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From: twejr@ibm.net                                     17-Dec-99 15:14:10
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: HPFS 386

From: "Tom Eichenberg" <twejr@ibm.net>

Is there any way of getting HPFS386 running under
the WARP 4 client?




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From: sbaker@pcug.org.au                                18-Dec-99 12:13:25
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "Shane Baker" <sbaker@pcug.org.au>

Gidday

Subject lines says it all!

Merry Christmas

Shane Baker
Canberra - Australia's national capital
_____________________________
sbakerATpcug.org.au - please make the obvious change when replying
Australian Pets newsgroup - aus.pets  <<>>  Australian Dogs Page -
http://www.pcug.org.au/~sbaker/dogs.htm



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From: lifedata@xxvol.com                                17-Dec-99 20:11:13
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: [OT] was Re: +++GET YOUR FREE PENTIUM  CELERON-300+++______________

From: lifedata@xxvol.com

Bennie Nelson <b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov> said:

>By "opened" I mean a browser window was invoked, the website was 
>contacted, and the html page was loaded and displayed on my screen. This
>occurred by simply displaying the newsgroup article using Communicator for
>OS/2 v4.61.

Glad I use MR/2 ICE.

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


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From: hemo_jr@attglobal.net                             17-Dec-99 19:24:29
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

From: "Matt Hickman" <hemo_jr@attglobal.net>

In <gjrwevozarg.fmwivx0.pminews@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, on 12/17/99 
   at 03:14 PM, "Tom Eichenberg" <twejr@ibm.net> said:

>Is there any way of getting HPFS386 running under
>the WARP 4 client?

No legal means AFAIK.

-- 
Matt Hickman
     'Velocity' is the first derivative, the differential of 
     distance with respect to time; he converted those equations
     into differential equations, then played games with them.  
     He would feed the results to the Rakitiac computer, remote 
     successor to Univac, Eniac and Maniac.  While he was doing 
     these things his hands never sweated nor did he stammer, 
     except when he was forced to deal with the young lady who 
     was chief programmer for the giant computer.
                                   - Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
                                    _Tunnel in the Sky_ (c 1955)

** Join "The Heinleiners" a SETI@home club **
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_17222.html

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From: abeagley@optonline.net                            18-Dec-99 02:04:08
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: Alan Beagley <abeagley@optonline.net>

G'day to you too.

Yes, the BA/2000 evaluation worked for me, and I now have the full
upgrade. The problems I encountered initially turned out to be nothing
to do with BA/2000 at all; they were caused by a flaky SCSI adapter.

Alan
Australian citizen in exile on Long Island, New York

Shane Baker wrote:
> 
> Gidday
> 
> Subject lines says it all!
> 
> Merry Christmas

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From: chris@os2ezine.com                                18-Dec-99 02:06:19
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: MySQL

From: chris@os2ezine.com (Chris Wenham)

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 18:23:10, "Andreas Linde" <andreas.linde@os2.org> 
wrote:

> the russian version has some problems, and also isn't available in the
newest
> release, as far as I know.

 What are those problems? The version I found was 1.3.9.

Regards,

Chris Wenham - editor@os2ezine.com
The views expressed are mine.

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From: merlins@ibm.net                                   18-Dec-99 01:25:11
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: Anybody where to find MD5

From: Meinolf Sondermann <merlins@ibm.net>

Hello Kim,

Kim Cheung wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:53:02 +0100, Meinolf Sondermann wrote:
> 
> >As md5 does not walk through subdirs, i created a REXX
> >procedure around it ( using SysFileTree ) to feed some
> >6000 files to md5. I redirected the results to a single
> >report file. Did that for both source and target.
> 
> Do you have to call md5 6000 times or once?   I guess I will find out.   I
> downloaded it.

A script would have to fire md5 6000 times.

But I was curious, wether there was a better solution.
So I played around with "diff" from GNU-Utils, which someone
suggested in the other thread "Program to Compare/Verify CD-R?" .
And indeed it is much better as it can walk through subdirs and
compare each correspondend file by a single invocation. No need
for scripting with that necessary.

Sorry for me wasting your time.

Bye/2
Meinolf

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From: jp@sp.sp.sp                                       18-Dec-99 03:20:17
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: Microphone

From: "jp" <jp@sp.sp.sp>


> 
> You're not the only one who deletes VT. How about Faxworks Pro v.3? 
> That's an excellent program for recording mike messages.
> 
How 'bout just opening a CLI and type "record somefile.wav" ?

j. 

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From: bjhavard@my-deja.com                              18-Dec-99 03:57:28
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: MySQL

From: bjhavard@my-deja.com

In article
<QvZVpH4Tn21Y-pn2-rNrXXihZdFIy@blimey.netmonger.n
et>,
  chris@os2ezine.com wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:43:21, "Andreas Linde"
<andreas.linde@os2.org>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > that's completely wrong. I don't know what
you did, but mysql, php and
> > apache are running VERY fine out of the box
with apache 1.3.9
> > at Netlabs.org and OS2.org !!!
> > the version from
http://silk.apana.org.au/apache/ is the best I
know of.
> > and the most actual version too
>
>  That URL is unreachable. Is there a mirror?

Sorry, but I had no power for most of the day
after high winds took out my power line.


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

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From: mckinnis@attglobal.net                            18-Dec-99 04:13:22
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

From: mckinnis@attglobal.net (Chuck McKinnis)

Yes, it can be run under Warp 4.  If you don't have a license for Warp
Server Advanced, you will be illegal.

I have tried it (legally) and found that the improvements were minor 
when not in an intensive server environment and the problems of 
dealing with the access control lists (ACL) You have to remove and 
save the access control lists before you apply maintenance and put 
them back after maintenance is applied.  This is true for both Warp 
Server and Warp 4.

On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 23:14:21, "Tom Eichenberg" <twejr@ibm.net> wrote:

> Is there any way of getting HPFS386 running under
> the WARP 4 client?
> 
> 
> 
> 

Chuck McKinnis
IBM Senior Systems Engineer (retired)

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From: aaronl@clear.net.nz                               18-Dec-99 17:37:01
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: voicetype stopped working

From: Aaron Lawrence <aaronl@clear.net.nz>

Peter Wadsack wrote:
> OS2OM30.DLL 0001:000023f8
> So, what is <OS2OM30.DLL> anyway?  What to do?
Hi Peter,

Just a note. Os2OM30.dll is just a general runtime DLL from IBM Visual
Age C++ compiler AFAIK.

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From: fake@forgitaboutit.com                            18-Dec-99 03:14:24
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: David H. McCoy <fake@forgitaboutit.com>

In article <385A419A.C783FA08@frostbytes.com>, jimf@frostbytes.com says...
>> :>
>> OS/2 has the hooks for C-2 level security built into the OS and there are
>> several addons that take advantage of this.  OS/2 can be made secure with
>> little effort as it does not have the holes that Windows does.
>
>I wasn't aware of this.  That does help a whole lot.  I really wish they'd
put
>the security in the box, though, I'm really not keen on layered technologies. 

>Usually there are gaps in the layers.
>

The problem is that few companies, in fact only ONE that I knew of stepped up 
in 1996 to create a secure OS/2 program.

Now, how many are available today?

-- 
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David H. McCoy
dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com
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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           18-Dec-99 04:11:15
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 03:14:48, David H. McCoy <fake@forgitaboutit.com> 
wrote:

> In article <385A419A.C783FA08@frostbytes.com>, jimf@frostbytes.com says...
> >> :>
> >> OS/2 has the hooks for C-2 level security built into the OS and there are
> >> several addons that take advantage of this.  OS/2 can be made secure with
> >> little effort as it does not have the holes that Windows does.
> >
> >I wasn't aware of this.  That does help a whole lot.  I really wish they'd
put
> >the security in the box, though, I'm really not keen on layered
technologies. 
> >Usually there are gaps in the layers.
> >
> 
> The problem is that few companies, in fact only ONE that I knew of stepped
up 
> in 1996 to create a secure OS/2 program.
> 
> Now, how many are available today?
> 

Three

--

Lorne Sunley

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From: fake@forgitaboutit.com                            18-Dec-99 04:14:28
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: David H. McCoy <fake@forgitaboutit.com>

In article <qpkdVVNoMoTk-pn2-xdIzk37fEdsQ@tcpserver>, lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca 
says...
>On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 03:14:48, David H. McCoy <fake@forgitaboutit.com> 
>wrote:
>
>> In article <385A419A.C783FA08@frostbytes.com>, jimf@frostbytes.com says...
>> >> :>
>> >> OS/2 has the hooks for C-2 level security built into the OS and there
are
>> >> several addons that take advantage of this.  OS/2 can be made secure
with
>> >> little effort as it does not have the holes that Windows does.
>> >
>> >I wasn't aware of this.  That does help a whole lot.  I really wish they'd 
put
>> >the security in the box, though, I'm really not keen on layered
technologies. 
>> >Usually there are gaps in the layers.
>> >
>> 
>> The problem is that few companies, in fact only ONE that I knew of stepped
up 
>> in 1996 to create a secure OS/2 program.
>> 
>> Now, how many are available today?
>> 
>
>Three
>
>--
>
>Lorne Sunley
>

Not a lot. Names?

-- 
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David H. McCoy
dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com
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From: rgehrig@primenet.com                              17-Dec-99 22:11:11
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "Robert Gehrig" <rgehrig@primenet.com>

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:13:50 +1000 (EST), Shane Baker wrote:

>Gidday
>
>Subject lines says it all!
>
>Merry Christmas
>
>Shane Baker
>Canberra - Australia's national capital
>_____________________________
>sbakerATpcug.org.au - please make the obvious change when replying
>Australian Pets newsgroup - aus.pets  <<>>  Australian Dogs Page -
http://www.pcug.org.au/~sbaker/dogs.htm
>
>
>
I am about to get the upgrade.

Yet another ex-pat, residing in Arizona.


Robert Gehrig
rgehrig@primenet.com

Brought to you by the letters O and S and the number 2



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From: bobg.REMOVEME.@pics.com                           18-Dec-99 01:30:27
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 04:52:28
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: Bob Germer <bobg.REMOVEME.@pics.com>

On <385AEB9F.AE2E75A9@optonline.net>, on 12/18/99 at 02:04 AM,
   Alan Beagley <abeagley@optonline.net> said:

> Alan
> Australian citizen in exile on Long Island, New York

How appropriate. An expatriot from a prison colony living in our prison
colony. <GRIN>

> Shane Baker wrote:
> > 
> > Gidday
> > 
> > Subject lines says it all!
> > 
> > Merry Christmas


--
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---------------
Bob Germer from Mount Holly, NJ - E-mail: bobg@Pics.com
Proudly running OS/2 Warp 4.0 w/ FixPack 12
MR/2 Ice 2.01 Registration Number 67
Aut Pax Aut Bellum
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From: kenames@earthlink.net                             18-Dec-99 08:05:21
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 05:20:09
Subj: Re: MySQL

From: kenames@earthlink.net

Hey! can anybody answer my questions???

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 19:08:04, kenames@earthlink.net wrote:

> Does MySQL have a client for OS/2 or an ODBC driver I can use to 
> access the Mysql server running on a linux box?
> On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 16:15:46, rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc) wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Is there an OS/2 MySQL server? I found some hints of MSQL, but that won't
> > do as I need to develop a database that will eventually run on MySQL on
> > a Unix platform.
> > 
> > Pierre
> > -- 
> > Pierre Jelenc                  | www.mp3.com/cucumbers 
www.mp3.com/pawnshop
> >                                | www.cdbaby.com/buy/rawkinder.htm
> > The New York City Beer Guide   | Home Office Records http://www.web-ho.com
> >    http://www.nycbeer.org      | www.mp3.com/jeniferjackson
> 
> 
> 


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From: whonea@codenet.net                                18-Dec-99 01:51:21
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 05:20:09
Subj: Re: Java118 updates at Hursley-12-16-99

From: whonea@codenet.net (Will Honea)

On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:51:51, jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John 
Poltorak) wrote:

> There are quite a number of differences. The directory name has changed
> from javaos2 to java11, which means a number of lines in config.sys need
> changing. There's also classpath and possibly other variables, and I have
> no idea if there are any JAVA settings in os2.ini. Is there a script which
will
> automate these changes, or does it need to be done manually? 

Surest way is to use the Install Object to UNINSTALL Java 1.02 
completely before you try to install 1.1.x.  This normally cleans up 
the Config.sys lines as well as any WPS objects.

Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

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From: willem@horizontes-informatica.com                 18-Dec-99 09:06:12
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 05:20:09
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "Willem Clements" <willem@horizontes-informatica.com>

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:13:50 +1000 (EST), Shane Baker wrote:

>Gidday
>
>Subject lines says it all!
>
>Merry Christmas
>
Works fine here, just ordered the upgrade

Willem


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From: umgrang0@cc.umanitoba.ca                          18-Dec-99 02:48:10
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 10:01:24
Subj: Re: +++GET YOUR FREE PENTIUM CELERON-300+++____________________________

From: "Randy" <umgrang0@cc.umanitoba.ca>

>This bloody thing opened automatically:-((((

I thought I hit the wrong key when scanning through these messages...geez



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From: ivan@protein.bio.msu.su                           18-Dec-99 12:35:12
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 10:01:24
Subj: Re: MySQL

From: "Ivan Adzhubei" <ivan@protein.bio.msu.su>

In <f5O4dXX6MbiT-pn2-vjO6KRLv0WkB@draco.home.earthlink.net>, on 12/18/99 
   at 08:05 AM, kenames@earthlink.net said:

Usually, if you did not get the answer posted here this means - RTFM.

Cheers,
Ivan

P.S. Go to www.mysql.com


>Hey! can anybody answer my questions???

>On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 19:08:04, kenames@earthlink.net wrote:

>> Does MySQL have a client for OS/2 or an ODBC driver I can use to 
>> access the Mysql server running on a linux box?
>> On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 16:15:46, rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc) wrote:
>> 
>> > 
>> > Is there an OS/2 MySQL server? I found some hints of MSQL, but that won't
>> > do as I need to develop a database that will eventually run on MySQL on
>> > a Unix platform.
>> > 
>> > Pierre
>> > -- 
>> > Pierre Jelenc                  | www.mp3.com/cucumbers 
www.mp3.com/pawnshop
>> >                                | www.cdbaby.com/buy/rawkinder.htm
>> > The New York City Beer Guide   | Home Office Records
http://www.web-ho.com
>> >    http://www.nycbeer.org      | www.mp3.com/jeniferjackson
>> 
>> 
>> 


-- 
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"Ivan Adzhubei" <ivan@protein.bio.msu.su>
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From: wwiv@pppproject.org                               18-Dec-99 04:08:17
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 10:01:24
Subj: netscape bookmarks

From: "Dilbert Firestorm" <wwiv@pppproject.org>

I found out that I messed up on the netscape bookmarks.  As it turns out, I
was saving the bookmark entries to the wrong bookmark file even tho it has
similar entries.  
-
Is there a program that would compare the 2 bookmarks and let me cut & paste
between the 2?
-


Origin: Nuclear Wasteland * 504-394-0509


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From: rsteiner@visi.com                                 18-Dec-99 03:59:16
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 10:01:24
Subj: Re: Embellish Install Workaround

From: rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.misc, pbackman@remoove.algonet.se (Per Backman)
spake unto us, saying:

>If this is the file, that Dadaware has been distributing as Shareware 
>(or how was it distributed??), I can very well understand, that business
>has not been brilliant.

The shareware version installed fine at one point -- I evaluated the
v2.0 version of Embellish a couple of years ago.

People who paid for it got a nice purple CD-ROM in the mail.  :-)

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
            Docs?  Why look at Docs?  Nurses are better!  :-)

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From: rsteiner@visi.com                                 18-Dec-99 04:18:27
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 10:01:24
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.apps, isaacl@grizzlies.ece.ubc.ca (e-frog)
spake unto us, saying:

>But what I really, really want is a true graphics paint program along the
>lines of DeluxePaint II.

A program like that simply does not exist for OS/2.

Photogenics looks (to me, based on the description on the web site) to
be an Embellish functional superset which has a few more drawing tool
options (Embellish has some of the basics like chalk and spraypaint).

It'd be nice to see it ported, but I'd have to play with it a while
to get a feel for what it does that my existing ColorWorks/Embellish/
StarOffice combination doesn't already do before I could justify
shelling out $100 for it.

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
           I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.

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From: jgil@widomaker.com                                18-Dec-99 06:57:04
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 10:01:25
Subj: Gamma Tech Question

From: "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com>

Here is a problem I am having with the Gamma Tech Utilities 4.0.

First, a little background:

The hard disk is IDE 8.1g and is partitioned C: through E: all HPFS.  WARP4
is on C: along with Gamma Tech.
The Gamma Tech Analyze utility reports 2 errors as Type 71 GEN_FAILURE and
gives the sector number and file name.  The file apparently spans several
sectors.  The WARP xcopy command will not copy it to anywhere.  It is 11+
megs in size.  And fortunately is not an important file.  I can do without it
quite well.

The problem:

I run Analyze with the 'flag bad sectors' box checked in an attempt to mark
the two sectors as bad  The log shows that D: cannot be locked and that the
flagging is disabled.  The scan continues and reports the same two errors
but, of course does not mark the sectors as bad.

There are no tasks running from D: and nothing is showing in the Window list
execpt Desktop.  

Running Analyze on E: with the "flag bad sectors" checked behaves as
expected.  The drive locks and the scan does not report any errors.

Now another wrinkle.  On my second hard disk, I have WARP 4 installed on H:. 
If I boot to it and run Analyze it still reports that D: cannot be locked. 
In this case, Gamma Tech is on H:.

I feel certain I can reformat D: and restore from my backup but it would like
to mark those two sectors bad without having to do that.

Does anyone have any idea why I can't get Analyze to lock D: and mark the
sectors bad?

Thank you.




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From: a_dinosaur@my-deja.com                            18-Dec-99 17:15:04
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 16:45:19
Subj: Re: InnoVal To Offer Low-Cost OS/2 ISP Service!

From: a_dinosaur@my-deja.com

Dear Dan,

What you are seeing here is an irrational response to a rational
proposal.  It is this absurd and provincial attitude that makes some
OS/2 users so irritating.  You did your very best to make good products
at a profit.  You have done this to benefit the OS/2 community and to
make a profit.  I respect this and understand it.  I do believe it is an
exercise in utter futility to try to reason with a group of people who
only want to insult and embarass you.  I, one speaking for I hope many,
appreciate your efforts.  If they want to be angry and abusive with
someone send them IBM's email address.

Good luck and God speed.

a_dinosaur


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

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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          18-Dec-99 17:00:25
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 16:45:19
Subj: Re: Java118 updates at Hursley-12-16-99

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:35:13, lifedata@xxvol.com wrote:

> I noticed this in the fixes.lst file:
> 
>   RMI-IIOP Incorrectly mangled Exceptions 
> 
> I sure hope it mangles exceptions correctly now!
> 

But, how will we know?

-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           18-Dec-99 17:40:09
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 16:45:19
Subj: Re: Java118 updates at Hursley-12-16-99

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:00:50, donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy 
Donnelly) wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:35:13, lifedata@xxvol.com wrote:
> 
> > I noticed this in the fixes.lst file:
> > 
> >   RMI-IIOP Incorrectly mangled Exceptions 
> > 
> > I sure hope it mangles exceptions correctly now!
> > 
> 
> But, how will we know?
> 

Use your mangled Exception de-mangling tool :-) 


--

Lorne Sunley

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From: jgil@widomaker.com                                18-Dec-99 13:21:04
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 16:45:19
Subj: Re: Gamma Tech Question

From: "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com>

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:07:00 GMT, Lorne Sunley wrote:

>The failure to lock drive D probably occurs because
>there are references to files on the drive. This can be
>DLL's loaded from the driver of Desktop objects that
>are referenced.

I guess that means that I have to go through each entry for D: *DLL's in
config.sys and try to determine which one(s) it is.

Subsequently I found out that the 'locking' problem applies to other programs
as well as Gamma Tech's Analyze.  Chkdsk d: /f gives the same problem.  My
guess is that if I tried to Format  F: /fs:HPFS the same thing would happen.

Thanks for your response and as far as I know, I am registered.  At least I
paid some money yesterday for version 4.01 and dl'd it. <g>



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From: Peter.Weilbacher@T-Online.de                      18-Dec-99 19:41:07
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 16:45:19
Subj: Re: netscape bookmarks

From: Peter.Weilbacher@T-Online.de

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 04:08:35, "Dilbert Firestorm" <wwiv@pppproject.org> 
wrote:
> Is there a program that would compare the 2 bookmarks and let me cut & paste
> between the 2?

Try GFC -- Graphical File Compare - it should be available at Hobbes. It
will let you save a composite of two files you compared. The should also
be PMDiff, but it was rather expensive shareware, if I remember 
correctly.

Greetings,
	Peter.

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From: rcpj@panix.com                                    18-Dec-99 19:09:09
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 16:45:19
Subj: How to play MP3 through Netscape?

From: rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc)

I simply cannot get Netscape (4.61) to play mp3 files. I have installed
PM123, which works perfectly well on its own, and have tried to associate
it with M3U and MP3 extensions in the Preferences/Applications section
with the respective MIME types audio/x-mpegurl and audio/mpeg. The path to
the EXE file is correct, and I have tried it with and without quotes. When
I click on an M3U link I get a text window with the URL to the MP3 file;
when I click on an MP3 link I get the usual file download dialog.

What is missing here? Why can't PM123 be launched as it should be?

One peculiar thing is that the description that I enter originally does
not stick, it gets replaced automatically by "PM123 file" in both cases
when I save the preferences. 

Pierre
-- 
Pierre Jelenc                  | www.mp3.com/cucumbers  www.mp3.com/pawnshop
                               | www.cdbaby.com/buy/rawkinder.htm
The New York City Beer Guide   | Home Office Records http://www.web-ho.com
   http://www.nycbeer.org      | www.mp3.com/jeniferjackson

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From: jimf@frostbytes.com                               18-Dec-99 09:43:12
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: do you have OS/2 1.1?

From: Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com>

Matt Hickman wrote:
> >Anyone remember GEM from Digital Research?  It would run (walk?) on an
> >XT.
> 
> Was TopView a GUI front end or was text based?

Text.  That was one of the worst of the post-DOS systems.

jim

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From: jimf@frostbytes.com                               18-Dec-99 09:59:04
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com>

Kim Cheung wrote:
> >Clusters didn't scale well; beyond a few tens of systems you'd
> >crush a server,
> 
> Not true with the OS/2 RPL.    I believe the largest implementation is in
the
> 4 digit numbers.

I guess I'd have to see it to believe it.

I will say, however, that this thread has been very educational.  I hadn't
known OS/2 had diskless capability.  Knowing that I can see why you'd be
willing to make that challenge -- it's a no-lose situation.

> >and single ethernet segments tended to collapse at about 15
> >workstations.
> 
> Token ring would be the best - of course - let's not get into that.   With
> the cost of ethernet switches these days, that's hardly an issue anymore.

Token ring has its own problems.

> >By the late 80s your typical workstation cluster was dataless; a local
drive
> >held the OS and applications and swap and you worked with data that was
> >centrally stored.  That was a huge, huge win in both performance and
> >scalability, but if your applications were data-hungry you still
bottlenecked
> >on the network.
> 
> A properly designed and implemented diskless network would not have such a
> problem.

It must have the problem; the data has to come from somewhere.

> Mind you that when we say "diskless" - we are referring to the
> term in a "virtual" sense - not a physical sense.    You can still have
local
> hard drive - to reduce network bandwidth loading - but it's a  "virtual"
> drive.   What you try to do is to cut the "dependency" - not the physical
> media.

If you have a drive you're not diskless.  It makes a difference because the
disk is one of the few components that is likely to fail at least once in the
lifetime of a typical machine.  Now, I completely agree that you can utilize
the disk as a local cache for huge wins, but it's not diskless anymore.

> >Worst of all, both of these designs made the network and server systems
single
> >points of failure.  Lose a server and you lose a whole cluster of
> >workstations.  (But then you can go play ping-pong, so it wasn't a total
loss
> >from a workstation users's point of view.)
> 
> I don't know who started this non-sense.    In reliability engineering, what
> you want to do is to HAVE a single point of failure whereby you can
> strengthen up that single point of failure to any degree of reliability.
> Server farm is one stupid idea.    There is good reason why lots of
> enterprise are starting junking their server farms and gone back to
> main-frames.

You are severely mistaken.  What you want are redundant systems that have
automatic failover.  Hardware -- even the best hardware available -- will
fail.  (Just ask eBay about that.)  When it does you better have a fallback
system or you're out of business for the duration.

> >Now, the PC world tried this kind of arrangement right around 1988 or 1989
and
> >rapidly abandoned it.  I presumed they had the same scalability problems.
> 
> Time has changed.    (a) Technology caught up with things (b) whether you do
> this or not, most operations depend on the network being up ANYWAY for them
> to function.   So what's the difference?    I know of one case where they
> distribute, replicate, and maintain a 1G database in 500 stations - in the
> name of saving network bandwidth.

The technology still has scalability problems and it still fails on occasion. 
Using local data replication you certainly can still keep working with a lot
of applications even in the event of a total network failure (I did just last
week when an access point failed, for instance).

Whether or not replicating that 1G database makes sense would depend a lot on
the application.  Certainly the hardware costs are not especially high.

> Network engineering is pretty mature.    You just have to do the job right.

Tell that to the Chicago Options Exchange -- a network failure shut them down
completely.  Or AT&T; a lost network took out Wall Street a couple of years
back.  These aren't cheesy networks put together by amateurs, they're major
networks with redundancy designed and maintained by the people who have been
doing it forever and who keep your phones running virtually non-stop.  And
still they fail on occasion.

In any case I want to thank you for a valuable discussion.  You've corrected a
number of misconceptions I had about OS/2.  'Course it's still pretty much
moot given the state of the market, but that doesn't mean it's not a nice
product :-).

jim

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From: abeagley@optonline.net                            18-Dec-99 13:19:06
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: Alan Beagley <abeagley@optonline.net>

Yes, but I *chose* to go to both places.

Alan


Bob Germer wrote:
> 
> > Alan
> > Australian citizen in exile on Long Island, New York
> 
> How appropriate. An expatriot from a prison colony living in our prison
> colony. <GRIN>
>

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From: christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-boch...               18-Dec-99 14:57:16
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

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

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

Tom Eichenberg schrieb:
> Is there any way of getting HPFS386 running under
> the WARP 4 client?

First of all you need a license for Warp Server Advanced AFAIK to use
HPFS 386 legally. It's really too bad that it's not available seperately
at a reasonable price.

I've seen it run very nicely. AFAIR you have to comment out the
RUN=bootdrive:\OS2\SMSTART.EXE statement in CONFIG.SYS or you will
experience traps. You also shouldn't use ACLs. As for the cache size I'd
suggest 12MB if you have 128MB RAM or more. With 2MB or 4MB you probably
won't see any speedups. BTW, tune the settings in HPFS386.INI like you
would with CACHE.EXE's parameters.

To use it comment out the IFS and CACHE.EXE statements from CONFIG.SYS
and add the following:

IFS=drive:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.IFS /A:*
CALL=drive:\OS2\CMD.EXE /Q /C drive:\IBM386FS\CACHE386.EXE >NUL

You also have to add the directories to your PATH and LIBPATH.

A good howto comes with the CONFIGMAINT program (from which part of the
above information is).

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

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From: abeagley@optonline.net                            18-Dec-99 15:16:00
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

From: Alan Beagley <abeagley@optonline.net>

Concerning the use of HPFS386 on Warp, Christian Hennecke wrote:

 <snip>

> I've seen it run very nicely. AFAIR you have to comment out the
> RUN=bootdrive:\OS2\SMSTART.EXE statement in CONFIG.SYS or you will
> experience traps.

What does SMSTART.EXE do, and why does it have to be disabled?

> To use it comment out the IFS and CACHE.EXE statements from CONFIG.SYS
> and add the following:
> 
> IFS=drive:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.IFS /A:*
> CALL=drive:\OS2\CMD.EXE /Q /C drive:\IBM386FS\CACHE386.EXE >NUL

What is the significance of the /A:* parameter?

Alan

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From: da@bit_bucket.net                                 18-Dec-99 16:20:15
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: Gamma Tech Question

From: da@bit_bucket.net

I found this question on c.o.o.a this morning and am to sleepy to 
think about it.  I don't know if he is registered, but you might want 
to consider helping your customer!   ;^)

Have a good day and talk to you tonight


On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 06:57:09, "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com> 
wrote:

QuotedlHere is a problem I am having with the Gamma Tech Utilities 4.0.
Quotedl
QuotedlFirst, a little background:
Quotedl
QuotedlThe hard disk is IDE 8.1g and is partitioned C: through E: all HPFS. 
WARP4
Quotedlis on C: along with Gamma Tech.
QuotedlThe Gamma Tech Analyze utility reports 2 errors as Type 71 GEN_FAILURE 
and
Quotedlgives the sector number and file name.  The file apparently spans
several
Quotedlsectors.  The WARP xcopy command will not copy it to anywhere.  It is
11+
Quotedlmegs in size.  And fortunately is not an important file.  I can do
without it
Quotedlquite well.
Quotedl
QuotedlThe problem:
Quotedl
QuotedlI run Analyze with the 'flag bad sectors' box checked in an attempt to 
mark
Quotedlthe two sectors as bad  The log shows that D: cannot be locked and
that the
Quotedlflagging is disabled.  The scan continues and reports the same two
errors
Quotedlbut, of course does not mark the sectors as bad.
Quotedl
QuotedlThere are no tasks running from D: and nothing is showing in the
Window list
Quotedlexecpt Desktop.  
Quotedl
QuotedlRunning Analyze on E: with the "flag bad sectors" checked behaves as
Quotedlexpected.  The drive locks and the scan does not report any errors.
Quotedl
QuotedlNow another wrinkle.  On my second hard disk, I have WARP 4 installed
on H:. 
QuotedlIf I boot to it and run Analyze it still reports that D: cannot be
locked. 
QuotedlIn this case, Gamma Tech is on H:.
Quotedl
QuotedlI feel certain I can reformat D: and restore from my backup but it
would like
Quotedlto mark those two sectors bad without having to do that.
Quotedl
QuotedlDoes anyone have any idea why I can't get Analyze to lock D: and mark
the
Quotedlsectors bad?
Quotedl
QuotedlThank you.
Quotedl
Quotedl
Quotedl
Quotedl

                        _\\|//_    Pssst!
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        ---------ooO-(_)-Ooo------------

The Box said, "Requires Windows95 or better."
I use better, much better thank you...
                                         
Warped with OS/2 4.0 at FP 8 and Java 1.1.7A
_______________________________________
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From: ricsha@rainlore.demon.co.uk                       18-Dec-99 16:22:14
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: ricsha@rainlore.demon.co.uk

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 04:18:54 -0600, rsteiner@visi.com (Richard
Steiner) wrote:

>Here in comp.os.os2.apps, isaacl@grizzlies.ece.ubc.ca (e-frog)
>spake unto us, saying:
>
>>But what I really, really want is a true graphics paint program along the
>>lines of DeluxePaint II.
>
>A program like that simply does not exist for OS/2.
>
>Photogenics looks (to me, based on the description on the web site) to
>be an Embellish functional superset which has a few more drawing tool
>options (Embellish has some of the basics like chalk and spraypaint).
>
>It'd be nice to see it ported, but I'd have to play with it a while

Photogenics? The "new" Amiga version is actually pretty poor, as it's
based on the V1.x  code base. V2 really was getting very good indeed a
few years ago. The codebase for this however is still owned by the
former owners of the now defunct Almathera, and I really can't see
anybody in their right mind undertaking a port to OS/2 when the
commercial viability of horizontal apps is virtually zero on OS/2,
probably little better than on Amiga. :(


Ric

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From: wwiv@pppproject.org                               18-Dec-99 10:29:19
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: microphone

From: "Dilbert Firestorm" <wwiv@pppproject.org>

hey all.
-
would any microphone or just specific ones would with Warp?
-


Origin: Nuclear Wasteland * 504-394-0509


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From: svetter@ameritech.net                             18-Dec-99 11:32:20
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Secure Desktop product

From: Scott Vetter <svetter@ameritech.net>

   I was reading about the SecureDesktop for OS/2 and thought I might
try the evaluation of this product.  The link from about.com points to
their website  and it states to e-mail them and request a copy.  However
there is no e-mail address.  Any idea on how to get in touch with them?
Please reply via e-mail.

Thanks,

Scott
svetter@ameritech.net


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From: lifedata@xxvol.com                                18-Dec-99 11:35:06
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: Java118 updates at Hursley-12-16-99

From: lifedata@xxvol.com

I noticed this in the fixes.lst file:

  RMI-IIOP Incorrectly mangled Exceptions 

I sure hope it mangles exceptions correctly now!

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


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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           18-Dec-99 16:58:29
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: microphone

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 10:29:38, "Dilbert Firestorm" 
<wwiv@pppproject.org> wrote:

> hey all.
> -
> would any microphone or just specific ones would with Warp?

Any microphone should work as long as it matches
the impedence for the "Mic In" plug on your sound
card. (They hide that information where you will never
be able to find it :-)

If there is an impedence mis-match you usually get
VERY LOW level sound from the microphone. Or
maybe the reverse.... The original headset for Warp 4
came with an impedence matching adapter for some
sound cards.

--

Lorne Sunley

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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           18-Dec-99 17:07:00
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 19:57:07
Subj: Re: Gamma Tech Question

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 06:57:09, "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com> 
wrote:

<snip>

> Here is a problem I am having with the Gamma Tech Utilities 4.0.
> The problem:
> 
> I run Analyze with the 'flag bad sectors' box checked in an attempt to mark
> the two sectors as bad  The log shows that D: cannot be locked and that the
> flagging is disabled.  The scan continues and reports the same two errors
> but, of course does not mark the sectors as bad.
> 
> There are no tasks running from D: and nothing is showing in the Window list
> execpt Desktop.  

<snip>

> 
> Does anyone have any idea why I can't get Analyze to lock D: and mark the
> sectors bad?

The failure to lock drive D probably occurs because
there are references to files on the drive. This can be
DLL's loaded from the driver of Desktop objects that
are referenced.

Try a PSTAT > JUNK.TXT command and look through
the junk.txt file with a text editor for any references to
drive D. You may have to boot from diskettes to
prevent any references to the files on drive D.

--

Lorne Sunley

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From: tzs@halcyon.com                                   18-Dec-99 20:06:10
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:12
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: tzs@halcyon.com (Tim Smith)

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 21:26:22 -0500, Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com> wrote:
>"Michael W. Cocke" wrote:
>> wife and son, neither of whom are real interested in learning that
>> ls -l|sort|more is how you do a dir...
...
>> linux would go over real big...  (intense sarcasm).  And before you
>> start telling me that I don't know anything about linux, let me tell you
>> that I was trained at SCO, and was a systems engineer at AT&T.  I know a
>> little about *nix systems.
>
>I wouldn't say something like that unless you proved to me that you were
>confused.  Obviously you're not, although perhaps your knowledge of the
>interfaces is a little dated.

