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From: [e-mail]                                    26-Nov-99 15:19:12
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 03:29:02
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: J. N. Pfisterer <[e-mail]>

>I've tried WordPro and I've tried StarWriter.  Neither one can do the
>ONE thing I find I need for professional looking documents, and that is
>the ability to use and display proper typographic single quotes, double
>quotes and em-dashes.

There IS an em-dash capability in WordPro that I stumbled across quite
by accident.  I had used double-hyphens in a Times Roman document and
happened to run the Check Format option (one that I usually don't use).
It picked up the double-hyphen, recommended replacing it with an
em-dash and did so when I approved.

I hope that someday I'll find a more-direct way to get em-dashes :)

Jack P.


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From: [e-mail]                           27-Nov-99 01:32:02
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 03:29:02
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (John Varela)

On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 23:19:24, J. N. Pfisterer <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I hope that someday I'll find a more-direct way to get em-dashes :)

There is the tinkbar, which provides toolbar icons for curly single
and double quotes as well as m- and n- dashes, among other things.  It
requires clicking on the icon to get the character, which is not
nearly as nice as having automatic curly quotes and dashes, but it's a
lot better than nothing.

The file you want is tbarv402.zip (or later version if it exists).  I
imagine it can be found on Hobbes; the URL I have for tink is dead.

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

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From: [e-mail]                                    27-Nov-99 14:22:02
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 03:29:02
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

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

On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:04:15 -0800, [e-mail] wrote:

>I use DeScribe

Two things have interested me about this thread:-

1) Why do people keep suggesting a product
    which went out of business years ago?
    (Describe). Might as well say go and
    buy a new Packard.

2) Nobody has mentioned the WP component
    of IBM Works. !!!




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From: [e-mail]                              26-Nov-99 22:26:05
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 03:29:02
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (Jerry Lapham)

In <383eb105$1$whqvgue$[e-mail]>, on 11/26/99
   at 08:04 AM, [e-mail] said:

> I use DeScribe for everything.  Depends on how much you want from a word
> processor.  It's not great for Desktop publishing. I'm generally able to
> import MSWord97 .doc format as ascii text. Loses formatting and comes
> with garbage all around, but the text is there.

I avoid the "garbage all around" by opening the Word97 doc in MS's free
Word Viewer for Win3.1 and then copying and pasting from it to DeScribe.

    -Jerry
--
============================================================
Jerry Lapham, Monroe, OH
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Written Friday, November 26, 1999 - 10:26 PM (EST)
============================================================
MR/2 Ice tag:  Letterman:  Top New York Democrats are saying that in order for
Hillary Clinton to campaign effectively, she may have to give up her
responsibilities as First Lady.  But Bill said, "That's okay, I'll have an
intern fill in for her."

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From: [e-mail]                             26-Nov-99 23:44:26
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 03:29:02
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (Barry Mann)

In <[e-mail]>, on 11/27/99
   at 02:22 PM, "Tom Perrett" <[e-mail]> said:

>:On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:04:15 -0800, [e-mail] wrote:

>:>I use DeScribe

>:Two things have interested me about this thread:-

>:1) Why do people keep suggesting a product
>:    which went out of business years ago?
>:    (Describe). Might as well say go and
>:    buy a new Packard.

The Packard will rust, but Describe will not.

In spite of its age, I continue to use Describe because it is very
stable and prepares excellent looking documents with very little effort.

I don't claim to have any special graphics abilities, but I've had
numerous Describe documents stop a conversation with an inquiry, "what
did you use to print that document?"

I tried the W95 version of Describe. It works as well as the OS/2
version and is the best running W95 program I've seen so far. There are
minor differences in the user interface because the W95 version uses
Windows GUI conventions.

>:2) Nobody has mentioned the WP component
>:    of IBM Works. !!!
>:

It is a few steps ahead of the WORKS suite distributed with Win3.1, but
it gets boring fast.

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[e-mail] (Barry Mann)
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From: [e-mail]                                    27-Nov-99 00:14:00
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 03:29:03
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: Terry Norton <[e-mail]>

Because it was (is) a wonderful wordprocessor.  I kicked myself for
not buying it about 2 years earlier than I did.  Beat the hell out
of AmiPro.  However, that being said, I use WordPro now and find it
darn good.  Especially for merging info from a DOS dBase (FoxPro)
app.


Tom Perrett wrote:
>
> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:04:15 -0800, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> >I use DeScribe
>
> Two things have interested me about this thread:-
>
> 1) Why do people keep suggesting a product
>     which went out of business years ago?
>     (Describe). Might as well say go and
>     buy a new Packard.

--

Terry Norton
Warped with OS/2

This OS/2 system uptime is 1d 0h 31m 22s 468ms (en).

Only in America... do people order double cheeseburgers, large
fries, and a Diet Coke.

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From: [e-mail]                               26-Nov-99 21:56:06
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 03:29:03
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: Tim Martin <[e-mail]>

Tom Perrett wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:04:15 -0800, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> >I use DeScribe
>
> Two things have interested me about this thread:-
>
> 1) Why do people keep suggesting a product
>     which went out of business years ago?
>     (Describe). Might as well say go and
>     buy a new Packard.
>
> 2) Nobody has mentioned the WP component
>     of IBM Works. !!!

I use both SS/2 v1.1 and IBM Works.  I also have
Describe but rarely, if ever, use it.  People are
diehards when it comes to familiarity with software
programs.  For years I used WP5.1 and knew it
so well, inside and out, that it was nearly impossible
for me to switch to anything else, including IBM
Works.  I still have WP5.1 on disk but don't have
DOS or WinOS2 installed on my system.

But the most used 'word processor' I use is e.exe,
OS/2's native text editor.  The little bugger is excellent
for writing all my html pages, and I create a lot of
them, some extremely extensive.  I write multipaged
reports, hit select all, and a manual CTRL/INS to copy
(yes, I could open the drop down window and hit
copy but the keyboard is just faster) then fire up
SS/2 or IBM Works and another SHFT/INS to plonk
it all into place.

I'm a command-line kind of guy.  The fewer icons I
have to futz around with the better I like the program.
I also prefer Mesa/2 to Lotus123 but I use 123 because
it is there and they all do the same thing.  Same for
Approach, another fine dbase for my needs but then,
I can save it as a dbIII file and use it in IBMWorks,
whose dbase isn't that easy to use.

Those are my favorites.  I like the modularity of SS/2
compared to StarOffice and IBM Works.

Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City
http://warpcity.com
"Get in on our Early Bird Special NOW!"

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From: [e-mail]                             27-Nov-99 08:40:07
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 05:14:15
Subj: Re: Desktop problems: the way out, but a new problem

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

My "solution" to the problem with my desktop opening as a
floder is this. It is a bit wired, I know, but nevertheless.

First of all, I renamed my desktop from a text-window.
(ren Desktop Temptop) Doing this made all folders and icons disappear, but
the text-window stayed.

Then I created a folder with the old name (md temptop).
I then used checkini to make sure it was set as the desktop
(checkini /C /DC:\Desktop)

Reboot.

The new "Desktop" comes up, but looks strange. No folders, only
icons for printers. Manage to open a text-window, and from there
the old desktop (temptop). Draggs folders and icons to the new
desktop, removes temptop, and I'm an all set.

But for one thing.
Not my desktiop is WP_Folder, not WP_Desktop, and I therefore lack
some menues. Checkini does not help. What to do? According to
EaBrowser, there is not other folder that is WP_Desktop.

Thanks,

/ Jan


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From: [e-mail]                                   27-Nov-99 09:57:09
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 10:30:01
Subj: Do Warpcast has any problems

From: [e-mail] (Vit Timchishin)

Hello.

I am curious if WarpCast has any technical or administrative problems?
We (Link Guard Solutions) tried to announce SafeFire PPP betas few times and
got
neither announce nor any response.
We even tried to send our questions to feedback address and no answer was
received.
Do somebody knows what's going on and if this is temporary or permanent error?

Link Guard Solutions
http:://www.lgs.kiev.ua

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From: [e-mail]                                 27-Nov-99 03:13:27
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 10:30:01
Subj: Re: Buy it, it's cheap !

From: [e-mail] (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.apps, [e-mail] ( Marcelo  Rodrigues )
spake unto us, saying:

>In <[e-mail]> Wim Wauters wrote:
>
>> One last tip: when buying OS/2, do not compare the price to windos9x,
>> BeOS or Linux. Compare to Windows NT 4.0, AIX, SPARC/Solaris and the
>> like :-)
>
>
> Well, OS/2 compares favorably with any other OS  that uses  pathetic
>drive letters but to compare it with Solaris and AIX is stretching your
>rubber band beyond the point of rupture.

Depends on your basis for comparison.  For example, the CDE desktop in
Solaris 7 sucks rocks, and its DOS support ain't so good, either.  :-)

--
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  [e-mail]  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
            Remember, only five more days til Yak-Shaving Day!

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From: [e-mail]                       26-Nov-99 12:13:11
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 10:30:01
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: "Cees van Veelen" <[e-mail]>

On 26 Nov 1999 10:04:58 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>A simple question to this distinguished company - what's the best OS2 word
processor. All suggestions welcomed and gratefully received

I have installed:
WP51 dos. I have the version that can write from right to left (for hebrew),
and I only use it when I do have to write hebrew.
WP60 dos. I use this one when I have documents with graphics because it is so
easy to _exactly_ determine the size of the images and the place on the page.
Also for odd things, because in the reveal codes screen you can see exactly
what you are doing.
Describe: For all daily work. It is fast, easy to use, but the spell checking
for Dutch (my native language) is no good.
Lotus Worpro: For documents I have to share with others, because it produces
the best RTF files and the spell checking for Dutch is good. But I don't
understand the script language. For example: For the other word processors it
was a question of minutes to write a macro that would switch letters around
(I often do typos like 'teh' for 'the', and assign the macro to a key
combination. I have no clue how to do this in WordPro.
So: what is the best? it all depends on what I want to do.


Cees van Veelen, Amsterdam
[e-mail]
Remove the characters: NOSPAM to reply


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From: [e-mail]                             27-Nov-99 12:44:26
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 10:30:01
Subj: 'Connect on Demand' via Cable Modem

From: Henrik Aaen <[e-mail]>

Hello all

My OS/2 application to automatic logon / logoff to internet via cable
modem can now be downloaded for free from my homepage
http://home1.stofanet.dk/haa.

I choose to let it be free-ware.

best regards
Henrik Aaen

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From: [e-mail]                          27-Nov-99 12:16:00
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 10:30:01
Subj: Re: How to launch seamless winos2 with REXX?

From: [e-mail]

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

>The command string from REXX is:
>
>address cmd 'E:\MSOFFICE\VIEWER\WORDVIEW.EXE' viewfile
>

Try this snippet:

          title = 'Viewer'
          class = 'WPProgram'
          location = '<WP_NOWHERE>'
        setup = 'EXENAME = E:\MSOFFICE\VIEWER\WORDVIEW.EXE' || ,
              'PARAMETERS='||viewfile||';' || ,
              'OBJECTID=<TEMP>;' || ,
              'CONCURRENTVIEW=YES' || ';'
                        'PROGTYPE=WINDOWEDWIN;'
          End
           rc = SysCreateObject( class, title, location, setup, 'U' )
          rc = SysOpenObject('<TEMP>',0,1)


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From: [e-mail]                                27-Nov-99 13:27:11
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 14:20:20
Subj: Re: I think java problem?

From: [e-mail]

In article
<[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] (Gabriele Gamba)
wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Nov 1999 18:01:55, "Rade Popovic"
<[e-mail]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have this problem which I noticed yesterday. I
use TCPIP 4.1, and
> > configuration application doesn't work anymore,
although TCPIP is
> > working and configuration can be changed manually
by editing scripts.
> > So I think this is java problem. Here is (what I
think to be) error
> > which is written when starting "TCP/IP
Configuration (Local)":
> >
> > Notebook.createDataObjects() -
NullPointerException caught by client
> > communication with server
> >
> > When I start Configuration program all list boxes
are empty, actually
> > everything is empty and there is nothing to
change (as I have said
> > earlier all configuration files are there and
TCPIP is working
> > normally). Here is result of "java -fullversion":
> >
> > JAVA.EXE full version "JDK 1.1.8 IBM build
o118-19991026 (JIT enabled:
> > javax V3.5-IBMJDK1.1-19991026)".
> >
> > Has anybody else had this problem?
> >
> >
> > Rascho
> > e-mail:[e-mail]
> > ICQ# 49354974
> >
> > ------------------------
> > Hal 9000: "Dave, put those Windows disks
down....Dave...DAVE!"
> >
> >
>
> I had a similar problem. Solved adding some
carriage returns at the
> end
> of CONFIG.SYS
>
> Gabriele
>

This solved my problem. Thank you very much.

Rade


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

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From: [e-mail]                             27-Nov-99 09:10:08
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 14:20:20
Subj: Re: Binary News Reader

From: Michael Rowe <[e-mail]>

I have been using NewsHarvest.  I got to demo it at WarpStock '99, and I must
say, it works very well.  It truly is a Fire and Forget Binary News Reader.

Michael

Doug McKibbin wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 22:26:41 -0500, Raphael Tennenbaum wrote:
>
> >I don't have that problem with BNR -- it starts fine, and
> >with smaller-trafficked NGs it does okay.  But on bigger
> >ones (alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.beatles) it simply abends.
>
> I found this happening when downloading thousands of headers.  When I set
> the max number of headers to download to 3000 it stopped.  Using 1.36 here.
>
> Regards,
> Doug McKibbin
> (remove NOSPAM from address when emailing)

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From: [e-mail]                               27-Nov-99 14:20:12
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 14:20:20
Subj: Re: Do Warpcast has any problems

From: [e-mail] (Esther Schindler)

The problem may be on your end. I've seen several Warpcast messages --
including a few about SafeFire PPP betas, in the last couple of weeks.

--Esther

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:57:18, [e-mail] (Vit Timchishin) wrote:

| Hello.
|
| I am curious if WarpCast has any technical or administrative problems?
| We (Link Guard Solutions) tried to announce SafeFire PPP betas few times and
got
| neither announce nor any response.
| We even tried to send our questions to feedback address and no answer was
| received.
| Do somebody knows what's going on and if this is temporary or permanent
error?
|
| Link Guard Solutions
| http:://www.lgs.kiev.ua
|


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From: [e-mail]                                 27-Nov-99 15:19:24
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 14:20:21
Subj: DB/2 applications?  Where??

From: [e-mail] (Mooo)

Hi Folks,

I've never even seen DB/2 so bear with me if this is all rubbish.

It seems to me that DB/2 is no more than a database
engine/environment.  Users would need a suitable 'front end' (or
application) to actually make use of the database engine.

If I've got that relatively right, where might I start looking for
prebuilt front ends for various tasks?  I realise that a lot of the
'big end of town' type users of this engine would be getting stuff
written specifically for them, probably by IBM directly.

Surely there must be some sort of third party software around the
place though.

Any ideas?

Craig

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From: [e-mail]                                   27-Nov-99 15:30:03
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 14:20:21
Subj: Re: Do Warpcast has any problems

From: [e-mail] (Vit Timchishin)

Hello.

The last message regarding SafeFire PPP at WarpCast is about 0.9.55 beta at
the
2th of november.
We already have two more betas published and information about both were sent
to
WarpCast.

As about problems at our side: I don't think that there was any problems with
WarpCast news submit form: We filled it correctly and got "Submition
Successful"
every time. As I already said there was multiple posting. They were made using

different PCs and different Internet connections (leased line and dial-up).
There was successful postings using the same configuration previously.
Even more, regular e-mail message was sent to [e-mail]. And again

we've got no response.
So I don't think it is our side problem. If you has any suggestions, we will
gladly listen to you because the situation is not too clear to us.

Bye,
    Vit.

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 14:20:24, [e-mail] (Esther Schindler) wrote:

> The problem may be on your end. I've seen several Warpcast messages --
> including a few about SafeFire PPP betas, in the last couple of weeks.
>
> --Esther
>
> On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:57:18, [e-mail] (Vit Timchishin) wrote:
>
> | Hello.
> |
> | I am curious if WarpCast has any technical or administrative problems?
> | We (Link Guard Solutions) tried to announce SafeFire PPP betas few times
and got
> | neither announce nor any response.
> | We even tried to send our questions to feedback address and no answer was
> | received.
> | Do somebody knows what's going on and if this is temporary or permanent
error?
> |
> | Link Guard Solutions
> | http:://www.lgs.kiev.ua
> |
>
>


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From: [e-mail]                                         27-Nov-99 14:27:27
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 14:20:21
Subj: Re: Do Warpcast has any problems

From: Anssi Saari <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Vit Timchishin) writes:

> I am curious if WarpCast has any technical or administrative problems?
> We (Link Guard Solutions) tried to announce SafeFire PPP betas few times and
got
> neither announce nor any response.
> We even tried to send our questions to feedback address and no answer was
> received.
> Do somebody knows what's going on and if this is temporary or permanent
error?

I thought I saw an announcement just a few days ago? The same one that
was in comp.os.os2.announce, I think.

--
Anssi Saari - [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                           27-Nov-99 17:38:26
  To: All                                               27-Nov-99 16:56:11
Subj: Re: DB/2 applications?  Where??

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 15:19:48, [e-mail] (Mooo) wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I've never even seen DB/2 so bear with me if this is all rubbish.
>
> It seems to me that DB/2 is no more than a database
> engine/environment.  Users would need a suitable 'front end' (or
> application) to actually make use of the database engine.
>
> If I've got that relatively right, where might I start looking for
> prebuilt front ends for various tasks?  I realise that a lot of the
> 'big end of town' type users of this engine would be getting stuff
> written specifically for them, probably by IBM directly.
>
> Surely there must be some sort of third party software around the
> place though.
>
> Any ideas?

Sundial Systems has a product called DBExpert that will
interface with DB/2

URL: http://www.sundialsystems.com/dbexpert/index.html

DB/2 has an ODBC interface so any ODBC compliant product
can act as a front end for the database engine.

Lotus Smartsuite's Approach for OS/2 is one such product.


--

Lorne Sunley

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From: [e-mail]                             27-Nov-99 12:53:18
  To: [e-mail]                                    27-Nov-99 16:56:11
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

To: Tom Perrett <[e-mail]>
From: Bob Grimes <[e-mail]>


Tom Perrett wrote:
>
> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:04:15 -0800, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> >I use DeScribe
>
> Two things have interested me about this thread:-
>
> 1) Why do people keep suggesting a product
>     which went out of business years ago?
>     (Describe). Might as well say go and
>     buy a new Packard.
>
> 2) Nobody has mentioned the WP component
>     of IBM Works. !!!
>

Hey, I would go out right now and buy a Packard 120 or 160, pre-war, but
I can't afford the damn things!  Classic cars, if you don't know!

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From: [e-mail]                     27-Nov-99 16:35:11
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 00:25:05
Subj: Re: Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.

From: Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay <[e-mail]>

Hi,

I am using StarOffice 5.1 (Sun version) on Pentium 133, with 64 MB RAM
on Warp 4 FP 12.

Previously I had 32 MB RAM and Warp 3 FP 35.  StarOffice used to work
slowly.  As for your 7 MB excel spreadsheet, I have no idea why it
happened.  I suggest you post your problem to sun's newsgroup for
StarCalc.  I have heard that StarOfice people read those groups and
they may email you to send the offending spreadsheet privately to
them. So that they can reproduce the problem and fix it.

Best of luck.

Sushenjit

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

On 11-26-99, 4:17:12 PM, [e-mail] (Rambod
Larijani) wrote regarding Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.:


> Hi,

> I just installed Staroffice 5.1 on my Warp 3 machine (Pentium 166
> with 32 MEG RAM) and tried to load a 7 MEG Excel spreadsheet.
> After my swap file had grown to about 200 MEG Staroffice crashed
> saying that there are not enough system resources (windows lingo!)
> to complete the task.I have about 300 MEG free on the drive where
> the swap file is located.

> Is there a special procedure I have to follow to load an Excel
> spreadsheet? What kinds of computers have you guys installed
> Staroffice on? Do I need a Pentium III with 128 MEG RAM to
> run Staroffice?

> Thanks for your help.

> Rambod Larijani



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From: [e-mail]                           27-Nov-99 22:18:09
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 00:25:05
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (John Varela)

On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 11:13:23, "Cees van Veelen"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> I often do typos like 'teh' for 'the', and assign the macro to a key
> combination. I have no clue how to do this in WordPro.

Edit --> SmartCorrect --> Add Entry

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

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From: [e-mail]                  27-Nov-99 22:10:25
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 00:25:05
Subj: Re: Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.

From: [e-mail] (Rambod Larijani)

Thanks for your reply. I will post the problem as you suggested.

Rambod



In article <[e-mail]>,
   Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am using StarOffice 5.1 (Sun version) on Pentium 133, with 64 MB RAM
>on Warp 4 FP 12.
>
>Previously I had 32 MB RAM and Warp 3 FP 35.  StarOffice used to work
>slowly.  As for your 7 MB excel spreadsheet, I have no idea why it
>happened.  I suggest you post your problem to sun's newsgroup for
>StarCalc.  I have heard that StarOfice people read those groups and
>they may email you to send the offending spreadsheet privately to
>them. So that they can reproduce the problem and fix it.
>
>Best of luck.
>
>Sushenjit
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
>On 11-26-99, 4:17:12 PM, [e-mail] (Rambod
>Larijani) wrote regarding Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.:
>
>
>> Hi,
>
>> I just installed Staroffice 5.1 on my Warp 3 machine (Pentium 166
>> with 32 MEG RAM) and tried to load a 7 MEG Excel spreadsheet.
>> After my swap file had grown to about 200 MEG Staroffice crashed
>> saying that there are not enough system resources (windows lingo!)
>> to complete the task.I have about 300 MEG free on the drive where
>> the swap file is located.
>
>> Is there a special procedure I have to follow to load an Excel
>> spreadsheet? What kinds of computers have you guys installed
>> Staroffice on? Do I need a Pentium III with 128 MEG RAM to
>> run Staroffice?
>
>> Thanks for your help.
>
>> Rambod Larijani
>
>
>

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From: [e-mail]                         27-Nov-99 16:45:09
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 00:25:05
Subj: Re: Binary News Reader

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

Can it preview headers and let me choose which to download?

TIA,
Doug

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:10:16 -0500, Michael Rowe wrote:

>I have been using NewsHarvest.  I got to demo it at WarpStock '99, and I must
>say, it works very well.  It truly is a Fire and Forget Binary News Reader.
>
>Michael
>
>Doug McKibbin wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 22:26:41 -0500, Raphael Tennenbaum wrote:
>>
>> >I don't have that problem with BNR -- it starts fine, and
>> >with smaller-trafficked NGs it does okay.  But on bigger
>> >ones (alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.beatles) it simply abends.
>>
>> I found this happening when downloading thousands of headers.  When I set
>> the max number of headers to download to 3000 it stopped.  Using 1.36 here.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Doug McKibbin
>> (remove NOSPAM from address when emailing)
>



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From: [e-mail]                               28-Nov-99 00:49:22
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 00:25:05
Subj: Re: Comm/2 keeps bringing down my system.

From: [e-mail] (Richard A Crane)

On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:41:55, Steve Drewell
<[e-mail]> wrote:
[snip]
> Because I'm just a home user, it's not critical but it is annoying. I
> often hear people say that their machines have been up for weeks or months
> but why my machine won't stay up is beyond me. Maybe if I didn't run
> Comm/2 I'd not have a crash but that's not not really an option as there
> is no viable alternative to Comm/2.
>
> So, am I barking up the wrong tree? Is Comm/2 to blame or not? Has anyone
> else who keeps their machine running constantly had reason to suspect that
> Comm/2 brings down their machine?
>
> Any advice will be appreciated.
>
1.    Use nescape 2.02 for a browser, pronews for your
newsgroups and Postroad for your email - all viable and in
their own way better than Comm 4.61- I have had only had
problems with it.
2.    For anyone that cares - there seems to be a slow
persistent leak of memory whilst using 4.61 and then there
is the  stopped download problem eg I cannot retrieve Java
118 with 4.61 without it stopping without completion.
3.    Machine details P75 with 128MB RAM, 2 x 1 GB IDE drives
IDE CD ROM. SCSI tape and SCSI HD, Boot manager with OS/2
booting from the SCSI drive (HPFS Format) WARP 4 with FP 9.
Richard A Crane
Barrister & Solicitor
slightly altered email (anti-spamming) rcrane AT
octa4.net.au
OR rcrane AT attglobal.net

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From: [e-mail]                                    28-Nov-99 11:56:22
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 00:25:06
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

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

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 12:53:37 -0500, Bob Grimes wrote:

>From: Bob Grimes <[e-mail]>

email to that address bounced, user unknown.




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From: [e-mail]                    28-Nov-99 02:49:05
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 00:25:06
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

[e-mail] wrote:
: A simple question to this distinguished company - what's the best OS2 word
: processor. All suggestions welcomed and gratefully received

    Depends on what your needs are.  If you need to share documents
on a regularly basis with other workers using the likes of recent
versions of Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect, than your choices are
limited to Lotus Smartsuite for Warp 4 and StarOffice 5.X.
    If sharing documents is not that important then the choices begin
to broaden a bit.  OS/2 already comes with a basic suite to get one going
in IBM Works.  It would have been the one I would have went with but the
lack of endnote/footnote capability was a huge letdown since it came
packed with most other things.  Sundial System's Clearlook is definately
the quickest WP on any GUI platform that I have ever seen.  Feature wise it
certainly won't match the likes of Word Pro or StarOffice, but then
again most people won't be needing those features either.  Describe 5 is
another good one to go with.  Has a modest feature set, a little more
than Clearlook, and plus also comes in OS/2, Windows 3.1, and Windows
95/NT flavors all on the one CDROM.
    If OS/2 native is not that important, than of course WP's like
Corel WordPerfect 5.x/6.x for DOS, WordPerfect 7 for Windows 3.1, and
Microsoft Word 6.0c all work fine under OS/2's DOS and Windows support.

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From: [e-mail]                                   28-Nov-99 03:10:03
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 00:25:06
Subj: BackupWiz log file question

From: [e-mail] (F. Heitkamp)

I use BackupWiz 1.13 to backup my Warp 4 disks.  Sometimes
I will get a message from BackupWiz saying "Errors reported.
Examine log file."  The problem is is that the log file is
over 1MB in size and finding the actual error messages by
paging through the whole file is a major pain. Can anyone
tell me what the typical error messages are so that I can
grep for them using epm or something?  Or any other suggestions
to solve the problem would be welcomed as well.  I've also
been thinking about getting a new backup program, since
BackupWiz is quite old, and I don't think they support OS/2
anymore.  Besides that I lost my original disk so I guess
I can't upgrade anyway.  So if you have any suggestions or
comments about various backup programs I'd welcome them as
well.

Thanks.

Fred




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From: postmaster@[127.0.0.1]                            27-Nov-99 21:40:19
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 04:44:27
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: postmaster@[127.0.0.1]

In <81nanq$8n1$[e-mail]>, on 11/26/99
   at 03:19 PM, J. N. Pfisterer <[e-mail]> said:

>I hope that someday I'll find a more-direct way to get em-dashes :)

What's an "em-dash?"

--
GK

FrodoJRR at Interaccess dot com
OS/2 Version 4.00 FixPack 12
There are 32 Processes with 126 Threads.
This machine's uptime is 2d 12h 46m 46s 117ms.


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From: postmaster@[127.0.0.1]                            27-Nov-99 21:44:06
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 04:44:27
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: postmaster@[127.0.0.1]

In <[e-mail]>, on 11/26/99
   at 12:13 PM, "Cees van Veelen" <[e-mail]> said:

>WP51 dos. I have the version that can write from right to left (for
>hebrew), and I only use it when I do have to write hebrew.

Where can I get some Hebrew fonts?  I had some a while ago and lost them
somewhere along the way....

--
GK

FrodoJRR at Interaccess dot com
OS/2 Version 4.00 FixPack 12
There are 32 Processes with 126 Threads.
This machine's uptime is 2d 12h 50m 22s 398ms.


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From: [e-mail]                                     28-Nov-99 04:42:18
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 04:44:27
Subj: Re: BackupWiz log file question

From: [e-mail] (Brian Davis)

On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 03:10:07, [e-mail] (F. Heitkamp) wrote:

> I use BackupWiz 1.13 to backup my Warp 4 disks.  Sometimes
> I will get a message from BackupWiz saying "Errors reported.
> Examine log file."  The problem is is that the log file is
> over 1MB in size and finding the actual error messages by
> paging through the whole file is a major pain. Can anyone
> tell me what the typical error messages are so that I can
> grep for them using epm or something?  Or any other suggestions
> to solve the problem would be welcomed as well.  I've also
> been thinking about getting a new backup program, since
> BackupWiz is quite old, and I don't think they support OS/2
> anymore.  Besides that I lost my original disk so I guess
> I can't upgrade anyway.  So if you have any suggestions or
> comments about various backup programs I'd welcome them as
> well.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Fred
>

I'm using version 1.19, the error log has a filename extension
of bws5.err on my version.

Brian Davis ([e-mail])

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From: [e-mail]                           28-Nov-99 05:57:03
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 04:44:28
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 03:40:39, postmaster@[127.0.0.1] wrote:

> In <81nanq$8n1$[e-mail]>, on 11/26/99
>    at 03:19 PM, J. N. Pfisterer <[e-mail]> said:
>
> >I hope that someday I'll find a more-direct way to get em-dashes :)
>
> What's an "em-dash?"

A "-" that is the width of the "m" character (I think)

--

Lorne Sunley

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From: [e-mail]                              27-Nov-99 17:36:10
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 04:44:28
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (Jerry Lapham)

In <[e-mail]>, on 11/26/99
   at 08:22 PM, "Jaime A. Cruz, Jr." <[e-mail]> said:

> One nice thing about DeScribe is that it is cross-platform.  The CD
> contains executables for OS/2, Win32 and Win16.  And unlike other
> "cross-platform" word processors I've used, a document created on one
> platform looks identical on ALL platforms (provided the fonts used are
> available).

Except I couldn't get clip art inserted into a newsletter created in OS/2
DeScribe to show up when I opened the document in Win32 DeScribe.  The
graphics frames were empty.

    -Jerry
--
============================================================
Jerry Lapham, Monroe, OH
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Written Saturday, November 27, 1999 - 05:36 PM (EST)
============================================================
MR/2 Ice tag:  He has the bedside manner of a pathologist.

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From: [e-mail]                             28-Nov-99 01:19:05
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 04:44:28
Subj: Re: BackupWiz log file question

From: [e-mail] (Barry Mann)

In <[e-mail]>, on 11/28/99
   at 03:10 AM, [e-mail] (F. Heitkamp) said:

>:I use BackupWiz 1.13 to backup my Warp 4 disks.  Sometimes I will get
>:a message from BackupWiz saying "Errors reported. Examine log file."
>:The problem is is that the log file is over 1MB in size and finding
>:the actual error messages by paging through the whole file is a major
>:pain. Can anyone  tell me what the typical error messages are so that
>:I can  grep for them using epm or something?  Or any other suggestions
>:to solve the problem would be welcomed as well.  I've also been
>:thinking about getting a new backup program, since BackupWiz is quite
>:old, and I don't think they support OS/2 anymore.  Besides that I lost
>:my original disk so I guess I can't upgrade anyway.  So if you have
>:any suggestions or comments about various backup programs I'd welcome
>:them as well.

You can use a text editor such as EPM to go through the log. Search for
"****" to find error messages.

Typically a system file is locked at the time of back-up or something is
running that changed a file between back-up and verify.

Many times the files in question do not need to be backed-up and can be
put on the exclusion list. By not backing them up, you'll eliminate the
error message.

The surest method to prevent this sort of problem is to shut down the
system and the network, then boot from a maintenance partition and back
up the main partition.

-----------------------------------------------------------
[e-mail] (Barry Mann)
-----------------------------------------------------------

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From: [e-mail]                                27-Nov-99 23:35:17
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 04:44:28
Subj: hammer.org is gone?

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

I am getting web update mail indicating htat this site is no longer
operative.

True?


--
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

Honest folk do not wear masks when they enter a bank.
          - Unspiek, Baron Bodissey

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From: [e-mail]                                      28-Nov-99 08:01:03
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 04:44:28
Subj: Re: hammer.org is gone?

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

John M Price PhD? ([e-mail]?) wrote (27 Nov 1999 23:35:34 -0800):
>I am getting web update mail indicating htat this site is no longer


        http://warp2001.com/os2/

















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From: [e-mail]                                  27-Nov-99 11:35:19
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 04:44:28
Subj: Re: NS 4.04 e-mail alert sound doesn't work

From: Tony Wright <[e-mail]>

Joe Heafner wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I have the e-mail alert feature in NS 4.04 enabled, but when I get
> incoming e-mail, I don't get a sound. All of my other programs that
> require sound work perfectly. Is this a bug in NS 4.04? Is it fixed in
> 4.61?

Interesting - athough I regret I can't answer whether 4.61 "fixes" any
perceived problem I notice a similar "anomoly" to yourself in NS404.In my
case the "alert" only works sporadically. Circumstantially it "appears" to
work only when:
a) you **don't** have "messenger mailbox" already open AND
b) new mail is subsequently received on your mail server.
Thus conversely if you already have "messenger open" and new mail arives
the alert doesn't appear to function.

Whether the observations above are "coincidental" or indeed arguably
"Broken As Designed" , I've no idea currently. Testing the hypothesis isn't
too difficult but I've personally not had the time or inclination to
simultaneously post from seperate PC using another account/userid on same
mail-server/ISP(to minimise delays/on-line connect time) to (dis)prove
either way.

Perhaps your observations/experience is counter to the above anyway?
Possibly  whether you have POP or IMAP mail server(or even retain mail on
server via an enabled option) might also make a difference? (Mine and I
suspect yours too is POP3 protocol and I don't retain "read" mail on server
so I doubt this applies<g>).

>                         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/

Whoops! - Apart from the fact I vaguely recall(probably incorrectly) that
you asked the same/similar question some time ago previously(?), I assumed
either a news/mail-server or your send key hiccupped this time and thus
only one response to your 3 identical posts was required!<vbg>.

--
Rgds Tony W   Email: [e-mail]

"humanum est errare: To err is human
.... and to fail is to be a Project Manager...
...but to foul things up completely needs a computer!"



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From: [e-mail]                                28-Nov-99 11:13:14
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 10:27:19
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, on 11/27/99
   at 12:53 PM, Bob Grimes <[e-mail]> said:


>Hey, I would go out right now and buy a Packard 120 or 160, pre-war, but I
>can't afford the damn things!

