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From: [e-mail]                                  22-Oct-99 16:18:17
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:00
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

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

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:00:19, [e-mail] wrote:

> I thought the final release of PMView 2.0 would be out by now.  I
> remember reading in these newsgroups that it was to be released at the
> time of Warpstock.

The latest word is that V.2 will be released around the end of
November.  The basic code is pretty well solid, but some install and
anti-piracy details still have to be set in place.

>
> I'm a registered user of PMView 1.05 and after a very bad experience
> using beta software, in particular, SciTech Display Doctor, I will
> never again chance my system with a beta or preview release of anything
> and that includes the current beta of PMView 2.0.

I too have pretty well sworn off beta software, but I was glad I made
an exception for PmView 2.  It installs without affecting your
previous setup [pay attention to the install and association process]
and certainly didn't screw anything up on _my_ system.

I strongly suggest that you join the PMView beta mailing list and get
hold of the current [practically finished] beta.  I am sure you won't
be disappointed.


> Will I be able to create and edit (video) movies?

No...this isn't on for this version, but Peter plans future major
version upgrades, so you never know.


>Does this PMView 2.0 offer the OS/2 user anything new
> or worthwhile or is this long awaited release just an opportunity for
> the author to break into the Microsoft OS market with a branched Win32
> release?  Will OS/2 users see any major features and improvements?

I find the interface vastly improved, and the display is faster.  I
have to admit that my use of the program is limited to the basics, but
it works _so_ well....  Also, many new file formats are supported,
which is the main consideration for me.

>Can
> someone who has tried the Warpstock exclusive version of PMView 2.0
> tell me whether or not this newer product will see/edit/save a WP5.1
> WGP graphic file?

This is the sort of question that is constantly addressed in the beta
mailing list...but I can't tell you anything specific.  As far as I
can tell it should do so....if you want to send me a small WPG file or
two, I'd be happy to check for you. [pay attention to my anti-spam
note below...]

>
> Also, if I chose not to upgrade to PMView 2.0 (I don't run any Windows
> applications so if this release does little for OS/2 users I'd really
> have little reason to chance my current system on a new release) is my
> current PMView 1.05 Y2K compliant?

I haven't tested it out, but really....  Version 2 is a free upgrade
for you, and it works wonderfully well.  Take a chance, man....


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]                          22-Oct-99 10:14:14
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:00
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail]

What are the changes in 2.0 anyway. I downloaded 1.05 but didn't
register it because there are a couple things about it I just didn't
like.  It takes way too long to load the files. If you have a directory
with several thousand JPG's it takes a full two minutes just to load the
thumbnails. I have a winos/2 program called Thumbsplus that loads the
same directory in 5 seconds.  The other thing is the interface just
works backwards in my opinion. The first thing you get is a blank image
viewing window and the file listing is opened from there. This results
in only being able to have 1 image window open at a time. The file
listing should be the first thing that opens and you should open the
viewing windows from the thumbnails thereby allowing multiple viewing
windows.

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From: [e-mail]                          22-Oct-99 17:30:16
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:00
Subj: Change font in MS Mail on OS/2 Warp 4

From: [e-mail]

I need a PROVEN solution to changing the font in Win3x applications,
such as MS Mail 3.5 and FileManager, so my users can see larger size
text in extreme resolutions,such as 1280 x something-or-other.

We have in our system.ini (c:\os2\mdos\winos2\):
fonts.fon=vgasys.fon
fixedfon.fon=vgafix.fon
oemfonts.fon=vgaoem.fon

I tried changing these settings, but then the programs wouldn't start.

These are the only fon files in the system folder
(c:\os2\mdos\winos2\system\):
arialb    coure    dialog    modern
msmail3        roman    script
serife    smalle    sserife    symbole
timesb    vga850    vga860    vga861
vga863    vga865    vgafix    vgaoem
vgasys

Tried adding SystemFont=<font.fon> in win.ini and succeeded in changing
the font for the title bar and menu, not the displayed messages or
files/folders.

Control Panel does not have any applets that I can determine will do
anything for me.

Please help me help my users.  Thanks.


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

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From: Wm D [e-mail]                  22-Oct-99 17:39:10
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:00
Subj: Re: Is there a Kill Command?

From: Wm D [e-mail] ()

In article <o0XddOdRVCYE-pn2-qYFXGJrdmkNo@MGOYETTE>, Michel A Goyette wrote:
>Thu, 21 Oct 1999 00:56:45, "Frank" <[e-mail]> a écrit:
>
>> I don't use OS/2 now although I did at one time.  I seem to recall there
was
>> a command or facility to completely remove a file such that it could not be
>> recovered (similar to what might be accomplished with Norton WipeFile).
Can
>> anyone confirm this?
>
>    If you use the "/F" switch on the "Del" command to erase your
>file(s), they can't be recovered.  However, I wonder up to which point
>they can't.  ;-)

"/F" seems to prevent storage in the "delete" directory, if you're using that.
Without the switch, a test file _was_ stored.  With the switch it wasn't.  But
Phoenix v.1.35 got it back with no trouble.


WD "Bill" Loughman        "The problem with the gene pool: there is no lifeguard."
Berkeley, California  USA
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                           22-Oct-99 14:04:25
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:00
Subj: Re: Problem fixed! Re: EscapeGL 3.0 and OpenGL problems...

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

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I recently had a terrible experience with sddb7 and personally will wait for
it to be out of beta before I give it a try again.

I may have spoken too soon about getting escapegl to work also. Although I
don't believe it's their problem. I did have it working just fine for quite a
few hours. Then I had to send a huge email out and the server decided to be
extremely slow, so I went for coffee... A few hours later, I noticed no
screen saver (black screen), entered my password and had the same situation
with escapegl using 100% cpu and unresponsive. However, this was with having
dive and the single buffer selected, although still not in random mode...

So there's going to be some work work ahead because this really points to
something wrong with my system. Unless there's just some odd incompatibility,
which is possible since I'm running Object Desktop, Process Commander and
quite a few apps running at the same time. Not to mention the video drivers
being in some unknown state after the sdd problem... I just wish I wasn't so
busy or all this would be fun...

Rich...

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:04:53 +0200 (CDT), Adrian Gschwend wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:53:04 -0400 (EDT), RichS wrote:
>
>>Although this may not be overly good news for me (why were there so many
>>problems in my system and why didn't Unimaint find them!), it's good news to
>>anyone thinking about EscapeGL and their new version 3.0... Boy, some of
>>those modules are great!
>
>Great to hear that it is working. I wait with V3.0 until I get SDD/2 with
>hardware opengl acceleration, I think then SDD/2 will rock :-)
>
>cu
>
>Adrian
>
>
>---
>Adrian Gschwend
>@ OS/2 Netlabs
>
>ICQ: 22419590
>[e-mail]
>-------
>The OS/2 OpenSource Project:
>http://www.netlabs.org
>
>

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From: [e-mail]                                    22-Oct-99 11:08:20
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:01
Subj: Re: Bios/Large HD Install Question

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

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:48:48 -0400, Brad BARCLAY wrote:

>seth berk wrote:
>> >       I just can't caution everyon enough, however, on making certain
that
>> >they have the *exact* correct BIOS flash file that goes with their
>> >specific motherboard manufacturer and model before attempting to flash
>> >it.  I have seen many people flash their boards with the wrong flash
>> >BIOS update only to find afterwards that their board was useless
>>
>> *Now* you tell me ;-)  As noted, it seemed to have worked.  Although
>> I managed to flash the bios with the copy of old bios saved to disk
>> (the process had me save a copy of the original bios to diskette,
>> then asked for a the name of the file of the new bios.  It was
>> late... I put in the name of the file I saved the old bios to.  Took
>> me awhile to figure out why the new bios looked a whole lot like the
>> old one.
>
>    Heh heh - I love it when I do that :).
>
>    Saving the old BIOS is almost a sort of sick joke:  if the new BIOS
>totally busticates your system, you won't be able to boot your system up
>to resport the old BIOS.  Such backups are useful if the new BIOS
>introduces a minor bug, and you need to backout, but it doesn't protect
>anyone who installs the wrong BIOS update.

Brad

Yes, luckily everything went well.  I hadn't thought about  the fact
that the backup Bios wouldn't be usable - but when you think about
it, it should have been obvious, just how does the system know to
look at  drive A: (or even where A: is) without a Bios.  On the other
hand it made me *feel* better (and more confident) knowing I had a
backup, so it was good psychology on the part of ASUS.  Now I'm
realizing how close to the edge I was really.

Just as a matter of curiosity, could I not have gone somewhere (well
supplied computer shop?) with the Bios chip and the backup diskette
and had the old Bios re-instated?

(finally got both OS/2 and Linux installed, using bootmanager to
start both (onre or the other), with the mouse working.  The
something changed from the old OS/2 install and the mouse insisted it
was now on Com 3.  Linux is actively user un-friendly is my first
impression).

cheers

Seth
>
>    Oh well - as I mentioned, you obviously got everything right - so none
>of this pertains to you :).
>
>Brad BARCLAY
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>Posted from the OS/2 WARP v4.5 desktop of Brad BARCLAY.
>E-Mail:  [e-mail]        Location:  2G43D@Torolabs



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From: [e-mail]                               22-Oct-99 14:35:14
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:01
Subj: Re: Bios/Large HD Install Question

From: Brad BARCLAY <[e-mail]>

seth berk wrote:
> Just as a matter of curiosity, could I not have gone somewhere (well
> supplied computer shop?) with the Bios chip and the backup diskette
> and had the old Bios re-instated?

    Possibly.  You need some fairly specialized hardware to reprogram the
BIOS chips like that, and often they're soldered directly into the
motherboard.  The vast majority of computer shops, however, are not
sophisticated enough to have the suitable equipment to reprogram your
flash for you, so you probably would have had to buy a new motherboard.

> (finally got both OS/2 and Linux installed, using bootmanager to
> start both (onre or the other), with the mouse working.  The
> something changed from the old OS/2 install and the mouse insisted it
> was now on Com 3.  Linux is actively user un-friendly is my first
> impression).

    Linux is Unix.  Unix was designed by programmers and syste
administrators for programmers an system administrators.  No provisions
have been made in Linux for HCI.

    This doesn't make Linux a bad OS - for many things Linux is a great
Unix, and is only going to continue to get better.  But, well, it's
still Unix, and if you don't like Unix, you won't generally like setting
up Linux (thankfully, once it's setup, if you only have a very specific
set of applications you need, and you can get GUI versions of them,
you'll probably never have to worry about the underlying CLI or
configuration ever again.  I imagine one could setup an amazing Linux
box for someone who has never seens a Unix command prompt before running
Netscape, StarOffice and a few other productivity applications and
they'd never know the difference).

Brad BARCLAY

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Posted from the OS/2 WARP v4.5 desktop of Brad BARCLAY.
E-Mail:  [e-mail]        Location:  2G43D@Torolabs

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From: [e-mail]                       22-Oct-99 19:21:24
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:01
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

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

[e-mail] wrote:
: I thought the final release of PMView 2.0 would be out by now.  I
: remember reading in these newsgroups that it was to be released at the
: time of Warpstock.  According to the PMView web site the author offered
: a pair of floppies with a special version of PMView 2.0 just for
: Warpstock attendees.

: I'm a registered user of PMView 1.05 and after a very bad experience
: using beta software, in particular, SciTech Display Doctor, I will
: never again chance my system with a beta or preview release of anything
: and that includes the current beta of PMView 2.0.

: My inquiry, therefore, is directed to those who attended Warpstock and
: received the exclusive Warpstock only release of PMView 2.0.  What can
: we expect in this new version?  Will I be able to create and edit
: (video) movies?  Does this PMView 2.0 offer the OS/2 user anything new
: or worthwhile or is this long awaited release just an opportunity for
: the author to break into the Microsoft OS market with a branched Win32
: release?  Will OS/2 users see any major features and improvements?

PMView 2.0 has a new look and file dialog. Undoubtedly some old bugs are
fixed as well (and perhaps introducing all new, more fun bugs)

PMView 2.0 is not your usual beta! I haven't experienced any problems with
it at all. If it were just another piece of software, I'd be questioning
why it hadn't gone GA already :)
Been tracking most of the changes through the beta's and most of the fixes
are subtle bug fixes, not the type of stuff to corrupt data or bring down
your system.

BTW, if you have a valid 1.05 license, 2.00 is a freebie for OS/2 users
anyways, so no harm in grabbing a copy. As to Y2K compliance, I think the
page says that it is. I for one have no idea why a graphic program like
that has anything to do with Y2K...



Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                       22-Oct-99 19:28:24
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:01
Subj: Re: New homepage for DrawIt under construction

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

Jasper de Keijzer ([e-mail]) wrote:
: If you wanna have a sneak preview of the new homepage for drawit.
: A famous dutch artis, Paul Evenbleij, is contstructing the home page.

: Just have a look at this link
: http://www.knoware.nl/users/paulpaul/projects/drawit.html
: This will change in the future to
: http://home-5.worldonline.nl/~jdekeij

That is a really, really nice page, IMHO. Terrific graphics, nice simple
layout and quick to load.
How about more descriptions and screenshots?

I'm gonna give it a spin. I haven't heard of DrawIt before...


Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                           22-Oct-99 20:22:05
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:01
Subj: Re: New homepage for DrawIt under construction

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 14:36:31, Jasper de Keijzer
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> If you wanna have a sneak preview of the new homepage for drawit.
> A famous dutch artis, Paul Evenbleij, is contstructing the home page.
>
> Just have a look at this link
> http://www.knoware.nl/users/paulpaul/projects/drawit.html
>
>
>
> This will change in the future to
>
> http://home-5.worldonline.nl/~jdekeij
>

That's a really nice page design, clean, fast to load, and
the appearance is very eye pleasing (at least IMHO :-)

Lorne Sunley

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From: [e-mail]                                22-Oct-99 16:35:15
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:01
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail]

[e-mail] said:

>If you have a directory
>with several thousand JPG's it takes a full two minutes just to load the
>thumbnails. I have a winos/2 program called Thumbsplus that loads the same
>directory in 5 seconds.

1.05 apparently stores the thumbnails in the OS2.INI file.  I wonder if that
has
anything to do with its slowness.

Jim L
Remove XX from address to Email
Crooks and kooks will get guns regardless of laws.


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From: [e-mail]                                   22-Oct-99 20:29:17
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:01
Subj: Re: Sending Binary Files via sendmail?

From: Meinolf Sondermann <[e-mail]>


bosmith wrote:
>
> I'm using OS/2 v3.0 CSD XR03001; LAPS 2.20.5 CSD 7060; and TCP V2.00 CSD
> UN64092.

Why did you backlevel TCP/IP compared to Warp 3 GA level ?

>
> "[e-mail]" wrote:
>
> > Thursday October 21 1999 17:44, bosmith wrote to All:
> >
> >  b> I am running Warp v3.0 with the IBM TCPIP stack.  I use sendmail to
> >  b> email text reports to users and it works quite well.  I now have a
> >  b> need to send a binary file (an Excel spreadsheet) and find that
> >  b> sendmail won't deliver it properly.
> >
> > Which client are you using? Sounds like an encoding problem.
> >
> >  KS


For encoding you may use one of the freeware UUCODE utilities. Look on Hobbes
or Leo.
You will have to do some REXX programming to write a proper mailfile with
uucoded stuff
in it. I suggest, that you create an example mailfile with some ordinary mail
client,
e.g Netscape.

Bye/2
Meinolf


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From: [e-mail]                      22-Oct-99 23:31:23
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:02
Subj: How difficult to write a good mpg Video Decoder

From: [e-mail] (Carsten Frank)

I'm very disappointed that OS/2 cant play some mpg Films. All mpg
Players refused me to play the video. Linux can play this file without
any problem. Why not port a player from linux to OS/2 so that we have
a good mpg1 decoder which can play the differnt mpg film. It is not a
quicktime or so, it is a normal mpg film.

Thanks

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From: [e-mail]                                 23-Oct-99 02:13:09
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:02
Subj: Re: How difficult to write a good mpg Video Decoder

From: [e-mail]

In <41ZkE0rRdj2J-pn2-gFmwTIXHKr2P@localhost>, [e-mail]
(Carsten Frank) writes:

>I'm very disappointed that OS/2 cant play some mpg Films. All mpg
>Players refused me to play the video. Linux can play this file without
>any problem. Why not port a player from linux to OS/2 so that we have
>a good mpg1 decoder which can play the differnt mpg film. It is not a
>quicktime or so, it is a normal mpg film.
>
>Thanks

I don't know about ALL mpeg films, but the Netscape Plug-in pak
will give you an mpeg player . . . for me it has been *very* touchy,
but if the sun and the moon are in concert, you sacrifice a goat to
Apollo, and all your mmos2 stuff is up to snuff, the player will view
VCD and other mpeg movies fairly well.

Windows, in spite of the hype, worked no better here than the NS plugin
pak. And BeOS, 'the Media OS' has no VCD or or DVD players yet . . . but
maybe soon. It'd be great if you rewrote a linux mpeg player as an OS/2
program !

--
Albert, the Mad Shirt Grinder

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From: [e-mail]                          23-Oct-99 11:26:02
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:02
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

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

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:00:19 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

:>Also, if I chose not to upgrade to PMView 2.0 (I don't run any Windows
:>applications so if this release does little for OS/2 users I'd really
:>have little reason to chance my current system on a new release) is my
:>current PMView 1.05 Y2K compliant?

I also forgot to mention in my previous reply that the upgrade is free to
registered users of version one. Remember the liftetime upgrades?
That will change for people who register version two.

I prefer version two over one. Personal preference perhaps.

Cheers

Wayne

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Tokyo, Japan
[e-mail]
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From: [e-mail]                              22-Oct-99 22:03:22
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:02
Subj: Re: PMMail, Attachments, and application calling

From: [e-mail] (Alan Boritz)

In article
<[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Dave Parsons) wrote:
>On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:35:22, [e-mail] (Mooo) wrote:
>
>> I have the same problem.  Have yet to be able to work it out :(  My
>> associations are correct, because if I drag the attachment to the
>> desktop, then double click on it, it opens with the application I
>> want.
>>
>> sigh..
>> Craig
>>
>
>I had a similar problem here a few days ago.
>It seems that PMMail/2 V2.0 has a very short buffer that it uses to pass
>the commands to the helper program, probably 64 bytes.
>If the combined length of the 'Program to Execute' + 'Arguments' is too
>long the WinOS/2 program just sees rubbish after the 64th? character.
>
>The file that I was trying to read was:-
>  'g:\mailnews\pmmail\pmmail\temp\filename.doc'
>and the helper was:-
>  'c:\winapps\wordview\wordview.exe'
>
>To get round the problem I had to move both the pmmail directory to the
>root of its partition and also the helper program to the root of its
partition.
>This reduced the complete string to 59 characters and then it worked.
>
>I haven't checked to see if it is the same in v2.1, but if it is, then that
is
>something to be fixed in v2.2.
>
>Another thing to watch out for is that if the helper is a Windows program
>then the path and filename must conform to the 8.3 convention.

I don't think that's the same problem.  I get the Winos2 phantom error on more
than one filetype even though the helper defined is a valid OS/2 application
with a relatively short path, and PMMail sits in \southsde\pmmail.  For file
types that have a defined OS/2 application, and no Winos2 applications defined
for WPS associations, there's no rational reason why it should be happening.

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From: [e-mail]                              22-Oct-99 22:36:10
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:02
Subj: Re: Upgrade PMMail from v2.0 to v2.1?

From: [e-mail] (Alan Boritz)

In article <3809f19b$1$avpx$[e-mail]>, Nick Knight
<[e-mail]> wrote:
>In <[e-mail]>, on 10/17/99
>   at 12:30 PM, [e-mail] (Mooo) said:
>
>>>upgrade.  Exactly what it upgrades I'm not sure about...there didn't
>>>seem to anything in the readme file to indicate new or improved
>>>features
>
>>There is at least one improvement.  You no longer get black 'blobs' at
>>the end of every line when you print an email on an HP LJ :)
>
>That's a relief!  At first I though this might be just some marketing ploy
>to try to convince people there is life in the product simply by upping a
>version number a full point.

No, I'm afraid that a "marketing ploy" is all it ever was.  Two of the most
serious bugs still haven't been addressed:

1. Infinite timeout on TCP/IP connections, resulting in PMMail waiting an
infinitely long time for responses on an active TCP/IP session.

2. PMMail loses it's registration key and reverts back to "demo" mode, halting
systems that run it in batch mode.

3. Filters intermittently won't function.

4. Messages intermittently won't display.

>Now, it's completely obvious to me that this was a full maintenance
>release :)

Well, is sure isn't obvious to me. ;(  I think it's interesting that although
BMT Micro knew that Southsoft was not supporting their customers who purchased
PMMail from them, and a BMT Micro person who knew about the problem with
Southsoft took over the product, yet the new software producers still ignored
former (and present) customers and continued to produce the product with
serious bugs that often prevent it's use.

I'm not impressed with the way the "new owners" do business.  I hope they do
something in the near future that may change that opinion.  Or perhaps someone
needs to do something to make it much more difficult for companies like BMT
Micro to sell ALL of it's products without backing up the implied warranty
when the producer won't?

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From: [e-mail]                                   23-Oct-99 04:07:20
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:02
Subj: Re: Problem fixed! Re: EscapeGL 3.0 and OpenGL problems...

From: [e-mail]

I think that with any multi-module screensaver it is prudent to verify each
and
every module before making it eligible for selection in random mode.
Sometimes
a module will crash the system intermittently.  I still don't know which of 2
out of
3 modules in ScreenSaver resulting in a black screen caused a permanent
lock-up,
but I have now disabled both of them.  I would just try a couple of your faves
to be eligible for activation, and then gradually increase the selection to
see
which particular module causes the problem.

