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From: jackw@ibm.net                                     25-Sep-99 23:16:18
  To: All                                               26-Sep-99 10:15:04
Subj: Re: Changing a File's Date

From: "Jack Weaver" <jackw@ibm.net>

On 25 Sep 1999 20:34:44 GMT, Doug Bissett wrote:

>There is a TOUCH program in the latest OS/2 Command Line Utilities 
>package (look for OS2CLU02.ZIP, in the usual places). There is a 
>statement about year 2000 compliance. I will leave it up to you to 
>determine if it will meet your needs.

Thanks, this version of TOUCH.EXE does exactly what I want.  Thank you.

Jack Weaver				TROPICON XVIII -  Nov 19-21, 1999
South Florida Science Fiction Society	Guest of Honor:  Mike Resnick
http://sfsfs.org				Visit TROPICON's Homepage at
http://fanac.org				http://sfsfs.org/Tropicon


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From: L.WILLMS@LINK-F.frankfurt.org                     25-Sep-99 08:56:00
  To: All                                               26-Sep-99 18:36:18
Subj: Re: Shutdown

From: L.WILLMS@LINK-F.frankfurt.org (Luko Willms)

     Am  24.09.99
schrieb  jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John Poltorak)
    auf  /COMP/OS/OS2/UTILITIES
     in  37ec0080.0@katana.legend.co.uk
  ueber  Shutdown

JP> Any suggestions for a shutdown program which will from a command line,
JP> close all windows sessions, without prompts and end up at a C-A-D
JP> screen something like Win9x ?

   Try the command: shutdown

   You will only be asked for DOS- and WinOS/2-Applications, and maybe  
any programm termination sequence which comes up when there are open,  
unsaved files in an editor or so.

   This is program SHUTDOWN.EXE in \OS2\INSTALL, copyright IBM 1994.

Cheers,
Lko Willms
/--------- L.WILLMS@LINK-F.frankfurt.org -- Alle Rechte vorbehalten --

"Das Volk, das ein anderes Volk unterjocht, schmiedet seine eigenen
Ketten."                         - Karl Marx           (1. Januar 1870)

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From: madbrain@thetaband.com                            26-Sep-99 22:36:29
  To: All                                               26-Sep-99 21:23:23
Subj: Theta Band Software releases MMPACK

From: madbrain@thetaband.com

[sorry if you get this announcement twice, but there seemed to be
some problems with our ISP's news server last week]

Theta Band Software announces the release of MMPACK

Theta Band Software, an OS/2-only software vendor, announces the
immediate availability of the Multimedia PACK.  The MMPACK is a
collection of three software programs that enhance the multimedia
features of OS/2 Warp. Anyone who uses multimedia in OS/2 is sure to
find at least one of these programs of value.

The first program is NPDSMI 2.0, an update to the free NPDSMI Netscape
plug-in already available from Theta Band Software's web site.  NPDSMI
1.0 allowed users of Netscape Navigator and Communicator for OS/2 to
play various music files through the web browser. This update adds
support for compressed module files, which are becoming more and more
popular.

The second program is an MPU-401 device driver. This device driver
provides support for playing MIDI files with any MPU-401 compatible
sound card.  It acts as a replacement for the MPU-401 driver provided
by IBM and Crystal Semiconductor, and it includes several new features,
such as MIDI recording without needing an IRQ and DOS sharing support.

The third program is MMCHECK, a command-line utility which checks your
multimedia setup for problems.  OS/2's multimedia support, aka MMPM/2,
is very sensitive to the contents of one file, MMPM2.INI.  MMCHECK
scans MMPM2.INI and reports any errors.  If an error is found, Theta
Band Software's technical support will help you fix the problem.

The MM PACK was in thorough beta testing for a year, and the release is
moderately priced at $35.  It comes with free updates to any 1.x
releases as well as one year of e-mail technical support.  It can be
purchased and downloaded from Theta Band Software's web site at
http://www.thetaband.com . Theta Band Software will also demonstrate
MMPACK at Warpstock'99.


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Theta Band Software LLC     http://www.thetaband.com


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Before you buy.