My first car was a '39 Packard 120 (used -- 1946) and it only cost $1100 when
new off of the lot. Never had it wide open - had it up to 110MPH chasing a
Greyhound bus between Chicago and Milwaukee and he was walking away from me -
my
tires hadn't been replaced yet from the end of the war -- I was stationed at
Ft
Sheridan when I got it.

Have a good one!

wmmorrow (at) flash (dot) net
 All opinion expressed are my own - no one else believes them.


Bill M.

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From: [e-mail]                                  28-Nov-99 12:48:26
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 10:27:19
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

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

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On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 05:57:07 GMT, Lorne Sunley wrote:

>On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 03:40:39, postmaster@[127.0.0.1] wrote:
>
>> In <81nanq$8n1$[e-mail]>, on 11/26/99
>>    at 03:19 PM, J. N. Pfisterer <[e-mail]> said:
>>
>> >I hope that someday I'll find a more-direct way to get em-dashes :)
>>
>> What's an "em-dash?"
>
>A "-" that is the width of the "m" character (I think)
>
>--
>
>Lorne Sunley
>

You are correct.  On a typical typewriter, one creates an em-dash by typing
two consecutive hyphens: -- but usually that doesn't show up as an em-dash,
it shows up as two consecutive hyphens.


Jaime A. Cruz, Jr.

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From: [e-mail]                                  28-Nov-99 12:49:27
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 10:27:19
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

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

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Odd.  Perhaps the graphic format wasn't supported under Win32?  I can't say
I've ever observed that behavior here (not that I used Win32 for much of
anything)...

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 17:36:21, Jerry Lapham wrote:

>In <[e-mail]>, on 11/26/99
>   at 08:22 PM, "Jaime A. Cruz, Jr." <[e-mail]> said:
>
>> One nice thing about DeScribe is that it is cross-platform.  The CD
>> contains executables for OS/2, Win32 and Win16.  And unlike other
>> "cross-platform" word processors I've used, a document created on one
>> platform looks identical on ALL platforms (provided the fonts used are
>> available).
>
>Except I couldn't get clip art inserted into a newsletter created in OS/2
>DeScribe to show up when I opened the document in Win32 DeScribe.  The
>graphics frames were empty.
>
>    -Jerry
>--
>============================================================
>Jerry Lapham, Monroe, OH
>E-Mail: [e-mail]
>Written Saturday, November 27, 1999 - 05:36 PM (EST)
>============================================================
>MR/2 Ice tag:  He has the bedside manner of a pathologist.
>

Jaime A. Cruz, Jr.

o&o_o&o_o&o_o&o_o&o_o&o_o&o_o&o_o&o_o&o_o&o_o&o_o&o
o                                                 o
o  Visit the Nassau Wings Motorcycle Club at:     o
o  http://www.nassauwings.org/                    o
o  A Charter Member of the Motorcycle Web Ring!   o
o                                                 o
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From: [e-mail]                      27-Nov-99 20:38:13
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 14:37:28
Subj: Re: OS/2 Application Gripes

From: [e-mail] (Sander Nyman)

On 11/01/99 at 01:00 AM, [e-mail] (Sander Nyman) said:

>>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! :-(

>Sorry, I haven't followed the full thread on this.  Just curious if you
>have applied the version 1.1.1 fix to Approach?

>I have not created anything here that could be considered a "large"
>database, but what I have created works extremely well on v.1.1.1.

I am following up on this thread, since the following is right on target
for the printing problem that the  gentlemen identified with Lotus
Approach.  It also explains why some are having the problem, and some not.
This is from Lotus:

Some customers have reported problems when using Approach SmartMaster
templates with certain printer drivers.  If you experience a crash in
IBMPCL5.DRV or PSCRIPT.DRV when using Approach, you will need to obtain an
updated printer driver from IBM that contains the fix. New printer drivers
may be obtained from:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/printerpak.

Sander Nyman



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From: [e-mail]                             28-Nov-99 10:30:19
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 14:37:28
Subj: Re: Binary News Reader

From: Michael Rowe <[e-mail]>

Newsharvest does the entire news group, minus what you setup up in your
filters.
The concept is, Fire and forget.  It handles multi-part posts, even over
multiple
sessions.

Michael

Doug McKibbin wrote:

> Can it preview headers and let me choose which to download?
>
> TIA,
> Doug
>
> On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:10:16 -0500, Michael Rowe wrote:
>
> >I have been using NewsHarvest.  I got to demo it at WarpStock '99, and I
must
> >say, it works very well.  It truly is a Fire and Forget Binary News Reader.
> >
> >Michael
> >
> >Doug McKibbin wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 22:26:41 -0500, Raphael Tennenbaum wrote:
> >>
> >> >I don't have that problem with BNR -- it starts fine, and
> >> >with smaller-trafficked NGs it does okay.  But on bigger
> >> >ones (alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.beatles) it simply abends.
> >>
> >> I found this happening when downloading thousands of headers.  When I set
> >> the max number of headers to download to 3000 it stopped.  Using 1.36
here.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Doug McKibbin
> >> (remove NOSPAM from address when emailing)
> >

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From: [e-mail]                             28-Nov-99 10:32:10
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 14:37:28
Subj: Re: Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.

From: Michael Rowe <[e-mail]>

I have a strange problem. I had a check disk kill the StarOffice 5.1a
Ico. Can some one send it to me?

Michael

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From: [e-mail]                                 28-Nov-99 11:06:25
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 14:37:28
Subj: Re: hammer.org is gone?

From: [e-mail]

I think it was change awhile back to www.musthave.com

Bruce


>John M Price PhD? ([e-mail]?) wrote (27 Nov 1999 23:35:34
>-0800): >I am getting web update mail indicating htat this site is no
>longer


>        http://warp2001.com/os2/

















--
-----------------------------------------------------------
[e-mail]
-----------------------------------------------------------

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From: [e-mail]                                   28-Nov-99 11:51:01
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 16:57:22
Subj: Netscape Hangs On Specific Page

From: John Roenigk <[e-mail]>

Using OS/2 Warp 4 at FixPak 6 on my home computer, both Netscape 4.61
and 4.04 will hang the system completely retrieving a specific page from
our own web site. It gets to 38% and then stops. Mouse control is gone.
Control+Escape has no effect. Control+Alt+Delete is all that works...

Generally speaking, I've not noticed any problems using Netscape other
than this. I move about various web sites as I wish. I've not noticed
this on my work machines. Out of curiosity, I booted to Windows 98 (on
the same machine) and did manage to retrieve the page in Microsoft
Explorer without problem.

Any ideas what might cause this/what might be done to correct it?

Thanks,

John Roenigk

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From: [e-mail]                               28-Nov-99 16:49:01
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 16:57:22
Subj: Re: Do Warpcast has any problems

From: [e-mail] (Esther Schindler)

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 15:30:07, [e-mail] (Vit Timchishin) wrote:

| So I don't think it is our side problem. If you has any suggestions, we will

| gladly listen to you because the situation is not too clear to us.

Sorry, Vit, I don't have any additional suggestions. I was just trying
to point out that I *had* seen recent Warpcast announcements.

--Esther


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From: [e-mail]                                    28-Nov-99 09:56:11
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 16:57:22
Subj: Re: Binary News Reader

From: [e-mail] (jehnk)

>Can it preview headers and let me choose which to download?

Try BNEWS; should be on Hobbes etc.

Command line thing that fetches headers, you edit a text file for the
stuff you want, then fetches the goods.

For me, another irreplaceable OS/2 app.



sigh
jehnk


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From: [e-mail]                     28-Nov-99 14:05:28
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 16:57:22
Subj: Re: Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.

From: Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay <[e-mail]>

What do you mean by "kill StarOffice 5.1a icon?"  If the Program
Object is gone, try running the setup from the StarOffice folder.  And
choose Repair.  It will ask for the CD or the location of the
downloaded files.  If you had downloaded the file, and subsequently
deleted the installation directories, you will have to expand the
downloaded file again.

As far as I can see, the icon is part of the exe file.  I am not sure
if it is possible to send just the Program Object, since it is just a
reference to the real object (the exe file).

Sushenjit

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

On 11-28-99, 3:32:20 PM, Michael Rowe <[e-mail]> wrote
regarding Re: Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.:


> I have a strange problem. I had a check disk kill the StarOffice 5.1a
> Ico. Can some one send it to me?

> Michael



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From: [e-mail]                             28-Nov-99 14:12:17
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 16:57:23
Subj: Re: Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.

From: Michael Rowe <[e-mail]>

What happened is the file soffice.ico got deleted by chkdsk.  I was able to
find the file in the setup.zip for staroffice.  OS/2 will use an ICON from
a file with the same name as the exe by default if found in the same
directory.  If you look in your star office directory you will find two
files.  Soffice.exe and Soffice.ico.

Thanks.

Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay wrote:

> What do you mean by "kill StarOffice 5.1a icon?"  If the Program
> Object is gone, try running the setup from the StarOffice folder.  And
> choose Repair.  It will ask for the CD or the location of the
> downloaded files.  If you had downloaded the file, and subsequently
> deleted the installation directories, you will have to expand the
> downloaded file again.
>
> As far as I can see, the icon is part of the exe file.  I am not sure
> if it is possible to send just the Program Object, since it is just a
> reference to the real object (the exe file).
>
> Sushenjit
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 11-28-99, 3:32:20 PM, Michael Rowe <[e-mail]> wrote
> regarding Re: Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.:
>
> > I have a strange problem. I had a check disk kill the StarOffice 5.1a
> > Ico. Can some one send it to me?
>
> > Michael

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From: [e-mail]                           28-Nov-99 19:43:03
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 16:57:23
Subj: Re: Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.

From: Ian Johnston <[e-mail]>

Rambod Larijani <[e-mail]> wrote:

: Is there a special procedure I have to follow to load an Excel
: spreadsheet? What kinds of computers have you guys installed
: Staroffice on? Do I need a Pentium III with 128 MEG RAM to
: run Staroffice?

I have run SO on three machines:

SO5.0 under OS/2 v3 on a P90 with 64MB RAM
SO5.1 on the same machine

SO5.1 under OS/2 v4 on a P450 with 288MB RAM

SO5.1 under W95 on a P166 with 32MB RAM

Under OS/2, both versions were slow (about the same speed) and resource
hungry. Under W95 StarOffice is very much faster and, as far as I can tell,
less demanding.

Ian

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From: [e-mail]                              28-Nov-99 11:52:00
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 16:57:23
Subj: Re: BackupWiz log file question

From: [e-mail]

Hmmm.  I have Backup Wiz 1.11s5 and would love a newer version. Any
idea where to get it?  I've written to the address on my copy but
get nothing.  It works and I've been using it since OS/2 2.1,  but a
newer version would probably be better.


>On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 03:10:07, [e-mail] (F. Heitkamp) wrote:

>> I use BackupWiz 1.13 to backup my Warp 4 disks.  Sometimes
>> I will get a message from BackupWiz saying "Errors reported.
>> Fred
>>
>
>I'm using version 1.19, the error log has a filename extension of
>bws5.err on my version.

>Brian Davis ([e-mail])


Judith Russell
[e-mail]
Saugus Web Coordinator
http://www.hart.k12.ca.us/saugus



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From: c.k.christacopoulos.REMOVEME@dun...               28-Nov-99 20:31:07
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 16:57:23
Subj: Re: Netscape Hangs On Specific Page

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: Charles Christacopoulos <[e-mail]>

John Roenigk wrote:
>
> Using OS/2 Warp 4 at FixPak 6 on my home computer, both Netscape 4.61
> and 4.04 will hang the system completely retrieving a specific page from
> our own web site. It gets to 38% and then stops. Mouse control is gone.
> Control+Escape has no effect. Control+Alt+Delete is all that works...
And what is inside the page ?  Would help.


Remove REMOVE_ME to reply.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Charles Christacopoulos, Secretary's Office, University of Dundee,
Dundee DD1 4HN, (Scotland) United Kingdom.
Tel: +44+(0)1382-344891. Fax: +44+(0)1382-201604.
http://somis.ais.dundee.ac.uk/    (runs on OS/2)
Scottish Search Maestro http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/ (runs on OS/2
too)

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From: [e-mail]                               28-Nov-99 21:38:28
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 16:57:23
Subj: Re: NS 4.04 e-mail alert sound doesn't work

From: Willy Steger <[e-mail]>


Joe Heafner schrieb:
>
> Hi.
>
> I have the e-mail alert feature in NS 4.04 enabled, but when I get
> incoming e-mail, I don't get a sound. All of my other programs that
> require sound work perfectly. Is this a bug in NS 4.04? Is it fixed in
> 4.61?
>

Do you have an entry like
user_pref("os2.mail.sound", "d:\\mmos2\\Sounds\\Startup.WAV");
in your refs.js?

Willy

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From: [e-mail]                                 28-Nov-99 21:25:11
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 19:47:00
Subj: OS2 USB and video camera

From: "William R. Estrada II" <[e-mail]>

Hello,

  Has anybody been able to get OS2 to work with a USB camera?  If so,
which camera?

               Thanks, Rick Estrada.

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From: [e-mail]                              28-Nov-99 21:33:22
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 19:47:00
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: James Moe <[e-mail]>


[e-mail] wrote:
>
> A simple question to this distinguished company - what's the best OS2 word
processor.
> All suggestions welcomed and gratefully received

    The best native os/2 word processor is DeScribe. Alas, as others
have noted, the company no longer exists. You can usually find copies
for sale at eBay. It really is a damn good word processor.
    The last version of WordPerfect for win31, v7.3, is also extermely
capable. Its only real disadvantage is the DOS 8.3 filname limitation.
    If, however, you want a document preparation program like PageMaker
you are more or less SOL. Many of the existing programs have some subset
of PageMaker-type features; none are as comprehensive.
    Maul Publisher (on hobbes, bmtmicro) is showing promise; it is
targeted as a document preparation program. It does everything in
frames. It has quirks but is being actively supported.
    There is also StarOfiice, Lotus/WordPro, Papyrus, and Clearlook. I
do not have any experience with these.


--

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

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From: [e-mail]                          27-Nov-99 23:24:19
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 19:47:00
Subj: Re: Desktop problems: the way out, but a new problem

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

There is a way to solve this...

Using rexx create a new desktop. If you are unable to let me know, I'll mail
you a program that can do this...

Then reboot and use ALT-F1 to get to boot menu. Go for a command prompt...

In the command prompt to the following:

- remove the ea's from the desktop
- remove the ea's from the new desktop to a file
- put the ea's from the new desktop to the active desktop.

you can use EAUTIL to do this. Read the online manuals...

Henk


> But for one thing.
> Not my desktiop is WP_Folder, not WP_Desktop, and I therefore lack
> some menues. Checkini does not help. What to do? According to
> EaBrowser, there is not other folder that is WP_Desktop.
>
> Thanks,
>
> / Jan
>
>


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From: [e-mail]                               28-Nov-99 15:16:12
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 21:13:18
Subj: Re: hammer.org is gone?

From: Tim Martin <[e-mail]>

John M Price PhD wrote:

> I am getting web update mail indicating htat this site is no longer
> operative.
>
> True?
>
> --
> 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
>
> Honest folk do not wear masks when they enter a bank.
>           - Unspiek, Baron Bodissey

Gary Hammer's OS/2 "MustHave" web site is still very much
alive and was recently updated (Nov 20).  The url is:
http://musthave.com

Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City
http://warpcity.com
"We're Offering An Early Bird Special!"


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From: [e-mail]                            28-Nov-99 18:20:28
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 21:13:18
Subj: Re: NS 4.04 e-mail alert sound doesn't work

From: Joe Heafner <[e-mail]>

Willy Steger wrote:
>
> Joe Heafner schrieb:
> > I have the e-mail alert feature in NS 4.04 enabled, but when I get
> > incoming e-mail, I don't get a sound. All of my other programs that
> > require sound work perfectly. Is this a bug in NS 4.04? Is it fixed in
> > 4.61?
> >
>
> Do you have an entry like
> user_pref("os2.mail.sound", "d:\\mmos2\\Sounds\\Startup.WAV");
> in your refs.js?
>
Another user told me about this, and it certainly works! Problem solved.

Now, how is the ordinary user supposed to find out about this?

            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]                              28-Nov-99 13:39:26
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 21:13:18
Subj: Re: Photo color Printers in OS2

From: "J. R. Fox" <[e-mail]>


Gideon Singer wrote:

> I am looking to buying a photo printer. I am debating whether to buy
> the Epson 750 or the HP P970/P1000/P1100. I need to know if anyone is
> using any of these printers in OS2 successfully? The IBM device site
> does not list any of these printers except for the Epson 700.
> I tried the Lexmark Z51 and while it installed under OS2 with no
> problems it did have printing problems to the point that it became
> unreliable. It also did not work in W98 in spite of spending 1hr with
> Lexmark support and downloading the newest drivers. Other people have
> had no problems but on my system it was a no go.
>
> Any advice appreciated.
>
> Gideon Singer
> Webpage: members.home.net:80/gsinger
> Remove the 'nospam' to email

Hi,

I don't know for sure, but most of the models you mention sound like
newer models to me.
For some good comparative reviews of color printers (inkjet) for OS/2 --
though not the very
latest models -- you might look over past columns by Tony Butka,
"Printing & Scanning for
the OS/2 Platform"  which should be available at    www.scoug.com

(Sorry, but I never learned the trick for turning URLs into HTML
hot-links, as are commonly found in messages here.)

Hope this helps.

<jf>



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From: [e-mail]                              28-Nov-99 14:04:02
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 21:13:18
Subj: Y2K Reference Site ?

From: "J. R. Fox" <[e-mail]>

I have bookmarked a couple of good pages that list  drivers / app.s / OS
components  relative to
OS/2, with their respective Y2K status.

My Question:  Is there some good site that has a fairly extensive
listing of the Y2K readiness --
where known -- of various application programs _beyond_ the specific
sphere of OS/2 ?
For example: if I wanted to find this out regarding, say, 123 ver. 2.4,
Paradox 5.0, etc.  (I'm
assuming the news will be bad, in the case of older spreadsheet or
database programs . . . ).
Of course, I could try the site of each application publisher, one by
one, assuming they still
exist.  However, if there is some centralized repository for this
information, it could save a
lot of time and trouble.

Thanx in advance.

<jf>



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From: [e-mail]                                28-Nov-99 16:31:21
  To: All                                               28-Nov-99 21:13:18
Subj: Re: hammer.org is gone?

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

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

: John M Price PhD? ([e-mail]?) wrote (27 Nov 1999 23:35:34 -0800):
:>I am getting web update mail indicating htat this site is no longer


:         http://warp2001.com/os2/

Well, seems pretty limited.  Not a thing like the site used to be.

The full URL is (or was)

http://www.os2.hammer.org

I get a DNS lookup error as if it was a dead name.

--
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

Barbara "remember, bridge is like sex -- if you don't have a good
partner, you'd better have a good hand" Mikkelson
     (left in original afu format)

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From: [e-mail]                           29-Nov-99 01:13:18
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 03:35:21
Subj: Re: Photo color Printers in OS2

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 18:39:53, "J. R. Fox" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>
> (Sorry, but I never learned the trick for turning URLs into HTML
> hot-links, as are commonly found in messages here.)

Totally off topic, but responding to the   above

Just type in the prefix ie: http:// or ftp://
followed by the rest of the URL like

http://www.scoug.com

--

Lorne Sunley

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From: [e-mail]                              28-Nov-99 15:38:01
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 03:35:21
Subj: Re: Binary News Reader

From: "J. R. Fox" <[e-mail]>

Michael Rowe wrote:
>
> Newsharvest does the entire news group, minus what you setup up in your
filters.
> The concept is, Fire and forget.  It handles multi-part posts, even over
multiple
> sessions.
>

Does it function as an online *or* offline reader ?  I'd like
to be able to knock out a group of replies to specific messages
offline, then u/l them to the newsgroup in one quick go.

<jf>

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From: [e-mail]                              28-Nov-99 15:49:11
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 03:35:21
Subj: Re: Photo color Printers in OS2

From: "J. R. Fox" <[e-mail]>

Lorne Sunley wrote:
>
> On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 18:39:53, "J. R. Fox" <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > (Sorry, but I never learned the trick for turning URLs into HTML
> > hot-links, as are commonly found in messages here.)
>
> Totally off topic, but responding to the   above
>
> Just type in the prefix ie: http:// or ftp://
> followed by the rest of the URL like
>
> http://www.scoug.com
>
> --
>
> Lorne Sunley


That simple, 'ey ?  Thanks, Lorne.

<jf>

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From: [e-mail]                              28-Nov-99 15:56:24
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 03:35:22
Subj: Re: OS2 USB and video camera

From: "J. R. Fox" <[e-mail]>

William R. Estrada II wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>   Has anybody been able to get OS2 to work with a USB camera?  If so,
> which camera?
>
>                Thanks, Rick Estrada.


Just a shot in the dark, but have you checked with the DCITU
page ?

          http://users.uniserve.ca/~software/dcitu/

is the last URL I had for them.

<jf>

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From: [e-mail]                                 29-Nov-99 01:43:06
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 03:35:22
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail]

In <38405769$1$jzzbeebj$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
>In <[e-mail]>, on 11/27/99
>   at 12:53 PM, Bob Grimes <[e-mail]> said:
>
>
>>Hey, I would go out right now and buy a Packard 120 or 160, pre-war, but I
>>can't afford the damn things!
>
>My first car was a '39 Packard 120 (used -- 1946) and it only cost $1100 when
>new off of the lot. Never had it wide open - had it up to 110MPH chasing a
>Greyhound bus between Chicago and Milwaukee and he was walking away from me -
my
>tires hadn't been replaced yet from the end of the war -- I was stationed at
Ft
>Sheridan when I got it.
>
>Have a good one!
>
>wmmorrow (at) flash (dot) net
> All opinion expressed are my own - no one else believes them.
>
>

uh bill ?  I have a Greyhound 4501 . . . you should get that speedometer
checked. Off a cliff maybe, but not even on a steep downhill would you
see 110+ mph without exploding the engine. You can't over-rev a diesel
like that, they have governors. And coaches are NOT geared for 120 mph !

nice story, though
wanna by a Scenicruiser ?

>Bill M.
>

--
härad ængravvåd

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From: [e-mail]                  29-Nov-99 00:30:23
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 03:35:22
Subj: Re: Staroffice 5.1 problems. Please help.

From: [e-mail] (Rambod Larijani)

Very interesting. I guess it is time to upgrade my Hardware.

Thanks.

Rambod Larijani

In article <81s0ka$eu4$[e-mail]>,
   Ian Johnston <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I have run SO on three machines:
>
>SO5.0 under OS/2 v3 on a P90 with 64MB RAM
>SO5.1 on the same machine
>
>SO5.1 under OS/2 v4 on a P450 with 288MB RAM
>
>SO5.1 under W95 on a P166 with 32MB RAM
>
>Under OS/2, both versions were slow (about the same speed) and resource
>hungry. Under W95 StarOffice is very much faster and, as far as I can tell,
>less demanding.
>
>Ian

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From: [e-mail]                                 29-Nov-99 04:08:10
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 03:35:22
Subj: Re: Quicken 98 updates

From: [e-mail]

I got the Quicken 98 Deluxe from Intuit and installed it, but as opposed to
earlier versions, PC Banking needs to be run throught the net instead of over
the phone line.  This is a problem, since Quicken is in a win-os/2 window,
it needs a 16 bit Netscape to connect.  I downloaded version 4.08 for win 3.1
and installed it in win-os/2.  My problem is that I can't connect since I'm
running behind a firewall and can't get it to find the net.  I'm not using a
proxy server, but NAT instead.  Can anyone help?



In <313370394344623029034462@MWCTP>, Michael W. Cocke <[e-mail]>
writes:
>On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 23:28:09 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>>In <310607194335809426085390@MWCTP>, on 11/23/99
>>   at 06:54 AM, Michael W. Cocke <[e-mail]> said:
>>
>>>Check deja news for a detailed discussion, or take the upshot from here:
>>>You cannot update Quicken98 online under most circumstances  - call
>>>Intuit tech support and they will mail you a CD.
>>
>>I just ordered a CD from their website.  They don't have the 16 bit
>>version of Quicken 98 available for download, though they do have the 32
>>bit (Win95/98) version downloadable.  We who use Q98 for Win 3.1 have to
>>pay to get a CD shipped.  Not fair, but that's life.
>>
>
>They charged you?  That's new.  Well, at least it's still available -
>more than you can say for many other companies.
>
>
>>
>>
>>Alan
>>
>>
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From: [e-mail]                                      29-Nov-99 07:22:14
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:15
Subj: Re: hammer.org is gone?

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

Hammer gave it up a couple of years ago, donating it to SofTouch (OKC).
SofTouch left the OS2 arena shortly after.  They may have given
"musthave" back to him.  Last I checked, it was hacked (porn page
links).

Tell me something good.

>I get a DNS lookup error as if it was a dead name.

 '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
 Corne1 Huth     http://40th.com/      Bullet database engines/servers

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From: [e-mail]                               29-Nov-99 03:14:19
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:15
Subj: Re: Real Audio 5 and Matrox Drivers?

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

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 04:18:54 GMT, No spam, please wrote:

>I have very recently replaced my video card with a Matrox Millennium
>G400. Everything seems to run fine in OS/2 and Win-OS/2 with one
>glaring exception: The Real Audio player, version 5, aborts with an
>"application error" (and takes down all other applications in running
>in the same VDM) whenever I start it. It previously worked well, and
>the only thing I've changed with my system is the video card and its
>drivers, so I have to assume that it's allergic to something with the
>drivers. I'm using version 2.31.100 (26 August 1999, the latest
>available) of the Matrox drivers, with Warp 3 FP 35.
>
>Oddly enough, I just tried Real Audio version 3, which seems to work
>fine.
>
>Any ideas?

try this:
edit win.ini in \os2\mdos\winos2 and under the "[drawdib]" section, add
"DVA=0" and then edit system.ini and remove this line: "device=dva.386"
it solved the problem for me.  =)


regards,
- dink ( http://dink.org )






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From: [e-mail]                                       29-Nov-99 08:51:02
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:15
Subj: QUESTION: OBJECTDESKTOP ON WSEB?

From: filippo sartori <[e-mail]>

HI
I tried to install Object Desktop 2.0 on Workspace for e-business.
I failed. Did anybody succeeded?
Is it incompatible?

Regards

Filippo Sartori

Please mail me also.

Thanks


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From: [e-mail]                                  29-Nov-99 08:54:10
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:15
Subj: Re: Do Warpcast has any problems

From: [e-mail]

In article <47fkd6T3ejeb-pn2-JYxKHjkisMbi@tivv>,
  [e-mail] (Vit Timchishin) wrote:
> Hello.
>
> The last message regarding SafeFire PPP at WarpCast is about 0.9.55
beta at the
> 2th of november.
> We already have two more betas published and information about both
were sent to
> WarpCast.
>
> As about problems at our side: I don't think that there was any
problems with
> WarpCast news submit form: We filled it correctly and got "Submition
Successful"
> every time. As I already said there was multiple posting. They were
made using
> different PCs and different Internet connections (leased line and
dial-up).

Some weeks (or already months?) ago I also announced something using the
submit form and it did never show up. I assumed that they simply didn't
read the messages they receive this way, but I do not have any idea
otherwise...

> There was successful postings using the same configuration previously.
> Even more, regular e-mail message was sent to [e-mail].
And again
> we've got no response.

The mail address I used successfully several times was:

"WarpCast Submissions" <[e-mail]>

Maybe this is again a question of what "they" are actually reading and
what not? My feeling is - again just a guess! - that they have too many
information channels (forms, e-mail addresses) to monitor, thus not
really a technical problem...

But OTOH I do not want to really complain in any way because "they" are
offering a great service to the OS/2 community for free! Maybe "we" just
have to find out which information channel really reaches "them",
assuming that they are actually doing their best!

And BTW: An address that starts with "submit-news" sounds like a
reasonable address for submitting news - doesn't it ??!

Cornelis Bockemⁿhl <[e-mail]>
Author of "PmAs - Astronomy for the Presentation Manager"
http://www.datacomm.ch/cobo

> So I don't think it is our side problem. If you has any suggestions,
we will
> gladly listen to you because the situation is not too clear to us.
>
> Bye,
>     Vit.
>
> On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 14:20:24, [e-mail] (Esther Schindler)
wrote:
>
> > The problem may be on your end. I've seen several Warpcast messages
--
> > including a few about SafeFire PPP betas, in the last couple of
weeks.
> >
> > --Esther
> >
> > On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:57:18, [e-mail] (Vit Timchishin)
wrote:
> >
> > | Hello.
> > |
> > | I am curious if WarpCast has any technical or administrative
problems?
> > | We (Link Guard Solutions) tried to announce SafeFire PPP betas few
times and got
> > | neither announce nor any response.
> > | We even tried to send our questions to feedback address and no
answer was
> > | received.
> > | Do somebody knows what's going on and if this is temporary or
permanent error?
> > |
> > | Link Guard Solutions
> > | http:://www.lgs.kiev.ua
> > |
> >
> >
>
>


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

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From: [e-mail]                              29-Nov-99 10:10:00
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:16
Subj: Re: neat os2 utils

From: [e-mail]

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 07:51:00, [e-mail] (David LaRue) wrote:

    <snipp>

>  I didn't see the background since I turn off processing of
> most advanced html tags.  That keeps the speed up and the content reasonably
> advertisement free.
>

>   David

Could you share your settings here? I'm looking to set up a
cruise-mode for N202.
Thanx,

Vacuo

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From: [e-mail]                              29-Nov-99 10:31:03
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:16
Subj: Re: neat os2 utils

From: [e-mail]

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 15:30:02, [e-mail] (Stefan A.
Deutscher) wrote:


>                    the HTML on the site is
> coded to make use of Lynx difficult,
>
>  Cheers,  Stefan

Are there scripts for Lynx, or other browsers, that might act as
countermeasures
against aggressive commercial html exploits? If so, where might we
search to
learn more about this?

TIA,
Vacuo

Warp 4.0 reg'd user of ProNews/2, MR/2, & PMView inspite of
indications to the
contrary.

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From: c.k.christacopoulos.REMOVEME@dun...               29-Nov-99 10:48:00
  To: [e-mail]                              29-Nov-99 10:04:16
Subj: Re: Y2K Reference Site ?

Message sender: [e-mail]

To: "J. R. Fox" <[e-mail]>
From: Charles Christacopoulos <[e-mail]>

"J. R. Fox" wrote:
>
> I have bookmarked a couple of good pages that list  drivers / app.s / OS
> components  relative to
> OS/2, with their respective Y2K status.
>
> My Question:  Is there some good site that has a fairly extensive
> listing of the Y2K readiness --
> where known -- of various application programs _beyond_ the specific
> sphere of OS/2 ?
> For example: if I wanted to find this out regarding, say, 123 ver. 2.4,
> Paradox 5.0, etc.  (I'm

Sorry I do not know of a site aprat from visiting each manufacturer.
Paradox tends to be OK, it has always been Y2K compliant (!).  However,
apps written in Paradox can process its dates in with Y=2 digits or Y=4
digits.  If you have written programs that check dates where the year is
two digits then you got the Y2K bug in your programs.  Check
http://www.corel.com/

Regards

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Dundee DD1 4HN, (Scotland) United Kingdom.
Tel: +44+(0)1382-344891. Fax: +44+(0)1382-201604.
http://somis.ais.dundee.ac.uk/    (runs on OS/2)
Scottish Search Maestro http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/ (runs on OS/2
too)

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From: [e-mail]                              29-Nov-99 11:17:06
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:16
Subj: Re: Netscape 2.02 is here

From: [e-mail]

On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 19:07:57, Tim Martin <[e-mail]> wrote:

Many thanx to Lorne and Tim. Got what I needed and we're up & online.
Vacuo

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From: [e-mail]                              29-Nov-99 06:26:05
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:16
Subj: Re: QUESTION: OBJECTDESKTOP ON WSEB?

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

What's "Workspace for e-business"?  If you meant "Warp Server for
E-Business", I've installed OD 2.0 on it.  It doesn't work real well -
there's a real nifty way to crash a WSeB system dead in it (use Object
Navigator) - but most of it works.  Stardock doesn't want to hear about
it, so I don't want to hear about Stardock anymore.




On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 08:51:05 +0000, filippo sartori wrote:

>HI
>I tried to install Object Desktop 2.0 on Workspace for e-business.
>I failed. Did anybody succeeded?
>Is it incompatible?
>
>Regards
>
>Filippo Sartori
>
>Please mail me also.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>

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From: [e-mail]                            29-Nov-99 11:49:14
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:16
Subj: Re: neat os2 utils

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

On 29 Nov 1999 10:31:07 GMT, [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 15:30:02, [e-mail] (Stefan A.
>Deutscher) wrote:
>
>> the HTML on the site is coded to make use of Lynx difficult, Cheers,
>> Stefan
>
>Are there scripts for Lynx, or other browsers, that might act as
>countermeasures against aggressive commercial html exploits?

I am afraid I don't comprehend the question. Please rephrase.

 Cheers,
            Stefan

>If so, where might we search to learn more about this?


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From: [e-mail]                                   28-Nov-99 23:39:10
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:16
Subj: Re: DB/2 applications?  Where??

From: Roberto Gainza <[e-mail]>


Mooo escribió:

> Any ideas?
>
> Craig

You can see Dbexpert, it is nice. In http://www.sundialsystems.com , is
simple of develop an very power, for made new aplicatios in DBF, DB2
and Oracle
Saludos

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From: [e-mail]                                   29-Nov-99 12:14:20
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:16
Subj: Re: Do Warpcast has any problems

From: [e-mail] (Vit Timchishin)

Hello.

Thank you for your infomation. We will try to use this address
We did not want to complain. We only tried to resolve the problem.
And this worked: you have responded me and now We can try this new way.
Warpcast is great service and we want to use it to distribute our news.

Again thank you for you information.

    Vit.

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From: [e-mail]                                  29-Nov-99 07:48:04
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 10:04:16
Subj: Re: DB/2 applications?  Where??

From: [e-mail] (John Brock)

StarOffice, free from Sun, has a native DB2 interface, as well as ODBC
and JDBC, both of which in theory should be usable with DB2.  Note that
I haven't actually tried any of this, and would be interested in
hearing from someone who has.

(I've crossposted this to comp.databases.ibm-db2, where you might get
more answers to your question).