Cheers,
Greg


In <[e-mail]>, "RichS"
<[e-mail]> writes:
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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>
>I recently had a terrible experience with sddb7 and personally will wait for
>it to be out of beta before I give it a try again.
>
>I may have spoken too soon about getting escapegl to work also. Although I
>don't believe it's their problem. I did have it working just fine for quite a
>few hours. Then I had to send a huge email out and the server decided to be
>extremely slow, so I went for coffee... A few hours later, I noticed no
>screen saver (black screen), entered my password and had the same situation
>with escapegl using 100% cpu and unresponsive. However, this was with having
>dive and the single buffer selected, although still not in random mode...
>
>So there's going to be some work work ahead because this really points to
>something wrong with my system. Unless there's just some odd incompatibility,
>which is possible since I'm running Object Desktop, Process Commander and
>quite a few apps running at the same time. Not to mention the video drivers
>being in some unknown state after the sdd problem... I just wish I wasn't so
>busy or all this would be fun...
>
>Rich...
>
>On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:04:53 +0200 (CDT), Adrian Gschwend wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:53:04 -0400 (EDT), RichS wrote:
>>
>>>Although this may not be overly good news for me (why were there so many
>>>problems in my system and why didn't Unimaint find them!), it's good news
to
>>>anyone thinking about EscapeGL and their new version 3.0... Boy, some of
>>>those modules are great!
>>
>>Great to hear that it is working. I wait with V3.0 until I get SDD/2 with
>>hardware opengl acceleration, I think then SDD/2 will rock :-)
>>
>>cu
>>
>>Adrian
>>
>>
>>---
>>Adrian Gschwend
>>@ OS/2 Netlabs
>>
>>ICQ: 22419590
>>[e-mail]
>>-------
>>The OS/2 OpenSource Project:
>>http://www.netlabs.org
>>
>>
>
>******************************************************************************

>Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless...Umm...Uhh....
>Oh - Heck...I never could remember all that "nice" stuff.
>-
-----------------------------{worlock@frontiernet/net}-------------------------
-------
>******************************************************************************

>
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From: [e-mail]                                   23-Oct-99 00:13:20
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:02
Subj: Re: Upgrade PMMail from v2.0 to v2.1?

From: Nick Knight <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]>, on 10/22/99
   at 10:36 PM, [e-mail] (Alan Boritz) said:

>>Now, it's completely obvious to me that this was a full maintenance
>>release :)

>Well, is sure isn't obvious to me. ;(  I think it's interesting that

I was being quite a bit sarcastic.  You couldn't tell? :)  Or maybe you
could ... whatever the case, I think you're still more impressed than I am
:) :).

Nick
--
-----------------------------------------------------------
Nick Knight  <[e-mail]>       http://nick.secant.com
Senior Software Engineer
Secant Technologies, Inc.             http://www.secant.com
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From: [e-mail]                             23-Oct-99 04:22:25
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 04:42:02
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] (Annie K.) wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:00:19, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> :I bought and registered PMView because it was advertised as a
graphics
> :program that would read/view/edit WordPerfect graphic files (WPG) of
> :which I have thousands from my old WP5.1 days.  But PMView
apparently
> :sees/edits/saves a type of WPG that I've never seen because it has
> :never been able to read/edit/save any of my WP5.1 WPG files.  I even
> :have some WP6.0 graphics and they are not recognized by PMView so
I'm
> :not sure what WPG the author believes works with his product.
>
>  It states in Pmview's online help "PMView supports WPG versions 5.x.
> This version of
> PMView only reads files that contain raster graphics.
> WPG files with vector graphics or postscript cannot be
> read in this version [1.05] of PMView.

Thanks for the explanation.  This is the kind of good OS/2 information
I'm looking for.

> --
> Klaatu barada nikto

That's a great line from a great 1951 movie released as
"The Day The Earth Stood Still" but original titled "Mutant Serving
Intelligence".  Michael Rennie played the male lead (as Klaatu),
Patricia Neal the female lead (as Helen Benson) and her son (Bobby)
was played by Billy Gray (of Father Knows Best fame).  Frances Bavier
(Aunt Bea on Mayberry RFD) was also in the movie as was Sam Jaffe
(he played the professor who had his chalk board formula corrected
by Klaatu.  Gort, the actual metal alien, was played by Lock Martin.

And WHO was Lock Martin?  Well he played in such luminaries as
The Snow Creature, The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, The
Incredible Shrinking Man, Invaders from Mars and Lost in a Harem.

(The information above provided for your entertainment!)

Jeff




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

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From: [e-mail]                                 23-Oct-99 05:28:12
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 05:17:27
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail]

In <7urd6p$1hk$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>,
>  [e-mail] (Annie K.) wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 07:00:19, [e-mail] wrote:
>>
>
>Thanks for the explanation.  This is the kind of good OS/2 information
>I'm looking for.
>
>> --
>> Klaatu barada nikto
>
>That's a great line from a great 1951 movie released as
>"The Day The Earth Stood Still" but

ah, but long before it was a movie, it was a book in which the importance
of the Gort-Klaatu roles were reversed. Gort was in charge of that mission,
not Klaatu . . . the better line was when Klaatu explained to the gathered
populace that if we didn't change our ways, Earth "would be reduced to a
burnt-out cinder."

Life imitates Art once again . . .

>
>Jeff
>

--
Albert, the Mad Shirt Grinder

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From: [e-mail]                                   23-Oct-99 01:05:27
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 05:17:27
Subj: Bind 8.1.2 Problem

From: Kris Kadela <[e-mail]>

I have had bind running happily for almost 2 years now and today
something strange happened. As I understand it bind will answer on all
available interfaces (IPs) but today my DNS vanished from all save one
IP address. I have ran a port scanner and only 1 IP address shows port
53 open. All other daemons run fine. I have rebooted, restarted,
reconfigured to no end. Help!
--

**********************
DigiGraph Technical
http://www.dgraph.com
**********************

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From: [e-mail]                                 23-Oct-99 06:52:04
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 10:32:22
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail]

In <c1.2b8.2SdkNJ$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Thomas Billert) writes:
>
>PMView 2.0 is the first multi-platform version of PMView. This version is
>available for OS/2 Warp v3/v4/SMP and Windows 95/98/NT4.

>7. Progressive TWAIN support. The image appears in
>PMView's main window  line-by-line as it is being scanned.

but will it preview the scan yet ? and how is the scan quality ? i'm
still using Serif's PhotoPlus in Winos2 because PMView's scanning with
CFM Twain is rather  . . . poor. It'd be nice to go with a single program
but v1.05 isn't it, in the scan department.

>
>regards, Billy.
>--
>Thomas Billert using OS/2 Warp 4   *   [e-mail]


Albert, the Mad Shirt Grinder

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     23-Oct-99 09:30:17
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 10:32:22
Subj: Re: Upgrade PMMail from v2.0 to v2.1?

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 02:36:21, [e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
wrote:

> No, I'm afraid that a "marketing ploy" is all it ever was.  Two of the most
> serious bugs still haven't been addressed:
>
> 1. Infinite timeout on TCP/IP connections, resulting in PMMail waiting an
> infinitely long time for responses on an active TCP/IP session.
>
> 2. PMMail loses it's registration key and reverts back to "demo" mode,
halting
> systems that run it in batch mode.
>
> 3. Filters intermittently won't function.
>
> 4. Messages intermittently won't display.
>
> >Now, it's completely obvious to me that this was a full maintenance
> >release :)
>
> Well, is sure isn't obvious to me. ;(  I think it's interesting that
although
> BMT Micro knew that Southsoft was not supporting their customers who
purchased
> PMMail from them, and a BMT Micro person who knew about the problem with
> Southsoft took over the product, yet the new software producers still
ignored
> former (and present) customers and continued to produce the product with
> serious bugs that often prevent it's use.
>
> I'm not impressed with the way the "new owners" do business.  I hope they do
> something in the near future that may change that opinion.  Or perhaps
someone
> needs to do something to make it much more difficult for companies like BMT
> Micro to sell ALL of it's products without backing up the implied warranty
> when the producer won't?
>  u

As I indicated to you, some time ago, I believe that you are not
running the program from the proper (same) directory all the time.
That is the only resonable explaination for what you are seeing. If,
in fact, you are running it from the proper directory, there is a
problem, that nobody else has ever reported, to my knowledge. On the
other hand, if you are not running it ffrom the same directory all of
the time, you will get the results that you indicate, and that is a
user error, not a program bug (although the program could be changed
to prevent the user from doing silly things).

Just my C$.03 ($.02 US)...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     23-Oct-99 09:30:20
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 10:32:22
Subj: Re: Change font in MS Mail on OS/2 Warp 4

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 17:30:33, [e-mail] wrote:

> I need a PROVEN solution to changing the font in Win3x applications,
> such as MS Mail 3.5 and FileManager, so my users can see larger size
> text in extreme resolutions,such as 1280 x something-or-other.
>
..snip...

With my S3 video adapter, there is a utility that changes the font
size between large and small (look in System Setup-> S3 Windows Font
Size).

Perhaps, if you tell us what video adapter(s) you have, someone can
suggest how to do it with your adapter(s).

Good luck...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: [e-mail]                             23-Oct-99 11:37:00
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 10:32:22
Subj: Re: Ghostscript/GSView - OS/2 Warp V3 - Landscape Printing

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

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 23:10:31 +1100 (EDT), Tom O'Dea wrote:

:>Jan,
:>Thanks.  I've tried this and found something very interesting.
:>
:>With GSView there are a number of printers I can choose from.  The REAL
:>Printer I am using is an IBM ExecJet 4072.  However, this is not on the
:>GSView list.  The only printer types that will work with GSView where I can
:>get anything printed on the 4072 are: BJE10 and OS2PRN.
:>
:>When I select BJE10, the printing still comes out as Portrait even though I
:>am sending it to a new printer object with Landscape in the Job Properties.
:>I even verified that the printer definition is correct by dropping a text
:>file on the printer and seeing it printed sideways, so I know that the
:>printer definition is OK.  It looks like GSView is insisting that the Print
:>job is handled as Portrait and the Job Properties has no effect.
:>
:>When I select OS2PRN, the printing comes out as Landscape.  However, instead
:>of black on white as expected, I get white on black.  In other words, the
:>print orientation is Landscape but the image is reversed!!!!  If I could
only
:>figure out a way of telling GSView to reverse the image....
:>
:>Tom
:>

Strange indeed! By the way, have you tried to print it as a
pdf-file (pdfwrite) from GhostView, and then print it from Acrobat?

/ Jan


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From: [e-mail]                             23-Oct-99 11:43:19
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 10:32:22
Subj: Re: PMMail, Attachments, and application calling

From: [e-mail] (Dave Parsons)

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 02:03:45, [e-mail] (Alan Boritz) wrote:

> I don't think that's the same problem.  I get the Winos2 phantom error on
more
> than one filetype even though the helper defined is a valid OS/2 application
> with a relatively short path, and PMMail sits in \southsde\pmmail.  For file
> types that have a defined OS/2 application, and no Winos2 applications
defined
> for WPS associations, there's no rational reason why it should be happening.

All I can suggest is that you follow Peter's advice in this thread first and
ensure that you have not got any unexpected associations.
If you are getting a Winos2 error, then there must be a link to a windows
program somewhere that it is trying to use in preference to the helper which
you have defined.

--
Dave

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From: [e-mail]                                   23-Oct-99 11:17:08
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 10:32:22
Subj: Re: Upgrade PMMail from v2.0 to v2.1?

From: [e-mail] (David Kunz)

Alan Boritz ([e-mail]) wrote:

: 1. Infinite timeout on TCP/IP connections, resulting in PMMail
: waiting an infinitely long time for responses on an active TCP/IP
: session.

I repeatedly have this problem.  Especially when I'm really
multitasking the net (lots of connections competing for the slim 56k
that's available).  I have to close and reopen pmmail. Seems that
pmmail doesn't handle time-outs or missed packets very well.  This is
most annoying.

: 2. PMMail loses it's registration key and reverts back to "demo"
: mode, halting systems that run it in batch mode.
: 3. Filters intermittently won't function.
: 4. Messages intermittently won't display.

Never had these problems and I've been using pmmail since it's inital
release -- but some OS/2 problems seem to be system/intallation
specific.

: I'm not impressed with the way the "new owners" do business.  I
: hope they do something in the near future that may change that
: opinion.  Or perhaps someone needs to do something to make it much
: more difficult for companies like BMT Micro to sell ALL of it's
: products without backing up the implied warranty when the producer
: won't?

I've had nothing but good interactions with BMT Micro when purchasing
shareware.  If asked, I highly recommend them.

--
David Kunz
Operator error.  Replace operator and strike any key to continue...

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From: [e-mail]                                    23-Oct-99 12:21:29
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 14:34:06
Subj: Re: OS/2 and Rock Ridge Extensions

From: [e-mail] (Bob Eager)

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 22:22:02, Christian Hennecke
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> The /W switch only activates Joliet support, but not support for
> Rockridge AFAIK. RSJ claims that their CD-Writer filesystem is also
> capable of Rockridge support, but I've never tried to read such a CD
> using it and never found any TRANS.TBL files on the CDs that I made
> myself. Download the demo-version and see yourself.

FWIW, I tried it and it worked fine for me.

--
Bob Eager
rde at tavi.co.uk
PC Server 325; PS/2s 8595*3, 9595*3 (2*P60 + P90), 8535, 8570, 9556*2,
8580*6,
8557*2, 8550, 9577, 8530, P70, PC/AT..

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From: [e-mail]                             23-Oct-99 14:22:02
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 14:34:06
Subj: Re: NS 4.04 & NS 4.61 characters

From: [e-mail] (Dave Parsons)

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 14:42:17, Michael Kaply <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I tried to send mail to you but it bounced.
>
> Go http://members.aol.com/pspmikek/charsets
>
> Click on the left link for Latin-1
>
> Tell me if what you see in the table at the top matches the GIF below it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike Kaply
> IBM

Mike,
On a similar theme, I have noticed that with both 4.04 and now with 4.61
the English pound sign is not always displayed correctly the first time it
is rendered. It displays as a u acute (ú). If I refresh the page it then
displays correctly. (£)
This is always true when I visit www.telegraph.co.uk and with some
other sites as well. (can't remember exactly which off hand)

I have just visited your site and it displayed fine there first time.

It is no big deal, but any ideas?

--
Dave

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From: [e-mail]                         22-Oct-99 13:45:20
  To: [e-mail]                           23-Oct-99 14:34:06
Subj: Re: NICs: which have good OS/2 drivers?

To: Lorne Sunley <[e-mail]>
From: Adrian Suri <[e-mail]>

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HI, I have two machines linked together via two 10/100 Linksys Ethernet pci
card and a
Fast Ethernet hub, they work fine under OS/2 Warp four, they come with OS/2
drivers
and though the files on their site do not mention it contain updated drivers,
the files lne100w1.exe
and lne100w2.exe seem to be just zip images (updated) of the disks you get
with the
ethernet cards

Good Luck

Adrian Suri

Lorne Sunley wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 05:04:00, "John W. Hardy" <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello;
> >
> > I would like to get a 10/100 network kit, typically a 5-port hub with
> > two NICs. 3COM NICs are pricey, so I've been looking at D-Link and
> > Linksys. Drivers are available on the OS/2 site, but they seem rather
> > dated and may not be appropriate for the latest NICs. No mention of OS/2
> > on the D-Link and Linksys sites. Any suggestions? I'm willing to buy
> > 3COM if necessary, but I'm sure I've heard of others that are cheaper
> > and have good drivers. Thank you.
>
> I have two machines, connected to the Internet with a hub and
> cable modem.
>
> One machine Pentium 233 uses a D-Link DFE530TX 10/100 card
> using the drivers from the D-Link web site. This machine is running
> Warp 4 FP 12 and no problems have occured with the card or driver.
>
> The second machine is a dual 400 Mhz Pentium II box using an
> OvisLink 10/100 card that is based on an RTL8139 chipset. Drivers
> were included with the card and both the card and drivers work OK.
> The drivers included with the card had an incorrect .NIF file so
> I had to download the driver set from the Realtek web site. This
> machine is running Warp Server for e-Business SMP.
>
> This machine originally had another DFE530TX card but there
> was a problem with card/driver under WSeB SMP. The copying
> of large files between the two machines would fail with a
> "insufficient disk space" message using the Warp 4 file and
> print services client to the server drive. The NETBIOS protocol
> was used for the connection between the two machines.
>
> Lorne Sunley

--
[e-mail]

http://users.powernet.co.uk/vpub

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From: [e-mail]                          21-Oct-99 11:54:11
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 14:34:06
Subj: Re: Java for Warp3 ?????

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

Chris,

I've just done the exact same thing, to get C:D working on Warp 3 without
upgrading the whole OS.

You'll need JAVAINUF.EXE, the Feature Installer FIRUNPKG.EXE, Netscape
Navigator (to install Java) - you also need to install the TCP/IP
connectivity from the WARP 3-Connect CD if you haven't already done so.

Mail me if you want the full installation instructions...

Cheers,

Mark.
[e-mail]

Christoph Wagner wrote in message <[e-mail]>...
>Hello all,
>
>does anybody know if and how I can implement java ( in OS2 Warp3. I only
>found it in Warp4, but I don┤t want to change the whole system!
>(I need it for the application "Connect:Direct" from Sterling Commerce!)
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Chris
>[e-mail]
>


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From: [e-mail]                            23-Oct-99 10:37:06
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 14:34:07
Subj: Comm 4.61 and Comm 4.04

From: Joe Heafner <[e-mail]>

Hi.

Can I install Communicator 4.61 over 4.04 without zapping my currently
stored e-mails in my inbox?

            Thanks,

--

                        -- Joe Heafner

Joe Heafner, Astronomy and Physics Instructor. Work:[phone] x4246
my surname with my first initial at interpath dot com
http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/

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From: [e-mail]                                    23-Oct-99 15:12:07
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 14:34:07
Subj: Re: cdwriter support

From: [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)

Brad BARCLAY  <[e-mail]> writes:
>
>     No, you shouldn't have to reboot.  It was only a guess on my part as to
> why it was failing, although this setting should help you avoid this
> problem with other applications that support digital transfer via MMPM
> (such as the OS/2 CD player's digital transfer mode).

Well, that was not it. Even after a reboot, the "digital transfer"
checkbox does not help. Most rippers still believe the drive can't do it,
while cdda.wav.exe has no trouble at all.

Pierre
--
Pierre Jelenc                  | The Cucumbers' "Total Vegetility" is out!
                               |  Pawnshop's "Three Brass Balls" is out!
The New York City Beer Guide   |      RAW Kinder's "CD EP" is out!
   http://www.nycbeer.org      | Home Office Records http://www.web-ho.com

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From: [e-mail]                                23-Oct-99 11:47:01
  To: [e-mail]                                23-Oct-99 14:34:07
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

To: [e-mail]
From: Mark Schlegel <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote:

> [e-mail] said:
>
> >If you have a directory
> >with several thousand JPG's it takes a full two minutes just to load the
> >thumbnails. I have a winos/2 program called Thumbsplus that loads the same
> >directory in 5 seconds.
>
> 1.05 apparently stores the thumbnails in the OS2.INI file.  I wonder if that
has
> anything to do with its slowness.
>
> Jim L
> Remove XX from address to Email
> Crooks and kooks will get guns regardless of laws.

No it doesn't, it puts them in the EA for that file.  I just looked in my
images directory and sure enough, the files that I didn't make
thumbnails for have small Ea's (28bytes) and the ones I made
them for are larger (10KB)

Mark

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From: [e-mail]                                   23-Oct-99 10:46:20
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 16:48:03
Subj: Re: cdwriter support

From: Kris Kadela <[e-mail]>


Pierre Jelenc wrote:
>
> Brad BARCLAY  <[e-mail]> writes:
> >
> >       No, you shouldn't have to reboot.  It was only a guess on my part as
to
> > why it was failing, although this setting should help you avoid this
> > problem with other applications that support digital transfer via MMPM
> > (such as the OS/2 CD player's digital transfer mode).
>
> Well, that was not it. Even after a reboot, the "digital transfer"
> checkbox does not help. Most rippers still believe the drive can't do it,
> while cdda.wav.exe has no trouble at all.
>
> Pierre


Is it an IDE drive? A lot of rippers only work with SCSI drives (at
least that was the case some time ago)

**********************
DigiGraph Technical
http://www.dgraph.com
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From: [e-mail]                                  23-Oct-99 17:39:03
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 19:54:20
Subj: Re: Bios/Large HD Install Question

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, on 10/22/99 at
11:08 AM,
   "seth berk" <[e-mail]> said:


>Just as a matter of curiosity, could I not have gone somewhere (well
>supplied computer shop?) with the Bios chip and the backup diskette and
>had the old Bios re-instated?

If you take a peek around the ASUS site, you will find the instructions
for getting a replacement BIOS chip sent to you for I think $20 or so.  I
have been using one ASUS mb forthree years and it is continuously
upgradeable, still.   I have done the BIOS flash without problems.  All
you have to do is follow the instructions, which as we know is not
possible for some.  Short of losing power while doing the flash I do not
see why it will not work.



--
----------------------------------------------------
------
Monroe Chasson
[e-mail]
-----------------------------------------------------------
MR2ICE reg#51

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From: [e-mail]                          23-Oct-99 22:27:04
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 21:23:15
Subj: Re: How to scan for bad sectors on JFS

From: [e-mail] (Buddy Donnelly)

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 22:06:58, [e-mail] (Carsten Frank)
a ┌crit dans un message:

> I have a problem with my little server. I set up a JFS partition and
> format it. But he has bad sectors on it. Now if I read the specific
> file with the specific bad sectors the server try to read it every
> time and then traps with 000e in device driver.
>
> Now how can I scan for bad sectors and mark this as bad thanks

As I understand it, CHKDSK should handle this automatically on a JFS
partition, but you also have the option of specifying /B when you invoke
it.

I just use the options on my IFS line, then add the + to force an autocheck
on the next reboot, as in:

IFS=C:\OS2\JFS.IFS /CACHE:12288 /AUTOCHECK:+* /F:3 /B

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
[e-mail]


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From: [e-mail]                             23-Oct-99 23:57:13
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 21:23:15
Subj: Re: Audio CD writer

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (John
Poltorak) writes:
>Is there a CD writer that can write wav files as an audio CD?
>
>--
>John
John
RSJ for OS/2 will do it nicely.  German software works great, good support.
Indelible Blue and I suppose others .

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From: [e-mail]                              24-Oct-99 00:01:17
  To: All                                               23-Oct-99 21:23:15
Subj: mp3

From: [e-mail]

What can I use as an app with netscape to listen to mp3 files, and how do
I set it up?

Thanks.


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From: [e-mail]                              23-Oct-99 20:44:05
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 05:23:23
Subj: Re: Print to graphic [was Re: METAFILE CONVERTION]

From: "Bagyinka, Csaba" <[e-mail]>


> Mat Kramer wrote:
>
> > A more general question: is there a printer driver that will allow
> > output to be saved as a file and then imported into Word 97 as a
> > graphic?  Word will import HPGL -- which driver should I use for that?

There is a TIFF printer driver. You can find it in new OMNI printer driver
set. It is B&W
though.
Word will import TIFF.