Actually, anyone who would pipe "ls -l" through "sort" is at least a little
bit confused, since "ls -l" is sorted by file name already.  Piping it through
sort will sort the output by the text representation of the modes.  It might
be useful in some circumstances, but it is certainly not the normal way you
look at directory listings 99.99% of the time.

--Tim Smith

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From: OS2Guy@WarpCity.com                               18-Dec-99 12:50:27
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:12
Subj: Re: InnoVal To Offer Low-Cost OS/2 ISP Service!

From: Tim Martin <OS2Guy@WarpCity.com>

a_dinosaur@my-deja.com wrote:

> Dear Dan,
>
> What you are seeing here is an irrational response to a rational
> proposal.  It is this absurd and provincial attitude that makes some
> OS/2 users so irritating.

Nice to know I'm not alone in this regard.  I don't know
what it is but there are those in our own community
who simply refuse to show some positive support for
OS/2 ventures.  When I see or hear of a new OS/2
enterprise or project I know OS/2 is very much alive
and well.

> You did your very best to make good products
> at a profit.  You have done this to benefit the OS/2 community and to
> make a profit.  I respect this and understand it.  I do believe it is an
> exercise in utter futility to try to reason with a group of people who
> only want to insult and embarass you.  I, one speaking for I hope many,
> appreciate your efforts.  If they want to be angry and abusive with
> someone send them IBM's email address.
>
> Good luck and God speed.
>
> a_dinosaur
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

Round of applause Dude!

Tim Martin
The OS2/ Guy
Warp City (http://warpcity.com)
"We're Accepting NEW Early Discount Members!"


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From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com                               18-Dec-99 15:56:26
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:12
Subj: Re: InnoVal To Offer Low-Cost OS/2 ISP Service!

From: Marty <mamodeo@stny.rr.com>

Tim Martin wrote:
> 
> a_dinosaur@my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> > Dear Dan,
> >
> > What you are seeing here is an irrational response to a rational
> > proposal.  It is this absurd and provincial attitude that makes some
> > OS/2 users so irritating.
> 
> Nice to know I'm not alone in this regard.  I don't know
> what it is but there are those in our own community
> who simply refuse to show some positive support for
> OS/2 ventures.

Like Stardock for example?

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From: judithr@primenet.com                              18-Dec-99 09:08:07
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:12
Subj: Re: MySQL

From: judithr@primenet.com

Try
http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_Licensing_and_Support.html


>Hey! can anybody answer my questions???

>On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 19:08:04, kenames@earthlink.net wrote:

>> Does MySQL have a client for OS/2 or an ODBC driver I can use to 
>> access the Mysql server running on a linux box?
>> On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 16:15:46, rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc) wrote:
>> 
>> > 
>> > Is there an OS/2 MySQL server? I found some hints of MSQL, but that won't
>> > do as I need to develop a database that will eventually run on MySQL on
>> > a Unix platform.
>> > 
>> > Pierre
>> > -- 
>> > Pierre Jelenc                  | www.mp3.com/cucumbers 
www.mp3.com/pawnshop
>> >                                | www.cdbaby.com/buy/rawkinder.htm
>> > The New York City Beer Guide   | Home Office Records
http://www.web-ho.com
>> >    http://www.nycbeer.org      | www.mp3.com/jeniferjackson
>> 
>> 
>> 




Judith Russell       
judithr@primenet.com                    
Saugus Web Coordinator
http://www.hart.k12.ca.us/saugus



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From: lifedata@xxvol.com                                18-Dec-99 15:02:20
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:12
Subj: Re: Netscape: long downloads lost

From: lifedata@xxvol.com

karen.l.mansbridge-wood@worldnet.att.net said:

>>I don't understand how
>>the UN_980 update would fix the Netscape download problem.  My
>>understanding is that UN_980 fixes TCP applications, not the TCP/IP
>>stack, and I assume that Netscape has its own ftp routine.

>I'm not an expert either, but I found Netscape 4.6 too unstable for words
>until I applied not only all of the various TCP/IP updates, but all of the
>newest java fixes as well.

Me too on the expert stuff.

Believe me, I found plenty of words for Netscape download problems. ;-)  I
installed the recent update (v 5.12.2 WR08424) this morning.  Then I set my
com port back to maximum and went to get the Java update.  I didn't have a
single falter, nor have a had any page loading halts in the browser.

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


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From: gsinger@nospam.home.com                           18-Dec-99 21:04:29
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:12
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: gsinger@nospam.home.com (Gideon Singer)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 02:13:50, "Shane Baker" <sbaker@pcug.org.au> 
wrote:

-> Gidday
-> 
-> Subject lines says it all!
-> 
-> Merry Christmas
-> 
-> Shane Baker
-> Canberra - Australia's national capital
-> _____________________________
-> sbakerATpcug.org.au - please make the obvious change when replying
-> Australian Pets newsgroup - aus.pets  <<>>  Australian Dogs Page -
http://www.pcug.org.au/~sbaker/dogs.htm
-> 
-> 
-> 

Wheer is the evaluation version located?

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

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From: dboultr@spamfree.erols.com                        18-Dec-99 21:26:07
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:13
Subj: Re: Gamma Tech Question

From: dboultr@spamfree.erols.com

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:21:08, "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com> 
wrote:

> I guess that means that I have to go through each entry for D: *DLL's in
> config.sys and try to determine which one(s) it is.

This is certainly doing things the hard way.  Boot from your 
maintenance drive or from floppies and then run the appropriate 
utility.  All of them are designed to be run as stand-alones as  I 
recall.

This situation is a great example of the utility of a maintenance 
partition. 

Doug Boulter

To reply by e-mail, remove the obvious spam traps from the address

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From: chris@os2ezine.com                                18-Dec-99 21:29:08
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:13
Subj: Re: MySQL

From: chris@os2ezine.com (Chris Wenham)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 08:05:42, kenames@earthlink.net wrote:

> Hey! can anybody answer my questions???

 There is a recent port of MySQL for OS/2 and it can be found at 
hobbes.nmsu.edu.  You can talk to it with Rexx by using Mark 
Hessling's RexxSQL library, or in HTML using the WWW-MySQL CGI program
that's also on Hobbes, or perhaps also with Perl and PHP. I haven't 
tested the last two, but I have personally had success with RexxSQL 
and WWW-MySQL.

Regards,

Chris Wenham - editor@os2ezine.com
The views expressed are mine.

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From: christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-boch...               18-Dec-99 22:58:27
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:13
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

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

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

Alan Beagley schrieb:
> 
> Concerning the use of HPFS386 on Warp, Christian Hennecke wrote:
> 
>  <snip>
> 
> > I've seen it run very nicely. AFAIR you have to comment out the
> > RUN=bootdrive:\OS2\SMSTART.EXE statement in CONFIG.SYS or you will
> > experience traps.
> 
> What does SMSTART.EXE do, and why does it have to be disabled?

SMSTART.EXE belongs to OS/2's error logging system and starts other
programs like DMISL.EXE, FFST.EXE and ERRLOGGER.EXE. According to
CONFIGMAINT the output is only decipherable for real experts and the
normal user won't have use for it. I don't know how it works exactly,
but I've seen machines trap on every boot with HPFS386 and SMSTART.EXE
enabled and running very smoothly after disabling it.

> > To use it comment out the IFS and CACHE.EXE statements from CONFIG.SYS
> > and add the following:
> >
> > IFS=drive:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.IFS /A:*
> > CALL=drive:\OS2\CMD.EXE /Q /C drive:\IBM386FS\CACHE386.EXE >NUL
> 
> What is the significance of the /A:* parameter?

/A is the abbreviation for /AUTOCHECK and * means "all HPFS drives you
come across". BTW, you can specify options like MAXAGE and BUFFERIDLE
for each drive seperately in HPFS386.INI if you like.

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

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From: jgil@widomaker.com                                18-Dec-99 17:05:29
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:13
Subj: Re: Gamma Tech Question

From: "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com>

On 18 Dec 1999 21:26:15 GMT, dboultr@spamfree.erols.com wrote:

>This situation is a great example of the utility of a maintenance 
>partition. 

I have a bootos2 partition just for such purposes.  I tried running Analyze
from it but it aborted.  Maybe I should set up the bootos2 partition to run
pm programs.  As I recall, that can be done but requires a bit more space.

Actually,  I used Analyze to tell me which sectors it thought were bad and
then booted the maint. part and used GTDISK to mark them bad.

Then, since its Saturday afternoon and the wife is out shopping, I decided to
see if HPFS would actually hot fix things.  I copied a whole bunch of large
archives to temporary directories on D: and filled it up.  Guess what!  HPFS
hot fixed the bad sectors.  At least,  Analyze no longer reports errors on
the drive so I guess they got fixed.  The whole process took about an hour
including using Filestar to delete the temporary directories.

All in all, it has been an interesting afternoon.


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From: chris@os2ezine.com                                18-Dec-99 22:16:00
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:13
Subj: Re: How to play MP3 through Netscape?

From: chris@os2ezine.com (Chris Wenham)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:09:18, rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc) wrote:

> I simply cannot get Netscape (4.61) to play mp3 files. I have installed
> PM123, which works perfectly well on its own, and have tried to associate
> it with M3U and MP3 extensions in the Preferences/Applications section
> with the respective MIME types audio/x-mpegurl and audio/mpeg. The path to
> the EXE file is correct, and I have tried it with and without quotes. When
> I click on an M3U link I get a text window with the URL to the MP3 file;
> when I click on an MP3 link I get the usual file download dialog.
>  
> What is missing here? Why can't PM123 be launched as it should be?
>  
> One peculiar thing is that the description that I enter originally does
> not stick, it gets replaced automatically by "PM123 file" in both cases
> when I save the preferences. 

 You need to use an intermediate step to get MP3 files into PM123, 
which is done by creating a tiny little batch file that feeds the URL 
into PM123's pipe.

 PM123 has this "remote control" feature that lets you send it new 
URLs and files to play through a simple command line. If you create a 
tiny CMD file, call it "mp3url.cmd" and put this as its contents:

----- Snip here -----

type %1 > \PIPE\PM123

----- Snip here ------

You'll be able to feed .m3u files to PM123 from the command line. If 
you associate all .m3u files in Netscape to this CMD file, clicking on
a link in Netscape will make it:

 1) Download the m3u file (an m3u file is a tiny text file with the 
URL of the MP3 to play)

 2) Run mp3url.cmd, which will feed that MP3 URL to PM123 and start it
playing.

 You'd associate this with Netscape by going into the "Applications" 
subcategory of Netscape's preferences and using these settings:

 Description: "MP3 URL"
 File extension: .m3u
 MIME Type: audio/x-mpegurl
 Command to run: c:\wherever\you\put\it\mp3url.cmd

 You might want to go back and EDIT this association later and uncheck
the "Ask me before opening" box to stop Netscape from throwing up a 
dialog box every time. Unfortunately, whenever you click on an m3u 
link you'll still see a CMD window flash briefly on your screen as the
CMD is run. I don't know how to remove this part yet, since Netscape 
has no "Run this program minimized" feature yet.

 It also means that you need to have PM123 running before you click on
any MP3 links. This isn't so bad though, you can just put it in your 
startup folder or have a handy shortcut to it somewhere.

 I've tested this method with MP3.COM and noticed a problem. MP3.COM 
has recently tried to be "helpful" by redirecting you to a page that 
encourages you to associate the RealPlayer G2 you can't run under OS/2
with the MP3 MIME types. Since PM123 is the one doing the requesting 
and not Netscape, it may start feeding you a stream of error dialogs 
saying it "can't find the filename <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>You haven't got 
RealPlayer G2 you lame idiot</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>" or something.
 This problem went away when I signed into the "MyMP3.Com" part of the
web site. I don't know if other MP3 sites have this problem.

Regards,

Chris Wenham - editor@os2ezine.com
The views expressed are mine.

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From: mikelrob@flash.net                                18-Dec-99 22:22:15
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:13
Subj: Re: Netscape 4.61 questions

From: mikelrob@flash.net (Michael Robertson)

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:29:00, doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug 
Bissett) wrote:

> And also get, and install, the latest JAVA updates from:
> 
> ftp://ftp.hursley.ibm.com/pub/java/fixes/os2/11/

	Thanks for the good tips, Doug.  After I installed Java 1.1.8, my 
Java Properties under OS/2 preferences seems not to want to recognize 
the JAVAI.DLL file.  Browse shows the dll directory of Java11 as empty
and when I put the fully qualified filename in the box I get a message
that says it can't find JAVAI.DLL in the specified path.  It is 
certainly there, however, and appears in my LIBPATH statement as well.
 Any idea what's going on?

	Michael Robertson

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

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From: tgal@pobox.com                                    18-Dec-99 14:47:00
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 20:28:13
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

From: "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" <tgal@pobox.com>

Alan Beagley wrote:
> 
> What does SMSTART.EXE do, and why does it have to be disabled?

Starts system management programs (FFST, ERRLOG, TRACE)
FFST: First Failure Support Technology.

> What is the significance of the /A:* parameter?

Means "automatically check (and repair) on startup the 
following drives:"

-- 
 ===>  tgal@pobox.com


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From: cocke@catherders.com                              18-Dec-99 19:39:28
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 21:14:14
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: Michael W. Cocke <cocke@catherders.com>

On 18 Dec 1999 20:06:20 GMT, Tim Smith wrote:

>On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 21:26:22 -0500, Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com> wrote:
>>"Michael W. Cocke" wrote:
>>> wife and son, neither of whom are real interested in learning that
>>> ls -l|sort|more is how you do a dir...
>...
>>> linux would go over real big...  (intense sarcasm).  And before you
>>> start telling me that I don't know anything about linux, let me tell you
>>> that I was trained at SCO, and was a systems engineer at AT&T.  I know a
>>> little about *nix systems.
>>
>>I wouldn't say something like that unless you proved to me that you were
>>confused.  Obviously you're not, although perhaps your knowledge of the
>>interfaces is a little dated.
>
>Actually, anyone who would pipe "ls -l" through "sort" is at least a little
>bit confused, since "ls -l" is sorted by file name already.  Piping it
through
>sort will sort the output by the text representation of the modes.  It might
>be useful in some circumstances, but it is certainly not the normal way you
>look at directory listings 99.99% of the time.
>
>--Tim Smith

Since when is ls-l defaulted to sort by name?  Last time I used it 
(Linux version unknown), it wasn't.




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From: wwiv@pppproject.org                               18-Dec-99 17:32:03
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 21:14:14
Subj: Re: Netscape Messenger

From: "Dilbert Firestorm" <wwiv@pppproject.org>

RE: Re: Netscape Messenger
BY: areese@bestnetpc.com (A. Willard Reese)

>Yes, you did not say what version of Netscape you are using but I
>think it can be accomplished in any version.  First, in Communicator,
>pull down the "Edit" menu and click on "Preferences".  The first page
>that opens has a box labeled 'Home Page' and in it will be the http
>pathname to Netscape's home page.  Merely delete that and enter
>whatever you wish to be your home page. When completed just click on
>"OK" below and that's it.   
-
I'm using netscape 4.61.   That home page option isn't what I was talking
about. I'm refering to is the email portion of netscape.
-
There's this netscape page (in this instance an ad for netscape 4.7 on CD)
that
shows up in Messenger. I'm wondering if there is a way to turn it off or
something?
-


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From: mckinnis@attglobal.net                            18-Dec-99 23:56:05
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 21:14:14
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

From: mckinnis@attglobal.net (Chuck McKinnis)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:57:33, Christian Hennecke 
<christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:

There was an IBM Redbook covering the installation of Warp Server on 
Warp 4 that IBM seems to have lost track of.  I happened to have a pdf
copy and posted it out to Hobbes (of course, I can't remember where). 
However, if you search for wsonw4.zip, it should show up.

> A good howto comes with the CONFIGMAINT program (from which part of the
> above information is).

Chuck McKinnis
IBM Senior Systems Engineer (retired)

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From: operagost@e-mail.com                              19-Dec-99 00:36:28
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 21:14:14
Subj: LiveUpdate fails after ICMP fix

From: "Stephen Eickhoff (remove the - to reply)" <operagost@e-mail.com>

I have a problem on two machines where LiveUpdate no longer works. Liveupdate
looks up the ftp site, then when it tries to log in in step 2, it fails with
error code 11. One machine is running e-biz, the other Warp 4. However, they
both have TCP/IP 4.21.

E:\eval\mptn\SYSLEVEL.MPT
                         IBM OS/2 TCP/IP Stack
Version 5.50     Component ID 5639B1700
Current CSD level: WR08620
Prior   CSD level: WR08610

E:\tcpip\bin\SYSLEVEL.TCP
                         IBM TCP/IP for Warp

Version 4.21     Component ID 5639A6600
Current CSD level: UN02100
Prior   CSD level: UN02000

Somehow they ended up with different protocol drivers, though. I think it's
because I attempted to fix the problem on the e-biz machine by reinstalling
TCPIP 4.21:

Warp 4.5 server:
Version numbers of TCP/IP protocol drivers:
   SOCKETS.SYS: 6.2001
   AFOS2.SYS:   6.2000
   AFINET.SYS:  6.2002

Warp 4 client:
Version numbers of TCP/IP protocol drivers:
   SOCKETS.SYS: 6.1003
   AFOS2.SYS:   6.2000
   AFINET.SYS:  6.1008

The Warp 4 box worked fine with 4.1 and no fixes, but every once in a while it
would fall off the network, so I installed the ICMP/routing fix and this fixed
the problem. However, I think it also caused this one, because it looks like
it stopped getting LiveUpdates around this time.

-- 
----------------------------------
         Stephen Eickhoff
          Havertown, PA
----------------------------------

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From: gzimmer@attglobal.net                             19-Dec-99 00:37:18
  To: All                                               18-Dec-99 21:14:14
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: gzimmer@attglobal.net

isaacl@grizzlies.ece.ubc.ca (e-frog) writes:

>But what I really, really want is a true graphics paint program along the
>lines of DeluxePaint II. Try it. It is HORRIBLE for image manipulation! No
>layers, one undo, no objects, etc....

Heh, heh, DeluxePaint II. Outstanding program in it's time, and yes, I'll
agree, it takes 3 programs to do today, what that program can do. Email
me privately, if you are interested in their last, and final update to that
program, circa 1994. Oh, and by the way, it was written to run well under
MS OS/2. <wink>. Another aside, it was the program professional game 
programmers used to render their graphics, up until 256 SVGA went out
of style.

The closest I have seen to DPaint II, is unfortuantely for you now,
Colorworks. 
All the others are 'Image manipulation' programs, not true 'paint' programs.
You can duplicate the functionality of DPaint II, with their masks, but I will
admit it takes a paradigm shift to do so. It is not as intuitive as Dpaint's
'brushes', but it can be done under Colorworks, albiet as a two step process.

Email me if you think I can possibly be of assistance to you.

Gail Zimmerman
gzimmer@ibm.net

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From: stan                                              19-Dec-99 12:32:13
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:16
Subj: Re: InnoVal To Offer Low-Cost OS/2 ISP Service!

From: stan

I've missed all this can someone pls provide a url for this isp
TIA.....

Stan..
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 20:50:55, Tim Martin <OS2Guy@WarpCity.com> wrote:

> a_dinosaur@my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> > Dear Dan,
> >
> > What you are seeing here is an irrational response to a rational
> > proposal.  It is this absurd and provincial attitude that makes some
> > OS/2 users so irritating.
> 
> Nice to know I'm not alone in this regard.  I don't know
> what it is but there are those in our own community
> who simply refuse to show some positive support for
> OS/2 ventures.  When I see or hear of a new OS/2
> enterprise or project I know OS/2 is very much alive
> and well.
> 
> > You did your very best to make good products
> > at a profit.  You have done this to benefit the OS/2 community and to
> > make a profit.  I respect this and understand it.  I do believe it is an
> > exercise in utter futility to try to reason with a group of people who
> > only want to insult and embarass you.  I, one speaking for I hope many,
> > appreciate your efforts.  If they want to be angry and abusive with
> > someone send them IBM's email address.
> >
> > Good luck and God speed.
> >
> > a_dinosaur
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
> 
> Round of applause Dude!
> 
> Tim Martin
> The OS2/ Guy
> Warp City (http://warpcity.com)
> "We're Accepting NEW Early Discount Members!"
> 
> 


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From: OS2Guy@WarpCity.com                               18-Dec-99 18:48:02
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:16
Subj: Re: InnoVal To Offer Low-Cost OS/2 ISP Service!

From: Tim Martin <OS2Guy@WarpCity.com>

stan wrote:

> I've missed all this can someone pls provide a url for this isp
> TIA.....
>
> Stan..

Here's the scoop Stan:

InnoVal In Partnership With  IFST To Offer Low-Cost OS/2 ISP Service!

 For Immediate Release:  December 10, 1999

 IFST Inc, has joined in a business partnership arrangement with National
 DialUp Services and InnoVal Systems Solutions, to provide a low-cost
 nationwide ISP service for OS/2 users. ISP800, a private brand ISP for
 corporate customers, is inaugurating service for consumers on January 3,
 2000.

 Extra special prices are available for any OS/2 user who pre-registers for
 the service by December 30, 1999. In addition, three subscribers will be
 selected, at random, from the first 100 OS/2 users who signup. These three
 subscribers will receive free ISP service for one year until December 31,
 2000.

 Highlights of ISP800 service include:

 Your choice of

 Unlimited 56K access through an 800 dialup number or unlimited service
 using a local dialup number.

 A high performance and high capacity POP3 email mailbox

 SMTP outbound email

 Toll free 24/7 technical support

 Very low cost for OS/2 users. ISP800 may also be used with Linux, Mac, and

 Windows95/98 client platforms.

 No signup fees. You may cancel the service at the end of any month.

 Anyone who travels, uses the Internet from more than one permanent
 location, or lives in an area not supported by a local access number, is
 encouraged to use the 800 number. Performance on the 800 number is equal
 to that of local access numbers since all connections are automatically and
 instantly re-directed through a close-proximity modem. Access with the 800

 number is available anywhere in the United States where a dial tone is
 available. THERE IS NEVER AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR USING THE 800
 NUMBER TO ACCESS ISP800. Airfone (in plane service) and some hotels do
 charge access fees when you dial an 800 number.

 ISP800 Prices:

     Regular service:   $19.95
     For all OS/2 Users:   $15.95 ***

 *** Anyone who pre-registers for the service by December 30, 1999, will
 receive the first year of service for only $11.95 per month. You must be an
 OS/2 user to pre-register at this price. Your pre-registration must be
 received by 5:00pm on 12/30/99.

 Additional email accounts are $3.95 per month. Limit is four additional
 email accounts.

 Please note: There is no direct USENET newsgroup access at this time. If
 enough OS/2 users subscribe and there is sufficient interest, ISP800 will
 add newsgroup access for OS/2 users. Deja (dejanews) and other
 web-based newsgroup services may be used in lieu of standard USENET.

 For additional information, and to signup for ISP800, please visit
 http://isp800.com/os2. In particular, see the price page and the FAQ page.
 For additional information send an email to os2isp@innoval.com.

There's MORE!

IISP800 To Offer Newsgroup Access With ISP Account!

 For Immediate Release:  December 15, 1999

 IISP800 for OS/2 Users To Include Newsgroups

 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - December 15, 1999. AFST Inc. is pleased to
 announce that it will add high performance newsgroup service to ISP800.
 This service will be in place when ISP800 for OS/2 is inaugurated on
 January 3, 2000.

 "I am pleased with the number of pre-registrations we are receiving from
 the OS/2 community," said Randy Perez, president of AFST, "and I am
 overwhelmed by the constructive, helpful and informative suggestions we're
 getting from OS/2 users. You told us, in no uncertain terms, that
 newsgroups are vital to you because they are a lifeline to technical
 support and product information about OS/2 and OS/2 software. Keep telling
 us what we need to know to better serve you."

 AFST specializes in premium ISP services and Internet solutions. Its
 flagship ISP service, ISP800, is providing special pricing to OS/2 users
 throughout the United States. ISP800 offers 100% coverage in the United
 States and unlimited Internet access through its unique toll free 800
 number technology. Coverage is available anywhere in the U.S. where a dial

 tone is available. ISP800 also plans to add local access service throughout
 much of Canada in the near future. "We have to do it," said Perez. "I'm
 amazed at how many OS/2 users there are in Canada. We can't provide 800
 number access in Canada, yet, due to tariff regulations. But we will add
 local access numbers for as many of you as possible."

 For additional information, and to signup for ISP800, please visit
 http://isp800.com/os2. In particular, see the price page and the FAQ page.
 For additional information send an email to os2isp@innoval.com.

Great Offer!

Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City (http://warpcity.com)
"Special Y2K Discount For NEW Members!"

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From: gzimmer@attglobal.net                             19-Dec-99 01:29:29
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:16
Subj: Re: Bug in mkisofs with Joliet FS - missing files?

From: gzimmer@attglobal.net

In <aswvqepx2z.fsf@sci.fi>, Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> writes:
>mcbrides@erols.com (Jerry McBride) writes:
>
>> No. But just trying to understand the syntax of declaring what directory
you
>> want copied and where-to is enough to make a guy drink. I undestand that
these
>> utilities (mkisofs and cdrecod) are being ported from the unix world, but
man
>> have a heart for us OS/2 users... :')

>Well, maybe one of the frontends would make it easier for you? I'm a
>Unix person, so I don't have a problem using mkisofs and cdrecord.
> 
>For the original poster, there have been bugs in mkisofs concerning
>directories, but usually when making multi-session discs. I don't know
>what the problem is, but if you can make a specific example that the
>author (or the guy who ported it to OS/2) can duplicate it, it'll
>probably get fixed.

>Anssi Saari - as@sci.fi

Jerry, I still haven't found the time to test out a multi-session CD, and I
will get back to you on that, however I do second Anssi 's suggestion.
Use Chris's wonderful front end, for what you are trying to do! I have
found it a breeze, and I'm a newbie to CD burning myself. 

I printed out all the doc's from the UNIX port, and have done subsequent
research. For example, contrary to popular myth, the CDFS.IFS, that IBM
released with Warp 3 FP35, <fill in Warp 4 eqivalent> already introduced
HPFS long filenames, (for their Java development CD's), so you don't need
Rockridge, (for UNIX), nor Joilet, (Win 95/whatever), unless you intend to
deliver a CD for those specific platforms. 

I basically just burn data CD's, and for me, it's simply a matter of dragging
the template from Chris's GUI front end, onto the hard drive where I have
sufficient space, drag the files to that template, and burn it. Nothing could
be easier. In the case where you have funny symbols, ie '~', (astergule) in
your files, add the -a, for all files in the mkisofs parmeters box provided.
That
was the only gotcha I had in burning data CD's. 

So, it is worthwhile to print out the UNIX docs, to a certain extent, just in
case you need to 'fine-tune' something. Also, I'm a command-line person
too, and don't take readily to 'front-ends', but in this case, where I am
a newbie, his front end does a fine job, all on it's own. Certainly print the
UNIX docs, in case you want to do something specific, but as this is a port,
I've found most of it to be non-relevant, unless I'm publishing something
for a specific non-OS/2 platform.

Chris's front end can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/cdrecord/cdrecordmain.htm

and I've found his package to be very complete. The readcd.exe utility is
very useful if you've purchased a game CD, and want to beat your spouse
at pinball. <grin>. 

Gail Zimmerman
gzimmer@ibm.net

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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          19-Dec-99 01:45:04
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:16
Subj: Re: Java118 updates at Hursley-12-16-99

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:40:18, lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley) 
wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:00:50, donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy 
> Donnelly) wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:35:13, lifedata@xxvol.com wrote:
> > 
> > > I noticed this in the fixes.lst file:
> > > 
> > >   RMI-IIOP Incorrectly mangled Exceptions 
> > > 
> > > I sure hope it mangles exceptions correctly now!
> > > 
> > 
> > But, how will we know?
> > 
> 
> Use your mangled Exception de-mangling tool :-) 

Mine's still mangled from the last batch of exceptions, if my memory's
correct.

-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: ccsten@usa.net                                    18-Dec-99 21:11:21
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:16
Subj: Re: InnoVal To Offer Low-Cost OS/2 ISP Service!

From: Terry Norton <ccsten@usa.net>

Here's the WarpCast release.  The part about no newsgroups is no
longer true, newsgroups are available (another WarpCast message):

****************************************************************

AFST Inc, has joined in a business partnership arrangement with
National DialUp Services and InnoVal Systems Solutions, to provide a
low-cost nationwide ISP service for OS/2 users. ISP800, a private
brand ISP for corporate customers, is inaugurating service for
consumers on January 3, 2000. 

Extra special prices are available for any OS/2 user who 
pre-registers for the service by December 30, 1999. In addition,
three subscribers will be selected, at random, from the first 100
OS/2 users who signup. These three subscribers will receive free ISP
service for one year until December 31, 2000.

Highlights of ISP800 service include:

Your choice of 

- Unlimited 56K access through an 800 dialup number or unlimited
service using a local dialup number.

- A high performance and high capacity POP3 email mailbox

- SMTP outbound email

- Toll free 24/7 technical support 

- Very low cost for OS/2 users. ISP800 may also be used with Linux,
Mac, and Windows95/98 client platforms.

- No signup fees. You may cancel the service at the end of any
month.

Anyone who travels, uses the Internet from more than one permanent
location, or lives in an area not supported by a local access
number,
is encouraged to use the 800 number. Performance on the 800 number
is
equal to that of local access numbers since all connections are
automatically and instantly re-directed through a close-proximity
modem. Access with the 800 number is available anywhere in the
United
States where a dial tone is available. THERE IS NEVER AN ADDITIONAL
FEE FOR USING THE 800 NUMBER TO ACCESS ISP800. Airfone (in plane
service) and some hotels do charge access  fees when you dial an 800
number. 

ISP800 Prices:

    Regular service:   $19.95
    For all OS/2 Users:   $15.95 ***
    
*** Anyone who pre-registers for the service by December 30, 1999,
will receive the first year of service for only $11.95 per month.
You
must be an OS/2 user to pre-register at this price. Your
pre-registration must be received by 5:00pm on 12/30/99.

Additional email accounts are $3.95 per month. Limit is four 
additional email accounts.

Please note: There is no direct USENET newsgroup access at this
time.
If enough OS/2 users subscribe and there is sufficient interest,
ISP800 will add newsgroup access for OS/2 users. Deja (dejanews) and
other web-based newsgroup services may be used in lieu of standard
USENET. 

For additional information, and to signup for ISP800, please visit
http://isp800.com/os2. In particular, see the price page and the FAQ
page. For additional information send an email to
os2isp@innoval.com.
 
-------------------------------------------------------
 To subscribe, unsubscribe, or for more information on
 WarpCast, visit: http://www.warpcast.com/ 
-------------------------------------------------------

stan wrote:
> 
> I've missed all this can someone pls provide a url for this isp
> TIA.....
> 

-- 

Terry Norton
Warped with OS/2

    A sign of the '90s:
       Your supervisor doesn't have the ability to do your job.

This OS/2 system uptime is 1 days 07 hours 19 minutes (en).

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From: ernfisch@home.com                                 19-Dec-99 02:13:18
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:16
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: ernfisch@home.com (Ernie Fisch)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:06:25, "Willem Clements" 
<willem@horizontes-informatica.com> wrote:

> Works fine here, just ordered the upgrade

The eval worked fine for me.  I have just installed the new
version.

OTOH one person on the POSSI list couldn't get the eval to
install.  No answer yet.

ernie fisch

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From: gzimmer@attglobal.net                             19-Dec-99 02:53:08
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:16
Subj: Re: netscape 4.61 mail attachment size?

From: gzimmer@attglobal.net

In <38594527.5819DDFE@hccnet.nl>, Jan Bart Rem <j.b.rem@hccnet.nl> writes:

>I tried to send an MP3 file to a friend of about 3Mb. The email message
>was compiled and sent, showing a total size of justover 4 Mb. After
>getting to 60% or so the CPU load went to 100% and increased terribly
>slowly to 72%, where I cancelled the transmission. Anyone know of size
>limitations and/or a fix?
>I am running Warp 3 with FP 40, matrox Millenium II and a 56K modem that
>works just fine with Injoy 2.2.

Can only give you a partial answer here, as a fellow Warp 3 user. I think
this is a case of that Netscape for OS/2 has always been a 'win some,
lose some' proposition. 

I have never had a problem sending large email files out to people, using
NS 2.02 or NS 4.04. However to my dismay, I have found that I cannot leave
a page where a download is in progress, under NS 4.61, and not have
it abort the download. You may be running into the 'large download' problem
that Warp 4 users have been reporting. Only difference is, they are doing
large http downloads, you are doing a 'relatively' large email upload. 

The rest will be just general stuff, not specific per se to your problem.
The best NS I have found for OS/2 was the original 12/96 Gold release
with beta 1.02 Java. I don't care about Java, as sadly it is just another ad
gimmick now, which is always turned off. Java aside, that was the most
robust, trouble-free version, and it actually knew how to use it's cache. All 
it's cache, including the multimedia, 'INETTEMP' cache. You could actually
visit a site, and have NS 2.02 12/96 retrieve any multimedia content on that
page
from it's 'INETTEMP' cache, rather than downloading again from the site.
Remarkable! You people have that thing filling itself up with 'junk' that 
is never used, in any subsequent version.  

So I keep that version around for my general surfing and downloading.
NS 4.04 was junk, but it's email was good, under Warp 3. Wonderful
drag & drop for files, rather than itemizing them per 2.02. Like Ultimail's
ability. Needed NS so Win users could 'get' my files, which they couldn't
under Ultimail. I can answer you better once I have a chance to send a
Win user a large multimedia file.

Now, NS 4.61. Super-fast in browsing, a keeper. Shit for downloads, and I
have email problems as well. Buddy and Don kindly gave me help there.
I've progressed to getting the proper timestamp under the first message
retrieved, yet the subsequent revert to Day/time, or just time. Oh well,
I only need NS mail for Win users anyway, and I don't get too involved 
with them. 

So bottom line, I keep NS 2.02 12/96 for all around, will keep NS 4.61 for
it's
overall fast ability, and can live with it's email weaknesses. If I must
I can always install 4.04 again for it's email ability. Bottom line, we 
Warp 3 users are no longer supported. 'Fixes' relate to Warp 4 users.

The 'downloading' problem, which would relate to an 'uploading'
problem, has been present from the first NS 4.04 on. Actually it's
more like an IO problem, how it reads/writes from disk. Like it's I/O bound
in some way. This also leads to bad memory leak problems. I never have 
my swapfile grow, except when using NS 4.04 on up. I've found keeping a
low memory cache, 600-1024 helps, and keeping a low disk-cache, 1024 
or under helps. Especially the latter for quick close time.

However, the best and most robust was that 12/96 NS2.02. They should
really re-visit that one, because it was done right.

These experiences are with an IBM PC 350, 68K memory, S3 Video card,
and an old USR Sportster 28K modem, under Warp 3 FP 39. (Yes, you'd
be surprised what turning off Java and graphics can do for an old system
running under Warp 3. <grin>. It's actually, "good enough". 