In article <[e-mail]>, Mooo <[e-mail]>
wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>I've never even seen DB/2 so bear with me if this is all rubbish.
>
>It seems to me that DB/2 is no more than a database
>engine/environment.  Users would need a suitable 'front end' (or
>application) to actually make use of the database engine.
>
>If I've got that relatively right, where might I start looking for
>prebuilt front ends for various tasks?  I realise that a lot of the
>'big end of town' type users of this engine would be getting stuff
>written specifically for them, probably by IBM directly.
>
>Surely there must be some sort of third party software around the
>place though.
>
>Any ideas?
--
John Brock
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                                29-Nov-99 13:06:11
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 16:52:20
Subj: Re: OS2 USB and video camera

From: "Mark O. Schlegel" <[e-mail]>

"J. R. Fox" wrote:
>
> William R. Estrada II wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >   Has anybody been able to get OS2 to work with a USB camera?  If so,
> > which camera?
> >
> >                Thanks, Rick Estrada.
>
> Just a shot in the dark, but have you checked with the DCITU
> page ?
>
>           http://users.uniserve.ca/~software/dcitu/
>
> is the last URL I had for them.
>
> <jf>

That link results in:

File Not Found
The requested URL /~software/dcitu/ was not found on this server.

Mark

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From: [e-mail]                 29-Nov-99 10:55:03
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 16:52:20
Subj: Re: QUESTION: OBJECTDESKTOP ON WSEB?

From: [e-mail]

In <81uaa1$[e-mail]>, on 11/30/99
   at 12:40 AM, "Kelvin Tsang" <[e-mail]> said:

>You mean the Warp Server for e-business ?
>I am using it with OD 2.0, just follow the
>installation instruction, and it works fine
>here. (Except the Drive Navigator, it sometimes
>cause WPS freeze, so I removed this feature now).

Also, don't install Object Advisor during a fresh install.  You need to
selective install it later.

HTH,

Steven



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From: [e-mail]                                  29-Nov-99 15:45:26
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 16:52:21
Subj: Re: Canon OS/2 drivers...letters wave back and forth.

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, on 11/24/99 at 04:51 AM,
   Robert Smits <[e-mail]> said:

>Hi. I have a Canon BJC-4100 bubble jet. I have a serious print quality
>problem with all the OS/2 drivers I've tried.

>When I print large type, the head needs to make two passes to print all
>of the character. When it does so, the top half and the bottom half often
>aren't in very close alignment, and the letters look terrible, falling
>over to one side or the other.

>I tried the OMNI OS/2 drivers, which do this, and the latest OS/2 Canon
>drivers, which support the printer, but also do this.

>I can't find any way to adjust the side to side registration in the
>driver, like you can with some bubble jet Canon faxes, either.

>The odd thing is that the Canon Windows drivers don't seem to have this
>problem at all.

>Any suggestions (beyond buying a newer or different printer) ?

>Thanks, Bob.

Very surprised.  I print to a variety of Canon printers in this class with
this driver.  I assume all the drivers for BJC-4000 series are the same,
although I installed for a 4200.  I do not like the OMNI as I found it to
be slow and got my best results from the CANONOS2 set from the Canon site.
I would suggest that you try the reinstall route first, after getting the
old driver out, and try it with 4200 and 4300 etc.

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[e-mail]
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From: [e-mail]                       29-Nov-99 20:50:07
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 16:52:21
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

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

Tom Perrett ([e-mail]) wrote:
: On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:04:15 -0800, [e-mail] wrote:

: >I use DeScribe

: Two things have interested me about this thread:-

: 1) Why do people keep suggesting a product
:     which went out of business years ago?
:     (Describe). Might as well say go and
:     buy a new Packard.

: 2) Nobody has mentioned the WP component
:     of IBM Works. !!!
:

I will! :)

Actually I find OS/2 has a lot of useable goodies packaged with it. True
to the ads, I can be productive with it right away, without having to go
out and buy 3rd party stuff.

IBM Works feature list pales in comparison compared with the latest WP's,
but actually, having sat down to use it, I think it is fairly sufficient
for most "Joe Average" users. It's light, fast, drag 'n drop capable...
(I mean, just _what_ do most house wives/husbands churn out on their
computers anyways?)

I have somewhat more sophisticated needs, so for large documents, I go for
WordPro. I prefer the modularity to StarOffice.


Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                       29-Nov-99 20:56:00
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 16:52:21
Subj: Re: Netscape Hangs On Specific Page

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

John Roenigk ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Using OS/2 Warp 4 at FixPak 6 on my home computer, both Netscape 4.61
: and 4.04 will hang the system completely retrieving a specific page from
: our own web site. It gets to 38% and then stops. Mouse control is gone.
: Control+Escape has no effect. Control+Alt+Delete is all that works...

: Generally speaking, I've not noticed any problems using Netscape other
: than this. I move about various web sites as I wish. I've not noticed
: this on my work machines. Out of curiosity, I booted to Windows 98 (on
: the same machine) and did manage to retrieve the page in Microsoft
: Explorer without problem.

: Any ideas what might cause this/what might be done to correct it?

Probably something in the web page?

I know www.aopen.com (or parts of it) would make Netscape do the same
thing. If I waited long enough, the page would actually render and control
would be returned.

However, I determined it wasn't OS/2's fault since Netscape in Win95 did
the same thing. I'm suprised you didn't check with Netscape on Win98 to
see as well...


Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                             29-Nov-99 21:18:05
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 20:08:14
Subj: Re: OS2 USB and video camera

From: [e-mail] (Mark Dodel)

Try: http://charette.dyn.tj/dcitu/index.html  but from what I have
read this is strictly serial port connection.

As of now there is only USB OS/2  support for Mice, Keyboards, modems
and speakers. and that only works with Intel chipsets (Via if you get
the patched driver off of hobbes).

Mark

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:06:22, "Mark O. Schlegel" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

-)"J. R. Fox" wrote:
-)>
-)> William R. Estrada II wrote:
-)> >
-)> > Hello,
-)> >
-)> >   Has anybody been able to get OS2 to work with a USB camera?  If so,
-)> > which camera?
-)> >
-)> >                Thanks, Rick Estrada.
-)>
-)> Just a shot in the dark, but have you checked with the DCITU
-)> page ?
-)>
-)>           http://users.uniserve.ca/~software/dcitu/
-)>
-)> is the last URL I had for them.
-)>
-)> <jf>
-)
-)That link results in:
-)
-)File Not Found
-)The requested URL /~software/dcitu/ was not found on this server.
-)
-)Mark

--

---------------------------------------------------------
 From the Desk of: Mark Dodel, RN, BSN, MBA
             Healthcare Computer Consultant
                   [e-mail]
    http://home.ptd.net/~madodel

  For a VOICE in the future of OS/2
             http://www.os2voice.org/index.html
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From: [e-mail]                                    29-Nov-99 16:47:21
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 20:08:14
Subj: Re: hammer.org is gone?

From: [e-mail] (Dan Casey)

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
>Hammer gave it up a couple of years ago, donating it to SofTouch (OKC).
>SofTouch left the OS2 arena shortly after.  They may have given
>"musthave" back to him.  Last I checked, it was hacked (porn page
>links).
>
>Tell me something good.

Just checked it, and it works fine, here ...

http://www.musthave.com/

OS/2 Must Have Utilities ... Last Updated November 20th, 1999

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*  http://www.os2voice.org                                   *
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From: [e-mail]                    29-Nov-99 22:10:19
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 20:08:14
Subj: Re: Canon OS/2 drivers...letters wave back and forth.

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

Robert Smits ([e-mail]) wrote:

: I tried the OMNI OS/2 drivers, which do this, and the latest OS/2 Canon
: drivers, which support the printer, but also do this.

    I try to do as little printing possible under native OS/2
applications.  That is why I have Win-OS/2 support installed.  The
current driver support for most printers (only exception being the
supported Lexmark and Epson models) are just generic support.

: The odd thing is that the Canon Windows drivers don't seem to have this
: problem at all.

    And this surprises you?

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From: [e-mail]                            29-Nov-99 14:29:26
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 20:08:14
Subj: Re: CFM Twain vs. AdvanSys SCSI controller

From: [e-mail]

>[e-mail] wrote:
>>
>> I have a UMAX 1200S scanner and bought the CFM Twain drivers after
>> buying it (I already owned PMView).  No matter what I do I can't get the
>> scanner to work with that combination.  The sample scanning program
>> which comes with the CFM drivers (SwOS2) doesn't work either.
>>
>
>I'm using the Advan SCSI card with CFM/SWOS/2, and a Microtek E-3
>Scanner.
>
>When booting OS/2 the scanner must be on in order for the SCSI card to
>find it. You should see it listed early on boot in the Advan scsi
>screen.
>
>Here are the entries in my config.sys file....
>
>REM ** CFM Twain drivers **
>BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /SHARE
>DEVICE=C:\OS2\TWAIN\CFM50\CFMASPI.SYS
>
>REM *** SCSI Drivers
>BASEDEV=ASC.ADD /L /A:0 /!SM:6
>BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
>
>**Note: !SM:6 means the scanner is on SCSI ID-6....
>
>Hope this may help....
>
>Frank.
>
>--
>*        Frank Maskus  Portland, Oregon           *
>*   Homepage: http://www.pacifier.com/~fmaskus/   *
>*                                                 *
>*        An oxymoron: Knowledgeable AOLers        *
>

Frank,

Thanks for the suggestions but I had all that in my CONFIG.SYS and, yes,
I know it has to be on.  I actually went through all this when I
originally bought the scanner.  As I said I got the following e-mail
from the developer:
----------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Lee,
thank You for Your experiences, but You can stop any tests with our
Driver
and Your scanner, because
the Controller You use with the Scanner is not functional with our
Twainmodul. Please tell me which type of Advansys Controller You have
installed. I will than orde one from the manufacturer for evaluation.


With kind Regards
CFM GmbH
Rudolf Ropertz
[e-mail]
--------------------------------------------------------------------

This is why I was surprised when I saw posts saying that people were
using the combination sucessfully.  Perhaps you will indulge me a little
further.  When I try to use the scanner with ScanWorks (SWOS2) a
progress bar pops up and then disappears after about one or two seconds.
 When I try to use PMView and click on any of the icons on the lower
part of the window (of the CFM Twain window) X's appear on all the icons
for a second.  Do you have any idea what this might mean?

Did you have any problems setting up your scanner with the AdvanSys
controller, or did it work "out of the box"?  As you probably know he
application which comes on the CD-ROM with the scanner (windoze only, of
course) has a program to test the scanner connections and setup, I wish
there was an OS/2 program like that with the drivers.

BTW, I noticed that the CFM web page makes scant mentione of OS/2
anymore, I wonder if we're loosing another vendor.

Thanks for the help.

BTW, I notice you're in Portland.  Don't know whether you're from there
but I'm U of O '73. (Go ducks!)

Lee


Lee Laniear
[e-mail]  OR
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                          29-Nov-99 15:32:06
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 21:21:09
Subj: Re: PMMail spam filters

From: Jonathan Seder <[e-mail]>

This works quite well for me:

header.subject.-e="xxx" | h.subject.-e="adult" | h.subject.-e="sex" |
h.subject.-e="get rich"  | h.subject.-e="free" | h.subject="credit" |
h.fromid.-e="public" | h.fromid.-e="friend" | m="remove-list" | m="S.
1618" | m="S.1618"

Searching on "S.1618" is particularly effective because so many spammers
seem to cite that bill which actually passed in the House but died in
conference.  I just move this stuff to a UCE folder and periodically
scan it before deleting it.

Incidentally, I have Rexx programs for PMMail which:
    - Save messages to Zip archives
    - Look up the addressee on a list and, if found, sends a canned reply
to the originator
    - If a message passes a filter, sends the first 100 bytes of text to
another e-mail address (my message-enabled cell phone)

They're yours for the asking.

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From: [e-mail]                               29-Nov-99 23:00:00
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 21:21:09
Subj: Re: Real Audio 5 and Matrox Drivers?

From: [e-mail] (Mark Klebanoff)

That was it!  I knew there was something I did a year ago to get
RealPlayer 5 working but I couldn't remember what it was.  It worked
for me too

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 08:14:38, "dinkmeister" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 04:18:54 GMT, No spam, please wrote:
>
> >I have very recently replaced my video card with a Matrox Millennium
> >G400. Everything seems to run fine in OS/2 and Win-OS/2 with one
> >glaring exception: The Real Audio player, version 5, aborts with an
> >"application error" (and takes down all other applications in running
> >in the same VDM) whenever I start it. It previously worked well, and
> >the only thing I've changed with my system is the video card and its
> >drivers, so I have to assume that it's allergic to something with the
> >drivers. I'm using version 2.31.100 (26 August 1999, the latest
> >available) of the Matrox drivers, with Warp 3 FP 35.
> >
> >Oddly enough, I just tried Real Audio version 3, which seems to work
> >fine.
> >
> >Any ideas?
>
> try this:
> edit win.ini in \os2\mdos\winos2 and under the "[drawdib]" section, add
> "DVA=0" and then edit system.ini and remove this line: "device=dva.386"
> it solved the problem for me.  =)
>
>
> regards,
> - dink ( http://dink.org )
>
>
>
>
>
>


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From: [e-mail]                       29-Nov-99 19:00:09
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 21:21:09
Subj: Re: Binary News Reader

From: Cam <[e-mail]>

Michael Rowe wrote:
>
> Nope.. It is strictly for downloading a bunch of Binaries.  It does not
function as a
> normal news reader..
>

I played around with it for a bit.  Is there anyway to get it to
selectivley retrieve headers for binaries (e.g. MP3), then  download
them as you want, similar to NewsRover (I think that's what it's called)
in Win95?

When I set it up it seemed to start at message one and away it went
downloading :-/

-- Cam

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From: [e-mail]                             29-Nov-99 18:13:18
  To: All                                               29-Nov-99 21:21:09
Subj: Re: Binary News Reader

From: Michael Rowe <[e-mail]>

Nope.. It is strictly for downloading a bunch of Binaries.  It does not
function as a
normal news reader..

"J. R. Fox" wrote:

> Michael Rowe wrote:
> >
> > Newsharvest does the entire news group, minus what you setup up in your
filters.
> > The concept is, Fire and forget.  It handles multi-part posts, even over
multiple
> > sessions.
> >
>
> Does it function as an online *or* offline reader ?  I'd like
> to be able to knock out a group of replies to specific messages
> offline, then u/l them to the newsgroup in one quick go.
>
> <jf>

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From: [e-mail]                               29-Nov-99 20:10:00
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 03:28:13
Subj: Re: Real Audio 5 and Matrox Drivers?

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

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:01 GMT, Mark Klebanoff wrote:

>That was it!  I knew there was something I did a year ago to get
>RealPlayer 5 working but I couldn't remember what it was.  It worked
>for me too

Great! glad I could help.. =)




- dink ( http://dink.org )






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From: [e-mail]                                   29-Nov-99 17:04:13
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 03:28:13
Subj: Re: OS2 USB and video camera

From: Alex Smariga <[e-mail]>

Not to change the subject, but what about Firewire, 1394 support for
OS2?  I have a Sony digital camera that has the 1394 port, but am not at
all sure how to get it into OS2.

Alex Smariga


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From: [e-mail]                             29-Nov-99 20:11:13
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 03:28:13
Subj: Re: Real Audio 5 and Matrox Drivers?

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

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 03:14:38 -0500 (EST), dinkmeister wrote:

>
>try this:
>edit win.ini in \os2\mdos\winos2 and under the "[drawdib]" section, add
>"DVA=0" and then edit system.ini and remove this line: "device=dva.386"
>it solved the problem for me.  =)

   Wish I could say the same... I've used 3 different Matrox cards (Mil 1,
Mil2, and G200) and I have never gotten RealAudio to work reliably with any
of them (using the above 'fix' as well) - GPF's reign. ATI , Elsa and Cirrus
Logic have worked no problem.

   I'd be interested in any other tweaks you may know of....

Dave McKenna


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From: [e-mail]                    30-Nov-99 02:54:14
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 03:28:13
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

Jerry Lapham ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Except I couldn't get clip art inserted into a newsletter created in OS/2
: DeScribe to show up when I opened the document in Win32 DeScribe.  The
: graphics frames were empty.

    This is a strange little bug in Describe.  If you were to import
a graphic pic into a Describe document it will only be shown under that
particular platform.  So if you stick in a graphic JPEG in the Win3.1
version of Describe, it will only show up in the Win3.1 version.  If
loading it up under Win95 or OS/2 versions of Describe, you get a empty
frame with a big "+" or "x" mark in it.
    Luckily I stumbled upon the workaround.  Do this, open the
graphic file up with a image viewer (ie. PMJPEG, that Image program that
Win95 has, or something of that like).  Now, under the edit heading there
should be a copy feature there, click on that, then when you switch to
Describe, paste it in.  After saving it, load up any of the other flavors
of Describe and open the said document.  Voila, the graphic is displayed
under any of the supported Describe platforms.
    It is a strange bug, you wouldn't think that it would happen.  I
mean, why should it?  It doesn't happen under Word 6 to Word 97 or
Wordperfect 6 to Wordperfect 8.  Then again, this does open up a serious
advantage for Describe since this means you can open literally any type
of graphic picture that, that graphic viewer can open and still stick
that sucker into a Describe document.  Cool, huh?  Yeah, yeah, this
works for any word processor, but it certainly negates the advantage of
better graphic file support that the newer word processors have.

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From: [e-mail]                                     30-Nov-99 03:31:15
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 03:28:13
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: "David D. Huff Jr." <[e-mail]>

For the English language Queen's, Aussie or American. The two I use are
WordPro and Star Office I am using the December '97 beta of
WordPro and the freebie download of SO 5.1 from Sun.
Both will take you today where BillG and that nbroneasshole from [e-mail]
hope to be tomorrow.

[e-mail] wrote:

> A simple question to this distinguished company - what's the best OS2 word
processor. All suggestions welcomed and gratefully received

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From: [e-mail]                                 30-Nov-99 14:21:29
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 03:28:14
Subj: fix pack installaton

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

Dear all,
I am trying to install an OS2 fix pack in the computers in our LAN. In order
to minimize the possible interpution to our users, I am using
the unattended mode and a response file to install the fix pack.

My question is: At the end of the installation, it prompts the users
to enter ctrl-alt-del to restart the computer. After rebooting
the PC, the fix pack installation program, fservice.exe, is still running. I
just wonder how to make this fservice.exe to terminated by
itself?  I have read books about the CID installation, and found
that there is a key word "RebootRequired" could make the PC to restart
itself by adding it into the response file, but the
response file comes with the fix pack  did not allow me to add such
word, what have I done wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Victor
email: [e-mail]



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From: [e-mail]                   29-Nov-99 20:59:21
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 03:28:14
Subj: Re: DB/2 applications?  Where??

From: Rob <[e-mail]>

In article <81tsm9$gr5$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (John Brock)
wrote:
> StarOffice, free from Sun, has a native DB2 interface, as well as
> ODBC
> and JDBC, both of which in theory should be usable with DB2.  Note
> that
> I haven't actually tried any of this, and would be interested in
> hearing from someone who has.

I've tried out StarOffice with DB2 on Linux and from Windows to Linux.
Seemed to work fine both times.  Could be real useful for Linux folks
(who don't have too many pretty database front ends).

Rob Rittenhouse



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From: [e-mail]                            30-Nov-99 05:21:05
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 03:28:14
Subj: HP1100A printer

From: [e-mail]

Am interested to know what others' experience has been
with the HP 1100A printer/scanner. Does it sit down comfortably with OS2?
John Drake

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From: [e-mail]                           29-Nov-99 21:30:04
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 03:28:14
Subj: Re: Canon OS/2 drivers...letters wave back and forth.

From: [e-mail]

In <81utkv$7ve$[e-mail]>, on 11/29/99
   at 10:10 PM, [e-mail] (John Hong) said:

>Robert Smits ([e-mail]) wrote:

>: I tried the OMNI OS/2 drivers, which do this, and the latest OS/2 Canon
>: drivers, which support the printer, but also do this.

>    I try to do as little printing possible under native OS/2
>applications.  That is why I have Win-OS/2 support installed.  The
>current driver support for most printers (only exception being the
>supported Lexmark and Epson models) are just generic support.

>: The odd thing is that the Canon Windows drivers don't seem to have this
>: problem at all.

>    And this surprises you?

More accurately, it disappoints me. I wish I never had to switch to WinXX
at all.

Bob.

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From: [e-mail]                      30-Nov-99 06:13:00
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 03:28:14
Subj: CD-ROM Drive Assignment

From: [e-mail] (Dana Hartsock)

Isn't there a way to map your CD-ROM drive to a specific
letter? I just added an Orb drive which changed the mapping.
To avoid dealing with this in the future as I make partition
changes I would like to assign my CD-ROM to Z.

Dana

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From: [e-mail]                                      30-Nov-99 07:06:21
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 05:19:05
Subj: *.gsm / *.ra

From: [e-mail] (Steen Bondo)

Hi all

How to play that kind of sound files from OS/2.?
--
Steen

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From: [e-mail]                             30-Nov-99 07:52:23
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 05:19:05
Subj: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: Doug Tan <[e-mail]>

Hi,

Can anyone help regarding the frequent crashes I'm experiencing several
times a day with PMMail/2 v2.10?

The *typical* error log is reproduced as follows:

11-28-1999  11:47:06  SYS3175  PID 0033  TID 0002  Slot 0081
D:\PMMAIL\PMMAIL.EXE
c0000005
000af22a
P1=00000001  P2=00000000  P3=XXXXXXXX  P4=XXXXXXXX
EAX=00000000  EBX=00000000  ECX=00000000  EDX=00000000
ESI=00000000  EDI=00afa6a0
DS=0053  DSACC=d0f3  DSLIM=1fffffff
ES=0053  ESACC=d0f3  ESLIM=1fffffff
FS=150b  FSACC=00f3  FSLIM=00000030
GS=0000  GSACC=****  GSLIM=********
CS:EIP=005b:000af22a  CSACC=d0df  CSLIM=1fffffff
SS:ESP=0053:00e6fb08  SSACC=d0f3  SSLIM=1fffffff
EBP=00e6fb0c  FLG=00012246

PMMAIL.EXE 0001:0009f22a



Regards,



Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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From: [e-mail]                               30-Nov-99 03:22:08
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 05:19:05
Subj: Re: Real Audio 5 and Matrox Drivers?

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

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:11:27 -0500 (EST), David McKenna wrote:

>On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 03:14:38 -0500 (EST), dinkmeister wrote:
>
>>
>>try this:
>>edit win.ini in \os2\mdos\winos2 and under the "[drawdib]" section, add
>>"DVA=0" and then edit system.ini and remove this line: "device=dva.386"
>>it solved the problem for me.  =)
>
>   Wish I could say the same... I've used 3 different Matrox cards (Mil 1,
>Mil2, and G200) and I have never gotten RealAudio to work reliably with any
>of them (using the above 'fix' as well) - GPF's reign. ATI , Elsa and Cirrus
>Logic have worked no problem.

Are you using Matrox drivers v2.31?  RP works fine with both my mystique
and g200 using the 2.31 drivers and that dva=0 trick.  also which fixpak
are you using?  12 here.  lastly, try setting files=255 in the winos2
properties.



- dink ( http://dink.org )





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From: [e-mail]                                    30-Nov-99 06:02:05
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 10:24:19
Subj: Re: HP1100A printer

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

On 30 Nov 1999 05:21:10 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>Am interested to know what others' experience has been
>with the HP 1100A printer/scanner. Does it sit down comfortably with OS2?
I use the basic HP1100 which works fine in OS2.  I don't believe the scanner
features of the 1100A are supported under OS2 however :-(


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From: [e-mail]                                 30-Nov-99 22:22:21
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 10:24:19
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: [e-mail]

In <81vvoe$upb$[e-mail]>, Doug Tan <[e-mail]> writes:
>Hi,
>
>Can anyone help regarding the frequent crashes I'm experiencing several
>times a day with PMMail/2 v2.10?
>

Doug,
This is a long shot, but are your folders LARGE, i.e. contains lots of emails?
About the only problem I have ever had with PMMAIL is when the folders get
full.
Suggest: re-index all of them. Does not take long unless you have a 486

Brian

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From: [e-mail]                            30-Nov-99 11:56:05
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 10:24:19
Subj: [Q] Printing To-Do list of IBM Works PIM?

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

Hi all,

 is it me or is there really no way to print the To-Do list of the IBM
Works PIM? I just looked at and more or less like it, but I do need to
print the thing once in a while to boldly carry it where no notebook
will go.

I know I can save it as ASCII format, then cook up an AWK script that
formats it reasonably and print it, but that's a tad bit indirect. Just
hitting some "Print list" item would surely be nice.

Anybody?

            Cheers,   Stefan

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From: [e-mail]                               29-Nov-99 07:19:20
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 11:23:02
Subj: Re: Netscape 4.61 Works fine!

From: shelton <[e-mail]>

Works fine here also......

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From: [e-mail]                                29-Nov-99 13:31:17
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 11:23:02
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail]

In <c1.2b8.2T4Y9D$[e-mail]>, on 11/29/99
   at 01:43 AM, [e-mail] said:


>uh bill ?  I have a Greyhound 4501 . . . you should get that speedometer
>checked. Off a cliff maybe, but not even on a steep downhill would you see
110+
>mph without exploding the engine. You can't over-rev a diesel like that, they
>have governors. And coaches are NOT geared for 120 mph !

It's true.  I have no idea how the different model/years are designated on the
Greyhound busses. In 1940-41. there were no speed limits in the western states
and so I don't no how they were geared but they moved! To be on the road in
1946, I beleive it would have had to be built in 1940 or 1941 (or earlier).
During the war the national speed limit was 35 MPH on open highways -- who had
gas, it was rationed to 4 gallons a month. I realize what you are saying about
governors, but gearboxes combined with multi ratio axles were common in those
days -- engines were huge and slow.
  That Packard was a 'straight eight' and the pistons were about 3.5 in. in
dia.
- I doubt if it would turn more than 2750 RPM.

Have a good one!

wmmorrow (at) flash (dot) net
 All opinion expressed are my own - no one else believes them.


Bill M.

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From: [e-mail]                             29-Nov-99 14:02:18
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 11:23:02
Subj: Borland C++ for OS2

From: Britton Turnbull <[e-mail]>

To ALL

I am looking for a help in recovering from a system crash

I had Ver 2.0 installed, and after several years faithful service my HDD
died. I have all my
data backed up, but not the program. After frantic searching I have not
been able to find my ver 2.0
disks. I found my Ver 1.0, so I guess I dumped the wrong disks!!!!

If anyone can help supply the program, I will pay shipping etc

Thanks
Britt

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From: [e-mail]                              29-Nov-99 20:20:21
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 11:23:02
Subj: Re: Canon OS/2 drivers...letters wave back and forth.

From: Jeremy Bowen <[e-mail]>

Robert Smits <[e-mail]> writes:

> Jeremy Bowen wrote:
>
> > I don't have a problem with text but the colour graphics quality is
> > extremely bad. I reboot to Windoze95 if I want to print anything serious.
> >
> > > The odd thing is that the Canon Windows drivers don't seem to have this
> > > problem at all.
> >
> > Ditto. Windows drivers work exceptionally well.
>
> Thanks for your post, Jeremy. I guess you need to be a masochist to use
OS/2.
>
> Bob. (who is trying really hard to get to an all OS/2 machine, but it ain't
> easy!)

"What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts".

OS/2 can do most things so much better than Win95. It's rare I boot '95.


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From: [e-mail]                            29-Nov-99 14:08:15
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 11:23:02
Subj: Re: DB/2 applications? Where??

From: Eddie White <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] (Mooo) wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've never even seen DB/2 so bear with me if this is all rubbish.
>
> It seems to me that DB/2 is no more than a database
> engine/environment.  Users would need a suitable 'front end' (or
> application) to actually make use of the database engine.
>
> If I've got that relatively right, where might I start looking for
> prebuilt front ends for various tasks?  I realise that a lot of the
> 'big end of town' type users of this engine would be getting stuff
> written specifically for them, probably by IBM directly.
>
> Surely there must be some sort of third party software around the
> place though.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Craig
>

IBM's DB2 home page (http://www-4.ibm.com/software/data/db2/) may be of
some use to you.  It has product descriptions and links to a few other
products.

HTH,
Eddie White, Volvo IT North America
--
You can't be a nonconformist if you don't wear the
right uniform.
              "And the Devil Will Drag You Under"
                                  Jack L. Chalker


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

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From: [e-mail]                                   29-Nov-99 10:42:23
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 11:23:03
Subj: MR/2 ICE v2.0 Released

From: Nick Knight <[e-mail]>

After many enhancements and bug fixes, Version 2.0 of MR/2 ICE has been
released.

** Please read this announcement carefully before downloading **

For more information on MR/2 ICE, see:

    http://nick.secant.com/mr2ice.htm

The distribution zip file is available now at:

    http://cartman.secant.com/nick/mr2i201.zip

Version 2.0 is available now from my web site and several other
repositories for OS/2 shareware.  NOTE that this version will *not*
recognize v1.X keys ... this is an upgrade with a new key system and
carries an upgrade fee of $20 US for registered users of v1.0.  The price
for new users has been raised to $40.

Information on upgrading is available in the document "upreg.doc" included
in the distribution zip file.  In addition to the prefered method of
payment (check/money order sent via snail mail), BMT Micro has set up a
special UPGRADE page and Berggreen Services can also handle European
orders.  Again, see the document "upreg.doc" for all the details and
addresses.

For your reference, the pre-release announcement I posted to a couple of
OS/2 newsgroups more than a week ago:

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

Major Update of MR/2 ICE Coming!

Knightware, Inc. is delighted to announce the upcoming release of a major
update to its award-winning Internet E-mail package.  Version 2.0 of the
popular OS/2 shareware MR/2 ICE will shortly be available for general
release with a number of major enhancements.

For more info on MR/2 ICE, please see http://nick.secant.com/mr2ice.htm.
This page offers a FAQ, sample screen shots, converters, a Utilties
section and a wealth of other information.

Among the enhancements offered over the prior 1.x versions are
significant performance enhancements for large E-mail folders, major
additions to the long list of configuration options, and a host of
additional features requested by MR/2 ICE users.  These include
sizeable/configurable columns, aged trash, regex as an option for filter
criteria and some overall performance improvements.   Version 2.0 is also
fully Y2K compliant.

Version 2.0 will be registerable by first-time users at a cost of $40 US.
Existing, registered v1.x users can upgrade for $20 US using the
"upreg.doc" file included with the distribution zip file.  Site license
upgrades will be available.

Note that v1.x keys will not be recognized by a v2.0 install.

Initially released almost 4 years ago, MR/2 ICE has been the E-mail choice
of many OS/2 users, and has undergone continuous improvement and
enhancement.


Nick
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From: [e-mail]                                30-Nov-99 00:40:28
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 11:23:03
Subj: Re: QUESTION: OBJECTDESKTOP ON WSEB?

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

You mean the Warp Server for e-business ?
I am using it with OD 2.0, just follow the
installation instruction, and it works fine
here. (Except the Drive Navigator, it sometimes
cause WPS freeze, so I removed this feature now).

Kelvin
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filippo sartori <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:[e-mail]...
> HI
> I tried to install Object Desktop 2.0 on Workspace for e-business.
> I failed. Did anybody succeeded?
> Is it incompatible?
>
> Regards
>
> Filippo Sartori
>
> Please mail me also.
>
> Thanks



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From: [e-mail]                                 29-Nov-99 16:54:13
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 11:23:03
Subj: Re: DB/2 applications?  Where??

From: [e-mail] (Mooo)

[e-mail] (Mooo) wrote:

>If I've got that relatively right, where might I start looking for
>prebuilt front ends for various tasks?  I realise that a lot of the
>'big end of town' type users of this engine would be getting stuff
>written specifically for them, probably by IBM directly.
>
>Surely there must be some sort of third party software around the
>place though.

Ok folks, thanks for the input.

I did not make myself clear though.

Although Staroffice Lotus SS and others are DB/2 compatible, you still
have to 'write' or assemble in some fashion the actual way in which
the database is used - Staroffice would use Starbasic I assume for
anything other than a really simple forms only type of database.

If I wanted a prebuilt (in star basic for instance, but anything
really) application for say...complex inventory control, where might I
find developers?

For instance, I find the 'jet' engine, which is used in MS Access is
used a lot all over the place.  Veterinarians, GP's, Lawyers all kinds
of professions use front ends specific to their trades that themselves
are based around and use this 'jet' engine.

Now I realise I could get someone to write me something, but before I
go down that long (and expensive) track, I wondered if there were
possibly already existing applications front ends making use of the
DB/2 database back end?

Cheers,
Craig

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From: [e-mail]                              30-Nov-99 08:42:08
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 14:39:12
Subj: Re: PMMail spam filters

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

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 15:32:12 -0800, Jonathan Seder wrote:

>This works quite well for me:
>
>header.subject.-e="xxx" | h.subject.-e="adult" | h.subject.-e="sex" |
>h.subject.-e="get rich"  | h.subject.-e="free" | h.subject="credit" |
>h.fromid.-e="public" | h.fromid.-e="friend" | m="remove-list" | m="S.
>1618" | m="S.1618"
>
>Searching on "S.1618" is particularly effective because so many spammers
>seem to cite that bill which actually passed in the House but died in
>conference.  I just move this stuff to a UCE folder and periodically
>scan it before deleting it.
>
>Incidentally, I have Rexx programs for PMMail which:
>    - Save messages to Zip archives
>    - Look up the addressee on a list and, if found, sends a canned reply
>to the originator
>    - If a message passes a filter, sends the first 100 bytes of text to
>another e-mail address (my message-enabled cell phone)
>
>They're yours for the asking.
Jonathan,
I would like a copy of Rexx files ..
Many thanks

Cheers,
Tom Pauncz


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From: [e-mail]                                   30-Nov-99 05:43:03
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 14:39:12
Subj: Re: Real Audio 5 and Matrox Drivers?

From: Daniel Jones <[e-mail]>

Try using the GRADD drivers - it solved the Matrox problem for me.


David McKenna wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 03:14:38 -0500 (EST), dinkmeister wrote:
>
> >
> >try this:
> >edit win.ini in \os2\mdos\winos2 and under the "[drawdib]" section, add
> >"DVA=0" and then edit system.ini and remove this line: "device=dva.386"
> >it solved the problem for me.  =)
>
>    Wish I could say the same... I've used 3 different Matrox cards (Mil 1,
> Mil2, and G200) and I have never gotten RealAudio to work reliably with any
> of them (using the above 'fix' as well) - GPF's reign. ATI , Elsa and Cirrus
> Logic have worked no problem.
>
>    I'd be interested in any other tweaks you may know of....
>
> Dave McKenna

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From: [e-mail]                                   30-Nov-99 05:48:03
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 14:39:12
Subj: Re: Fixpack 12 and ESS1868 soundcard

From: Daniel Jones <[e-mail]>

Try using an older copy of the ES1868DD.SYS file, located in
the MMOS2 directory. You can download two diff. versions, one
from the DDP Online site and from the ESS site. Install the
newer one, it'll trap on you, then surgically replace the
ES1868DD.SYS file with the older one (after booting to a
command prompt).