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From: rlwalsh@packet.net                                27-Sep-99 07:35:10
  To: All                                               27-Sep-99 10:29:22
Subj: Re: Dragtext and Netscape Communicator

From: rlwalsh@packet.net (Rich Walsh)

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 20:34:42, Peter Stahl <peter.stahl@abc.se> wrote:

> I have problem with downloading some files.
> When Netscape (4.61 beta 2) shows where from
> the downloading file is and that pathname
> is to long for the window it cuts the path
> in two and shows a '...'.
> 
> In this way I can't manualy feed the filename
> to AWGET to let it download the file.
> AWGET can resume a download, but I havn't managed
> that with Netscape.
> 
> Someone wrote that Dragtext could drag the hole
> pathname although Netscape not shows the hole name,
> but I can't get that to work.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong or can't Dragtext(3.1) do that ?
> 
> I'm trying to download the final release of Netscape 4.61
> but it aborts after a couple of MB.

Sorry, but DT can't restore the parts that Netscape cuts out.

However, I just learned of a work-around:  after the d/l starts,
restore the focus to the browser window, then press Ctrl-Alt-T.
A window showing your connections appears, including the complete
URL for the d/l.  You can use DT to drag the *entire* contents of
this window to your editor or DTClip's viewer.  From there, drag
just the URL text to awget.

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

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

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From: C.J.@btsoftware.com                               27-Sep-99 10:33:11
  To: All                                               27-Sep-99 10:29:22
Subj: Updated: DCITU

From: "C.J." <C.J.@btsoftware.com>

DCITU
********
Digital Camera Image Transfer Utility
        
This program allows images to be transferred from 
various digital  cameras to an OS/2-based computer.

Download the free trila version from:
http://www.btsoftware.com/os2/dcitu.htm


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From: domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi                             27-Sep-99 10:43:22
  To: All                                               27-Sep-99 10:29:22
Subj: Re: Updated: DCITU

From: domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi (Dominique Pivard)

Have you ever heard of a concept called "cross-posting"? It is 
considered undesirable on Usenet. Besides, there's 
comp.os.os2.announce for this kind of stuff.

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 08:33:22, "C.J." <C.J.@btsoftware.com> wrote:

> DCITU
> ********
> Digital Camera Image Transfer Utility
>         
> This program allows images to be transferred from 
> various digital  cameras to an OS/2-based computer.
> 
> Download the free trila version from:
> http://www.btsoftware.com/os2/dcitu.htm

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From: News@The-Net-4U.com                               27-Sep-99 20:23:19
  To: All                                               27-Sep-99 21:33:15
Subj: Re: Updated: DCITU

From: News@The-Net-4U.com (M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn)

> domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi (Dominique Pivard) wrote:

> Have you ever heard of a concept called "cross-posting"?
> It is considered undesirable on Usenet. Besides, there's 
> comp.os.os2.announce for this kind of stuff.

It is worse, I think. 

>> http://www.btsoftware.com/

has gone into the habit of repeatedly posting unsollicited
commercial articles in these newsgroups. They even do not
do that by cross-posting but multi-posting. At least, if my fine
ProNews deletes a cross-posted message it would be gone
in the other groups also. In the case of btsoftware I am con-
fronted with it again. So it looks like MULTIposted SPAM.

Regards from Leeuwarden
Peter van Dobben de Bruijn
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From: f.zeilemaker@enschede.nl                          27-Sep-99 23:16:10
  To: All                                               28-Sep-99 04:30:21
Subj: Re: Shutdown

From: f.zeilemaker@enschede.nl

May be using APM.EXE:

APM/2 V1.40 - Advanced Power Management spec. 1.1/1.2 interface for 
OS/2
Copyright (C) by Roman Stangl, 1997, 1998 (rstangl@vnet.ibm.com)
                 http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/7885/

Groeten.