Gail Zimmerman
gzimmer@ibm.net

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From: wwiv@pppproject.org                               18-Dec-99 21:43:29
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:16
Subj: Re: microphone

From: "Dilbert Firestorm" <wwiv@pppproject.org>

RE: Re: microphone
BY: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

>Any microphone should work as long as it matches
>the impedence for the "Mic In" plug on your sound
>card. (They hide that information where you will never
>be able to find it :-)
>If there is an impedence mis-match you usually get
>VERY LOW level sound from the microphone. Or
>maybe the reverse.... The original headset for Warp 4
>came with an impedence matching adapter for some
>sound cards.
-
hmmm..  

are you saying the microphone makers hide info on impedence rates?

what's  the best way to find impedence info that mate microphones with sound
cards?



Origin: Nuclear Wasteland * 504-394-0509


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From: dboultr@spamfree.erols.com                        19-Dec-99 05:00:17
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:16
Subj: Re: Gamma Tech Question

From: dboultr@spamfree.erols.com

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:05:58, "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com> 
wrote:

> I have a bootos2 partition just for such purposes.  I tried running Analyze
> from it but it aborted.  Maybe I should set up the bootos2 partition to run
> pm programs.  As I recall, that can be done but requires a bit more space.

That's my setup.  My maintenence partition is set up to run PM 
programs, and I keep a copy of BA/2, GTU40, File Commander, and Zip 
Control on it.  Also the old (OS/2) version of Partition Magic.  That 
pretty much lets me recover everything.

 

Doug Boulter

To reply by e-mail, remove the obvious spam traps from the address

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From: rsteiner@visi.com                                 18-Dec-99 23:52:06
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:17
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.misc, Michael W. Cocke <cocke@catherders.com>
spake unto us, saying:

>Since when is ls-l defaulted to sort by name?  Last time I used it 
>(Linux version unknown), it wasn't.

To my knowledge, the GNU ls command has *always* defaulted to sort the
directory display by filename.  It certainly does in all of the modern
Linux flavors that I've ever used (Slackware, SuSE, Red Hat, Mandrake,
LRP, tomsrbrt), and I honestly don't remember it ever being different.

Of course, dotfiles sort to the top, and filenames starting with caps
sort ahead of filenames starting with lowercase, but that is normal for
a Unix system (FreeBSD and Solaris seem to behave the same way).

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
                                  Ni!

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From: abeagley@optonline.net                            19-Dec-99 05:27:12
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:17
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

From: Alan Beagley <abeagley@optonline.net>

I found a copy of that document -- or someone e-mailed me a copy, I
think -- a while ago.

It has been alleged that running HPFS386 on Warp 4 (i.e., without
replacing a whole bunch of Warp 4 components by the Warp Server
counterparts) can lead to major disasters, but I did not find any
indication of that in the document. Is this allegation justified?

Alan


Chuck McKinnis wrote:
> 
> There was an IBM Redbook covering the installation of Warp Server on
> Warp 4 that IBM seems to have lost track of.  I happened to have a pdf
> copy and posted it out to Hobbes (of course, I can't remember where).
> However, if you search for wsonw4.zip, it should show up.
>

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From: abeagley@optonline.net                            19-Dec-99 05:30:14
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:17
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: Alan Beagley <abeagley@optonline.net>

The avaluation of BA/2000 is at:

http://www.cds-inc.com/evalsw/ba2keval.html

Alan

Gideon Singer wrote:
 
> Wheer is the evaluation version located?

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From: deweiss@panix.com                                 19-Dec-99 00:50:14
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:17
Subj: CD-RW for OS/2?

From: Daniel Weiss <deweiss@panix.com>

Is there a good external CD-RW that supports OS/2?

How satisfactory are the Zip drives for OS/2?

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From: dink@dontspamme.com                               19-Dec-99 02:09:08
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 03:28:17
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

From: "dinkmeister" <dink@dontspamme.com>

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 05:27:25 GMT, Alan Beagley wrote:

>I found a copy of that document -- or someone e-mailed me a copy, I
>think -- a while ago.
>
>It has been alleged that running HPFS386 on Warp 4 (i.e., without
>replacing a whole bunch of Warp 4 components by the Warp Server
>counterparts) can lead to major disasters, but I did not find any
>indication of that in the document. Is this allegation justified?

I've been running HPFS386 with warp4 for the last year or so w/o any
problems.  Just remember, if you use PEER of file sharing stuff you
gotta remove all the acls if you want to access the the hpfs386 partition
with regular old hpfs.ifs again.  to do this, just run this command:
PREPACL /P /B:blah.txt /D:x: 
(replace x: with the hpfs drive letters, then delete blah.txt when its done)




- dink ( http://dink.org )
.. and http://www.silicontrip.net




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From: Dana_Hartsock@compuserve.com                      19-Dec-99 15:24:26
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 12:53:17
Subj: Re: InnoVal To Offer Low-Cost OS/2 ISP Service!

From: Dana_Hartsock@compuserve.com (Dana Hartsock)

I believe they have now announced there will be newgroup 
access available as well.

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From: rcpj@panix.com                                    19-Dec-99 16:46:11
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 12:53:18
Subj: Re: How to play MP3 through Netscape?

From: rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc)

Anssi Saari  <as@sci.fi> writes:
> rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc) writes:
> 
> > ...MIME types audio/x-mpegurl and audio/mpeg. 
> > What is missing here? Why can't PM123 be launched as it should be?
> 
> Are you sure those are the MIME types the servers offer?

Actually, that's what mp3.com says they are.

Pierre
-- 
Pierre Jelenc                |  Home Office Records http://www.web-ho.com
                             | www.mp3.com/cucumbers  www.mp3.com/pawnshop
The New York City Beer Guide |      www.cdbaby.com/buy/rawkinder.htm
   http://www.nycbeer.org    |         www.mp3.com/jeniferjackson

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From: kylemw@omnisig.com                                19-Dec-99 02:34:22
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:14
Subj: Re: Netscape Messenger

From: kylemw <kylemw@omnisig.com>

I do believe that you mean this:


user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", false);


Put that in the "prefs.js" file for each Netscape
user profile.  Don't forget that these entries
are in alphabetic order.



--
TTFN

Kyle

As you type through the keyboard of life,
always keep one finger on the ESC key.


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From: as@sci.fi                                         18-Dec-99 22:33:19
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:15
Subj: Re: How to play MP3 through Netscape?

From: Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>

rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc) writes:

> ...MIME types audio/x-mpegurl and audio/mpeg. 
> What is missing here? Why can't PM123 be launched as it should be?

Are you sure those are the MIME types the servers offer?
 
-- 
Anssi Saari - as@sci.fi

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From: jgordon@cyllene.uwa.edu.au                        19-Dec-99 08:54:08
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:15
Subj: Back Again/2000 Help w date-filtered backup

From: jgordon@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

I'm trying out the BA2000 demo and cannot figure out how to specify a date 
filter for an *entire* backup set. I have a set of files that I backup each
Friday 
to floppy to transfer to my home computer. With Fastback, which I have used 
for years, I select the set and then I can exclude all files before a certain
date 
in that set by using the "filters" menu. Entering one date is all it takes as
that 
date applies to *all* the files in the set. In BA2000 the only date feature I
can 
find applies only to individual files or to files named by wildcard, and the
date 
has to be specified for each one. There must be a way to specify a date for 
all the files selected. Can anyone tell me how to do it?

Many thanks in advance,
John Gordon
jgordon@arts.uwa.edu.au

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From: scalisi@tin.it                                    18-Dec-99 14:37:22
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:15
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

From: scalisi@tin.it

In <gjrwevozarg.fmwivx0.pminews@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, on 12/18/99
   at 12:14 AM, "Tom Eichenberg" <twejr@ibm.net> said:

>Is there any way of getting HPFS386 running under
>the WARP 4 client?

Yes, but may be not legal.


--
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Antonio(Nino) Scalisi           scalisi@tin.it
at 14:37(+0100, relative to GMT) on Saturday, 18 Dec 1999
Using MR/2 ICE v2.02  Reg: #20729.
Under ---> OS/2 WARP 4 rev.9.036 (fixpack 12)
Java ver.  1.1.8  build 19991026
ObjREXX 6.00   TCPIP 4.2 - MPTN 6.2007 (TCPIP 4.1 + W08620)
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From: letoured@nospam.net                               19-Dec-99 03:26:22
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:15
Subj: Re: CD-RW for OS/2?

From: letoured@nospam.net

>Is there a good external CD-RW that supports OS/2?

RSJ CD Writer is the superior product. SOme object to the price (around
$190) but everyone who has used it thinks its worth the price.  There is a
demo at; www.rsj.de

There is also a freeware port of Unix software. I've never used it and it
didn't exist when I need CD writing software.  


>How satisfactory are the Zip drives for OS/2?

They work fine, except they are over priced and unreliable for any
platform.

_____________
Ed Letourneau <letoured@sover.net>

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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           19-Dec-99 09:50:07
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:15
Subj: Re: microphone

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 21:43:59, "Dilbert Firestorm" 
<wwiv@pppproject.org> wrote:

> RE: Re: microphone
> BY: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)
> 
> >Any microphone should work as long as it matches
> >the impedence for the "Mic In" plug on your sound
> >card. (They hide that information where you will never
> >be able to find it :-)
> >If there is an impedence mis-match you usually get
> >VERY LOW level sound from the microphone. Or
> >maybe the reverse.... The original headset for Warp 4
> >came with an impedence matching adapter for some
> >sound cards.
> -
> hmmm..  
> 
> are you saying the microphone makers hide info on impedence rates?
> 
> what's  the best way to find impedence info that mate microphones with sound
> cards?
> 

The "hiding" I referred to was on the part of the sound card
makers. I have three or four sound cards around at the 
moment and not one of the cards has documentation for
the microphone impedence.

I tried looking at the spec sheets and other info on the card maker's
web sites but I could not locate any reference to the 
input impedence.

It seems that there is some kind of standard impedence
used by the manufacturers of both the sound cards
and the microphone manufacturers, but there is little
in the way of documentation.

This is probably because I am looking in the wrong places
for the information,  :-)

--

Lorne Sunley

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From: dmhills@attglobal.net                             18-Dec-99 01:54:19
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:15
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: dmhills@attglobal.net (Don Hills)

In article <3859981A.943B0922@frostbytes.com>,
Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com> wrote:

>Sure you can.  You can disable the ability for them to run CMD.EXE.  But I
was
>thinking of locking it down by making the system and applications directories
>non-writable and non-deletable.  They can go to town on the machine and still
>not screw up the configuration.

You can't stop Word running CMD.EXE for you, though. As for removing
permissions from directories, I spent much of last year fixing the
messes caused by people finding ways to destroy things that they
shouldn't have been able to get to. And the funny part of it is, the
users were all police officers...

--
Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand

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From: nospam@nospam.nospam                              19-Dec-99 00:58:27
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:15
Subj: Re: do you have OS/2 1.1?

From: "J. Clarke" <nospam@nospam.nospam>

Saw a Star, once, on a trip to Boeing.  Didn't get to do more than glance at
it, but my impression was that it was a _gorgeous_ machine.

Friend of mine saw one the other day, sitting out by the curb for the trash
people.  Didn't know what it was so he took the Compaq that was sitting next
to it.  When he told me about it we went back but it was gone, alas--I
_hope_ that someone is giving it a good home.

--

---

--- John

Reply to jclarke at eye bee em dot net

Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com> wrote in message
news:38584ECC.E886D382@frostbytes.com...
> > : Not even close.  GEM existed by then, as did Windows 2, and there were
about
> > : half a dozen PC UNIXen with X11 support by then (I used three of
them).  So
> > : not only did the PC have OSs with GUIs, it even had them with fully
> > : distributed GUIs -- something OS/2 can't claim even today.
> >
> > I'm not sure I would call X11 a "GUI". At least in my books (and
probably
> > many others), X11 or X-Windows is strictly a window manager. It doesn't
do
> > anything but exactly that, manage your windows. It's got window frames,
> > and it's got icons, but you can't do anything with those icons, just
> > minimize and maximize. Now slap on GNOME or KDE on top of that, now you
> > have a GUI.
>
> Strictly speaking X11 is just a remote rendering system.  The rest are
> applications.  A window manager application does a lot of what you expect
from
> a GUI (frames around the windows, icon management, and such).  A
collection of
> tools and libraries makes up the rest.  X11 of course had all of that (and
by
> 1988 had a whole bunch of different window managers) albeit a bit clunky
and
> ugly.  "Just minimize and maximize" was pretty much what you'd get from
uwm,
> but awm and twm and a handful of others were a lot more functional.  There
was
> even a funky lisp-based window manager.
>
> > And why is it so important to be the first PC with a GUI? Even though
> > other computers had it. Remember Atari ST machines? The Amiga?
> > Heck, maybe those of you old enough will remember Commodore-64's running
> > with GEOS!
>
> I sure do remember GEOS, and the ST, and the Amiga.  The ST was
> super-interesting because it was a terrific MIDI control system.  I had a
> friend who called it "the poor man's Mac".  Honestly I thought the Amiga
was
> better done.  The Apple IIgs was out around that time as I remember too;
> wasn't that ProDOS with a GUI shell?  I also remember the Lisa, it died
the
> death it deserved (though not as quickly or spectacularly as the Apple
///).
> Never saw an Alto or Star though.
>
> jim


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From: nospam@nospam.nospam                              19-Dec-99 01:00:14
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:15
Subj: Re: do you have OS/2 1.1?

From: "J. Clarke" <nospam@nospam.nospam>

How soon do you need it?  I'm pretty sure I've got a copy but I'm not going
to be able to get at it for a few weeks.

--

---

--- John

Reply to jclarke at eye bee em dot net
Nino <1979j@usa.net> wrote in message news:385587AF.C51C46E0@usa.net...
> Hi all fellow OS/2 users out there...
>
> I'm Nino Solazzo, I'm a student at 'La Sapienza' in Rome. I am building
> the basis to my next exam on operating systems. My teacher assigned me
> a research on history of PC and, in order to complete my research, I
> would like to quote and illustrate deepily OS/2, it's importance on PC
> and PS/2 evolution, write an article on it and take screenshots of the
> most important versions and releases of it.
>
> A real important version of OS/2 is OS/2 1.1 of which, unfortunately, I
> don't have a working version; this is the reason why I am asking your
> help here.
>
> OS/2 1.1 was released back in 1989, beta testing started in 1988;
> Shortly after it's release, OS/2 1.20 came out, with a new filesystem,
> HPFS and new features. But OS/2 1.1 was maybe the most important OS/2
> version ever : it's most important feature was PM, Presentation Manager,
> fast
> and reliable, that we still use today when running Warp. OS/2 1.1 is
> thus the first operating system for PC with a GUI, the first OS/2 with
> Presentation Manager. Yes, it has probably no value today except than an
> historical one.
>
> A brief note : Windows, of course, is not ,except WinNT, a real
> operating system. Why? Try to run it without DOS...Windows 98 is only a
> GUI for the same old DOS we've been using duing the past 15 years. Not
> to mention previous Windows releases.
>
> What I am asking you here is to help me, to send me a copy of OS/2 1.1
> if you have one. I still don't have a working version of it. If you
> could send me only the first installation disk of OS/2 1.1 it would be
> very
> appreciated. My only purpose, aside my exam, is to give OS/2 the
> importance, the respect it deserves in PC and PS/2's history.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Nino Solazzo
>
> P.S. I am sorry for any off-topic generated. I am not interested in any
> other version than OS/2 1.1 . Thanks
>
>


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From: rdohrenburg@hotmail.com                           19-Dec-99 02:20:15
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:15
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: Robert Dohrenburg <rdohrenburg@hotmail.com>

Shane Baker wrote:
> 
> Gidday
> 
> Subject lines says it all!
> 
> Merry Christmas
> 
> Shane Baker
> Canberra - Australia's national capital
> _____________________________
> sbakerATpcug.org.au - please make the obvious change when replying
> Australian Pets newsgroup - aus.pets  <<>>  Australian Dogs Page -
http://www.pcug.org.au/~sbaker/dogs.htm

The PM demo worked fine here ( backup/restore ). I got an error (
something about a message error ) trying to restore using the disaster
recovery diskettes and the demo.

The GA version works fine here, the disaster recovery from diskettes
works great!

Robert,

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From: hharris@netcomuk.co.uk                            19-Dec-99 12:53:17
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 14:32:15
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "Howard Harris" <hharris@netcomuk.co.uk>

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 02:20:30 -0600, Robert Dohrenburg wrote:

>The PM demo worked fine here ( backup/restore ). I got an error (
>something about a message error ) trying to restore using the disaster
>recovery diskettes and the demo.
>
>The GA version works fine here, the disaster recovery from diskettes
>works great!

It's a complete mess on my system (Warp 4, fixpak 9). Simply opening the
programme and then exiting freezes my system and I have to reboot. It manages
to recognise my HP Colorado 8GB tape drive (internal) and that is absolutely
all it can do - except freeze the system. Difficult to evaluate a product
that is so disfunctional.

--
Howard


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From: rcpj@panix.com                                    19-Dec-99 17:50:10
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 16:35:01
Subj: Re: How to play MP3 through Netscape?

From: rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc)

Chris Wenham <chris@os2ezine.com> writes:
> 
>  You need to use an intermediate step to get MP3 files into PM123, 
> which is done by creating a tiny little batch file that feeds the URL 
> into PM123's pipe.

Ah, I think I understand. The m3u file on the command line does nothing,
of course. It has to be its contents that are fed to the program.

>  PM123 has this "remote control" feature that lets you send it new 
> URLs and files to play through a simple command line. If you create a 
> tiny CMD file, call it "mp3url.cmd" and put this as its contents:
> 
> ----- Snip here -----
> 
> type %1 > \PIPE\PM123
> 
> ----- Snip here ------

Thanks. Indeed that's the solution. Part of the solution at least: It
worked on one song, but now does not seem to work anymore: The command
line window comes on, stays there for a second or two, then it and PM123
close together. 

As an aside, if I can get this fixed, is it possible to feed PM123 a list
of URLs rather than a single one, as is done in a mp3.com radio station?
(e.g. mine at http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/6/take_the_f_train.html )

I'll try again after I reboot, but obviously that's not a solution.

Pierre
-- 
Pierre Jelenc                |  Home Office Records http://www.web-ho.com
                             | www.mp3.com/cucumbers  www.mp3.com/pawnshop
The New York City Beer Guide |      www.cdbaby.com/buy/rawkinder.htm
   http://www.nycbeer.org    |         www.mp3.com/jeniferjackson

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From: swansona@fastwave.net                             19-Dec-99 18:22:07
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 16:35:01
Subj: Communicator 4.61 - 1/16" font on Deja - Help

From: swansona@fastwave.net

	Deja displays fonts only 1/16" high my monitor.  I have control only 
of the font size on the header which indicates message number -- not 
what I'm trying to read.  At this size, Deja is all but unusable 
although I can tell the problem has been discussed before.  
	I'm using Communicator 4.61; Warp 4; FP 12.    

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From: steeltoe@kickass.com                              19-Dec-99 18:23:24
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 16:35:01
Subj: Re: Netscape download problems

From: steeltoe@kickass.com

You are losing your connection (or one of your connections), right? 
But NOT
the whole phone connection, which would give instant dialtone? I'm 
having the same problem here lately with ProNews/2. If I catch it 
right away (not likely) it will continue working where it left off. If
caught later and the error box appears, the part-saved file instantly 
collapses as soon as you click on the box. Pfft, gone!
My ISP sees the 'disconnect' as coming from my end and he assumes it 
is voluntary. Running a new modem at higher speed has not improved the
situation either.
Simply running 2 connections does not seem to help; indeed it slows 
them both down so the result is you fail even more. Or so it seems.

Doing a lot of misc activity during d/l's *does* seem to help to keep 
the connection(s) alive.
Still a mystery here.

Vacuo		( I've let ProNews format this page)!



On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 19:48:50, doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug 
Bissett) wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:27:00, doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug 
> Bissett) wrote:
> 
> > I downloaded, and installed, the latest TCPIP updates (along with 
> > whatever else it fixes) called UN_980 (this was referenced by the OS/2
> > supersite, a few days ago). This update seems to have fixed the 
> > Netscape download problem. I am currently downloading StarOffice, as 
> > posted on the SUN web site, and am at 41 MB, without a problem. Before
> > the update, I never got beyond the 8 meg mark.
> > 
> > ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/tcpip/fixes/v3.1os2&v4.0os2/
> > universal/un_0980/
> > 
> > Could it be that something got fixed????
> > ******************************
> > From the PC of Doug Bissett
> > doug.bissett at attglobal.net
> > The " at " must be changed to "@"
> > ******************************
> > 
> 
> Sorry to respond to my own post, but I got to a little over 58 meg, 
> out of something over 66 meg, and POOF! gone.
> 
> Oh well, it IS better...
> ******************************
> From the PC of Doug Bissett
> doug.bissett at attglobal.net
> The " at " must be changed to "@"
> ******************************


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From: gail.koontz@quancon.com                           19-Dec-99 13:54:10
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 16:35:01
Subj: IMPOS/2 Help, Please!

From: "Gail Koontz" <gail.koontz@quancon.com>

No matter what I try, I can't make my Microtek 35t+ scanner work with
IMPOS/2. Which is certainly a disappointment, since I bought the latest
version because it supposedly supported that scanner. There's nothing wrong
with the scanner or the SCSI setup, because I can use SANE with no problem.
Can anyone tell me if there is something obvious I'm doing wrong?

I have two hard drives and a tape drive attached to the onboard SCSI on my
ASUS motherboard. The scanner (address 6) and a CD-RW (address 0) are
attached to an Adaptec 1542C. SANE identifies the scanner as b1t6l0. 6 is
obviously the unit number, but I don't know which of "b" and "l" [that's an
L] is the adapter number. I've tried both in the IMPOS/2 setup, and neither
works. As soon as I click on the scanner icon, I get the message "General
error for scanner 'Microtek."

Here are the relevant lines from CONFIG.SYS:

REM -------------------- Compart Impos/2 Version 2.1 --------------------
REM NEXT TWO ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALL OF NEW SCSI CARD ADAPTEC 1542C
BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD /V
BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /A
DEVICE=K:\IMPOS21\CPASPI.SYS
REM --------------------- Needed in addition for SANE -------------------
DEVICE=K:\SANE\BIN\ASPIROUT.SYS

The /A option is included in OS2ASPI.DMD, because I understood that SANE
required it, but I get a message during boot that says "invalid parameters
for OS2ASPI.DMD." There's only that one, and it appears in the OS/2 Warp
Command Reference as a valid option, so I don't know what to think about
that.

I'm using IMPOS/2 on another computer with a Microtek E6 scanner, and if I
substitute the slide scanner it works fine. Unfortunately, that's now my
husband's computer, and I'm trying to move the scanning to my newer one. I
simply can't figure out what is making the difference. I originally had the
35t+ attached to my computer with the PCI SCSI card that came with it - that
didn't work either.

I tried looking at the NovaStar site, but my German is too rusty to get much
out of it. I think it says to write a note to imposup@attglobal.net to get
support for IMPOS/2, and I'll try that next - in English, unfortunately. The
Compart site appears to be under construction - it shows a "download"
pointer, but nothing appears to work.

Does anyone have any idea what I could be doing wrong? Or know whether there
is something wrong with the Microtek driver furnished with IMPOS/2?


Gail Koontz		Retired in my home state
836 Mallard Rd.		 . . . and loving it!
Cocoa, FL 32926	gail.koontz@quancon.com



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From: whistle@worldonline.nl                            18-Dec-99 11:26:07
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: Netscape Communicator Profiles

From: whistle@worldonline.nl (Stephan van Loendersloot)

In article <945183988.300344@sisapint04>,
"Frank Joas" <frank.joas@sis-west.de> wrote:
> I want to distribute a netscape communicator profile to several PCs, so that
> I don't have to configure each PC manual (proxy etc.). So I copied the
> \netscape\users\myuser directory from one PC to another, but that is
> obviously not working, because the profile manager does not show the new
> profile. I discoverd that communicator makes some additions to the
> OS2SYS.INI file - you will find the profile names and other stuff that
> belongs to it, but only if you search with a normal Text/Hex-Editor. Each
> INI-Editor I tried only showed the standard entrys.
> Has anyone a clue how to distribute a communicator profile or to edit the
> specific entrys in OS2SYS.INI?

> 
> Frank


I have OS/2 and WIN9x installed on my computer using 1 shared partition as a
FAT drive. What I did to make Netscape work on both systems is simply create a 
profile on f.e. OS/2, then create a new profile on WIN9x, where I didn't give
any information except for the directory that was also used by the OS/2
Netscape. After this the profile manager said something like: 'An existing
profile has been discovered in the specified directory. Should all existing
parameters be used? If not, they will be overwritten.' Your choice to click
'Yes' or 'No'.

Anyway, this worked fine for me, hope it helps!


    --Stephan




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From: rwilliam@nova.umuc.edu                            19-Dec-99 15:08:10
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: IMPOS/2 Help, Please!

From: rwilliam@nova.umuc.edu (Robert Stephen Williams)

In <tnvyxbbagmdhnapbapbz.fn04il0.pminews@news1.lig.bellsouth.net> "Gail
Koontz" <gail.koontz@quancon.com> writes:

>No matter what I try, I can't make my Microtek 35t+ scanner work with
>IMPOS/2. Which is certainly a disappointment, since I bought the latest
>version because it supposedly supported that scanner. There's nothing wrong
>with the scanner or the SCSI setup, because I can use SANE with no problem.
>Can anyone tell me if there is something obvious I'm doing wrong?

>I have two hard drives and a tape drive attached to the onboard SCSI on my
>ASUS motherboard. The scanner (address 6) and a CD-RW (address 0) are
>attached to an Adaptec 1542C. SANE identifies the scanner as b1t6l0. 6 is
>obviously the unit number, but I don't know which of "b" and "l" [that's an
>L] is the adapter number. I've tried both in the IMPOS/2 setup, and neither
>works. As soon as I click on the scanner icon, I get the message "General
>error for scanner 'Microtek."

>Here are the relevant lines from CONFIG.SYS:

>REM -------------------- Compart Impos/2 Version 2.1 --------------------
>REM NEXT TWO ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALL OF NEW SCSI CARD ADAPTEC 1542C
>BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
>BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD /V
>BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /A
>DEVICE=K:\IMPOS21\CPASPI.SYS
>REM --------------------- Needed in addition for SANE -------------------
>DEVICE=K:\SANE\BIN\ASPIROUT.SYS

>The /A option is included in OS2ASPI.DMD, because I understood that SANE
>required it, but I get a message during boot that says "invalid parameters
>for OS2ASPI.DMD." There's only that one, and it appears in the OS/2 Warp
>Command Reference as a valid option, so I don't know what to think about
>that.

My CONFIG.SYS has

BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /ALL

without any complaints.  I'm using IMPOS 2.0 on Warp 4.0.  The command
reference says the valid parameters are /SHARE and /ALL.

HTH

Bob Williams

>I'm using IMPOS/2 on another computer with a Microtek E6 scanner, and if I
>substitute the slide scanner it works fine. Unfortunately, that's now my
>husband's computer, and I'm trying to move the scanning to my newer one. I
>simply can't figure out what is making the difference. I originally had the
>35t+ attached to my computer with the PCI SCSI card that came with it - that
>didn't work either.

>I tried looking at the NovaStar site, but my German is too rusty to get much
>out of it. I think it says to write a note to imposup@attglobal.net to get
>support for IMPOS/2, and I'll try that next - in English, unfortunately. The
>Compart site appears to be under construction - it shows a "download"
>pointer, but nothing appears to work.

>Does anyone have any idea what I could be doing wrong? Or know whether there
>is something wrong with the Microtek driver furnished with IMPOS/2?


>Gail Koontz		Retired in my home state
>836 Mallard Rd.		 . . . and loving it!
>Cocoa, FL 32926	gail.koontz@quancon.com



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From: jnichols@tcia.net                                 19-Dec-99 15:39:04
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: IMPOS/2 Help, Please!

From: jnichols@tcia.net

In <tnvyxbbagmdhnapbapbz.fn04il0.pminews@news1.lig.bellsouth.net>, on
12/19/99 
   at 01:54 PM, "Gail Koontz" <gail.koontz@quancon.com> said:

>I have two hard drives and a tape drive attached to the onboard SCSI on
>my ASUS motherboard. The scanner (address 6) and a CD-RW (address 0) are
>attached to an Adaptec 1542C. SANE identifies the scanner as b1t6l0. 6 is
>obviously the unit number, but I don't know which of "b" and "l" [that's
>an L] is the adapter number. I've tried both in the IMPOS/2 setup, and
>neither works. As soon as I click on the scanner icon, I get the message
>"General error for scanner 'Microtek."

>Here are the relevant lines from CONFIG.SYS:

>REM -------------------- Compart Impos/2 Version 2.1 --------------------
>REM NEXT TWO ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALL OF NEW SCSI CARD ADAPTEC 1542C
>BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
>BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD /V
>BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /A
>DEVICE=K:\IMPOS21\CPASPI.SYS
>REM --------------------- Needed in addition for SANE -------------------
>DEVICE=K:\SANE\BIN\ASPIROUT.SYS

>The /A option is included in OS2ASPI.DMD, because I understood that SANE
>required it, but I get a message during boot that says "invalid
>parameters for OS2ASPI.DMD." There's only that one, and it appears in the
>OS/2 Warp Command Reference as a valid option, so I don't know what to
>think about that.


REM -------------------- COMPART IMPOS/2 VERSION 2.1 --------------------
BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /ALL /SHARE
DEVICE=F:\IMPOS21\CPASPI.SYS


Later,
Nick

-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------
jnichols@tcia.net
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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          19-Dec-99 20:41:28
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: IMPOS/2 Help, Please!

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:54:21, "Gail Koontz" <gail.koontz@quancon.com> 
wrote:

> 
> Here are the relevant lines from CONFIG.SYS:
> 
> REM -------------------- Compart Impos/2 Version 2.1 --------------------
> REM NEXT TWO ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALL OF NEW SCSI CARD ADAPTEC 1542C
> BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
> BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD /V
> BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /A
> DEVICE=K:\IMPOS21\CPASPI.SYS
> REM --------------------- Needed in addition for SANE -------------------
> DEVICE=K:\SANE\BIN\ASPIROUT.SYS

I've been using these parameters in this order for a long time, and 
they proved important in solving my multiple scanner driver problems:

BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /SHARE /ALL
BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD

My hardware is different from yours, HP4c scanner and Adaptec 2940UW 
SCSI card. I use the AIC7870.ADD driver, and have found that some 
builds do not permit scanning at all, no matter what I juggle. The 
builds originating at Adaptec cause more problems than the ones via 
IBM channels.



> 
> The /A option is included in OS2ASPI.DMD, because I understood that SANE
> required it, but I get a message during boot that says "invalid parameters
> for OS2ASPI.DMD." There's only that one, and it appears in the OS/2 Warp
> Command Reference as a valid option, so I don't know what to think about
> that.

I've never seen the /A used, myself. 

> 
> I tried looking at the NovaStar site, but my German is too rusty to get much
> out of it. I think it says to write a note to imposup@attglobal.net to get
> support for IMPOS/2, and I'll try that next - in English, unfortunately. The
> Compart site appears to be under construction - it shows a "download"
> pointer, but nothing appears to work.

Babelfish comes in handy for that kind of site:

	http://babelfish.altavista.com/



Maybe some of this helps, maybe not.


-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: raphaelt@netnews.worldnet.att.net                 19-Dec-99 14:35:16
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: Communicator 4.61 - 1/16" font on Deja - Help

From: raphaelt@netnews.worldnet.att.net (Raphael Tennenbaum)

swansona@fastwave.net wrote:

>	Deja displays fonts only 1/16" high my monitor.  I have control only 
>of the font size on the header which indicates message number -- not 
>what I'm trying to read.  At this size, Deja is all but unusable 
>although I can tell the problem has been discussed before.  
>	I'm using Communicator 4.61; Warp 4; FP 12.    

FWIW at least one Deja power that bes has been notified --
(it looks awfully shrunken running Internet Exploder, too,
maybe not quite so tiny).

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

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From: Jan.Danielsson@falun.mail.telia.com               19-Dec-99 21:14:08
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 19:57:00
Subj: Map ISO images

From: "Jan Danielsson" <Jan.Danielsson@falun.mail.telia.com>

I've been asked to write a driver for mapping ISO images to a driveletter.
Since I'm currenty quite busy working on some other projects, I don't want to
start a redundant project. Does such a driver exist already? If so, where?


 /j



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From: markj@sk.sympatico.ca                             19-Dec-99 15:40:22
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: IMPOS/2 Help, Please!

From: "Keith Marjerison" <markj@sk.sympatico.ca>

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 13:54:21 -0500 (EST), Gail Koontz wrote:

>No matter what I try, I can't make my Microtek 35t+ scanner work with
>IMPOS/2. Which is certainly a disappointment, since I bought the latest
>version because it supposedly supported that scanner. There's nothing wrong
>with the scanner or the SCSI setup, because I can use SANE with no problem.
>Can anyone tell me if there is something obvious I'm doing wrong?
>
>I have two hard drives and a tape drive attached to the onboard SCSI on my
>ASUS motherboard. The scanner (address 6) and a CD-RW (address 0) are
>attached to an Adaptec 1542C. SANE identifies the scanner as b1t6l0. 6 is
>obviously the unit number, but I don't know which of "b" and "l" [that's an
>L] is the adapter number. I've tried both in the IMPOS/2 setup, and neither
>works. As soon as I click on the scanner icon, I get the message "General
>error for scanner 'Microtek."
>
>Here are the relevant lines from CONFIG.SYS:
>
>REM -------------------- Compart Impos/2 Version 2.1 --------------------
>REM NEXT TWO ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALL OF NEW SCSI CARD ADAPTEC 1542C
>BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
>BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD /V
>BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /A
>DEVICE=K:\IMPOS21\CPASPI.SYS
>REM --------------------- Needed in addition for SANE -------------------
>DEVICE=K:\SANE\BIN\ASPIROUT.SYS
>
>The /A option is included in OS2ASPI.DMD, because I understood that SANE
>required it, but I get a message during boot that says "invalid parameters
>for OS2ASPI.DMD." There's only that one, and it appears in the OS/2 Warp
>Command Reference as a valid option, so I don't know what to think about
>that.
>
>I'm using IMPOS/2 on another computer with a Microtek E6 scanner, and if I
>substitute the slide scanner it works fine. Unfortunately, that's now my
>husband's computer, and I'm trying to move the scanning to my newer one. I
>simply can't figure out what is making the difference. I originally had the
>35t+ attached to my computer with the PCI SCSI card that came with it - that
>didn't work either.
>
>I tried looking at the NovaStar site, but my German is too rusty to get much
>out of it. I think it says to write a note to imposup@attglobal.net to get
>support for IMPOS/2, and I'll try that next - in English, unfortunately. The
>Compart site appears to be under construction - it shows a "download"
>pointer, but nothing appears to work.
>
>Does anyone have any idea what I could be doing wrong? Or know whether there
>is something wrong with the Microtek driver furnished with IMPOS/2?
>
>
>Gail Koontz		Retired in my home state
>836 Mallard Rd.		 . . . and loving it!
>Cocoa, FL 32926	gail.koontz@quancon.com
>
>
>
Have you 'created' a logical scanner from the scanner page in the Impos/2
settings?
/>Keith Marjerison
/>k.marjerison@sk.sympatico.ca


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From: tjerick@ibm.net                                   19-Dec-99 22:06:10
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 19:57:00
Subj: PDF on OS/2 survey

From: tjerick@ibm.net (Tim Erickson)

Hello all;

I have sent an e-mail request to Mr. Frank Siegert, the author of
PStill, requesting he consider porting his program to OS/2. In
anticipation of the query: 'How many people are interested?" I
thought I'd gather names. If you are interested in the port please
send me an e-mail. The app is shareware though most of the UNIX
versions are free for non-commercial | Educational use. For more
information see:

http://www.this.net/~frank/pstill.html

Please let me know of your interest ASAP.