Cees van Veelen wrote:
>
> In the readme of fix12 it says:
>
>   3.0.7 TRAP IN ES16881$ AFTER FP10 APPLIED
>
>    We do not ship any of the ESS sound card drivers in this Fixpak.  To
>    correct the problem, get the latest ESS device driver for your card from
>    the OS/2 Device Driver Pak online at
>
>    http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/multimed/esstechn
>
> Now I have a different soundcard, the ESS 1868. But I do have the TRAP
> problem the readme mentions. On the site mentioned is a driver for this
card,
> but this driver also is quite old. on the site it says it is for all warp
> version, in the readme of the driver it says it is for Warp 3.
> It is not clear to me if this driver will solve the TRAP problem. At the
> moment I restored to Fixpack 9 (I never tried 10 or 11).
> Has anybody positive experiences with this driver and fixpacks 10 or higher?
>
> Cees van Veelen, Amsterdam
> [e-mail]
> Remove the characters: NOSPAM to reply

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From: [e-mail]                 30-Nov-99 08:43:25
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 14:39:12
Subj: Re: CD-ROM Drive Assignment

From: [e-mail] (Raphael Tennenbaum)

[e-mail] (Dana Hartsock) wrote:

>Isn't there a way to map your CD-ROM drive to a specific
>letter? I just added an Orb drive which changed the mapping.
>To avoid dealing with this in the future as I make partition
>changes I would like to assign my CD-ROM to Z.
>
>Dana

Put this statement into your config.sys:

    RESERVEDRIVELETTER=Y

--
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readme@ http://www.ray-field.com

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From: [e-mail]                                    30-Nov-99 03:07:08
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 14:39:12
Subj: Re: Real Audio 5 and Matrox Drivers?

From: [e-mail] (No spam, please)

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 03:14:38 -0500 (EST), "dinkmeister"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>try this:
>edit win.ini in \os2\mdos\winos2 and under the "[drawdib]" section, add
>"DVA=0" and then edit system.ini and remove this line: "device=dva.386"
>it solved the problem for me.  =)

Thanks! That seems to have solved the problem for me as well-- I'm
listening to WQED as I type this. I'm guessing that this change has
something to do with Microsoft Video For Windows, since this is the
main difference between version 3 and version 5.

The only other question is how to get RA to work in Netscape 4.61
(I've been using it with Opera, the browser I use most of the time). I
had it working in Netscape 2.02, but lost it when version 4 came out.

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From: "roenigk...i don't like spam..."...               30-Nov-99 08:31:23
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 14:39:12
Subj: Re: Netscape Hangs On Specific Page

Message sender: "roenigk...i don't like spam..."@ibm.net

From: John Roenigk <"roenigk...i don't like spam..."@ibm.net>

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Charles,

Thank you for your response. It must have been a particular image in the page.
I reduced the size of the image file by about one-half (from 64125 bytes to
35284 bytes) by changing the color definition and it no longer hangs the
system.

John Roenigk


Charles Christacopoulos wrote:

> John Roenigk wrote:
> >
> > Using OS/2 Warp 4 at FixPak 6 on my home computer, both Netscape 4.61
> > and 4.04 will hang the system completely retrieving a specific page from
> > our own web site. It gets to 38% and then stops. Mouse control is gone.
> > Control+Escape has no effect. Control+Alt+Delete is all that works...
> And what is inside the page ?  Would help.
>
>
> Remove REMOVE_ME to reply.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Charles Christacopoulos, Secretary's Office, University of Dundee,
> Dundee DD1 4HN, (Scotland) United Kingdom.
> Tel: +44+(0)1382-344891. Fax: +44+(0)1382-201604.
> http://somis.ais.dundee.ac.uk/    (runs on OS/2)
> Scottish Search Maestro http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/ (runs on OS/2
> too)

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From: "roenigk...i don't like spam..."...               30-Nov-99 08:37:04
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 14:39:12
Subj: Re: Netscape Hangs On Specific Page

Message sender: "roenigk...i don't like spam..."@ibm.net

From: John Roenigk <"roenigk...i don't like spam..."@ibm.net>

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Isaac,

Don't use Win98, really. It's for the wife and kids. She keeps the checkbook
in Quicken and the Kids do JumpStart... Must have been the size of a
particular graphic (see response to Charles in this thread). I'll check my
Netscape settings on the home machine -vs- the work machines, where there was
never any problem.

John Roenigk

e-frog wrote:

> John Roenigk ([e-mail]) wrote:
> : Using OS/2 Warp 4 at FixPak 6 on my home computer, both Netscape 4.61
> : and 4.04 will hang the system completely retrieving a specific page from
> : our own web site. It gets to 38% and then stops. Mouse control is gone.
> : Control+Escape has no effect. Control+Alt+Delete is all that works...
>
> : Generally speaking, I've not noticed any problems using Netscape other
> : than this. I move about various web sites as I wish. I've not noticed
> : this on my work machines. Out of curiosity, I booted to Windows 98 (on
> : the same machine) and did manage to retrieve the page in Microsoft
> : Explorer without problem.
>
> : Any ideas what might cause this/what might be done to correct it?
>
> Probably something in the web page?
>
> I know www.aopen.com (or parts of it) would make Netscape do the same
> thing. If I waited long enough, the page would actually render and control
> would be returned.
>
> However, I determined it wasn't OS/2's fault since Netscape in Win95 did
> the same thing. I'm suprised you didn't check with Netscape on Win98 to
> see as well...
>
> Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                           30-Nov-99 10:10:21
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 14:39:12
Subj: Re: MR/2 ICE v2.0 Released

From: Bob Germer <[e-mail]>

On <3842a02b$1$avpx$[e-mail]>, on 11/29/99 at 10:42
AM,
   Nick Knight <[e-mail]> said:

> After many enhancements and bug fixes, Version 2.0 of MR/2 ICE has been
> released.

And a very fine product it is.

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MR/2 Ice 2.0 Registration Number 67
Aut Pax Aut Bellum
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From: [e-mail]                           30-Nov-99 10:11:18
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 14:39:12
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: Bob Germer <[e-mail]>

On <81vvoe$upb$[e-mail]>, on 11/30/99 at 07:52 AM,
   Doug Tan <[e-mail]> said:

> Hi,

> Can anyone help regarding the frequent crashes I'm experiencing several
> times a day with PMMail/2 v2.10?

Yep. Chuck that piece of feces for MR2 Ice.


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MR/2 Ice 2.0 Registration Number 67
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From: [e-mail]                      30-Nov-99 18:46:00
  To: All                                               30-Nov-99 19:49:24
Subj: Re: [Q] Printing To-Do list of IBM Works PIM?

From: [e-mail]       (John Thompson)

In <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Stefan A. Deutscher) writes:

> is it me or is there really no way to print the To-Do list of the IBM
>Works PIM? I just looked at and more or less like it, but I do need to
>print the thing once in a while to boldly carry it where no notebook
>will go.
>
>I know I can save it as ASCII format, then cook up an AWK script that
>formats it reasonably and print it, but that's a tad bit indirect. Just
>hitting some "Print list" item would surely be nice.

From the "To-Do List Launcher" (the calandar display), MB2 (right
mouse button, usually) and the pop-up menu includes several print
options.

-John ([e-mail])

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From: [e-mail]                                 30-Nov-99 23:08:10
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:05
Subj: Re: MR/2 ICE v2.0 Released

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

 >    Nick Knight <[e-mail]> said:
 >
 > > After many enhancements and bug fixes, Version 2.0 of MR/2 ICE
has been
 > > released.
 >
 > And a very fine product it is.
 >  >

I have been running MR2Ice for 2 years and just tried the new
release, Ver 2.10.

I do not see any enhancements. What might they be?

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From: [e-mail]                             30-Nov-99 18:41:03
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:05
Subj: Re: www.lotus.com

From: Alon Stewart <[e-mail]>

It must be something in your browser settings, I have NS 4.61 and OS/2 and I
can access
both sites you mentioned with no problem on 28.8 modem.  I have seen very few
sites
that I can not get, unless they have weird plugins required.

John Poltorak wrote:

> Does anyone else have any problem connecting to Lotus' web site?
>
> I can never get the home page loaded up if I go to the company's home page,
> although if I try  http://www.lotus.com/smartsuiteos2, I get:
>
> Transfer interrupted!
>
> 0 -->
>
>                                              Welcome to
www.lotus.com/smartsuiteos2
>                                                         (non-frame version)
>
> This is using Netscape v4.6. If I try Lynx, I get:
>
> HTTP/1.1 200 Document follows
>
> There seem to be **sssssoooo**** many sites I can't access, www.palm.com,
> for example....
> Would this problem be related to me running Netscape under OS/2, or is there
> something in my config which can be changed. I can't help feeling there is a
> MS IIS blocker out there somewhere preventing my access.
>
> --
> John

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From: [e-mail]                             30-Nov-99 19:14:15
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:05
Subj: Re: Binary News Reader

From: Michael Rowe <[e-mail]>

I think you can set that up with the Filters.  Only include those files who
have MP3 in the
title or are larger that certain number of lines..


Cam wrote:

> Michael Rowe wrote:
> >
> > Nope.. It is strictly for downloading a bunch of Binaries.  It does not
function as a
> > normal news reader..
> >
>
> I played around with it for a bit.  Is there anyway to get it to
> selectivley retrieve headers for binaries (e.g. MP3), then  download
> them as you want, similar to NewsRover (I think that's what it's called)
> in Win95?
>
> When I set it up it seemed to start at message one and away it went
> downloading :-/
>
> -- Cam

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From: [e-mail]                                    30-Nov-99 18:51:21
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:05
Subj: Re: HP1100A printer

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

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:14:28 GMT, Gideon Singer wrote:

>Is this the HP Photosmart 1100 printer? If so could you advise which
>drivers you are using with it?
>
Sorry, just checked my printer docs and I have the standard 1100, not the
1100A - which I think means has the scanning accessories.  I am using the
Laserjet.HP driver which I am fairly sure I got from the HP web site.


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From: [e-mail]                                30-Nov-99 20:01:05
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:05
Subj: Re: MR/2 ICE v2.0 Released

From: [e-mail]

"Hal Murray" <[e-mail]> said:
>I have been running MR2Ice for 2 years and just tried the new release, Ver
>2.10.

>I do not see any enhancements. What might they be?

There are a bunch of them.  Go to the site named in the announcement and
read about them.  Or read the history file.

BTW, that's ver. 2.01, not 2.10.

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


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From: ariek@attglobal3.141592653589793...               30-Nov-99 15:25:23
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:05
Subj: What Ultimail -> PMMail conversion tools exists?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: [e-mail] (Arie Kazachin)

Hello!

I recently installed PMMail and I'm looking for a way to translate
my Ultimail lite folders/mails to the PMMail equivalents. Following
a "hardcoded" in PMMail link to tech. suport I found a small conversion
utility but my attempt to downloaded resulted in a small HTML document,
named as executable (*.exe).

Can anyone point me to some other location of such utility?

THANKS IN ADVANCE ! ! !
******************************************************************************
*   Arie Kazachin, Israel, e-mail: [e-mail] *
******************************************************************************
NOTE: before replying, leave only letters in my domain-name. Sorry, SPAM trap.

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From: [e-mail]                           30-Nov-99 18:03:24
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:05
Subj: Re: *.gsm / *.ra

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

On 30 Nov 99 07:06:43 BST, Steen Bondo wrote:

>Hi all
>
>How to play that kind of sound files from OS/2.?
>--
>Steen

*.ra are RealAudio and RealVideo files, and you need RealPlayer to play
them. Go to http://www.real.com and download version for OS/2 (which is
actually version 5.0 for Win3) and install it. Some people are heaving
difficulties with it so read newsgroups carefully for solutions. It
works fine here without any problems, and even like Netscape plugin.

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

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


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From: [e-mail]                           30-Nov-99 17:14:14
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:06
Subj: Re: HP1100A printer

From: [e-mail] (Gideon Singer)

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:02:11, "Bob Stan" <[e-mail]> wrote:

-> On 30 Nov 1999 05:21:10 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:
->
-> >Am interested to know what others' experience has been
-> >with the HP 1100A printer/scanner. Does it sit down comfortably with OS2?
-> I use the basic HP1100 which works fine in OS2.  I don't believe the
scanner
-> features of the 1100A are supported under OS2 however :-(
->
->

Is this the HP Photosmart 1100 printer? If so could you advise which
drivers you are using with it?

Gideon Singer
Webpage: members.home.net:80/gsinger
Remove the 'nospam' to email

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From: [e-mail]                            30-Nov-99 17:09:05
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:06
Subj: Re: Comm/2 keeps bringing down my system.

From: Steve Drewell <[e-mail]>

On 28 Nov 1999, Richard A Crane wrote:

ε 1.    Use nescape 2.02 for a browser, pronews for your
ε newsgroups and Postroad for your email - all viable and in
ε their own way better than Comm 4.61- I have had only had
ε problems with it.

Comm 4.61 is used purely for browsing. I use MR/2 ICE for both email and
news.

ε 2.    For anyone that cares - there seems to be a slow
ε persistent leak of memory whilst using 4.61 and then there
ε is the  stopped download problem eg I cannot retrieve Java
ε 118 with 4.61 without it stopping without completion.

Why not use Awget (available on hobbes)? It (and wget, obviously) are two
of the most useful pieces of software I use on a frequent basis. I hardly
ever download anything using Comm 4.61 anymore.

Steve

Western Geophysical, Bedford, UK
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]



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From: [e-mail]                               30-Nov-99 17:24:03
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:06
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: Jim Backus <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> In <81vvoe$upb$[e-mail]>, Doug Tan <[e-mail]> writes:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Can anyone help regarding the frequent crashes I'm experiencing several
> >times a day with PMMail/2 v2.10?
> >
>
> Doug,
> This is a long shot, but are your folders LARGE, i.e. contains lots of
emails?
> About the only problem I have ever had with PMMAIL is when the folders get
full.
> Suggest: re-index all of them. Does not take long unless you have a 486

What is "full"? - maintaining my email is not my highest priority - I
have had morre than 500 messages in one folder and don't recall any
problems.

--
===
Jim Backus  [e-mail]
Systems engineer  Tel [phone] ext 2577

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From: [e-mail]                    30-Nov-99 17:49:00
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:06
Subj: Re: Canon OS/2 drivers...letters wave back and forth.

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

[e-mail] wrote:

: More accurately, it disappoints me. I wish I never had to switch to WinXX
: at all.

    If you don't want to than make sure your next printer purchase,
whenever it should be, is a Lexmark or Epson (more so Lexmark) supported
printer model.  Lexmark makes their own drivers for OS/2 and offers full
support so that the printer output is identical to what you get under
Windows 9X.  IBM took over and finished what was left of the German Epson
driver development (they were like 75% done before Epson said, that's
it).  Unfortunately IBM has not updated that (EPOMNI) driver since like,
Dec. 1998.

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From: [e-mail]                                30-Nov-99 13:18:24
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:06
Subj: Re: MR/2 ICE v2.0 Released

From: [e-mail]

Bob Germer <[e-mail]> said:
>> After many enhancements and bug fixes, Version 2.0 of MR/2 ICE has been
>> released.

>And a very fine product it is.

Including the newsreader.

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


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From: [e-mail]                           30-Nov-99 23:24:23
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:06
Subj: Re: OS2 USB and video camera

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

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:18:11 GMT, Mark Dodel wrote:

I think the question clearly states "video camera", not photo camera. AFAIK,
there is no any drivers for USB digital video cameras available for OS/2.

Cheers,
Ivan

>Try: http://charette.dyn.tj/dcitu/index.html  but from what I have
>read this is strictly serial port connection.
>
>As of now there is only USB OS/2  support for Mice, Keyboards, modems
>and speakers. and that only works with Intel chipsets (Via if you get
>the patched driver off of hobbes).
>
>Mark
>
>On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:06:22, "Mark O. Schlegel" <[e-mail]>
>wrote:
>
>-)"J. R. Fox" wrote:
>-)>
>-)> William R. Estrada II wrote:
>-)> >
>-)> > Hello,
>-)> >
>-)> >   Has anybody been able to get OS2 to work with a USB camera?  If so,
>-)> > which camera?
>-)> >
>-)> >                Thanks, Rick Estrada.
>-)>
>-)> Just a shot in the dark, but have you checked with the DCITU
>-)> page ?
>-)>
>-)>           http://users.uniserve.ca/~software/dcitu/
>-)>
>-)> is the last URL I had for them.
>-)>
>-)> <jf>
>-)
>-)That link results in:
>-)
>-)File Not Found
>-)The requested URL /~software/dcitu/ was not found on this server.
>-)
>-)Mark
>
>--
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
> From the Desk of: Mark Dodel, RN, BSN, MBA
>             Healthcare Computer Consultant
>                   [e-mail]
>    http://home.ptd.net/~madodel
>
>  For a VOICE in the future of OS/2
>             http://www.os2voice.org/index.html
>---------------------------------------------------------
>




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From: [e-mail]                         30-Nov-99 18:48:24
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:06
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: "Dave {Reply Address in.sig}" <[e-mail]>

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:24:06 +0000, Jim Backus wrote:

>[e-mail] wrote:
>>
>>
>> Doug,
>> This is a long shot, but are your folders LARGE, i.e. contains lots of
emails?
>> About the only problem I have ever had with PMMAIL is when the folders get
full.
>> Suggest: re-index all of them. Does not take long unless you have a 486
>
>What is "full"? - maintaining my email is not my highest priority - I
>have had morre than 500 messages in one folder and don't recall any
>problems.
>
I'd also like to know what "full" is. Some of my folders have 1200+
messages in them. I guess I ought to archive them properly some day.


Dave
--
mail dav [e-mail]
http://www.llondel.demon.co.uk
Give blood... Play Rugby!


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From: [e-mail]                              30-Nov-99 15:35:11
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:06
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

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

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:24:06 +0000, Jim Backus wrote:
:>
:>What is "full"? - maintaining my email is not my highest priority - I
:>have had morre than 500 messages in one folder and don't recall any
:>problems.
:>

I'd like to know what you mean by "full" also.  I have several folders with a
few thousand messages in each.  In case you are wondering, they are archives
from several mailing lists that I keep for reference.  Very handy I might
add.  I have had to reindex a few folders.  I usually do it when I click on a
folder and no messages appear.  Reindexing fixes it.


        Chris Stumpf
        C.S.E. Computer Services
        Computer Consultant (OS/2, Lan, Wan, CTI)
        Serenity Systems Channel Partner
        IBM Certified Systems Expert - OS/2 Warp 4


web:    http://cse.anterras.net
email:    [e-mail]
phone: [phone]



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From: [e-mail]                                30-Nov-99 15:39:23
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 00:35:06
Subj: MaxBase Uers?

From: Jack Gillis <[e-mail]>

Are there any MaxBase users in this group?



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From: [e-mail]                             30-Nov-99 20:47:14
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:06
Subj: Re: fix pack installaton

From: Christopher J Houle <[e-mail]>

Ivan Tang wrote:

>
>
> My question is: At the end of the installation, it prompts the users
> to enter ctrl-alt-del to restart the computer.

A typical day with OS/2

> After rebooting
> the PC, the fix pack installation program, fservice.exe, is still running. I
> just wonder how to make this fservice.exe to terminated by
> itself?  I have read books about the CID installation, and found
> that there is a key word "RebootRequired"

Im not suprised


        what have I done wrong?

You purchased OS/2

>
> Thanks in advance,

Thank IBM

>
>
> Victor
> email: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                                 01-Dec-99 00:32:13
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:06
Subj: Re: OS2 USB and video camera

From: [e-mail] (David LaRue)

  Last I heard, someone needs to define a USB middleware definition for all
digital cameras (or similar devices) and then we can create the specific
camera interfaces.  I've had very little luck coding anything that will talk
to
a USB device.

  I haven't heard of Firewire for OS/2 yet.  I'm sure someone has at least
though
about it.

  David

In <81v7r2$sgh$[e-mail]>, Alex Smariga <[e-mail]>
writes:
>Not to change the subject, but what about Firewire, 1394 support for
>OS2?  I have a Sony digital camera that has the 1394 port, but am not at
>all sure how to get it into OS2.
>
>Alex Smariga
>
>

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From: [e-mail]                             30-Nov-99 20:58:19
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:06
Subj: Re: Real Audio 5 and Matrox Drivers?

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

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 03:22:17 -0500 (EST), dinkmeister wrote:

>Are you using Matrox drivers v2.31?  RP works fine with both my mystique
>and g200 using the 2.31 drivers and that dva=0 trick.  also which fixpak
>are you using?  12 here.  lastly, try setting files=255 in the winos2
>properties.
>

    I'm currently using a Matrox G200 (16MB) with the ver. 2.23 drivers -
the 2.31 drivers will not boot (trap e) on my machine. Warp 4 FP 12. The
files=255 didn't help either - oh well...

   I have tried the GRADD drivers and they do let RP work! Unfortunately, the
GRADD drivers seem to cause my machine to be unstable - frequent unexpected
hangs and lockups. If it's not one thing , it's another.

   I also tried the SDD drivers, but they have an issue with my Kensington
mouse so I'll have to wait for Scitech to clear it up ...

   Guess I'm SOL with Matrox for the time being...

Dave McKenna


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From: [e-mail]                               30-Nov-99 20:34:24
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:06
Subj: Re: CFM Twain vs. AdvanSys SCSI controller

From: Frank <[e-mail]>

>
> >[e-mail] wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a UMAX 1200S scanner and bought the CFM Twain drivers after
> >> buying it (I already owned PMView).  No matter what I do I can't get the
> >> scanner to work with that combination.  The sample scanning program
> >> which comes with the CFM drivers (SwOS2) doesn't work either.
> >>

*** snip ***\

Frank said:

> >I'm using the Advan SCSI card with CFM/SWOS/2, and a Microtek E-3
> >Scanner.
> >
 **another snip **
>
> Thanks for the suggestions but I had all that in my CONFIG.SYS and, yes,
> I know it has to be on.  I actually went through all this when I
> originally bought the scanner.  As I said I got the following e-mail
> from the developer:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Dear Lee,
> thank You for Your experiences, but You can stop any tests with our
> Driver
> and Your scanner, because
> the Controller You use with the Scanner is not functional with our
> Twainmodul. Please tell me which type of Advansys Controller You have
> installed. I will than orde one from the manufacturer for evaluation.
>
> With kind Regards
> CFM GmbH
> Rudolf Ropertz
> [e-mail]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
Note: I use SWos2 to scan.

I think what he is trying to say is that the SCSI card that comes with
the scanner will not work. He also told me that, hence bought the AdVan
SCSI...
Though the combination is buggy (CFM/AdVan SCSI), I consider it about
99% functional. There are times after doing a pre-scan it refuses to do
a final scan unless I re-size the scan window slightly. Other times it
will not do a final scan unless I change the DPI slightly. I
experimented with this one time... Scanning at 300DPI it would not scan.
Kept stepping down 1 DPI at a time and found it would scan at 297 but
not at 298 and above. I work around these quirks. Once I get it to do
the first scan, the rest go fine....



> This is why I was surprised when I saw posts saying that people were
> using the combination sucessfully.  Perhaps you will indulge me a little
> further.  When I try to use the scanner with ScanWorks (SWOS2) a
> progress bar pops up and then disappears after about one or two seconds.
>  When I try to use PMView and click on any of the icons on the lower
> part of the window (of the CFM Twain window) X's appear on all the icons
> for a second.  Do you have any idea what this might mean?
>

I gather it did do the pre-scan. Then set your borders for the final
scan.
I have found it quite often will not do the final scan unless the
borders are changed even slightly. Also change the DPI down slightly and
try again. Works for me. Once I baby it into doing the first scan, all
is fine after that.

My SCSI card is a ABP-5140.

Frank. (been here 4 years, and still no webbed feet)

--
*        Frank Maskus  Portland, Oregon           *
*   Homepage: http://www.pacifier.com/~fmaskus/   *
*                                                 *
*        An oxymoron: Knowledgeable AOLers        *

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From: [e-mail]                                 01-Dec-99 17:36:23
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:07
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, "Dave
{Reply Address in.sig}" <[e-mail]> writes:
>On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:24:06 +0000, Jim Backus wrote:
>
>>[e-mail] wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Doug,
>>> This is a long shot, but are your folders LARGE, i.e. contains lots of
emails?
>>> About the only problem I have ever had with PMMAIL is when the folders get
full.
>>> Suggest: re-index all of them. Does not take long unless you have a 486
>>
>>What is "full"? - maintaining my email is not my highest priority - I
>>have had morre than 500 messages in one folder and don't recall any
>>problems.
>>
>I'd also like to know what "full" is. Some of my folders have 1200+
>messages in them. I guess I ought to archive them properly some day.

'tis amazing what some people will pick up on. By 'Full' could I have meant
LARGE i.e. contians lots of mails.

OK, I cannot beat 1200, but I have at least 5 folders with more than 500 in
and one with 900.
So is mine bigger than yours<should I rephrase that?>.

The point of the post was 'try reindexing'.
Thanks.......Brian

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From: [e-mail]                              01-Dec-99 00:00:25
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:07
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (Jerry Lapham)

In <81ve95$kbs$[e-mail]>, on 11/30/99
   at 02:54 AM, [e-mail] (John Hong) said:

> Jerry Lapham ([e-mail]) wrote:

> : Except I couldn't get clip art inserted into a newsletter created in OS/2
> : DeScribe to show up when I opened the document in Win32 DeScribe.  The
> : graphics frames were empty.

>     This is a strange little bug in Describe.  If you were to import  a
> graphic pic into a Describe document it will only be shown under that
> particular platform.  So if you stick in a graphic JPEG in the Win3.1
> version of Describe, it will only show up in the Win3.1 version.  If
> loading it up under Win95 or OS/2 versions of Describe, you get a empty
> frame with a big "+" or "x" mark in it.
>     Luckily I stumbled upon the workaround.  Do this, open the  graphic
> file up with a image viewer (ie. PMJPEG, that Image program that  Win95
> has, or something of that like).

What would I use for .WMF files?  PMView, which is my only graphics app,
doesn't do them.

    -Jerry
--
============================================================
Jerry Lapham, Monroe, OH
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Written Wednesday, December 01, 1999 - 12:00 AM (EST)
============================================================
MR/2 Ice tag:  Bill Clinton deals in "virtual" truth.

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From: [e-mail]                    01-Dec-99 08:54:03
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:07
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

Jerry Lapham ([e-mail]) wrote:

: What would I use for .WMF files?  PMView, which is my only graphics app,
: doesn't do them.

    Can't say.  But basically if you do find one than that is all you
need it to do.  Actually, now that I came to think of it, doesn't PMView
have a capture desktop ability?  This may sound silly, but...  Insert the
WMF file into Describe like you had before, only after doing so, launch
PMView and tell it to capture the desktop.  Take that, then crop the
image down to where it was just the WMF file that you had inserted and
turn that into a normal graphic file (ie. GIF, JPEG).  Go back into
Describe, delete that frame holding the WMF file that you had inserted it
into.  Than, go back into PMView to that GIF/JPEG image, go into the
"EDIT" menu and click on copy.  Go back into Describe and paste it in.

    A bit of a pain in the ass, but I don't know of many graphic
viewers than even look at WMF.  If PMView does not have a screen capture
feature, then you can download the IBM EWS called PM Camera/2.  A nice
free utility that can do this.

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From: [e-mail]                            01-Dec-99 08:59:10
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:07
Subj: Re: [Q] Printing To-Do list of IBM Works PIM?

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

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 18:46:00 GMT, John Thompson
<[e-mail]> wrote:
>In <[e-mail]>,
>[e-mail] (Stefan A. Deutscher) writes:
>
>> is it me or is there really no way to print the To-Do list of the IBM
>>Works PIM? I just looked at and more or less like it, but I do need to
>>print the thing once in a while to boldly carry it where no notebook
>>will go.
>>
>>I know I can save it as ASCII format, then cook up an AWK script that
>>formats it reasonably and print it, but that's a tad bit indirect.
>>Just hitting some "Print list" item would surely be nice.
>
>From the "To-Do List Launcher" (the calandar display), MB2 (right mouse
>button, usually) and the pop-up menu includes several print options.

Yep, that's what the docs said when searched for "print". But it turned
out to be a bit less intuitive on my end: I have to right-click on an
_entry_ in the To-Do List display to get the context menu that gives me
a "Print" option including the "List". Just right-click somewhere in the
space of the To-Do List (in the free space below the last entry, for
example), produces no print option. And right-click on the "To-Do List
Launcher" give me "Print" but only with the options
"Week/Month/Tri-Fold".

Maybe I need some FixPak for IBM Works? I still have what came with Warp
4 and identifies itself as Version 3.00.

Cheers,
            Stefan

>-John ([e-mail])


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Mol\'{e}culaires (LCAM), B\^{a}timent 351 | home :  5624-0992  call first
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From: [e-mail]                            01-Dec-99 09:07:25
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:07
Subj: [Q] IBM Works: Change PIM working dir?

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

Hi there,

   one more quick question regarding the IBM Works PIM package: Per
default it stores things like the "To-Do List" somewhere below its
install directory, for me that is c:/bonuspak/ibmworks (or some such).

I prefer a clean division of software and data, which also eases the
backup/restore process a lot. So, I'd rather have that stuff in my
_data_ directory than in my software directory, that is, I'd like to
tell Works' PIM to use d:/usr/sad/pim or some such. How can I do that?

Cheers,
            Stefan

--
=========================================================================
Stefan A. Deutscher                       | (+33-(0)1)   voice      fax
Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et   | LCAM :  6915-7699  6915-7671
Mol\'{e}culaires (LCAM), B\^{a}timent 351 | home :  5624-0992  call first
Universit\'{e} de Paris-Sud               | email:  [e-mail]
91405 Orsay Cedex, France (Europe)        |         (forwarded to France)
=========================================================================
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From: [e-mail]                               01-Dec-99 05:06:14
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:07
Subj: Re: Real Audio 5 and Matrox Drivers?

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

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:58:38 -0500 (EST), David McKenna wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 03:22:17 -0500 (EST), dinkmeister wrote:
>
>>Are you using Matrox drivers v2.31?  RP works fine with both my mystique
>>and g200 using the 2.31 drivers and that dva=0 trick.  also which fixpak
>>are you using?  12 here.  lastly, try setting files=255 in the winos2
>>properties.
>>
>
>    I'm currently using a Matrox G200 (16MB) with the ver. 2.23 drivers -
>the 2.31 drivers will not boot (trap e) on my machine. Warp 4 FP 12. The
>files=255 didn't help either - oh well...
>
>   I have tried the GRADD drivers and they do let RP work! Unfortunately, the
>GRADD drivers seem to cause my machine to be unstable - frequent unexpected
>hangs and lockups. If it's not one thing , it's another.
>
>   I also tried the SDD drivers, but they have an issue with my Kensington
>mouse so I'll have to wait for Scitech to clear it up ...
>
>   Guess I'm SOL with Matrox for the time being...

try re-installing 2.31, but this time make sure there are no duplicate copies
of pmgax64.dll laying around (run dir /s pmgax64.dll from c:\) - also if
you're
using dialog enhancer, uninstall it before applying 2.31 then re-apply it
after
its installed.



- dink ( http://dink.org )




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From: [e-mail]                  01-Dec-99 12:58:08
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:07
Subj: Re: [Q] IBM Works: Change PIM working dir?

From: "Luc Van Bogaert" <[e-mail]>

On 1 Dec 1999 09:07:51 GMT, Stefan A. Deutscher wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>   one more quick question regarding the IBM Works PIM package: Per
>default it stores things like the "To-Do List" somewhere below its
>install directory, for me that is c:/bonuspak/ibmworks (or some such).
>
>I prefer a clean division of software and data, which also eases the
>backup/restore process a lot. So, I'd rather have that stuff in my
>_data_ directory than in my software directory, that is, I'd like to
>tell Works' PIM to use d:/usr/sad/pim or some such. How can I do that?

This comes out of my Tips and Tricks section on my personal web site :

By default the PIM in IBM Works stores its data files in the ...\ibmworks\data
directory. If you want to
store the data files seperated from the program files (which could save you a
lot of trouble in case you
have to reinstall the PIM) you can specify a different location for the data
by editing the ibmworks.ini file.

1.Create the new data directory on the desired location.
2.Copy all the PIM data files to this new location.
3.Open the ibmworks.ini file in a text editor (this file should be in the
directory where IBM Works is
installed).
4.Locate the section [PIM] near the bottom of the file.
5.Modify the line PIMInitPath=... to reflect the new data location.
6.Delete the original data files, but first make sure everything works as
expected.


Luc Van Bogaert

 OS/2 User Group Belgium - www.os2ugbe.org
  The Warped Site - users.pandora.be/luc.vanbogaert


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From: [e-mail]                                    30-Nov-99 18:20:16
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:07
Subj: Re: MaxBase Uers?

From: [e-mail] (jehnk)

>Are there any MaxBase users in this group?

Me!

I have a handful of databases to keep track of clients, orders, negs,
and some other junk I think I need. I use it with jdk118 on OS/2 and
have tested it with Linux and ibm's jre118 (fast!). It's stable,
quick enough and just the right size for my simple needs.


thumbsup
jehnk
=

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From: [e-mail]                          01-Dec-99 21:24:02
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:07
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

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

On 1 Dec 1999 08:54:07 GMT, John Hong wrote:

:>    Can't say.  But basically if you do find one than that is all you
:>need it to do.  Actually, now that I came to think of it, doesn't PMView
:>have a capture desktop ability?  This may sound silly, but...  Insert the
:>WMF file into Describe like you had before, only after doing so, launch
:>PMView and tell it to capture the desktop.  Take that, then crop the
:>image down to where it was just the WMF file that you had inserted and
:>turn that into a normal graphic file (ie. GIF, JPEG).  Go back into
:>Describe, delete that frame holding the WMF file that you had inserted it
:>into.  Than, go back into PMView to that GIF/JPEG image, go into the
:>"EDIT" menu and click on copy.  Go back into Describe and paste it in.

A big pain in the rear end. I just import WMF files into Wordro or StarOffice
then copy or cut to clipboard and paste into PMView. Not perfect but a tad
easier :-)

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]                                   01-Dec-99 13:08:22
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:07
Subj: Re: BackupWiz log file question

From: [e-mail] (F. Heitkamp)

In message <38418872$1$whqvgue$[e-mail]> -
[e-mail] writes:
>
>Hmmm.  I have Backup Wiz 1.11s5 and would love a newer version. Any
>idea where to get it?  I've written to the address on my copy but
>get nothing.  It works and I've been using it since OS/2 2.1,  but a
>newer version would probably be better.
>
Last time I checked PCX had a website where you could download
an upgrade after filling out a form.  Before that they had a BBS.
Unfortunately, when I couldn't find my original disk (serial number
required for upgrade) I lost interest.