On Sat, 25 Sep 1999 07:56:00, L.WILLMS@LINK-F.frankfurt.org (Luko 
Willms) wrote:

>      Am  24.09.99
> schrieb  jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John Poltorak)
>     auf  /COMP/OS/OS2/UTILITIES
>      in  37ec0080.0@katana.legend.co.uk
>   ueber  Shutdown
> 
> JP> Any suggestions for a shutdown program which will from a command line,
> JP> close all windows sessions, without prompts and end up at a C-A-D
> JP> screen something like Win9x ?
> 
>    Try the command: shutdown
> 
>    You will only be asked for DOS- and WinOS/2-Applications, and maybe  
> any programm termination sequence which comes up when there are open,  
> unsaved files in an editor or so.
> 
>    This is program SHUTDOWN.EXE in \OS2\INSTALL, copyright IBM 1994.
> 
> Cheers,
> Lko Willms
> /--------- L.WILLMS@LINK-F.frankfurt.org -- Alle Rechte vorbehalten --
> 
> "Das Volk, das ein anderes Volk unterjocht, schmiedet seine eigenen
> Ketten."                         - Karl Marx           (1. Januar 1870)


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From: frank.vandael@n_o.s_p_a_m.philip...               28-Sep-99 09:37:09
  To: All                                               28-Sep-99 05:15:29
Subj: How can I change online fontsize in help windows

Message sender: frank.vandael@n_o.s_p_a_m.philips.com

From: Frank Vandael <frank.vandael@n_o.s_p_a_m.philips.com>

Hello,

currently I'm doing a project in which I have to switch font sizes
depending on the screen resolution used.  To do this at run-time, the
windows are enlarged using an algorithm (updating coordinates/sizes and
changing font size).  At this moment I have a problem doing this for the
help windows.  

Is there someone who can give me some hints to solve next questions:

1. How can I change the fontsize of the help index window?
2. Is there a way to change the font size of the windows itself ?
3. The last point I'm struggling with is modifying the size (height)
   of the titlebar of the 'inner' help window (I can change the font
   size).

Thanks in advance

Frank

P.S. When possible, send replies to the newsgroup 
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc

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From: Bruno_De_Nys@IBM.NET                              28-Sep-99 18:28:12
  To: All                                               28-Sep-99 16:15:09
Subj: VoiceType Dictation on Warp Server 4E-Bus

From: Bruno De Nys <Bruno_De_Nys@IBM.NET>

Trying to install VoiceType Dictation (on the Warp 4 CD-ROM) on a
working Warp Server for E-Business fails when following the instruction
described in the Warp 4 installation instructions.

Has any-one succeeded in installing ONLY VT (i.e. no other components)
from Warp4 on a working Warp Server?

Greetings, bruno.

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From: esther@bitranch.com                               28-Sep-99 17:34:07
  To: All                                               28-Sep-99 16:15:09
Subj: Re: Updated: DCITU

From: esther@bitranch.com (Esther Schindler)

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 08:33:22, "C.J." <C.J.@btsoftware.com> wrote:

| DCITU
| ********
| Digital Camera Image Transfer Utility
|         
| This program allows images to be transferred from 
| various digital  cameras to an OS/2-based computer.
|  
| Download the free trila version from:
| http://www.btsoftware.com/os2/dcitu.htm

CJ,

I'm delighted to see that you're busy updating your OS/2 applications 
and utilities. However, if you're interested in advertising the 
software, perhaps you might find more appropriate places to do so? 
Sites like http://www.os2ss.com accept advertising, for instance, as 
does the Phoenix OS/2 Society's magazine, _extended attributes_. In 
both cases, I believe the advertising rates are affordable -- some 
might say "Dirt cheap, considering the number of qualified buyers you 
reach."

--Esther

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From: rob@schroeder.net                                 30-Sep-99 17:51:23
  To: All                                               30-Sep-99 12:41:27
Subj: Would 10,000 be interested in a "HPFS for Windows 95/98"? 

From: Robert Schroeder <rob@schroeder.net>

Hello all!

I just had a few words with Mark Russinovich, Ph.D., Vice President of
Engineering, Winternals Software (http://www.winternals.com), and
developer of "NTFS for Windows 98"
(http://www.sysinternals.com/ntfs98.htm), the second beta of which
(freeware, expires 31-Oct) just came out today.

