprov)

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Jens) writes:

>Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
>I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.

Lexmark 5700 -  the OS/2 drivers are not on the CD but can be had from
www.lexmark.com
I use a lot for digital photos - excellent!

Regards
Roger Provins

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From: [e-mail]                                 06-Oct-99 05:02:06
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 03:33:26
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: Kevin Waugh <[e-mail]>

I use an epson photo stylus EX (A3) and ibm latest epson driver (the
exact name escapes me and I am at work using NT so can't find out) and
they work really well.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 10/5/99, 8:55:32 PM, [e-mail]
(Jens) wrote regarding good color printer/driver ?:


> Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
> I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.

> Thanks,
> Jens



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From: [e-mail]                06-Oct-99 01:30:29
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 03:33:26
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcards under OS/2

From: John Youells <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (e-frog) wrote:

>Anyone know if it's possible to run dual soundcards under OS/2? Couldn't
>find any mention on DejaNews.
>
>I don't want to muck up any of my setup if it is blatantly impossible.
>It doesn't work under Win95, it totally craps out and doesn't even boot.
>
>(The background is this:
>I've "upgraded" from a SB32 PnP to an Acer AW320 - Crystal chipset 4614.
>I'm a bit loath to remove my SB32 just yet because i) it works, and ii)
>the Crystal drivers don't have OS/2 MIDI support for some reason)
>
>
>Thanks,
>Isaac
Copied from an old message in this newsgroup from 10/98

On 26 Oct 1998 17:50:19 GMT, Rainer H?rting wrote:

>High,
>did somebody ever try to install 2 soundcards
>in one computer so that with two instances
>of a programm you can play simultaniously
>two WAV files.

Yup.. I've got an ESS1689PnP as AudioDevice01 and and SB Awe32 as
AudioDevice02. Other than problems with MIDI everything works great. The only
problem is that not all applications support a second soundcard so that even
if you set the second soundcard as the default it will stay play sound on the
first soundcard.

This is ok for me since I use the Awe32 for MIDI and MP3's and the ESS for
system/event sounds. However since the Awe32 is hooked up to my stereo it's
annoying sometimes that I can't play certain files like S3M's through the
Awe32 and the stereo.

Use selective install when installing the second sound card and it should
install fine.




John Youells
LifeStream Computing

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From: [e-mail]                      06-Oct-99 05:40:04
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 03:33:26
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcards under OS/2

From: [e-mail]

In article <7te2vf$sue$[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] (e-frog) wrote:

> Anyone know if it's possible to run dual soundcards under OS/2?
> Couldn't find any mention on DejaNews.

Yep, no problems at all assuming that you have the nessecary resources
free. OS/2 can handle any number of sound-cards.

> I don't want to muck up any of my setup if it is blatantly impossible.
> It doesn't work under Win95, it totally craps out and doesn't even
> boot.

I have an SB16 and an AOpen AW320 running just fine under OS/2 and
Win95B.

> (The background is this:
> I've "upgraded" from a SB32 PnP to an Acer AW320 - Crystal chipset
> 4614. I'm a bit loath to remove my SB32 just yet because i) it works,
> and ii) the Crystal drivers don't have OS/2 MIDI support for some
> reason)

Weeeellll, do you have enough free resources to do this? BTW, the Midi
problem is documented in the Crystal readme's. Try booting with just one
card to see if there are possible conflicts.

BTW, OS/2's implimentation of multiple sound cards is better than
Win95's.

--
-Steven Hunter               *OS/2 Warp 4 * |Warpstock '99 | Oct 16-17|
[e-mail] *AMD K6-2 400* |       Atlanta GA        |


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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From: [e-mail]                            06-Oct-99 08:38:16
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 14:39:26
Subj: Re: Yamaha 4416S with a ASUS T2P4 motherboard

From: [e-mail] (Stefan A. Deutscher)

On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 21:22:45 -0400, JNiffen <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I recently, purchased a Yamaha 4416S CDROM recorder, rewriter player.  I
>have attempted to install it in a ASUS P55T2P4 PSC00 motherboard with on
>board Adaptec 7880 SCSI bios ver 1.24.
>
>The SCSI will not reconize the Yahama but it will see an old NEC 841
>CDROM.  I have tried the setup with the Yamaha as the terminated and ID
>of 3 and the NEC as 2 or 5 but the Adaptec setup utilities on the board
>will not acknowledge the Yamaha exist.  I have even tried the Yamaha
>alone on the system.
>
>One thing funny is I noticed the the SCSI setting will not accept a
>change and the controller is at ID 15 not at 7.  I am using the
>Ultra/UltraWide connection. Also I have an 8 gig WD Hard drive and an
>Imation Superfloppy.  I have not installed any software except for PC
>DOS 7.0 and the adaptec drivers for DOS.  So, what I am wondering if I
>need to update the Yamaha BIOS, but will it do that if the controller

Yes, probably.

>can't see the CDROM.

No, probably not. You may have to find another machine that has a scsi
controller / operating system (operating environment) combo that works.

  Stefan


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From: [e-mail]                            06-Oct-99 10:44:22
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 14:39:26
Subj: Re: Need help with AOpen AW320 Sound Card installation

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Nathan Liskov) writes:

>I've made some progress on the sound card problem.