Csaba Bagyinka



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From: [e-mail]                                  24-Oct-99 01:06:00
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 05:23:24
Subj: Re: Comm 4.61 and Comm 4.04

From: "Jaime A. Cruz, Jr." <[e-mail]>

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It worked just that way for me.  Of course, YMMV...

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:37:12 -0400, Joe Heafner wrote:

>Hi.
>
>Can I install Communicator 4.61 over 4.04 without zapping my currently
>stored e-mails in my inbox?
>
>            Thanks,
>
>--
>
>                        -- Joe Heafner
>
>Joe Heafner, Astronomy and Physics Instructor. Work:[phone] x4246
>my surname with my first initial at interpath dot com
>http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/

Jaime A. Cruz, Jr.

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From: [e-mail]                           23-Oct-99 21:06:13
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 05:23:24
Subj: Re: Problem fixed! Re: EscapeGL 3.0 and OpenGL problems...

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

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I given up on the random mode completely for now and am just running a single
module. They all work in preview and full screen mode, and in the lockup
mode. But they apparently also cause the same problem. At this point, I've
done all I can think of. Both Unimaint and Checkini report no more problems.
I've cleaned my config.sys as much as possible. Everything else seems to work
okay. I just have a problem with escapegl. Again, things looked good last
night after the final cleanup. But I found this morning that escapegl had
cause a trap and exited. I believe this still points to a problem in my
system, but I am at a complete loss as to how to find it. I might suspect
Object Desktop or even process commander (since it steals doscall1.dll), but
finding a bad interaction between two programs is a long process....

Rich...

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 04:07:40 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>I think that with any multi-module screensaver it is prudent to verify each
and
>every module before making it eligible for selection in random mode.
Sometimes
>a module will crash the system intermittently.  I still don't know which of 2
out of
>3 modules in ScreenSaver resulting in a black screen caused a permanent
lock-up,
>but I have now disabled both of them.  I would just try a couple of your
faves
>to be eligible for activation, and then gradually increase the selection to
see
>which particular module causes the problem.
>
>Cheers,
>Greg
>
>
>In <[e-mail]>, "RichS"
<[e-mail]> writes:
>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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>>
>>I recently had a terrible experience with sddb7 and personally will wait for
>>it to be out of beta before I give it a try again.
>>
>>I may have spoken too soon about getting escapegl to work also. Although I
>>don't believe it's their problem. I did have it working just fine for quite
a
>>few hours. Then I had to send a huge email out and the server decided to be
>>extremely slow, so I went for coffee... A few hours later, I noticed no
>>screen saver (black screen), entered my password and had the same situation
>>with escapegl using 100% cpu and unresponsive. However, this was with having
>>dive and the single buffer selected, although still not in random mode...
>>
>>So there's going to be some work work ahead because this really points to
>>something wrong with my system. Unless there's just some odd
incompatibility,
>>which is possible since I'm running Object Desktop, Process Commander and
>>quite a few apps running at the same time. Not to mention the video drivers
>>being in some unknown state after the sdd problem... I just wish I wasn't so
>>busy or all this would be fun...
>>
>>Rich...
>>
>>On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:04:53 +0200 (CDT), Adrian Gschwend wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:53:04 -0400 (EDT), RichS wrote:
>>>
>>>>Although this may not be overly good news for me (why were there so many
>>>>problems in my system and why didn't Unimaint find them!), it's good news
to
>>>>anyone thinking about EscapeGL and their new version 3.0... Boy, some of
>>>>those modules are great!
>>>
>>>Great to hear that it is working. I wait with V3.0 until I get SDD/2 with
>>>hardware opengl acceleration, I think then SDD/2 will rock :-)
>>>
>>>cu
>>>
>>>Adrian
>>>
>>>
>>>---
>>>Adrian Gschwend
>>>@ OS/2 Netlabs
>>>
>>>ICQ: 22419590
>>>[e-mail]
>>>-------
>>>The OS/2 OpenSource Project:
>>>http://www.netlabs.org
>>>
>>>
>>
>>*****************************************************************************
*
>>Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless...Umm...Uhh....
>>Oh - Heck...I never could remember all that "nice" stuff.
>>-
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*
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From: [e-mail]                              24-Oct-99 02:00:27
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 05:23:24
Subj: Re: Upgrade PMMail from v2.0 to v2.1?

From: [e-mail] (Alan Boritz)

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 09:30:34, doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)
wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 02:36:21, [e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
> wrote:
>
> > No, I'm afraid that a "marketing ploy" is all it ever was.  Two of the
most
> > serious bugs still haven't been addressed:
> >
> > 1. Infinite timeout on TCP/IP connections, resulting in PMMail waiting an
> > infinitely long time for responses on an active TCP/IP session.
> >
> > 2. PMMail loses it's registration key and reverts back to "demo" mode,
halting
> > systems that run it in batch mode.
> >
> > 3. Filters intermittently won't function.
> >
> > 4. Messages intermittently won't display.
> >
> > >Now, it's completely obvious to me that this was a full maintenance
> > >release :)
> >
> > Well, is sure isn't obvious to me. ;(  I think it's interesting that
although
> > BMT Micro knew that Southsoft was not supporting their customers who
purchased
> > PMMail from them, and a BMT Micro person who knew about the problem with
> > Southsoft took over the product, yet the new software producers still
ignored
> > former (and present) customers and continued to produce the product with
> > serious bugs that often prevent it's use.
> >
> > I'm not impressed with the way the "new owners" do business.  I hope they
do
> > something in the near future that may change that opinion.  Or perhaps
someone
> > needs to do something to make it much more difficult for companies like
BMT
> > Micro to sell ALL of it's products without backing up the implied warranty
> > when the producer won't?
> >  u
>
> As I indicated to you, some time ago, I believe that you are not
> running the program from the proper (same) directory all the time.
> That is the only resonable explaination for what you are seeing.

I don't recall seeing a message from you previously on this topic, but that's
not the case here.  It's always run from the same WPS icon, and always
pointing
to the same directory.

> If,
> in fact, you are running it from the proper directory, there is a
> problem, that nobody else has ever reported, to my knowledge.

Then your knowledge is faulty. ;)  I've picked up many older messages in this
and other newsgroups complaining of EXACTLY the same problems, some two or
more
major versions back. The one common thread through the descriptions is the
customer getting a response back from "technical support" that they've never
seen it before.  Yeah, right.

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From: [e-mail]                              24-Oct-99 02:09:17
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 05:23:24
Subj: Re: Upgrade PMMail from v2.0 to v2.1?

From: [e-mail] (Alan Boritz)

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 04:13:40, Nick Knight <[e-mail]> wrote:

> In <[e-mail]>, on 10/22/99
>    at 10:36 PM, [e-mail] (Alan Boritz) said:
>
> >>Now, it's completely obvious to me that this was a full maintenance
> >>release :)
>
> >Well, is sure isn't obvious to me. ;(  I think it's interesting that
>
> I was being quite a bit sarcastic.  You couldn't tell? :)

It's difficult to tell, Nick. ;)

> I think you're still more impressed than I am
> :) :).

Actually, I'm not impressed, at all.

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From: [e-mail]                               23-Oct-99 21:56:08
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 05:23:24
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

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

RE: Re: PMView 2.0?
BY: [e-mail]

Does it support gif animations?



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From: [e-mail]                                 24-Oct-99 04:51:12
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 05:23:24
Subj: Comm/2 v4.61 questions

From: Nenad Milenkovic <[e-mail]>

I have one problem and one question about Communicator for OS/2,
latest 4.61 version (GA).

Problem: scroll bars are not properly (proportionally) sized when
compared to actuall screen content. Is this documented/known
problem or should I explain it in more details?

Question: what's the purpose of "Applications" page in settings?
I see no PNG MIME handler there, but not only that Comm/2 can
show PNGs, it also tells Web servers that it will "accept" and
understand PNG files (as well as GIFs and JPEGs, which are listed
in "Applications" page). So, I wonder if PNG support is official
now and, if yes, why PNG is not listed as valid MIME type? I wonder,
because I want to use PNGs instead of GIFs in an application I
develop (PNG files are both smaller and can have more than 256
colors) and I know that MS IE supports PNGs from v4. If Netscape
supports them, too, it would be good to know from which version
is that and can I assume that most people will have PNG support
in their browsers...

Nenad


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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From: [e-mail]                         24-Oct-99 10:14:00
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 10:19:13
Subj: Re: Problem fixed! Re: EscapeGL 3.0 and OpenGL problems...

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

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 21:06:26 -0400 (EDT), RichS wrote:

:>But I found this morning that escapegl had
:>cause a trap and exited. I believe this still points to a problem in my
:>system, but I am at a complete loss as to how to find it. I might suspect
:>Object Desktop or even process commander (since it steals doscall1.dll), but
:>finding a bad interaction between two programs is a long process....

Send in your popup.log. It shows the trap and the offending program. It could
be opengl, pmmerge or a escgl module.

Steve from Snow Storm Software says:
Some additional testing by our developers has revealed that modules
provided by [EUXX] have both stability problems and memory leaks. These
modules have been removed from our Snow Storm Software gallery, and we
recommend removing them (most start with egl*.egl) from your system as
well.

Do not give up. Just narrow your search. My GUESS:
1. OS/2 fixpack issues, e.q. pmmerge
2. Screen driver problems: disable ALL DIve settings
3. Escgl module problems

Just look at your popup.log.

Arjen


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From: [e-mail]                                     24-Oct-99 10:03:14
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 10:19:13
Subj: Re: mp3

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

Hi,

You could use mpg123 that can be found on hobbes.
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:01:35 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>What can I use as an app with netscape to listen to mp3 files, and how do
>I set it up?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
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From: [e-mail]                                         24-Oct-99 13:15:06
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 10:19:13
Subj: Comm v4.61 vs NS v2.02: printing performance

From: Colin Brace <[e-mail]>

In one respect, version 4.61 is not as zippy as the old 2.02:

When printing Web pages on my Lexmark Z51, v4.61 takes about 30-45 seconds
to spool the print job, hogging the CPU %100 and bringing the system to a
virtual standstill. v2.02 however, passes the print job to the spool
*almost* instantly, nearly as quickly as printing to my laser printer.

FWIW: I am using the IBM bidirectional printer driver, PAR1284.SYS, and
I've disabled "print while spooling" in the properties notebook.

--
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  Amsterdam
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From: [e-mail]                              24-Oct-99 09:09:26
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 14:29:20
Subj: Re: Comm 4.61 and Comm 4.04

From: Herb & Gloria Anderson <[e-mail]>

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I backed up some files before proceeding with the 4.6.1 installation.

They were:

   * my address files, abook.nab, pab.na2, and secmod.db which were in
     X:\NET404\Users\gsahca(or whatever you call your E-Mail name)\.
   * Bookmark.htm
   * My mail folder contents in X:\NET\404\Users\gsahca\Mail\.
   * Plugins in X:\comm404\Program\Plugins\*.dll

Then I uninstalled Comm404.

I used X:\Netscape\ as my new directory for Comm461 installation.

After installing Comm461, I found all my address books, bookmarks, and
mail anyway.  It appeared that Comm461 did not delete any of my
preferences either.

The plugin files did not appear.  Instead of reinstalling the plugins I
just copied the plugin *.dll files into X:\Netscape\program\plugins\.
Now all my pre-existing programs that were indicated in the Comm 404 and
now in the Comm461 menu Help|About Plugins with those *.dll's function
immediately.

Herb

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From: [e-mail]                             23-Oct-99 19:02:09
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 16:44:17
Subj: Re: 1999 tax preparation software for OS/2???

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

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:09:07 -0400, nospam@auerbach_at_unity.ncsu.edu
wrote:

>We do thank you for your comments and thank you again for choosing
>AM-Tax!
>

Yup, I got the same reply. I followed up by requesting that, if they
MUST go to a Win release that the at least consider using Win16 and
only using a version < 1.25 of Win32S. At least that way it would still
be usable from OS/2. I haven't heard back on that one yet.


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From: [e-mail]                             23-Oct-99 19:19:05
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 16:44:17
Subj: Re: Is there a Kill Command?

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

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:12:04 -0500, Frank wrote:

>    Thanks for the lead but I need to know if there is something intrinsic
>in OS/2 to provide this functionality.  I already have some freeware to do
>it but it is a long story....

No, OS/2 does not have such a command natively. Graham Utilities and
GamaTech Utilities both have such a utility however. And Mark Kimes
freeware FM2UTILS contains one as well, I believe.


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From: [e-mail]                             23-Oct-99 19:52:06
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 16:44:17
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

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

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 04:22:51 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>> Klaatu barada nikto
>
>That's a great line from a great 1951 movie released as
>"The Day The Earth Stood Still" but original titled "Mutant Serving
>Intelligence".

That's all well and good but what I've always wanted to know was, what
in hell does 'Klaatu barada nikto' mean? (Actually, the whole line was
"Gort, Klaatu barada nikto.") Klaatu instructed Helen to say that line
to Gort, if anything should happen to him (Klaatu) but he naver gave
her any esplaination as to what it meant. (or maybe he DID explain it,
but it's been maybe 35 years since I last saw that movie) It's still
one of my all time fav SciFi movies and probably the first to treat
space alien's as something other than monsters.


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From: [e-mail]                       24-Oct-99 12:42:19
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 16:44:17
Subj: Installation Problems

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

Hello - I am having problems trying to install OS2 Warp 4 on a logical HPFS
partition on my second drive. I had it installed on a logical partition on
my old computer but I replaced the Pentium 133 with an AMD K6 2/266
processor on a VP1541 Pentium PCI/ISA/AGP mainboard. I have 64 MB of memory
a Matrox Mystique Video card with 4 MB of memory. I have two hard drives and
both are ATA 3 PIO Mode 4 drives. The 0 drive size is 2014 and the 1 drive
has 1673 MB. I have four partitions on each drive and Windows 95 is
installed on the 0 drive. I have two HPFS partitions on the second drive.
    When I boot the computer using the original Installation disk and after
disk 2 has been installed I select Advanced Installation and then Select a
different partition. FDISK starts and will see all of the partitions but
when I select the HPFS partitions on the second drive the only options I get
are to delete the partition and when I do, then it will allow me to create a
partition. It just goes around in circles.
    Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.


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From: [e-mail]                               24-Oct-99 18:24:06
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 16:44:17
Subj: reading hpfs drives with win9x

From: [e-mail] (Mark Klebanoff)

I'd like to carry files between my OS/2 computer and a Win98 computer
using a Zip Drive.  If I format the Zip as HPFS I can use long file
names but Win98 won't read the disk.  Is there a driver that will
enable Win98 to read HPFS drives, particularly Zip disks?

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From: [e-mail]                                      24-Oct-99 19:04:16
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 16:44:17
Subj: Re: reading hpfs drives with win9x

From: [e-mail] (Hallie Ballie)

Hi, you can try


You can try hpfs access (R/W access for DOS en Win 3.1) it's about 200kb.

Don't install the dos driver, only the win 3.1 driver (see readme)

It can work, it worked by me (Win'95), but I don't use Win**** no more ,so I
can't tell you if it's still working with the new versions of windows.

Hallie

In message <[e-mail]> -
[e-mail] (Mark Klebanoff) writes:
:>
:>I'd like to carry files between my OS/2 computer and a Win98 computer
:>using a Zip Drive.  If I format the Zip as HPFS I can use long file
:>names but Win98 won't read the disk.  Is there a driver that will
:>enable Win98 to read HPFS drives, particularly Zip disks?




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From: [e-mail]                     24-Oct-99 21:06:02
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 16:44:17
Subj: Re: Installation Problems

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

On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 12:42:38 -0500, Ed Lewis wrote:

->    When I boot the computer using the original Installation disk and after
->disk 2 has been installed I select Advanced Installation and then Select a
->different partition. FDISK starts and will see all of the partitions but
->when I select the HPFS partitions on the second drive the only options I get
->are to delete the partition and when I do, then it will allow me to create a
->partition. It just goes around in circles.

To install to any partition other than a C: drive you _must_ have the OS/2
Boot Manager installed in a primary partition on the first physical disk
drive. The symptoms of not doing this are exactly what you describe...


Trevor Hemsley, London, UK
([e-mail] or [e-mail])



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From: [e-mail]                               24-Oct-99 20:33:21
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 19:49:27
Subj: Java Adobe Acrobat

From: [e-mail]

Recently downloaded and installed the java beta2 acrobat reader.
Installation went fine. When I go to run it the main screen
appears normally, however, after selecting a .pdf file to view
an error msg appears on the bottom 'bar' stating: "searching for
new fonts in c:\psfonts". When I click on the 'next' page arrow
the error msg remains, the next page remains blank and I get an
'out of memory' error. The directory c:\psfonts is indeed a
valid directory. Using the other non-java acrobat works just
fine. Am I doing something wrong or is there some switch I
haven't activated. I can't even find a read.me of any kind.
'HELP' doesn't help much. Any clues will be appreciated. Thanks
in advance.......


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From: [e-mail]                                    24-Oct-99 20:45:06
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 19:49:27
Subj: Re: cdwriter support

From: [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)

Kris Kadela  <[e-mail]> writes:
>
> Is it an IDE drive? A lot of rippers only work with SCSI drives (at
> least that was the case some time ago)

No, ironically this one is SCSI (Yamaha 6416), while the one it replaced
was IDE and worked fine with all the rippers that balk now.

Pierre
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From: [e-mail]                                    24-Oct-99 20:48:22
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 19:49:27
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)

Dilbert Firestorm <[e-mail] (remove SPAM)> writes:
>
> Does it support gif animations?

It pages through the images in the file, but it does not play the
animation or save as an animated GIF.

Pierre
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                               |  Pawnshop's "Three Brass Balls" is out!
The New York City Beer Guide   |      RAW Kinder's "CD EP" is out!
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From: james.arnold@!!!usa.net                           24-Oct-99 21:38:01
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 19:49:27
Subj: Re: reading hpfs drives with win9x

From: james.arnold@!!!usa.net

In <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Mark Klebanoff) writes:
>I'd like to carry files between my OS/2 computer and a Win98 computer
>using a Zip Drive.  If I format the Zip as HPFS I can use long file
>names but Win98 won't read the disk.  Is there a driver that will
>enable Win98 to read HPFS drives, particularly Zip disks?

        You could try AMOS. It allows reading hpfs drives under DOS. It
worked for me with Win95. I suspect it should work with Win98 also,
however I don't know. If you load it from autoexec.bat any hpfs drives
will be accessible once Win98 is loaded.

        Look for amos320.zip on hobbes.

        Jim


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From: [e-mail]                              24-Oct-99 20:51:13
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 19:49:27
Subj: Re: Is there a Kill Command?

From: [e-mail] (Sergey I. Yevtushenko)

On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:19:11, "Doug Darrow" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> >    Thanks for the lead but I need to know if there is something intrinsic
> >in OS/2 to provide this functionality.  I already have some freeware to do
> >it but it is a long story....
>
> No, OS/2 does not have such a command natively. Graham Utilities and
> GamaTech Utilities both have such a utility however. And Mark Kimes
> freeware FM2UTILS contains one as well, I believe.

Your answer not very exact. Yes, there are no command line 'kill' utility.
But SET SCKILLFEATUREENABLED=1 in CONFIG.SYS and Ctrl+Click at the
Warp Center's TaskList button does the trick.

Regards,
    Sergey.

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From: [e-mail]                               24-Oct-99 23:52:27
  To: All                                               24-Oct-99 21:21:05
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail]

In article <7uvrbb$5ad$[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc) wrote:
> Dilbert Firestorm <[e-mail] (remove SPAM)> writes:
> >
> > Does it support gif animations?
>
> It pages through the images in the file, but it does not play the
> animation or save as an animated GIF.

This is too bad and will not encourage me to upgrade my current
registered PMView v1.05.  PMView has its merits and provides
some features that others do not (Embellish for instance), yet
Embellish handles GIF animations quite well.  I have seen the
list of items the PMView 2.0 upgrade will offer and I'm not
that impressed.  I don't work with Windows graphic files, I DO
work with GIF animations and movie videos.  It would be very
nice to have one graphics application that provided all of the
features regular OS/2 users need.  Without it, it means I am relegated
to running at least three separate OS/2 applications to work with my
graphics: Embellish, Photo>Graphics (a God-awful application), and
MainActor/2.  I haven't pursued Gimp/2 because it requires so much
additional non-OS/2 programming to my system.

I wonder if Peter Neilsen (sp?) isn't seeking to increase his
profits by moving away from a once well received OS/2 product
over to the Microsoft platform.  I don't use those MS platforms
so PMView's ability to work on those systems is mute to me.  Is
my upgrade dollar paying for entry/establishment into that market?
If so, what am I, the OS/2 user, getting for my support and buck?
I know now I'm not getting a new PMView feature to handle GIF
animations and/or video graphics but I am getting a new and
useless PMView feature that will allow me to use/work with Windows
proprietary graphical formats.

I do feel Peter's offer of lifetime upgrades of PMView/2 to those
who register prior to the release of v2.0 is commendable but I'm
skeptical.  Fearful that Peter will offer one or two more (bug only)
releases aimed at the OS/2 platform then apologetically announce
his withdrawalfrom further OS/2 development in favor of a wider
sales market to his newer and large volume of Microsoft customers.

Jeff


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From: [e-mail]@Vi...               25-Oct-99 01:24:24
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: Re: Is there a Kill Command?

Message sender: [e-mail]@Videotron.ca

From: [e-mail]@Videotron.ca (Michel A Goyette)

Dim le 24 Oct 1999 20:51:26, [e-mail] (Sergey I.
Yevtushenko) a écrit:

> On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:19:11, "Doug Darrow" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> > >    Thanks for the lead but I need to know if there is something
intrinsic
> > >in OS/2 to provide this functionality.  I already have some freeware to
do
> > >it but it is a long story....
> >
> > No, OS/2 does not have such a command natively. Graham Utilities and
> > GamaTech Utilities both have such a utility however. And Mark Kimes
> > freeware FM2UTILS contains one as well, I believe.
>
> Your answer not very exact. Yes, there are no command line 'kill' utility.
> But SET SCKILLFEATUREENABLED=1 in CONFIG.SYS and Ctrl+Click at the
> Warp Center's TaskList button does the trick.

