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- TITLE: 950118 APTIVA APPLICATION PROBLEMS UNDER WARP.
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- DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS:
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- After installing WARP on Aptiva machines there are a number of
- problems with the applications that are shipped with the
- machine. Below are some problems are being identified and
- fixes:
- 1. The proper icons for some of the applications is replaced by the
- OS/2 standard Windows icon. This will be fixed in a future release
- of OS/2.
-
- 2. For Undersea Adventure and Discoverers do the following:
- a. Edit the file C:\SEA\KA.CNF and change the CDdrive field from E
- to D and do a change of all the E: to D:. Save the changed file
- b. Edit the file C:\SEA\SEA.BAT and change of all the E: to D:.
- Save the changed file
- c. Edit the file C:\SEA\DISCOVER.BAT and change of all the E: to
- D:. Save the changed file
- d. Go to the "Settings" notebook for each of the two programs by
- doing the following and make the indicated changes:
- 1) Point the mouse pointer at the icon
- 2) Press the right mouse button once to get the context menu
- 3) Move the mouse pointer to Settings and press the left mouse
- button once
- 4) Change the "Path and file name:" field from
- C:\SEA\PS1CDROM.EXE (in the Undersea Adventure)
- C:\DISCOVER\PS1CDROM.EXE (in the Discoverers) to
- C:\WINDOWS\PS1CDROM.EXE
- 5) Press the left mouse button on the "Session" tab
- 6) Press the "WIN-OS/2 settings button
- 7) Select the DOS Memory settings
- 8) Set DOS_HIGH to ON
- 9) Set DOS_UMB to ON and save the settings
- 10) Select the button for WIN-OS2 full screen
- 11) Double click the control box in the upper left corner of the
- "Settings" notebook to close it.
- Note: Sound currently does not work for the Discoverers
- application. This is being worked on.
-
- 3. Reuters - When Reuters (Money Network) is started from it's
- migrated icon or from Windows Program Manager it displays "...not
- enough file handles..." dialog. Program can not open or create
- files. The README.WRI file recommends 100 file handles be specifies
- when running under OS/2. Set DOS_FILES to 100 with the following
- steps:
- a. Point the mouse pointer at the Reuters icon
- b. Press the right mouse button once to get the context menu
- c. Move the mouse pointer to Settings and press the left mouse
- button once
- d. Press the left mouse button on the "Session" tab
- e. Press the "WIN-OS/2 settings button
- f. Select the Other DOS settings
- g. Set DOS_FILES to 100 and save the settings
- h. Double click the control box in the upper left corner of the
- "Settings" notebook to close it.
-
- 4. The following are some of the problems being addressed.
- a. Music Mentor gets a General Protection Fault when the "To
- Session" button is pressed.
- b. Rapid Resume does not currently work under OS/2
- c. Running Disney Software Preview seamless hangs the system
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