>I've thought of two possible work-arounds:
>
>    1) Try to find another interrupt for the ethernet card (i'm not sure
>there are any)
>    2) Get a PCI ethernet card to replace the ISA ethernet card.
>
>I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
>    Thanks
>
>        Nathan Liskov

Either route involves separation of the IRQ's as you've discovered.
I've worked with a few of the ISA NIC cards.  Typically, they have a
factory supplied setup utility.  That little program, typically run in a
DOS session, may let you choose another IRQ for the card.  You may find
that you can move the IRQ off the conflict that way.  Then again, you
may find, as was the case with the DC200 cards, that perhaps you are not
given a choice for an IRQ you need.  In the DC200 case, I wanted IRQ12.
It offered me about every IRQ except that one!

Now when you move to a PCI NIC card, there may be trouble there too.
Check that moving the card around the slots does or does not chance the
IRQ that it 'sees', as in some board operations, slot position
contributes to how the IRQ's get assigned by the MB BIOS...  That said,
you also may find you need to hand select IRQ's for various slots, just
to keep them all separated!  You may find, for example, that simply
buying a new PCI NIC and plugging it in, suddenly changes other IRQ's
that you thought were all clear, to conflicts!

In the Award BIOS deals, the initial tipoff is to watch the collection
of slot and IRQ information that is part of the boot run.  That is of
real importance in the case of the NIC card(s), as the hardware utility
in your setup icon does not list the NIC's IRQ, or at least mine never
have shown up there for the NIC's I've used..


--> Sleep well; OS2's still awake! ;)

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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From: jag12@_nospam_le.ac.uk                            06-Oct-99 12:12:18
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 14:39:26
Subj: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: Dr J A Gow <jag12@_nospam_le.ac.uk>


--



Hello!

    While having 'fun' trying to find a PCI soundcard that will work
well in OS/2 it appears that a considerable number of supported
cards do not provide WinOS/2 support, a factor that is certainly
useful to myself and could also be useful to others. Now while there is
a beta generic WinOS/2 audio driver around, it only supports wave out
and it appears that it is unlikely to be updated. Now what I would like
to
do is to continue development of the driver to fully enable the
multimedia
support of WinOS/2. However, while I have a considerable degree of
experience throwing 16-bit segments around in assembler when writing
low-level stuff in the dark ol' days of DOS/Win 3.1, I have never
written
device drivers (.drv) for Win3.1, and documentation surrounding the
format
and build tools for such files seems scarce. There appears to be, unless

I am looking in the wrong place, partial source for the generic audio
driver on the IBM DDK site, but this only covers the code for the daemon

process that actually sends the multimedia requests to the OS/2
multimedia
subsystem, and not the Win 3.1 driver or the VDD intermediary. While I
can glean sufficient information about the VDD requirements and
build environment, I have no information about the Win 3.1 driver. Now
if
anybody could help me here with some basic information, or references
to where I may find it, about the following I would be very grateful:

Build environment required for multimedia .drv drivers (win 3.1)
Interface between MMSYSTEM.DLL and wave/midi/aux/mixer drivers (win 3.1)

Many thanks for your time
        John.

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From: jag12@_nospam_le.ac.uk                            06-Oct-99 12:24:25
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 14:39:26
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: Dr J A Gow <jag12@_nospam_le.ac.uk>


Kevin Waugh wrote:

> I use an epson photo stylus EX (A3) and ibm latest epson driver (the
> exact name escapes me and I am at work using NT so can't find out) and
> they work really well.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 10/5/99, 8:55:32 PM, [e-mail]
> (Jens) wrote regarding good color printer/driver ?:
>
> > Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
> > I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Jens

I can second this recommendation for the Epson Stylus Photo EX - I use
it on the OS/2 boxes both at work and at home and both the quality of
output and the print speed are both excellent. The driver you need
is the EPOMNI driver from IBM DDpak. I bought this printer to replace
a Stylus Colour 400 which, although the standard OMNI driver claimed
to support it gave totally unacceptable results.

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From: [e-mail]                          06-Oct-99 13:43:18
  To: "'[e-mail]..               06-Oct-99 14:39:27
Subj: RE: Yamaha 4416S with a ASUS T2P4 motherboard

To: "'[e-mail]'"
From: David Partridge <[e-mail]>

OK here goes:

1) The 4416S needs to be attached to a narrow Ultra channel. If its on a
Wide Ultra
channel, you will need an adapter for the connection to the device.
Dependent on whether
its at the end of the chain or not you will need an adapter that terminates
the unused
ways (if at end of SCSI chain) or not (if in the middle).  Naturally if its
at the end of
the chain, you'll also need to turn on device termination as well.

2) The firmware in the 4416S may need flashing to the current level.  1.0g I
think.
If it isn't then you may have intermittent problems with it not being seen
by the SCSI
controller.

Whe you boot the machine, does the device get reported by the SCSI bios
along with the
others or not?  If not 2) may be the problem.  If yes, but it doesn't work
properly then
look to 1) as a potential source of the problem.

Warning:  Do not attempt to update the SCSI bios in the controller with the
one from the
Adaptec site.  You will need to get any bios updates for built on MB SCSI
from ASUS.

In fact you might well try going to the ASUS tech support site and see it
there are any
updates to the MB bios, as that may the the whole root of the problem.  If
you do flash the
MB bios, MAKE VERY SURE THAT YOU TAKE A BACKUP AS PART OF THE PROCESS.   I
take no responsibility
if you trash the MB as a result of a failed bios load.

Hope that's of some use.

Dave Partridge


 Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
 Before you buy.