    It isn't about killing a running process but to erase (without any
possible recovery) a file on the disk.  ;-)

Salut,

    Michel (sur OS/2 Warp 4.07)
    ICQ #13376913
    http://pages.infinit.net/exovede

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From: [e-mail]                              25-Oct-99 01:38:23
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: Re: Java Adobe Acrobat

From: James Moe <[e-mail]>


[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Recently downloaded and installed the java beta2 acrobat reader.
> Installation went fine. When I go to run it the main screen
> appears normally, however, after selecting a .pdf file to view
> an error msg appears on the bottom 'bar' stating: "searching for
> new fonts in c:\psfonts". When I click on the 'next' page arrow
> the error msg remains, the next page remains blank and I get an
> 'out of memory' error. The directory c:\psfonts is indeed a
> valid directory. Using the other non-java acrobat works just
> fine. Am I doing something wrong or is there some switch I
> haven't activated. I can't even find a read.me of any kind.
> 'HELP' doesn't help much. Any clues will be appreciated. Thanks
> in advance.......
>
    Try running it while online. It actually goes to the Adobe site to
look for new fonts. I am not sure, but doing that just once may be
enough. I also added every fonts path I could find on my computer.
    The beta2 is a significant improvement. Beta1 was worthless. It
still runs amazingly slow and consumes vast quantities of RAM doing it.
Just loading it ate up 43 MB on my computer and took 3 minutes, and
hadn't loaded a document yet. True, I have a slow machine: pentium1/90.
Still...

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From: [e-mail]                 24-Oct-99 21:44:13
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: Re: OD - alternatives?

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

I'm using OD 2.0 and everytime I try to open a zip file by dbl-clicking it
comes up with an error.  It seems to like to to a "-C"switch instead of a
"-c" switch.
Any ideas?

On 17 Oct 1999 09:08:15 GMT, rj friedman wrote:

>On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 16:34:00, Steve Drewell
><[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>εThe main (and probably only) things I use Object Desktop for are the
>εenhanced folders and the zip/rar/etc archive utilities. I already use
>εXfolder and can therefore do away with the OD enhanced folders. However,
>εit is the zip/rar/etc archive utilities which I'd miss the most should I
>εuninstall OD. Are there any decent alternatives to this functionality of
>εOD where an archive is shown and treated in a similar way to a normal
>εfolder, and files can be dragged and dropped to or from the archive?
>
>
>I'm like you - I think the OD implementation of archiving is
>the best I've ever seen - and have seen nothing else to
>compare with it.
>
>It's the only thing I have of OD left. Having found
>shareware and freeware that does everything OD does - only
>(IMO) lots better, I wiped off OD and only reinstalled the
>archiving function.
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________
>
>[RJ]                 OS/2 - Live it, or live with it.
>rj friedman          Team ABW
>Taipei, Taiwan       [e-mail]
>
>To send email - remove the `yyy'
>________________________________________________________
>





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From: james.arnold@!!!usa.net                           25-Oct-99 01:44:22
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 03:26:08
Subj: Re: Is there a Kill Command?

From: james.arnold@!!!usa.net

In <o0XddOdRVCYE-pn2-MdZRUGId3edd@MGOYETTE>,
[e-mail]@Videotron.ca (Michel A Goyette) writes:
>Dim le 24 Oct 1999 20:51:26, [e-mail] (Sergey I.
>Yevtushenko) a Θcrit:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:19:11, "Doug Darrow" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>> > >    Thanks for the lead but I need to know if there is something
intrinsic
>> > >in OS/2 to provide this functionality.  I already have some freeware to
do
>> > >it but it is a long story....
>> >
>> > No, OS/2 does not have such a command natively. Graham Utilities and
>> > GamaTech Utilities both have such a utility however. And Mark Kimes
>> > freeware FM2UTILS contains one as well, I believe.
>>
>> Your answer not very exact. Yes, there are no command line 'kill' utility.
>> But SET SCKILLFEATUREENABLED=1 in CONFIG.SYS and Ctrl+Click at the
>> Warp Center's TaskList button does the trick.
>
>    It isn't about killing a running process but to erase (without any
>possible recovery) a file on the disk.  ;-)
>

        Intrinsically no. However the FM2UTILS contains wipe which will
delete a file(s) with no means to recover the original data. an ftpsearch
for fm2utils.zip will locate the archive. It is freeware and conatins a
number of useful file utilities.

        Jim


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From: [e-mail]                                   25-Oct-99 02:59:09
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 03:26:09
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail]

In <7v064m$2nd$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
>In article <7uvrbb$5ad$[e-mail]>,
>  [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc) wrote:
>> Dilbert Firestorm <[e-mail] (remove SPAM)> writes:
>> >
>> > Does it support gif animations?
>>
>> It pages through the images in the file, but it does not play the
>> animation or save as an animated GIF.
>
>This is too bad and will not encourage me to upgrade my current
>registered PMView v1.05.

===snipped===

> Is
>my upgrade dollar paying for entry/establishment into that market?

===snipped===

>Jeff
>

What upgrade dollar?  IIRC you can register 2.0 with your existing key,
so you have the choice of V1 or V2 (or both) with permanent OS/2
registration.  More options for no money.  May not be the options you
want, but it doesn't cost you much.

Cheers,
Greg

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From: [e-mail]                             25-Oct-99 14:15:02
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 03:26:09
Subj: Installing Midnight Commander. Help!

From: Greg Thomas <[e-mail]>

I've done what the documentation says to install MC, but it complains
that the file X11 was not found. What the hell does this mean? Have I
stuffed up installing EMX?

I'm originally (and am) an Amiga user, so I'm still on my OS/2 training
wheels...

Greg


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From: [e-mail]                             24-Oct-99 21:22:14
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 03:26:09
Subj: Re: Is there a Kill Command?

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

On 24 Oct 1999 20:51:26 GMT, Sergey I. Yevtushenko wrote:

>Your answer not very exact. Yes, there are no command line 'kill' utility.
>But SET SCKILLFEATUREENABLED=1 in CONFIG.SYS and Ctrl+Click at the
>Warp Center's TaskList button does the trick.

Actually, your UNDERSTANDING of the QUESTION is not very exact. He
doesn't want to kill a run-away process, he wants to wipe all file data
from disk. He wants to do a DOD level delete. He used the word 'kill'
but not in the context of "kill a process" but in the context of "kill
disk data". He's looking for the equivalent of Norton "Wipe Info"
command.


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From: [e-mail]                                24-Oct-99 23:01:14
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 03:26:09
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail] (Will Honea)

On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 23:52:54, [e-mail] wrote:


> I do feel Peter's offer of lifetime upgrades of PMView/2 to those
> who register prior to the release of v2.0 is commendable but I'm
> skeptical.  Fearful that Peter will offer one or two more (bug only)
> releases aimed at the OS/2 platform then apologetically announce
> his withdrawalfrom further OS/2 development in favor of a wider
> sales market to his newer and large volume of Microsoft customers.

Pessimist, aren't you?  As it happens, he's using Visual Age C++ and
Open Class Libraries, so it's a common code base for the most part.
Don't begrudge the guy an honest buck.

As for upgrades, the free upgrade has always been a feature of the 1.x
releases - nothing new there.  What has changed is that purchasers of
ver. 2.0 and up don't get that little goodie while the free upgrades
will continue for the 1.x registrants.  Nothing was taken back.  I
don't look for the OS/2 version to disappear any time soon.

Will Honea <[e-mail]>

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From: [e-mail]                              25-Oct-99 05:33:06
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 03:26:09
Subj: Re: Is there a Kill Command?

From: [e-mail] (Sergey I. Yevtushenko)

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 01:24:48, [e-mail]@Videotron.ca
(Michel A Goyette) wrote:

> > Warp Center's TaskList button does the trick.
>
>     It isn't about killing a running process but to erase (without any
> possible recovery) a file on the disk.  ;-)

Oh, sorry, seems I just missed the point and was too serious about subject :)

Regards,
    Sergey.

*--------------------------------------
ES@Home

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From: [e-mail]                                  25-Oct-99 06:11:24
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 03:26:09
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail] (Stan Goodman)

On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 23:52:54, [e-mail] wrote:

> In article <7uvrbb$5ad$[e-mail]>,
>   [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc) wrote:
> > Dilbert Firestorm <[e-mail] (remove SPAM)> writes:
> > >
> > > Does it support gif animations?
> >
> > It pages through the images in the file, but it does not play the
> > animation or save as an animated GIF.
>
> This is too bad and will not encourage me to upgrade my current
> registered PMView v1.05.  PMView has its merits and provides
> some features that others do not (Embellish for instance), yet
> Embellish handles GIF animations quite well.  I have seen the
> list of items the PMView 2.0 upgrade will offer and I'm not
> that impressed.  I don't work with Windows graphic files, I DO
> work with GIF animations and movie videos.  It would be very
> nice to have one graphics application that provided all of the
> features regular OS/2 users need.  Without it, it means I am relegated
> to running at least three separate OS/2 applications to work with my
> graphics: Embellish, Photo>Graphics (a God-awful application), and
> MainActor/2.  I haven't pursued Gimp/2 because it requires so much
> additional non-OS/2 programming to my system.
>
> I wonder if Peter Neilsen (sp?) isn't seeking to increase his
> profits by moving away from a once well received OS/2 product
> over to the Microsoft platform.  I don't use those MS platforms
> so PMView's ability to work on those systems is mute to me.  Is
> my upgrade dollar paying for entry/establishment into that market?
> If so, what am I, the OS/2 user, getting for my support and buck?
> I know now I'm not getting a new PMView feature to handle GIF
> animations and/or video graphics but I am getting a new and
> useless PMView feature that will allow me to use/work with Windows
> proprietary graphical formats.
>
> I do feel Peter's offer of lifetime upgrades of PMView/2 to those
> who register prior to the release of v2.0 is commendable but I'm
> skeptical.  Fearful that Peter will offer one or two more (bug only)
> releases aimed at the OS/2 platform then apologetically announce
> his withdrawalfrom further OS/2 development in favor of a wider
> sales market to his newer and large volume of Microsoft customers.

You seem to have a current version of PMView already, as you speak of the
possibility of upgrading to v2.0; if this is true, I do not understand what
you mean by your "upgrade dollar" -- you already have a right to free
upgrades. If, of course, you are "upgrading" from an unregistered copy, the
consideration is a real one.

How many free upgrades you would after registering v2.0 as a new user is
not the right question to ask. Although PMView has been around for a long
time, it is still in v1.05, the significance of which is that there have
not been many bug fixes -- or much need for bug fixes. Peter is one of the
more careful programmers; clearly he tests programs rather thoroughly
before releasing them, thus avoiding the necessity for repeated bug fixes.

-------------
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

Spammers are getting smarter; email sent to [e-mail] will not reach
me. Sorry.
Send E-mail to: domain: hashkedim dot com, username: stan.



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From: [e-mail]                                 25-Oct-99 06:42:25
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 07:11:25
Subj: Re: Is there a Kill Command?

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, "Doug Darrow"
<[e-mail]> writes:

> He
>doesn't want to kill a run-away process, he wants to wipe all file data
>from disk. He wants to do a DOD level delete. He used the word 'kill'
>but not in the context of "kill a process" but in the context of "kill
>disk data". He's looking for the equivalent of Norton "Wipe Info"
>command.
>
>

sort of related . . . does anyone know how completely a scsi low-level
format achieves this goal ? would a once-over do it, or would you need
to run through several times ?

academic interest only, as if I had anything *that* confidential, a quick trip
through the press followed by the rosebud tip on an oxy-acetylene torch
would do the job much faster and more thoroughly !


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From: [e-mail]                        25-Oct-99 09:58:28
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 10:31:27
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

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

On 22 Oct 1999 10:14:29 PDT, [e-mail] wrote:

:>What are the changes in 2.0 anyway. I downloaded 1.05 but didn't
:>register it because there are a couple things about it I just didn't
:>like.  It takes way too long to load the files. If you have a directory
:>with several thousand JPG's it takes a full two minutes just to load the
:>thumbnails. I have a winos/2 program called Thumbsplus that loads the
:>same directory in 5 seconds.  The other thing is the interface just
:>works backwards in my opinion. The first thing you get is a blank image
:>viewing window and the file listing is opened from there. This results
:>in only being able to have 1 image window open at a time. The file
:>listing should be the first thing that opens and you should open the
:>viewing windows from the thumbnails thereby allowing multiple viewing
:>windows.
:


Eh...?  Horses for courses, I guess.  IMHO and all that.

I always have the fileselector with thumbnails open.  It's called The
Workplace Shell.

I sometimes have many PMViews open at the same time.

I think you need to stop staring out the same old Window, mate.  You still
think "Data..? So click App to load data" whereas I think "Data...? Click
data have data (the app is taken for granted)"

,c.



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From: [e-mail]                        25-Oct-99 10:05:05
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 10:31:28
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

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

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 06:52:08 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

:>In <c1.2b8.2SdkNJ$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Thomas Billert) writes:
:>>
:>>PMView 2.0 is the first multi-platform version of PMView. This version is
:>>available for OS/2 Warp v3/v4/SMP and Windows 95/98/NT4.
:>
:>>7. Progressive TWAIN support. The image appears in
:>>PMView's main window  line-by-line as it is being scanned.
:>
:>but will it preview the scan yet ? and how is the scan quality ? i'm
:>still using Serif's PhotoPlus in Winos2 because PMView's scanning with
:>CFM Twain is rather  . . . poor. It'd be nice to go with a single program
:>but v1.05 isn't it, in the scan department.
:>
:>



Try Impos/2.  Works very well here (used in preference to PS and other Win
scanning options...)

,c.



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From: [e-mail]                           25-Oct-99 07:26:04
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 10:31:28
Subj: Injoy Problem

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

My ISP is switching telephone service to new lines, and my old DOIP script
won't work with the new setup no matter how I tweak and mess with it. The
problem appears to be that I'm never getting an IP address for the host. I
would prefer using Injoy anyway, since I want to set up a LAN so that all
three computers can use the same Internet connection, and I understand that's
the way to go.

Using Injoy, I can dial in just fine and establish a PPP connection using
either PAP or CHAP. Unfortunately, that gets me only to the local level.
Netscape, PMMAIL, and PMINEWS can't find the host although Injoy reports
local, remote, and nameserver addresses. To get connected to the Internet
I've always had to say "SLIP," and I don't know how to do that with Injoy. I
read about scripts, thinking that I could recreate what is being done and add
one line to the end (the documentation for this program is awful if you don't
know what you're doing already), but all my attempts to capture something get
a bunch of garbage. I also tried sending "SLIP" to COM1 from the command
line, but of course the com port is already in use so that doesn't work.

Can anyone tell me something that will work? Is it really supposed to be this
hard? I'd be really grateful for any help, since I'm losing access to the old
lines at the end of the week.


Gail Koontz        Retired in my home state
836 Mallard Rd.         . . . and loving it!
Cocoa, FL 32926    [e-mail]



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From: [e-mail]                                    25-Oct-99 07:14:10
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 14:48:15
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail] (Dan Casey)

In article <7v064m$2nd$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:
>In article <7uvrbb$5ad$[e-mail]>,
>  [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc) wrote:
>> Dilbert Firestorm <[e-mail] (remove SPAM)> writes:
>> >
>> > Does it support gif animations?
>>
>> It pages through the images in the file, but it does not play the
>> animation or save as an animated GIF.
>
>This is too bad and will not encourage me to upgrade my current
>registered PMView v1.05.  PMView has its merits and provides
>some features that others do not (Embellish for instance), yet
>Embellish handles GIF animations quite well.  I have seen the
>list of items the PMView 2.0 upgrade will offer and I'm not
>that impressed.  I don't work with Windows graphic files, I DO
>work with GIF animations and movie videos.  It would be very
>nice to have one graphics application that provided all of the
>features regular OS/2 users need.  Without it, it means I am relegated
>to running at least three separate OS/2 applications to work with my
>graphics: Embellish, Photo>Graphics (a God-awful application), and
>MainActor/2.  I haven't pursued Gimp/2 because it requires so much
>additional non-OS/2 programming to my system.


The subject of viewing Animated GIFs came up several times during the
beta cycle of PMView 2. As a matter of fact, MANY new features came
under discussion during this beta cycle. A lot of them were
implemented, and many of them will have to wait for a future version.
Basically, it came to a point where Peter had to start saying no to
new features in order to get Version 2 finished before the end of the
year. And, I might add, that he was encouraged to say no by most
everyone on the beta mailing list.


>I wonder if Peter Neilsen (sp?) isn't seeking to increase his
>profits by moving away from a once well received OS/2 product
>over to the Microsoft platform.  I don't use those MS platforms
>so PMView's ability to work on those systems is mute to me.  Is
>my upgrade dollar paying for entry/establishment into that market?
>If so, what am I, the OS/2 user, getting for my support and buck?
>I know now I'm not getting a new PMView feature to handle GIF
>animations and/or video graphics but I am getting a new and
>useless PMView feature that will allow me to use/work with Windows
>proprietary graphical formats.
>


That is simply not the case. Peter is doing cross-platform
development, and doing it in such a way as to minimize his development
costs while maximizing the performance on all platforms.

Due to IBM's marketing (or lack thereof) of OS/2 to the mainstream
users, it's simply not possible for a developer to make money by
developing ONLY for OS/2 (unless that developer has found a niche
market for an application that big business users will pay big $$$
for.


>I do feel Peter's offer of lifetime upgrades of PMView/2 to those
>who register prior to the release of v2.0 is commendable but I'm
>skeptical.  Fearful that Peter will offer one or two more (bug only)
>releases aimed at the OS/2 platform then apologetically announce
>his withdrawalfrom further OS/2 development in favor of a wider
>sales market to his newer and large volume of Microsoft customers.

Given that this has been the case several times this past year, I
don't blame you for your skepticism. However, having participated in
the beta of PMView 2.0, I don't get that feeling at all.

I've participated in (and continue to participate in) many beta tests
for many different products (all OS/2 apps, including OS/2 itself) and
the PMView BETA is the most unique I've been involved in. If a bug got
reported, a new EXE file was posted within hours or days (I seem to
remember a time frame in excess of 20 hours to compile the
application from source). Many of the features that were requested
will be in future releases. And these releases are already in the
planning stages or the early stages of development.

Peter was, and continues to be active in replying to users requests
and reports in the mailing list. I'd expect a GA release of PMView 2.0
to be as near to bug free as you could possibly ask for. And fixes
will not have to wait for the next release.

BTW, the mailing list that I refer to is a closed list. The only way
you can participate is by being a registered user of PMView 1.x.
Unregistered users cannot get access to the betas.


--
**************************************************************
*  Dan Casey                                                 *
*  President                                                 *
*  V.O.I.C.E. (Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education *
*  http://www.os2voice.org                                   *
*  Abraxas on IRC                                            *
*  http://members.iquest.net/~dcasey                         *
*  Charter Associate member, Team SETI                       *
*  Warpstock 99 in Atlanta  http://www.warpstock.org         *
**************************************************************
*  E-Mail (subject: Req. PGP Key) for Public Key             *
**************************************************************

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From: [e-mail]                                   25-Oct-99 12:26:11
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 14:48:15
Subj: Re: Injoy Problem

From: [e-mail] (Vit Timchishin)

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:26:09, "Gail Koontz" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> My ISP is switching telephone service to new lines, and my old DOIP script
> won't work with the new setup no matter how I tweak and mess with it. The
> problem appears to be that I'm never getting an IP address for the host. I
> would prefer using Injoy anyway, since I want to set up a LAN so that all
> three computers can use the same Internet connection, and I understand
that's
> the way to go.
>
> Using Injoy, I can dial in just fine and establish a PPP connection using
> either PAP or CHAP. Unfortunately, that gets me only to the local level.
> Netscape, PMMAIL, and PMINEWS can't find the host although Injoy reports
> local, remote, and nameserver addresses. To get connected to the Internet
> I've always had to say "SLIP," and I don't know how to do that with Injoy. I
> read about scripts, thinking that I could recreate what is being done and
add
> one line to the end (the documentation for this program is awful if you
don't
> know what you're doing already), but all my attempts to capture something
get
> a bunch of garbage. I also tried sending "SLIP" to COM1 from the command
> line, but of course the com port is already in use so that doesn't work.
>
> Can anyone tell me something that will work? Is it really supposed to be
this
> hard? I'd be really grateful for any help, since I'm losing access to the
old
> lines at the end of the week.
Try SafeFire PPP(http://www.lgs.kiev.ua). It also has NAT included and you can

always send your problem reports to [e-mail] and get answers.

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From: [e-mail]                                         25-Oct-99 19:01:27
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 16:44:03
Subj: Re: reading hpfs drives with win9x

From: Anssi Saari <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Mark Klebanoff) writes:

> I'd like to carry files between my OS/2 computer and a Win98 computer
> using a Zip Drive.  If I format the Zip as HPFS I can use long file
> names but Win98 won't read the disk.  Is there a driver that will
> enable Win98 to read HPFS drives, particularly Zip disks?

I haven't found anything good for wintendo, so I share data between
OS/2, wintendo and Linux using FAT32, which OS/2 can read and write,
if you get the drivers from
http://www.os2ss.com/information/kelder/index.html.

--
Anssi Saari - [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                        25-Oct-99 12:35:05
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 16:44:04
Subj: Re: PMMail, Attachments, and application calling

From: [e-mail] (Kim A. Sommer)

In article <[e-mail]>,
John M Price PhD  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>I have a strange problem with attachments.  Some work, others don't, and
>I can't see why.  For instance,  I have one with a .txt extension,
>properly opened by E.EXE, as noted in the settings.  However, I can't
>open the attachment, and I get a WinOS2 error message (!) about invalid
>path.
>
>I then typed the full path to the program, F:\EEE\E.EXE (which is on the
>path in config.sys) and still, a WinOS2 error.  I moved the %s to the
>program line, and I get, yep, a WinOS2 error.
>



I have the same problem with BMPS and it seems PCX files.  And I had no
asscoiatoins in PMMail for PCX.  I would get a win-os2 error when trying
to open BMP files.  PMJPEG (and now PMView) was the program I was trying
to use.

I did have assocations for word procesing and spreadsheet files to MS Word
and Excel (Office 4.2 - win16) which I had removed a little bit ago.

When I changed those associatons for (DOC, WPD< SAM, XLS etc) to
StarOffice, guess what happened when I tried to open a BMP?  You got it.
Star Office opened.  THe same thing happens to me with PCX files too.

If I remove the spreadsheet and word processing associtaions compeltely,
then I get and error that PMMail tried to open a program in the foreground
but that it got opened in the background instead.  And what does CTRL-ESC
bring up?  PMView with the BMP I was trying to view.

The only clue I have is that BMP is an octet-stream mime type like word
processing and spreadsheet.

The only other thing, I just thought of it, is that I haven't tried
disabling Object Desktop.  IT always bugged me that OD has file viewer
built in and it seemed PMMAil should jsut be able to latch into those if
nothing else is specified.

How many folks with this problem are running OD 2.0?