Here's what I found on the Web.

The phone Number for PCX is:

619-259-9797
Fax [phone]
BBS 619-481-6474
CompuServe - OS2BVEN

The web site: http://www.pcx.com does not appear to be working.
Perhaps they've gone out of business.

>
>>On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 03:10:07, [e-mail] (F. Heitkamp) wrote:
>
>>> I use BackupWiz 1.13 to backup my Warp 4 disks.  Sometimes
>>> I will get a message from BackupWiz saying "Errors reported.
>>> Fred
>>>
>>
>>I'm using version 1.19, the error log has a filename extension of
>>bws5.err on my version.
>
>>Brian Davis ([e-mail])
>
>
>Judith Russell
>[e-mail]
>Saugus Web Coordinator
>http://www.hart.k12.ca.us/saugus
>
>
>





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From: [e-mail]                                01-Dec-99 09:08:12
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Re: MaxBase Uers?

From: Jack Gillis <[e-mail]>

Thank you very much for the reply.  I would like to use it under much
the same setup  as you do.

However, I have been unable to import data from years worth of DBF
files.  I've tried doing it with the file utilities using both the CSV
and DBF conversion option but I never wind up with the target file I
specify even though the I get the "Conversion OK" message.

I've set up tables and forms for each of the DBF files but no records
ever get imported or converted into the tables.  There are just too many
to try to re-enter manually.

Have you had experience converting or importing DBF files?

Thanks again.

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From: [e-mail]                              01-Dec-99 14:12:19
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: John Simpson <[e-mail]>

Hi

I need remote access to some TCP/IP networked OS/2 Warp v4.0 systems.

I use Windows NT NetMeeting for my NT systems which allows full access
to a system's desktop.

Is there an equivalent for OS/2 or am I stuck with ftp, rexec and
telnet?

Thanks

John Simpson

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From: [e-mail]                           01-Dec-99 17:19:21
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

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

In <[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99
   at 02:12 PM, John Simpson <[e-mail]> said:

>I need remote access to some TCP/IP networked OS/2 Warp v4.0 systems.

>I use Windows NT NetMeeting for my NT systems which allows full access to
>a system's desktop.

>Is there an equivalent for OS/2 or am I stuck with ftp, rexec and telnet?

I am not sure I understand your reference to NetMeeting as a remote access
tool, I always thought it is a teleconferencing program.

However, there is an absolutely wonderful little utility providing full
remote access to OS/2 desktop from _any_ computer with Java-enabled
browser installed. It is called Desktop On-Call, produced by IBM Japan
software unit. You can buy it on-line  via IBM Direct, it's only about $40
and worth each penny of this price. I use it to control my main server
from home and even from abroad. Also, there's WinNT version available to
control WinNT desktop in the same way. Nice feature of DToC is that it
runs over a standard HTTP protocol, so you can easily access your remote
machine from behind a NAT firewall, HTTP proxy, SOCKS proxy or whatever.
It is also pretty secure (uses MD5 security I beleive).

Check at:

http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=1826745&c
gmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US

IBM Direct Part #11K6016 (OS/2), #11K6015 (WinNT).

Cheers,
Ivan

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From: [e-mail]                                   01-Dec-99 09:26:17
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: Nick Knight <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99
   at 05:36 PM, [e-mail] said:

>OK, I cannot beat 1200, but I have at least 5 folders with more than 500
>in and one with 900. So is mine bigger than yours<should I rephrase
>that?>.

Wow, I've seen a couple of posts about "large" folders quoting 1200 or
under.  A mutated quote from Crocodile Dundee comes to mind.  "That's not
large!"

I thought MR/2 was bad by starting to get pokey after 1-2-3000 messages.
At 10,000 messages in a folder, it was downright unusable.  Yet some users
insisted on using it for LARGE archives.  Of course, with the ability to
ZIP folders, it made this a little more practical.

Anyway, one of the HUGE enhancements in the MR/2 v2.0 release was just
this ... massively improved performance for large folders.  My 13,000
message test folder now opens in a couple of seconds and is fully
functional.  Faster systems than mine will be even faster <gasp!>.

I now have at least one user approaching the OS/2 (custom) control's limit
of 32,000 messages.  I will be able to increase this to 64k-1 messages,
easily, but I get the impression I've outdone the other guy as it is now.
Of course, most of the fun in this is gone, as is the other guy, for all
practical purposes.

Nick
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From: [e-mail]                           01-Dec-99 14:45:02
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:12:38, John Simpson <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> I need remote access to some TCP/IP networked OS/2 Warp v4.0 systems.
>
> I use Windows NT NetMeeting for my NT systems which allows full access
> to a system's desktop.
>
> Is there an equivalent for OS/2 or am I stuck with ftp, rexec and
> telnet?
>

Take a look at the NetOP remote control and support program.
It has versions for Windows and OS/2

URL http://www.4ctc.com

They will supply a demo copy to try out.

--

Lorne Sunley

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From: [e-mail]                                   01-Dec-99 09:39:23
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Re: MR/2 ICE v2.0 Released

From: Nick Knight <[e-mail]>

In <FNY04.3505$[e-mail]>, on 11/30/99
   at 11:08 PM, "Hal Murray" <[e-mail]> said:

>I have been running MR2Ice for 2 years and just tried the new release,
>Ver 2.10.

>I do not see any enhancements. What might they be?

The time span of two years doesn't do much for me.  It would have been
better to have seen a version number.  But then, it's a simple matter to
get v2.01 (the latest) and look at history.txt and prehist.txt.  I
revamped history.txt for the v2.0 release to be a simple summary of
changes since v1.0.  That ought to tell you what you need to know, using
your previous version number as a reference.

For more detail, I left the old, very verbose history.txt file available
as prehist.txt.  This will tell you what was added/changed/improved for
every .01 release since whatever version you've been using.

On the MR/2 ICE homepage:

    http://nick.secant.com/mr2ice.htm

at the top is a table of contents.  A couple of links down is a summary of
changes (history.txt) and then a link that says it is "history.txt", which
is the verbose listing.  It's even almost up-to-date <grin>.  I'll fix
this today, but all you need to know is there.

Then, the very release notice that was quoted listed most of the lastest
additions.  Best to view the entire history files and decide if upgrading
is prudent.  I expect many to be happy with what they are using with no
need to upgrade.  That's fine, but in the meantime, work continues, but
only in the v2.0+ versions.

Nick
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From: [e-mail]                             01-Dec-99 14:49:03
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: Doug Tan <[e-mail]>

In article <3843e94b$9$obot$[e-mail]>,
  Bob Germer <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On <81vvoe$upb$[e-mail]>, on 11/30/99 at 07:52 AM,
>    Doug Tan <[e-mail]> said:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Can anyone help regarding the frequent crashes I'm experiencing
several
> > times a day with PMMail/2 v2.10?
>
> Yep. Chuck that piece of feces for MR2 Ice.
>

Hmm.  I've never tried MR2 Ice, although I understand it's a good mail
client.  What are its advantages compared to PMMail, in your opinion?


Doug



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From: [e-mail]                             01-Dec-99 14:54:26
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: Doug Tan <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
> Doug,
> This is a long shot, but are your folders LARGE, i.e. contains lots
>of emails?
> About the only problem I have ever had with PMMAIL is when the
>folders get full.
> Suggest: re-index all of them. Does not take long unless you have a
>486
>
> Brian

Yes, my folders are large, typically with 1500-3000 msgs in each one.
I have numerous accounts and folders all in systematic hierarchies.  To
re-index would be a royal PITA, but one which I suspect I would have to
try since there is an amazing lack of useful suggestions (yours and the
other followups on this thread not withstanding). ;-)

Well, wish me luck...


Doug



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From: [e-mail]                             01-Dec-99 15:31:22
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Re: Real Audio 5 and Matrox Drivers?

From: [e-mail] (Ron Gibson)

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 01:58:38, "David McKenna" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>    I have tried the GRADD drivers and they do let RP work! Unfortunately,
the
> GRADD drivers seem to cause my machine to be unstable - frequent unexpected
> hangs and lockups. If it's not one thing , it's another.
>
>    I also tried the SDD drivers, but they have an issue with my Kensington
> mouse so I'll have to wait for Scitech to clear it up ...
>
>    Guess I'm SOL with Matrox for the time being...

Hell I'm more out of luck than you.  I use the GRADD drivers and real
player gives me a windoze type error every time.  I've tried everthing I
can think of.

                      email: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                                     01-Dec-99 16:41:07
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Re: Photo color Printers in OS2

From: [e-mail] (Don Morse)

In message <[e-mail]> -
[e-mail] (Chuck McKinnis)23 Nov 1999 22:51:22 GMT writes:
:>
:>Have you looked at the Lexmark Optra 40 Color?  I have one that I got




:>> I am looking to buying a photo printer. I am debating whether to buy
:>> the Epson 750 or the HP P970/P1000/P1100. I need to know if anyone is
:>> using any of these printers in OS2 successfully? The IBM device site
:>> does not list any of these printers except for the Epson 700.
:>> I tried the Lexmark Z51 and while it installed under OS2 with no
:>> problems it did have printing problems to the point that it became
:>> unreliable. It also did not work in W98 in spite of spending 1hr with
:>> Lexmark support and downloading the newest drivers. Other people have
:>> had no problems but on my system it was a no go.


Don't rule out the Epson Photo Stylus 700 that quickly.  It has a 6 color
print head (light magenta and light cyan added).  The photo quality is
absolutely AWESOME.  The IBM Omni driver works great, and I installed the
win3.1 drivers in Win-OS/2 and they work fine.  The printer is reliable, and
excellent quality.  somewhat slow, but there had to be a trade off somewhere.
I've printed diskette labels, business cards, photos, you name it.  I actually
printed some photos in 4x6 mode and sent them to relatives and they never know
that I had printed them.  (1600x1200 digital camera in TIFF format).

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From: [e-mail]                                   01-Dec-99 08:26:20
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Firewire 1394 for OS2?

From: Alex Smariga <[e-mail]>

I just purchased a Sony Digital Camera and it has a Firewire 1394 port
on it, used to download the data to a PC>

Has anyone heard of a Firewire port for OS2 yet?  I'd like to edit the
data on my OS2 workstation.

Alex Smariga


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From: [e-mail]                                     01-Dec-99 16:44:21
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 17:09:08
Subj: Re: isp's & os/2

From: [e-mail] (Don Morse)

:>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
:>wrote:
:>> I am a former user of ibm.net, now attglobal, and am looking for
:>> another
:>> isp that supports os/2 or has shareware/freeware that would allow
:>> me to
:>> use os/2 to connect.  I am curren;y on a trial with earthlink.
:>> I've
:>> already found out that they will time disconnect while I'm
:>> downloading a
:>> file and nothing else; ibm.net didn't do that.
:>> Help
:>> What are my options?  Point me to the faq if there is one?
:>
:>I've used a large variety of ISPs with OS/2.  In general, any provider
:>that doesn't use proprietary comm software can be used from OS/2 (ie,
:>don't use AOL).  The only difficulty I've ever had with any of them is
:>getting information out of their tech support (I've usually needed a
:>few server addresses to get "Dial Other Provider" configured - and
:>occasionaly I've had to dial into their system with a dumb term program
:>just to see what they prompt the dialer for to set up the PPP/SLIP
:>connection).
:>


Dial Other Internet Providers works reasonably well and allows you to connect
to basically any Internet provider out there.  If you want nearly flawless
operation, look into InJoy...  that worked for me both Analog and ISDN.  No
help, other than Server addresses from the ISP.


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     Then Bill Gates had 25 monkeys and a week!
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From: [e-mail]                               01-Dec-99 13:51:06
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:37:29
Subj: How do I install fixpack 11 ?

From: Rime Saad <[e-mail]>

Hello

How do I install fixpack 11 ?  I downloaded the fixpack from the IBM FTP
site, and the file had the extention ".sh".  I do not know how to
install such a file

Thank you

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From: [e-mail]                               01-Dec-99 17:22:17
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:37:29
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: [e-mail] (sh0dan)

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:52:46, Doug Tan <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Can anyone help regarding the frequent crashes I'm experiencing several
> times a day with PMMail/2 v2.10?

I got several crashes of exactly the same crashes (same locations and
all).
Very annoying, and there is no way to reproduce them, just happends at
random.


/sh0dan.

Doing Java Code for VoxPod Enterprises.

[email reply: Remove uppercase characters from my email address]

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From: David @ Thackernet.com                            01-Dec-99 18:02:28
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:37:29
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: "David Thacker" <David @ Thackernet.com>

G'day Ivan,

I use DTOC OS/2 as well, and find it to be very good.  One of the servers I
manage with it also runs IBM Screen Reader/2 software to provide speech for
a blind user, and DTOC is the only remote control software I have been able
to find that coexists on the server with SR/2.

IBM Direct Canada doesn't offer DTOC for sale, so I had to order it online
from IBM Direct USA and "borrow" a friend's US address to sdatisfy the
online ordering software...

I also use Remote Sevices Management from Innovative Software Solutions on
another server.  However, they were acquired by Peregrine Software last year
and I don't know the status of RSM anymore.

I have a 2 slight problems with DTOC though, and perhaps you can help.  I
have sent in problem reports to IBM but they have not responded.

1. I cannot seem to send a CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK keypress to the remote
computer.  I toggle the CTRL button, then press C or BREAK, but it is not
seen on the receiving end.  The remote computer just registers a plain C
keypress.  have you figured out how to make this work?  I tried this using
both MSIE5 and Nav4.61 from my Win2K workstation.

2. I cannot get DTOC to display or work with a full screen session on the
remote PC.  When I open a full screen command prompt for example, the
browser just displays garbage and I cannot work with the remote computer
anymore.  On the remote computer, the full screen session is opened.

Any ideas?

Still using Powerweb server here BTW, although I am converting my mail
system over to Inet.Mail.

dAvid tHacker

Ivan Adzhubei <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:384532d0$1$vina$[e-mail]...
> In <[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99
>    at 02:12 PM, John Simpson <[e-mail]> said:
>
> >I need remote access to some TCP/IP networked OS/2 Warp v4.0 systems.
>
> >I use Windows NT NetMeeting for my NT systems which allows full access to
> >a system's desktop.
>
> >Is there an equivalent for OS/2 or am I stuck with ftp, rexec and telnet?
>
> I am not sure I understand your reference to NetMeeting as a remote access
> tool, I always thought it is a teleconferencing program.
>
> However, there is an absolutely wonderful little utility providing full
> remote access to OS/2 desktop from _any_ computer with Java-enabled
> browser installed. It is called Desktop On-Call, produced by IBM Japan
> software unit. You can buy it on-line  via IBM Direct, it's only about $40
> and worth each penny of this price. I use it to control my main server
> from home and even from abroad. Also, there's WinNT version available to
> control WinNT desktop in the same way. Nice feature of DToC is that it
> runs over a standard HTTP protocol, so you can easily access your remote
> machine from behind a NAT firewall, HTTP proxy, SOCKS proxy or whatever.
> It is also pretty secure (uses MD5 security I beleive).
>
> Check at:
>
>
http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=182674
5&cgmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US
>
> IBM Direct Part #11K6016 (OS/2), #11K6015 (WinNT).
>
> Cheers,
> Ivan
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> "Ivan Adzhubei" <[e-mail]>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>


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From: [e-mail]                      01-Dec-99 16:06:11
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:37:29
Subj: Re: [Q] IBM Works: Change PIM working dir?

From: [e-mail]       (John Thompson)

In <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Stefan A. Deutscher) writes:

>   one more quick question regarding the IBM Works PIM package: Per
>default it stores things like the "To-Do List" somewhere below its
>install directory, for me that is c:/bonuspak/ibmworks (or some such).
>
>I prefer a clean division of software and data, which also eases the
>backup/restore process a lot. So, I'd rather have that stuff in my
>_data_ directory than in my software directory, that is, I'd like to
>tell Works' PIM to use d:/usr/sad/pim or some such. How can I do that?

Look in your /ibmworks/ibmworks.ini file.  There should be a
section like this (it's a plain text file, not binary like most
other OS/2 ini files):

[PIM]
PIMInitPath=f:\works
PIMInitFile=FPWPIM.INI

Change the paths as needed.


-John ([e-mail])

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From: [e-mail]                      01-Dec-99 19:26:03
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:37:29
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: Stefan Hoenes <[e-mail]>


David Thacker schrieb:
>
> G'day Ivan,
>
> I use DTOC OS/2 as well, and find it to be very good.  One of the servers I
> manage with it also runs IBM Screen Reader/2 software to provide speech for

What is DTOC ?

I never heard about it. Is it similar to DCAF (Distributed Console
Access Facility)

mfg Stefan Hoenes

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From: [e-mail]                         01-Dec-99 18:46:11
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:37:29
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: "Dave {Reply Address in.sig}" <[e-mail]>

On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 09:26:35 -0500, Nick Knight wrote:

>In <[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99
>   at 05:36 PM, [e-mail] said:
>
>>OK, I cannot beat 1200, but I have at least 5 folders with more than 500
>>in and one with 900. So is mine bigger than yours<should I rephrase
>>that?>.
>
>Wow, I've seen a couple of posts about "large" folders quoting 1200 or
>under.  A mutated quote from Crocodile Dundee comes to mind.  "That's not
>large!"
>
Depends on what you consider practical - when certain folders get too
big I move some of the contents to other folders so I have to spend
less time searching when I need to reference an old email.


Dave
--
mail da [e-mail]
http://www.llondel.demon.co.uk
Give blood... Play Rugby!


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From: [e-mail]                              01-Dec-99 13:02:02
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:38:00
Subj: Bold Fonts are TOO BIG in Wordpro.  help.

From: John Abraham <[e-mail]>

A funny thing happened to my WordPro (v1.1).  Fonts get really big when
they are bold.  A 12 point times new roman character looks about 30
point when I make it bold.

At first it was just the Greek/Symbol fonts, I think.  I can't remember
for sure.  But I could make it behave by restarting and/or rebooting.
Now my workhorse fonts (Times New Roman, Perpetua) have the same
problem.

I tried installing FreeType.  And I tried uninstalling and reinstalling
the fonts.  Any other suggestions?

Anyone ever had this problem?

--
John Abraham, M.Sc. P.Eng.
T.J. Modelling Ltd.
Mathematical Modelling for Transportation Planning and Urban Design
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                                    01-Dec-99 22:37:22
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:38:00
Subj: Dialer settings

From: [e-mail] (Frank Kirk)

    Hope this is the right place for this.

    Using IBM dialer version 1.69.  Last night, when attempting to dial,
a box comes up saying that my User ID and password are not entered,
along with a button marked OK.  (It's been working fine prior to
this).
    My problem is that I can't change the settings.  If I right click on
the globe icon, I get Properties, but no settings.  There's got to be
a simple way to do this & I'd appreciate any help.

    Many thanks,

FWK

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From: [e-mail]                                      01-Dec-99 19:12:13
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:38:00
Subj: *.gsm / *.ra

From: [e-mail] (Steen Bondo)

* Reply to a message in in_box.

RP> *.ra are RealAudio and RealVideo files, and you need RealPlayer to

Thanks

RP> are heaving difficulties with it so read newsgroups carefully for

I will
--
Steen

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From: [e-mail]                           02-Dec-99 00:45:11
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:38:00
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

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

On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 19:26:06 +0100, Stefan Hoenes wrote:

>> I use DTOC OS/2 as well, and find it to be very good.  One of the servers I
>> manage with it also runs IBM Screen Reader/2 software to provide speech for
>
>What is DTOC ?
>
>I never heard about it. Is it similar to DCAF (Distributed Console
>Access Facility)

Now I should ask you what's it - DCAF? ;-))

DToC is a simple server/client package that can open OS/2 (or WinNT) desktop
on a remote machine (where the server part is installed) inside a browser on
a local workstation. It gives you full access to all desktop functionality:
you can click on icons to start programs on remote host, move and scroll
remote program windows, etc. You just have remote desktop inside your local
browser as if the remote computer is at your desk. Of course, this is a bit
slower than operating this machine locally, but due to clever compression
techniques used it works reasonably good even across very slow connections.

Best thing about DToC is that you do not need to install any client part at
all to gain access to the server. Client is a small (63Kb) Java applet that
is demand-loaded from server each time you initiate a connection. This means
you can access your server remotedly from _any_ computer with Java-enabled
browser. Just type in an URL and voila - it works. Another nice feature is
that the service is run via standard HTTP protocol, guaranteed to be routed
across _any_ proper network setup: NAT firelwall, proxy, SOCKS, etc. This is
usually not true for other similar packages (like NetOp or PM2You).

Also, DToC is rather cheap, compared to alternatives like NetOp or PM2You.

Cheers,
Ivan



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From: [e-mail]                           02-Dec-99 01:02:05
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 20:38:00
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

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

On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 18:02:56 GMT, David Thacker wrote:

Hi, David,

>IBM Direct Canada doesn't offer DTOC for sale, so I had to order it online
>from IBM Direct USA and "borrow" a friend's US address to sdatisfy the
>online ordering software...

I also borrowed my copy from a friend who obtained it bundled to his WinNT
version and never used not needed. I am not sure this was perfectly legal
transfer, and I'd _love_ to buy a license myself, but alas, I was not able to
do that. IBM Direct support people routed me to IBM Russia, and IBM Russia
turned me back to IBM Direct :-(. Another example of IBM developing a
wonderful product and than failing to market it, IMO.

>I have a 2 slight problems with DTOC though, and perhaps you can help.  I
>have sent in problem reports to IBM but they have not responded.
>
>1. I cannot seem to send a CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK keypress to the remote
>computer.  I toggle the CTRL button, then press C or BREAK, but it is not
>seen on the receiving end.  The remote computer just registers a plain C
>keypress.  have you figured out how to make this work?  I tried this using
>both MSIE5 and Nav4.61 from my Win2K workstation.

Same here. Sometimes this is really annoying.

>2. I cannot get DTOC to display or work with a full screen session on the
>remote PC.  When I open a full screen command prompt for example, the
>browser just displays garbage and I cannot work with the remote computer
>anymore.  On the remote computer, the full screen session is opened.

Did not try starting fullscreen sessions on remote host yet. I doubt I ever
had any need to do that. I will check this tomorrow, don't want to lose
access to my server right now (as I am at home). I'll post my experience
later.

>Any ideas?

I heard v.3.0 is already out, but only in Japanese. Maybe these bugs were
already fixed? Anyway, they are only minor ones, and DToC is a great product.

BTW, DToC also works fine with WSeb (Aurora). Neither NetOp nor PM2You does,
both trap the system here.

>Still using Powerweb server here BTW, although I am converting my mail
>system over to Inet.Mail.

I am still happy to run PW as my complete Web serving solution, apart from a
bad taste left after that incident with John V. and Compuserve (you know what
I am talking about). But as long as PW works smooth here, I have too little
reasons to move to anything else...

Cheers,
Ivan

>dAvid tHacker
>
>Ivan Adzhubei <[e-mail]> wrote in message
>news:384532d0$1$vina$[e-mail]...
>> In <[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99
>>    at 02:12 PM, John Simpson <[e-mail]> said:
>>
>> >I need remote access to some TCP/IP networked OS/2 Warp v4.0 systems.
>>
>> >I use Windows NT NetMeeting for my NT systems which allows full access to
>> >a system's desktop.
>>
>> >Is there an equivalent for OS/2 or am I stuck with ftp, rexec and telnet?
>>
>> I am not sure I understand your reference to NetMeeting as a remote access
>> tool, I always thought it is a teleconferencing program.
>>
>> However, there is an absolutely wonderful little utility providing full
>> remote access to OS/2 desktop from _any_ computer with Java-enabled
>> browser installed. It is called Desktop On-Call, produced by IBM Japan
>> software unit. You can buy it on-line  via IBM Direct, it's only about $40
>> and worth each penny of this price. I use it to control my main server
>> from home and even from abroad. Also, there's WinNT version available to
>> control WinNT desktop in the same way. Nice feature of DToC is that it
>> runs over a standard HTTP protocol, so you can easily access your remote
>> machine from behind a NAT firewall, HTTP proxy, SOCKS proxy or whatever.
>> It is also pretty secure (uses MD5 security I beleive).
>>
>> Check at:
>>
>>
>http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=182674
>5&cgmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US
>>
>> IBM Direct Part #11K6016 (OS/2), #11K6015 (WinNT).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ivan
>>
>> --
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> "Ivan Adzhubei" <[e-mail]>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>
>



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From: [e-mail]                            01-Dec-99 15:47:15
  To: [e-mail]                               01-Dec-99 21:37:12
Subj: Re: How do I install fixpack 11 ?

To: Rime Saad <[e-mail]>
From: josco <[e-mail]>

http://www.gt-online.com/~bri/fix.html
http://members.iquest.net/~dcasey/
(links above document how I came to this web page below)

http://www.os2voice.org/ez-reference/fixpak.html I followed the directions
for an install off my hard drive, not floppy disks which takes too long
while this went quickly.  It was easy. I installed FP11.

The fixpack files came from this ftp site.
ftp://service.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/english-us/xr_m011/


My advice is to be sure to at least run chkdsk prior to the install to be
sure not to have any disk errors.  I have my system boot with the HPFS
automatically checking my drives.  It seems easier than booting off the
floppies and running chkdsk.  You can modify the CONFIG.SYS file line
where the cache is installed. You add '+' signs in front of all cached
disks i.e. +c+d+e

OS/2 Help will give you the correct symantics -- search help for "cache"
to see the exact syntax.  "Help cache"

After the system is okay and running you can edit and remove the forced
chkdsk if that slows down boot time.

-- joseph

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Rime Saad wrote:

> Hello
>
> How do I install fixpack 11 ?  I downloaded the fixpack from the IBM FTP
> site, and the file had the extention ".sh".  I do not know how to
> install such a file
>
> Thank you
>
>

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From: David @ Thackernet.com                            01-Dec-99 23:10:09
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 21:37:12
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: "David Thacker" <David @ Thackernet.com>

Ivan Adzhubei <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:[e-mail]...

> do that. IBM Direct support people routed me to IBM Russia, and IBM Russia
> turned me back to IBM Direct :-(. Another example of IBM developing a
> wonderful product and than failing to market it, IMO.

Exactly!  IBM should do software development and licence it to MS for
marketing & distribution...

The bill on my credit card came to about $65 Canadian, still a very good
price for the software.

> >1. I cannot seem to send a CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK keypress to the remote
>
> Same here. Sometimes this is really annoying.

Okay, glad to know it is not just me with this problem.

> Did not try starting fullscreen sessions on remote host yet. I doubt I
ever
> had any need to do that. I will check this tomorrow, don't want to lose
> access to my server right now (as I am at home). I'll post my experience
> later.

I have changed most of the things I want to work with remotely to windowed
sessions, so it's not a major deal, but annoying still.

> I heard v.3.0 is already out, but only in Japanese. Maybe these bugs were
> already fixed? Anyway, they are only minor ones, and DToC is a great
product.
> BTW, DToC also works fine with WSeb (Aurora). Neither NetOp nor PM2You
does,
> both trap the system here.

Ahh.  That's good to hear -- I'll keep an eye out for the US version 3 then.
I sure wish there was a direct developer email contact for the product, but
I suppose I would have to understand Japanese in order to converse with them
anyway...

> I am still happy to run PW as my complete Web serving solution, apart from
a
> bad taste left after that incident with John V. and Compuserve (you know
what
> I am talking about). But as long as PW works smooth here, I have too
little
> reasons to move to anything else...

Yes, the web serving part of PW is rock solid and working very well for me.
The SMTP server just wasn't stable enough in my situation though -- too many
lockups were being caused by it.  What version of OS/2 and stack level are
you running it on?  I am using Warp 4 FP 10, with the unpatched 4.00e stack.
I have converted a test machine to TCP/IP 4.2, but haven't been able to test
PW under it yet.  I'd like to move to the 32-bit stack, but I don't want to
hose my whole system in the process.

dAvid tHacker


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From: [e-mail]                                 01-Dec-99 20:06:27
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 21:37:12
Subj: Re: CD-ROM Drive Assignment

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Raphael Tennenbaum) writes:
>[e-mail] (Dana Hartsock) wrote:
>
>>Isn't there a way to map your CD-ROM drive to a specific
>>letter? I just added an Orb drive which changed the mapping.
>>To avoid dealing with this in the future as I make partition
>>changes I would like to assign my CD-ROM to Z.
>>
>>Dana
>
>Put this statement into your config.sys:
>
>    RESERVEDRIVELETTER=Y
>

but not in SMP - finally found a reference to that feature (or
lack of) in the smp readme's. Wonder why not ?

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


--
härad ængravvåd

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From: [e-mail]                            01-Dec-99 23:55:06
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 21:37:12
Subj: Odin Application Database

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

Some days ago the Odin Team at OS/2 Netlabs released the first public
alpha version of Odin since the code is open source.

For those of you who still don't know it, Odin and Odin32 is an
approach to get Win32 support in OS/2 (it is no emulator!). The
homepage of the project is located at http://www.netlabs.org/odin/

We are very proud to say that the project made great progress, a lot
more applications are running with Odin actually, especially slim
programs. A lot of Odin users reported applications, which are running
on OS/2 without problems, for example:

- Acrobat Distiller 3.01 (PDF-File generator)
- SmartDraw (Chart designing program)
- CDRLabel (CD labeling application, even printing works very well)
- WinHelp (Help system of Windows)
- Word 6.0 for Windows NT 3.51 (32bit edition)
- ... and more

One of the very promising applications is Lotus Notes R5, we are
already able to start the application, you can find a screenshot of it
at the Odin page (it's mentioned in the "News" section). As you may
know we also working on a port of the Opera webbrowser to OS/2. With
Odin32 we can actually compile the whole V4.0 Win32-Sourcecode without
significant changes in the code.

If you are interested in our progress, check the Odin application
database at http://www.netlabs.org/odin/MiscApplications.phtml
You are also welcome to add your application to the database!

For impatient users we have daily builds available, note that we don't
support any of the Odin versions actually because progress is changing
almost every day. We are not that much interested in bug reports
because of this reason.
But we still need more skilled developers, the more support we get the
faster we are! If you think that you can support our project, get more
information about how to join at the Odin page.

That's it for the moment, thanks for all the support so far!

Adrian Gschwend
and the whole Odin Team at OS/2 Netlabs



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@ OS/2 Netlabs

ICQ: 22419590
[e-mail]
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The OS/2 OpenSource Project:
http://www.netlabs.org


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From: [e-mail]                     01-Dec-99 20:19:20
  To: All                                               01-Dec-99 21:37:12
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

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

On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 14:12:38 +0000, John Simpson wrote:

->I need remote access to some TCP/IP networked OS/2 Warp v4.0 systems.
->
->I use Windows NT NetMeeting for my NT systems which allows full access
->to a system's desktop.
->
->Is there an equivalent for OS/2 or am I stuck with ftp, rexec and
->telnet?

Several, NetOp, PolyPM/2 (aka RSM), Netfinity.


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



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From: [e-mail]                               01-Dec-99 20:33:25
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:27:29
Subj: Re: Dialer settings

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

The Properties ARE the settings. Lookat/click on the tabs at the top of the
box.

On 1 Dec 1999 22:37:44 GMT, Frank Kirk wrote:

=>
=>    Hope this is the right place for this.
=>
=>    Using IBM dialer version 1.69.  Last night, when attempting to dial,
=>a box comes up saying that my User ID and password are not entered,
=>along with a button marked OK.  (It's been working fine prior to
=>this).
=>    My problem is that I can't change the settings.  If I right click on
=>the globe icon, I get Properties, but no settings.  There's got to be
=>a simple way to do this & I'd appreciate any help.
=>
=>    Many thanks,
=>
=>FWK



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From: [e-mail]                               02-Dec-99 01:59:21
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:27:29
Subj: Problem with chkdsk: error sys 1377

From: [e-mail]

I am unable to get chkdsk to run on my C drive,
booting from either the os2 w4 install disks or
the utility disks generated after system install.

My system is an HP Kayak pentium 3 (550) running
w4, fixpack 12, and device driver update with an
8 gb hard drive, and system commander with NT,
OS3, and Win98 (all os on separate partitions 1st
hard drive).  All other software on the W4
partition works fine, but regardless of how I run
chkdsk (booting from w4 partition or floppies) I
get the error: "processing can't continue, sys
1377; system unable to write to the root
directory on drive C". I can write to drive c
with all other software!  Any help will be much
appreciated.

Thanks, L. Magill



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

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From: [e-mail]                               02-Dec-99 01:59:21
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:27:29
Subj: chkdsk error: sys 1377

From: [e-mail]

I am unable to get chkdsk to run on my C drive,
booting from either the os2 w4 install disks or
the utility disks generated after system install.
My system is an HP Kayak pentium 3 (550) running
w4, fixpack 12, and device driver update with an
8 gb hard drive, and system commander with NT,
OS3, and Win98 (all os on separate partitions 1st
hard drive).  All other software on the W4
partition works fine, but regardless of how I run
chkdsk (booting from w4 partition or floppies) I
get the error: "processing can't continue, sys
1377; system unable to write to the root
directory on drive C". I can write to drive c
with all other software!  Any help will be much
appreciated.

Thanks, L. Magill


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

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From: [e-mail]                                   01-Dec-99 22:46:27
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (Harry Travis)

In <822nnf$ia7$[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99
   at 08:54 AM, [e-mail] (John Hong) said:

>Jerry Lapham ([e-mail]) wrote:

>: What would I use for .WMF files?  PMView, which is my only graphics app,
>: doesn't do them.

>    Can't say.  But basically if you do find one than that is all you
>need it to do.  Actually, now that I came to think of it, doesn't
>PMView  have a capture desktop ability?  This may sound silly, but...
>Insert the  WMF file into Describe like you had before, only after
>doing so, launch  PMView and tell it to capture the desktop.  Take
>that, then crop the  image down to where it was just the WMF file that
>you had inserted and  turn that into a normal graphic file (ie. GIF,
>JPEG).  Go back into  Describe, delete that frame holding the WMF file
>that you had inserted it  into.  Than, go back into PMView to that
>GIF/JPEG image, go into the  "EDIT" menu and click on copy.  Go back
>into Describe and paste it in.

>    A bit of a pain in the ass, but I don't know of many graphic  viewers
>than even look at WMF.  If PMView does not have a screen capture
>feature, then you can download the IBM EWS called PM Camera/2.  A nice
>free utility that can do this.

Clearlook  WP includes screen capture. Very fast, very fluid.