The final version will probably be marketed als commercial software
which would have to come somewhere in between their "FAT32 for NT"
($39) and "NTFSDOS Tools" ($89); a more exact statement will probably
follow some time soon.

"NTFS for Windows 98" ist a fully read/write capable NTFS driver fur
Windows 95/98, based on the original NTFS driver of Windows NT and its
exact code. That driver (ntfs.sys) is being incorporated with the help
of a wrapper, which rebuilds the IFS-relevant part of the NT
architecture under 95/98.

Mark seems to agree he might be able to provide an "HPFS for Windows
98" version with the help of the HPFS driver (pinball.sys) from NT
3.51 without having to do too much coding, but he said, "with OS/2
dead" he wouldn't want to spend any time at all on it.

(Remark: we tried to get the HPFS driver working instead of the NTFS
driver without any coding at all, unfortunately without success).

In a later reply, Mark wrote: "If you could prove to me that at least
10,000 people would be interested, then I might consider looking into 
it."

Is that something realistic?

Best,
Robert

(P.S.: Followups to comp.os.os2.misc)



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From: r.dunham@onsemi.com                               30-Sep-99 08:56:07
  To: All                                               30-Sep-99 12:41:27
Subj: TP385XD & Hardware Manager

From: "Richard M. Dunham" <r.dunham@onsemi.com>

I'm experiencing a problem with black icons displayed in place of the
normal icons along side the hardware titles in the Hardware Manager
folder.  If I try to double click on an item in the folder the following
message is displayed:

"The system was unable to show settings for the object.  The system may
be out of resources."  OK Cancel Help

If I look at the hardware using RMVIEW all appears to be okay.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Regards:  Dick

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From: askbill*AT*ibm.net                                01-Oct-99 01:00:14
  To: All                                               30-Sep-99 16:26:07
Subj: Re: Would 10,000 be interested in a "HPFS for Windows 95/98"?

From: askbill*AT*ibm.net

In <19990930.17514765@ds9.more4u.de>, on 09/30/99 
   at 05:51 PM, Robert Schroeder <rob@schroeder.net> said:

>Hello all!

>I just had a few words with Mark Russinovich, Ph.D., Vice President of
>Engineering, Winternals Software (http://www.winternals.com), and
>developer of "NTFS for Windows 98"

*SNIP* stuff about how he goes about it...

>Mark seems to agree he might be able to provide an "HPFS for Windows 98"
>version with the help of the HPFS driver (pinball.sys) from NT 3.51
>without having to do too much coding, but he said, "with OS/2 dead" he
>wouldn't want to spend any time at all on it.

>(Remark: we tried to get the HPFS driver working instead of the NTFS
>driver without any coding at all, unfortunately without success).

>In a later reply, Mark wrote: "If you could prove to me that at least
>10,000 people would be interested, then I might consider looking into 
>it."

>Is that something realistic?

>Best,
>Robert

Hardly.  Doubt one could find even 100 people.

First of all, presuming the coding were found to be a non-trivial exercise
(it is not), HPFS would be very hard to support on Win-9X, which has a
hard enough time managing  a *simple* file system and SIMULATING blowing
its nose at the same time without crashing.

Secondly, there are no doubt a number of non-trivial IP and license
issues.

FInally - I have a hard time understanding why anyone would *WANT* to do
it.

By and large, WIN-9X folks have neither the need for, nor the interest in,
high-performance file systems in general or HPFS in particular.  There is
not even very much interest in HPFS under NT, where it is fairly easy to
implement (shipped included up thru NT 3.51).  Let us not forget, however, 
that the NT version of HPFS is not current.

I, for one, would be wholeheartedly ** OPPOSED ** to such a thing. HPFS
under WIN-9X?  Why would anyone want to open up a decent file system to
the probability of corruption (if not infection) by - of all things -
WIN-9X????

Presently my files are safe from virus and macro attacks because OS/2 is
safe, and
 nothing else can R/W to the HPFS drives.   Give WIN-9X the keys, and lots
of folks with dual-boot will find that they can now lose an entire diskful
of data, just like their poor relations running Win-XX.