I don't know if this ehelps anyone but it is definetely a bug somewhere
and it seems nothing you do with the associations wil change it much.  If
OD is the culprit, then is there anything for OS/2 that gives me quick
Word file viewers and virtual desktops?  I've not always been happy with
the speed decrease OD brings with it for it's usability but that's for
another thread.



Regards,
Kim


--
-------
Kim A. Sommer
Humans do it Better!  The Open Directory Project - http://dmoz.org

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From: [e-mail]                        25-Oct-99 12:47:19
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 16:44:04
Subj: Re: Injoy Problem

From: [e-mail] (Kim A. Sommer)

In article <[e-mail]>,
Gail Koontz <[e-mail]> wrote:
>My ISP is switching telephone service to new lines, and my old DOIP script
>won't work with the new setup no matter how I tweak and mess with it. The
>problem appears to be that I'm never getting an IP address for the host. I
>

DOIP will do PAP.  There is a checkbox in the setup to select PAP.  At
that ppoint you should not need a script.  I'll have to check at home to
get the details on it.  My ISP switched to PAP only last year and I was
going crazy for about a week until I actually read the help file for DOIP
very carefully.  I kept skipping the correct section.

Kim

--
-------
Kim A. Sommer
Humans do it Better!  The Open Directory Project - http://dmoz.org

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From: [e-mail]                               25-Oct-99 21:39:26
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 16:44:04
Subj: The new version of Nice OS/2 Enhancer is released :-)

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

                               Hello!

 The Nice OS/2 Enhancer adds new features to the OS/2 Warp system. It
 works alongside the Presentation Manager (PM) and other applications.

 This version has a new interface and great changes in a kernel code,
 the speed was increased, new features were added.

 Here is a list of the Enhancer's features:
  * Image movement in all windows by means of mouse and keyboard,
  * Frames and controls modified for all windows,
  * Workplace extension - four "Rooms" around the desktop,
  * "Hot-keys" definition for any version of OS/2 Warp,
  * Various "patches" for your system.

 Nice OS/2 Enhancer is a multi-threaded application so it cannot block the
 system, and is very stable. All actions are performed in background mode
 so you do not need to upgrade your hardware to use this Enhancer.

 Try to make your system better :-)

 System requirements: OS/2 Warp 4.x with Netscape Navigator.

 Status: OpenSource software.

 Application URL: 1. ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/nice-os2-v30.zip
                  2. ftp.kiarchive.ru/pub/os2/wpsutil/nice-os2-v30.zip
                  3. beit.fcn.ru/pub/os2/wpsutil/nice-os2-v30.zip

 Screenshot URL:  ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/pub/multimedia/images/gif/nice-os2.gif

 Regards!








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From: [e-mail]                               25-Oct-99 21:36:19
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 16:44:04
Subj: New file utility is released.

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

                               News!

A new version of file checker "Names" is released. This application
checks files on HPFS drives, it can change a case of names, revise
differences between file and WPS object names, change attributes
of files, and more.

Requirements: OS/2 Warp 4.x with Netscape Navigator.

Status: OpenSource software.

Full URL: ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/Names-v11.zip

Download and enjoy it!






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From: [e-mail]                                     25-Oct-99 17:56:23
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 16:44:04
Subj: Setup diskette for model lx40sx

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

Hi all,

This is not directly related to OS/2, but a friend of mine is trying to find
the setup diskette for the subject model.
I have searched thru all IBM sites I know of and did not find anything about
it.

Michel SUCH - Team OS/2 FRANCE
ICQ # 51654489


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From: [e-mail]                           25-Oct-99 13:46:22
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 16:44:04
Subj: Re: NS 4.04 & NS 4.61 characters

From: Michael Kaply <[e-mail]>

As mentioned to Allen in a note, this is a video driver problem.

The video card does not support 1004.

Switching to GRADD fixed it.

Mike Kaply
IBM

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From: [e-mail]                           25-Oct-99 13:48:10
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 16:44:04
Subj: Re: Comm/2 v4.61 questions

From: Michael Kaply <[e-mail]>

The scroll bar problem will be fixed in a refresh.

Netscape does support PNGs. Not sure of the version.

The lack of it in Applications is probably just an oversight.

Mike Kaply
IBM

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From: [e-mail]                            25-Oct-99 18:56:28
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 16:44:04
Subj: Wanted: App to do file transfer to laptop using drive letter mapping

From: Stephen Robinson <[e-mail]>

Is there an application available that allows an OS/2 user to copy
files from the OS/2 computer to a laptop (running Win9x) like he or she
would to a Syquest or Zip drive? Both the Syquest and Zip products come
with OS/2 drivers that mount the removable drive on an unused drive
letter and allow the removable drive to be treated (for the most part)
as any other fixed or floppy drive. We're looking for an application
that runs on a Win9x laptop using parallel or serial interface to the
OS/2 "client" PC that would provide the same interface in OS/2, using
the laptop as the "removable drive".

Thanks,
Stephen
--
Stephen Robinson    Sr. Systems Programmer Analyst
Catalina Marketing  [e-mail]


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

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From: [e-mail]                        25-Oct-99 21:18:16
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 19:06:15
Subj: Is there a Kill Command?

From: [e-mail] (Harald Kamm)

Ciao Michel,

Replying to a message of Michel A Goyette to Frank:

 MAG>  It isn't about killing a running process but to erase (without any
 MAG> possible recovery) a file on the disk.  ;-)

You might search for

  PMWIP120.ZIP   81K 04.11.95     PM WIPE v1.20 is an easy-to-use PM program
                                  for an unrecoverable deletion of files and
                                  subdirectories. FREEWARE
  WIPE02B.ZIP    33K 07.11.95     Wipe - File Wiping Utility V0.2 Beta for
                                  OS/2


Servus, Harald!

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From: [e-mail]                                  25-Oct-99 20:28:04
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 19:06:15
Subj: Re: How to scan for bad sectors on JFS

From: [e-mail] (Yuri Dario)

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 22:06:58, [e-mail] (Carsten
Frank) wrote:

> I have a problem with my little server. I set up a JFS partition and
> format it. But he has bad sectors on it. Now if I read the specific

maybe chkdsk x: /B could help: this should tranfer LVM bad disk table
to partition.

Bye,

    Yuri Dario

/*
 * member of TeamOS/2 - Italy
 * http://www.quasarbbs.com/yuri
 */

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From: yourself@127.0.0.1                                25-Oct-99 19:53:03
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 19:06:15
Subj: Re: Change font in MS Mail on OS/2 Warp 4

From: yourself@127.0.0.1 (Rich Walsh)

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:23:42, Thomas Kellerer <[e-mail]> wrote:

> In article <7uq6vp$73v$[e-mail]>,
>   [e-mail] wrote:
> > I need a PROVEN solution to changing the font in Win3x applications,
> > such as MS Mail 3.5 and FileManager, so my users can see larger size
> > text in extreme resolutions,such as 1280 x something-or-other.
> >
> > We have in our system.ini (c:\):
> > fonts.fon=vgasys.fon
> > fixedfon.fon=vgafix.fon
> > oemfonts.fon=vgaoem.fon
>
> Typically the system.ini contains an entry like
> Aspect=120,90,90
> or something like that
>
> You might want to play around with that setting. It helped with my ATI
> Card.

My \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM directory contains 8514 versions of the
files listed above (i.e. 8514SYS.FON, etc.).  Changing system.ini
to point at these produced larger type in the likely places:  menus,
titlebars, Notepad, etc.

FWIW...  my system.ini shows aspect=100,96,96 for VGA.  I _think_
it was xxx,120,120 for 8514  (so much for PROVEN solutions... <g>)

   == == almost usable email address:  rlwalshATpacket.net == ==
___________________________________________________________________

                |             - DragText v3.1 -
Rich Walsh      |  A Distinctly Different Desktop Enhancement
Ft Myers, FL    |  New!  Pickup & Drop for text, and more...
                |  http://www.usacomputers.net/personal/rlwalsh/
___________________________________________________________________

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From: [e-mail]                                  25-Oct-99 22:04:24
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 19:06:15
Subj: Re: Which version of Java am I running?

From: [e-mail]

Just type java -version at an os window...

Edfel Rivera


On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 21:08:40, Dave Critelli <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Does anyone have any tricks to see what JDK is running on a system?  I
> know I could run syslevel, but it reports all of the JDK loaded on my
> system.  It wont tell my which one it runs when I run applet.
>
> Thanks.
> Dave C.
>


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From: [e-mail]                          25-Oct-99 22:22:17
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 21:17:18
Subj: Re: OD - alternatives?

From: [e-mail] (Annie K.)

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 14:38:07, [e-mail] (rj friedman) wrote:

:εI'm using OD 2.0 and everytime I try to open a zip file by dbl-clicking it
:εcomes up with an error.  It seems to like to to a "-C"switch instead of a
:ε"-c" switch.
:εAny ideas?
:
:I really can't say for sure - since I'm using the 1.5
:version, so maybe they are different.

 Be sure you're using unzip.exe version 5.32 (from archive
unzip532.exe). The newer unzip.exe (from unz540x2.exe) gives OD fits.

--
Klaatu barada nikto

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From: [e-mail]                               25-Oct-99 18:06:22
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 21:17:18
Subj: Re: Which version of Java am I running?

From: Brad BARCLAY <[e-mail]>

Dave Critelli wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any tricks to see what JDK is running on a system?  I
> know I could run syslevel, but it reports all of the JDK loaded on my
> system.  It wont tell my which one it runs when I run applet.

    There should only be one active JVM on your system, regardless of
wether you're running an application or applet.  This is the way that
OS/2's Java was designed.

    However, if you want to know the Java version, you can always do the
following from a command prompt:

            java -version

    The latest JDK/JRE for OS/2 from IBM is v1.1.8.  Due to the tremendous
speed improvements, if you're not running the latest version I highly
recommend downloading and installing it (especially if you're over 1
revision back - ie: if you have v1.1.6 or earlier).

Brad BARCLAY

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Posted from the OS/2 WARP v4.5 desktop of Brad BARCLAY.
E-Mail:  [e-mail]        Location:  2G43D@Torolabs

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From: [e-mail]                      25-Oct-99 23:21:21
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 21:17:18
Subj: Re: Which version of Java am I running?

From: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] wrote:
> Does anyone have any tricks to see what JDK is running on a system?

java.exe -fullversion

--
-Steven Hunter               *OS/2 Warp 4 * |
[e-mail] *AMD K6-2 400* |


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

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From: [e-mail]                                   25-Oct-99 18:23:14
  To: All                                               25-Oct-99 21:17:18
Subj: Re: Which version of Java am I running?

From: Dave Critelli <[e-mail]>


[e-mail] wrote:

> Just type java -version at an os window...

Duh - Now I really feel stupid!!!

Thanks Edfel
Dave

>
>
> Edfel Rivera
>
> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 21:08:40, Dave Critelli <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have any tricks to see what JDK is running on a system?  I
> > know I could run syslevel, but it reports all of the JDK loaded on my
> > system.  It wont tell my which one it runs when I run applet.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Dave C.
> >

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From: [e-mail]                             26-Oct-99 08:18:10
  To: All                                               26-Oct-99 05:14:20
Subj: Re: Wanted: App to do file transfer to laptop using drive letter mappin

From: [e-mail] (Dave Parsons)

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 20:19:17, Brad BARCLAY <[e-mail]> wrote:

>     Under OS/2 you can actually run the NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer via either a
> serial or parallel port connection.  So long as you can do the same from
> the Windows based system, you should be able to hook them up together in
> the exact manner you describe.
>
>     I don't know much more in the way of details in doing so (having never
> attempted to do so myself :), but this might give you a starting point
> to work with.  One note:  if it comes down toa  choice between parallel
> or serial, go parallel (it's faster).
>
>     Obviously, if the laptop has an ethernet connection available for it,
> the excercise becomes easy - just run a normal peer :)
>
> Brad BARCLAY
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Posted from the OS/2 WARP v4.5 desktop of Brad BARCLAY.
> E-Mail:  [e-mail]        Location:  2G43D@Torolabs

I tried this some while back but could not get it to work OS/2 <-> Win95.
Worked OK OS/2 <-> OS/2 though.
Although Win95 have a Null modem cable peer to peer, it seems that
the protocol is not the same.
The solution was 'real network cards'

--
Dave

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From: [e-mail]                           26-Oct-99 06:22:29
  To: All                                               26-Oct-99 05:14:20
Subj: Re: Any of it transfer?

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:44:16, Alan Beagley <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>
>
> Lorne Sunley wrote:
>
> > Unless you have the complete HPFS386 code from a version
> > of Warp Server Advanced you will probably destroy the
> > data on your disks at some point. The Warp 4 "File and Print
> > Services" client is not really compatible with HPFS386. Running
> > both on the same machine will cause problems.
>
> What do you mean by "the complete HPFS386 code . . ."? How would the data
> get destroyed? I uderstand there could be a problem if one uses ACL, but
> other than that . . .?
>
> > At one point IBM published a "White Paper" on how to install
> > the server portions of Warp Server on a Warp 4 machine. The
> > configuration is "not supported".
>
> Any idea where this White Paper could be found?
>

You have to have the PREPACL.EXE program to get rid of
any ACL's that are created when drives are shared by the
"File and Print Services" client. If you boot from diskette
these ACL's will keep you from reading the data on the
drive using normal HPFS. There is also a THIN386.IFS
that can be used to create boot diskettes that will read
the data on the drive when the ACL's are in place.

I remember that there was a statement somewhere that
the "File and Print Services" client not completely
compatible with HPFS386 but I cannot remember the
source of the statement.

I don't remember where the "white paper" was available.
There was some discussion on the newsgroups that
gave it's location. Try www.deja.com and see if you
can find the reference.

Lorne Sunley


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From: [e-mail]                          26-Oct-99 14:40:26
  To: All                                               26-Oct-99 14:37:12
Subj: More specifically,...

From: Lee Thoresen <[e-mail]>

I failed to mention that my warp 4 client now uses the hpfs386
dated 6/11.  It has run with no difficulty.  Does this make any
difference in my view toward possible use of the warp 4.5 version
of hpfs386?
LLT

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From: [e-mail]                                  25-Oct-99 20:15:12
  To: All                                               26-Oct-99 16:34:06
Subj: Re: Setup diskette for model lx40sx

From: [e-mail] (Frank Beythien)

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 17:56:47, "Michel SUCH" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> X-Newsreader: PMINews 2.00.1205 For OS/2
> X-Complaints-To: [e-mail]
> X-Trace: nnrp3.proxad.net 940874207 212.27.39.74 (Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:56:47
MEST)
> NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:56:47 MEST
>
> Hi all,
>
> This is not directly related to OS/2, but a friend of mine is trying to find
> the setup diskette for the subject model.
> I have searched thru all IBM sites I know of and did not find anything about
> it.

Did you search  www.pc.ibm.com with the exact model number? I found
the tthe model number to give better search results.

CU/2
--
Frank Beythien   [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                           26-Oct-99 14:09:23
  To: All                                               26-Oct-99 20:25:01
Subj: Re: Junkbuster problem...help...

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

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Hash: SHA1

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:21:54 +0200, Colin Brace wrote:

>In <[e-mail]>, on
>10/25/99
>   at 11:58 PM, "RichS" <[e-mail]> said:
>
>> The problem I'm having is closing it. I can open the windows and hit
>> control-C to stop it, but the process won't exit.
>
>I have been running junkbuster for more than a year here and never
>encountered the problem you mention, so I suspect it isn't specifically a
>IJB problem. Sorry, don't have any suggestions at the moment.
>
>> I have emx 9d, fixp #2 installed and seemingly working fine as other emx
>> programs haven't complained.
>
>ditto.
>
>--
>  Colin Brace <[e-mail]>
>  Amsterdam
>  http://www.lim.nl
>
>
Thanks for the reply. I kind of took it for granted that it worked right for
other people. My system was working fine for years up until the last couple
weeks after a few installs that I made the mistake of trying. Recovering has
been a job & a half... I may have gotten back my CD drive now and everything
else seems to be working again, but who knows? I still can't get EscapeGL 3.0
to work right and haven't reinstalled my S3 video drivers after Scitech's
SDDb7 fiasco.... And that's where this shutdown problem is a real pain...
Hopefully someone has an idea why this one program won't exit while other emx
programs do... Junkbuster is great, but right now it's really getting in the
way... Of course if I just get the system back 100%, I won't have to worry
about shutting it down ;-)

Thanks again...

Rich...

******************************************************************************
Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless...Umm...Uhh....
Oh - Heck...I never could remember all that "nice" stuff.
-
-----------------------------{worlock@frontiernet/net}-------------------------
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******************************************************************************



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From: [e-mail]                 26-Oct-99 10:18:03
  To: All                                               26-Oct-99 20:25:02
Subj: Re: Installing Midnight Commander. Help!

From: [e-mail] (Raphael Tennenbaum)

Greg Thomas <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I've done what the documentation says to install MC, but it complains
>that the file X11 was not found. What the hell does this mean? Have I
>stuffed up installing EMX?
>
>I'm originally (and am) an Amiga user, so I'm still on my OS/2 training
>wheels...

Well then, unless you're trying to do some fancy X-windows
stuff, if you're looking for a text-mode "file commander"
utility, try one of the best OS/2 text-mode apps around:
FC/2, which you can get at

    http://silk.apana.org.au/fc.htm

Extremely user-configurable.  Read the manual, then re-read
it -- this is a wonderful too, very powerful.

Just fyi: EMX is great to have for many applications, but
you prolly should be up to speed on OS/2 and wps stuff
before you start fiddling with it.  Off the top of my head
though I'd say if you want to check if you've installed it
correctly, open up an OS/2 command window and type

    emxrev

You should get something like

    EMX : revision = 60
    EMXIO : revision = 60
    EMXLIBC : revision = 60
    EMXLIBCM : revision = 62
    EMXLIBCS : revision = 62
    EMXWRAP : revision = 60

If you don't, then something's wrong with your installation:
probably the files are in directories not in your path,
dpath and/or libpath statements.

A word of advice: for the sake of doing installations of
applications which need files (such as DLL files) to be in
system paths in config.sys, you're best off creating a new
(set of) subdirectory(ies) on a DIFFERENT DRIVE than the one
you boot OS/2 off of.  Eg, though I may boot off drives E:
or L:, my EMX is installed on subdirectories on
F:/ME/OS2/UNIX (and all my config.sys path statements of
course point to these).  This makes it easier to say,
upgrade to newer revisions of OS/2, or share files between
different OS/2 installations -- many other advantages.

But all that's subsidiary to the main point: get FC/2.


--
Ray Tennenbaum        '99 YZF-R6
readme@ http://www.ray-field.com

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From: [e-mail]                                    26-Oct-99 19:54:26
  To: All                                               26-Oct-99 20:25:02
Subj: Scanning.

From: [e-mail] (DiiN)

Can someone tell me if you have a working scanner with an Advansys scsi
card/driver?
TiA

--

The Big and Slow Dino's already died out
so naturally NT will die out as well...

Groetens, Dieter.

***Email  [e-mail] (Dieter)
***Netmail 2:280/815.16

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From: [e-mail]                        26-Oct-99 13:51:12
  To: All                                               26-Oct-99 20:25:02
Subj: Re: Injoy Problem

From: "Paul M. Pilon" <[e-mail]>

On 25 Oct 1999 12:47:38 -0500, Kim A. Sommer wrote:

>In article <[e-mail]>,
>DOIP will do PAP.  There is a checkbox in the setup to select PAP.  At
>that ppoint you should not need a script.  I'll have to check at home to
>get the details on it.  My ISP switched to PAP only last year and I was
>going crazy for about a week until I actually read the help file for DOIP
>very carefully.  I kept skipping the correct section.
>
>Kim
>
>--
>-------
>Kim A. Sommer
>Humans do it Better!  The Open Directory Project - http://dmoz.org
>


Kim:

As far as I can tell, there is no checkbox in DIOP to use PAP.  Having said
this, I do use PAP to logon to iStar (Now PSINet).  In configuring my DOIP, I
selected Add Entry.  On the Login Info Page, I entered  "iStar PAP" in the
Description field, and "NONE" in the Login Sequence field.  Under Connection
Type on the same page, I selected "PPP". After entering  the other info
required in the other fields for my IP, I was off and running.


**************************************************************
"I have the male 'work avoidance chromosome'.
I can detect unnecessary work, thereby avoiding it."
-- Dilbert

Paul M. Pilon
Halifax, NS Canada
[e-mail]
To reply, get rid of the 3 "red"s .
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From: [e-mail]                     26-Oct-99 22:02:06
  To: All                                               26-Oct-99 21:24:08
Subj: Re: Partition Magic 4.0 Bug, I believe

From: [e-mail] (Cornelis van Bemmel)

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 01:04:09 GMT, "Hal Murray" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> > When building partition tables, OS/2 requires strict adherence to
>its
> > published rules.  Partition Magic takes shortcuts.  It can change
>your
> > partition table so that OS/2 can't read it accurately
>
>Ed
>
>Had the same thing happen to me and went back to using PQ Magict.exe
>3.05.03.
>
>Their techs told me that PM 4 changes the file type for the extended
>partition to 05. I don't recall what type it was before using PM 4.
>
>Hal Murray
>Calgary, AB

This seems to be a very dangerous bug in PM4. I had the same thing
happen, but fortunately I found a tool called DFSEE. This tool
recognizes the wrong file type, and is able to repair this. It solved
my problem, so I use this as a workaround now.

This is where you can find it: www.fsys.demon.nl
A short explanation of dfsee:

"File-system display & analysis utility.
Shows partition-tables and bootsectors.
Shows HPFS/FAT internal disk structures
like Superblock, Fnodes, Dirblocks etc.
Check allocation integrity for volume.
Can find any data-sequence on the disk
and identify the file it belongs to.
Display allocation maps for the disk and
for the directory-band. Includes CHKDSK
UNDELETE/copy functionality for HPFS.
DFSee, (c) 1994,1998 Jan van Wijk"

Good luck!

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From: [e-mail]                                26-Oct-99 22:56:18
  To: All                                               26-Oct-99 21:24:08
Subj: Shutdown Doesn't

From: [e-mail] (Michael Robertson)

Shutdown, from either the WarpCenter icon or the desktop RMB2 list,
only works about a third of the
time.  Is there a utility that does a better job?  Or what might be
happening?

Michael Robertson
***Live simply, that others may simply live.***

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From: [e-mail]                                26-Oct-99 15:21:00
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:09
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: John M Price PhD <[e-mail]>

In comp.os.os2.apps article <[e-mail]> Will
Honea <[e-mail]> wrote:
[snip]

: As for upgrades, the free upgrade has always been a feature of the 1.x
: releases - nothing new there.  What has changed is that purchasers of
: ver. 2.0 and up don't get that little goodie while the free upgrades
: will continue for the 1.x registrants.  Nothing was taken back.  I
: don't look for the OS/2 version to disappear any time soon.