Thanks

Tim Erickson




I expect the bleating of the M$ cattle will get louder in the next few
weeks as cattle always do when they smell the charnel house, alas for 
them, too late!

----Me, Nov 1999

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From: Ted_E@bc.sympatico.ca                             19-Dec-99 14:27:26
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: CD-RW for OS/2?

From: Ted Edwards <Ted_E@bc.sympatico.ca>

> >How satisfactory are the Zip drives for OS/2?
 
> They work fine, except they are over priced and unreliable for any
> platform.

I have a Nomai 750.c removable pack 750MB drive.  It came with drivers
for DOS, Windows and, of course, OS/2.  It works very well.  I am runing
it from the parallel port of an IBM ThinkPad through a PP to SCSI
adapter.

Nomai was bought by the people who make the ZIP drives so I don't know
if they are still available.  Do any of you folk?

Ted

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From: fwkirk@attglobal.net                              19-Dec-99 23:18:28
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 21:20:13
Subj: Re: Communicator 4.61 - 1/16" font on Deja - Help

From: fwkirk@attglobal.net (Frank Kirk)

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:22:14, swansona@fastwave.net wrote:

> 	Deja displays fonts only 1/16" high my monitor.  I have control only 
> of the font size on the header which indicates message number -- not 
> what I'm trying to read.  At this size, Deja is all but unusable 
> although I can tell the problem has been discussed before.  
> 	I'm using Communicator 4.61; Warp 4; FP 12.    

	Have you tried using the key combination Ctrl + ] on the screen?  If 
you try that key combo a few times, the font size increases.

FWK

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From: swansona@fastwave.net                             19-Dec-99 23:23:17
  To: All                                               19-Dec-99 21:20:13
Subj: Re: Communicator 4.61 - 1/16" font on Deja - Help

From: swansona@fastwave.net

No.  It doesn't.  The only part that changes is the Message Header: 
Message 1 of 2 -- or whatever.

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 23:18:56, fwkirk@attglobal.net (Frank Kirk) wrote:


> 	Have you tried using the key combination Ctrl + ] on the screen?  If 
> you try that key combo a few times, the font size increases.
> 
> FWK


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From: craig@fleckresearch.com                           19-Dec-99 17:32:06
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 01:25:18
Subj: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: Fleck Research <craig@fleckresearch.com>

What is new in BA/2000? I did not see much besides the wizards.
Does it work better?
Are there new features I did not find? (besides the catalog
search/recover function which seems very limited to me, only one file at
a time?)

Thanks,
Craig.

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From: Spammers@Bite.Me                                  20-Dec-99 02:05:04
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 01:25:18
Subj: Re: PDF on OS/2 survey

From: "Jaime A. Cruz, Jr." <Spammers@Bite.Me>

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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 21:05:03 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: "Jaime A. Cruz, Jr." <Spammers@Bite.Me>
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Hi!  I wrote a REXX script that ties together Kai Uwe Rommel's PrintMon and
Aladdin Ghostscript into a "Poor Man's Distiller."  It works for the most
part, but does have limitations.  I'd love to see something better for OS/2! 
Hell, I'd pay money for it!

On 19 Dec 1999 22:06:21 GMT, Tim Erickson wrote:

>Hello all;
>
>I have sent an e-mail request to Mr. Frank Siegert, the author of
>PStill, requesting he consider porting his program to OS/2. In
>anticipation of the query: 'How many people are interested?" I
>thought I'd gather names. If you are interested in the port please
>send me an e-mail. The app is shareware though most of the UNIX
>versions are free for non-commercial | Educational use. For more
>information see:
>
>http://www.this.net/~frank/pstill.html
>
>Please let me know of your interest ASAP.
>
>Thanks
>
>Tim Erickson
>
>
>
>
>I expect the bleating of the M$ cattle will get louder in the next few
>weeks as cattle always do when they smell the charnel house, alas for 
>them, too late!
>
>----Me, Nov 1999

Jaime A. Cruz, Jr.

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From: Yelmow@together.net                               19-Dec-99 21:02:15
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 01:25:18
Subj: Memory usage?

From: Yelmow@together.net (Mark Tucker)

I'm looking for a utility that will show how much memory individual
processes are using.  I'm running Warp3.0, fixpack 40 with 128mb RAM. 
Something has changed on my system where all of the memory is being
used at bootup.  I removed _everything_ from the startup folder and it
still reports all of my memory being in use (using memwatch and
memsize).  A few days ago I would have somewhere around 85 mb free
after all my startup folder apps had launched.  Any ideas as to what
could cause this would be appreciated.

Mark
mark (at) tucker (dot) net


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From: moschleg@erols.com                                19-Dec-99 23:53:20
  To: mark@tucker.net                                   20-Dec-99 01:25:19
Subj: Re: Memory usage?

To: Mark Tucker <mark@tucker.net>
From: Mark Schlegel <moschleg@erols.com>

Mark Tucker wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for a utility that will show how much memory individual
> processes are using.  I'm running Warp3.0, fixpack 40 with 128mb RAM.
> Something has changed on my system where all of the memory is being
> used at bootup.  I removed _everything_ from the startup folder and it
> still reports all of my memory being in use (using memwatch and
> memsize).  A few days ago I would have somewhere around 85 mb free
> after all my startup folder apps had launched.  Any ideas as to what
> could cause this would be appreciated.
> 
> Mark
> mark (at) tucker (dot) net

Theseus/2 by IBM would work great, it's a free
tool you can get from hobbes.  

ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/system/t2spm.zip

mark

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From: mckinnis@attglobal.net                            20-Dec-99 05:27:20
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 03:18:05
Subj: Re: HPFS 386

From: mckinnis@attglobal.net (Chuck McKinnis)

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 05:27:25, Alan Beagley <abeagley@optonline.net> 
wrote:

I never had any problems with running HPFS386 on Warp 4.  As I recall,
the only other component I copied in was chkdsk and its dlls.

> I found a copy of that document -- or someone e-mailed me a copy, I
> think -- a while ago.
> 
> It has been alleged that running HPFS386 on Warp 4 (i.e., without
> replacing a whole bunch of Warp 4 components by the Warp Server
> counterparts) can lead to major disasters, but I did not find any
> indication of that in the document. Is this allegation justified?
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> Chuck McKinnis wrote:
> > 
> > There was an IBM Redbook covering the installation of Warp Server on
> > Warp 4 that IBM seems to have lost track of.  I happened to have a pdf
> > copy and posted it out to Hobbes (of course, I can't remember where).
> > However, if you search for wsonw4.zip, it should show up.
> >

Chuck McKinnis
IBM Senior Systems Engineer (retired)

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From: 58emc1@concentric.net                             20-Dec-99 01:28:16
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 03:18:05
Subj: Re: IMPOS/2 Help, Please!

From: Peter Hinckley <58emc1@concentric.net>

I have OS2 v4, fp 10, and ImpOS2 2.0 with a microtek E6 scanner (SCSI) with an
Asus P2L97 mother board and Asus SC-200 SCSI board.  Everything works fine,
except
that I must have the scanner connected to the scsi cable and turned on before
starting up my system otherwise it won't be deteted.  ImpOS2 won't realize its
there.  Turning things on in reverse order (i.e. start the computer and then
turn
on the scanner) doesn't work.  Be sure to install your scanner driver under
ImpOS2
and create a logical scanner using this driver.

I took a look at my config.sys file, and there are two differences: I have no
OS2SCSI.DMD statement, and the scsi diver statement for my SC-200 card appears
after OS2ASPI.DMD  (BASEDEV=C:SYM8XX.ADD).  Somewhere I read that there is a
definite hierarchy to the lines in CONFIG.SYS, but I can't remeber the details
right now.  I have tried shuffling the lines around, and it definitely lead to
some serious system hangs.

The other thing I've found is that the scanner wont work with all versions of
the
SYM8xx scsi drivers.  I had to downgrade from the one dated 2/16/99 (62.4 kb
in
size) to the 8/30/96 version (107.2 kb in size).  With the newer one, the
scanner
would start to scan and then just stop.

Buddy Donnelly wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:54:21, "Gail Koontz" <gail.koontz@quancon.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Here are the relevant lines from CONFIG.SYS:
> >
> > REM -------------------- Compart Impos/2 Version 2.1 --------------------
> > REM NEXT TWO ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALL OF NEW SCSI CARD ADAPTEC 1542C
> > BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
> > BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD /V
> > BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /A
> > DEVICE=K:\IMPOS21\CPASPI.SYS
> > REM --------------------- Needed in addition for SANE -------------------
> > DEVICE=K:\SANE\BIN\ASPIROUT.SYS
>
> I've been using these parameters in this order for a long time, and
> they proved important in solving my multiple scanner driver problems:
>
> BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /SHARE /ALL
> BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
>
> My hardware is different from yours, HP4c scanner and Adaptec 2940UW
> SCSI card. I use the AIC7870.ADD driver, and have found that some
> builds do not permit scanning at all, no matter what I juggle. The
> builds originating at Adaptec cause more problems than the ones via
> IBM channels.
>
> >
> > The /A option is included in OS2ASPI.DMD, because I understood that SANE
> > required it, but I get a message during boot that says "invalid parameters
> > for OS2ASPI.DMD." There's only that one, and it appears in the OS/2 Warp
> > Command Reference as a valid option, so I don't know what to think about
> > that.
>
> I've never seen the /A used, myself.
>
> >
> > I tried looking at the NovaStar site, but my German is too rusty to get
much
> > out of it. I think it says to write a note to imposup@attglobal.net to get
> > support for IMPOS/2, and I'll try that next - in English, unfortunately.
The
> > Compart site appears to be under construction - it shows a "download"
> > pointer, but nothing appears to work.
>
> Babelfish comes in handy for that kind of site:
>
>         http://babelfish.altavista.com/
>
> Maybe some of this helps, maybe not.
>
> --
>
> Good luck,
>
> Buddy
>
> Buddy Donnelly
> donnelly@tampabay.rr.com

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From: cbzh@my-deja.com                                  20-Dec-99 08:05:23
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 05:14:17
Subj: Re: PDF on OS/2 survey

From: cbzh@my-deja.com

In article
<k5KkYrrKO9v1-pn2-wJd3FBPLyjcF@slip129-37-168-112.pq.ca.prserv.net>,
  tjerick@ibm.net (Tim Erickson) wrote:
> Hello all;
>
> I have sent an e-mail request to Mr. Frank Siegert, the author of
> PStill, requesting he consider porting his program to OS/2. In
> anticipation of the query: 'How many people are interested?" I
> thought I'd gather names. If you are interested in the port please
> send me an e-mail. The app is shareware though most of the UNIX
> versions are free for non-commercial | Educational use. For more
> information see:
>
> http://www.this.net/~frank/pstill.html

What can I do with PStill that I cannot do with GhostScript?

Greetings,
Cornelis Bockemhl <cbockem@datacomm.ch>

> Please let me know of your interest ASAP.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim Erickson
>
> I expect the bleating of the M$ cattle will get louder in the next few
> weeks as cattle always do when they smell the charnel house, alas for
> them, too late!
>
> ----Me, Nov 1999
>


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

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From: wdlkhl@attglobal.net                              20-Dec-99 01:06:26
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 05:14:17
Subj: Lost fonts in Communicator 4.61

From: Wm D Loughman <wdlkhl@attglobal.net>

Communicator 4.61 here has had an annoying habit of just 'dropping out
of sight' - Poof! 

After one such, I noticed my mail was printing in a super-small font. 
My font choices had changed:  My 'fixed width' printer font choices
were  down to only two.  The 'fixed width' screen font had four, but
refused to 'stick' on 'normal'.

I just _know_ this sort of thing's been discussed here or in another
n/g, but I don't find anything useful on DejaNews.  [ Does anyone,
anymore? ]

I backed up my personal data, mail, etc., and really scrubbed my system
(delete the whole directory, backup to earlier config.sys, run checkini,
etc, etc).  Reinstall Comm4.61..., to no avail.

Soooo...  Help!  Please.


WD "Bill" Loughman       "The problem with the gene pool: no lifeguard."
Berkeley, California  USA
wdlkhl@attglobal.net

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From: ivaes@hr.nl                                       20-Dec-99 11:03:11
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 10:21:10
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: Illya Vaes <ivaes@hr.nl>

"Michael W. Cocke" wrote:
>>>At work, I support around 100 users who think a logon has something to do
>>>with a big tree.  Yeah, linux would go over real big...(intense sarcasm).
>>Sorry, but I am irritated by this attitude in our "IS" support too.
>>If they (and you) did their work as support well, those users would have
>>to know diddly squat about 'ls' etc.
>>*You* OTOH would have to be able to grasp more than just point-and-drool.
>>The users aren't paid to know about computers, software, etc.; you are.
>>Of course, many a times "OK" IS staf will just be hindered by management,
>>so that they can not put any time into setting up a good environment (that 
>>will subsequently be easier and cheaper to support); usually they just 
>>present "Windows" (read "Microsoft") as a prerequisite beyond discussion.
>The first two sentences say most of it.  It's real easy to criticize
>when you don't have to do the job.  I want to talk to a few users at the
>company where you manage the IS dept.

If your new car doesn't work, do you think about how difficult it may be to
design and manufacture one? Or do you just go to your dealer and say "it
doesn't work, fix it"? You imply the latter if you're consistent.

Your inference that I manage an IS department is completely false.
I'm a user. So what did you want to ask again?

This is all a question of where you put the onus of "knowing your stuff". You
seem to want to put it at the software developer's, I only put it at the IS
department level while you were implying that Linux requires it at the user's
level.
It's all fine and dandy to have the developer handle the load, but if he
doesn't think of something, you're SOL. If the developer gives knowledgable
users (ie. IS staff, says the optimist, and "power users") the tools, then
they can use them as they see fit / require.
I don't see why it should be a problem to require a certain level of
knowledgability from IS staff. They're (or at least should be) employees just
like all others and should do their job. Am I so unreasonable in this regard,
according to you???

-- 
Illya Vaes   (ivaes@hr.nl)        "Do...or do not, there is no 'try'" - Yoda
Holland Railconsult BV, Integral Management of Railprocess Systems
Postbus 2855, 3500 GW Utrecht
Tel +31.30.2653273, Fax 2653385           Not speaking for anyone but myself

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From: jbarring@arn.net                                  20-Dec-99 03:48:05
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 10:21:10
Subj: Re: netscape 4.61 mail attachment size?

From: jbarring@arn.net (Jerry)

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 21:30:58, doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug 
Bissett) wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 20:01:43, Jan Bart Rem <j.b.rem@hccnet.nl> wrote:
> 
> > I tried to send an MP3 file to a friend of about 3Mb. The email message
> > was compiled and sent, showing a total size of justover 4 Mb. After

I have had a similar problem, but it was my ISP.  They will not accept
any mail over 3 megabytes.  My solution was to ZIP the file, but that 
might not work with MP3 files.

Best of Luck
Jerry

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From: jbarring@arn.net                                  20-Dec-99 03:52:05
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 10:21:10
Subj: Re: netscape 4.61 mail attachment size?

From: jbarring@arn.net (Jerry)

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 21:30:58, doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug 
Bissett) wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 20:01:43, Jan Bart Rem <j.b.rem@hccnet.nl> wrote:
> 
> > I tried to send an MP3 file to a friend of about 3Mb. The email message
> > was compiled and sent, showing a total size of justover 4 Mb. After
> > getting to 60% or so the CPU load went to 100% and increased terribly
> > slowly to 72%, where I cancelled the transmission. Anyone know of size
> > limitations and/or a fix?
> > I am running Warp 3 with FP 40, matrox Millenium II and a 56K modem that
> > works just fine with Injoy 2.2.
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Jan Bart

I have had a similar problem, but it was my ISP.  They will not accept
any mail over 3 Meg.  I solved the problem by ZIPping the file, but 
that probably will not work with MP3 files.

Best of Luck
Jerry

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From: sorry@no_spam.de                                  20-Dec-99 12:08:05
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 10:21:11
Subj: Re: Memory usage?

From: Martin Heimes <sorry@no_spam.de>

Mark Schlegel wrote:
> 
> Mark Tucker wrote:
> >
> > I'm looking for a utility that will show how much memory individual
> > processes are using.  I'm running Warp3.0, fixpack 40 with 128mb RAM.
> > Something has changed on my system where all of the memory is being
> > used at bootup.  I removed _everything_ from the startup folder and it
> > still reports all of my memory being in use (using memwatch and
> > memsize).  A few days ago I would have somewhere around 85 mb free
> > after all my startup folder apps had launched.  Any ideas as to what
> > could cause this would be appreciated.
> >
> > Mark
> > mark (at) tucker (dot) net
> 
> Theseus/2 by IBM would work great, it's a free
> tool you can get from hobbes.
> 
> ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/system/t2spm.zip
> 
> mark

a brand new Version of Theseus (dated oct.1999) is on:
http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/systools/thes3000.zip
-- 
Martin Heimes
correct this to reply via email
m.heimes at zv-irz dot de

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From: pauncz@attglobal.net                              20-Dec-99 08:59:08
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 11:19:25
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "Tom Pauncz" <pauncz@attglobal.net>

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:13:50 +1000 (EST), Shane Baker wrote:

>Gidday
>
>Subject lines says it all!
>
>Merry Christmas
>
>Shane Baker
>Canberra - Australia's national capital
>_____________________________
>sbakerATpcug.org.au - please make the obvious change when replying
>Australian Pets newsgroup - aus.pets  <<>>  Australian Dogs Page -
http://www.pcug.org.au/~sbaker/dogs.htm
>
>
>
G'day,
I am considering the product. Any recommendations on a good, reliable,
internal tape drive? SCSI or
otherwise.

Another expat living in Toronto, Canada ...

Cheers,
Tom Pauncz


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From: rdohrenburg@hotmail.com                           20-Dec-99 00:07:12
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 11:19:25
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: Robert Dohrenburg <rdohrenburg@hotmail.com>

Howard Harris wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 02:20:30 -0600, Robert Dohrenburg wrote:
> 
> >The PM demo worked fine here ( backup/restore ). I got an error (
> >something about a message error ) trying to restore using the disaster
> >recovery diskettes and the demo.
> >
> >The GA version works fine here, the disaster recovery from diskettes
> >works great!
> 
> It's a complete mess on my system (Warp 4, fixpak 9). Simply opening the
> programme and then exiting freezes my system and I have to reboot. It
manages
> to recognise my HP Colorado 8GB tape drive (internal) and that is absolutely
> all it can do - except freeze the system. Difficult to evaluate a product
> that is so disfunctional.
> 

I agree.

I failed to mention that I'm using a JAZ drive for the backups so I
rem'ed the following lines from my config.sys.

REM *** Back Again/2000 Tape Support
rem BASEDEV=CDSTAP2.DMD
rem BASEDEV=CDSEIDE.FLT

Maybe there is a conflict in your computer. I would try to backup to a
drive and see if that works.

Robert,

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From: rdohrenburg@hotmail.com                           20-Dec-99 00:12:23
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 11:19:25
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: Robert Dohrenburg <rdohrenburg@hotmail.com>

Fleck Research wrote:
> 
> What is new in BA/2000? I did not see much besides the wizards.
> Does it work better?
> Are there new features I did not find? (besides the catalog
> search/recover function which seems very limited to me, only one file at
> a time?)

The bugs in the disaster recovery utility are gone, as a matter of fact
looks like cds redesigned the dr utility. The rest of BA/2000 look the
same.

Robert,

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From: kenames@earthlink.net                             20-Dec-99 05:16:20
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 11:19:25
Subj: Re: MySQL

From: kenames@earthlink.net

Thank you Chris and Judith.

Ken

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 21:29:16, chris@os2ezine.com (Chris Wenham) wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 08:05:42, kenames@earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> > Hey! can anybody answer my questions???
> 
>  There is a recent port of MySQL for OS/2 and it can be found at 
> hobbes.nmsu.edu.  You can talk to it with Rexx by using Mark 
> Hessling's RexxSQL library, or in HTML using the WWW-MySQL CGI program
> that's also on Hobbes, or perhaps also with Perl and PHP. I haven't 
> tested the last two, but I have personally had success with RexxSQL 
> and WWW-MySQL.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris Wenham - editor@os2ezine.com
> The views expressed are mine.



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From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com                              20-Dec-99 14:24:28
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 14:31:22
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson)

"Tom Pauncz" <pauncz@attglobal.net> wrote:
] G'day,
] I am considering the product. Any recommendations on a good, reliable,
internal tape drive? SCSI or
] otherwise.

I'm partial to the Seagate TR-4/TR-5 line; they're available in either
SCSI or ATAPI/IDE and work pretty well.  They're in the $150-$300
price range.

If you want more capacity and/or speed, you might have a look at the
Ecrix VXA units.  They're about $800, and store 33GB native and
operate at about 140MB/min.  Started by the same two guys who started
Exabyte, this technology is probably the most exciting tape technology
I've seen in a while.

Sony AIT is still the best PC/workstation tape technology available,
in my opinion, but unless you are a corporation or want to spend
$1500-$2000 on a tape drive, then it's probably not something you'd be
interested in.  

Cheers,

Brad
replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address

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From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com                              20-Dec-99 14:29:13
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 14:31:23
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson)

Fleck Research <craig@fleckresearch.com> wrote:

] What is new in BA/2000? I did not see much besides the wizards.
] Does it work better?
] Are there new features I did not find? (besides the catalog
] search/recover function which seems very limited to me, only one file at
] a time?)


Here's a quick summary I pulled from the announcement that went out :

    - Backup and Restore HotStarts
      HotStarts provide a "wizard" approach to backup and restore
      operations and guide you through a backup or restore operation one
      step at time.

    - Entirely new media library system
      The new media library system records the location of backed up
      data quickly and efficiently, and is fully searchable.  The
      compressed format also means that the database files require only
      one-third as much storage space as Back Again/2 Professional v4.x.

    - BAIIREXX, the Back Again/2000 REXX function library 
      The REXX function library extends the REXX procedures language
      with a number of media handling functions, allowing a script to
      easily initialize or query the contents of a tape.

    - CLTAPE, a command line tape tool    
      CLTAPE provides a number of media management functions which can
      be issued directly from a command prompt or called by a batch file
      or other application.

    - Disaster Recovery HotStart
      The Disaster Recovery HotStart is an all new tool specifically
      designed for the disaster recovery process.  Instead of using the
      command line restore tool as in the  past, the Disaster Recovery
      HotStart focuses on making the disaster recovery process as
      painless as possible.

    - New backup scheduler
      The new backup scheduler daemon allows backup operations to be run
      to be run without requiring that Back Again/2000 be running.  The
      It replaces the built-in scheduler in Back Again/2.

    - All new tape driver subsystem
      Back Again/2000 is not dependent on OS2SCSI.DMD as is Back
      Again/2; instead, it communicates directly with the SCSI or IDE
      driver.  

    - New tape format
      Back Again/2000 uses the Microsoft Tape Format, which is
      compatible with a wide range of other backup applications
      including Back Again II on Windows 95/98/NT as well as the Windows
      NT backup applet.

    - Access Control List (ACL) backup and restore
      Back Again/2000 Server is the first commercial backup application
      that can backup and restore individual ACL's on a file by file (or
      directory) basis.  No more "All or nothing" ACL restores or
      shelling out and running aclback/aclrest (Back Again/2000 Server only).

    - Autoloader Support Module
      Back Again/2000 Server supports the most popular tape autoloaders
      and libraries with the optional Autoloader Support Module.
      Administrators will appreciate the flexible tape handling features
      and automated cleaning ASM offers (Back Again/2000 Server only).


Cheers,

Brad
replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address

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From: pauncz@attglobal.net                              20-Dec-99 10:13:11
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 14:31:23
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "Tom Pauncz" <pauncz@attglobal.net>

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:24:57 GMT, Brad Benson wrote:

>"Tom Pauncz" <pauncz@attglobal.net> wrote:
>] G'day,
>] I am considering the product. Any recommendations on a good, reliable,
internal tape drive? SCSI or
>] otherwise.
>
>I'm partial to the Seagate TR-4/TR-5 line; they're available in either
>SCSI or ATAPI/IDE and work pretty well.  They're in the $150-$300
>price range.
>
>If you want more capacity and/or speed, you might have a look at the
>Ecrix VXA units.  They're about $800, and store 33GB native and
>operate at about 140MB/min.  Started by the same two guys who started
>Exabyte, this technology is probably the most exciting tape technology
>I've seen in a while.
>
>Sony AIT is still the best PC/workstation tape technology available,
>in my opinion, but unless you are a corporation or want to spend
>$1500-$2000 on a tape drive, then it's probably not something you'd be
>interested in.  
>
>Cheers,
>
>Brad
>replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address

Thanks for the reply Brad.
Capacity is not a huge issue.  As long as I can use my existing Adaptec
2940UW, the Seagate sounds
like a good option.  I only need to backup about 5Gb regularly.


Cheers,
Tom Pauncz


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From: mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com                         20-Dec-99 16:24:03
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 14:31:23
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:29:26, spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson) wrote:

>  - New tape format
>       Back Again/2000 uses the Microsoft Tape Format,
But it still reads its own older ones?
I could give a hoot about MS; I have a lot of tapes going back to very early
releases of BA/2.

=Dwight=
X1=L, X2=L & the domain is phonetic

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From: tom@NOSPAMsteensoft.hobby.nl                      19-Dec-99 23:28:07
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 14:31:23
Subj: Re: CD-RW for OS/2?

From: "T.J.Steen" <tom@NOSPAMsteensoft.hobby.nl>

The freeware CDRecord works very well.

Disadvantage is : 
1. you first have to make an imagefile.
2. everything is commandline driven.

Advantage :
1. No cost.
2. During writing status info (RSJ only displays : please waite)

Tom

P.S. I use both programs


On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 03:26:45 -0500, letoured@nospam.net wrote:

:> >Is there a good external CD-RW that supports OS/2?
:> 
:> RSJ CD Writer is the superior product. SOme object to the price (around
:> $190) but everyone who has used it thinks its worth the price.  There is a
:> demo at; www.rsj.de
:> 
:> There is also a freeware port of Unix software. I've never used it and it
:> didn't exist when I need CD writing software.  
:> 
:> 
:> >How satisfactory are the Zip drives for OS/2?
:> 
:> They work fine, except they are over priced and unreliable for any
:> platform.
:> 
:> _____________
:> Ed Letourneau <letoured@sover.net>
:> 



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From: pauncz@attglobal.net                              20-Dec-99 11:26:26
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 14:31:23
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "Tom Pauncz" <pauncz@attglobal.net>

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:24:57 GMT, Brad Benson wrote:

>"Tom Pauncz" <pauncz@attglobal.net> wrote:
>] G'day,
>] I am considering the product. Any recommendations on a good, reliable,
internal tape drive? SCSI or
>] otherwise.
>
>I'm partial to the Seagate TR-4/TR-5 line; they're available in either
>SCSI or ATAPI/IDE and work pretty well.  They're in the $150-$300
>price range.
>
>If you want more capacity and/or speed, you might have a look at the
>Ecrix VXA units.  They're about $800, and store 33GB native and
>operate at about 140MB/min.  Started by the same two guys who started
>Exabyte, this technology is probably the most exciting tape technology
>I've seen in a while.
>
>Sony AIT is still the best PC/workstation tape technology available,
>in my opinion, but unless you are a corporation or want to spend
>$1500-$2000 on a tape drive, then it's probably not something you'd be
>interested in.  
>
>Cheers,
>
>Brad
>replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address

Brad,
I checked on the Seagate site, but all I could find with Tape Advisor was the
following:

These Seagate tape drives fit your stated environment (assumes 2:1
compression): 
Model Name		Capacity (GB)	Tape Technology Interface
Hornet NS 8		8		Travan NS 8	    SCSI
TapeStor Travan 20	20		Travan NS 20	    SCSI

I could not find TR-4/TR-5 at all.  If i were to go for internal DAT tape, any 
thoughts?
How about one of the bundles from CDS??
Thanks

Cheers,
Tom Pauncz


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From: tom@NOSPAMsteensoft.hobby.nl                      19-Dec-99 23:36:14
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 14:31:23
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "T.J.Steen" <tom@NOSPAMsteensoft.hobby.nl>

Worked fine on my system (ultra scsi)

1. IBM harddisk
2. IBM harddisk
3. IBM harddisk
4. Plextor 40TS
5.Richoh mp6200S
6. HP DAT recorder

Tom

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 12:53:34 +0000 (GMT), Howard Harris wrote:

:> On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 02:20:30 -0600, Robert Dohrenburg wrote:
:> 
:> >The PM demo worked fine here ( backup/restore ). I got an error (
:> >something about a message error ) trying to restore using the disaster
:> >recovery diskettes and the demo.
:> >
:> >The GA version works fine here, the disaster recovery from diskettes
:> >works great!
:> 
:> It's a complete mess on my system (Warp 4, fixpak 9). Simply opening the
:> programme and then exiting freezes my system and I have to reboot. It
manages
:> to recognise my HP Colorado 8GB tape drive (internal) and that is
absolutely
:> all it can do - except freeze the system. Difficult to evaluate a product
:> that is so disfunctional.
:> 
:> --
:> Howard
:> 
:> 



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From: madodel@ptdprolog.net                             20-Dec-99 17:51:01
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 16:56:01
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: madodel@ptdprolog.net (Mark Dodel)

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 16:24:07, mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com wrote:

-)On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:29:26, spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson) wrote:
-)
-)>  - New tape format
-)>       Back Again/2000 uses the Microsoft Tape Format,
-)But it still reads its own older ones?
-)I could give a hoot about MS; I have a lot of tapes going back to very early 
releases of BA/2.

Just tried this today and it works.  BA/2000 does read/restore from 
backup tapes made with BA/2 Pro.  You have to Retrieve the dataset 
info first, but that is a lot less painless then the old Recover 
Archive Catalog function.   I haven't tried the disaster recovery 
utility yet.    Need to remake the disks first.   So far I'm satisfied
with the upgrade.


Mark


Mark

Mark

--

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             Healthcare Computer Consultant
                   madodel@ptdprolog.net
    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: gbooth@rockisland.com                             19-Dec-99 17:29:20
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 16:56:01
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: gbooth@rockisland.com

In <fonxrengcphtbetnh.fmy5722.pminews@newshost.pcug.org.au>, on 12/18/99 
   at 12:13 PM, "Shane Baker" <sbaker@pcug.org.au> said:


Yep.  Both eval and CD version worked and work great for me.  WangDat
3400DX DAT tape drive off Symbios 2811 SCSI card.

>Gidday

>Subject lines says it all!

>Merry Christmas

>Shane Baker
>Canberra - Australia's national capital
>_____________________________
>sbakerATpcug.org.au - please make the obvious change when replying
>Australian Pets newsgroup - aus.pets  <<>>  Australian Dogs Page -
>http://www.pcug.org.au/~sbaker/dogs.htm



-- 
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From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk                        20-Dec-99 19:17:11
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 16:56:01
Subj: dBASE clone wanted

From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John Poltorak)

Has anyone ever come across a *text-mode* dBASE clone for OS/2?

..ideally, one which will read dBASE programs.

Wonder what Borland have done with dBASE IV... I'm surprised there isn't
a GNU version around.

--
John

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From: b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov                          20-Dec-99 13:21:02
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 16:56:01
Subj: Re: [OT] was Re: +++GET YOUR FREE PENTIUM 

From: Bennie Nelson <b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov>

Thanks for the tip.  It was checked on.  Not any more.

Regards,
Bennie Nelson

Frederic LE FOLL wrote:
> 
> Bernie,
> 
> Did you invalidate "Activate JavaScript for mail and news" in NS
> Advanced options ?
> 
> Fred.
> 
> Bennie Nelson a crit :
> >
> > Buddy Donnelly wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 15:07:13, "Stephen Bennett" <s.bennett@uea.ac.uk>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > This bloody thing opened automatically:-((((
> > >
> > > Your headers say you're using Outlook Express. It doesn't open
> > > automatically in any OS/2 news client, a nice security feature.
> >
> > It opened automatically on my system:
> >
> > Warp v4
> > NS Comm 4.61 (newsgroup portion)
> >
> > By "opened" I mean a browser window was invoked, the website was
> > contacted, and the html page was loaded and displayed on my screen.
> > This occurred by simply displaying the newsgroup article using
> > Communicator for OS/2 v4.61.
> >
> > Bennie Nelson

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From: tgal@pobox.com                                    20-Dec-99 11:47:09
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 16:56:01
Subj: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" <tgal@pobox.com>

In Netsc. 4.61, how do I turn menu items into 
toolbar buttons?

-- 
 ===>  tgal@pobox.com


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From: rcpj@panix.com                                    20-Dec-99 19:10:26
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 16:56:01
Subj: Re: How to play MP3 through Netscape?

From: rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc)

Pierre Jelenc <rcpj@panix.com> writes:
> 
> Thanks. Indeed that's the solution. Part of the solution at least: It
> worked on one song, but now does not seem to work anymore: The command
> line window comes on, stays there for a second or two, then it and PM123
> close together. 

After rebooting, it is no better. The vio window flashes by, then it and
the PM123 program close without a sound.

> As an aside, if I can get this fixed, is it possible to feed PM123 a list
> of URLs rather than a single one, as is done in a mp3.com radio station?
> (e.g. mine at http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/6/take_the_f_train.html )

Changing tack, I tried MP123, which comes with a ready-made batch file to
run m3u URLs. It works fine from the command line, but again closes
instantly if launched from Netscape.

Z! is also supposed to work, but the package I found has no manual. It
appears to be able to play multiple URLs but not if they are separated by
<CR><LF> as in an m3u file.

Pierre
-- 
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                             | www.mp3.com/cucumbers  www.mp3.com/pawnshop
The New York City Beer Guide |      www.cdbaby.com/buy/rawkinder.htm
   http://www.nycbeer.org    |         www.mp3.com/jeniferjackson

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From: postmaster@[127.0.0.1]                            20-Dec-99 13:19:04
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 16:56:01
Subj: Re: Memory usage?

From: postmaster@[127.0.0.1]

In <385E0E1A.1025@no_spam.de>, on 12/20/99 
   at 12:08 PM, Martin Heimes <sorry@no_spam.de> said:


>a brand new Version of Theseus (dated oct.1999) is on:
>http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/systools/thes3000.zip

Make that ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/systools/thes3000.zip.