Simple DOS tools to manage HPFS have a different purpose, as one can boot
DOS and have the maintenance tools on a single floppy - an event not
likely to happen with WIN-anything.

If the good Doctor Russinovich wants to write something *really* helpful,
how about a fix for the verdamnt SIQ?  That I would buy.  Several, even.

Working properly, it would not only NOT hang, it would NOT permit ANY app
to take the focus away from the guy at the keyboard (the one who paid for
all this stuff!)

Any app loading in the background would, thank you very much, STAY in the
background,
 NOT pop to the top while you are in the middle of doing something else.

Same for warnings, error messages, etc.  Set a blinking light in the
Warpcenter if need be, but DO NOT take my keyboard and screen until I get
around to you...

That sort of thing.....

Regards,

Bill Hacker

-- 
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askbill@ibm.net (William B. Hacker, III)

Titanic '12   NYSE '29   Windows '95 and subsequent.....
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From: hamei@pacbell.net                                 30-Sep-99 20:16:17
  To: All                                               01-Oct-99 02:22:09
Subj: Re: Would 10,000 be interested in a "HPFS for Windows 95/98"?

From: hamei@pacbell.net

In <37f445ae$1$nfxovyy$mr2ice@news1.ibm.net>, askbill*AT*ibm.net writes:
>In <19990930.17514765@ds9.more4u.de>, on 09/30/99 
>   at 05:51 PM, Robert Schroeder <rob@schroeder.net> said:
>
>>Hello all!
>
>>I just had a few words with Mark Russinovich, Ph.D., Vice President of
>>Engineering, Winternals Software (http://www.winternals.com), and
>>developer of "NTFS for Windows 98"
>
>*SNIP* stuff about how he goes about it...
>
>>Mark seems to agree he might be able to provide an "HPFS for Windows 98"
>>version with the help of the HPFS driver (pinball.sys) from NT 3.51
>>without having to do too much coding, but he said, "with OS/2 dead" he
>>wouldn't want to spend any time at all on it.
>
>>(Remark: we tried to get the HPFS driver working instead of the NTFS
>>driver without any coding at all, unfortunately without success).
>
>>In a later reply, Mark wrote: "If you could prove to me that at least
>>10,000 people would be interested, then I might consider looking into 
>>it."
>
>>Is that something realistic?
>
>>Best,
>>Robert
>
>Hardly.  Doubt one could find even 100 people.
>
snippersed>

>FInally - I have a hard time understanding why anyone would *WANT* to do
>it.
>
>By and large, WIN-9X folks have neither the need for, nor the interest in,
>high-performance file systems in general or HPFS in particular.  There is
>not even very much interest in HPFS under NT, where it is fairly easy to
>implement (shipped included up thru NT 3.51).  Let us not forget, however, 
>that the NT version of HPFS is not current.
>
>

from the evidence here, most OS/2 users who also use an MS OS use NT.
HPFS support in NT is already easy to install. 100 buyers might be a 
generous estimate ?


>If the good Doctor Russinovich wants to write something *really* helpful,
>how about a fix for the verdamnt SIQ?  That I would buy.  Several, even.
>
>Working properly, it would not only NOT hang, it would NOT permit ANY app
>to take the focus away from the guy at the keyboard (the one who paid for
>all this stuff!)
>
>Any app loading in the background would, thank you very much, STAY in the
>background,
> NOT pop to the top while you are in the middle of doing something else.
>
>Same for warnings, error messages, etc.  Set a blinking light in the
>Warpcenter if need be, but DO NOT take my keyboard and screen until I get
>around to you...
>

Mr Hacker, I'd like to officially welcome you to the "Too Stupid to 
Discriminate Between Roses and Dog Shit Society."  We have meetings 
on the third Wednesday of each month, trying to find answers for
problems with OS/2 which, of course, do not exist. IBM, as we all know, is 
in BUSINESS to increase their BOTTOM LINE, when they're not so-kindly 
spending .00001% of their net for worthy charities to improve the condition 
of businesskind.