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From: [e-mail]                          06-Oct-99 14:19:19
  To: "'[e-mail]..               06-Oct-99 14:39:27
Subj: Drivers for Dell Inspiron 7500 Notebook ???

To: "'[e-mail]'"
From: David Partridge <[e-mail]>

Dell have started shipping the Inspiron 7500 which looks (apart from the
fact that it has
a mouse pad rather than a trackpoint) looks like a Very Interesting Machine.
The relevant
specifications are:

Sound system:     ESS Maestro-2E
Video:        ATI Rage Mobility (tm) - P 8MB video Ram
            1400*1050 SXGA resolution 15" display.
PCMCIA/CardBus:    TI PCI 1220 CardBus logic controller

What's the likely scoop on OS/2 driver availability for that handful?  Dire?
Or am I
just being overly pessimistic?

Regards,
David C. Partridge, Technical Consultant & Project Manager
Baltimore Secure MQ - Security for MQSeries
Baltimore Technology (UK) Ltd.
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Website http://www.baltimore.com/
Baltimore - Global e-Security


 Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
 Before you buy.

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From: [e-mail]                           06-Oct-99 19:21:05
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 19:55:17
Subj: Re: OpenGL

From: "Rade Popovic" <[e-mail]>

On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 00:29:17 GMT, Glen D wrote:

>Make sure the .dll files are in your LIBPATH, if you want to run
>OpenGL programs.  The other stuff (if I remember correctly) is just
>for developing OpenGL programs.

Thank you

Rascho
e-mail:[e-mail]
ICQ# 49354974

------------------------
Hal 9000: "Dave, put those Windows disks down....Dave...DAVE!"


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From: jms%email.de%email.de%email.de@b...               06-Oct-99 17:28:08
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 19:55:17
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: [e-mail] (Jens)

Thanks for your opinions.
What I heard is that with lexmark I cannot be wrong !

Thanks,
Jens

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From: [e-mail]                              06-Oct-99 11:23:17
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 19:55:17
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: Paul Dhuse <[e-mail]>

Jens wrote:
>
> Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
> I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.
>
> Thanks,
> Jens

I just purchased a Lexmark Optra Color 40 from buy.com on Tim Sipples
recommendation.  It's PostScript and PCL5.  It's been a very good
upgrade from my Epson Color Stylus II.  I'm very pleased.  It comes with
OS/2 drivers (pscript, pcl5) and those are updated regularly.  The
controls on it are done through software and it has the program for OS/2
as well as Windows.

http://www.buy.com/surplus/product.asp?sku=70000013
http://www.lexmark.com/printers/inkjet/OptraColor/40.html

--
Paul R. Dhuse
Mirapoint, Inc.
[phone]

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From: [e-mail]                        06-Oct-99 18:10:12
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 21:36:00
Subj: Hauppauge WinTV:  Dead or alive?

From: "Joseph O. Henley" <[e-mail]>

Anyone heard anything recently from Hauppauge or Abbottsbury on the
WinTV drivers and applications.  The last update to the Abbottsbury
drivers was almost three months ago.  And a recent note to John
Rodriguez has gone unanswered.

Joe

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From: [e-mail]                             06-Oct-99 16:21:22
  To: All                                               06-Oct-99 21:36:01
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>


Jens wrote:
>
> Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
> I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.
>
> Thanks,
> Jens


I have an HP 855C that gives very good performance with OS/2.

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From: [e-mail]                                   07-Oct-99 02:49:18
  To: All                                               07-Oct-99 03:17:00
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: pf <[e-mail]>

Dr J A Gow wrote:
>
> --
>
> Hello!
>
>     While having 'fun' trying to find a PCI soundcard that will work
> well in OS/2 it appears that a considerable number of supported

This isn't exactly a ringing endorsement,  but FYI:

(crystal is currently testing their drivers for me under warp 4.5 to try
to reproduce the skipping problem).

Subject:    PCI Sound card for OS/2? Yes! but the drivers suck...
   Date:    Sun, 03 Oct 1999 05:51:24 -0400
   From:    Peter Fitzsimmons <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc


I just bought a Crystal CS4280 based card ($9.95us mail order :).

It's one step better than the Creative Labs PCI128 I got tricked into
buying for $55cdn (no os/2 support at all; but works fantastic under win
98/nt).

The crystal card/drivers work great under NT, poorly under OS/2, and
dismally under Win98.

Under OS/2 (warp 4.5) "DART" programs (like MP3 players) play at double
speed some of the time (skipping every other frame),  and the midi
support
is a joke.

My old SB16 non-pnp card worked better,  but required an ISA slot.

If you're really desperate to free up an ISA slot, you might try a
CS4280 based card.

This is the one I bought:

 http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/noinfo.asp?sogncrs4280


and don't be fooled by all the talk about "3d" and "wavetable". These
can only be implemented with software (poorly) with this card.

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From: rjerant@no_spam,austin.rr.com                     07-Oct-99 05:25:23
  To: All                                               07-Oct-99 03:17:00
Subj: Re: Drivers for Dell Inspiron 7500 Notebook ???

From: rjerant@no_spam,austin.rr.com (Rich Jerant)

The 7500 is a really sweet machine. I got to play with one for a few
months while adding AC3 support to the Win98 M2E driver. We currenltly
do not have an OS/2 M2E driver and I don't think there is one in plan.
But things could change....