--
-----------------------------------------------------------
[e-mail] (Harry Travis)
DemostiX
-----------------------------------------------------------

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From: [e-mail]                              01-Dec-99 16:29:10
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: Firewire 1394 for OS2?

From: [e-mail] (Jerry Lapham)

In <823i83$9ol$[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99
   at 08:26 AM, Alex Smariga <[e-mail]> said:

> I just purchased a Sony Digital Camera and it has a Firewire 1394 port
> on it, used to download the data to a PC>

> Has anyone heard of a Firewire port for OS2 yet?  I'd like to edit the
> data on my OS2 workstation.

I'm surprised.  I thought Sony cameras output as .JPG files on floppy,
which are useful for any operating system.

    -Jerry
--
============================================================
Jerry Lapham, Monroe, OH
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Written Wednesday, December 01, 1999 - 04:29 PM (EST)
============================================================
MR/2 Ice tag:  WARNING:  Check your toilet paper stockpile.  Make sure it's
Y2K compliant. Word has it, if it isn't, come Jan 1, 2000, it will roll back
to 1900, then turn into a Sears Catalog.

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From: [e-mail]                              01-Dec-99 16:42:22
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (Jerry Lapham)

In <[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99
   at 09:24 PM, "Wayne Bickell" <[e-mail]> said:

> On 1 Dec 1999 08:54:07 GMT, John Hong wrote:

> :>    Can't say.  But basically if you do find one than that is all you
> :>need it to do.  Actually, now that I came to think of it, doesn't PMView
> :>have a capture desktop ability?  This may sound silly, but...  Insert the
> :>WMF file into Describe like you had before, only after doing so, launch
> :>PMView and tell it to capture the desktop.  Take that, then crop the
> :>image down to where it was just the WMF file that you had inserted and
> :>turn that into a normal graphic file (ie. GIF, JPEG).  Go back into
> :>Describe, delete that frame holding the WMF file that you had inserted it
> :>into.  Than, go back into PMView to that GIF/JPEG image, go into the
> :>"EDIT" menu and click on copy.  Go back into Describe and paste it in.

> A big pain in the rear end. I just import WMF files into Wordro or
> StarOffice then copy or cut to clipboard and paste into PMView. Not
> perfect but a tad easier :-)

Thanks.  Fortunately, I don't have to move a DeScribe document between
OS/2 and Windows very often but, if I do, I'll try these ideas.

    -Jerry
--
============================================================
Jerry Lapham, Monroe, OH
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Written Wednesday, December 01, 1999 - 04:42 PM (EST)
============================================================
MR/2 Ice tag:  I hadn't been too worried about Y2K until Bill Clinton
announced that it won't be a problem.

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From: [e-mail]                                 02-Dec-99 02:33:21
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, "Ivan Adzhubei"
<[e-mail]> writes:
>On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 18:02:56 GMT, David Thacker wrote:
>
>Hi, David,
>
>>IBM Direct Canada doesn't offer DTOC for sale, so I had to order it online
>>from IBM Direct USA and "borrow" a friend's US address to sdatisfy the
>>online ordering software...
>
>I also borrowed my copy from a friend who obtained it bundled to his WinNT
>version and never used not needed. I am not sure this was perfectly legal
>transfer, and I'd _love_ to buy a license myself, but alas, I was not able to
>do that. IBM Direct support people routed me to IBM Russia, and IBM Russia
>turned me back to IBM Direct :-(. Another example of IBM developing a
>wonderful product and than failing to market it, IMO.
>

"Bad Marketing" isn't nearly descriptive enough - when you spend $100
and hours on telephone calls, STILL can't find anyone within IBM to sell
an IBM product with the IBM part number handed to them on a silver
platter . .  then people bitch about "piracy."  Sheesh !!!


>>> --
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>> "Ivan Adzhubei" <[e-mail]>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------


--
härad ængravvåd

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From: [e-mail]                               01-Dec-99 21:04:26
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: Problem with chkdsk: error sys 1377

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

On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 01:59:43 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

> am unable to get chkdsk to run on my C drive,
>booting from either the os2 w4 install disks or
>the utility disks generated after system install.
>
>My system is an HP Kayak pentium 3 (550) running
>w4, fixpack 12, and device driver update with an
>8 gb hard drive, and system commander with NT,
>OS3, and Win98 (all os on separate partitions 1st
>hard drive).  All other software on the W4

re-download the IDEDASD.zip from the device driver site;  then read the
instuction on
updateing you boot diskettes with the new IDE drivers that understant >4.3gb
drives.

Chuck Todd


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From: [e-mail]                          01-Dec-99 21:58:28
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: PMMail spam filters

From: Jonathan Seder <[e-mail]>

NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED!  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!  NOT
RECOMMENDED
FOR USE BY ANYONE WHO ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH REXX AND PMMAIL MACROS AND
FILTERS!  BACK UP EVERYTHING FIRST!  NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS!  THIS IS
ALL
UNSUPPORTED!

I.  Store Messages Into Zip Archives

I use this first macro all the time to archive my messages to Zip files.
This requires InfoZip zip and unzip as well as an editor (epm would be
OK).
If you use this diligently, you can have a single zip file (say
letters.zip)
with entries for each correspondent - all your e-mails from Bill will be
concatenated into Bill.msg.  By getting the messages into this format,
you
free yourself from the proprietary structure of PMMail (or any other
mail
system) and have a very nice, compact, organized mail archive.  With the
unzip -p flag you can easily browse messages.  And there are many zip
utilities for all platforms to search and organize zip archives.

To use this, change
   outpath     Directory containing your Zip archives
   k.cmd    A cmd file which fires your editor (I use KEdit)
Create a file called separator.dat in the pmmail directory which
contains
something you want to use to set off each message (like some blank likes
with -+-+-+-+-... in the middle.
Create a Manual filter which always fires (I call mine "Archive").  Set
   Action:  User hook (foreground)
   Parameter:  x:\path\thisprog.cmd

To fire this, highlight one or more messages, click with the right mouse
button, select Manual filters and Archive.  You'll get an OS/2 command
prompt window with the legend:
   Enter zipfile and member
Type in, say
   letters bill
This cmd file will extract bill.msg from letters.zip, append the current
message to it, and open your editor against the combined file.  I use an
editor macro to remove the various smtp and mime tags and then save the
file and close the editor.  At this point, you'll be prompted with
   Hit any key to replace/add bill.msg
The macro will terminate and you'll get an irritating dialog box from
PMMail.



/* Rexx script to add a message to a zip archive */
outpath = '\personal\mailarchive'
arg fpath
say 'Enter zipfile and member'
parse pull zipfile member
if member='' then do
   say 'Syntax is:   pmmarc  <zipfile> <member>'
   say 'where:'
   say '   <zipfile>   : Zip archive in' outpath
   say '   <member>    : Member of zipfile (.msg suffix assumed)'
   say ' Example:  pmmarc work    ibm1998'
   say ' Example:  pmmarc letters MyFriend'
   return
   end
'copy' fpath outpath'\temptemp.msg'
say 'Zipfile='zipfile
say ' Member='member
say 'Message='fpath
dpos = pos('.',member)
if dpos<>0 then do
   say 'Truncating' member'...'
   member = left(member, dpos-1)
   end
rmsg = 'add'
'cd' outpath
if rc<>0 then return
'unzip' zipfile  member'.msg'
if rc=0 then do
   /* We're appending to an existing member */
   'rename' member'.msg *.ms2'
   'copy' member'.ms2+separator.dat+temptemp.msg' member'.msg'
   'erase temptemp.msg *.ms2'
   rmsg = 'REPLACE'
   end
else do
   'rename temptemp.msg' member'.msg'       /* New member */
   rmsg = 'ADD'
   end
/* 'pause' */
call 'k.cmd' member'.msg'
pause 'Hit any key to' rmsg member'.msg'
'zip -m' zipfile  member'.msg'
return

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From: [e-mail]                          01-Dec-99 21:59:22
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: PMMail spam filters

From: Jonathan Seder <[e-mail]>

NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED!  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!  NOT
RECOMMENDED
FOR USE BY ANYONE WHO ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH REXX AND PMMAIL MACROS AND
FILTERS!  BACK UP EVERYTHING FIRST!  NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS!  THIS IS
ALL
UNSUPPORTED!

II.  Forward a cleaned-up portion of a message to another address

This Rexx file will extract the first 100 bytes of an e-mail message and
send it as a new message to another address.  I use it to forward
important
messages to my message-enabled PCS phone.

To use this, change the following:
   Your target id:   [e-mail]
   Your PMMail account: MYUSER0.ACT
      (Look at ...\pmmail\*.act)
To invoke this, create a suitable filter on Income messages with
   Actions     User hook (background)
   Parameter   x:\path\thisprog.cmd


/* Some inbound e-mail will trigger this */
debug = 0
arg fn
subj=''
from=''
body = ''
if debug then say 'pmmpage invoked with' fn
do forever       /* Get the From: and Subject: fields */
   if lines(fn)=0 then leave
   b = linein(fn)
   if left(b,5)='From:' then from = substr(b,7)
   else if left(b,8)='Subject:' then subj = substr(b,10)
   if from<>'' & subj<>'' then leave
   end
do forever       /* Skip the remaining header lines */
   if lines(fn)=0 then leave
   body = linein(fn)
   if pos(':',body)=0 then leave
   end
do forever       /* Collect more of the body */
   if lines(fn)=0 then leave
   body = body linein(fn)
   if length(body)>100 then leave
   end
msg = left(subj'/'body, 100)
s = stream(fn,'c','close')
dest = '[e-mail]'
fromid = word(from,words(from))
if left(fromid,1)='<' then fromid = substr(fromid,2)
if right(fromid,1)='>' then fromid = substr(fromid,1,length(fromid)-1)
pfile = 'delete.pag'
n = LineOut(pfile,msg)
n = LineOut(pfile)
if debug then do
   say 'fromid='fromid
   say '   msg='msg
   'type' pfile
   'pause'
   end
'pmmsend /m' pfile dest  '"'fromid'"' 'MYUSER0.ACT'
'erase' pfile
return

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From: [e-mail]                          02-Dec-99 08:08:08
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: MaxBase Uers?

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

On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 09:08:25 -0500, Jack Gillis wrote:

I have had problems with converting DBF-files to MaxBase. If I remember
correctly it worked with DBF-files produced by MaxBase itself (which is not
of very much use) and these seemed to be ok as DBF-files.
My solution was to save the data in text from and write a program that
outputs the files in MaxBase-format.

Gustaf Gripenberg

>However, I have been unable to import data from years worth of DBF
>files.  I've tried doing it with the file utilities using both the CSV
>and DBF conversion option but I never wind up with the target file I
>specify even though the I get the "Conversion OK" message.

>Have you had experience converting or importing DBF files?


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From: [e-mail]                             02-Dec-99 07:23:00
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: Netscape Hangs On Specific Page

From: [e-mail] (Dave Parsons)

On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 17:51:02, John Roenigk <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Using OS/2 Warp 4 at FixPak 6 on my home computer, both Netscape 4.61
> and 4.04 will hang the system completely retrieving a specific page from
> our own web site. It gets to 38% and then stops. Mouse control is gone.
> Control+Escape has no effect. Control+Alt+Delete is all that works...
>

> John Roenigk
>

What is the URL? Is it publicly available?

--
Dave

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From: [e-mail]                          02-Dec-99 02:14:01
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

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

Hello Jerry,

On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 00:00:50, Jerry Lapham wrote:

>What would I use for .WMF files?  PMView, which is my only graphics app,
>doesn't do them.

You can use PICVIEW program (usually placed in the \OS2\APPS directory)
to view WMF files. But WMF files in OS/2 and Windows have a different
format (in OS/2 metafiles usually have MET extension) and PICVIEW can
display only OS/2 WMF files. The same is true for the Windows apps...


With best regards,
Timur Kazimirov

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From: [e-mail]                          02-Dec-99 02:30:15
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 03:28:00
Subj: Re: [Q] Printing To-Do list of IBM Works PIM?

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

Hello Stefan,

On 1 Dec 1999 08:59:20 GMT, Stefan A. Deutscher wrote:

>Yep, that's what the docs said when searched for "print". But it turned
>out to be a bit less intuitive on my end: I have to right-click on an
>_entry_ in the To-Do List display to get the context menu that gives me
>a "Print" option including the "List". Just right-click somewhere in the
>space of the To-Do List (in the free space below the last entry, for
>example), produces no print option. And right-click on the "To-Do List
>Launcher" give me "Print" but only with the options
>"Week/Month/Tri-Fold".

Hmmm... Very strange... When I select an item in my "To-Do" list, press
right mouse button there are four options for the print - "List" and all
three
you have mentioned. After selecting a "List" the list of selected items
(you can select several separated items, all, or only one) is printed
in nice format.


With best regards,
Timur Kazimirov

-- Remove all "z" from my address to reply



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From: [e-mail]                                02-Dec-99 07:27:28
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 05:22:14
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: NoBody Here <[e-mail]>


David Thacker wrote:

> G'day Ivan,
>
> I use DTOC OS/2 as well, and find it to be very good.  One of the servers I
> manage with it also runs IBM Screen Reader/2 software to provide speech for
> a blind user, and DTOC is the only remote control software I have been able
> to find that coexists on the server with SR/2.
>
> IBM Direct Canada doesn't offer DTOC for sale, so I had to order it online
> from IBM Direct USA and "borrow" a friend's US address to sdatisfy the
> online ordering software...
>
> I also use Remote Sevices Management from Innovative Software Solutions on
> another server.  However, they were acquired by Peregrine Software last year
> and I don't know the status of RSM anymore.

you'll find it here:
http://www.peregrine.com/corp/infratools/rc.htm

Doug

>
>
> I have a 2 slight problems with DTOC though, and perhaps you can help.  I
> have sent in problem reports to IBM but they have not responded.
>
> 1. I cannot seem to send a CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK keypress to the remote
> computer.  I toggle the CTRL button, then press C or BREAK, but it is not
> seen on the receiving end.  The remote computer just registers a plain C
> keypress.  have you figured out how to make this work?  I tried this using
> both MSIE5 and Nav4.61 from my Win2K workstation.
>
> 2. I cannot get DTOC to display or work with a full screen session on the
> remote PC.  When I open a full screen command prompt for example, the
> browser just displays garbage and I cannot work with the remote computer
> anymore.  On the remote computer, the full screen session is opened.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Still using Powerweb server here BTW, although I am converting my mail
> system over to Inet.Mail.
>
> dAvid tHacker
>
> Ivan Adzhubei <[e-mail]> wrote in message
> news:384532d0$1$vina$[e-mail]...
> > In <[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99
> >    at 02:12 PM, John Simpson <[e-mail]> said:
> >
> > >I need remote access to some TCP/IP networked OS/2 Warp v4.0 systems.
> >
> > >I use Windows NT NetMeeting for my NT systems which allows full access to
> > >a system's desktop.
> >
> > >Is there an equivalent for OS/2 or am I stuck with ftp, rexec and telnet?
> >
> > I am not sure I understand your reference to NetMeeting as a remote access
> > tool, I always thought it is a teleconferencing program.
> >
> > However, there is an absolutely wonderful little utility providing full
> > remote access to OS/2 desktop from _any_ computer with Java-enabled
> > browser installed. It is called Desktop On-Call, produced by IBM Japan
> > software unit. You can buy it on-line  via IBM Direct, it's only about $40
> > and worth each penny of this price. I use it to control my main server
> > from home and even from abroad. Also, there's WinNT version available to
> > control WinNT desktop in the same way. Nice feature of DToC is that it
> > runs over a standard HTTP protocol, so you can easily access your remote
> > machine from behind a NAT firewall, HTTP proxy, SOCKS proxy or whatever.
> > It is also pretty secure (uses MD5 security I beleive).
> >
> > Check at:
> >
> >
> http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=182674
> 5&cgmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US
> >
> > IBM Direct Part #11K6016 (OS/2), #11K6015 (WinNT).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ivan
> >
> > --
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > "Ivan Adzhubei" <[e-mail]>
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >

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From: [e-mail]                             02-Dec-99 08:43:22
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 05:22:14
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: [e-mail] (Dave Parsons)

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:19:41, "Trevor Hemsley" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>
> Several, NetOp, PolyPM/2 (aka RSM), Netfinity.
                         ---------

Is this the PM2You of many years ago, or based on it?

I never used it but I seem to remember that it did something similar.

--
Dave

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From: [e-mail]                             02-Dec-99 08:43:22
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 05:22:14
Subj: Re: What Ultimail -> PMMail conversion tools exists?

From: [e-mail] (Dave Parsons)

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:25:46, [e-mail] (Arie
Kazachin) wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I recently installed PMMail and I'm looking for a way to translate
> my Ultimail lite folders/mails to the PMMail equivalents. Following
> a "hardcoded" in PMMail link to tech. suport I found a small conversion
> utility but my attempt to downloaded resulted in a small HTML document,
> named as executable (*.exe).
>
> Can anyone point me to some other location of such utility?

I have a program called U2PM which converts
Ultimail 2.10.0004 -> PMMail 1.91.
I used it at the time (v1.3 in 1997) and it worked.
I can't remember now where I got it from but probably
www.leo.org.
The author has (had) a home page http://prosa.dk/~tsj

HTH
--
Dave

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From: [e-mail]               01-Dec-99 23:54:23
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 05:22:14
Subj: FTPIT.EXE locking up solid

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

I've been using this VX-REXX based FTP program for a while and never had any
problem.   Since I don't know when, the moment I start it up, it locks my
computer up solid.

I wonder if it happened around the time I upgraded my Netscape from 4.04 to
4.61, may be?   I really don't recall any significant changes made to the
system.

Anybody using this ap?


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From: [e-mail]                            02-Dec-99 09:39:02
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 12:07:28
Subj: Re: [Q] Printing To-Do list of IBM Works PIM?

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

On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 02:30:31 +0300 (MSK), Timur Kazimirov
<[e-mail]> wrote:
>On 1 Dec 1999 08:59:20 GMT, Stefan A. Deutscher wrote:
>>Yep, that's what the docs said when searched for "print". But it
>>turned out to be a bit less intuitive on my end: I have to right-click
>>on an _entry_ in the To-Do List display to get the context menu that
>>gives me a "Print" option including the "List". Just right-click
>>somewhere in the space of the To-Do List (in the free space below the
>>last entry, for example), produces no print option. And right-click on
>>the "To-Do List Launcher" give me "Print" but only with the options
>>"Week/Month/Tri-Fold".

>Hmmm... Very strange... When I select an item in my "To-Do" list, press
>right mouse button there are four options for the print - "List" and
>all three you have mentioned. After selecting a "List" the list of
>selected items (you can select several separated items, all, or only
>one) is printed in nice format.

Yes, as you say: when I _select an item_ in my "To-Do" list.
However, if I just right click somewhere _below_ the last item (such as
seemed intuitive to me to print the whole list) there are only three.
I'd call that an inconsistency in the user interface and in the docs.
But in any case, it works, now that I know how to do it.

 Cheers,
             Stefan


--
=========================================================================
Stefan A. Deutscher                       | (+33-(0)1)   voice      fax
Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et   | LCAM :  6915-7699  6915-7671
Mol\'{e}culaires (LCAM), B\^{a}timent 351 | home :  5624-0992  call first
Universit\'{e} de Paris-Sud               | email:  [e-mail]
91405 Orsay Cedex, France (Europe)        |         (forwarded to France)
=========================================================================
 Do you know what they call a quarter-pounder with cheese in Paris?

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From: [e-mail]                            02-Dec-99 09:36:17
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 12:07:28
Subj: Re: [Q] IBM Works: Change PIM working dir?

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

On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 16:06:22 GMT, John Thompson
<[e-mail]> wrote:
>In <[e-mail]>,
>[e-mail] (Stefan A. Deutscher) writes:
>>   one more quick question regarding the IBM Works PIM package: Per
>>default it stores things like the "To-Do List" somewhere below its
>>install directory, for me that is c:/bonuspak/ibmworks (or some such).
>>
>>I prefer a clean division of software and data, which also eases the
>>backup/restore process a lot. So, I'd rather have that stuff in my
>>_data_ directory than in my software directory, that is, I'd like to
>>tell Works' PIM to use d:/usr/sad/pim or some such. How can I do that?
>
>Look in your /ibmworks/ibmworks.ini file.  There should be a section
>like this (it's a plain text file, not binary like most other OS/2 ini
>files):
>
>[PIM] PIMInitPath=f:\works PIMInitFile=FPWPIM.INI
>
>Change the paths as needed.

Thanks! Great, nearly intuitive. :-)
Now ... how do you know that? Where is all that documented?

 Cheers,
            Stefan


--
=========================================================================
Stefan A. Deutscher                       | (+33-(0)1)   voice      fax
Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et   | LCAM :  6915-7699  6915-7671
Mol\'{e}culaires (LCAM), B\^{a}timent 351 | home :  5624-0992  call first
Universit\'{e} de Paris-Sud               | email:  [e-mail]
91405 Orsay Cedex, France (Europe)        |         (forwarded to France)
=========================================================================
 Do you know what they call a quarter-pounder with cheese in Paris?

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From: [e-mail]                          02-Dec-99 10:45:02
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 12:07:28
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

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

On 29 Nov 1999 20:50:15 GMT, e-frog wrote:

>: On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:04:15 -0800, [e-mail] wrote:
>:
>: 2) Nobody has mentioned the WP component
>:     of IBM Works. !!!
>
>I will! :)
>
>Actually I find OS/2 has a lot of useable goodies packaged with it. True
>to the ads, I can be productive with it right away, without having to go
>out and buy 3rd party stuff.

Absolutely agree! The IBM Works for OS/2 is a great set of tools (including
PIM). As for as me, the word processor component of IBM Works has only
one missing feature I would like to see - indents before and after
paragraphs.
And spreadsheet component has no "Center across columns" feature.

I'm sure that text processing and spreadsheet components of IBM Works
aren't so complex as the same parts of LSS and SO but their power is
enough in many cases.

Do not forget that IBM Works is free instead of others :-)

With best regards,
Timur Kazimirov

-- Remove all "z" from my address to reply



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From: [e-mail]                        02-Dec-99 10:44:22
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 12:07:28
Subj: Re: FTPIT.EXE locking up solid

From: [e-mail] (Mike Fry)

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 23:54:47, "Kim Cheung"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> I've been using this VX-REXX based FTP program for a while and never had any
> problem.   Since I don't know when, the moment I start it up, it locks my
> computer up solid.
>

I've had problems in the past with VX-REXX and Object REXX. Make sure
that you're running Classic REXX.

Regards,
MIKE FRY
mailto:[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                                02-Dec-99 06:09:11
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 12:07:28
Subj: Re: MaxBase Uers?

From: Jack Gillis <[e-mail]>

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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

> I have had problems with converting DBF-files to MaxBase.
>

I thought maybe I was the only one. <g>

I just got a reply from Maxbase support that pointed out some things to
look for.  The most probable problem source appears to be in the DBF
field names.  I will look at that later this morning.

Will keep you posted if I find the solution.


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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>

<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<pre>I have had problems with converting DBF-files to MaxBase.</pre>
</blockquote>

<p><br>I thought maybe I was the only one. <g>
<p>I just got a reply from Maxbase support that pointed out some things
to look for.  The most probable problem source appears to be in the
DBF field names.  I will look at that later this morning.
<p>Will keep you posted if I find the solution.
<br> </html>

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From: [e-mail]                                    01-Dec-99 18:26:03
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 12:07:28
Subj: Re: MaxBase Uers?

From: [e-mail] (jehnk)

>Have you had experience converting or importing DBF files?

Not much and it was hit or miss at first.

I remember the Form Designer tripped me up with it's creation tools and
getting things to be the right order/kind. And the unix-pc conversion
util also might be checked into.

dbfInfo and dbfForge are tools (Hobbes?) I found useful as well as FTE,
a fab text editor. I wound up creating a small test database to play
around with, exporting and importing it just to see what it looked like
as text "before and after". I successfully transfered all my BonusPak
db's with no real problems once I got the hang of it.

Sorry I can't be more specifically helpful but it's one of those
computer things you figure out once and don't really do again.


luck
jehnk
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From: [e-mail]                           02-Dec-99 08:39:12
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: Bob Germer <[e-mail]>

On <823cgq$dgr$[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99 at 02:49 PM,
   Doug Tan <[e-mail]> said:

> Hmm.  I've never tried MR2 Ice, although I understand it's a good mail
> client.  What are its advantages compared to PMMail, in your opinion?

Speed. Reliability. Continuing development. Active participation by the
author with users via email.

--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------
Bob Germer from Mount Holly, NJ - E-mail: [e-mail]
Proudly running OS/2 Warp 4.0 w/ FixPack 12
MR/2 Ice Registration Number 67
Aut Pax Aut Bellum
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From: [e-mail]                                    02-Dec-99 07:42:17
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Zip 100 parallel

From: "Erle Jack Vaughn" <[e-mail]>

After installing FixPak 12 the zip 100 drive is partially sick.
MPREP says no drives are found. GENOAD says it is there and creates the
config file.

Has anyone else had this problem? found a fix for it?

Iomega support told me to go back to FixPak6, and to uninstall my printer to
make it work!  I could hardly believe their message.....

TIA


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From: jkross@[e-mail]                   02-Dec-99 13:59:06
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Re: Firewire 1394 for OS2?

From: jkross@[e-mail] (John Ross)

In message <3845ed73$0$[e-mail]> - [e-mail] (Jerry
Lapham) writes:
:>
:>In <823i83$9ol$[e-mail]>, on 12/01/99
:>   at 08:26 AM, Alex Smariga <[e-mail]> said:
:>
:>> I just purchased a Sony Digital Camera and it has a Firewire 1394 port
:>> on it, used to download the data to a PC>
:>
:>> Has anyone heard of a Firewire port for OS2 yet?  I'd like to edit the
:>> data on my OS2 workstation.
:>
:>I'm surprised.  I thought Sony cameras output as .JPG files on floppy,
:>which are useful for any operating system.

I think he means the "digital-8" camcoder, uses Hi-8 8mm tape with digital
recording.

:>
:>    -Jerry
:>--
:>============================================================
:>Jerry Lapham, Monroe, OH
:>E-Mail: [e-mail]
:>Written Wednesday, December 01, 1999 - 04:29 PM (EST)
:>============================================================
:>MR/2 Ice tag:  WARNING:  Check your toilet paper stockpile.  Make sure it's
Y2K compliant. Word has it, if it isn't, come Jan 1, 2000, it will roll back
to 1900, then turn into a Sears Catalog.




-john ross

http://www.oxford.net/~jkross

Remove "@I_hate_spam" from address to reply....


--
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea --
massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a
source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect
it."[e-mail] (1992)

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From: [e-mail]                              02-Dec-99 12:10:25
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: John Simpson <[e-mail]>

The response was great, but... I tried to find a source in the UK for
Desktop On-Call and failed. Three hours on the phone to IBM produced
nothing; the responses ranging from exasperation to embarrassment; so
I'll try Netop as recommended by Lorne

Thanks

John Simpson wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I need remote access to some TCP/IP networked OS/2 Warp v4.0 systems.
>
> I use Windows NT NetMeeting for my NT systems which allows full access
> to a system's desktop.
>
> Is there an equivalent for OS/2 or am I stuck with ftp, rexec and
> telnet?
>
> Thanks
>
> John Simpson

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From: [e-mail]                 01-Dec-99 18:40:12
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Re: Bold Fonts are TOO BIG in Wordpro. help.

From: [e-mail] (Raphael Tennenbaum)

John Abraham <[e-mail]> wrote:

>A funny thing happened to my WordPro (v1.1).  Fonts get really big when
>they are bold.  A 12 point times new roman character looks about 30
>point when I make it bold.

They print out big, or "just" display big?  If the latter,
I'd try reinstalling the video drivers for your card.  I
must say I've never heard of this one before.

Are you getting it with other SS products?



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

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From: [e-mail]                 02-Dec-99 09:14:14
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: [e-mail] (Raphael Tennenbaum)

Nick Knight <[e-mail]> wrote:

(schnip)

>Of course, most of the fun in this is gone, as is the other guy, for all
>practical purposes.
>
>Nick

Now, now, Nick, don't you think it's a bit early to start
throwing stones?  That's what they used to say that about
you, remember... I believe they're working on it.

Btw, for anyone who's interested in PMMail, the best place
to post questions and feedback is the PMMail listserv.  To
subscribe, send a message to <[e-mail]> with the
command "subscribe pmmail" in the body of the message.


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

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From: [e-mail]                          02-Dec-99 14:36:14
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (Buddy Donnelly)

On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 16:04:15, [e-mail] a ┌crit dans un message:

> I use DeScribe for everything.  Depends on how much you want from a
> word processor.  It's not great for Desktop publishing.

(I'm coming into this thread a bit late from being out of town for a week,
but of course I've found something to argue about.)

DeScribe, if not "great" for DTP, is excellent nevertheless, and
brilliantly conceived for the purpose.

Ignore the fact that it makes a page of printed text look as good as *any*
laser output anywhere. (And can even drive a super-high-res filmsetter, via
PostScript.)

The big thing is, DeScribe inherently uses Frames for layout, and has many
tools that, if you learn to use them, will show you this is the most
intelligent way to create documents for any purpose. (In fact, every new
DeScribe document begins with a default frame, called a Text frame, that
many users never use and may not even know is there.) Frames are or can be
used for body text, headers, footers, illustrations, captions, tables, drop
caps, backgrounds, or any type of running matter. Right/Left page layouts
are very easy to set up, and complicated layouts with many dozens of
different frames can be stored and called up as templates.

Frames can be assigned specific Styles, can be overlapped (or not) in many
front-to-back layers with or without transparency, can be set (or not) to
stretch/shrink as the text inside them changes, can be linked so that
overflow is handled predictably, can be attached to another (captions
attached to their pictures, for instance) and can be totally protected (or
not) so that ordinary selection methods cannot change them.

You can print documents with or without crop marks, and can select
right/left hand printing at the printing stage even if you didn't create
the document with that in mind.

That all said, I'll point out the DTP element that is most missed, to me:
"Imposition", the management of signatures for book production. (Not
"booklet", which it already does reasonably well.)

It's hard to explain this without illustrations, but when you're printing a
book, the size of the book pages is far smaller than the piece of paper run
through the press. A multi-page imposition will have half of its pages on
another plate, to print on the opposite side of the paper, and half of the
pages you see are upside down, and you can see that locating each page
number isn't "logical" unless you know how the full printed sheet size is
going to be folded, folded again, and trimmed at the printing plant. (In
book or magazine production, the designer works from a small folded
thumbnail dummy of each signature, and it will quickly get a worn look from
folding and unfolding it to locate pages that print on the same plate for
things like spot color. Heavy users of ink, like photos, may also want to
be spread out in the book and not located on the same plate.)

A true DTP program manages this easily and transparently, and even lets you
change the sheet size according to the printing press you finally choose,
flowing the pages into signatures with the optimal use of paper, and
managing *all* of the signatures needed for the final book. If your layout
is falling into enough pages to require an additional signature, you can go
back to the text, select a tiny amount of "squeeze" and it will flow into,
and fit, a much more economical press run. Computers are absolute miracles
in this kind of work. In the old days, designers spent hours, and days,
calculating from tables the number of pages the typesetting would take up,
and if they were wrong, it was only discovered after all the pages had been
set in metal type.

While it's no big deal today, because most projects going to book printing
right now are going to have a standard "camera-ready" pasteup on stripped
flats somewhere in the chain before the plates are made, this won't be true
for long.

Digital direct-to-film or direct-to-plate technology will be here, common
and cheap, before DeScribe quits doing everything else I want it to do.


--

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
[e-mail]


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From: [e-mail]                                02-Dec-99 10:31:12
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Re: QUESTION: OBJECTDESKTOP ON WSEB?

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

I suggest you try the OD Support Group at

news://news.Stardock.com/stardock.os2.support

Brad Wardell et. al. monitor this group.

Walter Metcalf
Focus on OS/2
http://os2.about.com

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 08:51:05 +0000, filippo sartori wrote:

>HI
>I tried to install Object Desktop 2.0 on Workspace for e-business.
>I failed. Did anybody succeeded?
>Is it incompatible?
>
>Regards
>
>Filippo Sartori
>
>Please mail me also.
>
>Thanks
>
>



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From: [e-mail]                              02-Dec-99 07:52:18
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Software Choice

From: James Stotz <[e-mail]>

I know that Software Choice will become a pay for use for all new
updates and applications, but is IBM going to keep current versions of
Netscape/2 and Java avaliable for free.  If not, new OS/2 buyers will
not be able to get any Netscape without forking out more money.  Also,
We'd all better download everything and save it in a safe place.

Cheers,

James Stotz
Physics SFU

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From: [e-mail]                              02-Dec-99 07:52:20
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Software Choice

From: James Stotz <[e-mail]>

I know that Software Choice will become a pay for use for all new
updates and applications, but is IBM going to keep current versions of
Netscape/2 and Java avaliable for free.  If not, new OS/2 buyers will
not be able to get any Netscape without forking out more money.  Also,
We'd all better download everything and save it in a safe place.

Cheers,

James Stotz
Physics SFU

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From: [e-mail]                                   02-Dec-99 16:06:19
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:12
Subj: Re: Firewire 1394 for OS2?

From: Alex Smariga <[e-mail]>

On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 16:29:20, Jerry Lapham wrote:


>I'm surprised.  I thought Sony cameras output as .JPG files on floppy,
>which are useful for any operating system.
>

Whoops.  I meant the Sony Digital VideoCamera, not the still camera.

There is no way a floppy can handle the digital video output of this
thing <g>.

Alex

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From: [e-mail]                             02-Dec-99 09:08:28
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:13
Subj: Re: How do I install fixpack 11 ?

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


josco wrote:
>
> http://www.gt-online.com/~bri/fix.html
> http://members.iquest.net/~dcasey/
> (links above document how I came to this web page below)
>
> http://www.os2voice.org/ez-reference/fixpak.html I followed the directions
> for an install off my hard drive, not floppy disks which takes too long
> while this went quickly.  It was easy. I installed FP11.
>
> The fixpack files came from this ftp site.
>
ftp://service.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/english-us/xr_m011/

>
> My advice is to be sure to at least run chkdsk prior to the install to be
> sure not to have any disk errors.  I have my system boot with the HPFS
> automatically checking my drives.  It seems easier than booting off the
> floppies and running chkdsk.  You can modify the CONFIG.SYS file line
> where the cache is installed. You add '+' signs in front of all cached
> disks i.e. +c+d+e
>
> OS/2 Help will give you the correct symantics -- search help for "cache"
> to see the exact syntax.  "Help cache"
>
> After the system is okay and running you can edit and remove the forced
> chkdsk if that slows down boot time.