Whether your writing or my reading...

If you register prior to the release of version 2, all upgrades are free.

If you register after the release of version 2, only upgrades within
version are free, i.e. you'll pay a small upgrade fee for version 3 or
version 4, but not version 2.05.


--
John M. Price, PhD                                     [e-mail]
Life: Chemistry, but with feeling!      |      PGP Key on request or FTP!
  Email responses to my Usenet articles will be posted at my discretion.
Comoderator: sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated          Atheist# 683
                     Syndicate Section III - Number 1

"God has no place within these
 walls, just as facts have no
 place within organised religion."
      - The Simpsons, #100. 1994

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From: [e-mail]                                 26-Oct-99 20:34:26
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:09
Subj: Re: Shutdown Doesn't

From: Cam <[e-mail]>

Michael Robertson wrote:
>
> Shutdown, from either the WarpCenter icon or the desktop RMB2 list,
> only works about a third of the
> time.  Is there a utility that does a better job?  Or what might be
> happening?
>
> Michael Robertson
> ***Live simply, that others may simply live.***

I'm not sure what might be happening (it occasionally happened to me).
I use the Xfolder enhanced shutdown.

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From: [e-mail]                 26-Oct-99 19:35:29
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:09
Subj: Re: OD - alternatives?

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

On 26 Oct 1999 15:56:05 GMT, rj friedman wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 00:49:46, "Dave"
><[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>ε>Finally, (I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but) have you tried
>ε>the old unistalling / reinstalling routine?
>
>εYup and no go.  Even tried a different computer.
>
>Someone else mentioned that the newer version of unzip
>(after the 532 version) and OD don't mesh. I think I am
>still using the 532 version - could you be using the newer
>unzip version?

I got rid of all versions on my HD but the one that came with OD 2.0
No go.  I'll keep playing around.  FC is working well for me right now.
Funny thing is that if I open it as a zipview it works.  If I do and
Autoextract  Extract to floder that works too.



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From: [e-mail]                             27-Oct-99 11:50:15
  To: [e-mail]                           28-Oct-99 10:23:09
Subj: Re: Routing and IP Masquerading with ISDNPM and 56k

To: Mike Ruskai <[e-mail]>
From: Greg Thomas <[e-mail]>


Mike Ruskai wrote:

> >Routing
> >TYPE: default   DESTINATION: blank       ROUTER: 10.0.0.95   METRIC: 1
> >SUBNET: blank
> >TYPE: net          DESTINATION: 203.63.80 ROUTER: 10.0.0.95   METRIC:
> >1   SUBNET: blank
> >IP forwarding on
>
> Which machine(s) have the routing above?
>
> The server machine should have no LAN routing.  The client machines should
> have the default route above, but not the net route (if any net route,
> only to 10, which is the class A network you've chosen).

That is the routing of the server/gateway (10.0.0.95). None of the other
machines have any routing info at all, only host lists and 10.0.0.95 as the
DNS. The net route was generated with the "Create Default Net Route" button in
the TCP/IP Configuration.

Thanks :)

Greg


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From: [e-mail]                                26-Oct-99 20:10:22
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:10
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0?

From: [e-mail] (Will Honea)

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:21:00, John M Price PhD <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> : As for upgrades, the free upgrade has always been a feature of the 1.x
> : releases - nothing new there.  What has changed is that purchasers of
> : ver. 2.0 and up don't get that little goodie while the free upgrades
> : will continue for the 1.x registrants.  Nothing was taken back.  I
> : don't look for the OS/2 version to disappear any time soon.
>
> Whether your writing or my reading...
>
> If you register prior to the release of version 2, all upgrades are free.
>
> If you register after the release of version 2, only upgrades within
> version are free, i.e. you'll pay a small upgrade fee for version 3 or
> version 4, but not version 2.05.

You're probably right - I registered 1.05 so I didn't pay strict
attention to the new policy. What you say sounds likely and I would
have expected that to be the case.  I think more precisely than I
write, I guess.

Will Honea <[e-mail]>

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From: [e-mail]                               26-Oct-99 23:50:05
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:13
Subj: nftp, real cool

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

nftp (http://www.ayukov.com) is my favorite ftp client,
I just thought I'd let everyone know =)
Its textmode and has a wicked browser-like interface
(similar to my mp3 player - the basic textmode listbox)
and has a cool feature that'll re-connect to the site
and resume the transfer if the connection gets broken.

I remember life before nftp, I'd use ncftp, start 100meg
download then go to sleep and expect the file to be on
my pc when I woke up..  then to find out, pOOF, I got
cut off 20 minutes after I fell asleep..  no file.. heheh..
another thing is that its supported on just about every
platform, so if I go somewhere else and they're not using
os/2... no big whoopt, I can still enjoy my favorite ftp
client interface!

A new version, v1.60 was released the other day, check
it out @ http://www.ayukov.com


- dink ( http://dink.org )






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From: [e-mail]                                26-Oct-99 15:56:02
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:14
Subj: Re: OD - alternatives?

From: [e-mail] (rj friedman)

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 00:49:46, "Dave"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

ε>Finally, (I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but) have you tried
ε>the old unistalling / reinstalling routine?

εYup and no go.  Even tried a different computer.

Someone else mentioned that the newer version of unzip
(after the 532 version) and OD don't mesh. I think I am
still using the 532 version - could you be using the newer
unzip version?


________________________________________________________

[RJ]                 OS/2 - Live it, or live with it.
rj friedman          Team ABW
Taipei, Taiwan       [e-mail]

To send email - remove the `yyy'
________________________________________________________

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From: [e-mail]                               27-Oct-99 02:00:12
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:15
Subj: PMView 2.0

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

RE: Re: PMView 2.0?
BY: [e-mail] (Will Honea)

Since the PMView won't be supporting animated gifs, is there an os2 program
that can do this?



Origin: Nuclear Wasteland * 504-394-0509


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From: [e-mail]                                 27-Oct-99 10:48:27
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:16
Subj: Where can I get Microsoft C Compiler for OS/2 (version 6)?

From: [e-mail]

Hi,

I am looking for places where I can get hold of a copy of Microsoft C
Compiler for OS/2 (version 6.0).  Any reference?

kl


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

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From: [e-mail]                             27-Oct-99 22:03:03
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:16
Subj: netscape 461

From: [e-mail]

To All

I have installed netscaoe 4.61 and find that some search engines
eg.Yahoo and Ibm pages don't display the search word entry
box/window ( whatever) , just a couple of underscores next to
the start button.

Net 4.04 fired up on the same   connection is fine

Any ideas , however bizarre

Regards RonN

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From: [e-mail]                     27-Oct-99 12:11:16
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:16
Subj: Re: Which version of Java am I running?

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

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:06:45 -0400, Brad BARCLAY wrote:

>    The latest JDK/JRE for OS/2 from IBM is v1.1.8.  Due to the tremendous
>speed improvements, if you're not running the latest version I highly
>recommend downloading and installing it (especially if you're over 1
>revision back - ie: if you have v1.1.6 or earlier).

I dunno - it depends on the speed of your connection, and how much time you
have to spare ... ;-)  33.6k ... downloading, oh, what, 30, 40 meg?  Didn't
bother me 'cuz I'm not at 33.6k (try 3Mb).  But still took a non-neglible
amount of time.

If you're going to get the new version, I'd highly suggest starting your
computer off downloading *all* the exe's (except for the UF one if you
already have the unicode font installed from a previous 1.1.x, or the RT one
if you don't) right before bed or leaving for work/school in the morning.  It
might be done when you get back... ;-)  Also, think about using wget (you can
put all of the URLs on its commandline to fetch one after another) - it has
reget, and is much more patient about getting everything.  If you can't get
it all in your first shot, you have a commandline that you can reuse to get
the rest in a second shot.

---
Disclaimer: unless explicitly mentioned otherwise, I do not speak
for the company I work for.



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From: [e-mail]                            27-Oct-99 14:44:12
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:16
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0

From: Mirco Miranda <[e-mail]>

Dilbert Firestorm wrote:

> RE: Re: PMView 2.0?
> BY: [e-mail] (Will Honea)
>
> Since the PMView won't be supporting animated gifs, is there an os2 program
> that can do this?
>
> Origin: Nuclear Wasteland * 504-394-0509

With PMVIEW you can view all pages of  Animated GIF (Menu : view, next pages)

bye, Mirco.

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From: [e-mail]                                   27-Oct-99 12:45:15
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:16
Subj: Re: Where can I get Microsoft C Compiler for OS/2 (version 6)?

From: [e-mail] (Vit Timchishin)

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:48:54, [e-mail] wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for places where I can get hold of a copy of Microsoft C
> Compiler for OS/2 (version 6.0).  Any reference?
OS/2 DDK (IBM's site). No docs.

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From: [e-mail]                            27-Oct-99 07:23:26
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:16
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0

From: Chuck McKinnis <[e-mail]>

You might want to look at Web Animator.  Think you can find it at BMT
Micro.

Dilbert Firestorm wrote:
>
> RE: Re: PMView 2.0?
> BY: [e-mail] (Will Honea)
>
> Since the PMView won't be supporting animated gifs, is there an os2 program
> that can do this?
>
> Origin: Nuclear Wasteland * 504-394-0509

--
Chuck McKinnis
Senior Systems Engineer
Denver Solutions Group, Inc.
IBM Business Partner
IBM Senior Systems Engineer (retired)

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From: [e-mail]                           27-Oct-99 13:56:17
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:16
Subj: Re: netscape 461

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:03:07, [e-mail] wrote:

> To All
>
> I have installed netscaoe 4.61 and find that some search engines
> eg.Yahoo and Ibm pages don't display the search word entry
> box/window ( whatever) , just a couple of underscores next to
> the start button.
>
> Net 4.04 fired up on the same   connection is fine
>
> Any ideas , however bizarre

You have to change the default font from "Courier New"
to "Courier" for the "Fixed Width Screen Font". From the
Netscape menu "Edit" -> "Preferences". Expand the
"Appearance" tree in the "Category" field then click
on "Fonts" the dialog windows changes to allow the
selection of the default fonts.

You don't have "Courier New" installed on your system.
It's usually installed when you select "WINOS2" support.

Lorne Sunley


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From: [e-mail]                               27-Oct-99 10:40:02
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:17
Subj: Re: Where can I get Microsoft C Compiler for OS/2 (version 6)?

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

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:48:54 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am looking for places where I can get hold of a copy of Microsoft C
>Compiler for OS/2 (version 6.0).  Any reference?

If you sign up for the DDK @ http://service.software.ibm.com/ddk/
you can download it along with MASM for free.


- dink ( http://dink.org )




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From: [e-mail]                           27-Oct-99 18:52:16
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:18
Subj: Re: Shutdown Doesn't

From: [e-mail] (John Varela)

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:56:36, [e-mail] (Michael Robertson)
wrote:

> Shutdown, from either the WarpCenter icon or the desktop RMB2 list,
> only works about a third of the
> time.  Is there a utility that does a better job?  Or what might be
> happening?

Which FixPak are you on?  I used to have that problem: Sometimes
shutdown would start but not complete.  I would start shutdown a
second time and nothing at all would happen.  On the third try,
shutdown would go to completion.  Invariably, it worked on the third
try, and it didn't matter what method I used to initiate shutdown.

I haven't seen this in quite a while -- so I don't recall which FixPak
did it (if indeed it was fixed by a FixPak) but I'm currently on FP12.

--
John Varela
to e-mail, remove - between mind and spring

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     27-Oct-99 19:35:07
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:18
Subj: Re: Change font in MS Mail on OS/2 Warp 4

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:15:58, [e-mail] wrote:

>
> >
> > With my S3 video adapter, there is a utility that changes the font
> > size between large and small (look in System Setup-> S3 Windows Font
> > Size).
> >
> > Perhaps, if you tell us what video adapter(s) you have, someone can
> > suggest how to do it with your adapter(s).
> >
>
> Some are using S3 Stealth, some ATI Rage Pro II, some S3 Trio64, some S3
> Virge and others ATI Mach64.  There must be a common solution though...
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

From what I have seen, and heard, no, there isn't. The method is
dependant on the video driver, and any support programs that it may
make (or, don't make) available. As I said above, the S3 drivers
install a program to change the font size, some others (but not all)
do the same. At least S3 covers some of your machines.

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     27-Oct-99 19:35:08
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:18
Subj: Re: Shutdown Doesn't

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:56:36, [e-mail] (Michael Robertson)
wrote:

> Shutdown, from either the WarpCenter icon or the desktop RMB2 list,
> only works about a third of the
> time.  Is there a utility that does a better job?  Or what might be
> happening?
>
> Michael Robertson
> ***Live simply, that others may simply live.***

What "might" be happening, is that you have a rogue program running,
that won't shut down when it should. You could, also, be fooled if you
have a network running, since that seems to take up to a minute to get
itself shut down, before the rest of the shutdown can complete.

When it "hangs", do Ctrl-Esc to get a window list. It might show you
what is still running, which might be a clue, or, it might tell you
that some program is not responding, which could be another clue.

How much of the desktop (if any) is left when it "hangs"? Is there any
single program that is running, when the hang happens, that may not be
running, when it works?

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: [e-mail]                                   28-Oct-99 01:59:15
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:18
Subj: Re: Problem with NS 4.61self extract file

From: Meinolf Sondermann <[e-mail]>

Hello Patrice,

No good news for you. The file is is corrupt.
I think you must go through download pain again.
Make sure you have downloaded it in binary mode.
FYI here is the exact length of comm461.exe
(english, international security): 10.015.456 byte

For the fixpack:
I recommend upgrading to the last FP40.
Comm461 might ( not sure ) run with FP32, but if you
want to run Java 1.1.x with unicode, you will run into
major problems.

Bye/2
Meinolf

Patrice Allais wrote:
>
> Hi Warpers!
>
> I spent lot of time downloading updates for Communicator 4.61 and I
> end up with problems while launching the self extracting files. I'm
> using Warp3 Connect Win OS2 FP 32 (yes I know I'm missing some... but
> it was working up to now).
>
> The problem is that I get an error message saying error occured while
> reading the ZIP file... I downloaded the files with NS 4.61. I'm
> currently retrying with NcFTP, but I'd like to be sure there's no
> incompatibility with what I have and the file I'm downloading.
>
> The exact error message is:
>
> PKSFX(R)  Version 2.50  FAST!  Self Extract Utility for OS/2  5-1-1997
> Copyright 1989-1997 PKWARE Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Shareware
> Version
> PKSFX Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.
>
> Extracting files from .ZIP: I:/DOWNLOAD/TMP/comm461.exe
>
> PKZIP: (Z150) Error Reading .ZIP file
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Patrice.

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From: [e-mail]                          28-Oct-99 07:28:06
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:18
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0

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

Embellish, MainActor, ...

Cheers

Wayne


On Wed, 27 Oct 99 02:00:25 (cdt), Dilbert Firestorm wrote:

:>RE: Re: PMView 2.0?
:>BY: [e-mail] (Will Honea)
:>
:>Since the PMView won't be supporting animated gifs, is there an os2 program
:>that can do this?
:>
:>
:>
:>Origin: Nuclear Wasteland * 504-394-0509
:>
:>

******************************************************
Wayne Bickell
Tokyo, Japan
[e-mail]
******************************************************
           Posted with PMINews 2 for OS/2
  Running on OS/2 Warp 4 (UK)  + FixPak 9
******************************************************



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From: [e-mail]                          28-Oct-99 10:11:27
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:18
Subj: Re: netscape 461

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

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 22:03:07 +1100, [e-mail] wrote:

:>To All
:>
:>I have installed netscaoe 4.61 and find that some search engines
:>eg.Yahoo and Ibm pages don't display the search word entry
:>box/window ( whatever) , just a couple of underscores next to
:>the start button.
:>
:>Net 4.04 fired up on the same   connection is fine
:>
:>Any ideas , however bizarre
:>
:>Regards RonN
:>

Change the fixed-width font from Courier New to Courier
or anything else you prefer. Or install Win-OS2 to get the
font.

Cheers

Wayne

******************************************************
Wayne Bickell
Tokyo, Japan
[e-mail]
******************************************************
           Posted with PMINews 2 for OS/2
  Running on OS/2 Warp 4 (UK)  + FixPak 9
******************************************************



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From: [e-mail]                    28-Oct-99 01:22:11
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:18
Subj: Describe Demo?

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

    Hobbes has the Describe 4 for OS/2 demo, but I was wondering if
anyone can send me a copy of the demos for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 (if
there were any).
    If you have a copy then please zip it up and send to:
[e-mail]

    Thanks.


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From: [e-mail]                                 28-Oct-99 01:16:16
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:19
Subj: Re: nftp, real cool

From: [e-mail] (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.apps, "dinkmeister" <[e-mail]>
spake unto us, saying:

>nftp (http://www.ayukov.com) is my favorite ftp client,
>I just thought I'd let everyone know =)

Me too -- I use it everywhere!  :-)  And the cool thing is, the one
registration fee gets me a license that's valid on a lot of different
OSes (something I really like).

--
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  [e-mail]  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
                 Nudge, nudge, ;-), ;-), say no more!

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From: [e-mail]                               28-Oct-99 02:50:25
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 10:23:19
Subj: PMView  2.0

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

RE: Re: PMView 2.0
BY: Mirco Miranda <[e-mail]>

>With PMVIEW you can view all pages of  Animated GIF (Menu : view, next pages)

are you sure?  I think that command was for viewing the next files in the
sequence.



Origin: Nuclear Wasteland * 504-394-0509


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From: [e-mail]                      28-Oct-99 13:28:21
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 11:18:04
Subj: NS 4.61GA on WSeB and german Umlauts: Font Problem

From: Johannes Hromadka <[e-mail]>


Hi:

I'm running NS 4.61 GA on Warp Server f. eBuisiness. Setup with Locale
DE_AT and codepages 437 and 1004.

Every Pages with national characters, german Umlauts ÄÖÜ, displays the
national characters wrong when I use an Adobe Type 1 Font.

If I use TT Fonts the national characters display correct.

But, since the rendering of TT Fonts is some kind of ugly compared to
the rendering of Type 1 Fonts I would like to use the Type 1 Fonts.

Any hints, where the setting is hidden to get Adobe Type 1 Fonts display
the correct characters in above configuration ?


    Greetings from Vienna


         Hannes

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From: postmaster@[127.0.0.1]                            28-Oct-99 06:48:15
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 11:18:04
Subj: Re: PMView  2.0

From: postmaster@[127.0.0.1]

In <[e-mail]>, on 10/28/99
   at 02:50 AM, "Dilbert Firestorm" <[e-mail]> said:

>>With PMVIEW you can view all pages of  Animated GIF (Menu : view, next
pages)

>are you sure?  I think that command was for viewing the next files in the
>sequence.

No, it works just fine.  I also use it to view multi-page fax files from
FAXWorks.  Works great.

--
GK

FrodoJRR at Interaccess dot com
OS/2 Version 4.00 FixPack 12
There are 31 Processes with 122 Threads.
This machine's uptime is 1d 12h 38m 33s 929ms.


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From: [e-mail]                                  28-Oct-99 11:57:23
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 11:18:04
Subj: Re: PMView  2.0

From: "Jaime A. Cruz, Jr." <[e-mail]>

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I can verify that PMView 1.05 (at least) allows you to view each frame of an
animated GIF.  That's not the same thing, however, as allowing you to create
or modify an animated GIF...

On Thu, 28 Oct 99 02:50:50 (cdt), Dilbert Firestorm wrote:

>RE: Re: PMView 2.0
>BY: Mirco Miranda <[e-mail]>
>
>>With PMVIEW you can view all pages of  Animated GIF (Menu : view, next
pages)
>
>are you sure?  I think that command was for viewing the next files in the
>sequence.
>
>
>
>Origin: Nuclear Wasteland * 504-394-0509
>
>

Jaime A. Cruz, Jr.

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From: [e-mail]                                    28-Oct-99 08:29:06
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 11:18:04
Subj: Re: Installing a Crystal "TidalWave128" soundcard in Warp4/FP10

From: Bob McLellan <[e-mail]>


Stan Goodman wrote:

>
>
> Here are the lines that seem to be related to the card (I take B. Saudi to
> be a prince in an Arabian royal family, but I could be wrong):
>
> DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\CWAUDIO.SYS /N:BSAUD1$ /L:8
> DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\CWVAUDIO.SYS BSAUD1$
> BASEDEV=CWAUDIO.SYS /N:BSAUD1$ /X1:100 /X2:100 /LCAPT:X1X2
> DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\CWMPU401.SYS /O:ONLYONE /O:LONGNAME /O:MULTIIRQ /O:MULTIIO
> /O:16BITS /N:CWMPU1$
> BASEDEV=CWAUDIO.SYS /N:BSAUD1$ /X1:100 /X2:100 /LCAPT:X1X2
>
> So it is placing one DEVICE statement and two BASEDEV statements for the
> card, none REMed out. I will delete the duplicate BASEDEV; I assume that
> the DEVICE statement should also go, or be REMed, and that the CWVAUDIO
> statement should be left alone. I'll try that, and report here _only_ if it
> does something good -- but I have little faith.
>
> I am interested in your remark about allowing the installation to select
> the card. At no point in the installation have I ever been offered a choice
> of cards, or an opportunity to confirm the installation's choice. The
> downloaded file, os2208wt.zip is called out to be associated with the chip
> used on the card, among others, and I have assumed that all those chips
> want the same drivers.
>
> It still seems strange to me that the installation doesn't put the
> CWAUDIO.SYS in the MMOS2 directory.
>
> -------------
> Stan Goodman
> Qiryat Tiv'on
> Israel
>
> Spammers are getting smarter; email sent to [e-mail] will not reach
> me. Sorry.
> Send E-mail to: domain: hashkedim dot com, username: stan.
>
> 

 I have a Crystal 4236B chip on an IBM Intellistation planar. It works fine.
Here is what I did to install it.
Install multimedia, but DESELECT the sound device. This is because OS/2 will
install the base level driver otherwise, and I
have always found that installing a sound driver over a sound driver is flaky.
Install any fixpack.
Then use MM Install (minstall.exe) to install the latest driver (os2208wt).
My config.sys entries are ...
BASEDEV=CWAUDIO.SYS /N:BSAUD1$ /X1:100 /X2:100 /LCAPT:X1X2
DEVICE=H:\MMOS2\CWVAUDIO.SYS BSAUD1$
DEVICE=H:\MMOS2\CWMPU401.SYS /O:ONLYONE /O:LONGNAME /O:MULTIIRQ /O:MULTIIO
/O:16BITS /N:CWMPU1$

Have a look at mmos2\install\minstall.log. This might show you if things have
gone wrong. BTW, there always seems to be a
few mci errors in the log.
Check mmos2\installresponse.txt. This should confirm your base install
configuration.
Check mmos2\mmpm2.ini (it's a text file). This is where you might see two
drivers installed if that has happened.
If you want me to post the contents of any other file let me know.
BTW, where did you get the card. We don't have a local agent here so I would
like to know of a reliable supplier.
--
------------------------------------------------------
Bob McLellan
The Little Blue Kiwi
OS/2 Solutions for New Zeland


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From: [e-mail]                           27-Oct-99 23:26:08
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 11:18:04
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, on 10/27/99
   at 02:00 AM, "Dilbert Firestorm" <[e-mail]> said:

>Since the PMView won't be supporting animated gifs, is there an os2
>program that can do this?