As a member of Too Stupid, we'd like to remind you NOT to comprehend 
IBM press releases  informing you that :

" IBM's newest, worldwide, e-business initiative
  establishes business intelligence as the next
  major wave of e-business. The initiative includes
  new relationship marketing solutions for small and
  medium businesses;

"  IBM's FastStart Program for business intelligence
  enables businesses with limited resources 

(remember, SOHO is clearly NOT IBM's market)

"  IBM SecureWay* Firewall Version 4.1 for Windows NT
   strengthens e-mail protection and security for Internet 
   multimedia applications. 

"RealNetworks, Inc.'s RealSystem** G2 streaming
  media delivery system has been integrated with
  Lotus Notes** and Domino R5, allowing users to
  view, create, and stream media in rich multimedia
  applications. RealSystem G2 integration, via IBM
  HotMedia* Connect for Domino, is included at no
  charge in Notes and Domino.

(Multimedia is NOT a BUSINESS requirement)

"  Join the "Planning for Windows 2000" Web broadcast
  on 13 October, the first in a series of four
  presented by IBM and Windows NT Magazine, to hear
  how to make seamless transition to Windows 2000**.

"Worldwide IBM Seminars about Windows
  2000 Begin in Europe in Late October
  IBM's Windows 2000 offerings will range across the
  spectrum of system software and applications for
  all types of industries and businesses.

"  Come to an IBM seminar about Windows 2000 for
  information about how Windows 2000 works

"  A complimentary, half-day, executive seminar,

"A simplified pricing model for DB2 Spatial Extender

"RealSystem G2 integration, via IBM HotMedia* Connect 
  for Domino, is included at no charge

"  IBM has officially launched developerWorks*, a
  free, online resource that helps developers to
  build better software. The new Open Source Zone,
  a forum for all of IBM's open source projects,
  allows developers to submit changes and fixes to
  code. The revamped Security Zone provides more
  complete information about writing secure code.

( IBM HAS to charge for OS/2 Java and Netscape, they are in 
BUSINESS to make money.)


and the Society Motto, 
"Hooray ! IBM gives *us* free fixpacks ! Hare hare IBM ! Duh"

(don't forget to wear your pocket protector)

>
>Regards,
>
>Bill Hacker
>
>-- 
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>askbill@ibm.net (William B. Hacker, III)
>
>Titanic '12   NYSE '29   Windows '95 and subsequent.....
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>


--
Hrad ngravvrd


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From: christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-boch...               30-Sep-99 23:25:00
  To: All                                               01-Oct-99 02:22:09
Subj: Re: XFree86, GIMP and GhostScript????

Message sender: christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

From: Christian Hennecke <christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>

Ray Appleby schrieb:
> 
> I installed the X11 version (from Hobbes) of GhostScript branching
> from the root directory of XFree86 (retaining the paths in the ZIP)
> but when I try to open an EPS file, I get the message "Can't find
> gs_init.ps".
> 
> I can't find any references to setup (expected directories, etc) and
> several searches of DEJA didn't bring up anything I could hang my hat
> on.
> 
> What is the proper setup for GhostScript under XFree86?
> 
> Is it possible to use a later version of GhostScript (without
> compiling the code)?

Yeah. There is 5.50. In this version you can't use anti-aliasing in X
however. Have a look at
http://www.ime.rwth-aachen.de/~michael/os2/ghostscript/index.html

Christian Hennecke
-- 
Keep passing the open windows! ("The Hotel New Hampshire", John Irving)

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From: askbill*AT*ibm.net                                01-Oct-99 11:36:12
  To: All                                               01-Oct-99 06:44:09
Subj: Re: Would 10,000 be interested in a "HPFS for Windows 95/98"?