I suggest installing fixpack 12 rather than fixpack 11.  Fixpack 11 had
a problem with HPFS and required downleveling to fixpack 10 HPFS files
(the fix was on Hobbes.)  I download the floppy files and make the
floppyies with loaddskf.exe and then install them with the corrective
service tool from an OS/2 window.  It's a little more trouble to make
floppies than doing the RSU update but also a little more secure, imo.


>
> -- joseph
>
> On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Rime Saad wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > How do I install fixpack 11 ?  I downloaded the fixpack from the IBM FTP
> > site, and the file had the extention ".sh".  I do not know how to
> > install such a file
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >

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From: [e-mail]                      02-Dec-99 14:26:08
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 15:58:13
Subj: Re: [Q] IBM Works: Change PIM working dir?

From: [e-mail]       (John Thompson)

In <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Stefan A. Deutscher) writes:

>On Wed, 01 Dec 1999 16:06:22 GMT, John Thompson
>
>>Look in your /ibmworks/ibmworks.ini file.  There should be a section
>>like this (it's a plain text file, not binary like most other OS/2 ini
>>files):
>>
>>[PIM] PIMInitPath=f:\works PIMInitFile=FPWPIM.INI
>>
>>Change the paths as needed.

>Thanks! Great, nearly intuitive. :-)
>Now ... how do you know that? Where is all that documented?

I'm not sure it is documented.  I just was poking around in the
ini files and noticed the entries.

-John ([e-mail])

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From: [e-mail]                               02-Dec-99 18:26:20
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 16:42:03
Subj: Re: Problem with chkdsk: error sys 1377

From: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
  "Chuck Todd" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 01:59:43 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> > am unable to get chkdsk to run on my C drive,
> >booting from either the os2 w4 install disks or
> >the utility disks generated after system install.
> >
> >My system is an HP Kayak pentium 3 (550) running
> >w4, fixpack 12, and device driver update with an
> >8 gb hard drive, and system commander with NT,
> >OS3, and Win98 (all os on separate partitions 1st
> >hard drive).  All other software on the W4
>
> re-download the IDEDASD.zip from the device driver site;  then read
the instuction on
> updateing you boot diskettes with the new IDE drivers that understant
>4.3gb drives.
>
> Chuck Todd
>
>
My appologies.  I failed to mention that the drive is SCSI.  Is there a
similar file I should download for SCSI?

L. Magill


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

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     02-Dec-99 19:54:10
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 16:42:03
Subj: Re: Dialer settings

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

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 22:37:44, [e-mail] (Frank Kirk) wrote:

>
>     Hope this is the right place for this.
>
>     Using IBM dialer version 1.69.  Last night, when attempting to dial,
> a box comes up saying that my User ID and password are not entered,
> along with a button marked OK.  (It's been working fine prior to
> this).
>     My problem is that I can't change the settings.  If I right click on
> the globe icon, I get Properties, but no settings.  There's got to be
> a simple way to do this & I'd appreciate any help.
>
>     Many thanks,
>
> FWK

I had that happen, twice within a few days, a couple of years ago, not
before, and not since then. I don't remember, exactly, what I did to
fix it, but it did include totally deleting the dialer, and
reinstalling it, which didn't help. I think what I ended up doing, was
starting the dialer, from a command line, with "/?" to get to the
help. Then, I was able to get into the settings and fix them up.

Reboot the system, and close all running programs (if any)-> Open an
OS/2 window session-> change directory to x:\TCPIP\BIN-> type "TCPDIAL
/?" (no quotes, and all on one line, if this wraps)-> cancel or OK to
any popup windows, and close the help, which should leave you at the
dial window. Click Settings-> Settings notebook-> verify EVERY setting
(I found a couple of things that didn't get listed as errors had also
changed). Close the settings, and use Network-> Exit to close the
dialer. Then reboot, immediately (I am not sure this is really
required, but do it anyway).

I do seem to remember having to try this a couple of times (I think it
finally stuck, after I did the reboot), so don't give up too easily.
Then, it happened again, about two days later, and I had to go through
the whole thing again. It has never happened again since then.

I have no idea what causes this to happen. It would seem to have
something to do with the program "forgetting" to save a user's
settings, and substituting a bunch of default stuff, for some unknown
reason. Some of this stuff is in the OS2.INI file, but I don't think
that is where it really gets saved.

I hope this helps... Good luck...
******************************
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                     02-Dec-99 19:54:12
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 16:42:03
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

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

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 12:42:35, "Erle Jack Vaughn" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> After installing FixPak 12 the zip 100 drive is partially sick.
> MPREP says no drives are found. GENOAD says it is there and creates the
> config file.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? found a fix for it?
>
> Iomega support told me to go back to FixPak6, and to uninstall my printer to
> make it work!  I could hardly believe their message.....
>
> TIA

I wouldn't believe that message either. (I assume this is a parallel
port drive, since you mention GenOAD and MPREP).

I had a case, a couple of days ago, where I wanted to format a ZIP
disk, and it gave me some similar (if not exactly the same) messages.
This only happened on ONE disk, other disks worked OK. What I did, was
boot to DOS, and format the disk with DOS, which fixed it up.

I think what happened was that I got some EAs attached to the disk (I
had been fooling around with adding a menu item to the drive object,
which didn't work anyway), and OS/2 was "using" the disk, every time I
had it inserted. If OS/2 is "using" the disk (even if it has no files,
execept the two hidden ones), it won't allow other programs to lock it
(I think both MPREP, and GENOAD try to lock the disk so that nothing
else can use it, but that can't happen if OS/2 is already using it).
The "trick" seemed to be to get rid of the left over EA DATA. SF file
(which you cannot do with OS/2, since it is "using" it). The DOS
format seems to have "fixed" my problem, since DOS doesn't know
anything about EAs (I needed to do a DOS boot, since a DOS session on
OS/2 still uses the OS/2 driver), and it did let me format it, which
wipes out the EA file (just use a normal DOS format, it is quick, and
easy).

I 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]                     02-Dec-99 20:16:08
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 16:42:03
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

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

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 08:43:44 +0100, Dave Parsons wrote:

->On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:19:41, "Trevor Hemsley"
<[e-mail]> wrote:
->
->>
->> Several, NetOp, PolyPM/2 (aka RSM), Netfinity.
->                         ---------
->
->Is this the PM2You of many years ago, or based on it?

PM2You is a different product. Don't know about URL for NetOp but
http://www.iss2you.com should get you RSM's (now redirected to Peregrine
who bought them). Netfinity is from IBM and does something similar but
much more slowly and includes a bunch of other stuff too.


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



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From: [e-mail]                           02-Dec-99 15:37:12
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 16:42:03
Subj: PGP and Netscape mail

From: "Roberto F. Salomon" <[e-mail]>

I know this has been discussed before, but is there a way to have Netscape
use PGP for encryption?


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From: [e-mail]                           02-Dec-99 21:36:11
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 19:45:01
Subj: Re: Software Choice

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

[e-mail] wrote:
: James Stotz <[e-mail]> said:

: >is IBM going to keep current versions of
: >Netscape/2 and Java avaliable for free.  If not, new OS/2 buyers will not
: >be able to get any Netscape without forking out more money.

: It has been interesting to watch comments on this matter.

: The majority of posts seem to be saying that some single app that someone
: is interested in will not be worth the approximately $100 per year the
: service is expected to cost.  From what I understand, there is a long list
: of stuff that will be available for this amount, including telephone
: support, for, essentially, $8 per month.

There is another issue that I've run across.
If IBM is to provide UDF support for DVD-ROM, I've been told there is a
licensing deal that has to occur. Now if this is true, and it's like any
other licensing deal, then IBM has to pay for additional costs on top of
programmer time (this part is apparently "trivial").

Unless IBM wants to lose money on every download, it would have no choice
but to charge for Software Choice. Now, perhaps they could slot this in
the "pay section" along with TCPIP (does that also incur licensing cost
due to being based on a different stack than 4.0?) and all that, but maybe
they are running into so many other issues that have licensing things to
deal with?

I wish IBM would just keep us informed....


Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                                  02-Dec-99 16:43:24
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 19:45:01
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: [e-mail] (John Brock)

In article <[e-mail]>,
James Stotz  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I know that Software Choice will become a pay for use for all new
>updates and applications, but is IBM going to keep current versions of
>Netscape/2 and Java avaliable for free.  If not, new OS/2 buyers will
>not be able to get any Netscape without forking out more money.  Also,
>We'd all better download everything and save it in a safe place.

I am hoping for a refresh of NS 4.61 like there was with NS 2.02.
(There seems to be a bug in NS 4.61 which causes CPU usage to shoot to
100 percent and download speed to slow to a crawl on many web pages).
Would a refresh of a currently free product still be free?
--
John Brock
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                                02-Dec-99 16:07:15
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 19:45:01
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: [e-mail]

James Stotz <[e-mail]> said:

>is IBM going to keep current versions of
>Netscape/2 and Java avaliable for free.  If not, new OS/2 buyers will not
>be able to get any Netscape without forking out more money.

It has been interesting to watch comments on this matter.

The majority of posts seem to be saying that some single app that someone
is interested in will not be worth the approximately $100 per year the
service is expected to cost.  From what I understand, there is a long list
of stuff that will be available for this amount, including telephone
support, for, essentially, $8 per month.

Am I wrong?

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


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From: [e-mail]                           02-Dec-99 23:20:13
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 19:45:01
Subj: Re: Software Choice

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

On 2 Dec 1999 16:43:48 -0500, John Brock wrote:

> > I know that Software Choice will become a pay for use
> > for all new updates and applications, [...]

[...]

> Would a refresh of a currently free product still be free?

i wish i could have your problems.

we are trying to subscribe to software choice and we are glad to pay
for it but neither ibm germany nor the resellers are able to give us
informations. ibm germany is not responding to email, voicecalls or
fax and the resellers are waiting for informations from ibm.

    -r

OS/2 Warp 4.10 (de)



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From: [e-mail]                                    02-Dec-99 22:41:11
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 19:45:01
Subj: Re: Dialer settings

From: [e-mail] (Frank Kirk)

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:33:51, "Wolf Kirchmeir" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> The Properties ARE the settings. Lookat/click on the tabs at the top of the
> box.

    Nope, there's no place to enter user name, password, etc.   The
Properties are pretty much the same as properties for other objects,
rather than the specific dialer settings.

FWK

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From: [e-mail]                               02-Dec-99 15:00:13
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 19:45:01
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: Tim Martin <[e-mail]>

John Brock wrote:

> In article <[e-mail]>,
> James Stotz  <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >I know that Software Choice will become a pay for use for all new
> >updates and applications, but is IBM going to keep current versions of
> >Netscape/2 and Java avaliable for free.  If not, new OS/2 buyers will
> >not be able to get any Netscape without forking out more money.  Also,
> >We'd all better download everything and save it in a safe place.
>
> I am hoping for a refresh of NS 4.61 like there was with NS 2.02.
> (There seems to be a bug in NS 4.61 which causes CPU usage to shoot to
> 100 percent and download speed to slow to a crawl on many web pages).
> Would a refresh of a currently free product still be free?
> --
> John Brock
> [e-mail]

Jeffrey Kobal of the IBM Netscape team reported in a public message
that a a fixpak for Communicator v4.61 will be released AFTER January
2000 but there is a slight chance it may be released in mid-December.
And it will be free!

He added, "you won't have to pay to get fixpacks even after the
new year. Software Choice distributes whole software packages,
not fixpacks...

The above was reported to all members of Warp City on Saturday,
November 13th.  Just one of the many tidbits we keep track of
for our members.

Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City
http://warpcity.com
"1999 Members!  Re-Up Today!"





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From: [e-mail]                               02-Dec-99 14:47:04
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 20:44:17
Subj: Re: PGP and Netscape mail

From: Tim Martin <[e-mail]>

"Roberto F. Salomon" wrote:

> I know this has been discussed before, but is there a way to have Netscape
> use PGP for encryption?

Yes.  William H. Geiger III offers all the information, instructions
and guides for PGP 5.0i GA

You can download PGP 5.0i GA for OS/2 (International Version)
from his site (pgp50ios2.zip) or PGP 5.0 GA for OS/2 (USA Version
[uses RSAREF lib]) (pgp50os2.zip)

PGP for OS/2 requires the lattest EMX runtime be installed.
( emxrt.zip - available at Hobbes)

Bill's url is here:

http://www.openpgp.net/getpgp.html

Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City
http://warpcity.com
(1999 WC Members Need To ReUP Today)


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From: [e-mail]                        03-Dec-99 00:06:28
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 20:44:17
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: [e-mail] (Harald Portig)

Thanks, Ivan, for making us aware of this program.

I bought the program at the URL below and had it working within less
than two hours after your post.  The program appears to work well,
even though a little slowly when accessing the server (PC being
controlled) by phone.  One can even lockup and unlock the server
destop remotely, and the server's display does not have to be powered
up.  Some things seem to be problematic, though, like how to use Ctrl,
Alt and Shift keys together with other keys or the mouse.  WIN-OS2
seamless sessions work.  Full-screen WIN-OS2 does not work -- they
start on the server but cannot be seen or controlled at the client.

It's interesting, though useless, to observe what happens when the
client and server are the same machine (http://localhost:80) :)

Regards,
Harald Portig

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:19:42, "Ivan Adzhubei" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> However, there is an absolutely wonderful little utility providing full
> remote access to OS/2 desktop from _any_ computer with Java-enabled
> browser installed. It is called Desktop On-Call, produced by IBM Japan
> software unit. You can buy it on-line  via IBM Direct, it's only about $40
> and worth each penny of this price.
>
http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=1826745&c
gmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US

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From: [e-mail]                                  02-Dec-99 23:03:10
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 20:44:17
Subj: Any good cron equivalents?

From: Steve Drewell <[e-mail]>

Available on hobbes, there are a few cron/crontab/scheduler utilities and
I'm wondering if anyone has any opinions as to which is best in terms of
functionality, low CPU usage and low memory usage.

Cheers,
Steve
--
Steve Drewell             (Remove x. from address to reply)
_____________________________________________________________
Using IBM OS/2 Warp 4 running 27 processes with 135 threads.
Machine uptime is 0 days, 23 hours, 54 mins and 3 secs.
_____________________________________________________________


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From: [e-mail]                                02-Dec-99 17:46:26
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 20:44:17
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: [e-mail]

"bernd hohmann" <[e-mail]> said:

>we are trying to subscribe to software choice and we are glad to pay for
>it but neither ibm germany nor the resellers are able to give us
>informations. ibm germany is not responding to email, voicecalls or fax
>and the resellers are waiting for informations from ibm.

I'm not sure if they handle other than English, but check with Indelible
Blue.  Last time I looked, their prices were better than IBM's.

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


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From: postmaster@[127.0.0.1]                            02-Dec-99 18:33:15
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 20:44:17
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: postmaster@[127.0.0.1]

In <[e-mail]>, on 12/02/99
   at 03:00 PM, Tim Martin <[e-mail]> said:

>He added, "you won't have to pay to get fixpacks even after the new year.
>Software Choice distributes whole software packages, not fixpacks...

Good news.  I'll be able to keep up with the fixpacks until I can swing a
Software Choice membership.

Is it really only $100 a year?

--
GK

FrodoJRR at Interaccess dot com
OS/2 Version 4.00 FixPack 12
There are 29 Processes with 118 Threads.
This machine's uptime is 0d 20h 20m 59s 398ms.


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From: [e-mail]                          03-Dec-99 03:52:17
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 20:44:17
Subj: Re: Any good cron equivalents?

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

On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 23:03:21 +0000, Steve Drewell wrote:

>Available on hobbes, there are a few cron/crontab/scheduler utilities and
>I'm wondering if anyone has any opinions as to which is best in terms of
>functionality, low CPU usage and low memory usage.

There is also shipped with OS/2 Warp BonusPack PIM from IBM Works.
It can be used for this purpose too (via To-Do component).

As for as me, I use built-in into PMPatrol 4.3 scheduler feature.


With best regards,
Timur Kazimirov

-- Remove all "z" from my address to reply



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From: [e-mail]                             02-Dec-99 22:52:28
  To: All                                               02-Dec-99 20:44:17
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: [e-mail] (Mark Dodel)

My understanding is that the licensing  only applies to the
Multi-media DVD format for playing movies.  I believe UDF is just a
data format, similar to the existing ISO CD format.  Also from what I
have read the UDFS will only be available for Server subscriptions to
SWC.  What we need as non-server users is the UDFS and a multimedia
application to play movies.  Now for that $200+ for two years
subscription would be plausible.    Give us something worthwhile and
OS/2 users will swamp IBM with SWC subscriptions.

As to the current Netscape browsers, I have been told that not only
will these remain free, but also any updates after 01/01/2000 will be
free as well.

My only beef with SWC is that what they currently state as what may be
available for workstation users is just an un-named browser and Java
1.2+.  Sorry but those items will be free to every other platform, why
do OS/2 users have to pay?

Mark


On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 21:36:23, [e-mail] (e-frog) wrote:

-)[e-mail] wrote:
-): James Stotz <[e-mail]> said:
-)
-): >is IBM going to keep current versions of
-): >Netscape/2 and Java avaliable for free.  If not, new OS/2 buyers will not
-): >be able to get any Netscape without forking out more money.
-)
-): It has been interesting to watch comments on this matter.
-)
-): The majority of posts seem to be saying that some single app that someone
-): is interested in will not be worth the approximately $100 per year the
-): service is expected to cost.  From what I understand, there is a long list
-): of stuff that will be available for this amount, including telephone
-): support, for, essentially, $8 per month.
-)
-)There is another issue that I've run across.
-)If IBM is to provide UDF support for DVD-ROM, I've been told there is a
-)licensing deal that has to occur. Now if this is true, and it's like any
-)other licensing deal, then IBM has to pay for additional costs on top of
-)programmer time (this part is apparently "trivial").
-)
-)Unless IBM wants to lose money on every download, it would have no choice
-)but to charge for Software Choice. Now, perhaps they could slot this in
-)the "pay section" along with TCPIP (does that also incur licensing cost
-)due to being based on a different stack than 4.0?) and all that, but maybe
-)they are running into so many other issues that have licensing things to
-)deal with?
-)
-)I wish IBM would just keep us informed....
-)
-)
-)Isaac

--

---------------------------------------------------------
 From the Desk of: Mark Dodel, RN, BSN, MBA
             Healthcare Computer Consultant
                   [e-mail]
    http://home.ptd.net/~madodel

  For a VOICE in the future of OS/2
             http://www.os2voice.org/index.html
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From: [e-mail]                                  02-Dec-99 21:46:13
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:07
Subj: TAXCUT99 WORKS IN WINOS2

From: [e-mail]

I installed Kiplingers Taxcut 99 in WinOS2 and it looks like last years
and runs in full screen session without problems, although it scrolls
slowly.  Like previous years it will not run in a seamless window.

The current price in NYC is $15 less a $7 rebate in a couple of months. I
dont care for the overly fussy screen but it works well enough to do the
job and the price is right.

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

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From: [e-mail]                                02-Dec-99 17:42:07
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Re: Very Special Report coming soon  2035

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

Like in that "Matrix" movie.   :-)

--
-+* Brian *+-

VB 5 (Ent & CCE)
VB 3, 4 (Std)
VB 1 (Pro DOS)
And I still use QBasic :-)


"John A. Grant" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:81n4re$[e-mail]...
> [e-mail] wrote in message <81l4ue$ili$[e-mail]>...
> >This is not spam. You are receiving this because you have sent
> >>me information about your program or opportunity and I
>
>     :) :) :) Sigh. If only we could harness idiots for fuel.
> --
> John A. Grant  * I speak only for myself *  (remove 'z' to reply)
> Radiation Geophysics, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
> If you followup, please do NOT e-mail me a copy: I will read it here
>
>
>
>


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From: [e-mail]                     03-Dec-99 01:06:08
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

From: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
  "Jack Vaughn" <[e-mail]> wrote:

Try to completely re-install the OAD drivers, that may work.

> Iomega support told me to go back to FixPak6, and to uninstall my
> printer to make it work!  I could hardly believe their message.....

I'm sure they thought you meant NT. Under NT4 (SP3&4) if you have a
printer hanging off the Zip-drive on the pass-through port it will BSOD
on boot. I've personally done this, BTW.

--
-Steven Hunter                *OS/2 Warp 4 * |But on the other hand...|
[e-mail] *AMD K6-2 400* |There's 5 more fingers. |


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From: [e-mail]                              03-Dec-99 01:02:25
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Buddy Donnelly) writes:
>On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 16:04:15, [e-mail] a écrit dans un message:
>
>> I use DeScribe for everything.  Depends on how much you want from a
>> word processor.  It's not great for Desktop publishing.

Wonderful..... but what is the point of telling us about a software
program that is unavailable for purchase? Wasn't the request
for guidance in buying a good wordprocessor? If so Describe
is not an option.

Keith Cotroneo
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                                    02-Dec-99 20:05:16
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Netscape 4.61

From: Allan Mau <[e-mail]>

I have just installed Netscape 4.61 and find that the boxes where I used
to enter my account and password no longer show on my screen.  I
reinstalled 4.04 and found no problem.  Does anyone have any idea what's
going on?

Allan

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From: [e-mail]                                02-Dec-99 20:17:20
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Mark Dodel) said:

>My only beef with SWC is that what they currently state as what may be
>available for workstation users is just an un-named browser and Java

My point is, an un-named browser and Java 1.2 are, by far, not the only
things on SWC.

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


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From: [e-mail]                          03-Dec-99 10:39:24
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Re: Netscape 4.61

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

On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 20:05:32 -0500, Allan Mau wrote:

:>I have just installed Netscape 4.61 and find that the boxes where I used
:>to enter my account and password no longer show on my screen.  I
:>reinstalled 4.04 and found no problem.  Does anyone have any idea what's
:>going on?
:>
:>Allan

Change the Fixed Width Screen Font in Preferences/Fonts from
Courier New to Courier (or anything else) This happens if you
don't have WIN-OS2 on your system.

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]                                02-Dec-99 20:25:00
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Mark Dodel) said:

>My only beef with SWC is that what they currently state as what may be
>available for workstation users is just an un-named browser and Java

My point is, an un-named browser and Java 1.2 are, by far, not the only
things on SWC.

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


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From: [e-mail]                               02-Dec-99 21:20:25
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Netscape 4.61

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

Does Netscape 4.61 work under Warp 3?



Origin: Nuclear Wasteland * 504-394-0509


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From: David @ Thackernet.com                            03-Dec-99 04:15:12
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: "David Thacker" <David @ Thackernet.com>

Harald,

Welcome to the DTOC fan club!

Make sure you have set the compression level and display colours to be
optimized for a slow connection -- it makes a big difference in apparent
speed.

I tend to have better luck with it using NS Communicator rather than MSIE.

Yes, I too have encountered the problem of not being able to send a CTRL-C
to the server, although I have sent ALT key combinations fine.  I also had
the same problems with full screen sessions.  Ivan noted that he heard that
DTOC 3.0 was available in Japan (where it is developed) so it likely won't
be long before the English version 3.0 is available too...

dAvid tHacker

Harald Portig <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:c6cdZeiVIueP-pn2-MTexEgb5mjs5@localhost...
> Thanks, Ivan, for making us aware of this program.
>
> I bought the program at the URL below and had it working within less
> than two hours after your post.  The program appears to work well,
> even though a little slowly when accessing the server (PC being
> controlled) by phone.  One can even lockup and unlock the server
> destop remotely, and the server's display does not have to be powered
> up.  Some things seem to be problematic, though, like how to use Ctrl,
> Alt and Shift keys together with other keys or the mouse.  WIN-OS2
> seamless sessions work.  Full-screen WIN-OS2 does not work -- they
> start on the server but cannot be seen or controlled at the client.
>
> It's interesting, though useless, to observe what happens when the
> client and server are the same machine (http://localhost:80) :)
>
> Regards,
> Harald Portig
>
> On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:19:42, "Ivan Adzhubei" <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
>
> > However, there is an absolutely wonderful little utility providing full
> > remote access to OS/2 desktop from _any_ computer with Java-enabled
> > browser installed. It is called Desktop On-Call, produced by IBM Japan
> > software unit. You can buy it on-line  via IBM Direct, it's only about
$40
> > and worth each penny of this price.
> >
http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=182674
5&cgmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US
>


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From: [e-mail]                              03-Dec-99 04:17:16
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Netscape Messenger

From: [e-mail]

Does anyone know how to stop Netscape Messenger (part of Netscape 4.61)
from loading a netscape.com web-page when it is started?  There doesn't
seem to be a preference switch and I couldn't figure out if there were some
keys in a .INI files to do that.

It is just annoying that may computer has to spend time (through an X2 modem)
downloading this and wasting CPU cycles for a page that does not interest me
each time I start Messenger.

Thanks in advance,

- Itai

-------------------------------------
Itai Danan
[e-mail]
-------------------------------------

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From: [e-mail]                           02-Dec-99 21:15:18
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Re: Netscape Messenger

From: Ken anderson <[e-mail]>

Put this line in the prefs.js file in your user directory

user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", false);

Ken


[e-mail] wrote:

> Does anyone know how to stop Netscape Messenger (part of Netscape 4.61)
> from loading a netscape.com web-page when it is started?  There doesn't
> seem to be a preference switch and I couldn't figure out if there were some
> keys in a .INI files to do that.
>
> It is just annoying that may computer has to spend time (through an X2
modem)
> downloading this and wasting CPU cycles for a page that does not interest me
> each time I start Messenger.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> - Itai
>
> -------------------------------------
> Itai Danan
> [e-mail]
> -------------------------------------

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From: [e-mail]                              03-Dec-99 06:19:16
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 03:35:08
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: James Moe <[e-mail]>


postmaster@[127.0.0.1] wrote:
>
> [ ... ]
>
> Is it really only $100 a year?
>
    It's $250 for two years. There is no one year option.

--

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

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From: [e-mail]                      03-Dec-99 08:42:29
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 05:15:15
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: Thomas Kellerer <[e-mail]>

I wrote a mail to IBM asking them about this announcement. Here is the
mail I received in return:

========= Quote on ===========
Dear Mr. Kellerer,

Thank you for your interest in IBM and OS/2 and your feedback regarding
the
change we are making in the acquisition of enhancements.

Rather than have new product releases for Warp 4 and Warp Server for
e-business,
we have chosen to provide incremental features via our Software Choice
delivery
mechanism.  Delivering these enhancements electronically is a fast and
efficient
way for our customers to update their installed OS/2 products.  Since
our
business model is shifting from new releases to incremental features, it
was
necessary for us to begin charging for these enhancements in order to
recover
the costs of development, test and support.    Enhancements will focus
on
e-business enablers including TCP/IP, Java, a browser and WebSphere.

This announcement does not affect how fixpaks are made available nor how
defect
support is provided.  We also plan to continue developing selected
device
drivers that are available from the DDPak.

For more information regarding Software Choice, see:
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/swchoice/
For more information regarding the DDPak, see:
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html

Thank you for your support of IBM and OS/2 and your interest in our
future
software strategies and plans.

Thank You,

Al Burke
Marketing Management
OS/2 Business Unit
Network Computing Software Division
t/l 678-4599
Internet: [e-mail]
=========== Quote off ====================

The most interesting part is (in my opinion) "does not affect how
fixpaks are made available nor how defect support is provided". For me
this means that fixpaks and driver updates are still free.

Regards
Thomas


James Stotz wrote:
>
> I know that Software Choice will become a pay for use for all new
> updates and applications, but is IBM going to keep current versions of
> Netscape/2 and Java avaliable for free.  If not, new OS/2 buyers will
> not be able to get any Netscape without forking out more money.  Also,
> We'd all better download everything and save it in a safe place.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James Stotz
> Physics SFU

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From: [e-mail]                     02-Dec-99 23:48:20
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 05:15:15
Subj: Re: TAXCUT99 WORKS IN WINOS2

From: [e-mail]

Note that not all versions of Taxcut will run in Win-OS/2.
In 1998, I purchased Taxcut Federal, Taxcut for the state of California, and
Taxcut for business. The first two ran fine in Win-OS/2 like in 1997, however
Taxcut for business was a problem. There are two CDs in the business version -
one for Corporations and one for LLCs/partnership. The later is a 32-bit
application for Win95/98/NT only ... This happened to be the one I needed. I
got a refund from Kiplinger and had to do the business taxes manually.

I have also learned that only half of the state editions of Taxcut have 16-bit
Win3.1 versions that will run in Win-OS/2; and the other half is only for
95/98/NT. So check with Kiplinger before buying the product to see if the
edition you need has a 16-bit version.

In <38472fe5$1$zpunffba$[e-mail]>, on 12/02/99
   at 09:46 PM, [e-mail] said:

>I installed Kiplingers Taxcut 99 in WinOS2 and it looks like last years and
>runs in full screen session without problems, although it scrolls slowly.
>Like previous years it will not run in a seamless window.

>The current price in NYC is $15 less a $7 rebate in a couple of months. I
>dont care for the overly fussy screen but it works well enough to do the job
>and the price is right.


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From: [e-mail]                               03-Dec-99 00:30:03
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 05:15:15
Subj: Re: Problem with chkdsk: error sys 1377

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

On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 18:26:40 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>My appologies.  I failed to mention that the drive is SCSI.  Is there a
>similar file I should download for SCSI?
>
>L. Magill

I am unfamiliar with any similar restrictions with SCSI controllers,  But did
your working system
use the boot drivers to control your SCSI adapter?  If you used an updated
driver I would
recommend you add the driver to your boot diskettes and reference it in the
boot disks
config.sys.   The IDEDASD.zip lists extranious driver that you can delete to
make room.

Chuck Todd


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From: [e-mail]                  03-Dec-99 09:40:26
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 05:15:15
Subj: Re: Netscape 4.61

From: "Luc Van Bogaert" <[e-mail]>

On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 20:05:32 -0500, Allan Mau wrote:

>I have just installed Netscape 4.61 and find that the boxes where I used
>to enter my account and password no longer show on my screen.  I
>reinstalled 4.04 and found no problem.  Does anyone have any idea what's
>going on?

All settings are configured in ->Edit ->Preferences ->Mail & Newsgroups


Luc Van Bogaert

  Vice President  - Warpstock
    Visit www.warpstock.org for the most important OS/2 event of the year


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From: [e-mail]                          03-Dec-99 09:37:28
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 05:15:15
Subj: Re: Any good cron equivalents?

From: Anders Jakobsson <[e-mail]>

Steve Drewell <[e-mail]> writes:

I use cronrgf written by Rony G. Flatscher. It works very nice. I don't
remember the name of the zip-file.

Anders
>
> Available on hobbes, there are a few cron/crontab/scheduler utilities and
> I'm wondering if anyone has any opinions as to which is best in terms of
> functionality, low CPU usage and low memory usage.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
> --
> Steve Drewell             (Remove x. from address to reply)
> _____________________________________________________________
> Using IBM OS/2 Warp 4 running 27 processes with 135 threads.
> Machine uptime is 0 days, 23 hours, 54 mins and 3 secs.
> _____________________________________________________________
>
>

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From: [e-mail]                           03-Dec-99 09:16:18
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:26
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

From: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]>, on 12/02/99
   at 07:42 AM, "Erle Jack Vaughn" <[e-mail]> said:

>After installing FixPak 12 the zip 100 drive is partially sick. MPREP
>says no drives are found. GENOAD says it is there and creates the config
>file.

>Has anyone else had this problem? found a fix for it?

I have just bought a Zip 100 parallel port drive and have FP12 installed.
I have no problems at all with the drive working - in fact, I'm surprised
how easy it was to set up.   The problem I have is that I can't get the
Tools to install. The Windows setup program tells me there are no Iomega
devices installed.  Is this the problem you are describing?  If not, how
did you get the tools to install?

Dave Lister
-------------------------------------------------------------
[e-mail]

David Lister Accountancy Services
http://www.david-lister.co.uk
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From: [e-mail]                            03-Dec-99 10:16:27
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:26
Subj: Re: PMMail 2.10 crashes - What's causing them?

From: [e-mail]

In <823crk$dlb$[e-mail]>, Doug Tan <[e-mail]> writes:
>Yes, my folders are large, typically with 1500-3000 msgs in each one.
>I have numerous accounts and folders all in systematic hierarchies.  To
>re-index would be a royal PITA, but one which I suspect I would have to
>try since there is an amazing lack of useful suggestions (yours and the
>other followups on this thread not withstanding). ;-)

Have you tried contacting he author directly?  I think he is pretty
available.  I am only now trying this program out, to see if I want to
keep it and register it.

-----------------------------------------------------------
Fred Springfield                       for e-mail remove 'xxx'
Plymouth, MN
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From: [e-mail]                                  03-Dec-99 10:43:17
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:26
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

From: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>,
  "Jack Vaughn" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> After installing FixPak 12 the zip 100 drive is partially sick.
> MPREP says no drives are found. GENOAD says it is there and creates
the
> config file.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? found a fix for it?
>
> Iomega support told me to go back to FixPak6, and to uninstall my
printer to
> make it work!  I could hardly believe their message.....
>
> TIA

I thought they would just answer: OS/2? What is that? Isn't it die long
ago?

So this is already a little bit better :-) - even if it doesn't help :-(

But in the end my use of the parallel port ZIP100 is not much different
to what they proposed:

- I am not at FP6, but at FP11 (a german version of FP12 doesn't exist
yet, plus reading the news here and elsewhere gives the impression that
there is a lot of trouble with it anyway)

- I have a PP ZIP100, a PP DITTO backup tape and a printer, but I always
connect only one of them, i.e. no chaining

- After I used any of the two Iomega PP devices I always reboot first
before I use any other of the three. Only switching from the printer to
any of the other devices seems to be unproblematic

- I never do any file handling on the ZIP100 with the WPS, I always go
to the command line

I am sure not all these measures are really necessary all the time, but
since I am doing like that I have no troubles with any Iomega devices
any more, even if most of it is rather stupid! But I learned to be
cautious after many strange effects and bad experiences with doing
things differently.

If I would use the devices every day this would be too much trouble and
I sure would change to other products, but I use the ZIP100 only for
certain "semi-important" archives, i.e. files that could otherwise be
reloaded via internet etc., and for moving files around.

All this plugging in and unplugging will sound somewhat less strange if
I mention the fact that I am working all the time with a Notebook
computer: I like the mobility that gives me!

Greetings,
Cornelis Bockemⁿhl <[e-mail]>


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From: [e-mail]                      03-Dec-99 02:40:03
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:27
Subj: Re: Any good cron equivalents?

From: [e-mail]       (John Thompson)

In <3846fbd3$1$feq$[e-mail]>, Steve Drewell <[e-mail]>
writes:

>Available on hobbes, there are a few cron/crontab/scheduler utilities and
>I'm wondering if anyone has any opinions as to which is best in terms of
>functionality, low CPU usage and low memory usage.