Embellish supports animated gifs

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From: [e-mail]                           28-Oct-99 16:18:10
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 19:56:01
Subj: Really fixed ;-) Re: Problem fixed! Re: EscapeGL 3.0 and OpenGL problem

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

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As a folow up to those that have read the thread...

I've been in touch with SnowStorm several times, trying many things. The
bottom line (for me and my system) was to run EscapeGL 3.0 with the window
open (not as an icon). I haven't tested the random mode yet so I can't say if
that would work now. But EscapeGL does work just fine (even with Dive
enabled, for 2 days) as long as the window is left open. Steve at SnowStorm
told me they are working on some changes that should fix everything soon...

At this point, I'm happy...

Rich...





un, 24 Oct 1999 10:14:01 +0200 (CET), Arjen Meijer wrote:

>On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 21:06:26 -0400 (EDT), RichS wrote:
>
>:>But I found this morning that escapegl had
>:>cause a trap and exited. I believe this still points to a problem in my
>:>system, but I am at a complete loss as to how to find it. I might suspect
>:>Object Desktop or even process commander (since it steals doscall1.dll),
but
>:>finding a bad interaction between two programs is a long process....
>
>Send in your popup.log. It shows the trap and the offending program. It could
>be opengl, pmmerge or a escgl module.
>
>Steve from Snow Storm Software says:
>Some additional testing by our developers has revealed that modules
>provided by [EUXX] have both stability problems and memory leaks. These
>modules have been removed from our Snow Storm Software gallery, and we
>recommend removing them (most start with egl*.egl) from your system as
>well.
>
>Do not give up. Just narrow your search. My GUESS:
>1. OS/2 fixpack issues, e.q. pmmerge
>2. Screen driver problems: disable ALL DIve settings
>3. Escgl module problems
>
>Just look at your popup.log.
>
>Arjen
>
>

******************************************************************************
Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless...Umm...Uhh....
Oh - Heck...I never could remember all that "nice" stuff.
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From: [e-mail]                          27-Oct-99 00:42:16
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 19:56:01
Subj: Re: PMView 2.0

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

On Wed, 27 Oct 99 02:00:25 (cdt), Dilbert Firestorm wrote:

>Since the PMView won't be supporting animated gifs, is there an os2 program

Embellish (see www.dadaware.com).


Tot mails, <Menno>

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From: [e-mail]                             28-Oct-99 16:46:12
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 19:56:01
Subj: gnupatch woes

From: [e-mail]

Has anyone successfully used GNUPATCH and GNUDIFF to recreate new files from
differences?

DIFF seems to work fine, but when I try to run PATCH, I get the following
(where patch.1 is the output from DIFF -e input.old input.new > patch.1 )
[G:\test]patch -e --verbose -i patch.1 -o out.1 input.old
Hmm...  Looks like an ed script to me...
g:\temp/poa00239: No such file or directory
?
?
g:\temp/poa00239: No such file or directory
?
patch: **** ed FAILED

Note that I have the GNU ed.exe, patch.exe, and diff.exe installed in g:\test,
and that G:\TEMP
is my TEMP environment variable.


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From: [e-mail]                          28-Oct-99 21:09:00
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 19:56:01
Subj: Re: gnupatch woes

From: [e-mail] (Ilya Zakharevich)

[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to
<[e-mail]>],
who wrote in article <3818b71a$1$qnavryu$[e-mail]>:
> Has anyone successfully used GNUPATCH and GNUDIFF to recreate new files from
> differences?
>
> DIFF seems to work fine, but when I try to run PATCH, I get the following
> (where patch.1 is the output from DIFF -e input.old input.new > patch.1 )
> [G:\test]patch -e --verbose -i patch.1 -o out.1 input.old
> Hmm...  Looks like an ed script to me...
> g:\temp/poa00239: No such file or directory
> ?
> ?
> g:\temp/poa00239: No such file or directory
> ?
> patch: **** ed FAILED

Does it work on results of diff -c or diff -u?  This is all one needs
in real life.

Ilya

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From: [e-mail]                                     28-Oct-99 22:33:04
  To: All                                               28-Oct-99 19:56:01
Subj: Re: Injoy Problem

From: [e-mail] (Oliver Chung)

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In article <[e-mail]>,
"Gail Koontz" <[e-mail]> wrote
>My ISP is switching telephone service to new lines, and my old DOIP script
>won't work with the new setup no matter how I tweak and mess with it. The
>problem appears to be that I'm never getting an IP address for the host. I
>would prefer using Injoy anyway, since I want to set up a LAN so that all
>three computers can use the same Internet connection, and I understand that's
>the way to go.

>Using Injoy, I can dial in just fine and establish a PPP connection using
>either PAP or CHAP. Unfortunately, that gets me only to the local level.
>Netscape, PMMAIL, and PMINEWS can't find the host although Injoy reports

Since you have a local LAN, you system may be using the 'resolv2' file.
Type typing "type %etc%\resolv*" on the command line and see if you
have 2 resolv files.  Injoy always writes to the 'resolv' file, but
with a local LAN, your system may be using the 'resolv2' file to find
the DNS.  If this is your problem, and you only connect to one ISP, you
can copy 'resolv' to 'resolv2' once and for all.  Otherwise, you need
to setup a CMD file to copy the resolv file every time after a
connection is made.

______
Oliver Chung
> My opinions are my own <                      >  Happy Warp user <
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From: [e-mail]                        29-Oct-99 00:12:14
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:17
Subj: Re: Injoy Problem

From: [e-mail] (Mike Fry)

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:33:09, [e-mail] (Oliver Chung) wrote:

> Since you have a local LAN, you system may be using the 'resolv2' file.
> Type typing "type %etc%\resolv*" on the command line and see if you
> have 2 resolv files.  Injoy always writes to the 'resolv' file, but
> with a local LAN, your system may be using the 'resolv2' file to find
> the DNS.  If this is your problem, and you only connect to one ISP, you
> can copy 'resolv' to 'resolv2' once and for all.

Out of interest, I tried this on my system. There are 3 'resolv' files.
The 2 I would normally expect ('resolv' and 'resolv2') plus an extra one
'resolv.inj'. 'resolv' and 'resolv.inj' are dated today and yesterday
respectively. Which leads me to assume that the latter is InJoys' backup
file.

Regards,
MIKE FRY
mailto:[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                                  29-Oct-99 06:09:14
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:18
Subj: FP-11/12, Networking, TCP/IP & StarOffice

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

Here's the situation:
(NET-1) 11 OS/2 Warp4.0 workstations, 1 Warp Server 4.0, 1
Linux Samba server, StarOffice 5.0 on 8 workstations.
NetBEUI over TCP/IP.(NET-2) 3 workstations, all OS/2
peer-to-peer, 1 Linux Samba server, NetBEUI over TCP/IP.

When we switched NET-1 from NetBEUI to NetBEUI over
TCP/IP (for access to the new Samba server), we encountered
minor problems with StarOffice blowing up reading certain files
from the Warp Server.  Always one station could be found to
load it and save it back, then no problems.   Then we
upgraded to FixPack-11 for Y2K.  >>>MAJOR<<< StarOffice
problems blowing up when loading files, or in many cases
when going into settings menu (trace says GPF).

Tried to get support from Star Division, but they were too busy
selling out to Sun (we paid $500 for dealer status with support,
boy did that evaporate).  Bought StarOffice 5.1 (three days
before it became free) - no help.  Now Linux Care is providing
StarOffice support.  They said they would try, but they know
OS/2 like the backside of the moon.

Well, as an experiment, we upgraded TCP/IP and Peer on one
machine.  >>>That machine no longer autostarts its connections<<<
(except to the Samba server).  We have to "reconnect" them all
by hand.  No help for StarOffice.

So, to try to get to the bottom of this, we installed FixPack-12,
TCP/IP upgrade and Peer upgrade on two of the NET-2 machines.
>>>No autostart of connections<<<.  We deleted the shares and
connections and reestablished them.  No dice.  Still no
autoconnect -  >>>and no error messages saying "one or more of
your connections failed<<<.  We have to connect each one by
hand at both machines.

Anyone know what's going on here?

[e-mail]



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From: [e-mail]                              29-Oct-99 03:28:26
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:18
Subj: Re: More specifically,...

From: James Moe <[e-mail]>


Lee Thoresen wrote:
>
> I failed to mention that my warp 4 client now uses the hpfs386
> dated 6/11.  It has run with no difficulty.  Does this make any
> difference in my view toward possible use of the warp 4.5 version
> of hpfs386?

    Be aware that hpfs386 is not supported on warp 4. The problem seems
to center around Peer networking ACLs. If you installed hpfs386 before
the network, I suspect it will continue to work fine after a Peer
network installation. That was not the case for me (and others): at some
point sooner or later, hpfs386 crashed the system and trashed the system
and network directories, especially anything associated with ACLs.
    The literature indicates that WSeb *is* supported with hpfs386.
You're safe there.


--

sma at rtd dot com
Remove ".spam-not" for email

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From: [e-mail]                           29-Oct-99 03:53:00
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:18
Subj: Re: FP-11/12, Networking, TCP/IP & StarOffice

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:09:29, "Andrew Grygus" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Here's the situation:
>
<snip>

> Well, as an experiment, we upgraded TCP/IP and Peer on one
> machine.  >>>That machine no longer autostarts its connections<<<
> (except to the Samba server).  We have to "reconnect" them all
> by hand.  No help for StarOffice.
>
> So, to try to get to the bottom of this, we installed FixPack-12,
> TCP/IP upgrade and Peer upgrade on two of the NET-2 machines.
> >>>No autostart of connections<<<.  We deleted the shares and
> connections and reestablished them.  No dice.  Still no
> autoconnect -  >>>and no error messages saying "one or more of
> your connections failed<<<.  We have to connect each one by
> hand at both machines.
>
> Anyone know what's going on here?
>

Any Peer fixpack past IP8407 has the problem with
>>>>No autostart of connections<<<<<<
>>>>No autostart of shares<<<<<
with resources shared on a Peer workstation. The
resources shared from the server always work fine.

I ran into this with both IP8410 and IP8412. The only way to
get it to work is to roll back to the IP8407 level.

It affects both disk shares and printer shares.

If you have a support agreement with IBM file a
program defect and maybe they will have it fixed
for the next fixpack. There have been a number of
complaints concerning this problem in the USENET
comp.os.os2.networking groups. It happens with both
NETBIOS and NETBIOS over TCP/IP so it is not
a protocol problem.

Lorne Sunley

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From: [e-mail]                          29-Oct-99 06:17:04
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:19
Subj: Is this the way for hpfs386?

From: Lee Thoresen <[e-mail]>

I am using warp4 client system.  Also running are the cache386,
hpfs386, and profiler files dated 6/11.  The commit_heuristics are
all set to yes.  fixpack 12 and the danis thing are being used.
Any suggestions for improving?
LLT

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From: [e-mail]                               29-Oct-99 06:39:24
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:19
Subj: OS/2 Application Gripes

From: [e-mail]

I hate to be negative but I have two very big gripes
with two important OS/2 applications that make my
OS/2 life living hell.

First Gripe:  Approach with SmartSuite 2.2 v1.1.  Now I
PAID for this program and I expect this program to
work for me but it continues to fail in the stretch.

I have a large dbase of approximately 3,000 video movies
and I'm adding all the time. I'm a real video hound and
record just about everything I come across.  I list them
in categories like classic movies (usually old B&W), hit
movies, TV Specials, Sports Events, etc.  You name it and
I've probably got it somewhere on the shelf, labeled,
titled and numbered for easy finding.

My problem with Approach has been trying to print out
various or special reports.  We've set up sort of a video
club and there are friends who ask for a list of all
mysteries or sports, etc.  Each and every time I try to
sort the full worksheet of all the records down to just
particular cateogories Approach freezes up solid on me.
It will take me days and a lot of luck to get one
specialized listing printed.

It is very embarrassing because I live in the dorms and
one of the very few OS/2 users.  I'm very proud of OS/2
but I die a thousand deaths when a group of college buddies
come in and ask me if I've got "such and such a movie" and
why don't you just print out a list so we can pick and choose?

I finally gave up on trying to print out a full listing of
all movies with SS/2 and turned to the dbase in IBMWorks.
IBMWorks would not read a dbf4 file but it would read a dbf3.
From there I was able to print out a full listing of every
video.  It is an awful looking report though and I don't know
how to sort the records into categories and just print out
each categorie (if anyone knows email me with the instructions).

That's my complaint with SS/2.  I want the Lotus developers to
get off their damn butts and fix this program so it works
properly.  If I want to sort my dbase then control/hide all
the unnecessary or unwanted records so I can create a nice
looking report of special or a group of designated records
I should be able to do it.  I PAID for this DAMN program
dammit!

Gripe No. 2:

Trying to empty my trash in Netscape 4.6.1.  I know I've complained
about this before and I know the Netscape Team is working on it
(or has it fixed for the next release of Communicator) but get off
your duffs and release an update ASAP.  I get a lot of spam that
goes straight to the dumper (trash).  If the subject line as the
letters sex, babe, lottery, casino, etc, I never see it but after
a while my trash folder is huge.  I've tried every possible way
to empty it hoping it won't crash Netscape or bring my system
to a halt without fail.  If it only crashees Netscape the next
time I open Communicator there is a tmp file filled with my trash.
I try to delete that file and Communicator crashes.  I start it
up again and I've got ANOTHER temp file of my temp file trash.
It's a catch22 and it just keeps building itself.  I've got
tons of hard disk space (now have 20 gig) but it is stupid to
have an application that won't let me empty my deleted emails
or an application that doubles my deleted emails if I try to
delete them.  FIX the DAMN thing DAMMIT!

Communicator is free and I do appreciate it but give me a break,
huh?  What good is it if I have to keep uninstalling the program
and reinstalling the program just to empty my trash?

OS/2 has so many wonderful things going for it that I want the
(few, i.e., dbase) applications we have to at least work well
enough to give us what we need.

Sorry if I rambled on.  I struggled tonight trying to print out
a list of horror movies (Halloween in the dorms) and was shown
up by some weeny across campus using ACCESS and Win95!  I've got
better movies but I can't prove it with a print out! :-(

Jeff


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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From: [e-mail]                                 29-Oct-99 07:39:09
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:19
Subj: Re: NS 4.61GA on WSeB and german Umlauts: Font Problem

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, Johannes Hromadka
<[e-mail]> writes:

>Hi:
>
>I'm running NS 4.61 GA on Warp Server f. eBusiness. Setup with Locale
>DE_AT and codepages 437 and 1004.
>
>Every Pages with national characters, german Umlauts =C4=D6=DC, displays
>the national characters wrong when I use an Adobe Type 1 Font. =
>
>If I use TT Fonts the national characters display correct.
>
>But, since the rendering of TT Fonts is some kind of ugly compared to
>the rendering of Type 1 Fonts I would like to use the Type 1 Fonts. =
>
>Any hints, where the setting is hidden to get Adobe Type 1 Fonts display
>the correct characters in above configuration ?
>
>    Greetings from Vienna

>         Hannes


are you opening your Netscape session in codepage 1004 ?  just for fun,
go to a command line, do "chcp 1004" then start Netscape from that
command line window. In my experience, "locale-aware" apps have to
be running *in the correct code page* to be "locale-aware."   Don't get
me started on this, it is an AWFUL system !

also, are you using the Freetype/2 TTF driver, or the one that came
with WSeB ? The freetype driver looks a lot better to me. I think
it is at Hobbes and other fine OS/2 Emporia.

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From: [e-mail]                                   29-Oct-99 07:11:26
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:19
Subj: Re: More specifically,...

From: Meinolf Sondermann <[e-mail]>


James Moe wrote:
>
> Lee Thoresen wrote:
> >
> > I failed to mention that my warp 4 client now uses the hpfs386
> > dated 6/11.  It has run with no difficulty.  Does this make any
> > difference in my view toward possible use of the warp 4.5 version
> > of hpfs386?
>
>     Be aware that hpfs386 is not supported on warp 4. The problem seems
> to center around Peer networking ACLs. If you installed hpfs386 before
> the network, I suspect it will continue to work fine after a Peer
> network installation. That was not the case for me (and others): at some
> point sooner or later, hpfs386 crashed the system and trashed the system
> and network directories, especially anything associated with ACLs.
>     The literature indicates that WSeb *is* supported with hpfs386.
> You're safe there.
>
> --
>
> sma at rtd dot com
> Remove ".spam-not" for email


It's not only the ACL's that Peer is not supporting. Actually I think the
ACL's
are a minor problem - just not working.

What is more likely to wreck files read from and saved to a peer server
running
on HPFS386 is the communications architecture.

I once had access to technical document discussing the difference between
Entry Level Server and Advanced Server ( HPFS386 ). On the Entry Level the
commuication stream from network to disk runs through every layer of the
operating system opposed to the Advanced, where the networking stuff has
direct access to the filesystem while bypassing several layers of the OS,
hence gaining a lot of performance and decreasing system load.

The Peer is not ( or even worse: partially ) aware of this technology.
So, if you run HPFS386 on a workstation without serving any shares to
others, you will still be illegal but technically quite save.
If ever you start sharing resources from such a system, you will loose
your data by a probability near 100%.

Bye/2
Meinolf


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From: [e-mail]               29-Oct-99 01:08:19
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:19
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

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

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 06:39:49 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>Sorry if I rambled on.  I struggled tonight trying to print out
>a list of horror movies (Halloween in the dorms) and was shown
>up by some weeny across campus using ACCESS and Win95!  I've got
>better movies but I can't prove it with a print out! :-(

I 100% + another 100% agree with the first complain.   Approach is a SHAME to
us all!!!!

I wonder if DBExpert does what you want.



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From: [e-mail]                             29-Oct-99 08:07:01
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:19
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

From: Thomas Kellerer <[e-mail]>

In article <7vbffl$63n$[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] wrote:
> First Gripe:  Approach with SmartSuite 2.2 v1.1.  Now I
> PAID for this program and I expect this program to
> work for me but it continues to fail in the stretch.
Have you tried StarOffice. It's free for personal use and comes with a
Database which is (so I have been told) much like Access. I haven't
tried it yet because I'm doing all my database stuff with SQL Anywhere
and normally don't need a front end for it (ISQL is enough)
If you don't mind downloading 72MB you can get StarOffice at
www.sun.com/staroffice.


> Gripe No. 2:
>
> Trying to empty my trash in Netscape 4.6.1.
I'm using PMMail happily for quite a while. It's not free though :-(

Cheers
Thomas


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

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From: [e-mail]                                      29-Oct-99 08:49:24
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:19
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

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

[e-mail]? ([e-mail]?) wrote (Fri, 29 Oct 1999 06:39:49 G
>I should be able to do it.  I PAID for this DAMN program>dammit!

If you get desperate, grab Validate from

 http://40th.com/bullet30.html

and it'll, among other things, sort the DBF any way you want
(on multiple fields, parts of fields (SUBSTR()), etc.  If your
main problem with Lotus Approach is that it doesn't sort and
live, let validate do the sort on a copy of the dbf -- you load
up the sorted copy and print from there (or just use -sa to list
all records to a text file).  There are NT, Linux, and OS/2
versions available for DL.

 c:\>validate
 Validate 1.21  Copyright (C)1999 Cornel Huth  All rights reserved [Sep 26
1999
 [Bullet 3.10][WNT][Beta [03:10:06]] (http://40th.com/ -> 40th Floor)
 Use: [C:\]validate [-switch] anyfile.dbf [> redirect]

  -all      -cd -mv -mcd -mco
  -sa       show all records (otherwise first & last 5; or -s0 to show none)
  -ss       show scoreboard
  -zc:n     character to display for zero bytes, n=1-255 (def=126)
  -cd       count deleted records
  -mv       memo validate
  -mcd      memo count deleted
  -mco      memo count orphans
  -mhs:n    memo header size (def=blocksize)
  -miu:x    memo in-use hex value (def=0008FFFF)
  -mdump    memo dump block info
  -bu:a     backup anyfile.dbf(.dbt) to a(.dbt)
  -pack     remove all '*' records and their memos
  -sort:a   sort by a [eg, -sort:DESCEND(SALARY)]
  -key:a    crypto key    (-ktf  keep tmp files)
  -h        help (for updates see http://40th.com/)
            note: -sort & -pack invalidate any current index files

 eg: validate any.dbf -bu:save.dbf -pack -sort:ZIP -all -sa -key:secret >
x.txt

>Gripe No. 2:
>OS/2 has so many wonderful things going for it that I want the
>(few, i.e., dbase) applications we have to at least work well
 '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
 Corne1 Huth  -  http://40th.com/
 Bullet database engines/servers 3.1  Win32-WinCE-OS2-Linux+

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From: [e-mail]                               29-Oct-99 11:06:05
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 11:30:19
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

From: Thomas Galley <[e-mail]>

Hey there!

I can't help you solve your problems as I don't use SmartSuite, but why
don't you switch to StarOffice 5.1? It's free and, while the DB module
isn't really what I would call a killer-app, it works ok for me. And I
remember having it actually made printing a report.

If you want a better DB solution, why don't you switch to MySQL? It is
free, there is a port for OS/2, you can even link it to StarOffice via
JDBC and it is *very* stable. You can even link it to a website via
Apache and PHP which would be great for making your videos available to
your buddies via the net.

I don't have the URLs here as I am not at home where the good OS/2 stuff
is, but if you can't find the soft, just mail me at my home address
([e-mail])!

Best of luck and show those win-using freaks what's what!