From: askbill*AT*ibm.net

In <c1.01.2SN8jb$0AH@hamei.pacbell.net>, on 09/30/99 
   at 08:16 PM, hamei@pacbell.net said:

>In <37f445ae$1$nfxovyy$mr2ice@news1.ibm.net>, askbill*AT*ibm.net writes:
>>In <19990930.17514765@ds9.more4u.de>, on 09/30/99 
>>   at 05:51 PM, Robert Schroeder <rob@schroeder.net> said:
>>
>>>Hello all!
>>
>>>I just had a few words with Mark Russinovich, Ph.D., Vice President of
>>>Engineering, Winternals Software (http://www.winternals.com), and
>>>developer of "NTFS for Windows 98"
>>
>>*SNIP* stuff about how he goes about it...
>>
>>>Mark seems to agree he might be able to provide an "HPFS for Windows 98"
>>>version with the help of the HPFS driver (pinball.sys) from NT 3.51
>>>without having to do too much coding, but he said, "with OS/2 dead" he
>>>wouldn't want to spend any time at all on it.
>>
>>>(Remark: we tried to get the HPFS driver working instead of the NTFS
>>>driver without any coding at all, unfortunately without success).
>>
>>>In a later reply, Mark wrote: "If you could prove to me that at least
>>>10,000 people would be interested, then I might consider looking into 
>>>it."
>>
>>>Is that something realistic?
>>
>>>Best,
>>>Robert
>>
>>Hardly.  Doubt one could find even 100 people.
>>
>snippersed>

>>FInally - I have a hard time understanding why anyone would *WANT* to do
>>it.
>>
>>By and large, WIN-9X folks have neither the need for, nor the interest in,
>>high-performance file systems in general or HPFS in particular.  There is
>>not even very much interest in HPFS under NT, where it is fairly easy to
>>implement (shipped included up thru NT 3.51).  Let us not forget, however, 
>>that the NT version of HPFS is not current.
>>
>>

>from the evidence here, most OS/2 users who also use an MS OS use NT.
>HPFS support in NT is already easy to install. 100 buyers might be a 
>generous estimate ?


>>If the good Doctor Russinovich wants to write something *really* helpful,
>>how about a fix for the verdamnt SIQ?  That I would buy.  Several, even.
>>
>>Working properly, it would not only NOT hang, it would NOT permit ANY app
>>to take the focus away from the guy at the keyboard (the one who paid for
>>all this stuff!)
>>
>>Any app loading in the background would, thank you very much, STAY in the
>>background,
>> NOT pop to the top while you are in the middle of doing something else.
>>
>>Same for warnings, error messages, etc.  Set a blinking light in the
>>Warpcenter if need be, but DO NOT take my keyboard and screen until I get
>>around to you...
>>

>Mr Hacker, I'd like to officially welcome you to the "Too Stupid to 
>Discriminate Between Roses and Dog Shit Society."  We have meetings  on
>the third Wednesday of each month, trying to find answers for problems
>with OS/2 which, of course, do not exist. IBM, as we all know, is  in
>BUSINESS to increase their BOTTOM LINE, when they're not so-kindly 
>spending .00001% of their net for worthy charities to improve the
>condition  of businesskind.

>As a member of Too Stupid, we'd like to remind you NOT to comprehend  IBM
>press releases  informing you that :

>" IBM's newest, worldwide, e-business initiative
>  establishes business intelligence as the next
>  major wave of e-business. The initiative includes
>  new relationship marketing solutions for small and
>  medium businesses;

*SNIP* Lots of IBM lies.......

Harald,

Thanks.  I was an early member of the "Too Stoopid" society.

Came with the proficiency rating for the Western Electric M33 FDC. - if we
could build a vacuum-tube analog computer in the 1950's  that could still
accurately hit a bomber with 10% of its tubes missing, - why do Wintel
machines have to be rebooted - ever?
(M33 was replaced with a modified PDP-8 - which provided for  reducing
both required space and system reliability -
- but was "modern all-digital" at the time).

Membership renewed on the Burroughs D825.  AKA BUIC.  First digital
computer with parallel processing.  Two sides of the system begin blaming
each other for errors - forever.  "Reboot" invented. Beginning of the
modern era, that!

Elevated to exalted status on AN/FSQ-7 (IBM Federal Systems "Whirlwind
II"). First large-scale real time computer.  Sort of.  Depends on how
"real" your time is. Was able to selectively shed workload to keep
application within its ability to perform. Not by GPF's, either. 
Gracefully.

Marketeers, managements, OS and hardware designers seem determined  to
repeat the errors of the past ** instead of the successes **.