You'll get the correction if you try to ftp the file....

--
GK
            
FrodoJRR at Interaccess dot com
OS/2 Version 4.00 FixPack 12 
There are 31 Processes with 123 Threads.
This machine's uptime is 1d 0h 18m 52s 210ms.


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From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com                              20-Dec-99 20:37:16
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 16:56:01
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson)

"Tom Pauncz" <pauncz@attglobal.net> wrote:
] Brad,
] I checked on the Seagate site, but all I could find with Tape Advisor was
the following:
] 
] These Seagate tape drives fit your stated environment (assumes 2:1
compression): 
] Model Name		Capacity (GB)	Tape Technology Interface
] Hornet NS 8		8		Travan NS 8	    SCSI
] TapeStor Travan 20	20		Travan NS 20	    SCSI
] 
] I could not find TR-4/TR-5 at all.  If i were to go for internal DAT tape,
any thoughts?
] How about one of the bundles from CDS??

Hi Tom,

The NS8 is a TR-4, and the NS20 is a TR-5; either of them should work
out fine for you.  I would probably go with one of these over a DDS or
DDS-2 DAT, since performance wise they're every bit as good as the
DATs.  A DDS-3 or DDS-4 drive is faster, but now you're talking $700
and up.

I don't think we're still selling the bundles, at least not for low
end units.  If you're interested in checking that out, I'd recommend
sending a note to sales@cds-inc.com (I'm in development) to see what
they have available.

Thanks,

Cheers,

Brad
replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address

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From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com                              20-Dec-99 20:39:02
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 16:56:01
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson)

mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com wrote:

] On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:29:26, spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson) wrote:
] 
] >  - New tape format
] >       Back Again/2000 uses the Microsoft Tape Format,
] But it still reads its own older ones?
] I could give a hoot about MS; I have a lot of tapes going back to very early 
releases of BA/2.

Yes, it can read tapes written by Back Again/2 v4.x.

The Microsoft Tape Format name is somewhat of a misnomer; it was
actually developed by Seagate as a cross-platform format and as such
supports OS/2, Unix, Mac, and other platforms in addition to the Win32
stuff.  It got its name since that's what the built-in stuff in NT
uses.


Cheers,

Brad
replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address

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From: dan@frontiernet.net                               20-Dec-99 15:53:26
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:00
Subj: Re: dBASE clone wanted

From: Dan O'Donnell <dan@frontiernet.net>

I don't know how "cloned" you want it, but look at Alpha4 from
Alphasoft.

John Poltorak wrote:
> 
> Has anyone ever come across a *text-mode* dBASE clone for OS/2?
> 
> ..ideally, one which will read dBASE programs.
> 
> Wonder what Borland have done with dBASE IV... I'm surprised there isn't
> a GNU version around.
> 
> --
> John

-- 
Dan O'Donnell
dan@frontiernet.net
http://www.frontiernet.net/~dan/

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From: pauncz@attglobal.net                              20-Dec-99 16:06:21
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:00
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "Tom Pauncz" <pauncz@attglobal.net>

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:37:33 GMT, Brad Benson wrote:

>Hi Tom,
>
>The NS8 is a TR-4, and the NS20 is a TR-5; either of them should work
>out fine for you.  I would probably go with one of these over a DDS or
>DDS-2 DAT, since performance wise they're every bit as good as the
>DATs.  A DDS-3 or DDS-4 drive is faster, but now you're talking $700
>and up.
>
>I don't think we're still selling the bundles, at least not for low
>end units.  If you're interested in checking that out, I'd recommend
>sending a note to sales@cds-inc.com (I'm in development) to see what
>they have available.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Cheers,
>
>Brad
>replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address

Thanks Brad .. I'll do that ...

Cheers,
Tom Pauncz


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From: abrahams@sparc.isl.net                            20-Dec-99 15:19:22
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:00
Subj: Re: Making labels with Wordpro

From: "Lionel C. Abrahams" <abrahams@sparc.isl.net>

On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 17:57:00 -0600, Marvin Volz wrote:

>It's easier than that if you use Lotus 123.
>From a spreedsheet with a table of names, addresses, etc. just "Create"
"Mailing
>labels" and follow the instructions. An Approach db will be created which you 
can
>edit - fonts, etc. and you pick Avery label type.

I could not find "mailing labels" under "Create" in Smartsuite 123
for Warp?
Is that the product you are using?  Maybe it is an "Windo..." thing
not implemented in 
the OS/2 version.    
...Posted with PMINews 2.00.1200
   using OS/2 WARP4 @FP12




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From: garske@ibm.net                                    18-Dec-99 22:58:10
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:00
Subj: Re: Netscape Communicator Profiles

From: "Rolf Garske" <garske@ibm.net>

NSREG.DAT is Netscapes Registry (used with SmartUpdate) to keep track of
Plugins and Updates
you have already downloaded. A HTML page with
a little JavaScript can check the Version numbers
of JAR files on the Webserver against what is
registered in your NSREG.DAT and tell you what
you should download.

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 19:25:26 +0100, Thomas Kellerer wrote:

:>There are two files in the \os2 directory which store the profile
:>information. The first one is nscp.ini and the secondone is nsreg.dat.
:>nscp.ini is a normal INI file where you can clearly see the profiles. I
:>don't have a clue what the nsreg.dat is for
:>
:>If you want to distribute the profiles you will have to copy both files
:>to each client.
:>
:>Regards
:>Thomas
:>
:>
:>Frank Joas wrote:
:>> 
:>> I want to distribute a netscape communicator profile to several PCs, so
that
:>> I don't have to configure each PC manual (proxy etc.). So I copied the
:>> \netscape\users\myuser directory from one PC to another, but that is
:>> obviously not working, because the profile manager does not show the new
:>> profile. I discoverd that communicator makes some additions to the
:>> OS2SYS.INI file - you will find the profile names and other stuff that
:>> belongs to it, but only if you search with a normal Text/Hex-Editor. Each
:>> INI-Editor I tried only showed the standard entrys.
:>> Has anyone a clue how to distribute a communicator profile or to edit the
:>> specific entrys in OS2SYS.INI?
:>> 
:>> Frank

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From: Joe_Farruggio@amecom.com                          20-Dec-99 17:38:10
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:00
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: Joe Farruggio <Joe_Farruggio@amecom.com>

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Joe Farruggio wrote:
The hornet NS8 is a TR4 tape 8 gB capacity when compressed -4 GB native

Tom Pauncz wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:24:57 GMT, Brad Benson wrote:
>
> >"Tom Pauncz" <pauncz@attglobal.net> wrote:
> >] G'day,
> >] I am considering the product. Any recommendations on a good, reliable,
internal tape drive? SCSI or
> >] otherwise.
> >
> >I'm partial to the Seagate TR-4/TR-5 line; they're available in either
> >SCSI or ATAPI/IDE and work pretty well.  They're in the $150-$300
> >price range.
> >
> >If you want more capacity and/or speed, you might have a look at the
> >Ecrix VXA units.  They're about $800, and store 33GB native and
> >operate at about 140MB/min.  Started by the same two guys who started
> >Exabyte, this technology is probably the most exciting tape technology
> >I've seen in a while.
> >
> >Sony AIT is still the best PC/workstation tape technology available,
> >in my opinion, but unless you are a corporation or want to spend
> >$1500-$2000 on a tape drive, then it's probably not something you'd be
> >interested in.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Brad
> >replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address
>
> Brad,
> I checked on the Seagate site, but all I could find with Tape Advisor was
the following:
>
> These Seagate tape drives fit your stated environment (assumes 2:1
compression):
> Model Name              Capacity (GB)   Tape Technology Interface
> Hornet NS 8             8               Travan NS 8         SCSI
> TapeStor Travan 20      20              Travan NS 20        SCSI
>
> I could not find TR-4/TR-5 at all.  If i were to go for internal DAT tape,
any thoughts?
> How about one of the bundles from CDS??
> Thanks
>
> Cheers,
> Tom Pauncz

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From: cotroneo@stny.rr.com                              20-Dec-99 23:56:03
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:00
Subj: Re: How to play MP3 through Netscape?

From: cotroneo@stny.rr.com

In <83luvt$6e9$1@news.panix.com>, rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc) writes:
>Pierre Jelenc <rcpj@panix.com> writes:
>> 
>> Thanks. Indeed that's the solution. Part of the solution at least: It
>> worked on one song, but now does not seem to work anymore: The command
>> line window comes on, stays there for a second or two, then it and PM123
>> close together. 
>
>After rebooting, it is no better. The vio window flashes by, then it and
>the PM123 program close without a sound.
>
>> As an aside, if I can get this fixed, is it possible to feed PM123 a list
>> of URLs rather than a single one, as is done in a mp3.com radio station?
>> (e.g. mine at http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/6/take_the_f_train.html )
>
>Changing tack, I tried MP123, which comes with a ready-made batch file to
>run m3u URLs. It works fine from the command line, but again closes
>instantly if launched from Netscape.
>
>Z! is also supposed to work, but the package I found has no manual. It
>appears to be able to play multiple URLs but not if they are separated by
><CR><LF> as in an m3u file.
>

Z does work.

Try my script:

/*  getmp3.cmd will download an m3u and play it with z.*/
/* Put this scrip in the same directory as z and edit the directory entries in 
the script */
/* copyright 1999, Keith Cotroneo - this program is free for use by anyone who 
wants it */
/* email = cotroneo@stny.rr.com */
call RxFuncAdd 'SysLoadFuncs', 'RexxUtil', 'SysLoadFuncs'
call SysLoadFuncs
getstr="copy %1 f:\z\mp3play.m3u"
getstr
mstart=linein('f:\z\mp3play.m3u')
rc=stream('f:\z\mp3play.m3u','c','close')
say mstart
getstr="start /F /C f:\z\z "mstart
getstr
exit 0

Keith Cotroneo
cotroneo@stny.rr.com

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From: bill.m@no.spam.net                                21-Dec-99 00:43:29
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:01
Subj: Re: dBASE clone wanted

From: bill.m@no.spam.net

In <385e80c3.0@katana.legend.co.uk>, on 12/20/99 
   at 07:17 PM, jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John Poltorak) said:

:.Has anyone ever come across a *text-mode* dBASE clone for OS/2?

:....ideally, one which will read dBASE programs.

Take a look at OnCmd <oncmd@onlinedata.com>. Many *.prg's from dBase III or
IV,
or FoxPro 2.5 will run under OnCmd. They also have conversion utilities with
it
that will help over the rough spots for FP 2.5 or dBase IV. My favorite is
still
FoxPro 2.5 -- that was the last last version before Msoft bought it. I carry a
5MB vdisk on my machine and put the *.Tmp files there and that makes it mighty
fast under OS2-DOS.
  HTH

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: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          21-Dec-99 00:36:10
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:01
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 19:47:18, "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" 
<tgal@pobox.com> wrote:

> In Netsc. 4.61, how do I turn menu items into 
> toolbar buttons?

Bookmarks | Edit Bookmarks to open bookmark editing, and you'll see 
"Personal Toolbar Folder." Drag existing bookmarks to this folder, for
the easiest way to do it.

A nice feature of sharing BOOKMARK.HTM between platforms is that the 
same toolbar items are available under both systems.

-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk                        21-Dec-99 00:50:06
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:01
Subj: Re: dBASE clone wanted

From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John Poltorak)

In <385E9760.D3D48EDB@frontiernet.net>, Dan O'Donnell <dan@frontiernet.net>
writes:
>I don't know how "cloned" you want it, but look at Alpha4 from
>Alphasoft.

Thanks for reminding me about Alpha.

I read about Alpha4 in OS/2 Magazine several years ago, but when I spoke
to someone in their UK office, they had never heard of an OS/2 version.

Do they have a web site?

>John Poltorak wrote:
>> 
>> Has anyone ever come across a *text-mode* dBASE clone for OS/2?
>> 
>> ..ideally, one which will read dBASE programs.
>> 
>> Wonder what Borland have done with dBASE IV... I'm surprised there isn't
>> a GNU version around.
>> 
>> --
>> John
>
>-- 
>Dan O'Donnell
>dan@frontiernet.net
>http://www.frontiernet.net/~dan/

--
John

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From: rde@tavi.co.uk                                    21-Dec-99 00:52:07
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:01
Subj: OS/2 no longer supported by PartitionMagic?

From: rde@tavi.co.uk (Bob Eager)

I found out that it is inadvisable (to say the least) to use 
PartitionMagic on a drive that has been accessed by Warp Server for 
e-business. This is because it screws up the information sectors used 
by the Logical Volume Manager (even if only old-style partitions are 
used).

I wrote to PowerQuest asking when they would be able to fix the 
problem (which doesn't appear to be that difficult). This is the reply
I received:

"In order to address the needs of the server market, PowerQuest 
recently announced ServerMagic 3.0, a server upgrade tool that will 
copy, move, create, image  and resize Windows NT and NetWare Server 
partitions.  Whereas PartitionMagic and DriveImage  were originally 
developed as  desktop utilities, ServerMagic has been developed 
exclusively for the Enterprise market.  Please contact PowerQuest..."

This of course completely fails to answer the question. Worse, NOTHING
in the reply (or in the sales blurb for ServerMagic) even MENTIONS 
OS/2.

Either I got a droid with a single figure IQ, or they really don't 
care any more.

Anyone know an alternate solution or product? I want to move to WSeB, 
but I would like to retain partition resizing.

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

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From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk                        21-Dec-99 00:58:28
  To: All                                               20-Dec-99 20:46:01
Subj: Tivoli Endpoint

From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John Poltorak)

I have something called Tivoli Endpoint installed on my server. It was 
installed as part of WSeB.

Can anyone tell me what use it is to man or beast?

I'm sure it does really clever stuff, but how come no one told me about it,
or how to use it?


--
John	

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From: dan@frontiernet.net                               20-Dec-99 22:27:12
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 03:29:03
Subj: Re: dBASE clone wanted

From: Dan O'Donnell <dan@frontiernet.net>

Yea, it's at http://www.alphasoftware.com  

You can't get the newest version (Alpha5)  They made an Alpha4 v6.I use
it all the time, just wish they would have kept updating it.

John Poltorak wrote:
> 
> In <385E9760.D3D48EDB@frontiernet.net>, Dan O'Donnell <dan@frontiernet.net>
writes:
> >I don't know how "cloned" you want it, but look at Alpha4 from
> >Alphasoft.
> 
> Thanks for reminding me about Alpha.
> 
> I read about Alpha4 in OS/2 Magazine several years ago, but when I spoke
> to someone in their UK office, they had never heard of an OS/2 version.
> 
> Do they have a web site?
> 
> >John Poltorak wrote:
> >>
> >> Has anyone ever come across a *text-mode* dBASE clone for OS/2?
-- 
Dan O'Donnell
dan@frontiernet.net
http://www.frontiernet.net/~dan/

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From: ayamanita.nospam@bigfoot.com                      21-Dec-99 05:16:13
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 03:29:04
Subj: Re: +++GET YOUR FREE PENTIUM 

From: Akira Yamanita <ayamanita.nospam@bigfoot.com>

I also contacted whitewind.ru since it says "Copyright 1999 WhiteWind
DVM
Corporation." I haven't gotten a response from either company though.
The
form sends the information to comp_reg_en@chat.ru using a simple mail
script.

The page offers a Pentium II 366 for $9.95. I think that conflicts with
the
subject line, unless the $9.95 is for the upgrade.

Sock Puppet wrote:
> 
> sent to abuse@usenetserver.com

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From: osbo082@ibm.net                                   21-Dec-99 06:24:12
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 03:29:04
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: osbo082@ibm.net (BobO)

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:14:50, Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com> said:
|
|Windows 9x is horrible in this respect; installing or removing software can
|hose a system easily, and there's nothing stopping a user from just up and
|deleting the OS and/or application installation.  (This is the old "I ran out
|of disk space but I found all these files in C:\Windows that I know I didn't
|put there so I deleted them.  Now my PC won't boot.")  IMO Win9x is pretty
|much a worst-case TCO scenario for the hardware platform.  About the only way
|it's manageable at all is if you use something like Ghost that just does a
|disk image reinstall -- and all that does is make the fix faster, not the
|occurrances less frequent.
|
|OS/2 has the same problem that Windows 9x does in that it's really easy to
|destroy system software (that "I deleted stuff" problem again).  Thankfully
it
|wins big in two respects: most software doesn't go install new patches to the
|OS (so installing or removing software doesn't tend to screw other things
up),
|and there's so little aftermarket software out there that users aren't likely
|to be trying to install that nifty new game or screensaver.  So I will
|definitely grant you that TCO for OS/2 should be markedly better than Win9x.
|
|But NT ... well, NT is interesting from the POV of an administrator because
|you can seriously lock it down such that it's really quite hard to muck with
|the system software or applications.  No new software, no modifications to
old
|software, no ability to delete software.  Its big problem is that you have to
|go visit each system to install or upgrade software (that registry thing is
|just a cluster-fuck in terms of group system management) though of course
|there are some fairly expensive tools out there to minimize that.  (I think
|those tools mostly shift the costs from labor to capital, rather than really
|saving anything, but YMMV.)  But if you want to install a fixed set of
|software and leave it alone, well, NT is real good for that.

Well one could say that if you can truly lockdown an NT system that 
same system locked down in OS/2 would be WSOD, which clearly, with its
remote management features a lower COO.

OTOH, if you do not lockdown the system, you have to deal with your 
users trying to run a lot of Win95 specific garbage on their NT 
systems.

We have to be careful about how we rate the use of some of these 
optional features.

The bottom line, and this has been argued at length is that Win 9x is 
a wannabe OS/2.  Its feature list reads like an OS/2 feature list, yet
it never quite arrives.  NT on the other hand is the "promised" 
equivalent of OS/2.  At one time it appeared it might be superior to 
OS/2 (assuming you can ignore who was manufacturing it), but the cross
platform promise pretty much fell on its face.  

Now what we have is NT machines crashing right and left trying to 
install software and hardware designed for Win 9x.  I won't argue this
point as it is inarguable to me as I have experienced it first hand on
dozens of installations.  

The net result is for the past 4 1/2 years, the computer industry in 
the name of protecting Microsoft marketshare has been fed the pablum 
for the masses in the form on Win9x.  In order to protect NT from true
competition on the merits of a true 32 bit operating system, Microsoft
continues to divert development effort to this protection plan.  NT 
suffers and OS/2 suffers and the customer suffers.

Is this an evil plan?  No I don't believe that.  But I see it as a 
fact.  Just that sometimes what we did in the past prevents us from 
advancing in the future.

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From: bnc@webone.com.au                                 21-Dec-99 16:26:05
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 03:29:04
Subj: Re: PDF on OS/2 survey

From: bnc@webone.com.au

In <k5KkYrrKO9v1-pn2-wJd3FBPLyjcF@slip129-37-168-112.pq.ca.prserv.net>,
tjerick@ibm.net (Tim Erickson) writes:
>Hello all;
>
>I have sent an e-mail request to Mr. Frank Siegert, the author of
>PStill, requesting he consider porting his program to OS/2. In
>anticipation of the query: 'How many people are interested?" I
>thought I'd gather names. If you are interested in the port please
>send me an e-mail. The app is shareware though most of the UNIX
>versions are free for non-commercial | Educational use. For more
>information see:
>
>http://www.this.net/~frank/pstill.html
>
>Please let me know of your interest ASAP.
>
>Thanks

On my desktop I have an icon of PS2PDF.CMD.
The cmd contains the code below.
Drop any PS file on it and a PDF is created.
Works for me.

Naturally you have to have GS installed and change the DIR etc.

Brian

/* ps2pdf.cmd Convert PostScript to PDF on os/2 */
/* Written by Arjen Meijer */
/* 19 januari 1998 changed on 20 september 1998 and 5 april 1999*/

PS2PDFGS="F:\gstools\gs5.50\gsos2.exe"
PS2PDFPARAMS="-q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE#pdfwrite"
PS2PDFOPT="-IF:\gstools\gs5.50;F:\gstools\gs5.50\fonts;c:\psfonts"

arg psfile pdffile tail                    /* get input file parameter */

if psfile='' then do
        say 'Nothing to do. Start with a postscript file name. Hit enter to
end.'
        pull enter
        exit
end                            /* end Do */

if pdffile = "" then pdffile =left(psfile,LastPos(".",psfile)-1)".PDF"

address cmd PS2PDFGS PS2PDFPARAMS PS2PDFOPT tail"-sOutputFile#"pdffile" -c
save pop -f "psfile
exit

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From: tgal@pobox.com                                    20-Dec-99 21:43:01
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 03:29:04
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" <tgal@pobox.com>

Buddy Donnelly wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 19:47:18, "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)"
> <tgal@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > In Netsc. 4.61, how do I turn menu items into
> > toolbar buttons?
> 
> Bookmarks | Edit Bookmarks to open bookmark editing, and you'll see
> "Personal Toolbar Folder." Drag existing bookmarks to this folder, for
> the easiest way to do it.

Thaenks, but I meant from all the other menus--NOT the bookmarks.

-- 
 ===>  tgal@pobox.com


InfoBaHn on:  Rockwell, Netscape, InJOY, and OS/2
____________________________________________________
((( BOXER )))  fassst, 32-bit character mode editor

http://www.boxersoftware.com/

((( InJOY ))) INTERNET DIALER apparatus EXTRAORDINAIRE!

http://www.fx.dk/injoy

((( BLOWFISH ))) ENCRYPTION for users/developers.

http://www.counterpane.com/blowfish.html


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From: tgal@pobox.com                                    20-Dec-99 21:46:29
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 03:29:04
Subj: How retrieve erased news in 4.61?

From: "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" <tgal@pobox.com>

How do I retrieve a newsgroup news item that was there 
yesterday and today is gone?

I have already changed the setting so it won't happen 
again, but I still need to retrieve an article that has 
disappeared.

-- 
 ===>  tgal@pobox.com


InfoBaHn on:  Rockwell, Netscape, InJOY, and OS/2
____________________________________________________
((( BOXER )))  fassst, 32-bit character mode editor

http://www.boxersoftware.com/

((( InJOY ))) INTERNET DIALER apparatus EXTRAORDINAIRE!

http://www.fx.dk/injoy

((( BLOWFISH ))) ENCRYPTION for users/developers.

http://www.counterpane.com/blowfish.html


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From: jasper_de_keijzer@nl.compuware.com                21-Dec-99 07:59:10
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 05:16:11
Subj: HTML Compiler

From: Jasper de Keijzer <jasper_de_keijzer@nl.compuware.com>

Hoi,

I just have finisched the home page for the html to ipf compiler. You
can download your version from it.

See http://home-5.worldonline.nl/~jdekeij/htmipf.html

Have fun,
Jasper de Keijzer.


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From: myudkin@compuserve.com                            21-Dec-99 08:32:10
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 05:16:11
Subj: Re: Tivoli Endpoint

From: "Mark Yudkin" <myudkin@compuserve.com>

It means you have the Tivoli code to be an endpoint. If your firm has
implemented IBM Tivoli, this can be useful. If it doesn't, it isn't.

If you don't know what Tivoli is, I would expect you don't have it.

Information on what Tivoli is (supposed to be) can be found under
http://www.tivoli.com.

John Poltorak <jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk> wrote in message
news:385ed0d1.0@katana.legend.co.uk...
> I have something called Tivoli Endpoint installed on my server. It was
> installed as part of WSeB.
>
> Can anyone tell me what use it is to man or beast?
>
> I'm sure it does really clever stuff, but how come no one told me about
it,
> or how to use it?
>
>
> --
> John


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From: OS2Guy@WarpCity.com                               20-Dec-99 23:54:07
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 05:16:11
Subj: Re: How retrieve erased news in 4.61?

From: Tim Martin <OS2Guy@WarpCity.com>

"Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" wrote:

> How do I retrieve a newsgroup news item that was there
> yesterday and today is gone?
>
> I have already changed the setting so it won't happen
> again, but I still need to retrieve an article that has
> disappeared.

If it doesn't appear when you hit the following
menu buttons:
View ->Messages ->All

then your host server has deleted it from the system
you subscribe to.

Your next bet would be to visit Deja News
but before doing so:

Try the 'unofficial' Deja News site.  It is far
easier to work withand won't offer you all
those annoying banner ads and stupidity frills.
It is here, bookmark it for future use:

http://ezlinux.8m.com/deja_search.html

Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City (http://warpcity.com)
"Y2K New Member Discounts Now Underway!"

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From: fisa@jet.uk                                       21-Dec-99 10:23:08
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:02
Subj: Re: +++GET YOUR FREE PENTIUM 

From: filippo sartori <fisa@jet.uk>

HI
By trying to go to a level up in the html address I got into a porno
site....
I guess these guys wants your money....

Filippo

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From: stan                                              21-Dec-99 21:30:08
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:02
Subj: Re: InnoVal To Offer Low-Cost OS/2 ISP Service!

From: stan

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 02:48:04, Tim Martin <OS2Guy@WarpCity.com> wrote:

> stan wrote:
> 
> > I've missed all this can someone pls provide a url for this isp
> > TIA.....
> >
> > Stan..
> 
> Here's the scoop Stan:
> 
> InnoVal In Partnership With  IFST To Offer Low-Cost OS/2 ISP Service!
> 
>  For Immediate Release:  December 10, 1999
> 
>  IFST Inc, has joined in a business partnership arrangement with National
>  DialUp Services and InnoVal Systems Solutions, to provide a low-cost
>  nationwide ISP service for OS/2 users. ISP800, a private brand ISP for
>  corporate customers, is inaugurating service for consumers on January 3,
>  2000.
> 
>  Extra special prices are available for any OS/2 user who pre-registers for
>  the service by December 30, 1999. In addition, three subscribers will be
>  selected, at random, from the first 100 OS/2 users who signup. These three
>  subscribers will receive free ISP service for one year until December 31,
>  2000.
> 
>  Highlights of ISP800 service include:
> 
>  Your choice of
> 
>  Unlimited 56K access through an 800 dialup number or unlimited service
>  using a local dialup number.
> 
>  A high performance and high capacity POP3 email mailbox
> 
>  SMTP outbound email
> 
>  Toll free 24/7 technical support
> 
>  Very low cost for OS/2 users. ISP800 may also be used with Linux, Mac, and
> 
>  Windows95/98 client platforms.
> 
>  No signup fees. You may cancel the service at the end of any month.
> 
>  Anyone who travels, uses the Internet from more than one permanent
>  location, or lives in an area not supported by a local access number, is
>  encouraged to use the 800 number. Performance on the 800 number is equal
>  to that of local access numbers since all connections are automatically and
>  instantly re-directed through a close-proximity modem. Access with the 800
> 
>  number is available anywhere in the United States where a dial tone is
>  available. THERE IS NEVER AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR USING THE 800
>  NUMBER TO ACCESS ISP800. Airfone (in plane service) and some hotels do
>  charge access fees when you dial an 800 number.
> 
>  ISP800 Prices:
> 
>      Regular service:   $19.95
>      For all OS/2 Users:   $15.95 ***
> 
>  *** Anyone who pre-registers for the service by December 30, 1999, will
>  receive the first year of service for only $11.95 per month. You must be an
>  OS/2 user to pre-register at this price. Your pre-registration must be
>  received by 5:00pm on 12/30/99.
> 
>  Additional email accounts are $3.95 per month. Limit is four additional
>  email accounts.
> 
>  Please note: There is no direct USENET newsgroup access at this time. If
>  enough OS/2 users subscribe and there is sufficient interest, ISP800 will
>  add newsgroup access for OS/2 users. Deja (dejanews) and other
>  web-based newsgroup services may be used in lieu of standard USENET.
> 
>  For additional information, and to signup for ISP800, please visit
>  http://isp800.com/os2. In particular, see the price page and the FAQ page.
>  For additional information send an email to os2isp@innoval.com.
> 
> There's MORE!
> 
> IISP800 To Offer Newsgroup Access With ISP Account!
> 
>  For Immediate Release:  December 15, 1999
> 
>  IISP800 for OS/2 Users To Include Newsgroups
> 
>  Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - December 15, 1999. AFST Inc. is pleased to
>  announce that it will add high performance newsgroup service to ISP800.
>  This service will be in place when ISP800 for OS/2 is inaugurated on
>  January 3, 2000.
> 
>  "I am pleased with the number of pre-registrations we are receiving from
>  the OS/2 community," said Randy Perez, president of AFST, "and I am
>  overwhelmed by the constructive, helpful and informative suggestions we're
>  getting from OS/2 users. You told us, in no uncertain terms, that
>  newsgroups are vital to you because they are a lifeline to technical
>  support and product information about OS/2 and OS/2 software. Keep telling
>  us what we need to know to better serve you."
> 
>  AFST specializes in premium ISP services and Internet solutions. Its
>  flagship ISP service, ISP800, is providing special pricing to OS/2 users
>  throughout the United States. ISP800 offers 100% coverage in the United
>  States and unlimited Internet access through its unique toll free 800
>  number technology. Coverage is available anywhere in the U.S. where a dial
> 
>  tone is available. ISP800 also plans to add local access service throughout
>  much of Canada in the near future. "We have to do it," said Perez. "I'm
>  amazed at how many OS/2 users there are in Canada. We can't provide 800
>  number access in Canada, yet, due to tariff regulations. But we will add
>  local access numbers for as many of you as possible."
> 
>  For additional information, and to signup for ISP800, please visit
>  http://isp800.com/os2. In particular, see the price page and the FAQ page.
>  For additional information send an email to os2isp@innoval.com.
> 
> Great Offer!
> 
> Tim Martin
> The OS/2 Guy
> Warp City (http://warpcity.com)
> "Special Y2K Discount For NEW Members!"
> 

Thanks to all who replied, I've forwared it on to others who are 
interested.....

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From: arjen@removethis.hacom.nl                         20-Dec-99 09:06:05
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:02
Subj: Re: PDF on OS/2 survey

From: "Arjen Meijer" <arjen@removethis.hacom.nl>

On 19 Dec 1999 22:06:21 GMT, Tim Erickson wrote:

:>Hello all;
:>
:>I have sent an e-mail request to Mr. Frank Siegert, the author of
:>PStill, requesting he consider porting his program to OS/2. In
:>anticipation of the query: 'How many people are interested?" I
:>thought I'd gather names. If you are interested in the port please
:>send me an e-mail. The app is shareware though most of the UNIX
:>versions are free for non-commercial | Educational use. For more
:>information see:
:>
:>http://www.this.net/~frank/pstill.html
:>
:>Please let me know of your interest ASAP.
:>
:>Thanks
:>
:>Tim Erickson
:>
:>
:>
:>
:>I expect the bleating of the M$ cattle will get louder in the next few
:>weeks as cattle always do when they smell the charnel house, alas for 
:>them, too late!
:>
:>----Me, Nov 1999



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From: wdlkhl@attglobal.net                              21-Dec-99 01:00:21
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:02
Subj: Re: Lost fonts in Communicator 4.61

From: Wm D Loughman <wdlkhl@attglobal.net>

Got it!  The trouble was two files I hadn't killed:

D:\OS2\NSCP.INI	       and        D:\OS2\NSREG.DAT   .

The INI file has R/O and SYS attributes, so is hidden.  The INI file, at
least, contains information which carried over the bad habits of the
busted Communicator.  Took 'em out, re'scrubbed' everything,
re-installed, and...  Voila!  All's well.  	 

Wm D Loughman wrote:
> Communicator 4.61	[snip  ]
> 
> After one such, I noticed my mail was printing in a super-small font.
> My font choices had changed:  My 'fixed width' printer font choices
> were  down to only two.  The 'fixed width' screen font had four, but
> refused to 'stick' on 'normal'.		[  snip  ]
 

WD "Bill" Loughman       "The problem with the gene pool: no lifeguard."
Berkeley, California  USA
wdlkhl@attglobal.net

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From: msuch@free.fr                                     21-Dec-99 10:19:06
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:03
Subj: Playing a cd track from command line

From: "Michel SUCH" <msuch@free.fr>

All the question is in the subject.
Is there a command line program allowing to do this?
Let's say sometnihg like
cdplay 1

which would play track 1 from the cd.

Better, would a rexx api dll exist which would do this.
Michel SUCH - Team OS/2 FRANCE
ICQ # 51654489


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From: msuch@free.fr                                     21-Dec-99 10:17:16
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:03
Subj: PMMail, pmmsend command

From: "Michel SUCH" <msuch@free.fr>

Hi all,

Could someone give me a comprehensive sample for this command?

Never succeeded having it working.
Michel SUCH - Team OS/2 FRANCE
ICQ # 51654489


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From: christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-boch...               21-Dec-99 11:23:12
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:03
Subj: Re: How retrieve erased news in 4.61?

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

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

Tim Martin schrieb:

> Try the 'unofficial' Deja News site.  It is far
> easier to work withand won't offer you all
> those annoying banner ads and stupidity frills.
> It is here, bookmark it for future use:
> 
> http://ezlinux.8m.com/deja_search.html

Hey, this is great! Deja.com used to take _aeons_ to load.

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

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From: jr_fox@earthlink.net                              20-Dec-99 18:27:19
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:03
Subj: Re: netscape bookmarks

From: "J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@earthlink.net>

Dilbert Firestorm wrote:

> I found out that I messed up on the netscape bookmarks.  As it turns out, I
> was saving the bookmark entries to the wrong bookmark file even tho it has
> similar entries.
> -
> Is there a program that would compare the 2 bookmarks and let me cut & paste
> between the 2?
> -

This may not be the sort of solution you were looking for, but I have multiple
bookmark files (for NS 4.61 OS/2, the old backup of NS 2.02 which I still use
occasionally, and Communicator 4.5 for NT), which I regularly need to
consolidate.   A related factor is that I use Web Organizer to hierarchically
organize my bookmarks per a structure that makes sense to me.   W.O. likes to
point at _one_ bookmark file for input.  This can be changed, of course, but I
just leave one of my bookmark files as the default for this.

Anyway, I consolidate the bookmark files in a very simple manner.  I load two
of
them at a time in over/under windows of my word processor, then mark and copy
blocks of new urls over from the bookmark file they were added to during the
most recent online session, over to the default bookmark file that I have
synched up with Web Organizer.  From there, I drag & drop urls into the tree
structure I'm building or modifying in W.O.

There is a lot of Communicator stuff I never got around to investigating.  NS
seems to have added features for organizing your bookmarks in some
user-defined
manner.  But I started out with NS 2.02 and now have way too much time and
effort invested in the use of W.O., so I stick with that method.  It works
well
for me.

<jfox>



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From: jbarring@arn.net                                  21-Dec-99 04:32:06
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:03
Subj: Re: PDF on OS/2 survey

From: jbarring@arn.net (Jerry)

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 08:06:11, "Arjen Meijer" 
<arjen@removethis.hacom.nl> wrote:

> On 19 Dec 1999 22:06:21 GMT, Tim Erickson wrote:
> 
> :>Hello all;
> :>
> :>I have sent an e-mail request to Mr. Frank Siegert, the author of
> :>PStill, requesting he consider porting his program to OS/2. In
> :>anticipation of the query: 'How many people are interested?" I
> :>thought I'd gather names. If you are interested in the port please
> :>send me an e-mail. The app is shareware though most of the UNIX
> :>versions are free for non-commercial | Educational use. For more
> :>information see:
> :>
> :>http://www.this.net/~frank/pstill.html
> :>
> :>Please let me know of your interest ASAP.
> :>
> :>Thanks
> :>
> :>Tim Erickson

I have been to the site and sent e-mail requesting information on an 
OS/2 version.  Here is the reply from Frank Siegert.
________

The answer is yes. :-)

I am just talking to some people and it looks like a port is coming.
Still I have no date of release yet.