I use "cron2" here.  It's pretty straight port of the *nix cron
utility (even has an "at" function and the cron.dat file follows
crontab syntax).

The "Event Launcher" applet that is part of IBMWorks can also
launch programs for you if you wish.

-John ([e-mail])

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From: [e-mail]                      03-Dec-99 02:43:22
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:27
Subj: Re: Dialer settings

From: [e-mail]       (John Thompson)

In <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Frank Kirk) writes:

>On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:33:51, "Wolf Kirchmeir" <[e-mail]>
>wrote:
>
>> The Properties ARE the settings. Lookat/click on the tabs at the top of the
>> box.

>    Nope, there's no place to enter user name, password, etc.   The
>Properties are pretty much the same as properties for other objects,
>rather than the specific dialer settings.

If you make a program object for the dialer executable it does
not have any of the special tabs and such the original object
has.

-John ([e-mail])

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From: [e-mail]                             30-Nov-99 17:41:17
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:27
Subj: Re: HP1100A printer

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

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 18:51:42 -0500 (EST), Bob Stan wrote:

>Sorry, just checked my printer docs and I have the standard 1100, not the
>1100A - which I think means has the scanning accessories.  I am using the
>Laserjet.HP driver which I am fairly sure I got from the HP web site.

Um, isn't the 1100 an inkjet WinPrinter?


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From: [e-mail]                              03-Dec-99 06:50:20
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:27
Subj: Re: Software Choice

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


It's a well kept secret, but there actually is a competent sales group
at IBM.  Try this (I have no idea how/if it will work from Germany -
perhaps someone who knows more about that can help)

IBM Sales - [phone]

Note that this number does NOT go to the PC Company or to PSP - these
folks actually have a clue.  If the operator requires a name, ask for DJ
or Steve.

This is the only sales department at IBM that knows what they're doing
that I've found in 20+ years of working with computers, including a few
working for IBM.



On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 17:46:53 -0500, [e-mail] wrote:

>"bernd hohmann" <[e-mail]> said:
>
>>we are trying to subscribe to software choice and we are glad to pay for
>>it but neither ibm germany nor the resellers are able to give us
>>informations. ibm germany is not responding to email, voicecalls or fax
>>and the resellers are waiting for informations from ibm.
>
>I'm not sure if they handle other than English, but check with Indelible
>Blue.  Last time I looked, their prices were better than IBM's.
>
>Jim L
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>
>
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From: [e-mail]                              03-Dec-99 06:53:15
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:27
Subj: Re: Any good cron equivalents?

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

I use CRON214.ZIP - Very nicely done.  There's an error message that
turns up when using it to start DOS programs - something about DOSSpawn
failing.  Disregard it - the program works very nicely with os/2, DOS,
and even win-os2 sessions.



On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 23:03:21 +0000, Steve Drewell wrote:

>Available on hobbes, there are a few cron/crontab/scheduler utilities and
>I'm wondering if anyone has any opinions as to which is best in terms of
>functionality, low CPU usage and low memory usage.
>
>Cheers,
>Steve
>--
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>_____________________________________________________________
>Using IBM OS/2 Warp 4 running 27 processes with 135 threads.
>Machine uptime is 0 days, 23 hours, 54 mins and 3 secs.
>_____________________________________________________________
>
>
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From: [e-mail]                                   03-Dec-99 12:08:01
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:27
Subj: Netscape 4.61 caused total system crash

From: [e-mail] (Clive Dove)

I have just had a system crash that required a reformat of my OS/2  C:
drive.

Recently I had been having SYS3171 errors in mozilla.dll.  This was
new, the errors were previously in pmmerge.

The crash happened when I was using Netscape in the normal manner,
reading a page with graphics and java applets.
The system reported a message purporting to be from the java console
to teh effect that the partition holding swarrer.dat had no more
space. Then the system stopped.
On reboot, the kernal could not be accessed, nor could it be accessed
on a boot from the recovery disks.
I re-installed the operating system without re-formatting and the
kernal could still not be found.
It was necessary to format the C: partition and do a complete
re-installation.
After re-installing the system and fixpak 12 everything appeared
normal until I re-installed Netscape 4.61, ten the sys3171 errors
again re-appeared.
This evening I watched while my available drive space was reducing at
the rate of about one meg per second.
I am quite frankly very nervous about using Netscape 4.61.  The only
other Java capable browser that I have is Hotjava, which is much
slower and has fewer features, but I will probably have to use it as I
cannot afford the time and effort needed to keep re-installing the
operating system.
Fortunately, as a precaution I had designed my system so that my
mission critical applications and data were on other partitions,
leaving only the operating system on teh C: partition.
Questions:
Anyone else have similar problems?
Is IBM supporting this browser?
Is IBM supporting its operating system?
Is the problem in Netscape alone or is FP12 partly to blame?
Where can I get a browser that works?
Where can I get a fixed mozilla and a fixed pmmerge?

My loyalty to OS/2 is wearing decidedly thin.  The fixes and Netscape
releases lately seem to be Alpha releases in the guise of GA releases.
 This is confirming my view that I had better start moving my business
applications to Linux.
Rant over.



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From: [e-mail]                            03-Dec-99 11:57:08
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:27
Subj: Re: HP1100A printer

From: Steve Drewell <[e-mail]>

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Doug Darrow wrote:

ε On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 18:51:42 -0500 (EST), Bob Stan wrote:
ε
ε >Sorry, just checked my printer docs and I have the standard 1100, not the
ε >1100A - which I think means has the scanning accessories.  I am using the
ε >Laserjet.HP driver which I am fairly sure I got from the HP web site.
ε
ε Um, isn't the 1100 an inkjet WinPrinter?

No, the 1100 is a laser printer similar to the 1100A but without the
additional scanner.

Cheers,
Steve

Western Geophysical, Bedford, UK
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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From: [e-mail]                                   03-Dec-99 12:40:12
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:27
Subj: Re: Bold Fonts are TOO BIG in Wordpro. help.

From: [e-mail] (F. Heitkamp)

In message <[e-mail]> -
[e-mail] (Raphael Tennenbaum) writes:
>
>John Abraham <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>>A funny thing happened to my WordPro (v1.1).  Fonts get really big when
>>they are bold.  A 12 point times new roman character looks about 30
>>point when I make it bold.
>
>They print out big, or "just" display big?  If the latter,
>I'd try reinstalling the video drivers for your card.  I
>must say I've never heard of this one before.
>
>Are you getting it with other SS products?

When I applied fixpak 12 some fonts changed.  I just drug new
ones from the font pallette and they were "fixed".

Fred
>



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From: [e-mail]                            03-Dec-99 12:34:28
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:27
Subj: OS/2 fixpack and CICS for OS/2

From: [e-mail]

Environment: OS/2 Warp Ver.3   /  CICS for OS/2 ver. 2.0.1

Problem: After installing fixpack xr_w040 the CICS start process
         isn't able to initialize terminal ID=V123.
         Messages displayed are:
         FAA5592W Transaction on terminal V123 terminated due to a
                  system error
         FAA5592W Task @xx@  TRAP with program SYSTEM in control
                  last function 99

For production terminal V123 is not important but for debugging COBOL
CICS code, V123 is necessary. All other clients are OK.

Any suggestion is appreciated


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From: ariek@attglobal3.141592653589793...               03-Dec-99 12:46:23
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:26:27
Subj: Re: What Ultimail -> PMMail conversion tools exists?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: [e-mail] (Arie Kazachin)

In message <[e-mail]>
- [e-mail] (Dave Parsons)Thu, 2 Dec 1999 08:43:45 +0100 writes:
>

[snip]

>I have a program called U2PM which converts
>Ultimail 2.10.0004 -> PMMail 1.91.
>I used it at the time (v1.3 in 1997) and it worked.
>I can't remember now where I got it from but probably
>www.leo.org.
>The author has (had) a home page http://prosa.dk/~tsj
>
>HTH
>--
>Dave
>

Thanks, Dave!

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From: [e-mail]                                     03-Dec-99 15:05:02
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 10:46:24
Subj: FTP-Client with SOCKS5 support?

From: [e-mail]

Hi!

Does anybody know if there is a FTP-CLient with SOCKS5 support for OS/2???

I would be VERY glad!

Thanx in advance!

Bye!

Andi

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From: [e-mail]                           03-Dec-99 10:26:11
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 14:33:06
Subj: Re: $9 Domain Hosting - No Internic Fees

From: Bob Germer <[e-mail]>

On <[e-mail]>, on 12/02/99 at 12:25 PM,
   "Charles Fenton" <[e-mail]> said:

> This place will register your domain name for only $50 without paying
> the $70 to Internic!  Plus you can host your full domain name for only
> $9 per month.  Your yearly renewall fee is only $25, rather than $35
> like it usually is.  Visit them at http://www.9dollardomains.com and see
> for yourself.  You can also just search for available domains names for
> free there.

> Plus, they have a refferal program, so tell them that
> [e-mail] sent you.  For every person I refer, I
> can get $10, or a free month's hosting.  Thank you.

Mr. Fenton,

I have provided hotmail with a list of the newsgroups you post this in. I
had to reply to their return to me with more information which I did
immediately.

You are a disgrace and I hope you lose you hotmail account today.

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From: [e-mail]                           03-Dec-99 10:29:08
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 14:33:06
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

From: Bob Germer <[e-mail]>

On <SKfw30zmCGmZ-pn2-ypnEUiNcGkSD@localhost>, on 12/02/99 at 07:54 PM,
   doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett) said:

> anything about EAs (I needed to do a DOS boot, since a DOS session on
> OS/2 still uses the OS/2 driver), and it did let me format it, which
> wipes out the EA file (just use a normal DOS format, it is quick, and
> easy).

Actually, there is an easier way. Boot to dos, use attrib to get rid of
the hidden, system. read attributes, and delete ea*.* and wp*.*. I find
this faster and safer than a quick format in most cases.

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From: [e-mail]                           03-Dec-99 10:31:22
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 14:33:06
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

From: Bob Germer <[e-mail]>

On <38478b38$1$qnir$[e-mail]>, on 12/03/99 at 09:16
AM,
   [e-mail] said:

> I have just bought a Zip 100 parallel port drive and have FP12
> installed. I have no problems at all with the drive working - in fact,
> I'm surprised how easy it was to set up.   The problem I have is that I
> can't get the Tools to install. The Windows setup program tells me there
> are no Iomega devices installed.  Is this the problem you are
> describing?  If not, how did you get the tools to install?

There are two disks with the OS/2 drivers. You must use selective install
and choose the windows tools after the drive is set up for OS/2.


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From: c.k.christacopoulos.REMOVEME@dun...               03-Dec-99 16:26:03
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 14:33:06
Subj: Re: Any good cron equivalents?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: Charles Christacopoulos <[e-mail]>

Steve Drewell wrote:
>
> Available on hobbes, there are a few cron/crontab/scheduler utilities and
> I'm wondering if anyone has any opinions as to which is best in terms of
> functionality, low CPU usage and low memory usage.

Warpcron by Julian Buss.  Has worked faultlessly for me on both Warp
Server and WSeB.

File = wcron???.zip where ???= vs number.  I got mine from hobbes, and
the author wants a Postcard in order to register the software for you
:-)

It works and it is economical.


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From: c.k.christacopoulos.REMOVEME@dun...               03-Dec-99 16:34:12
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 14:33:06
Subj: Re: Software Choice

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: Charles Christacopoulos <[e-mail]>

Tim Martin wrote:
>
> John Brock wrote:
>
> > In article <[e-mail]>,
> > James Stotz  <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > >I know that Software Choice will become a pay for use for all new
> > >updates and applications, but is IBM going to keep current versions of
> > >Netscape/2 and Java avaliable for free.  If not, new OS/2 buyers will
> > >not be able to get any Netscape without forking out more money.  Also,
> > >We'd all better download everything and save it in a safe place.

Software choice has always been for complete packages and not fixes (or
fixes which in effect upgrade a package to a newer version).  Fixes are
free if you can find them,  However, if a fix results in a newer version
then you cannot buy the new version unless you are part of software
choice.  Examples, newer version of tcpip for warp server, PSNS for warp
server and so on.

I am not sure they can get away with charging either for Java or
Netscape, remains to be seen.

From a business point of view it does make sence for IBM to know what is
the subscription rate as the income generated may indicate interest in
os/2.  From this end, I have to buy licences for my OS/2 server(s), it
would make business sence for us too.  However, buying licences for
clients can be an expensive recurrent cost (I guess financial
institutions can be happy to pay it and may even negotiate better
prices).

Charles


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From: [e-mail]                               03-Dec-99 12:02:07
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 14:33:06
Subj: Re: Dialer settings

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

On Fri, 03 Dec 1999 02:43:44 GMT, John Thompson wrote:

=>In <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Frank Kirk) writes:
=>
=>>On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:33:51, "Wolf Kirchmeir" <[e-mail]>
=>>wrote:
=>>
=>>> The Properties ARE the settings. Lookat/click on the tabs at the top of
the
=>>> box.
=>
=>>    Nope, there's no place to enter user name, password, etc.   The
=>>Properties are pretty much the same as properties for other objects,
=>>rather than the specific dialer settings.
=>
=>If you make a program object for the dialer executable it does
=>not have any of the special tabs and such the original object
=>has.
=>
=>-John ([e-mail])
=>

On my system, when I right-click on the IBM Gloabl Network Dialer icon,
shadow OR original, and then on Properties, I see the following tabs:

Identity / Phone / Service / Modem / Timeouts / Behaviour / Autostart /
Updates / Logging / Tracing / SLIP / Program / Session / Association / Icon /
Window

What the program will NOT do is show the Properties notebook when the program
is running! The Window List shows Properties as opened, but it will not
appear on the desktop. Wierd, eh? I'd like fix for that... It seems to be an
effect of the latest Fixpack (I subscribe to IB's CDROM Fixpack service.)








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From: [e-mail]                               03-Dec-99 16:59:20
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:06
Subj: Odin and Win95/98 self extracting files

From: [e-mail]

I recently downloaded a file that requires Win95/98. Obviously I
am running Warp (but have friends that run windows). It is a
self extracting '.exe' file. When I tried running pe with the
filename it gave me error msgs. Can I assume that Odin will only
run the actual file commands and not the extraction .exe portion
of the file to expand the one file into the many contained
within? If this is true if someone runs the command to expand
the files would Odin then be capable of running the actual
program .exe file within? Sorry to be so vague but since I
cannot open the master file to get to the inside files this is
all I can give you.


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From: [e-mail]                     03-Dec-99 17:25:00
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:06
Subj: Re: Odin and Win95/98 self extracting files

From: [e-mail]

In article <828sto$d7a$[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] wrote:

> I recently downloaded a file that requires Win95/98. Obviously I
> am running Warp (but have friends that run windows). It is a
> self extracting '.exe' file. When I tried running pe with the
> filename it gave me error msgs. Can I assume that Odin will only
> run the actual file commands and not the extraction .exe portion
> of the file to expand the one file into the many contained
> within? If this is true if someone runs the command to expand
> the files would Odin then be capable of running the actual
> program .exe file within?

One problem may be some sort of CRC checking. Since Odin alters the
executable in memory, it's size changes, and thus the executable may
simply think it's been corrupted and exit w/errors.

Another thing is it could quite possibly be the "Worm-dot-ExploreZip"
or "MiniZip" virus, which is Win32 only. This virus looks like a WinZip
self-extracting archive, but is not. When run, it gives off phoney
error messages while infecting the system. OS/2 should be immune to it,
Odin or not. (It modify's the Win.ini file to load "explore.exe" at
boot. But since OS/2 doesn't parse that file, you're safe.)

> Sorry to be so vague but since I cannot open the master file to get
> to the inside files this is all I can give you.

Have you tried unzipping it? ie: unzip filename.exe

Also, there is apparently an Install Sheild archive extractor floating
about (for DOS), but I can't seem to find it.

--
-Steven Hunter                *OS/2 Warp 4 * |But on the other hand...|
[e-mail] *AMD K6-2 400* |There's 5 more fingers. |


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From: [e-mail]                                03-Dec-99 12:29:26
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:06
Subj: Re: Software Choice

From: [e-mail]

James Moe <[e-mail]> said:
>> Is it really only $100 a year?
>>
>    It's $250 for two years. There is no one year option.

I wasn't sure about the actual figure, and remembered it as $200.  But that
still comes out at $125 a year, even though you can't get it for one year
at a time.  The reason I said anything at all was I knew some people must
still think it is a lot higher than it really is.

When you consider that there are a lot of things on SWC other than Netscape
and Java, you're not getting a bad deal at all.

That's my point.

Jim L
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     03-Dec-99 19:05:13
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:07
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

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

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 15:29:17, Bob Germer <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> On <SKfw30zmCGmZ-pn2-ypnEUiNcGkSD@localhost>, on 12/02/99 at 07:54 PM,
>    doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett) said:
>
> > anything about EAs (I needed to do a DOS boot, since a DOS session on
> > OS/2 still uses the OS/2 driver), and it did let me format it, which
> > wipes out the EA file (just use a normal DOS format, it is quick, and
> > easy).
>
> Actually, there is an easier way. Boot to dos, use attrib to get rid of
> the hidden, system. read attributes, and delete ea*.* and wp*.*. I find
> this faster and safer than a quick format in most cases.
>
> --
>
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> Proudly running OS/2 Warp 4.0 w/ FixPack 12
> MR/2 Ice Registration Number 67
> Aut Pax Aut Bellum
>
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>

Actually, a DOS quick format (with the /Q parameter) is slower, on a
PP ZIP drive, than a normal format. A normal format doesn't really
format anything and goes very quickly, while a quick format spends a
lot of time fooling around with enabling the unformat stuff. I wish
there was a way to do a quick format (DOS), without the unformat step,
like OS/2 does (OS/2 seems to skip the unformat step, when you specify
/Q). Whoever dreamed up unformat, should be taken out and shot.

The only way to do a format, with a surface scan, on a PP ZIP drive,
is to use the DOS/WIN utilities, or to use MPREP under OS/2.
Otherwise, a normal format command (DOS, or OS/2) just "thinks" it is
doing the surface scan, and then the FAT and the directory get
initialized. I prefer a format (quick, or otherwise), because it does
clean out the FAT, and the directory, while just deleting the files
may leave behind other problems (doesn't happen often, but it does
happen, especially if you use the disk on a Win9x system).

Hope this helps...
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     03-Dec-99 19:05:12
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:07
Subj: Re: Software Choice

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

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 07:42:59, Thomas Kellerer
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> The most interesting part is (in my opinion) "does not affect how
> fixpaks are made available nor how defect support is provided". For me
> this means that fixpaks and driver updates are still free.
>
> Regards
> Thomas
>

It also means that the SOHO user still can't get any useful help out
of them. Oh well, we always have these news groups...

Just my C$.03 ($.02 US)...
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     03-Dec-99 19:05:14
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:07
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

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

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:16:37, [e-mail] wrote:

> I have just bought a Zip 100 parallel port drive and have FP12 installed.
> I have no problems at all with the drive working - in fact, I'm surprised
> how easy it was to set up.   The problem I have is that I can't get the
> Tools to install. The Windows setup program tells me there are no Iomega
> devices installed.  Is this the problem you are describing?  If not, how
> did you get the tools to install?
>
> Dave Lister
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> [e-mail]
>
> David Lister Accountancy Services
> http://www.david-lister.co.uk
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>

I have used a PP ZIP drive, for a few years now. DON'T even think
about installing the tools under WinOS2. It can be done (there is a
driver that you need to find, and install), but the tools WILL cause
more problems than they are worth (I never did find any reason to want
to use the Win31 tools). Use GENOAD, and MPREP (both are OS/2 tools,
found in the OAD directory). They work, and work well. The problem
with that is that they are rather crude, and the user's guide is
difficult to understand (It is a DOS program, just execute
OADMAN.EXE). Ignore anything in the User's guide for anything other
than the OAD driver, it does not apply to the PP ZIP drive (or any
other version with the later disk drivers).

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     03-Dec-99 19:05:15
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:07
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

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

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 10:43:35, [e-mail] wrote:

> I thought they would just answer: OS/2? What is that? Isn't it die long
> ago?

I suspect that IOMEGA is starting to realize that OS/2 is still
around, and that they are, probably, losing market to the new ORB
drives (check out:
http://www.castlewood.com/
for more info).

> So this is already a little bit better :-) - even if it doesn't help :-(
>
> But in the end my use of the parallel port ZIP100 is not much different
> to what they proposed:
>
> - I am not at FP6, but at FP11 (a german version of FP12 doesn't exist
> yet, plus reading the news here and elsewhere gives the impression that
> there is a lot of trouble with it anyway)

FP12 (US) is much better than FP11, except for the PMMERGE.DLL
problems (IMO). Look for PMR00052.ZIP at HOBBES. It replaces
PMMERGE.DLL with a new one, that seems to work MUCH better (I don't
know if that actually applies to the German version of OS/2, but you
will want to check it out when the time comes).

> - I have a PP ZIP100, a PP DITTO backup tape and a printer, but I always
> connect only one of them, i.e. no chaining
>
> - After I used any of the two Iomega PP devices I always reboot first
> before I use any other of the three. Only switching from the printer to
> any of the other devices seems to be unproblematic

I use a ZIP drive, with an Epson Stylus Color 600 printer. The
passthrough works without problems, but trying to use both devices at
the same time is painfully slow. I don't know what complications you
might get into with a PP DITTO drive.

> - I never do any file handling on the ZIP100 with the WPS, I always go
> to the command line

I don't have any problems with using the WPS, or the command line,
other than the usual restrictions with the 8.3 file naming convention.
I did try HPFS on the disks, a long time ago, but that proved to be
more trouble than it was worth, so I stick to the FAT16 file system.

> I am sure not all these measures are really necessary all the time, but
> since I am doing like that I have no troubles with any Iomega devices
> any more, even if most of it is rather stupid! But I learned to be
> cautious after many strange effects and bad experiences with doing
> things differently.

I found that the PP ZIP drive works well, but you do want to keep
things simple.

> If I would use the devices every day this would be too much trouble and
> I sure would change to other products, but I use the ZIP100 only for
> certain "semi-important" archives, i.e. files that could otherwise be
> reloaded via internet etc., and for moving files around.
>
> All this plugging in and unplugging will sound somewhat less strange if
> I mention the fact that I am working all the time with a Notebook
> computer: I like the mobility that gives me!
>
> Greetings,
> Cornelis Bockemühl <[e-mail]>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>

Overall, I am quite happy with the PP ZIP drive, but it would be nice
if it was faster, and could hold more data. Oh well, perhaps next
year...

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
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From: [e-mail]                          03-Dec-99 20:21:11
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:07
Subj: Re: Software Choice

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

[e-mail] wrote:
: James Moe <[e-mail]> said:
: >> Is it really only $100 a year?
: >>
: >    It's $250 for two years. There is no one year option.

: I wasn't sure about the actual figure, and remembered it as $200.  But that
: still comes out at $125 a year, even though you can't get it for one year
: at a time.  The reason I said anything at all was I knew some people must
: still think it is a lot higher than it really is.

: When you consider that there are a lot of things on SWC other than Netscape
: and Java, you're not getting a bad deal at all.

There are other things, but delivery of items are not guaranteed. You get
what IBM decides to deliver during your subscription period

Netscape and Java are free for other platforms. You might get UDF for DVD
and TCPIP 4.x updates. That's not worth $125/year for me.
If they could provide a "real" client upgrade, or a specific list of
deliverables, then yes, $125/year is not too bad.


Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                        03-Dec-99 20:18:08
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:07
Subj: Re: Remote Access to OS/2 (eg. MS NetMeeting)

From: [e-mail] (Alex Taylor)

On 3 Dec 1999 00:06:56 GMT, Harald Portig <[e-mail]> wrote:
[DToC]
> Thanks, Ivan, for making us aware of this program.
>
> I bought the program at the URL below and had it working within less
> than two hours after your post.  The program appears to work well,

This looks like an interesting program, looking around the web page.
I'm evaluating possibilities for this kind of thing myself (Netfinity
is nice, but kind of slow).

I couldn't find anything about trial versions or evaluations, though...
just an ordering link.  Is there such a thing?  I'm certainly not going
to buy something without being able to try it out first...

--
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 [e-mail]   http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/~alex
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From: [e-mail]                               03-Dec-99 20:40:01
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:07
Subj: NS 4.61 - message font size

From: [e-mail]

For some strange reason the font size in the message
screens has changed > smaller. Went to edit
preferences - fonts. Adjusted the 4 selections but
these change the other screens but not the one that
actually displays the senders message(s). What/where
is the control to change this font size? Tried a
quick dirty boot (cad) in hopes it would correct
itself but it didn't. Any help appreciated.....


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

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From: [e-mail]                       02-Dec-99 19:06:14
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:07
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (Chris H Lindley)

On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:36:29 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:
>On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 16:04:15, [e-mail] a ?crit dans un message:
>
>> I use DeScribe for everything.  Depends on how much you want from a
>> word processor.  It's not great for Desktop publishing.
>
>(I'm coming into this thread a bit late from being out of town for a week,
>but of course I've found something to argue about.)

>>>>>snipped<<<<<<<<<
>
>While it's no big deal today, because most projects going to book printing
>right now are going to have a standard "camera-ready" pasteup on stripped
>flats somewhere in the chain before the plates are made, this won't be true
>for long.
>
>Digital direct-to-film or direct-to-plate technology will be here, common
>and cheap, before DeScribe quits doing everything else I want it to do.

Well I think they're a lot closer than you think!!!

I left the printing industry around 9 years ago and there were
machines already with direct to plate output!

(not too hard to envision plates themselves have light sensitive
emulsions that form the image; litho that is.)

..and even more incredible were machines that had direct
computer linkups to give them the image.. i.e. no need for
a plate of any kind!!  Super cool!!!

Cheers
Chris


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From: [e-mail]                                    03-Dec-99 21:12:10
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:07
Subj: Re: Netscape Messenger

From: [e-mail] (R. G. Newbury)

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 04:17:32, [e-mail] wrote:

> Does anyone know how to stop Netscape Messenger (part of Netscape 4.61)
> from loading a netscape.com web-page when it is started?  There doesn't
> seem to be a preference switch and I couldn't figure out if there were some
> keys in a .INI files to do that.
>
Open Edit-Preferences-Navigator and select 'Start with Blank Page'.
You may also wish to remove '..home.netscape.com' from the 'Home-page'
box, so that if you inadvertantly select ''Home' you still get a blank
page.

Geoff


All generalities are false, including this one.

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From: [e-mail]                           03-Dec-99 21:23:11
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:08
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

From: [e-mail]

In <SKfw30zmCGmZ-pn2-v8XStjqJ5K52@localhost>, on 12/03/99
   at 07:05 PM, doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett) said:

>I have used a PP ZIP drive, for a few years now. DON'T even think  about
>installing the tools under WinOS2. It can be done (there is a  driver
>that you need to find, and install), but the tools WILL cause  more
>problems than they are worth

Doug,

Thanks for the advice. I sort of worked it out for myself (which is, of
course, what we usually have to do!) I agree that the manuals are next to
useless.  having said that, it is pretty simple to set up with a bit of
common sense and, as you say, works very well.  I had put off buying one
for ages because I thought it would be a nightmare. Wish I done it long
before now.

Regards,

Dave Lister
-------------------------------------------------------------
[e-mail]

David Lister Accountancy Services
http://www.david-lister.co.uk
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From: Tim [e-mail]                              03-Dec-99 22:13:06
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:08
Subj: chkdsk on WSeB takes a long time

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

    Running WSeB on a machine with a 4 gig and two 9 gig scsi drives
partitioned into 17 logical disks, chkdsk takes nearly 25 minutes to
check and clean up after an ungraceful hard system reset.  It chugs away
for the full 25 minutes so I'm not complaining that it's lazy or
anything, just surprisingly slow.  Is this normal?

Tim Stephen
CIOS

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From: [e-mail]                        03-Dec-99 22:49:12
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 20:03:08
Subj: Re: BackupWiz log file question

From: [e-mail] (Keith E. Moe)

In message <3840cfc3$1$avgroveq$[e-mail]> -
[e-mail] (Barry Mann) writes:
:>
:>In <[e-mail]>, on 11/28/99
:>   at 03:10 AM, [e-mail] (F. Heitkamp) said:
:>
:>>:I use BackupWiz 1.13 to backup my Warp 4 disks.  Sometimes I will get
:>>:a message from BackupWiz saying "Errors reported. Examine log file."
:>>:The problem is is that the log file is over 1MB in size and finding
:>>:the actual error messages by paging through the whole file is a major
:>>:pain. Can anyone  tell me what the typical error messages are so that
:>>:I can  grep for them using epm or something?  Or any other suggestions
:>>:to solve the problem would be welcomed as well.  I've also been
:>>:thinking about getting a new backup program, since BackupWiz is quite
:>>:old, and I don't think they support OS/2 anymore.  Besides that I lost
:>>:my original disk so I guess I can't upgrade anyway.  So if you have
:>>:any suggestions or comments about various backup programs I'd welcome
:>>:them as well.
:>
BakUpWiz can generate separate error files which contain only the error
messages.  If you use the sequential log file option where the log files end
in L01, L02, L03, ...., the error log files are E01, E02, E03, ....


Keith

-- So many stupid people.  So few comets.

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From: [e-mail]                              03-Dec-99 23:29:16
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 21:12:25
Subj: Re: Netscape Messenger

From: [e-mail]

In <m3qfolIL0dod-pn2-VHYw0fFEpHek@localhost>, [e-mail] (R. G. Newbury)
writes:
>On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 04:17:32, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know how to stop Netscape Messenger (part of Netscape 4.61)
>> from loading a netscape.com web-page when it is started?  There doesn't
>> seem to be a preference switch and I couldn't figure out if there were some
>> keys in a .INI files to do that.
>>
>Open Edit-Preferences-Navigator and select 'Start with Blank Page'.
>You may also wish to remove '..home.netscape.com' from the 'Home-page'
>box, so that if you inadvertantly select ''Home' you still get a blank
>page.
This has unfortunately no effect on Messenger, the correct answer was
given by Ken Anderson, which is to place the following line in prefs.ps.

user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", false);

Thanks for the help anyways.

- Itai

-------------------------------------
Itai Danan
[e-mail]
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From: [e-mail]                    03-Dec-99 23:33:00
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 21:12:25
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

Buddy Donnelly ([e-mail]) wrote:

: many users never use and may not even know is there.) Frames are or can be
: used for body text, headers, footers, illustrations, captions, tables, drop

    How do you stick in captions?  I was looking for this in the
manual but couldn't see anything.  Do you just stick in another text
frame under the picture frame?


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From: [e-mail]                    03-Dec-99 23:30:12
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 21:12:25
Subj: Re: OS2 Word processor

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

[e-mail] wrote:

: Wonderful..... but what is the point of telling us about a software
: program that is unavailable for purchase? Wasn't the request
: for guidance in buying a good wordprocessor? If so Describe
: is not an option.

    Look at eBay or comp.os.os2.marketplace usenet group.  You'll
find them there.  Some at a really low price which is a bargain since you
are getting three versions of it (OS/2, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95/NT)
all on the same CDROM.  Make sure it is Describe 5, though.


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From: [e-mail]                                 03-Dec-99 23:57:04
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 21:12:25
Subj: looking for PMInterest

From: Bruce Bandish <[e-mail]>

I'm trying to find a place to download a shareware program called
PMInterest. It calculates loan payments and amortizations. I think the
file is named "loanv2a.exe" or something similiar. It may be a "zip"
file but I'm pretty sure it's an "exe". Anyone know where it is or what
I'm even talking about? TIA.

--
Bruce



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From: [e-mail]                     03-Dec-99 23:24:05
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 21:12:25
Subj: Re: chkdsk on WSeB takes a long time

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

On 3 Dec 1999 22:13:12 GMT, Tim Stephen wrote:

->    Running WSeB on a machine with a 4 gig and two 9 gig scsi drives
->partitioned into 17 logical disks, chkdsk takes nearly 25 minutes to
->check and clean up after an ungraceful hard system reset.  It chugs away
->for the full 25 minutes so I'm not complaining that it's lazy or
->anything, just surprisingly slow.  Is this normal?

On an Adaptec SCSI controller? If it's a 2940 series rather than a 2940U2W
then you may find it of benefit to backlevel to a Warp 4 (pre-fixpack 10)
version of AIC7870.ADD as the ~132Kb Adaptec version takes an age to
auto-CHKDSK during boot. Once booted the two drivers are more or less
identical in performance but during the boot when autocheck runs the
newer, larger driver is about 6 times slower. The 2940U2W driver has no
version of the code without the bug so you can't use an older version. A
workaround is to create a small maintenance partition containing only
itself in the autocheck list, boot that and then run a non-auto CHKDSK
against the rest of your drives and reboot normally.


Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK
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From: [e-mail]                     03-Dec-99 23:26:01
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 21:12:25
Subj: Re: Zip 100 parallel

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

On 3 Dec 1999 19:05:27 GMT, Doug Bissett wrote:

->I wish
->there was a way to do a quick format (DOS), without the unformat step,

format z: /q /u

in DOS.


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



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From: [e-mail]                           04-Dec-99 00:52:09
  To: All                                               03-Dec-99 21:12:25
Subj: Re: chkdsk on WSeB takes a long time

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 23:24:11, "Trevor Hemsley"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> On 3 Dec 1999 22:13:12 GMT, Tim Stephen wrote:
>
> ->    Running WSeB on a machine with a 4 gig and two 9 gig scsi drives
> ->partitioned into 17 logical disks, chkdsk takes nearly 25 minutes to
> ->check and clean up after an ungraceful hard system reset.  It chugs away
> ->for the full 25 minutes so I'm not complaining that it's lazy or
> ->anything, just surprisingly slow.  Is this normal?
>
> On an Adaptec SCSI controller? If it's a 2940 series rather than a 2940U2W
> then you may find it of benefit to backlevel to a Warp 4 (pre-fixpack 10)
> version of AIC7870.ADD as the ~132Kb Adaptec version takes an age to
> auto-CHKDSK during boot. Once booted the two drivers are more or less
> identical in performance but during the boot when autocheck runs the
> newer, larger driver is about 6 times slower. The 2940U2W driver has no
> version of the code without the bug so you can't use an older version. A
> workaround is to create a small maintenance partition containing only
> itself in the autocheck list, boot that and then run a non-auto CHKDSK
> against the rest of your drives and reboot normally.
>
>

You might also consider using the JFS format for the partitions.

This is MUCH faster to CHKDSK than HPFS partitions.

--

Lorne Sunley

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