Rich

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 14:19:38 +0100, David Partridge
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>Dell have started shipping the Inspiron 7500 which looks (apart from the
>fact that it has
>a mouse pad rather than a trackpoint) looks like a Very Interesting Machine.
>The relevant
>specifications are:
>
>Sound system:     ESS Maestro-2E
>Video:        ATI Rage Mobility (tm) - P 8MB video Ram
>            1400*1050 SXGA resolution 15" display.
>PCMCIA/CardBus:    TI PCI 1220 CardBus logic controller
>
>What's the likely scoop on OS/2 driver availability for that handful?  Dire?
>Or am I
>just being overly pessimistic?
>
>Regards,
>David C. Partridge, Technical Consultant & Project Manager
>Baltimore Secure MQ - Security for MQSeries
>Baltimore Technology (UK) Ltd.
>Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
>Website http://www.baltimore.com/
>Baltimore - Global e-Security
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

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From: [e-mail]                             06-Oct-99 22:38:20
  To: All                                               07-Oct-99 03:17:00
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>

pf wrote:
>
> Dr J A Gow wrote:
> >
> > --
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> >     While having 'fun' trying to find a PCI soundcard that will work
> > well in OS/2 it appears that a considerable number of supported
>
> This isn't exactly a ringing endorsement,  but FYI:
>
> (crystal is currently testing their drivers for me under warp 4.5 to try
> to reproduce the skipping problem).
>
> Subject:    PCI Sound card for OS/2? Yes! but the drivers suck...
>    Date:    Sun, 03 Oct 1999 05:51:24 -0400
>    From:    Peter Fitzsimmons <[e-mail]>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc
>
> I just bought a Crystal CS4280 based card ($9.95us mail order :).
>
> It's one step better than the Creative Labs PCI128 I got tricked into
> buying for $55cdn (no os/2 support at all; but works fantastic under win
> 98/nt).
>
> The crystal card/drivers work great under NT, poorly under OS/2, and
> dismally under Win98.
>
> Under OS/2 (warp 4.5) "DART" programs (like MP3 players) play at double
> speed some of the time (skipping every other frame),  and the midi
> support
> is a joke.
>
> My old SB16 non-pnp card worked better,  but required an ISA slot.
>
> If you're really desperate to free up an ISA slot, you might try a
> CS4280 based card.
>
> This is the one I bought:
>
>  http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/noinfo.asp?sogncrs4280
>
> and don't be fooled by all the talk about "3d" and "wavetable". These
> can only be implemented with software (poorly) with this card.

The PCI cards which use the Aureal 8820 Vortex 1 chipset work very well
under OS/2.  MP3s and digital recording are very good.  IMO, this is the
best OS/2 sound solution presently available.  The OS/2 drivers do not
support sound in Win-OS2.  If you really need this, I would recommend a
second ISA card just for the Win-OS2 sound and use the Aureal for the
OS/2 sound.  It is that good.  Or just skip the Win-OS2 sound...

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From: [e-mail]                                 07-Oct-99 11:13:07
  To: All                                               07-Oct-99 16:38:27
Subj: MP3 Player for OS/2

From: Edgar Black <[e-mail]>

Hi  Everyone.

Is there a free MP3 player available for OS/2?

If the answer is yes, where can I download it?

Thanks

--
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Edgar F. Black
208 E. Willard St.
Urbana Il, 61801
[e-mail]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


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From: [e-mail]                                    07-Oct-99 18:35:25
  To: All                                               07-Oct-99 20:07:03
Subj: Re: MP3 Player for OS/2

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, Edgar Black <[e-mail]> writes:
>Hi  Everyone.
>
>Is there a free MP3 player available for OS/2?
There's about four or so free MP3 players that I've seen/use.
WarpAMP(which is a PM app), maplay, mp123 and mpg123(all
three are *ix ports that use the command line).  There's probably
others, but those are the ones I use most commonly(although, my
current player of choice is mpg123).

>
>If the answer is yes, where can I download it?
I downloaded all of them off http://www.os2ss.com, except
for mpg123, which I got off Hobbes.  They should all be on
Hobbes.  Just do a search for either mpeg or mp3.

>
>Thanks
>Edgar F. Black
Kerry

Kerry D. Lee
[e-mail]
Great, so now it's battle of the cliche men. - Lina Inverse, Slayers 1

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From: [e-mail]                               07-Oct-99 15:53:23
  To: All                                               07-Oct-99 20:07:03
Subj: Re: MP3 Player for OS/2

From: Marty <[e-mail]>

Edgar Black wrote:
>
> Hi  Everyone.
>
> Is there a free MP3 player available for OS/2?
>
> If the answer is yes, where can I download it?

WarpAmp.  I think it's on Hobbes.

There are several others as well.

- Marty

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From: [e-mail]                                       07-Oct-99 22:13:03
  To: All                                               07-Oct-99 20:07:04
Subj: Re: Hauppauge WinTV:  Dead or alive?

From: [e-mail] (Timo Maier)

Hi Jo!

>Anyone heard anything recently from Hauppauge or Abbottsbury on the
>WinTV drivers and applications.  The last update to the Abbottsbury

This is a piece of an email I received 2 days ago:

>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<

I expect it will be out next week, I've been doing a lot of
work on other projects for the last couple of months.