- Frank

_____

So perhaps good news.

Best of Luck
Jerry

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From: jbarring@arn.net                                  21-Dec-99 04:52:07
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:03
Subj: Re: OS/2 no longer supported by PartitionMagic?

From: jbarring@arn.net (Jerry)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:52:15, rde@tavi.co.uk (Bob Eager) wrote:

> I found out that it is inadvisable (to say the least) to use 
> PartitionMagic on a drive that has been accessed by Warp Server for 
> e-business. This is because it screws up the information sectors used 
> by the Logical Volume Manager (even if only old-style partitions are 
> used).

I found that this is true.  I use Partition Magic 3 to resize, then 
have to use the LVM to repair the problems caused.  NEVER use PM on 
any JFS partition.  Kills it entirely.  (YMMV)

Best of Luck
Jerry

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From: mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com                         21-Dec-99 13:01:07
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 10:47:03
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 17:51:03, madodel@ptdprolog.net (Mark Dodel) wrote:

> BA/2000 does read/restore from 
> backup tapes made with BA/2 Pro.  

Thanks - I will go make clinky noises at my vendor.

=Dwight=
X1=L, X2=L & the domain is phonetic

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From: mtve@hal-pc.org                                   21-Dec-99 11:01:02
  To: abrahams@sparc.isl.net                            21-Dec-99 20:30:29
Subj: Re: Making labels with Wordpro

To: "Lionel C. Abrahams" <abrahams@sparc.isl.net>
From: Marvin Volz <mtve@hal-pc.org>

You're right and I stand corrected. The feature is in 123 SS97 for Windows;
not in
OS/2 version.

MTV


"Lionel C. Abrahams" wrote:

> On 21 Dec 1999 02:48:56 GMT, John Varela wrote:
>
> >File --> New Document --> Create from Recently Used SmartMaster -->
> >Browse for More Files
> >
> >In window 1 select Label, in window 2 double click on label.mwp and
> >Voila!
>
> There is no such thing in my Lotus 123.
> The only place I find your detailed instructions above is in Lotus
> Wordpro.
> The extension .mwp is a wordpro smartmaster extension.
> The 123 smartMaster in my 123 all have a .12m extension.
>
> ...Posted with PMINews 2.00.1200
>    using OS/2 WARP4 @FP12
>
>   -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News
==----------
>    http://www.newsfeeds.com       The Largest Usenet Servers in the World!
> ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including  Dedicated  Binaries Servers
==-----

--
Marv


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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          21-Dec-99 17:24:27
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:30:29
Subj: Re: dBASE clone wanted

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:09:15, jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John 
Poltorak) wrote:

> In <385EF39C.929EE6BD@frontiernet.net>, Dan O'Donnell <dan@frontiernet.net>
writes:
> >Yea, it's at http://www.alphasoftware.com  
> >
> >You can't get the newest version (Alpha5)  They made an Alpha4 v6.I use
> >it all the time, just wish they would have kept updating it.
> 
> This is a reply to a query I sent to Alpha software regarding availability
> of an OS/2 version:-
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Alpha no longer has an OS/2 version of software.  The program has been
> discontinued for sometime.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> :-(.
> 
> I wonder what they would do if someone put it in the Public Domain...

I'm not a lawyer, but I've paid a few of them enough to send their 
kids to lawschool too, but I'm certain that the only "someone" who can
put something in the public domain is the owner, or failing that, the 
ultimate expiration of any copyrights, patents, or lapses through 
disuse of trademarks or servicemarks involved.

On the other hand, there is a definite gray class of software that 
comes under the heading of Abandonware, growing all the time, and as a
strictly practical matter if no one is actively defending their 
property rights there is no other mechanism that will do so on their 
behalf. 

It's not like the police department throwing you in prison for 
stealing someone's car, regardless of whose it is, and always on the 
lookout for stolen cars and the thieves that steal them. I've looked 
around and haven't come up with a single case of a defunct company 
coming alive to prosecute someone for distributing abandoned software 
for free, and I haven't heard of existing companies going after people
distributing copies of old versions of current products, or 
discontinued products. (And if such cases exist, I'd like to know 
about them.)

-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: rde@tavi.co.uk                                    21-Dec-99 18:08:11
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:30:29
Subj: Re: OS/2 no longer supported by PartitionMagic?

From: rde@tavi.co.uk (Bob Eager)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:52:15, jbarring@arn.net (Jerry) wrote:

> I found that this is true.  I use Partition Magic 3 to resize, then 
> have to use the LVM to repair the problems caused.  NEVER use PM on 
> any JFS partition.  Kills it entirely.  (YMMV)

Do I understand from this that it IS possible to repair afterwards? If
so, is that always so, and if so, what does one have to do?

I had NO help from Powerquest, who didn't even answer the 
question...just tried to sell me ServerMagic (which doesn't even 
apparently support OS/2).
-- 
Bob Eager
rde at tavi.co.uk
PC Server 325; PS/2s 8595*3, 9595*3 (2*P60 + P90), 8535, 8570, 9556*2,
8580*6,
8557*2, 8550, 9577, 8530, P70, PC/AT..

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From: tgal@pobox.com                                    21-Dec-99 10:22:19
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:30:29
Subj: Re: How retrieve erased news in 4.61?

From: "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" <tgal@pobox.com>

This doesn't load in my Netsc. 4.61 on Warp 4 @ fpk 12  :(


Buddy Donnelly wrote:

 Not to get into an argument with TM but here's Jeremy Nixon's
version,
> which has some very nice extra features, such as saving search
> filters:
> 
>         http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/deja.html

-- 
 ===>  tgal@pobox.com


InfoBaHn on:  Rockwell, Netscape, InJOY, and OS/2
____________________________________________________
((( BOXER )))  fassst, 32-bit character mode editor

http://www.boxersoftware.com/

((( InJOY ))) INTERNET DIALER apparatus EXTRAORDINAIRE!

http://www.fx.dk/injoy

((( BLOWFISH ))) ENCRYPTION for users/developers.

http://www.counterpane.com/blowfish.html


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From: tgal@pobox.com                                    21-Dec-99 10:36:25
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" <tgal@pobox.com>

Seems I need to restate what I mean:

The Netsc. 4.61 has toolbar icons that correspond to submenu
items of the top level menu that looks like this:

File  Edit  View  Go  Communicator  Help  Links

Some of such icons in the toolbar are for "go back," 
"go forward," go home," "reload," etc., which look like arrows,
the little house, and the arrow hunched back over itself.

However, there are many submenu items which do not have a 
corresponding icon or "button" on the toolbar: I would like to 
know how can I add some of those missing submenu items to my 
toolbar.  Observe that I am not talking about the BOOKMARKS 
"Personal Toolbar Folder" toolbar (I already know how to assign 
bookmarks to the toolbar for bookmarks).

I hope this does not mudddle further the issue  :)  .



Buddy Donnelly wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 19:47:18, "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)"
> <tgal@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > In Netsc. 4.61, how do I turn menu items into
> > toolbar buttons?
> 
> Bookmarks | Edit Bookmarks to open bookmark editing, and you'll see
> "Personal Toolbar Folder." Drag existing bookmarks to this folder, for
> the easiest way to do it.
> 
> A nice feature of sharing BOOKMARK.HTM between platforms is that the
> same toolbar items are available under both systems.
> 
> --
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Buddy
> 
> Buddy Donnelly
> donnelly@tampabay.rr.com

-- 
 ===>  tgal@pobox.com


InfoBaHn on:  Rockwell, Netscape, InJOY, and OS/2
____________________________________________________
((( BOXER )))  fassst, 32-bit character mode editor

http://www.boxersoftware.com/

((( InJOY ))) INTERNET DIALER apparatus EXTRAORDINAIRE!

http://www.fx.dk/injoy

((( BLOWFISH ))) ENCRYPTION for users/developers.

http://www.counterpane.com/blowfish.html


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From: andreas.linde@os2.org                             21-Dec-99 19:48:10
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: MySQL

From: "Andreas Linde" <andreas.linde@os2.org>

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 02:06:38 GMT, Chris Wenham wrote:

> What are those problems? The version I found was 1.3.9.

well, the last version of the russian port I tested is 1.3.6.
the problem there where the mentioned crashes on aurora and the
code page issue (already mentioned in a previews posting ).

and since brian harvards version of apache works very fine with
php and mysql, and has no problems lately, I didn't test the russian
version again :-)

btw.. brian hardvards port can also be found on the official apache
ftp mirrors !

sincerely

 andy



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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          21-Dec-99 18:49:09
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 18:36:50, "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" 
<tgal@pobox.com> wrote:

> Seems I need to restate what I mean:
> 
> The Netsc. 4.61 has toolbar icons that correspond to submenu
> items of the top level menu that looks like this:
> 
> File  Edit  View  Go  Communicator  Help  Links
> 
> Some of such icons in the toolbar are for "go back," 
> "go forward," go home," "reload," etc., which look like arrows,
> the little house, and the arrow hunched back over itself.
> 
> However, there are many submenu items which do not have a 
> corresponding icon or "button" on the toolbar: I would like to 
> know how can I add some of those missing submenu items to my 
> toolbar.

Okay, no, unless our Netscape team comes up with something, I haven't 
seen any reference here to adding more buttons. 

In fact, they take up so much real estate I turn them off, routinely 
on every platform with every browser, and I thought most people were 
doing that. I even cringe when I see teevee shows illustrated with a 
browser on a website with those big dumb buttons taking up 20% of the 
visible screen.


-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: willem@horizontes-informatica.com                 21-Dec-99 19:02:03
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "Willem Clements" <willem@horizontes-informatica.com>

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 08:59:16 -0500 (EST), Tom Pauncz wrote:

>On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:13:50 +1000 (EST), Shane Baker wrote:
>
>>Gidday
>>
>>Subject lines says it all!
>>
>>Merry Christmas
>>
>>Shane Baker
>>Canberra - Australia's national capital
>>_____________________________
>>sbakerATpcug.org.au - please make the obvious change when replying
>>Australian Pets newsgroup - aus.pets  <<>>  Australian Dogs Page -
http://www.pcug.org.au/~sbaker/dogs.htm
>>
>>
>>
>G'day,
>I am considering the product. Any recommendations on a good, reliable,
internal tape drive? SCSI or
>otherwise.
>
>Another expat living in Toronto, Canada ...
>
>Cheers,
>Tom Pauncz
>
Hi,

I just bought a Seagate Travan TR4 IDE drive.  Cheap and fast.
Works great wiht BA/2 (35 Mb /min)


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From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk                        21-Dec-99 19:04:11
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Making labels with Wordpro

From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John Poltorak)

In <385FB251.A6B47D88@hal-pc.org>, Marvin Volz <mtve@hal-pc.org> writes:
>You're right and I stand corrected. The feature is in 123 SS97 for Windows;
not in
>OS/2 version.

Maybe it's in the new version of SmartSuite (1.5)... Has anyone got hold of it
yet?

>MTV
>
>
>"Lionel C. Abrahams" wrote:
>
>> On 21 Dec 1999 02:48:56 GMT, John Varela wrote:
>>
>> >File --> New Document --> Create from Recently Used SmartMaster -->
>> >Browse for More Files
>> >
>> >In window 1 select Label, in window 2 double click on label.mwp and
>> >Voila!
>>
>> There is no such thing in my Lotus 123.
>> The only place I find your detailed instructions above is in Lotus
>> Wordpro.
>> The extension .mwp is a wordpro smartmaster extension.
>> The 123 smartMaster in my 123 all have a .12m extension.
>>
>> ...Posted with PMINews 2.00.1200
>>    using OS/2 WARP4 @FP12
>>
>>   -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News
==----------
>>    http://www.newsfeeds.com       The Largest Usenet Servers in the World!
>> ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including  Dedicated  Binaries Servers
==-----
>
>--
>Marv
>
>

--
John

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From: jimf@frostbytes.com                               21-Dec-99 08:29:11
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com>

Richard Steiner wrote:
> 
> Here in comp.os.os2.misc, Michael W. Cocke <cocke@catherders.com>
> spake unto us, saying:
> 
> >Since when is ls-l defaulted to sort by name?  Last time I used it
> >(Linux version unknown), it wasn't.
> 
> To my knowledge, the GNU ls command has *always* defaulted to sort the
> directory display by filename.

That's correct.  The BSD version did too, at least by BSD 4.2 (the first
version I used).  I'm pretty sure the V7 ls didn't, but the SysIII and SysV
versions did.

> Of course, dotfiles sort to the top, and filenames starting with caps
> sort ahead of filenames starting with lowercase, but that is normal for
> a Unix system (FreeBSD and Solaris seem to behave the same way).

This is a natural ramification of the ASCII collation sequence.

jim

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From: jimf@frostbytes.com                               21-Dec-99 08:44:02
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com>

Don Hills wrote:
> 
> In article <3859981A.943B0922@frostbytes.com>,
> Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com> wrote:
> 
> >Sure you can.  You can disable the ability for them to run CMD.EXE.  But I
was
> >thinking of locking it down by making the system and applications
directories
> >non-writable and non-deletable.  They can go to town on the machine and
still
> >not screw up the configuration.
> 
> You can't stop Word running CMD.EXE for you, though. As for removing
> permissions from directories, I spent much of last year fixing the
> messes caused by people finding ways to destroy things that they
> shouldn't have been able to get to. And the funny part of it is, the
> users were all police officers...

You sure can stop Word from running CMD.EXE; just remove the execute privilege
from the ACL.  Done.  (You almost certainly want the admin group to be able to
run it, though, I bet you'll have booting problems otherwise.)  But really
this is not important because CMD.EXE access doesn't hurt anything that
couldn't be hurt through some application.

As for destroying things they shouldn't have been able to get to, you screwed
up permissions if they managed to do that.  About the only thing a user can do
in a properly locked-down NT system is use a partitioning tool (and not the
DOS/Win9x partitioning tool) to blow away the partition.  This approach will
of course work anything that resides on the local disk.

Generally problems doing this come down to one or two configuration problems:
1) You're using FAT instead of NTFS so you don't have filesystem access
control.  2) You're allowing users to run as administrator.

I've run public NT clusters and the only problem we had was that NT doesn't
have quota limits so you have to go in and clean up stuff in user directories
regularly (we set up an "at" job that helped a lot, but of course you can only
automate this task so much).  Win2K is supposed to fix this, but it's going to
be awhile before I get around to touching Win2K (say, a service pack or three,
if at all).

This is not to say that I don't have a lot of gripes about NT security.  It's
asinine that they give you virtually no tools for creating a secure system,
and that it installs wide-open, and that it has no quota control, and that you
have to log out of a user account in order to log into an admin account (at
least using the standard tools).

Gripes aside, it is possible to lock down NT quite tightly -- and it's not
even all that hard.

jim

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From: mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com                         21-Dec-99 13:16:12
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: PMMail, pmmsend command

From: mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:17:32, "Michel SUCH" <msuch@free.fr> wrote:

> Could someone give me a comprehensive sample for this command?
> 

Here's part of a REXX I use to tell some lazy operators (and their boss)
that they have, once again, forgotten to mount a tape on my mainframe:

/***************   tape mount monitor - dumas version
***************/
<<<<<<snip local stuff>>>>>>

too.1 = 'user1@world.com'; too.2 = 'user2@world.com'; too.3 =
'user3@world.com'  /* TSG People and Boss */

subj = 'Roadrunner'  /* email parameters */
acct = 'os_3900.act'  /* this is the name of the user directory under PMMAIL\  
*/

<<<<<<big snip mainframe control code>>>>>>

pager:
    rc = hllapi('Sendkey','@0/d r,l@E')  /* This is somewhat shaky since we
are using only one timer */
    rc = seeker('IEE112I')             /* A separate timer for each unit,
using message time stamps rather than */
                                       /* the elapsed time counter could
prevent triggering the screamer in */
                                       /* the case where the timer started on
mount #1 but the DRL saw the */
                                       /* Ready Unit for a less-than-pagewait
later mount for the same drive. */
    redy = strip(hllapi('Copy_PS_To_Str',849,40))
    if strip(redy) \= 'NO MESSAGES OUTSTANDING' then
      do  /* 5 */
        redy = hllapi('Copy_PS_To_Str',994,40)
        parse var redy uni.1 uni.2 uni.3 uni.4 uni.5 uni.6 uni.7 uni.8 .
        do i = 1 to words(redy)  /* 4 */
           if left(uni.i,2) = '05' then  /* catch only tape drives on our
channel */
               do j = 1 to t  /* 3 */
                  if word(watch.j,3) = uni.i & pos('TOMAKE',watch.j) = 0 then
                     do
                       say 'Unsatisfied mount found for' uni.i '- Paging'
                       call play('file=d:\mmos2\sounds\scream.wav')
                       call play('file=d:\mmos2\sounds\siren.wav')
                       call play('file=d:\mmos2\sounds\oww.wav')
                       rc = SysFileDelete(pgrf)
                       rc = lineout(pgrf,watch.j)
                       rc = stream(pgrf,C,'close')
                       rc = Directory('d:\southsde\pmmail')
                       'pmmsend /m' pgrf too.1 subj acct
                       'pmmsend /m' pgrf too.2 subj acct
                       'pmmsend /m' pgrf too.3 subj acct
                       rc = SysFileDelete(pgrf)

                     end  /* 1 */
               end /* do */
        end /* 4 */
      end    /* 5 */
    do j = 1 to t
       watch.j = ''
    end /* do */
   t = 0
return


=Dwight=
X1=L, X2=L & the domain is phonetic

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From: jgordon@cyllene.uwa.edu.au                        21-Dec-99 13:16:23
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Help. FixPack 12 won't install without archive

From: jgordon@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

In <PmRGDiEz74Uh-pn2-SdUxWTc4IiXX@24.64.171.183.on.wave.home.com>,
chdove@home.com (Clive Dove) writes:
>On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 02:12:49, jgordon@cyllene.uwa.edu.au wrote:
>
>> I hope someone can please help me with the following problem. I have only 
>> ever applied one fixpack (6) and that was sometime ago. When I started to 
>> apply fixpack 12 I got an error msg, "Unable to open or create archive". I 
>> believe this message is a result of my having mistakenly deleted the
archive 
>> subdir that was created when fixpack 6 was applied. Is there anyway to 
>> recover from this? Or do I have to start all over from the very beginning 
>> by doing a fresh install of the entire operating system?
>> 
>> The help file tells me that the archive directory is protected after the 
>> first installation of service. Why is the old archive required when
updating 
>> to a new service level? 
>> 
>> All help greatly appreciated.
>> Cheers,
>> John Gordon
>> jgordon@arts.uwa.edu.au
>> 
>> 
>
>There are some log files that have to be re-named or deleted, after 
>which you can install the fixpack as if yiou had never installed a 
>prior one. 
>They are mentioned in paragraphs 3.0.12 to 3.0.14 in the readme.1st 
>file that came with the fixpack.
>Deleting the archive and backup directories to save disk space is OK, 
>but you cannot leave the log files on disk if you do so.
>I usully leave the archive and backup directories on disk in case I 
>have to back something out,  I had to do it with IBM1S506 back aroung 
>FP8 or FP9.
>
Thanks a million for the detailed pointer to the instructions in the readme. 
I renamed the appropriate files and have now installed FP12. It's great to
get such knowledgable help so quickly.
Cheers,
John Gordon

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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          21-Dec-99 13:45:24
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 05:43:03, "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" 
<tgal@pobox.com> wrote:

> Buddy Donnelly wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 19:47:18, "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)"
> > <tgal@pobox.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > In Netsc. 4.61, how do I turn menu items into
> > > toolbar buttons?
> > 
> > Bookmarks | Edit Bookmarks to open bookmark editing, and you'll see
> > "Personal Toolbar Folder." Drag existing bookmarks to this folder, for
> > the easiest way to do it.
> 
> Thaenks, but I meant from all the other menus--NOT the bookmarks.


I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.


-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: ernfisch@home.com                                 20-Dec-99 23:03:11
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: ernfisch@home.com (Ernie Fisch)

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 17:51:03, madodel@ptdprolog.net (Mark Dodel) 
wrote:

> Archive Catalog function.   I haven't tried the disaster recovery 
> utility yet.    Need to remake the disks first.   So far I'm satisfied
> with the upgrade.

Make the bootos2 diskettes.  Two diskettes instead of four and
it works well.

ernie fisch

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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          21-Dec-99 13:49:28
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: How retrieve erased news in 4.61?

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:23:25, Christian Hennecke 
<christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:

> Tim Martin schrieb:
> 
> > Try the 'unofficial' Deja News site.  It is far
> > easier to work withand won't offer you all
> > those annoying banner ads and stupidity frills.
> > It is here, bookmark it for future use:
> > 
> > http://ezlinux.8m.com/deja_search.html
> 
> Hey, this is great! Deja.com used to take _aeons_ to load.

Not to get into an argument with TM but here's Jeremy Nixon's version,
which has some very nice extra features, such as saving search 
filters:

	http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/deja.html

-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           21-Dec-99 14:58:10
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Playing a cd track from command line

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:19:13, "Michel SUCH" <msuch@free.fr> wrote:

> All the question is in the subject.
> Is there a command line program allowing to do this?
> Let's say sometnihg like
> cdplay 1
> 
> which would play track 1 from the cd.
> 

Try looking at the REXX multimedia reference in
"Assistance Center" -> "Information" 
  -> "Reference and Commands" -> "Multimedia with REXX"

and also the "Multimedia Programming Reference"
book from the Developer Connection site

http://www.developer.ibm.com/devcon/catalog.htm

This reference is also in the Developer's toolkit
that comes with the IBM VAC++ product (or just about
any other compiler).

The section on "String Commands" provides all the
syntax  for the various commands used for multimedia
control.

--

Lorne Sunley

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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           21-Dec-99 15:21:12
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Sound Volume in NS 4.61

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:16:10, jspringf@xxxpro-ns.net wrote:

> How do I adjust the sound volume in NS 4.61.
> 
> I just received a musical card via BlueMountain.com, and it nearly
> blew me out of the room--need to turn it DOWN, but don't
> know how.

Use the "Master Volume" control. You can find it in
the "Programs" ->  "Multimedia" -> "Volume"
and it is usually placed on the Warp Center tool bar.

--

Lorne Sunley

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From: jspringf@xxxpro-ns.net                            21-Dec-99 15:16:05
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Sound Volume in NS 4.61

From: jspringf@xxxpro-ns.net

How do I adjust the sound volume in NS 4.61.

I just received a musical card via BlueMountain.com, and it nearly
blew me out of the room--need to turn it DOWN, but don't
know how.

-----------------------------------------------------------
Fred Springfield                       for e-mail remove 'xxx'
Plymouth, MN
-----------------------------------------------------------

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From: alex@nukunuku.queensu.ca                          21-Dec-99 15:14:05
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: alex@nukunuku.queensu.ca (Alex Taylor)

On 16 Dec 1999 21:00:51 GMT, e-frog <isaacl@grizzlies.ece.ubc.ca> wrote:
>But what I really, really want is a true graphics paint program along the
>lines of DeluxePaint II. Try it. It is HORRIBLE for image manipulation! No
>layers, one undo, no objects, etc....
>It is, however, great as a replacement canvas, for generating artwork from
>SCRATCH (i.e. blank screen!)
>For example, pick your favourite from the list above. Try doing a
>still-life fruit scene in pastel. I don't even know how to start!

For creating bitmaps, I use Paintbrush under Win-OS/2.  Horrible, I know,
but it does have most of the rudimentary functionality I need.

I'm still looking for a "paint" program for OS/2, though.  I can't believe
there isn't one.  What do people use to _create_ bitmap images, anyway?
There's any number of tools for _manipulating_ them...

-- 
Alex Taylor
alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca

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From: abrahams@sparc.isl.net                            21-Dec-99 09:43:27
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Making labels with Wordpro

From: "Lionel C. Abrahams" <abrahams@sparc.isl.net>

On 21 Dec 1999 02:48:56 GMT, John Varela wrote:

>File --> New Document --> Create from Recently Used SmartMaster --> 
>Browse for More Files
>
>In window 1 select Label, in window 2 double click on label.mwp and 
>Voila!

There is no such thing in my Lotus 123.  
The only place I find your detailed instructions above is in Lotus
Wordpro.  
The extension .mwp is a wordpro smartmaster extension.
The 123 smartMaster in my 123 all have a .12m extension.




...Posted with PMINews 2.00.1200
   using OS/2 WARP4 @FP12




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From: OS2Guy@WarpCity.com                               21-Dec-99 07:57:15
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: Tim Martin <OS2Guy@WarpCity.com>

Alex Taylor wrote:

> For creating bitmaps, I use Paintbrush under Win-OS/2.  Horrible, I know,
> but it does have most of the rudimentary functionality I need.
>
> I'm still looking for a "paint" program for OS/2, though.  I can't believe
> there isn't one.  What do people use to _create_ bitmap images, anyway?
> There's any number of tools for _manipulating_ them...

PhotoTiger has just been updated for OS/2.

PhotoTiger is a program for editing digital photos and pictures.
                                       PhotoTiger requires OS/2 Warp.


    System requirements:

        PC with OS/2 Warp 4

        Graphics:
        Required: 8 bit Color (16 bit recommended)
        Required resolution 800*600 pixel (1280*1024 recommended)

        Memory:
        Required: 32MB RAM (64MB recommended)
        And a lot of free swapspace on the harddisk.

        CPU:
        Required: 386 (586 recommended)


    Features:

        Supported bit depths:
        1, 8, and 24 bits pictures. (8 bits mask)

        Supported file formats:
              BMP (1, 8, 24 bits)
              JPEG (8, 24 bits)
              IMG (1 bits)
              PNG (1,8,24 bits)
              PNM (1,8,24 bits, only loading)

        Supported languages (program AND bubble help):
        English and German

        Supported tools and actions :
        Brush, Stamp, Lines, Lasso, Flood Fill, Rotate, Mirror, Text, Gamma,
Mask Operations, Zoom, Scale, Scan, Print,
        Brightness & Contrast, Convert, Add Border, Multipicture, Replace
Colors, User Defined Shortcuts, HSB-Support, ...

    PhotoTiger 2.31 modifications and innovations:

        Scanning
        Complete new user interface for scanning pictures. It is now possible
to scan a preview picture and select therein an
        area which should be scanned.

        Rotate picture
        Apart from the rotating pictures by manual input of an angle of
rotation, pictures can be rotated now also using the
        mouse. A line can be set, which should represent the new horizontal of
the picture.

        Gradation
        Phototiger now offers the possibility for color level manipulation. In
the 'Actions' menu of the picture window you
        can find a new menu entry 'Gradation... '. Select it to open the
'Gradation' dialog.

        Filter
        In the picture window menu 'Actions' you can find a new submenu
'Filter' with some pixel filters. These filters can be
        applied with 24 bits color pictures or with 8 bits grey pictures. The
filters are based on a 3*3 or on a 5*5 matrix.
        Beside the sharpening and smoothen filters there is still some more
filters, just use them to see the effects.

        Print Pages
        PhotoTiger now can do a multi page output to a printer. This is uesful
if you want to send more then one picture to a
        fax.

        Recent files
        In the main window menu 'File' the 10 recently used files are listed.
If you want to open one of these files, select the
        appropriate menu entry. The behavior of the 'Recent files' can be
controlled using a special dialog. Select menu
        entry 'Recent files...' to open the dialog.

        Create file icon
        PhotoTiger can now create file icons for saved pictures. The file icon
is stored in the extended attributes of the file.
        In the dialog 'File options', you can reach it in the main window manu
'Settings', can be set if a file icon should be
        produced automatically on saving pictures. And you can set the size of
icon to be created.

        Lasso, select all
        Use menu entry 'Select all' which can be found in the picture window
menu 'Lasso', to create a lasso containing the
        whole picture. A already existing lasso will be replaced.

        Close all windows
        Use menu entry 'Close All Windows' which can be found in the main
window menu 'Window', to close all picture
        windows. All unsaved data will be lost.

The web site is located here:
http://www.phototiger.com/

Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City (http://warpcity.com)
"Y2K NEW Membership Discounts Now Available!"

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From: OS2Guy@WarpCity.com                               21-Dec-99 08:00:15
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: How retrieve erased news in 4.61?

From: Tim Martin <OS2Guy@WarpCity.com>

Buddy Donnelly wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:23:25, Christian Hennecke
> <christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:
>
> > Tim Martin schrieb:
> >
> > > Try the 'unofficial' Deja News site.  It is far
> > > easier to work withand won't offer you all
> > > those annoying banner ads and stupidity frills.
> > > It is here, bookmark it for future use:
> > >
> > > http://ezlinux.8m.com/deja_search.html
> >
> > Hey, this is great! Deja.com used to take _aeons_ to load.
>
> Not to get into an argument with TM but here's Jeremy Nixon's version,
> which has some very nice extra features, such as saving search
> filters:
>
>         http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/deja.html
>

Very nice.  I like the full page look/feel.  Will bookmark
the url and suggest it to others.

Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City (http://warpcity.com)
"Y2K NEW Member Discounts Now Available!"

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From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk                        21-Dec-99 16:09:07
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: dBASE clone wanted

From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John Poltorak)

In <385EF39C.929EE6BD@frontiernet.net>, Dan O'Donnell <dan@frontiernet.net>
writes:
>Yea, it's at http://www.alphasoftware.com  
>
>You can't get the newest version (Alpha5)  They made an Alpha4 v6.I use
>it all the time, just wish they would have kept updating it.

This is a reply to a query I sent to Alpha software regarding availability
of an OS/2 version:-

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Alpha no longer has an OS/2 version of software.  The program has been
discontinued for sometime.
-------------------------------------------------------------------

:-(.

I wonder what they would do if someone put it in the Public Domain...


>John Poltorak wrote:
>> 
>> In <385E9760.D3D48EDB@frontiernet.net>, Dan O'Donnell <dan@frontiernet.net> 
writes:
>> >I don't know how "cloned" you want it, but look at Alpha4 from
>> >Alphasoft.
>> 
>> Thanks for reminding me about Alpha.
>> 
>> I read about Alpha4 in OS/2 Magazine several years ago, but when I spoke
>> to someone in their UK office, they had never heard of an OS/2 version.
>> 
>> Do they have a web site?
>> 
>> >John Poltorak wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone ever come across a *text-mode* dBASE clone for OS/2?
>-- 
>Dan O'Donnell
>dan@frontiernet.net
>http://www.frontiernet.net/~dan/

--
John

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From: tjerick@ibm.net                                   21-Dec-99 16:38:21
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Re: PDF on OS/2 survey

From: tjerick@ibm.net (Tim Erickson)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:32:12, jbarring@arn.net (Jerry) wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 08:06:11, "Arjen Meijer" 
> <arjen@removethis.hacom.nl> wrote:
> 
> > On 19 Dec 1999 22:06:21 GMT, Tim Erickson wrote:
> > 
> > :>Hello all;
> > :>
> > :>I have sent an e-mail request to Mr. Frank Siegert, the author of
> > :>PStill, requesting he consider porting his program to OS/2. In
> > :>anticipation of the query: 'How many people are interested?" I
> > :>thought I'd gather names. If you are interested in the port please
> > :>send me an e-mail. The app is shareware though most of the UNIX
> > :>versions are free for non-commercial | Educational use. For more
> > :>information see:
> > :>
> > :>http://www.this.net/~frank/pstill.html
> > :>
> > :>Please let me know of your interest ASAP.
> > :>
> > :>Thanks
> > :>
> > :>Tim Erickson
> 
> I have been to the site and sent e-mail requesting information on an 
> OS/2 version.  Here is the reply from Frank Siegert.
> ________
> 
> The answer is yes. :-)
> 
> I am just talking to some people and it looks like a port is coming.
> Still I have no date of release yet.
> 
> - Frank

I am hoping to get this going soon but I am currently looking for the 
latest s-lang libraries for OS/2. The newest version I can find is 
pre-1.0 and PStill needs 1.3.8. Any help?

Tim


I expect the bleating of the M$ cattle will get louder in the next few
weeks as cattle always do when they smell the charnel house, alas for 
them, too late!

----Me, Nov 1999

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From: jgil@widomaker.com                                21-Dec-99 11:54:10
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 20:31:00
Subj: Mesa2 Script Problem

From: "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com>

I am trying to produce a script, according to the info in the Help files,
that will unprotect a cell or selected range in a protected workbook.

I used the Script Recorder to produce the following:

SETLAYERPROTECTION("OFF")
SETPROTECTION("OFF",CURRENTRANGE)
SETLAYERPROTECTION("ON")

That sequence worked fine to do just what I wanted when I used the  Selection
Manager via the mouse.

But when I execute the script via Alt-F3, the cells do not get unprotected.

Do I need something in addition in the script?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you.


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From: jim.moseby@texfiblends.com                        21-Dec-99 14:18:25
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:19
Subj: Re: +++GET YOUR FREE PENTIUM 

From: Jim Moseby <jim.moseby@texfiblends.com>

If you have javascript enabled for mail and newsgroups, they can send a
message that will open your browser and take you to wherever they want
you to go.  In Netscape, click Edit/Preferences/Advanced and uncheck
'Enable Javascript for mail and news...'.

HTH - JM/CNA

Stephen Bennett wrote:
> 
> This bloody thing opened automatically:-((((
> 
> Would you trust the following?
> 
> ***your credit card information is needed to check, that you are over 18
> years old to participate in this program. There are no money will be
> transferred from your card until you read our additional information and
> accept the terms (the terms will be sent to you by e-mail), followed by
> confirmation ***
> 
> Oh yes, I'll give you my card number. Right.
> 
> S
> 
> "Tim Cannell" <tim@jacqueline.prestel.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:83ded2$2ibi$1@quince.news.easynet.net...
> Dont be stupid...
> PC <pc-reg_englsh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:385AD7DC.1BD26A18@yahoo.com...
> 
> =====================================================
> Submit a simple form to order your Celeron-300MHz PC
>                FOR ONLY $9.99
> *****************************************************
> CLICK HERE: http://63.71.76.38/reg_form_eng/index.htm
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> 
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> Submit a simple form to order your Celeron-300MHz PC
>                FOR ONLY $9.99
> *****************************************************
> CLICK HERE: http://63.71.76.38/reg_form_eng/index.htm
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From: shoot@all.spammers                                21-Dec-99 20:46:15
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: "Dan Kyhl" <shoot@all.spammers>

Mark,

you make this sound so easy.
I haven't been able to retrieve catalogs, let alone restoring yet. This is on
WSEB.
On Warp 4 it seems to work with Microsoft tape format (=seagate format), but
still not BA/2 format.
I have BA/2 Pro and it haven't given me any problems at all.
I'm using an HP DAT drive for my backups.