- Every one of the above machines separated its diagnostics and control
I/O from its application display.  Not only were there multiple CRT's,
there were separate hardware systems for the diagnostics and maintenance.

We could do that SO easily today.  But we do not.

BTW - the Roses are the ones with the nice texture, right?

Bill

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From: rappleby@cadvision.com                            30-Sep-99 22:26:27
  To: All                                               01-Oct-99 06:44:10
Subj: Re: XFree86, GIMP and GhostScript????

From: rappleby@cadvision.com (Ray Appleby)

On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 21:25:01, Christian Hennecke 
<christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:

> > I installed the X11 version (from Hobbes) of GhostScript branching
> > from the root directory of XFree86 (retaining the paths in the ZIP)
> > but when I try to open an EPS file, I get the message "Can't find
> > gs_init.ps".
> > 
> > I can't find any references to setup (expected directories, etc) and
> > several searches of DEJA didn't bring up anything I could hang my hat
> > on.
> > 
> > What is the proper setup for GhostScript under XFree86?
> > 
> > Is it possible to use a later version of GhostScript (without
> > compiling the code)?
> 
> Yeah. There is 5.50. In this version you can't use anti-aliasing in X
> however. Have a look at
> http://www.ime.rwth-aachen.de/~michael/os2/ghostscript/index.html
> 
> Christian Hennecke
> 

I'm aware of the later versions for OS/2 but there is only one 
designated for X11 on Hobbes.  I don't have the tools or the knowledge
to compile the source from later versions under XFree86/X11.  

Are you saying that I can run the OS/2 native code under XFree86?

Will installing the OS/2 version 5.50 solve the "Can't find the 
gs_init.ps" file problem?

Best Regards,
Ray Appleby                     rappleby@cadvision.com
[Team OS/2]                 Multitasking at OS/2 Warp4 Speed.

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From: sutherlandj@ideal.net.au@ideal.n...               01-Oct-99 04:49:00
  To: All                                               01-Oct-99 06:44:10
Subj: Re: XFree86, GIMP and GhostScript????

Message sender: sutherlandj@ideal.net.au@ideal.net.au

From: sutherlandj@ideal.net.au@ideal.net.au

I bought Ghostscript on CD-ROM from the author and avoided all the hassle.  I
may have also downloaded EMX runtime from somewhere.


In <dF1xEfk5flPE-pn2-bK6dehkN2dkk@localhost>, rappleby@cadvision.com (Ray
Appleby) writes:
>I installed the X11 version (from Hobbes) of GhostScript branching 
>from the root directory of XFree86 (retaining the paths in the ZIP) 
>but when I try to open an EPS file, I get the message "Can't find 
>gs_init.ps".  
>
>I can't find any references to setup (expected directories, etc) and 
>several searches of DEJA didn't bring up anything I could hang my hat 
>on.
>
>What is the proper setup for GhostScript under XFree86? 
>
>Is it possible to use a later version of GhostScript (without 
>compiling the code)?
>
>Thanks for any and all suggestions.
>
>Best Regards,
>Ray Appleby                     rappleby@cadvision.com
>[Team OS/2]                 Multitasking at OS/2 Warp4 Speed.

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From: news@fenrir.demon.co.uk                           30-Sep-99 07:43:15
  To: All                                               01-Oct-99 06:44:10
Subj: Re: DCITU - A Posting By The Author

From: "Brian Morrison" <news@fenrir.demon.co.uk>

On 29 Sep 1999 14:17:23 GMT, Esther Schindler wrote:

>
>I _am_ glad that you're updating the software, and I hate to think 
>that I added to the frustration of dealing with an ex-distributor.
>

Just let me add that Stephane is producing excellent support and new
features despite other commitments.

I'm delighted with DCITU, it will allow me to keep using OS/2 for some
time. Are you listening IBM?


-- 
Brian Morrison                                       news@fenrir.demon.co.uk
               to reply, change address from 'news' to 'bdm'
 ...Grim faced, cold as fishwife's fingers, he snatched from the wall
 the sickle-sharp boar tusks he used for defacing Readers' Digest....


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