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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 Woes
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.012155.16034@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Sep3.035320.11605@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:21:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep3.035320.11605@ultb.isc.rit.edu> jks4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
- >Problem #1: Using a Western Digital SVGA card and using 1024X768X16,
- >my monitor falls out of sync when I enter a full-screen OS/2 session.
- >"SVGA STATUS" flashes for a brief while and says that my video card has
- >a Tseng chipset (My card is a Paradise with WD chips and 1MB VRAM).
- >Any ideas?
-
- Try applying the BVHSVGA and all similar video patches to your OS/2
- system -- it just might do the trick. These patches are available via
- anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
-
- >Problem #2: I cannot get my 2400 baud modem to work in OS/2. I have the
- >port on the modem set to COM2- the program hangs and then (as usual)
- >when I reboot, I get the swapper-chkdsk nonsense. I have used about
- >three or four programs and all hung up the system, not just the session.
- >My mouse is set to COM3. I have nothing else on any COM ports.
-
- Your mouse cannot be set to COM3. It should be on COM1 or COM2.
-
- Try applying the COMMGA patches, available via anonymous ftp from
- ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
-
- >Problem #3: Is there any wat to start an OS/2 program minimized? The
- >notebook does not allow any changes to the settings for OS/2 programs.
-
- It should. If you have OS/2 windowed you should be able to select
- Open Minimized.
-
- Note that this setting won't work if you've tried the SHIFT-maximize
- trick described in the FAQ List.
-
- >Problem #4: Any problems with high speed modems on OS/2? I'm getting a
- >14,400 baud modem soon and I think I should prepare.
-
- Not particularly, except that you should expect to use OS/2
- communications software instead of DOS communications software. The
- OS/2 communications software is much more efficient, and, hence,
- handles high speed communications much better.
-
- Look for TE/2, PMComm, Kermit, and other examples available via
- anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
-
- --
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