Dan


On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 17:51:03 GMT, Mark Dodel wrote:

>On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 16:24:07, mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com wrote:
>
>-)On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:29:26, spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson) wrote:
>-)
>-)>  - New tape format
>-)>       Back Again/2000 uses the Microsoft Tape Format,
>-)But it still reads its own older ones?
>-)I could give a hoot about MS; I have a lot of tapes going back to very
early releases of BA/2.
>
>Just tried this today and it works.  BA/2000 does read/restore from 
>backup tapes made with BA/2 Pro.  You have to Retrieve the dataset 
>info first, but that is a lot less painless then the old Recover 
>Archive Catalog function.   I haven't tried the disaster recovery 
>utility yet.    Need to remake the disks first.   So far I'm satisfied
>with the upgrade.



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From: tgal@pobox.com                                    21-Dec-99 12:11:07
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" <tgal@pobox.com>

Buddy Donnelly wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 18:36:50, "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)"
> <tgal@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
        <snip>
> >
> > However, there are many submenu items which do not have a
> > corresponding icon or "button" on the toolbar: I would like to
> > know how can I add some of those missing submenu items to my
> > toolbar.
> 
> Okay, no, unless our Netscape team comes up with something, I haven't
> seen any reference here to adding more buttons.
> 
> In fact, they take up so much real estate I turn them off, routinely
> on every platform with every browser, and I thought most people were
> doing that. I even cringe when I see teevee shows illustrated with a
> browser on a website with those big dumb buttons taking up 20% of the
> visible screen.

:)  I'm with you on this.  But, between the traffic light and the
"N" 
shooting stars, one can fit an additional dozen icons, using 
real estate that as it is now is just a VACANT LOT.  After all,
many 
of the submenu items don't even have CUA keys acceleration.  And,
as 
Murphy's Law always gets its way, the CUA keys that DO exist are 
assigned to the most useless or obscure menu items, such as
"increase 
font," "decrease font," "page source," "page info."  How about
using 
the CUA keys ACCELERATORS to ACCELERATE access to features BURIED 
3 submenu layers deep, such as the useful menus to shuffle 
different ways of listing newsgroups news items: VIEW / MESSAGES
/ ALL; 
or VIEW / MESSAGES / UNREAD; etc.   . . . "where was that menu to 
reorganize the news list?  was it down Edit? nope; was it down
Message? 
nope; was it Communicator maybe?  no; down View?  then, down
Sort? 
nope; down View, Message?  ah, yes! . . ."  I'm sure you get the
picture.

-- 
 ===>  tgal@pobox.com


InfoBaHn on:  Rockwell, Netscape, InJOY, and OS/2
____________________________________________________
((( BOXER )))  fassst, 32-bit character mode editor

http://www.boxersoftware.com/

((( InJOY ))) INTERNET DIALER apparatus EXTRAORDINAIRE!

http://www.fx.dk/injoy

((( BLOWFISH ))) ENCRYPTION for users/developers.

http://www.counterpane.com/blowfish.html


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From: not-bigshorts@interested.earthli...               21-Dec-99 17:08:12
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Making contact sheets

Message sender: not-bigshorts@interested.earthlink.net

From: not-bigshorts@interested.earthlink.net (Carl S.)

A contact sheet is a graphic made up of several graphic files say jpgs
with the name of the graphic file printed bellow each.

Does anyone know of a OS/2 app that can do this?


Thanks,

Carl S

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     21-Dec-99 20:33:27
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

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

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 16:24:07, mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:29:26, spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson) wrote:
> 
> >  - New tape format
> >       Back Again/2000 uses the Microsoft Tape Format,
> But it still reads its own older ones?
> I could give a hoot about MS; I have a lot of tapes going back to very early 
releases of BA/2.
> 
> =Dwight=
> X1=L, X2=L & the domain is phonetic

Today-> Reads TAPES created with the older BA/2. Will NOT read disk 
files (including diskette backups, as I understand it) made with older
versions of BA/2. 

Future-> There is a promise that BA/2000 will be updated so that it 
can read older disk/diskette backups.

This is the one great failing of BA/2000 IMO. the GOOD news, is that 
you should be able to leave BA/2 installed, an install BA/2000 along 
with it (worked in beta testing anyway).
******************************
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                     21-Dec-99 20:34:01
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: CD-RW for OS/2?

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

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 05:50:29, Daniel Weiss <deweiss@panix.com> wrote:

> Is there a good external CD-RW that supports OS/2?
 
Don't know, don't have one.

> How satisfactory are the Zip drives for OS/2?
 
I have been using a Parallel Port ZIP drive, for a few years now. I 
find that it works very well. It is slow (the nature of a Parallel 
port device), but I find it to be very useful, for what I use it for. 
If you are considering buying one of these (a Parallel Port version), 
be sure that you get an older model 100 meg drive, that comes in a 
mostly amber box, with the number 10012 in a little rectangular  box, 
on all of the sides. The later models were changed, and they don't 
work with the OS/2 OAD driver (from what I hear, they don't work all 
that well, even with the Win9x drivers). I also understand that none 
of the "PLUS" drives work with OS/2, but there is a new driver that 
will support the ZIP250 on an EIDE (ATAPI) interface.

Would I buy one today? NO. There are other devices out there, that 
look to be better (price, storage space, and performance). I would, 
very seriously look at the ORB drives (the Parallel Port drive does 
NOT, yet, have a promised OS/2 driver, and it is beginning to look 
like it never will). On the other hand, I have heard, mostly, good 
reports about the EIDE (ATAPI), and SCSI versions, which have native 
OS/2 support, at the later fix pack levels. From what I know about the
ORB drives, you do need to do a little fooling around to get them 
working properly, but it is not a real problem. Check out:

http://www.castlewood.com/

for more information.

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     21-Dec-99 20:34:04
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Netscape 4.61 questions

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

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:22:30, mikelrob@flash.net (Michael Robertson) 
wrote:

>         Thanks for the good tips, Doug.  After I installed Java 1.1.8, my 
> Java Properties under OS/2 preferences seems not to want to recognize 
> the JAVAI.DLL file.  Browse shows the dll directory of Java11 as empty
> and when I put the fully qualified filename in the box I get a message
> that says it can't find JAVAI.DLL in the specified path.  It is 
> certainly there, however, and appears in my LIBPATH statement as well.
>  Any idea what's going on?
>  
>         Michael Robertson
>  
> ***Live simply, that others may simply live.***
>  o

Sorry I didn't get back sooner, but I was "offline" for a couple of 
days...

I don't really know what your problem is, but my JAVA11\DLL directory 
has JAVAI.DLL and JAVAR.DLL in it. If the JAVA11\DLL directory is 
empty, then that is, at least part of, the problem. 

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

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     21-Dec-99 20:34:06
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: PMMail, pmmsend command

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

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:17:32, "Michel SUCH" <msuch@free.fr> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Could someone give me a comprehensive sample for this command?
> 
> Never succeeded having it working.
> Michel SUCH - Team OS/2 FRANCE
> ICQ # 51654489
> 
> 

Just type PMMSEND, without any parameters, and it will give you the 
information that you need.

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: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          21-Dec-99 20:37:26
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:11:14, "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" 
<tgal@pobox.com> wrote:

> 
> :)  I'm with you on this.  But, between the traffic light and the
> "N" 
> shooting stars, one can fit an additional dozen icons, using 
> real estate that as it is now is just a VACANT LOT.  

This appears to be called the "Navigation Toolbar". At the far left, 
you'll see a little hatched area. Click on it and the Navigation 
Toolbar is turned off. End of vacant lot.


> After all,
> many 
> of the submenu items don't even have CUA keys acceleration. 

Excellent point, but a separate one, I think. What does "CUA" mean, by
the way?


-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: isaacl@jazz.ece.ubc.ca                            21-Dec-99 20:46:19
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: isaacl@jazz.ece.ubc.ca (e-frog)

Tim Martin (OS2Guy@WarpCity.com) wrote:
: Alex Taylor wrote:

: > For creating bitmaps, I use Paintbrush under Win-OS/2.  Horrible, I know,
: > but it does have most of the rudimentary functionality I need.
: >
: > I'm still looking for a "paint" program for OS/2, though.  I can't believe
: > there isn't one.  What do people use to _create_ bitmap images, anyway?
: > There's any number of tools for _manipulating_ them...

: PhotoTiger has just been updated for OS/2.

: PhotoTiger is a program for editing digital photos and pictures.
:                                        PhotoTiger requires OS/2 Warp.

Exactly my point! PhotoTiger is for "editing", i.e. for working on
existing pictures! Such programs are all over the place, no shortage of
those! In fact, I've looked for replacement over in the Windows camp and
still no luck :(

I can produce results with Colorworks, or PhotoGraphics, but the results
are very, well, rigid, cold, industrial? (Oh geez, and the effort
required...) Good for web graphics and icons and such, but there's more to
computer graphics than that!

I remember NeoN Grafix (www.neongrafix.com) had a paint program that was
pretty good, at least the right style like DeluxePaint. I talked to them
and they said they weren't going to add any features, so...

I guess if I'm mad enough about the situation, I should get off my ass and
program my own, eh?


Isaac

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From: alex@nukunuku.queensu.ca                          21-Dec-99 21:40:01
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Map ISO images

From: alex@nukunuku.queensu.ca (Alex Taylor)

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 21:14:17 GMT, Jan Danielsson
<Jan.Danielsson@falun.mail.telia.com> wrote:
>I've been asked to write a driver for mapping ISO images to a driveletter.
>Since I'm currenty quite busy working on some other projects, I don't want to
>start a redundant project. Does such a driver exist already? If so, where?

I don't believe so.

If you do end up doing this, you may want to refer to the "loopback
filesystem" driver for the Linux kernel, which does this under Linux - it
probably wouldn't port all that well, but it is opensource, and might have
pieces you could use.

-- 
Alex Taylor
alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca

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From: rcpj@panix.com                                    21-Dec-99 21:55:08
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: How to play MP3 through Netscape?

From: rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc)

 <cotroneo@stny.lrun.com> writes:
> 
> Z does work.

Indeed, thanks. Your script makes the difference. 

What should the buffer size be for a 56k connection? With the default 32
I get a lot of hiccups as soon as there's the least bit of line
congestion.

Pierre
-- 
Pierre Jelenc                |  Home Office Records http://www.web-ho.com
                             | www.mp3.com/cucumbers  www.mp3.com/pawnshop
The New York City Beer Guide |      www.cdbaby.com/buy/rawkinder.htm
   http://www.nycbeer.org    |         www.mp3.com/jeniferjackson

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From: letoured@nospam.net                               21-Dec-99 16:05:23
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: letoured@nospam.net

>I'm still looking for a "paint" program for OS/2, though.  I can't
>believe there isn't one.  What do people use to _create_ bitmap images,
>anyway? There's any number of tools for _manipulating_ them...

maybe they use a vector drawing programs and save the files as a bitmap?


_____________
Ed Letourneau <letoured@sover.net>

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From: ernfisch@home.com                                 21-Dec-99 23:14:17
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: ernfisch@home.com (Ernie Fisch)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:33:55, doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug 
Bissett) wrote:

> 
> This is the one great failing of BA/2000 IMO. the GOOD news, is that 
> you should be able to leave BA/2 installed, an install BA/2000 along 
> with it (worked in beta testing anyway).

It still does.  That is what I have on my machine.  Now if I could 
only get BA2000
installed in my maintenance partition.  It installs, just won't run.

ernie fisch

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From: jmiranda@ricochet.net                             21-Dec-99 13:37:14
  To: comp.os.os2.apps@list.deja.com                    21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re:  Smartcache - Netscape 4.61 questions

To: "comp.os.os2.apps@list.deja.com" <comp.os.os2.apps@list.deja.com>
From: Jose Miranda <jmiranda@ricochet.net>

Dear Dan,

where can one get smart cache?

TIA

Jose

Dan Drake wrote:

> One new user's reactions:
>
> It really works, vastly better than NS caching.
> But it's not officially released, and hasn't been updated since March.
> Some things aren't implemented, like the CONNECT message and some or all
> of https stuff; so occasionally you have to turn off the proxy to get work
> done.  (But this is a no-sweat operation.)
> You can easily configure it to go through Junkbuster, another fine proxy.
> It has bugs.  Surprise.  Its Referer-hack feature needs a couple of
> patches if you care about it, but probably you can just as well leave it
> alone.
> Highly recommended, anyway.
>
> --
> Dan Drake



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

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From: timurkz@saxz.mmbankz.ruz                          22-Dec-99 02:51:03
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Mesa2 Script Problem

From: "Timur Kazimirov" <timurkz@saxz.mmbankz.ruz>

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:54:20 +0000, Jack Gillis wrote:

>That sequence worked fine to do just what I wanted when I used the  Selection
>Manager via the mouse.
>
>But when I execute the script via Alt-F3, the cells do not get unprotected.
>
>Do I need something in addition in the script?

Have you checked the CURRENTRANGE before calling other functions?

With best regards,
Timur Kazimirov

-- Remove all "z" from my address to reply



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From: !2020hindsight@usa.net                            21-Dec-99 23:58:08
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: dBASE clone wanted

From: !2020hindsight@usa.net (Bill Clark)

John Poltorak wrote:

> Has anyone ever come across a *text-mode* dBASE clone for OS/2?
  
> ...ideally, one which will read dBASE programs.
  
> Wonder what Borland have done with dBASE IV... I'm surprised there isn't
> a GNU version around.

dBase IV runs very well on a daily basis around here... Have used it 
under 2.1, 3, and 4

-bc-
 
Except for the mouse, this message is brought to you from a Microsoft 
free PC...

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From: OS2Guy@WarpCity.com                               21-Dec-99 16:08:07
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Making labels with Wordpro

From: Tim Martin <OS2Guy@WarpCity.com>

John Poltorak wrote:

> In <385FB251.A6B47D88@hal-pc.org>, Marvin Volz <mtve@hal-pc.org> writes:
> >You're right and I stand corrected. The feature is in 123 SS97 for Windows; 
not in
> >OS/2 version.
>
> Maybe it's in the new version of SmartSuite (1.5)... Has anyone got hold of
it
> yet?

Yes.  And no it is not in v1.5 either.  Must be a 'Windows-only'
feature but WordPro works like a charm here!

Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City (http://warpcity.com)
"Y2K NEW MEMBERSHIP Discounts Now Available!"


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From: OS2Guy@WarpCity.com                               21-Dec-99 16:04:04
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: Tim Martin <OS2Guy@WarpCity.com>

e-frog wrote:

> Tim Martin (OS2Guy@WarpCity.com) wrote:
> : Alex Taylor wrote:
>
> : > For creating bitmaps, I use Paintbrush under Win-OS/2.  Horrible, I
know,
> : > but it does have most of the rudimentary functionality I need.
>
> : > I'm still looking for a "paint" program for OS/2, though.  I can't
believe
> : > there isn't one.  What do people use to _create_ bitmap images, anyway?
> : > There's any number of tools for _manipulating_ them...
>
> : PhotoTiger has just been updated for OS/2.
>
> Exactly my point! PhotoTiger is for "editing", i.e. for working on
> existing pictures! Such programs are all over the place, no shortage of
> those! In fact, I've looked for replacement over in the Windows camp and
> still no luck :(
>
> I can produce results with Colorworks, or PhotoGraphics, but the results
> are very, well, rigid, cold, industrial? (Oh geez, and the effort
> required...) Good for web graphics and icons and such, but there's more to
> computer graphics than that!
>
> I remember NeoN Grafix (www.neongrafix.com) had a paint program that was
> pretty good, at least the right style like DeluxePaint. I talked to them
> and they said they weren't going to add any features, so...
>
> I guess if I'm mad enough about the situation, I should get off my ass and
> program my own, eh?
>
> Isaac

The OS/2 Community would welcome such an endeavor
with applause and adulation.  :-)

Tim Martin
The OS2/ Guy
Warp City (http://warpcity.com)
"Y2K NEW MEMBER Discounts Now Available!"


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From: OS2Guy@WarpCity.com                               21-Dec-99 16:06:17
  To: All                                               21-Dec-99 21:33:20
Subj: Re: How retrieve erased news in 4.61?

From: Tim Martin <OS2Guy@WarpCity.com>

"Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" wrote:

> This doesn't load in my Netsc. 4.61 on Warp 4 @ fpk 12  :(
>
> Buddy Donnelly wrote:
>
>  Not to get into an argument with TM but here's Jeremy Nixon's
> version,
> > which has some very nice extra features, such as saving search
> > filters:
> >
> >         http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/deja.html
>

Isn't that odd?  It loads fine here with Netscape 4.61 & FP11.
(I backed out 12).

Tim Martin
The OS/2 Guy
Warp City (http://warpcity.com)
"Y2K NEW MEMBERSHIP Discounts Now Available!"

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From: domi@kenavo.NOSPAM.fi                             22-Dec-99 01:29:23
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:26:29
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

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

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:37:52, donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy 
Donnelly) wrote:
> 
> Excellent point, but a separate one, I think. What does "CUA" mean, by
> the way?

Common User Access, a standard  developed by IBM for screen 
presentation

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From: kylemw@omnisig.com                                21-Dec-99 20:34:15
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:26:29
Subj: Re: Making contact sheets

From: kylemw <kylemw@omnisig.com>

<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
Embellish seems to do a pretty good job.
<p>--
<br>TTFN
<p>Kyle
<p>As you type through the keyboard of life,
<br>always keep one finger on the ESC key.
<br>&nbsp;</html>

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From: jvarela@mind-spring.com                           22-Dec-99 02:19:06
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:26:29
Subj: Re: Making labels with Wordpro

From: jvarela@mind-spring.com (John Varela)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:43:54, "Lionel C. Abrahams" 
<abrahams@sparc.isl.net> wrote:

> On 21 Dec 1999 02:48:56 GMT, John Varela wrote:
> 
> >File --> New Document --> Create from Recently Used SmartMaster --> 
> >Browse for More Files
> >
> >In window 1 select Label, in window 2 double click on label.mwp and 
> >Voila!
> 
> There is no such thing in my Lotus 123.  
> The only place I find your detailed instructions above is in Lotus
> Wordpro.  
> The extension .mwp is a wordpro smartmaster extension.
> The 123 smartMaster in my 123 all have a .12m extension.

????  The name of this thread is "Making lables with Wordpro".
                                                     ^^^^^^^

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

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From: mcbrides@erols.com                                21-Dec-99 21:13:07
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:26:29
Subj: Re: dBASE clone wanted

From: mcbrides@erols.com (Jerry McBride)

In article <385fa62b.0@katana.legend.co.uk>,
jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John Poltorak) wrote:
>In <385EF39C.929EE6BD@frontiernet.net>, Dan O'Donnell <dan@frontiernet.net>
writes:
>>Yea, it's at http://www.alphasoftware.com
>>
>>You can't get the newest version (Alpha5)  They made an Alpha4 v6.I use
>>it all the time, just wish they would have kept updating it.
>
>This is a reply to a query I sent to Alpha software regarding availability
>of an OS/2 version:-
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>Alpha no longer has an OS/2 version of software.  The program has been
>discontinued for sometime.
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>:-(.
>
>I wonder what they would do if someone put it in the Public Domain...
>

I have it. Alpha IV version 4.0 for OS/2... Email me.

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*                                  OS/2 ????                                 
*
*                              YOU AREN'T ALONE!                             
*
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*
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From: gzimmer@attglobal.net                             22-Dec-99 02:27:01
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:26:29
Subj: Re: CD-RW for OS/2?

From: gzimmer@attglobal.net

doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett) writes:
On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 05:50:29, Daniel Weiss <deweiss@panix.com> wrote:

>Is there a good external CD-RW that supports OS/2?

I am extremely happy with my external SCSI Yamaha 4416sx. No burn
errors, can handle all the current stuff out there. This is under a 
486 DX4, Warp 3, and under load conditions. Ancient Adaptec 1522a
controller, which is supported by OS/2.

Gail Zimmerman
gzimmer@ibm.net

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From: gzimmer@attglobal.net                             22-Dec-99 03:11:17
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:26:29
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: gzimmer@attglobal.net

donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly) writes:

In response to:

>> of the submenu items don't even have CUA keys acceleration. 

>Excellent point, but a separate one, I think. What does "CUA" mean, by
>the way?

CUA (Common User Access?), was a set of standards, devised in 1989
by MS and IBM, to attempt to devise a consistant keyboard interface
amongst all applications, to imitate the 'ease of use' Apple had in their
applications. IOW, all Apple apps use common keystrokes.

For example, F1 is help, F3 is Exit, etc, in the CUA world.

Win, DOS, OS/2 would all use Common keys in their apps.
IBM updated CUA in 1991. It never really caught on. DOS programmers were
too independant to comply, early Win and OS/2 did use the same keystrokes,
but had later diverged by the time of Win 3.0 when the 'divorce' occurred.

You can still see CUA in OS/2 today. Older OS/2 apps use F3 to Exit, (1989),
newer ones use the 1991 CUA guidelines, which I believe is Alt-F4. You will
note a keystroke commonality in all OS/2 apps, and that is because of
adherence to CUA guidelines.

P.S. ROTFL on 'teevee' view of Netscape. I see you caught last Saturday's
'Computer Chronicles'. They had a menu bar on there, for 'What's New' etc,
that is almost as big as the main menu bar itself. <still chuckling>.

Gail Zimmerman
gzimmer@ibm.net

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From: tgal@pobox.com                                    21-Dec-99 17:27:02
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:27:00
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)" <tgal@pobox.com>

CUA keys = Common User Access keys.
Typically, it is left to the market at large to interpret what 
the commonality would be about: the users, or the user-access  ;>
.


Buddy Donnelly wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:11:14, "Austy Garhi (n. d'e-pl.)"
> <tgal@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > :)  I'm with you on this.  But, between the traffic light and the
> > "N"
> > shooting stars, one can fit an additional dozen icons, using
> > real estate that as it is now is just a VACANT LOT.
> 
> This appears to be called the "Navigation Toolbar". At the far left,
> you'll see a little hatched area. Click on it and the Navigation
> Toolbar is turned off. End of vacant lot.
> 
> > After all,
> > many
> > of the submenu items don't even have CUA keys acceleration.
> 
> Excellent point, but a separate one, I think. What does "CUA" mean, by
> the way?
> 
> --
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Buddy
> 
> Buddy Donnelly
> donnelly@tampabay.rr.com

-- 
 ===>  tgal@pobox.com


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From: n3jja@spammers.are.wanks                          22-Dec-99 03:16:27
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:27:00
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: n3jja@spammers.are.wanks (Jim Nuytens)

Will the program work with a Sony Super Station IDE drive?


"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe."
Dr. McCoy to Kirk / Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home

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From: jgordon@arts.uwa.edu.au                           22-Dec-99 03:30:00
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:27:00
Subj: Help: BA/2000 date filtering?

From: jgordon@arts.uwa.edu.au

I'm trying out the BA2000 demo and cannot figure out how to specify a date 
filter for an *entire* backup set. I have a set of files that I backup each
Friday 
to floppy to transfer to my home computer. I want to be able to select the set 

(which includes the pre-selected files) and then be able to exclude all files
in 
that set before a certain date (normally the previous Monday). With Fastback, 
entering one date is all it takes as that date applies to *all* the files in
the 
set. In BA2000, the only date feature I can find applies only to individual
files 
or to files named by wildcard, and the date has to be specified for each one. 
There must be a way to specify a date for all the files selected. Any help on 
this would be greatly appreciated. 

Many thanks in advance,
John Gordon
jgordon@arts.uwa.edu.au

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From: hbae@primenet.com.REMOVE                          22-Dec-99 06:05:25
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:27:00
Subj: ipt?

From: Hansang Bae <hbae@primenet.com.REMOVE>

Jim Moseby <jim.moseby@texfiblends.com> writes:
>If you have javascript enabled for mail and newsgroups, they can send a
>message that will open your browser and take you to wherever they want
>you to go.  In Netscape, click Edit/Preferences/Advanced and uncheck
>'Enable Javascript for mail and news...'.


Or you can use a command line newsreader like nn!  

I've tried Agent, Outlook, NetScape, velocity <?> and none of them can
provide what nn provides.  SPEED and absolute control.


*********** Remove the REMOVE if emailing me directly **************
Due to the volume of email that I receive, I may not not be able to  
reply to emails sent to my account.  Please post a followup instead.
********************************************************************
Hansang Bae        Director of Network Operations, Eastern Region  
hbae@richeysystems.com  Reg. Office: (718) 352-9021 
Specializing in Network Design/Troubleshooting and Protocol Analysis
********************************************************************

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From: mikelrob@flash.net                                22-Dec-99 05:33:10
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 03:27:00
Subj: Re: Netscape 4.61 questions

From: mikelrob@flash.net (Michael Robertson)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:34:08, doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug 
Bissett) wrote:

> 
> Sorry I didn't get back sooner, but I was "offline" for a couple of 
> days...
> 
> I don't really know what your problem is, but my JAVA11\DLL directory 
> has JAVAI.DLL and JAVAR.DLL in it. If the JAVA11\DLL directory is 
> empty, then that is, at least part of, the problem. 

	Both DLL's are in the directory but if I use the "Browse" function to
find them it shows the DLL directory as empty.  When I put the full 
path in by hand I get the "Unable to find JAVAI.DLL in the specified 
path message."  Since no one else seems to have encountered this, I 
must be overlooking something very simple and obvious.  Not the first 
time I've done that, I'm afraid.  Thanks again.

Michael

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

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From: devdir@lgs.kiev.ua                                22-Dec-99 10:02:09
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 05:19:29
Subj: New beta of SafeFire PPP - with GUI client now!

From: "Link Guard Solutions Ltd." <devdir@lgs.kiev.ua>

SafeFire PPP 0.9 beta 59

Copyright (C) 1999  Link Guard Solutions Ltd.

Link Guard Solutions is proud to present new beta of SafeFire PPP.

SafeFire PPP with the new PM user interface IS the most simple
way to the Internet.

Check Link Guard solutions homepage (http://www.lgs.kiev.ua) to get Your
copy.

If you like SafeFire PPP you can buy your copy at The GammaTech Mall
(http://www.gt-mall.com/cgi-bin/w3-msql/gtmall/search.html?&opt=find&stext=Safe
Fire)

Note: Beta version is fully functional in 30 days after build.

SafeFire PPP is a new, powerful implementation of a PPP protocol
now with PM interface.

Most notable SafeFire PPP features are:
    - 'One button' PM GUI
    - PPP over Ethernet
    - PPP implementation compatible with latest RFC
    - Callback
    - Dial-On-Demand
    - Modular design
    - Three TCP/IP packet filters
    - NAT (Network Address Translation)
    - CCP (Compression Control Protocol)
    - PAP (Password Authentication Protocol)
    - CHAP (Challenge Authentication Protocol)
    - MS-CHAP (Microsoft extension for CHAP)
    - REXX API for connection script (compatible with standard PPP.EXE)
    - REXX API for authentication
    - REXX API for message processing
    - REXX API for message log processing
    - A set of predefined configuration files for most common cases

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From: blevins@sisna.com                                 21-Dec-99 16:36:07
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 10:31:07
Subj: Has anyone succeeded in getting ESS1878 to play on a Sony VAIO?

From: blevins@sisna.com

I have tried 4 1878 drivers, pre- and post- fixpak MMOS2, 3 other ESS drivers, 
multitudes of configurations.
It always traps out at es16861$. In have many hours in on this endeavor. Can
anyone help me not make this a total waste?
Thanks, Steve

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From: jgil@widomaker.com                                22-Dec-99 06:05:25
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 10:31:07
Subj: Re: Mesa2 Script Problem

From: "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com>

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 02:51:07 +0300 (MSK), Timur Kazimirov wrote:

>>
>Have you checked the CURRENTRANGE before calling other functions?
>
>With best regards,
>Timur Kazimirov
>
 
Yes,   Further, I've tried it without 'currentrange' in the statement.  As I
understand it,  that should make it unproted the the current cell.  I am
doing or understanding something wrong for sure.

Thanks.


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From: dmhills@attglobal.net                             22-Dec-99 23:41:16
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 10:31:08
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: dmhills@attglobal.net (Don Hills)

In article <385F8424.FD229B9D@frostbytes.com>,
Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com> wrote:
>
>You sure can stop Word from running CMD.EXE; just remove the execute
privilege
>from the ACL.  Done.  (You almost certainly want the admin group to be able
to
>run it, though, I bet you'll have booting problems otherwise.)  But really
>this is not important because CMD.EXE access doesn't hurt anything that
>couldn't be hurt through some application.

The security designers weren't amateurs. This was a law enforcement
system and it was designed to be tight. Word was the only app that
*could* hurt anything on these systems. The other apps were custom or
3rd party. Search for INCIS, if you have a few evenings free. You'll be
"shocked and amazed", it all ended with the NZ Government and IBM suing
each other...

>Generally problems doing this come down to one or two configuration problems:
>1) You're using FAT instead of NTFS so you don't have filesystem access
>control.  2) You're allowing users to run as administrator.

NTFS, and only the security people could run administrator. I was in
the "third level" support group that got the "hard" problems, and we had
to pass the call to the security group whenever permissions etc needed
setting up or changing- and, for example, to recreate directories that
only some task with administrator privileges could have deleted... and
the only way to be able to log on as administrator was for the machine
to be connected to the network so it could reach the security server,
and all accesses were logged and audited.

>Gripes aside, it is possible to lock down NT quite tightly -- and it's not
>even all that hard.

I agree, but I'd phrase it like this: it's not rocket science, but it's
not possible to make it airtight.

--
Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand

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From: pvolsted@image.dk                                 22-Dec-99 12:12:19
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 10:31:08
Subj: Re: dBASE clone wanted

From: peter volsted <pvolsted@image.dk>

hi

> Bill Clark wrote:
-----

> dBase IV runs very well on a daily basis around here... Have used it
> under 2.1, 3, and 4

here too - and to get ready for rollover you just have to: SET century on.
:-))

good luck

peter


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From: gail.koontz@quancon.com                           22-Dec-99 06:37:24
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 10:31:08
Subj: Re: CD-RW for OS/2?

From: "Gail Koontz" <gail.koontz@quancon.com>

On 22 Dec 1999 02:27:02 GMT, gzimmer@attglobal.net wrote:

>doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett) writes:
>On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 05:50:29, Daniel Weiss <deweiss@panix.com> wrote:
>
>>Is there a good external CD-RW that supports OS/2?
>
>I am extremely happy with my external SCSI Yamaha 4416sx. No burn
>errors, can handle all the current stuff out there. This is under a 
>486 DX4, Warp 3, and under load conditions. Ancient Adaptec 1522a
>controller, which is supported by OS/2.

I don't think you can get this drive any more (I tried!), but I'm using a
6416SX on an Adaptec 1542C and it 
appears to work flawlessly. I'm using the RSJ CD-Writer.




Gail Koontz		Retired in my home state
836 Mallard Rd.		 . . . and loving it!
Cocoa, FL 32926	gail.koontz@quancon.com



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From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk                        22-Dec-99 12:44:19
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 10:31:08
Subj: Re: dBASE clone wanted

From: jpolt@bradnet.legend.co.uk (John Poltorak)

In <642VpEtJItBf-pn2-Lx4fGJDKd8tG@dial-84-max-02.lcnh.together.net>,
!2020hindsight@usa.net (Bill Clark) writes:
>John Poltorak wrote:
>
>> Has anyone ever come across a *text-mode* dBASE clone for OS/2?
>  
>> ...ideally, one which will read dBASE programs.
>  
>> Wonder what Borland have done with dBASE IV... I'm surprised there isn't
>> a GNU version around.
>
>dBase IV runs very well on a daily basis around here... Have used it 
>under 2.1, 3, and 4

Yes, I know it runs, but it's just not the same as having a native version.

>-bc-
> 
>Except for the mouse, this message is brought to you from a Microsoft 
>free PC...
>

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From: rsteiner@visi.com                                 22-Dec-99 06:56:27
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 10:31:08
Subj: Graphics/Paint for OS/2 = Embellish.

From: rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.apps, alex@nukunuku.queensu.ca (Alex Taylor)
spake unto us, saying:

>I'm still looking for a "paint" program for OS/2, though.  I can't believe
>there isn't one.  What do people use to _create_ bitmap images, anyway?
>There's any number of tools for _manipulating_ them...

I use Embellish.  That's why I paid for it in the first place (since I
already had ColorWorks for doling image effects).  It has all of the
normal paint shapes (solid and outline tools for circle, oval, square,
rectangle, freeform open and closed polygons), customizable freehand
pencil, chalk, airbrush, floodfil, pattern stamps, etc.

Yes, Embellish has a lot of image effects as well, but that certainly
doesn't lessen its basic abilities as a paint program.  It's a *lot*
better than Windows Paintbrush, IMhO.  And native.

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
                    Monday is the root of all evil.

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From: bv@bigblue.no                                     22-Dec-99 13:48:14
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 15:50:24
Subj: Re: Project Concorde - plan to run Win32 apps under OS/2

From: bv@bigblue.no (Bjrn Vermo)

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 14:59:09, Jim Frost <jimf@frostbytes.com> wrote:

> 
> Token ring has its own problems.

Mainly the lack of competent personell.
> 
> If you have a drive you're not diskless.  It makes a difference because the
> disk is one of the few components that is likely to fail at least once in
the
> lifetime of a typical machine.  Now, I completely agree that you can utilize
> the disk as a local cache for huge wins, but it's not diskless anymore.
> 
Define "lifetime of a typical machine" and "likely to fail".
Unless you purchase garbage or turn the drives on and off all the 
time, the MTBF of even rather inexpensive modern drives is over ten 
years.

Now, if the drive in a WSOD client croaks, the user might complain 
about the ugly sound and there might be a small drop in performance, 
but there is no rush to replace it. The client works perfectly well 
without it.

Of course, if you run remotely over TCP/IP with an ISDN connection (or
worse), the loss of the local drive would hurt performance seriously, 
but that is another matter.


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From: bv@bigblue.no                                     22-Dec-99 14:07:04
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 15:50:24
Subj: Re: do you have OS/2 1.1?

From: bv@bigblue.no (Bjrn Vermo)

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 02:50:37, tholenantispam@hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen) 
wrote:

> 
> But there's the old argument about what constitutes an "OS".
> 
I have newer heard anybody claim that GEM was, or even was based on, 
an operating system. Windows 95 is the first Windows product which 
manages to satisfy the usual minimum requirements for being called an 
operating system rather than just a program loader with a file system.
GEM and Windows were not even integrated into the underlying program 
loader (PC-DOS or MS-DOS), so they only qualify as graphical user 
applications.

If we apply the terminology of the mainframe pioneers to the 
microcomputer world, operating systems were usually only found on 
minicomputers and larger up to the mid eighties.
 

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From: rsteiner@visi.com                                 22-Dec-99 07:12:23
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 15:50:24
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2 = Embellish.

From: rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.apps, rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)
spake unto us, saying:

>I use Embellish.  That's why I paid for it in the first place (since I
>already had ColorWorks for doling image effects).  It has all of the
>normal paint shapes (solid and outline tools for circle, oval, square,
>rectangle, freeform open and closed polygons), customizable freehand
>pencil, chalk, airbrush, floodfil, pattern stamps, etc.