[e-mail]
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<


TAM
--
OS/2 Warp4, Ducati 750SS '92
http://www.privat.toplink.de/homepages/thunder
Remove "_" for eMail reply

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From: [e-mail]                             07-Oct-99 16:41:11
  To: All                                               07-Oct-99 20:07:04
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: James Jones <[e-mail]>

Well...I would add this (though I have a Lexmark 5700, use it, and
think it generates very nice output): generating output on the
5700 eats lots o' CPU cycles, and also Lexmark has no intention,
when last I asked, of making the escape sequences public knowledge,
so that if you're thinking of a dual boot w/Linux, you might want
to give serious thought to another printer.

    James Jones

Opinions herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those
of any organization.

Jens wrote:
> Thanks for your opinions.
> What I heard is that with lexmark I cannot be wrong !

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From: [e-mail]                                   07-Oct-99 22:47:21
  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 04:17:06
Subj: Re: Yamaha 4416S with a ASUS T2P4 motherboard (Problem found)

From: JNiffen <[e-mail]>

Thanks for the info.  What the problem was when I downloaded the BIOS
update for this board, either ASUS did not put the one I needed on their
site or I grabbed the wrong one.

ASUS has two different versions of SCSI on this particular motherboard.
One has Wide/Ultra Wide and the other has Wide/Ultra Wide with RAID port
support.  I have the board that has the RAID port support and I
installed the non raid BIOS.  After installing the proper BIOS, the unit
is working fine now and will even boot off of CDROM.

Again thanks..


David Partridge wrote:
>
> OK here goes:
>
> 1) The 4416S needs to be attached to a narrow Ultra channel. If its on a
> Wide Ultra
> channel, you will need an adapter for the connection to the device.
> Dependent on whether
> its at the end of the chain or not you will need an adapter that terminates
> the unused
> ways (if at end of SCSI chain) or not (if in the middle).  Naturally if its
> at the end of
> the chain, you'll also need to turn on device termination as well.
>
> 2) The firmware in the 4416S may need flashing to the current level.  1.0g I
> think.
> If it isn't then you may have intermittent problems with it not being seen
> by the SCSI
> controller.
>
> Whe you boot the machine, does the device get reported by the SCSI bios
> along with the
> others or not?  If not 2) may be the problem.  If yes, but it doesn't work
> properly then
> look to 1) as a potential source of the problem.
>
> Warning:  Do not attempt to update the SCSI bios in the controller with the
> one from the
> Adaptec site.  You will need to get any bios updates for built on MB SCSI
> from ASUS.
>
> In fact you might well try going to the ASUS tech support site and see it
> there are any
> updates to the MB bios, as that may the the whole root of the problem.  If
> you do flash the
> MB bios, MAKE VERY SURE THAT YOU TAKE A BACKUP AS PART OF THE PROCESS.   I
> take no responsibility
> if you trash the MB as a result of a failed bios load.
>
> Hope that's of some use.
>
> Dave Partridge
>
>  Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>  Before you buy.

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From: [e-mail]                             08-Oct-99 02:38:20
  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 04:17:06
Subj: Re: Installation of Real Audio in Netscape

From: [e-mail]

I have a Dell Dimension with a Matrox Millenium PCI, and the Matrox
driver works just fine (no problems at all launching Real Audio player
from Netscape Navigator...)
Let me know if you need any config details...

    Cheers,
    Tom

On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 15:44:40, Daniel Jones <[e-mail]> wrote:

> If you have a Matrox card, then use the latest GRADD drivers
> from IBM. The Matrox drivers (up to and including the latest
> official 2.31 version) have trouble with Win-OS/2 sessions
> and Netscape running at the same time. Real Audio won't launch
> at all unless you launch it *before* you launch Netscape.
>
> Plus the GRADD drivers give me "deeper" color (I have a Matrox
> Mil. PCI, 8 mb VRAM).
>

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From: jag12@_nospam_le.ac.uk                            08-Oct-99 09:43:18
  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 11:55:23
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: Dr J A Gow <jag12@_nospam_le.ac.uk>

Thanks for the info, guys - but this is not really the information I was
looking for here.
What I would like is some basic Windows multimedia .drv file development
details,
such as what tools I would require to build them (other than a 16 bit compiler
and
linker), how they should be built and what the interface is between
MMSYSTEM.DLL (WinOS/2) and the windows .drv files.

Incidentally, I was, as a temporary measure, considering purchasing a CS based

PCI soundcard until I could start work on the generic WinOS/2 drivers -
although the
Aureal card works extremely well in OS/2, the drivers seem to prevent APM from
allowing
the machine to drop into suspend mode - which since I leave the machine on for
extended
periods is a damn nuisance.

Thanks for your forbearance,


        John.




"David T. Johnson" wrote:

> pf wrote:
> >
> > Dr J A Gow wrote:
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > >     While having 'fun' trying to find a PCI soundcard that will work
> > > well in OS/2 it appears that a considerable number of supported
> >
> > This isn't exactly a ringing endorsement,  but FYI:
> >
> > (crystal is currently testing their drivers for me under warp 4.5 to try
> > to reproduce the skipping problem).
> >
> > Subject:    PCI Sound card for OS/2? Yes! but the drivers suck...
> >    Date:    Sun, 03 Oct 1999 05:51:24 -0400
> >    From:    Peter Fitzsimmons <[e-mail]>
> > Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc
> >
> > I just bought a Crystal CS4280 based card ($9.95us mail order :).
> >
> > It's one step better than the Creative Labs PCI128 I got tricked into
> > buying for $55cdn (no os/2 support at all; but works fantastic under win
> > 98/nt).
> >
> > The crystal card/drivers work great under NT, poorly under OS/2, and
> > dismally under Win98.
> >
> > Under OS/2 (warp 4.5) "DART" programs (like MP3 players) play at double
> > speed some of the time (skipping every other frame),  and the midi
> > support
> > is a joke.
> >
> > My old SB16 non-pnp card worked better,  but required an ISA slot.
> >
> > If you're really desperate to free up an ISA slot, you might try a
> > CS4280 based card.
> >
> > This is the one I bought:
> >
> >  http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/noinfo.asp?sogncrs4280
> >
> > and don't be fooled by all the talk about "3d" and "wavetable". These
> > can only be implemented with software (poorly) with this card.
>
> The PCI cards which use the Aureal 8820 Vortex 1 chipset work very well
> under OS/2.  MP3s and digital recording are very good.  IMO, this is the
> best OS/2 sound solution presently available.  The OS/2 drivers do not
> support sound in Win-OS2.  If you really need this, I would recommend a
> second ISA card just for the Win-OS2 sound and use the Aureal for the
> OS/2 sound.  It is that good.  Or just skip the Win-OS2 sound...

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From: [e-mail]                         08-Oct-99 12:53:18
  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 11:55:24
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: [e-mail]

Go to -
http://service.software.ibm.com/ddk/

the site has all of the os/2 driver development files including multimedia.

You will have to register, no costs, and the development tools are included
(16 bit C and masm) plus all the docs. If you get everything for all drivers,
it's about 100mb of zip files.

Dave Beck




In <37FDAEB8.4CBF8A9D@_nospam_le.ac.uk>, Dr J A Gow <jag12@_nospam_le.ac.uk>
writes:
>
>Thanks for the info, guys - but this is not really the information I was
>looking for here.
>What I would like is some basic Windows multimedia .drv file development
>details,
>such as what tools I would require to build them (other than a 16 bit
compiler
>and
>linker), how they should be built and what the interface is between
>MMSYSTEM.DLL (WinOS/2) and the windows .drv files.
>
>Incidentally, I was, as a temporary measure, considering purchasing a CS
based
>
>PCI soundcard until I could start work on the generic WinOS/2 drivers -
>although the
>Aureal card works extremely well in OS/2, the drivers seem to prevent APM
from
>allowing
>the machine to drop into suspend mode - which since I leave the machine on
for
>extended
>periods is a damn nuisance.
>
>Thanks for your forbearance,
>
>
>        John.
>
>
>
>
>"David T. Johnson" wrote:
>
>> pf wrote:
>> >
>> > Dr J A Gow wrote:
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > >
>> > > Hello!
>> > >
>> > >     While having 'fun' trying to find a PCI soundcard that will work
>> > > well in OS/2 it appears that a considerable number of supported
>> >
>> > This isn't exactly a ringing endorsement,  but FYI:
>> >
>> > (crystal is currently testing their drivers for me under warp 4.5 to try
>> > to reproduce the skipping problem).
>> >
>> > Subject:    PCI Sound card for OS/2? Yes! but the drivers suck...
>> >    Date:    Sun, 03 Oct 1999 05:51:24 -0400
>> >    From:    Peter Fitzsimmons <[e-mail]>
>> > Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc
>> >
>> > I just bought a Crystal CS4280 based card ($9.95us mail order :).
>> >
>> > It's one step better than the Creative Labs PCI128 I got tricked into
>> > buying for $55cdn (no os/2 support at all; but works fantastic under win
>> > 98/nt).
>> >
>> > The crystal card/drivers work great under NT, poorly under OS/2, and
>> > dismally under Win98.
>> >
>> > Under OS/2 (warp 4.5) "DART" programs (like MP3 players) play at double
>> > speed some of the time (skipping every other frame),  and the midi
>> > support
>> > is a joke.
>> >
>> > My old SB16 non-pnp card worked better,  but required an ISA slot.
>> >
>> > If you're really desperate to free up an ISA slot, you might try a
>> > CS4280 based card.
>> >
>> > This is the one I bought:
>> >
>> >  http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/noinfo.asp?sogncrs4280
>> >
>> > and don't be fooled by all the talk about "3d" and "wavetable". These
>> > can only be implemented with software (poorly) with this card.
>>
>> The PCI cards which use the Aureal 8820 Vortex 1 chipset work very well
>> under OS/2.  MP3s and digital recording are very good.  IMO, this is the
>> best OS/2 sound solution presently available.  The OS/2 drivers do not
>> support sound in Win-OS2.  If you really need this, I would recommend a
>> second ISA card just for the Win-OS2 sound and use the Aureal for the
>> OS/2 sound.  It is that good.  Or just skip the Win-OS2 sound...
>

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From: rjerant@no_spam,austin.rr.com                     08-Oct-99 14:46:09
  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 15:24:09
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: rjerant@no_spam,austin.rr.com (Rich Jerant)

Hi John
I saw your question the other day but did not have a chance t reply. I
wrote  the OS/2 version of the Generic Win-OS/2 driver while I was
working at IBM.  I can send you details of the builds environments
both win31 and OS/2 . And if you would like the source we used.  The
short version of the win31 environment is that while at IBM we used
their win31 build environment which required MS C 6.0 (I can check on
that) ,  Masm 5.0, and the win31 sdk. Since leaving IBM I have built
win31 drivers using Visual C++ 1.62, the win95 ddk and the win32 sdk.
(I will need to check on that also) Information about the windows
messages that an audio driver needs to handle are detailed (and I use
that word loosly) in the help files included with the win31 sdk and
the win95 ddk. If you have any questions send me some email and I will
try to help you out...