Thomas

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> I hate to be negative but I have two very big gripes
> with two important OS/2 applications that make my
> OS/2 life living hell.
>
> First Gripe:  Approach with SmartSuite 2.2 v1.1.  Now I
> PAID for this program and I expect this program to
> work for me but it continues to fail in the stretch.
>
> I have a large dbase of approximately 3,000 video movies
> and I'm adding all the time. I'm a real video hound and
> record just about everything I come across.  I list them
> in categories like classic movies (usually old B&W), hit
> movies, TV Specials, Sports Events, etc.  You name it and
> I've probably got it somewhere on the shelf, labeled,
> titled and numbered for easy finding.
>
> My problem with Approach has been trying to print out
> various or special reports.  We've set up sort of a video
> club and there are friends who ask for a list of all
> mysteries or sports, etc.  Each and every time I try to
> sort the full worksheet of all the records down to just
> particular cateogories Approach freezes up solid on me.
> It will take me days and a lot of luck to get one
> specialized listing printed.
>
> It is very embarrassing because I live in the dorms and
> one of the very few OS/2 users.  I'm very proud of OS/2
> but I die a thousand deaths when a group of college buddies
> come in and ask me if I've got "such and such a movie" and
> why don't you just print out a list so we can pick and choose?
>
> I finally gave up on trying to print out a full listing of
> all movies with SS/2 and turned to the dbase in IBMWorks.
> IBMWorks would not read a dbf4 file but it would read a dbf3.
> From there I was able to print out a full listing of every
> video.  It is an awful looking report though and I don't know
> how to sort the records into categories and just print out
> each categorie (if anyone knows email me with the instructions).
>
> That's my complaint with SS/2.  I want the Lotus developers to
> get off their damn butts and fix this program so it works
> properly.  If I want to sort my dbase then control/hide all
> the unnecessary or unwanted records so I can create a nice
> looking report of special or a group of designated records
> I should be able to do it.  I PAID for this DAMN program
> dammit!
>
> Gripe No. 2:
>
> Trying to empty my trash in Netscape 4.6.1.  I know I've complained
> about this before and I know the Netscape Team is working on it
> (or has it fixed for the next release of Communicator) but get off
> your duffs and release an update ASAP.  I get a lot of spam that
> goes straight to the dumper (trash).  If the subject line as the
> letters sex, babe, lottery, casino, etc, I never see it but after
> a while my trash folder is huge.  I've tried every possible way
> to empty it hoping it won't crash Netscape or bring my system
> to a halt without fail.  If it only crashees Netscape the next
> time I open Communicator there is a tmp file filled with my trash.
> I try to delete that file and Communicator crashes.  I start it
> up again and I've got ANOTHER temp file of my temp file trash.
> It's a catch22 and it just keeps building itself.  I've got
> tons of hard disk space (now have 20 gig) but it is stupid to
> have an application that won't let me empty my deleted emails
> or an application that doubles my deleted emails if I try to
> delete them.  FIX the DAMN thing DAMMIT!
>
> Communicator is free and I do appreciate it but give me a break,
> huh?  What good is it if I have to keep uninstalling the program
> and reinstalling the program just to empty my trash?
>
> OS/2 has so many wonderful things going for it that I want the
> (few, i.e., dbase) applications we have to at least work well
> enough to give us what we need.
>
> Sorry if I rambled on.  I struggled tonight trying to print out
> a list of horror movies (Halloween in the dorms) and was shown
> up by some weeny across campus using ACCESS and Win95!  I've got
> better movies but I can't prove it with a print out! :-(
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

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From: [e-mail]                           29-Oct-99 06:46:19
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 14:46:21
Subj: Re: Injoy Problem

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

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 22:33:09 +0800, Oliver Chung wrote:

>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----


>Since you have a local LAN, you system may be using the 'resolv2' file.
>Type typing "type %etc%\resolv*" on the command line and see if you
>have 2 resolv files.  Injoy always writes to the 'resolv' file, but
>with a local LAN, your system may be using the 'resolv2' file to find
>the DNS.  If this is your problem, and you only connect to one ISP, you
>can copy 'resolv' to 'resolv2' once and for all.  Otherwise, you need
>to setup a CMD file to copy the resolv file every time after a
>connection is made.
>

I don't yet have a working LAN, but I had leftovers in my TCP/IP notebook
because when my system
was built it was attached to a LAN. I had made an error when I tried to clean
it up. The problem turned
out to be that I had "look through hosts" checked on the second hostnames page
with the loopback
interface (!) listed. Don't know how I did that, but it didn't work very well.
I'll bet I'll need your comments
though when I finally have time to work on my LAN. Thanks!

And thanks to everyone else who offered advice. I learned lots of things even
if I didn't specifically use
them.


Gail Koontz        Retired in my home state
836 Mallard Rd.         . . . and loving it!
Cocoa, FL 32926    [e-mail]



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From: [e-mail]                                  29-Oct-99 13:43:12
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 14:46:21
Subj: no database app in StarOffice

From: Jyri Ivask <[e-mail]>

Thomas Kellerer wrote:

> I
> Have you tried StarOffice. It's free for personal use and comes with a
> Database which is (so I have been told) much like Access.
> If you don't mind downloading 72MB you can get StarOffice at
> www.sun.com/staroffice.

Hi.
Sorry to say, but there is no database application in the last Sun's
version of StarOffice.
By the way, which was the last version with StarBase included?
Was it able to open&save Access files?
Is it possible to reinstall the latest 5.1a over that version and preserve
the StarBase component?

Best regards
Jüri Ivask
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                           29-Oct-99 05:44:19
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 14:46:21
Subj: Styler/2 AKA SmartWindows Increases Performace?

From: Robert Dohrenburg <[e-mail]>

Hi,

I just installed Styler/2 AKA SmartWindows in two computers.

The strange thing is that in both computers' the CPU meter show less
spikes and the spikes are shorter. Overall I feel that both computers
are more responsive in terms of screen drawings of window elements.

Is it possible that this program/utility is replacing bloated parts of
the OS? I remember OD1.X and OD2.0 did the contrary and my system lost
performance.

Can anyone can confirm this?

Robert,

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From: [e-mail]                                   29-Oct-99 05:07:11
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 14:46:21
Subj: Re: no database app in StarOffice

From: Kris Kadela <[e-mail]>


Jyri Ivask wrote:
>
> Thomas Kellerer wrote:
>
> > I
> > Have you tried StarOffice. It's free for personal use and comes with a
> > Database which is (so I have been told) much like Access.
> > If you don't mind downloading 72MB you can get StarOffice at
> > www.sun.com/staroffice.
>
> Hi.
> Sorry to say, but there is no database application in the last Sun's
> version of StarOffice.
> By the way, which was the last version with StarBase included?
> Was it able to open&save Access files?
> Is it possible to reinstall the latest 5.1a over that version and preserve
> the StarBase component?

Huh? I have the version from Sun and StarBase is there

>
> Best regards
> Jüri Ivask
> [e-mail]

--

**********************
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http://www.dgraph.com
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From: [e-mail]                29-Oct-99 21:09:07
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 14:46:21
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

From: [e-mail] (stephen)

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 06:39:49, [e-mail] wrote:

> Gripe No. 2:
>
> Trying to empty my trash in Netscape 4.6.1.

I close Ns4.61 then go to the subdirectory where the Ns4.61 mail files
are held, ie
x:\netscape\[profilename]\mail
and simply delete the files "trash" and "trash.snm".

When I then restart Ns4.61 these two files are recreated, but without
all the trash in them.

Slight fiddle, but it has been working OK for me.


Regards,

Stephen

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From: [e-mail]                                  29-Oct-99 14:37:29
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 14:46:21
Subj: Re: no database app in StarOffice

From: Jyri Ivask <[e-mail]>

Kris Kadela wrote:

> Huh? I have the version from Sun and StarBase is there

OK. There is something.
However - from the web site:

http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/techfaq-os2.html

Q: What kind of databases does StarOffice support

A: Star Office supports the following databases:

Windows: DB2,DBASE,JDBC,ODBC,Text,Oracle,StarBase,MSAccess97
OS/2: DB2,DBASE,JDBC,ODBC,Text
Linux: DB2,DBASE,JDBC,ODBC,Text
Solaris Sparc: DB2,DBASE,JDBC,ODBC,Text,Oracle
Solaris X86: DB2,DBASE,JDBC,ODBC,Text,Oracle

Best regards
Jüri Ivask

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From: [e-mail]                                     29-Oct-99 07:42:13
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 14:46:21
Subj: Re: no database app in StarOffice

From: Michael W. Cocke <[e-mail]>

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:43:24 +0300, Jyri Ivask wrote:

>Thomas Kellerer wrote:
>
>> I
>> Have you tried StarOffice. It's free for personal use and comes with a
>> Database which is (so I have been told) much like Access.
>> If you don't mind downloading 72MB you can get StarOffice at
>> www.sun.com/staroffice.
>
>Hi.
>Sorry to say, but there is no database application in the last Sun's
>version of StarOffice.
>By the way, which was the last version with StarBase included?
>Was it able to open&save Access files?
>Is it possible to reinstall the latest 5.1a over that version and preserve
>the StarBase component?
>
>Best regards
>J─ri Ivask
>[e-mail]
>

Um, running SO5.1a, yes - there is a database application.  There's even
a fix available for a problem with sorting.



========================================================================
Member: DNRC            Watcher: Babylon 5              User: OS/2 Warp

        If you're going to do something, do something worth doing.
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From: [e-mail]                                  29-Oct-99 15:22:01
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 14:46:22
Subj: Re: no database app in StarOffice

From: Jyri Ivask <[e-mail]>

"Michael W. Cocke" wrote:

> Um, running SO5.1a, yes - there is a database application.  There's even
> a fix available for a problem with sorting.

Hi Michel!

Yes, you are right. I was a little too critical.
However - the custom installation does not list StarBase as an installable
component with all its file filters etc. Opening any dbase file opens it in
the
spreadsheet. How do I open StarBase files?
See also my reply to Kris Kadela.
The main problem is that a company I'm consulting also in the area of software
likes to move from Office97 to StarOffice, but they are often getting Access97
files from business partners. Even if Acess97 is listed as a supported
database
file for the Windows version I did not find a possibility to open it in
StarOffice. Doubleclicking on the Access file opens Access97(which they have
to
uninstall soon or buy additional license) instead.

Best Regards

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From: [e-mail]                                    29-Oct-99 08:28:15
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 14:46:22
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

From: Terry Norton <[e-mail]>

Simple workaround until the fix comes out.  Using your favorite file
manager, go to the Mail directory under your Netscape directory and
just delete the files Trash and Trash.snm.  Since this is just
trash, there are no ill effects.  NS will just create new ones
(empty).  NS may complain about not finding the folder or some such
thing, not to worry, it's automatically recreated.


[e-mail] wrote:
>
>
> Gripe No. 2:
>
> Trying to empty my trash in Netscape 4.6.1.  I know I've complained
> about this before and I know the Netscape Team is working on it
> (or has it fixed for the next release of Communicator) but get off
> your duffs and release an update ASAP.
--

Terry Norton
Warped with OS/2

I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.

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From: [e-mail]                                   29-Oct-99 06:50:28
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 14:46:22
Subj: Re: no database app in StarOffice

From: Kris Kadela <[e-mail]>

From RMB menu New, Database, type in a name, click on Type and choose
Access 97, Browse and select the Access file.

Jyri Ivask wrote:
>
> "Michael W. Cocke" wrote:
>
> > Um, running SO5.1a, yes - there is a database application.  There's even
> > a fix available for a problem with sorting.
>
> Hi Michel!
>
> Yes, you are right. I was a little too critical.
> However - the custom installation does not list StarBase as an installable
> component with all its file filters etc. Opening any dbase file opens it in
the
> spreadsheet. How do I open StarBase files?
> See also my reply to Kris Kadela.
> The main problem is that a company I'm consulting also in the area of
software
> likes to move from Office97 to StarOffice, but they are often getting
Access97
> files from business partners. Even if Acess97 is listed as a supported
database
> file for the Windows version I did not find a possibility to open it in
> StarOffice. Doubleclicking on the Access file opens Access97(which they have
to
> uninstall soon or buy additional license) instead.
>
> Best Regards

--

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From: [e-mail]                               29-Oct-99 15:17:28
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 19:49:03
Subj: BOOTOS2

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

Has anyone used bootos2 to  make a bootable zip disk?

does it work?



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From: [e-mail]                             29-Oct-99 17:18:13
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 19:49:03
Subj: Odd resolution to gnupatch woes

From: [e-mail]

>Has anyone successfully used GNUPATCH and GNUDIFF to recreate new files
>from > differences?
>> DIFF seems to work fine, but when I try to run PATCH, I get the following
>> (where patch.1 is the output from DIFF -e input.old input.new > patch.1 )
>> [G:\test]patch -e --verbose -i patch.1 -o out.1 input.old
>> Hmm...  Looks like an ed script to me...
>> g:\temp/poa00239: No such file or directory
>> ?
>> g:\temp/poa00239: No such file or directory
>> ?
>> patch: **** ed FAILED

>Does it work on results of diff -c or diff -u?  This is all one needs in
>real life.

It turns out to be some wierd problem with the TMP drive.  When I
    SET TMP=e:\temp
(instead of the default of G:\TEMP) everything worked fine!

So either my G:\TEMP directory is very strange (since it works fine
otherwise),
or PATCH has a bizarre bug in it.

-----------------------------------------------------------
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http://www.srehttp.org
[e-mail]  (remove the nospammers)
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From: [e-mail]                              29-Oct-99 21:17:06
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 19:49:03
Subj: Re: More specifically,...

From: [e-mail] (Jose' Bernardo Silva)

Meinolf Sondermann <[e-mail]> escreveu:

>The Peer is not ( or even worse: partially ) aware of this technology.
>So, if you run HPFS386 on a workstation without serving any shares to
>others, you will still be illegal but technically quite save.
>If ever you start sharing resources from such a system, you will loose
>your data by a probability near 100%.

That is very strange... I am running it now just like you describe above, and
no
data loss... 0%. Maybe I should be afraid it might happen in the future.
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address. I am tired of email spams...

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From: [e-mail]                                   29-Oct-99 15:38:19
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 19:49:03
Subj: Re: More specifically,...

From: Kris Kadela <[e-mail]>


Jose' Bernardo Silva wrote:
>
> Meinolf Sondermann <[e-mail]> escreveu:
>
> >The Peer is not ( or even worse: partially ) aware of this technology.
> >So, if you run HPFS386 on a workstation without serving any shares to
> >others, you will still be illegal but technically quite save.
> >If ever you start sharing resources from such a system, you will loose
> >your data by a probability near 100%.
>
> That is very strange... I am running it now just like you describe above,
and no
> data loss... 0%. Maybe I should be afraid it might happen in the future.

How long have you been running it? In my case it always died within 6
months

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From: [e-mail]                                    29-Oct-99 16:59:18
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 21:24:01
Subj: Re: no database app in StarOffice

From: [e-mail] (Dan Casey)

I have the version from SUN (SO 5.1) and StarBase is NOT in there.

In article <[e-mail]>,
Kris Kadela <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>
>Jyri Ivask wrote:
>>
>> Thomas Kellerer wrote:
>>
>> > I
>> > Have you tried StarOffice. It's free for personal use and comes with a
>> > Database which is (so I have been told) much like Access.
>> > If you don't mind downloading 72MB you can get StarOffice at
>> > www.sun.com/staroffice.
>>
>> Hi.
>> Sorry to say, but there is no database application in the last Sun's
>> version of StarOffice.
>> By the way, which was the last version with StarBase included?
>> Was it able to open&save Access files?
>> Is it possible to reinstall the latest 5.1a over that version and preserve
>> the StarBase component?
>
>Huh? I have the version from Sun and StarBase is there
>
>>
>> Best regards
>> Jüri Ivask
>> [e-mail]
>
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From: [e-mail]                          29-Oct-99 22:02:23
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 21:24:01
Subj: Re: Odd resolution to gnupatch woes

From: [e-mail] (Ilya Zakharevich)

[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to
<[e-mail]>],
who wrote in article <381a0f72$1$qnavryu$[e-mail]>:
> >> g:\temp/poa00239: No such file or directory
> >> ?
> >> g:\temp/poa00239: No such file or directory
> >> ?
> >> patch: **** ed FAILED
>
> >Does it work on results of diff -c or diff -u?  This is all one needs in
> >real life.
>
> It turns out to be some wierd problem with the TMP drive.  When I
>     SET TMP=e:\temp
> (instead of the default of G:\TEMP) everything worked fine!
>
> So either my G:\TEMP directory is very strange (since it works fine
otherwise),
> or PATCH has a bizarre bug in it.

What if the name of the directory matches TMP entry *exactly*?

Ilya

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From: [e-mail]                               29-Oct-99 22:09:04
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 21:24:01
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

From: [e-mail]

In article <7vbkj6$adg$[e-mail]>,
  Thomas Kellerer <[e-mail]> wrote:
> In article <7vbffl$63n$[e-mail]>,
>   [e-mail] wrote:
> > First Gripe:  Approach with SmartSuite 2.2 v1.1.  Now I
> > PAID for this program and I expect this program to
> > work for me but it continues to fail in the stretch.
> Have you tried StarOffice. It's free for personal use and comes
> with a Database which is (so I have been told) much like Access.
> I haven't tried it yet because I'm doing all my database stuff
> with SQL Anywhere and normally don't need a front end for it
> (ISQL is enough)
> If you don't mind downloading 72MB you can get StarOffice at
> www.sun.com/staroffice.

I know of Staroffice but I dislike the idea of not being able
to fire up individual modules, like WordPro, as an individual
application instead of being forced to run the entire Staroffice
suite.  I know Staroffice is free and for those who want a free
suite it is wonderful to have available.

SmartSuite for OS/2 is in all senses of the word, a fine suite
of applications.  Lotus123, WordPro and even Approach work very
nicely and are impressive.  There is just the one small and
annoying glitch in Approach that really needs work and for a
commercial application that requires payment I expect it to
work properly.

> > Gripe No. 2:
> >
> > Trying to empty my trash in Netscape 4.6.1.
> I'm using PMMail happily for quite a while. It's not free though :-(

I am very impressed with Communicator for OS/2 for many reasons.
Like SS/2 it works exceptionally well in many areas including
message, newsgroups and as a fine browser overall.  They just
need to correct this one small glitch and get an updated release
out quickly.  I have J Street Mailer and think it is top notch
when it comes to emailers, even for a Java application.  As a
college student on a very limited income it is very hard for me
to come up with extra applications money.

> Cheers
> Thomas

Same to ya!

Jeff


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From: [e-mail]                               29-Oct-99 22:18:04
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 21:24:01
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

From: [e-mail]

In article
<[e-mail]>,
  "Kim Cheung" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 06:39:49 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> >Sorry if I rambled on.  I struggled tonight trying to print out
> >a list of horror movies (Halloween in the dorms) and was shown
> >up by some weeny across campus using ACCESS and Win95!  I've got
> >better movies but I can't prove it with a print out! :-(
>
> I 100% + another 100% agree with the first complain.   Approach
> is a SHAME to us all!!!!

The problem with sorting and creating reports is a problem but
overall, Approach has served me very well.  I would like to be
able to generate a report on my first try and it should not
freeze the SS/2 application itself or my system (for that matter)
so that needs to be corrected (and quickly Lotus, are you listening?).

All of the SS/2 applications do a fine and expert job.
My friends and buddies are very impressed and my college
work reports, etc., are always presented in a professional
manner.  My personal feeling is that the Lotus OS/2 team
dropped the ball on this one area of Approach and they need
to fix it quickly.  OS/2 is too fine an operating system to
be hosed by the minor glitch in SS/2's Approach.

> I wonder if DBExpert does what you want.


I don't know what DBExpert is, how much it costs and whether
it is overkill for me personally.  The movie dbase is the only
dbase I currently have.  I use WordPro, Lotus and the Organizer
all the time.  I use Organizer to start several unmanned programs
on a time schedule.

Thanks for responding.

Jeff


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From: [e-mail]                            29-Oct-99 19:00:05
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 21:24:01
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

From: David H. McCoy <[e-mail]>

In article <7vbffl$63n$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>It is very embarrassing because I live in the dorms and
>one of the very few OS/2 users.  I'm very proud of OS/2
>but I die a thousand deaths when a group of college buddies
>come in and ask me if I've got "such and such a movie" and
>why don't you just print out a list so we can pick and choose?
>

Here is the real problem. An OS whether its OS/2, Windows, or Linux is a
hammer
and as such is really nothing of which one should be 'very proud'. Unless, of
course, you worked on a piece of it.

An OS is a tool. Nothing more.

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From: [e-mail]                                   29-Oct-99 16:52:05
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 21:24:01
Subj: Re: no database app in StarOffice

From: Kris Kadela <[e-mail]>


Dan Casey wrote:
>
> I have the version from SUN (SO 5.1) and StarBase is NOT in there.
>
The native StarBase format is not there in the OS/2 version but database
functionality is.
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From: [e-mail]                       29-Oct-99 23:28:09
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 21:24:01
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

From: F. Robert Falbo <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] :

> First Gripe:  Approach with SmartSuite 2.2 v1.1.  Now I
> PAID for this program and I expect this program to
> work for me but it continues to fail in the stretch.

I've never tried Approach, though I have SmartSuite.  I have a fairly
extensive database that runs on Alpha4 for OS/2.  The problem is
that Alpha doesn't support OS/2 anymore, but their database is a
multiuser one, so as soon as you change from one record to another,
the info is saved to disk while the record is unlocked and the new one
locked.  It's a character mode db, but it's never let me down and
never frozen, even when sorting on multiple items.  My records are
about 30 items wide, and the biggest one is about 3500 records
with no lockups.

As an alternative, if you have Java installed, you can use
MaxBase, a pure Java database w/reporting, etc.

-bob-

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From: [e-mail]                                     29-Oct-99 23:48:17
  To: All                                               29-Oct-99 21:24:01
Subj: Re: Styler/2 AKA SmartWindows Increases Performace?

From: [e-mail] (Don Morse)

In message <7vcqn7$j2j$[e-mail]> - [e-mail]
(John Hong) writes:
:>
:>Robert Dohrenburg ([e-mail]) wrote:
:>
:>: Is it possible that this program/utility is replacing bloated parts of
:>: the OS? I remember OD1.X and OD2.0 did the contrary and my system lost
:>: performance.
:>
:>    I don't think it does, I didn't see anything getting copied into
:>the X:\OS2\*.* directories when I tried it out...
:>
:>

actually, there is a smartwin.dll that gets copied to the
X:\OS2\DLL directory.

I don't know if this could account for the performance gained



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