Rich

On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:43:37 +0100, Dr J A Gow
<jag12@_nospam_le.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>Thanks for the info, guys - but this is not really the information I was
>looking for here.
>What I would like is some basic Windows multimedia .drv file development
>details,
>such as what tools I would require to build them (other than a 16 bit
compiler
>and
>linker), how they should be built and what the interface is between
>MMSYSTEM.DLL (WinOS/2) and the windows .drv files.
>
>Incidentally, I was, as a temporary measure, considering purchasing a CS
based
>
>PCI soundcard until I could start work on the generic WinOS/2 drivers -
>although the
>Aureal card works extremely well in OS/2, the drivers seem to prevent APM
from
>allowing
>the machine to drop into suspend mode - which since I leave the machine on
for
>extended
>periods is a damn nuisance.
>
>Thanks for your forbearance,
>
>
>        John.
>
>
>
>

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  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 19:57:07
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From: [e-mail]                                    08-Oct-99 19:56:05
  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: Peter Fitzsimons <[e-mail]>

> > If you're really desperate to free up an ISA slot, you might try a
> > CS4280 based card.
> >
> > This is the one I bought:
> >
> >  http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/noinfo.asp?sogncrs4280
> >
> > and don't be fooled by all the talk about "3d" and "wavetable". These
> > can only be implemented with software (poorly) with this card.
>
> The PCI cards which use the Aureal 8820 Vortex 1 chipset work very well
> under OS/2.  MP3s and digital recording are very good.  IMO, this is the
> best OS/2 sound solution presently available.  The OS/2 drivers do not
> support sound in Win-OS2.  If you really need this, I would recommend a
> second ISA card just for the Win-OS2 sound and use the Aureal for the
> OS/2 sound.  It is that good.  Or just skip the Win-OS2 sound...

The 4280 card I bought does support Win-os2 (not for midi tho), in quite
a clever way -- it feeds the data to an OS/2 daemon process which plays
the sound via mmos2 -- so the sound card is always available to os/2
apps.

Do you have a URL for a card based on the Vortex chip you mentioned?

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From: [e-mail]                                    08-Oct-99 20:02:03
  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: Peter Fitzsimons <[e-mail]>

Dr J A Gow wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info, guys - but this is not really the information I was
> looking for here.
> What I would like is some basic Windows multimedia .drv file development
> details,
> such as what tools I would require to build them (other than a 16 bit
compiler
> and
> linker), how they should be built and what the interface is between
> MMSYSTEM.DLL (WinOS/2) and the windows .drv files.
>
> Incidentally, I was, as a temporary measure, considering purchasing a CS
based


The CS4280 card's drivers seem to do what you want already -- some sort
of generic connection between winos2 and os/2.

There's an outside chance this part of the drivers will work for a
non-CS card. Here's part of the readme:

10) Audio in WIN-OS/2 Sessions
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Crystal Semiconductor device drivers provide outstanding support for
WinOS2.

- Crystal WinOS2 audio drivers are automatically installed during
  installation of OS/2 native audio device drivers.

- Crystal WinOS2 drivers are OS/2 specific and communicate with the
  native OS/2 audio driver to perform audio operations.

- The audio device is considered "in-use" only when WinOS2 is
  actively making sound.

For most users, this support prevents concurancy related errors from
occuring.  Still, they can occur.  Some details on concurancy and
other tips for WinOS2 and DOS game execution follow:

The installation automatically configures WinOS2 Audio when you install
Crystal
OS/2 Audio drivers.
Windows audio drivers are installed for OS/2 Fullpack systemsonly.

The Crystal WinOS2 drivers are OS/2 specific and when loaded under
WinOS2
communicate with the OS/2 native audio device drivers to perform audio.


[...]

12) Audio Concurrency Issues - OS/2, DOS, Win-OS/2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


MMPM/2
------
The OS/2 multimedia subsystem (MMPM/2) is designed such that, when an
application is running in the foreground (has focus), then that
application
takes priority over applications which do not have focus.
MMPM/2 manages the device contention, forcing pauses and resumes to
pass use of the device to the foreground application.

This support is only available for OS/2 native applications.

When DOS games or WinOS2 drivers try to use the device, MMPM/2 is not
implicitly involved in mannaging contention.

DOS GAMES
---------
With the PCI parts, there is no Crystal provided support for
Sound Blaster style audio in an OS/2 DOS session.
FM (OPL-2) is supported, but access does not need to be serialized.

FM does not suffer the same restrictions that traditionally cause
sharing issues between OS/2 native and DOS game execution.
If OS/2 MIDI playback is occuring concurrently with a DOS game,
the two device drivers will cause each other to play improper sounds,
but no catestrophic system errors will occur.
That is, the system will not trap or hang.

The added value of no contingincy issues is greater than the downside
of the potential for some bad sounds produced by the FM chip.

For this reason, access to the FM device is never denied.

WinOS2 Audio
------------
When WinOS2 is quiet, it is "idle" and will not prevent MMPM/2 or other
WinOS2 sessions from using the device.  This also allows you to
run multiple separate WinOS2 sessions with no concern of audio sharing
between the sessions.

MMPM/2 by contrast considers the device "busy" whenever an OS/2
multimedia application is loaded.  For example, loading the OS/2 shipped
Digital Audio player will mark the device as "in-use" and has
historically
prevented WinOS2 from using the audio device.
This is often not an issue as the most prevalent OS/2 multimedia
application, system sounds, releases the device after each sound is
played.

For more information on this subject, see OS/2 online documentation
    VIEW /AUDIO
    VIEW /MULTIMEDIA
    VIEW /SOUNDS

This Crystal Semiconductor driver set goes one step further on
WinOS2 access to the audio device.  When WinOS2 needs access to the
audio device, a message is sent to a background OS/2 native application
which performs MMPM/2 commands to kick all native OS/2 applications off
of the audio device.  This has the effect of forcing MMPM/2 off the
device
when WinOS2 requires use.

The bottom line is that contention issues are minimized.  WinOS2 then
releases ownership of the audio device.  On the release, native OS/2
streams that were kicked off the device are automatically restarted
by MMPM/2.

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From: [e-mail]                             08-Oct-99 12:59:09
  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 Question

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>

rjerant@no_spam, Rich Jerant wrote:
>
> Hi John
> I saw your question the other day but did not have a chance t reply. I
> wrote  the OS/2 version of the Generic Win-OS/2 driver while I was
> working at IBM.  I can send you details of the builds environments
> both win31 and OS/2 . And if you would like the source we used.  The
> short version of the win31 environment is that while at IBM we used
> their win31 build environment which required MS C 6.0 (I can check on
> that) ,  Masm 5.0, and the win31 sdk. Since leaving IBM I have built
> win31 drivers using Visual C++ 1.62, the win95 ddk and the win32 sdk.
> (I will need to check on that also) Information about the windows
> messages that an audio driver needs to handle are detailed (and I use
> that word loosly) in the help files included with the win31 sdk and
> the win95 ddk. If you have any questions send me some email and I will
> try to help you out...

Thanks for replying here.  I have used the generic win-os2 driver with
the Aureal PCI Vortex 1 chipset.  When you install the generic win-os2
driver, it gives you the windows system sounds and so forth with no
problem.  Naturally, I had to try the RealPlayer 5.0 with the generic
win-os2 driver.  When you launch RealPlayer 5.0, the sound comes out for
about 10 seconds (excellent quality I might add) and then...it stops.
If you move the slider forward, it will play another 10 seconds and then
stop.  Do you have any idea why this happens?  The driver seems...that
close! to working, but does not.


>
> Rich
>
> On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 09:43:37 +0100, Dr J A Gow
> <jag12@_nospam_le.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> >Thanks for the info, guys - but this is not really the information I was
> >looking for here.
> >What I would like is some basic Windows multimedia .drv file development
> >details,
> >such as what tools I would require to build them (other than a 16 bit
compiler
> >and
> >linker), how they should be built and what the interface is between
> >MMSYSTEM.DLL (WinOS/2) and the windows .drv files.
> >
> >Incidentally, I was, as a temporary measure, considering purchasing a CS
based
> >
> >PCI soundcard until I could start work on the generic WinOS/2 drivers -
> >although the
> >Aureal card works extremely well in OS/2, the drivers seem to prevent APM
from
> >allowing
> >the machine to drop into suspend mode - which since I leave the machine on
for
> >extended
> >periods is a damn nuisance.
> >
> >Thanks for your forbearance,
> >
> >
> >        John.
> >
> >
> >
> >

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From: [e-mail]                       08-Oct-99 20:51:02
  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 19:57:08
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcards under OS/2

From: [e-mail] (e-frog)

[e-mail] wrote:
: In article <7te2vf$sue$[e-mail]>,
:   [e-mail] (e-frog) wrote:

: > Anyone know if it's possible to run dual soundcards under OS/2?
: > Couldn't find any mention on DejaNews.

: Yep, no problems at all assuming that you have the nessecary resources
: free. OS/2 can handle any number of sound-cards.

: > I don't want to muck up any of my setup if it is blatantly impossible.
: > It doesn't work under Win95, it totally craps out and doesn't even
: > boot.

: I have an SB16 and an AOpen AW320 running just fine under OS/2 and
: Win95B.

Help?
I have started with the SB32 PnP, and it is working.
=> Plugged in new AW320
=> Run the Crystal install program
=> Reboot
=> Use Selective Install and install SB AWE32 PnP support.

The AW320 works fine, but no MIDI (as documented in the README).
Unfortunately, the MIDI files are NOT associated with anything and just
load up by default in the text editor E.
The SB32 no longer produces any sound :(
The CONFIG.SYS still has all the references to SB32. The MMPM2.INI file,
is a bit hard to read for me, but references to SB32 still seem to exist.

Of course, leaving all the hardware intact and restoring the old
CONFIG.SYS and MMPM2.INI files restores the SB32 to original working
order.

Any advice?

Thanks,
Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                              08-Oct-99 21:38:03
  To: All                                               08-Oct-99 19:57:08
Subj: Re: MP3 Player for OS/2

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, Edgar Black <[e-mail]> writes:
>Hi  Everyone.
>
>Is there a free MP3 player available for OS/2?
>
>If the answer is yes, where can I download it?
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Edgar F. Black
>208 E. Willard St.
>Urbana Il, 61801
>[e-mail]
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>

In my view, dink's Z is the best. It will play streams from
the internet or off a hard disk and it uses less resources
than anything out there.

get it at http://dink.org

Keith Cotroneo
[e-mail]

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