An additional note: the paint tools do not show up "by default" on the
main toolbar, which may be why some people appear to not recognize the
paint abilities of Embellish (it may not appear to be a classic paint
program at first glance).

You need to click on the "Tools" and "Paints" buttons to bring up those
two toolbars (or select them via the Window->Tools menu) to bring up
the tool palettes for painting.  Also, you need to being up the Color
Chooser to select/capture colors.  The toolbars can be fixed on any
margin or floating.

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
           No wanna work.  Wanna bang on keyboard!

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From: cotroneo@stny.rr.com                              22-Dec-99 13:38:27
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 15:50:24
Subj: Re: How to play MP3 through Netscape?

From: cotroneo@stny.rr.com

In <83ot05$7lh$1@news.panix.com>, rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc) writes:
> <cotroneo@stny.lrun.com> writes:
>> 
>> Z does work.
>
>Indeed, thanks. Your script makes the difference. 
>
>What should the buffer size be for a 56k connection? With the default 32
>I get a lot of hiccups as soon as there's the least bit of line
>congestion.
>
>Pierre
>-- 

Z doesn't have a built in buffer yet. Dink may add it. Send him
email. I have another version of the script that writes the whole
file to disk first before playing it.

56k connections just don't work well with mp3 unless it is a low
density mp3 file.

Keith Cotroneo
cotroneo@stny.rr.com

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From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com                              22-Dec-99 13:49:20
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 15:50:24
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson)

n3jja@spammers.are.wanks (Jim Nuytens) wrote:

] Will the program work with a Sony Super Station IDE drive?

Offhand, I'm not sure - it depends on which model of that drive you
have.  Some models support QIC-157, which is the standard for the
ATAPI/IDE drives, and some models were floppy-attached that were
labeled "IDE".    We support the QIC-157 models, but not the others.


Cheers,

Brad
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From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com                              22-Dec-99 13:52:13
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 15:50:24
Subj: Re: Help: BA/2000 date filtering?

From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson)

jgordon@arts.uwa.edu.au wrote:

] I'm trying out the BA2000 demo and cannot figure out how to specify a date 
] filter for an *entire* backup set. I have a set of files that I backup each
Friday 
] to floppy to transfer to my home computer. I want to be able to select the
set 
] (which includes the pre-selected files) and then be able to exclude all
files in 
] that set before a certain date (normally the previous Monday). With
Fastback, 
] entering one date is all it takes as that date applies to *all* the files in 
the 
] set. In BA2000, the only date feature I can find applies only to individual
files 
] or to files named by wildcard, and the date has to be specified for each
one. 
] There must be a way to specify a date for all the files selected. Any help
on 
] this would be greatly appreciated. 

Add an exclude pattern of * with the include sub directories checkbox
checked, then specify the date using the fields provided.


Cheers,

Brad
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     22-Dec-99 19:29:22
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:17:14
Subj: Re:  Smartcache - Netscape 4.61 questions

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

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 21:37:28, Jose Miranda <jmiranda@ricochet.net> 
wrote:

>  
> where can one get smart cache?
>  
> TIA
>  
> Jose
 
http://ncic.netmag.cz/apps/nase/smartcache_e.html

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

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     22-Dec-99 19:29:20
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:17:14
Subj: Re: Netscape 4.61 questions

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

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 05:33:21, mikelrob@flash.net (Michael Robertson) 
wrote:

>         Both DLL's are in the directory but if I use the "Browse" function
to
> find them it shows the DLL directory as empty.  When I put the full 
> path in by hand I get the "Unable to find JAVAI.DLL in the specified 
> path message."  Since no one else seems to have encountered this, I 
> must be overlooking something very simple and obvious.  Not the first 
> time I've done that, I'm afraid.  Thanks again.
>  
> Michael
>  
> ***Live simply, that others may simply live.***
>  h

Hmmm. You could be confused by the VERY non-standard Browse thing in 
Netscape. I just tried it, you can navigate to the proper directory, 
but it doesn't show any files in that directory. However, if you 
select that directory, it does pick up the JAVAI.DLL (I guess it just 
assumes that you want that particular file, and all it wants to know 
is what the path is).

I suspect that most people don't run into this, because it is, 
usually, automatically set up, and doesn't, normally, need to be 
changed.

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: cbrey@ibm.net                                     22-Dec-99 20:47:11
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:17:14
Subj: How do I reflow text in Star Writer?

From: cbrey@ibm.net (Carter Brey)

Howdy--

I'm using Star Office 5.1 and need to reflow my text in a very long 
(120pp) document. I'm losing my mind because I cannot find out how to 
do this simple thing, and am having to shift every single line up to 
the previous line in order to make it meet the margin. Can someone 
please help me? Thanks.

Carter Brey (cbrey@ibm.net)      
http://www.newyorkphilharmonic.org/shopping/showorchestra.cfm?xid_orch
=47        
Brought to you by OS/2 Warp Version 4 and ProNews/2 

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From: donm@ftel.net                                     22-Dec-99 20:55:04
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:17:14
Subj: Re: CD-RW for OS/2?

From: donm@ftel.net (Don Morse)

In message <tnvyxbbagmdhnapbapbz.fn54b00.pminews@news1.lig.bellsouth.net> -:>
:>I don't think you can get this drive any more (I tried!), but I'm using a
6416SX on an Adaptec 1542C and it 
:>appears to work flawlessly. I'm using the RSJ CD-Writer.
:>
:>
:>
:>
:>Gail Koontz		Retired in my home state
:>836 Mallard Rd.		 . . . and loving it!
:>Cocoa, FL 32926	gail.koontz@quancon.com
:>
:>
:>

Did you pay the $189 for the program?  seems steep, with the Winblows version
at $95 and the Adaptec s/w free with purchase..  I'd really like to use the
RSJ s/w, but that's a little rich for me...

don

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From: donm@ftel.net                                     22-Dec-99 21:29:16
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:59:25
Subj: Re: microphone

From: donm@ftel.net (Don Morse)

In message <385bb672-nukewaste@wwivbbs.org> - "Dilbert Firestorm"
<wwiv@pppproject.org>Sat, 18 Dec 99 10:29:38 (cst) writes:
:>
:>hey all.
:>-
:>would any microphone or just specific ones would with Warp?
:>-

that depends on the sound card.  whether it needs a carbon or condenser mike. 
I've used various sound cards and both types of mikes with Warp..

don


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From: dave@david-lister.co.uk                           22-Dec-99 21:21:07
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:59:25
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: dave@david-lister.co.uk

In <uuneevfargpbzhxpbhx.fn626j0.pminews@nntp.netcomuk.co.uk>, on 12/22/99 
   at 06:49 PM, "Howard Harris" <hharris@netcomuk.co.uk> said:

>The conflict, or rather the problem, is in the relationship between Back
>Again/2000 and the HP Colorado 8GB internal tape drive. Support for the
>latter is my sole interest in Back Again/2000. The fact it works fine
>backing up to, for instance, my floppy drive is of no consolation what so
>ever; indeed, it adds to the distress, as it is clearly a most impressive
>programme. The smart folk at CDS are investigating and I've acquired
>multi-denominational religious affiliations in the desperate hope of
>assisting their efforts. 

Hi Howard,

I didn't catch your original message but gather you have a problem with
BA/2000 & HP Colorado 8GB drive?  Me too!  I actually bought the upgrade
without checking it (don't know why really) and it recognises my drive
fine but will not write a tape.  It keeps saying that the wrong volume is
in the drive or that it was written to to another application and must be
erased before it can be used.  It does this on erased tapes, initialised
tapes, brand new unused tapes, etc, etc.

However, it reads my BA/Pro backups and successfully backs up to my hard
disk.

What problems do you have?  CDS say (as you mention) that they are looking
into it but it's been real quite so far!  Please let me know if you hear
anything from them.

Dave Lister
------------------------------------------------------------
dave@david-lister.co.uk                                    

David Lister Accountancy Services
http://www.david-lister.co.uk
-------------------------------------------------------------

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From: engel003@mc.duke.edu                              22-Dec-99 17:25:22
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:59:25
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 compared to PSnS?

From: "L. Engelhart" <engel003@mc.duke.edu>

I'll be upgrading from WS 4.0 to WeB soon after the New Year and need to
decide whether or not to also upgrade from BA/2 Pro to BA/2000 Server or
to use PSnS which ships with WeB.  Can anybody post a comparison of the
two?

Thanks.


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From: brittonm@sympatico.ca                             22-Dec-99 22:35:05
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:59:25
Subj: Re: RSJ help request ...

From: Britt <brittonm@sympatico.ca>

Progress Report

Configuration

OS2 4.0 & FP12
64M Ram
SCSI HDD 1    C E
SCSI HDD 2    D F G
SCSI CDROM H

ACER attached to EIDE CNTRLR 0 as MASTER, PIO 4 (have tried PIO 0)
BusMastering OFF
AMI BIOS

1) vanilla OS2 install mounts the ACER as I:, and reads fine, (OS2 install
completed from this
    drive)

2) Installed RSJ with no parameter changes, and experienced TRAP error on
boot.

3) downloaded danis506 driver, and installed. BTW excellent docs/program
    System booted fine.
    danis506 reported evrything optimum.
    RSJ reported ACER as WORM, when -i"ATAPI" added to lockcdr.flt. If this is
    not added then the ACER is identified but ignored.
    Boot completed succesfully
    OS2 does not list drive (as to be expected)
    CD Writer control reports "Cannot find device specified"

I am now at a loss as to how to proceed. There are not error messages, and
everything appears to be in order.

Suggestions would be welcome
(I have just read an earlier note suggesting the use of -i:"full registration
string" which I am now going to try)

Regards
Britt



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From: debolle@my-deja.com                               22-Dec-99 22:52:16
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:59:25
Subj: Re: pmview 2.0 scheduled for 2nd week?

From: debolle@my-deja.com

It may be worth the wait, but it's
Dec. 23 now, and still no news. And
no PMView either. Guess the new
regscheme is more work then
expected...

In article
<yQbYdTtdfC2H-pn2-Q7mJcYhvONGC@localh
ost>,
  dtander@agt.net (David T. Anderson)
wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 07:51:36, Mark
Schlegel <moschleg@erols.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > The pmview web site says it's
scheduled to come out the
> > 2nd week of December.  Since it's
now the 3rd week was
> > it delayed again?
>
> A few last-minute bugs cropped up,
but the GA release is being
> assembled right now, according to
comments on the Beta mailing list.
> It could arrive at any moment.  I'm
using the final beta version, and
> I have to say it's well worth the
wait...
>
> David T. Anderson
> Calgary, Alberta
>



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

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From: brittonm@sympatico.ca                             22-Dec-99 23:00:29
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:59:25
Subj: Re: RSJ help request ...

From: Britt <brittonm@sympatico.ca>


Britt wrote:

> Progress Report
>
> Configuration
>
> OS2 4.0 & FP12
> 64M Ram
> SCSI HDD 1    C E
> SCSI HDD 2    D F G
> SCSI CDROM H
>
> ACER attached to EIDE CNTRLR 0 as MASTER, PIO 4 (have tried PIO 0)
> BusMastering OFF
> AMI BIOS
>
> 1) vanilla OS2 install mounts the ACER as I:, and reads fine, (OS2 install
> completed from this
>     drive)
>
> 2) Installed RSJ with no parameter changes, and experienced TRAP error on
boot.
>
> 3) downloaded danis506 driver, and installed. BTW excellent docs/program
>     System booted fine.
>     danis506 reported evrything optimum.
>     RSJ reported ACER as WORM, when -i"ATAPI" added to lockcdr.flt. If this
is
>     not added then the ACER is identified but ignored.
>     Boot completed succesfully
>     OS2 does not list drive (as to be expected)
>     CD Writer control reports "Cannot find device specified"
>
> I am now at a loss as to how to proceed. There are not error messages, and
> everything appears to be in order.
>
> Suggestions would be welcome
> (I have just read an earlier note suggesting the use of -i:"full
registration
> string" which I am now going to try)

Nope, made no difference, still unable to find device specified

>
>
> Regards
> Britt

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From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com                              22-Dec-99 22:33:02
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 18:59:25
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson)

dave@david-lister.co.uk wrote:

 - snip - 
] 
] What problems do you have?  CDS say (as you mention) that they are looking
] into it but it's been real quite so far!  Please let me know if you hear
] anything from them.

I've seen the problem duplicated and will hopefully have a resolution
shortly.  The problems occurs only with the HP IDE units; we can swap
in a Seagate or Tecmar unit and the problem goes away.  It may be
something to do with sense data interpretation and/or timing.


Cheers,

Brad
replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address

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From: alex@nukunuku.queensu.ca                          22-Dec-99 15:21:27
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:22
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2 = Embellish.

From: alex@nukunuku.queensu.ca (Alex Taylor)

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 06:56:54 -0600, Richard Steiner <rsteiner@visi.com> wrote:
>>I'm still looking for a "paint" program for OS/2, though.  I can't believe
>>there isn't one.  What do people use to _create_ bitmap images, anyway?
>>There's any number of tools for _manipulating_ them...
>
>I use Embellish.  That's why I paid for it in the first place (since I
>already had ColorWorks for doling image effects).  It has all of the
>normal paint shapes (solid and outline tools for circle, oval, square,
>rectangle, freeform open and closed polygons), customizable freehand
>pencil, chalk, airbrush, floodfil, pattern stamps, etc.

Embellish is reasonably close... it just seems inefficient to use.
(For instance, I could only seem to have _one_ colour selected at a
time for painting.  In DeluxePaint II, or PaintBrush, I can have a
foreground (left MB) and background (right MB), but in Embellish I
have to keep going back and selecting a new colour.  There are
other inefficiencies too, but I haven't explored extensively.)

>Yes, Embellish has a lot of image effects as well, but that certainly
>doesn't lessen its basic abilities as a paint program.  It's a *lot*
>better than Windows Paintbrush, IMhO.  And native.

I tried Embellish briefly when it was payware; it seemed OK, but not close
enough to my needs to be worth buying, so I deleted it and kept using
PaintBrush.  Now that it's free, I've DL'd it and will try it some more...

-- 
Alex Taylor
alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca

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From: swsnyder@home.com                                 22-Dec-99 15:49:19
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:22
Subj: Command line timer utility?

From: "Steve Snyder" <swsnyder@home.com>

Can someone point me to a utility which allows the timing of commands
at the command line?  (Something line the Unix "time" utility.)

Thank you.


***** Steve Snyder *****



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From: esko.kauppinen@ibm.net                            22-Dec-99 16:52:25
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:22
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: "Esko Kauppinen" <esko.kauppinen@ibm.net>

On 21 Dec 1999 15:14:11 GMT, Alex Taylor wrote:

>On 16 Dec 1999 21:00:51 GMT, e-frog <isaacl@grizzlies.ece.ubc.ca> wrote:
>>But what I really, really want is a true graphics paint program along the
>>lines of DeluxePaint II. Try it. It is HORRIBLE for image manipulation! No
>>layers, one undo, no objects, etc....
>>It is, however, great as a replacement canvas, for generating artwork from
>>SCRATCH (i.e. blank screen!)
>>For example, pick your favourite from the list above. Try doing a
>>still-life fruit scene in pastel. I don't even know how to start!
>
>For creating bitmaps, I use Paintbrush under Win-OS/2.  Horrible, I know,
>but it does have most of the rudimentary functionality I need.
>
>I'm still looking for a "paint" program for OS/2, though.  I can't believe
>there isn't one.  What do people use to _create_ bitmap images, anyway?
>There's any number of tools for _manipulating_ them...

  I use Embellish and think that it is pretty good. I must admit that at
first try
  i found it very confusing, couldn't even find a way to make a line.

  But after using it some time I realised the potential it has. 

  Esko


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From: chris@os2ezine.com                                22-Dec-99 16:06:22
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:22
Subj: Re: MySQL

From: chris@os2ezine.com (Chris Wenham)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 18:48:20, "Andreas Linde" <andreas.linde@os2.org> 
wrote:

> well, the last version of the russian port I tested is 1.3.6.
> the problem there where the mentioned crashes on aurora and the
> code page issue (already mentioned in a previews posting ).

 I didn't notice those problems. I commented-out the russian language 
support lines in the httpd.conf and I'm using WSeB.

Regards,

Chris Wenham - editor@os2ezine.com
The views expressed are mine.

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From: sfactual@erols.com                                22-Dec-99 12:08:27
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:22
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: Jon Schuck <sfactual@erols.com>

we use Corel DRAW! 5 (win/os2) at home.  Give it lots of memory, and it
cooks. Converts bitmaps to vectors, screen capture, animation,
presentations, and on ...

letoured@nospam.net wrote:

> >I'm still looking for a "paint" program for OS/2, though.  I can't
> >believe there isn't one.  What do people use to _create_ bitmap images,
> >anyway? There's any number of tools for _manipulating_ them...
>
> maybe they use a vector drawing programs and save the files as a bitmap?
>
> _____________
> Ed Letourneau <letoured@sover.net>

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From: mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com                         22-Dec-99 14:48:14
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:23
Subj: Re: Mesa2 Script Problem

From: mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:54:20, "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com> wrote:

> SETPROTECTION("OFF",CURRENTRANGE)
> 
It is a bug - The layer protection works right, but the way they tried to
implement the
inverse logic of range "unprotection" fails to connect the Selection Manager
check box
and the MScript function.  It should be possible if you use SysSetObject, but
you'd have
to know the right object/property names (and I don't).

I would suggest contacting Sundial for further information.
Rollin@sundialsystems.com
=Dwight=
X1=L, X2=L & the domain is phonetic

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From: jgil@widomaker.com                                22-Dec-99 12:41:15
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:23
Subj: Re: Mesa2 Script Problem

From: "Jack Gillis" <jgil@widomaker.com>

On 22 Dec 1999 14:48:29 GMT, mixxerdw@eye_eye_echs.com wrote:

>I would suggest contacting Sundial for further information.
>Rollin@sundialsystems.com

I suspected there was a problem here.  I e-mailed Support at Sundial early on
in the life of this frustration but have not heard back.

Is there a better way to shake an answer out of them?

Thanks


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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          22-Dec-99 18:47:29
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:23
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 03:11:34, gzimmer@attglobal.net wrote:

> donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly) writes:
> 
> In response to:
> 
> >> of the submenu items don't even have CUA keys acceleration. 
> 
> >Excellent point, but a separate one, I think. What does "CUA" mean, by
> >the way?
> 
> CUA (Common User Access?), was a set of standards, devised in 1989

Thanks, Gail, for the essay, and for all who were willing to spotlight
my ignorance by showing how widely it was known.

I think I've complained long ago about the lack of commonality among 
programs that use keystrokes, though maybe as far back as CIS, but I 
didn't realize it was a published standard and that of course makes 
Netscape's refusal to use these even more egregious, and puzzling.


-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: hharris@netcomuk.co.uk                            22-Dec-99 18:49:15
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:23
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: "Howard Harris" <hharris@netcomuk.co.uk>

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 00:07:24 -0600, Robert Dohrenburg wrote:

>Maybe there is a conflict in your computer. I would try to backup to a
>drive and see if that works.

The conflict, or rather the problem, is in the relationship between Back
Again/2000 and the HP Colorado 8GB internal tape drive. Support for the
latter is my sole interest in Back Again/2000. The fact it works fine backing
up to, for instance, my floppy drive is of no consolation what so ever;
indeed, it adds to the distress, as it is clearly a most impressive
programme. The smart folk at CDS are investigating and I've acquired
multi-denominational religious affiliations in the desperate hope of
assisting their efforts. 

--
Howard


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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          22-Dec-99 18:49:26
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:23
Subj: Re: Smartcache - Netscape 4.61 questions

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 21:37:28, Jose Miranda <jmiranda@ricochet.net> 
wrote:

> Dear Dan,
> 
> where can one get smart cache?
> 

For free, from the author's English homepage, at:

http://ncic.netmag.cz/apps/nase/smartcache_e.html#down

-- 

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: craig@fleckresearch.com                           22-Dec-99 11:03:16
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 22:52:23
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000  - why upgrade?

From: Fleck Research <craig@fleckresearch.com>

Thanks for the summary!

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From: zarembka@acsu.buffalo.edu                         23-Dec-99 01:29:07
  To: All                                               22-Dec-99 23:22:13
Subj: Difference between Java 1.1.7 vs. 1.1.8?

From: Paul Zarembka <zarembka@acsu.buffalo.edu>

What is the difference between Java 1.1.7 and 1.l.8?  The code for the
latter is quite a bit larger.  Thanks, Paul Zarembka

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From: jimboyan@idcomm.com                               22-Dec-99 20:33:18
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 03:21:22
Subj: Cannot Print From StarOffice

From: "Jim Boyan" <jimboyan@idcomm.com>

I'm trying to print a calander view from StarOffice, and it fails with the
message

"Object not accessible.  The object cannot be accessed due to insufficient
user rights"

Anybody see this??  How do you solve??


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From: cotroneo@stny.rr.com                              23-Dec-99 03:27:05
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 03:21:22
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: cotroneo@stny.rr.com

In <83oovf$2hu$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca>, isaacl@jazz.ece.ubc.ca (e-frog)
writes:
>Tim Martin (OS2Guy@WarpCity.com) wrote:
>: Alex Taylor wrote:
>
>: > For creating bitmaps, I use Paintbrush under Win-OS/2.  Horrible, I know,
>: > but it does have most of the rudimentary functionality I need.
>: >
>: > I'm still looking for a "paint" program for OS/2, though.  I can't
believe
>: > there isn't one.  What do people use to _create_ bitmap images, anyway?
>: > There's any number of tools for _manipulating_ them...
>
>: PhotoTiger has just been updated for OS/2.
>
>: PhotoTiger is a program for editing digital photos and pictures.
>:                                        PhotoTiger requires OS/2 Warp.
>
>Exactly my point! PhotoTiger is for "editing", i.e. for working on
>existing pictures! Such programs are all over the place, no shortage of
>those! In fact, I've looked for replacement over in the Windows camp and
>still no luck :(
>
>I can produce results with Colorworks, or PhotoGraphics, but the results
>are very, well, rigid, cold, industrial? (Oh geez, and the effort
>required...) Good for web graphics and icons and such, but there's more to
>computer graphics than that!
>
>I remember NeoN Grafix (www.neongrafix.com) had a paint program that was
>pretty good, at least the right style like DeluxePaint. I talked to them
>and they said they weren't going to add any features, so...
>
>I guess if I'm mad enough about the situation, I should get off my ass and
>program my own, eh?
>
>
>Isaac

I just found a copy of corel draw 2.5 for os/2. It is pretty old,
but pm based and seems to be very powerful. So far, I
am impressed.

Keith Cotroneo
cotroneo@stny.rr.com

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From: pmacintyre@home.com                               23-Dec-99 05:36:28
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 03:21:22
Subj: Re: ipt?

From: "Phil MacIntyre" <pmacintyre@home.com>

What is nn? Never heard of it before.
Phil

Hansang Bae <hbae@primenet.com.REMOVE> wrote in message
news:83ppnu$ojd$1@nnrp02.primenet.com...
> Jim Moseby <jim.moseby@texfiblends.com> writes:
> >If you have javascript enabled for mail and newsgroups, they can send a
> >message that will open your browser and take you to wherever they want
> >you to go.  In Netscape, click Edit/Preferences/Advanced and uncheck
> >'Enable Javascript for mail and news...'.
>
>
> Or you can use a command line newsreader like nn!
>
> I've tried Agent, Outlook, NetScape, velocity <?> and none of them can
> provide what nn provides.  SPEED and absolute control.
>
>
> *********** Remove the REMOVE if emailing me directly **************
> Due to the volume of email that I receive, I may not not be able to
> reply to emails sent to my account.  Please post a followup instead.
> ********************************************************************
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> hbae@richeysystems.com  Reg. Office: (718) 352-9021
> Specializing in Network Design/Troubleshooting and Protocol Analysis
> ********************************************************************


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From: sdrgjd@newcom.net                                 23-Dec-99 00:43:09
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 03:21:22
Subj: Re: OS/2 no longer supported by PartitionMagic?

From: "sjfgfj" <sdrgjd@newcom.net>

"Bob Eager" <rde@tavi.co.uk> wrote in message
news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-6fdtdJr9PSlB@man-180.dialup.zetnet.co.uk...
----------snip
>
> I wrote to PowerQuest asking when they would be able to fix the
> problem (which doesn't appear to be that difficult). This is the reply
> I received:
>
> "In order to address the needs of the server market, PowerQuest
> recently announced ServerMagic 3.0, a server upgrade tool that will
> copy, move, create, image  and resize Windows NT and NetWare Server
> partitions.  Whereas PartitionMagic and DriveImage  were originally
> developed as  desktop utilities, ServerMagic has been developed
> exclusively for the Enterprise market.  Please contact PowerQuest..."
>
> This of course completely fails to answer the question. Worse, NOTHING
> in the reply (or in the sales blurb for ServerMagic) even MENTIONS
> OS/2.

In case you haven't heard, Bob, OS/2 has been
dea.....................................



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From: swsnyder@home.com                                 23-Dec-99 05:48:16
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 03:21:22
Subj: Re: Command line timer utility?

From: "Steve Snyder" <swsnyder@home.com>

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 20:53:59 +0000 (GMT), Trevor Hemsley wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 15:49:38 GMT, Steve Snyder wrote:
>
>->Can someone point me to a utility which allows the timing of commands
>->at the command line?  (Something line the Unix "time" utility.)
>
>Rexx is your friend...
>
>/* Author Trevor Hemsley - 95/04/30                        */   
>Call RxFuncAdd 'SysLoadFuncs', 'RexxUtil', 'SysLoadFuncs'
>Call SysLoadFuncs
>
>parse upper arg everything  /* get parameters passed to us */
>if everything = "" then exit /* don't hang about if nothing to do */
>
>rrc = TIME("R")
>everything
>rrc = TIME("E")
>Say "Time taken for "everything" was "rrc
>
>
>Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK
>(Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com or 75704.2477@compuserve.com)

Gee, that *is* friendly!  Thanks.

***** Steve Snyder *****



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From: rsteiner@visi.com                                 22-Dec-99 23:06:02
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 03:21:22
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.apps, "Wayne Bickell" <wayne@SPAM.tkb.att.ne.jp>
spake unto us, saying:

>What about Logoart, is that nearer to a paint program than Embellish?

I forgot about that one.  Can it still be purchased/registered?

Also, there's Blue Paint:

  http://www.undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca/~pczarny/bpaint.html

but it's pretty basic.

Taking a different approach, how about a DOS program like NeoPaint?

  ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/graphics/neopt32a.zip

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
                 But are you a computer friendly user?

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From: wayne@SPAM.tkb.att.ne.jp                          23-Dec-99 16:30:14
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 05:15:02
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: "Wayne Bickell" <wayne@SPAM.tkb.att.ne.jp>

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 23:06:05 -0600, Richard Steiner wrote:

:>>What about Logoart, is that nearer to a paint program than Embellish?
:>
:>I forgot about that one.  Can it still be purchased/registered?

I saw it still at BMT Micro or from the author's homepage:

http://www.worklab.com/Logoart/Logoart.html

Cheers

Wayne

******************************************************
Wayne Bickell
Tokyo, Japan
wayne@tkb.att.ne.jp
******************************************************
           Posted with PMINews 2 for OS/2
  Running on OS/2 Warp 4 (UK)  + FixPak 9
******************************************************



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From: brittonm@sympatico.ca                             23-Dec-99 08:00:17
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 05:15:02
Subj: Re: RSJ help request ...

From: Britt <brittonm@sympatico.ca>

I have tried contacting RSJ support, but cannot because of broken pipe error
So I thought I could attach my question to this thread, as it seems similar.

Configuration

OS2 4.0 & FP12
64M Ram
SymBios PCI SCSI Controller
MBoard EIDE Controller
SCSI HDD 1    C E
SCSI HDD 2    D F G
SCSI CDROM H

ACER attached to EIDE CNTRLR 0 as MASTER, PIO 4 (have tried PIO 0)
BusMastering OFF
AMI BIOS

1) vanilla OS2 install mounts the ACER as I:, and reads fine, (OS2 install
     completed from this drive)

2) Installed RSJ with no parameter changes, and experienced TRAP error on
boot.

3) downloaded danis506 driver, and installed. BTW excellent docs/program
    System booted fine.
    danis506 reported evrything optimum.
    RSJ reported ACER as WORM, when -i"ATAPI" added to lockcdr.flt. If this is
    not added then the ACER is identified but ignored.
    Boot completed succesfully
    OS2 does not list drive (as to be expected)
    CD Writer control reports "Cannot find device specified"

I am now at a loss as to how to proceed. There are not error messages, and
everything appears to be in order.

Suggestions would be welcome

Regards
Britt


Frank Beythien wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:22:54, SkidMARX@att.net wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using Warp 4 with Fixpak 12 and having problems with the RSJ
> > burning package.
>
> Hi,
> why don't you try the rsj newsserver:   news.rsj.de
> group  :  rsj.de.support.cdwriter.os2
>
> posting in english will be understood.
>
> CU/2
> --
> Frank Beythien   fBeythien@gmx.de

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From: jbarring@arn.net                                  23-Dec-99 03:00:08
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:27
Subj: Re: OS/2 no longer supported by PartitionMagic?

From: jbarring@arn.net (Jerry)

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 18:08:22, rde@tavi.co.uk (Bob Eager) wrote:

> Do I understand from this that it IS possible to repair afterwards? If
> so, is that always so, and if so, what does one have to do?
> 

After you have modified the partition with PQMagic, you will get the 
mandatory reboot.  Then, start LVMGUI.  Select; Volume > create volumd
> create non-bootable volume > create compatibility volume > select the
modified volume and it will repair the partition to an LVM volume which Aurora 
can use.  This will work for all partitions _except_ the boot partition. 

Hope this helps.

Best of Luck
Jerry

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From: C.J.@btsoftware.com                               23-Dec-99 10:57:18
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:27
Subj: NEW Larsen Commander

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

Larsen Commander
******************
File manager & command processor
Larsen Commander is a powerful GUI File Manager and Command
Processor that has a look and feel like the classic Norton Commander.
The most notable difference is that the Larsen Commander is pure GUI
but still has a built in command line and a scrollable console monitor.

Check it out and download Larsen Commander for a free trial period from:
http://www.btsoftware.com/os2/larscmdr.htm


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From: rsteiner@visi.com                                 23-Dec-99 03:54:29
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:27
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.apps, "Wayne Bickell" <wayne@SPAM.tkb.att.ne.jp>
spake unto us, saying:

>On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 23:06:05 -0600, Richard Steiner wrote:
>
>:>>What about Logoart, is that nearer to a paint program than Embellish?
>:>
>:>I forgot about that one.  Can it still be purchased/registered?
>
>I saw it still at BMT Micro or from the author's homepage:
>
>http://www.worklab.com/Logoart/Logoart.html

LogoArt is not at BMT Micro, and the URL above works but has no image
files at all and the online order link results in a 404 error.

That doesn't look good.  :-(

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
            Never argue with a man carrying a water-buffalo.

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From: Jan.Danielsson@falun.mail.telia.com               23-Dec-99 12:28:11
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:27
Subj: Re: Map ISO images

From: "Jan Danielsson" <Jan.Danielsson@falun.mail.telia.com>

>>I've been asked to write a driver for mapping ISO images to a driveletter.
>>Since I'm currenty quite busy working on some other projects, I don't want
to
>>start a redundant project. Does such a driver exist already? If so, where?
>
>I don't believe so.
>
>If you do end up doing this, you may want to refer to the "loopback
>filesystem" driver for the Linux kernel, which does this under Linux - it
>probably wouldn't port all that well, but it is opensource, and might have
>pieces you could use.

Thanks, I'll check it out.


 /j



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From: dcasey@ibm.net                                    23-Dec-99 13:17:15
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:28
Subj: Re: New beta of SafeFire PPP - with GUI client now!

From: dcasey@ibm.net (Dan Casey)

In article <fIF9M9pMNugl-pn2-JjX9Mo3Oh7Xd@camb0340.capecod.net>,
xyxmadxyx@xyxziplinkxyx.xyxnetxyx (mark davidson) wrote:
>On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:02:19, "Link Guard Solutions Ltd."
><devdir@lgs.kiev.ua> wrote:
>
>> SafeFire PPP 0.9 beta 59
>
>> Check Link Guard solutions homepage (http://www.lgs.kiev.ua) to get Your
>> copy.
>
>i have tried a multitude of times but am absolutely unable to download
>the beta from your site.  it is extremely slow and the transfer
>*never* completes.  please upload the safefire ppp beta to hobbes or
>another more reliable site.
>
>if someone can point me to a more reliable download site for safefire
>ppp, it will be much appreciated.
>
>thanks/regards, .. mark davidson

Try Injoy Firewall. http://www.fx.dk

Demo version is 2-user w/no rule-based firewall, but it's enough to
show you how well it works. Download links from that site include
Hobbes and BMT Micro (where you can also register it).

--
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*  Dan Casey                                                 *
*  President                                                 *
*  V.O.I.C.E. (Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education *
*  http://www.os2voice.org                                   *
*  Abraxas on IRC                                            *
*  http://members.iquest.net/~dcasey                         *
*  Charter Associate member, Team SETI                       *
*  Warpstock 99 in Atlanta  http://www.warpstock.org         *
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From: dcasey@ibm.net                                    23-Dec-99 13:17:16
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:28
Subj: Re: pmview 2.0 scheduled for 2nd week?

From: dcasey@ibm.net (Dan Casey)

In article <386167B9.CA8@mailcity.com>,
Jeff Welton <j.welton@mailcity.com> wrote:
>Dan Casey wrote:
>>
>> As Peter Nielsen said in a Live IRC Chat session on Monday, the 20th
>> .... it's in the hands of BMT, now. BMT Micro has the GA code as well
>> as the tools to handle the registration and the generating of new keys
>> to previously registered users.
>>
>> But BMT is currently upgrading their servers and their site .... so
>> that's where the delay is coming from.
>>
>> I'd guess that as soon as BMT has completed the upgrades ... we'll see
>> PMView 2.0.
>
>I read this at Warp City Monday night and wondered
>why the upgrade or new release is only available at
>BMT?  I'm a registeed user of v1.05 and would like to
>be able to download/install the v2.0 release today.
>If BMT is holding it up, why am I, a registered user
>not allowed to download/upgrade directly from the
>PMView site?
>
>Jeff

Because that's who Peter chose to handle the distribution and
registration. Peter doesn't have the capacity (bandwidth)  to allow
users to download from his site. BMT has been distributing ALL of the
beta releases, and they have the GA code as well as the tools to
handle generating the keys.

PMView 2.0 uses a different registration process than the 1.x versions
did. Your 1.x key will NOT work with 2.0. BMT also has the tool to
handle the re-registration (free, of course, to existing 1.x users) to
generate the new key for you.

And before anyone starts griping about the 1.x key not working  in 2.0
... it was done to prevent the use of the pirated keys that have been
floating around the internet for the past year or so.

If you have a legitimate version 1.x registration key, you'll be able
to exchange it, at no charge, for a new version 2.0 registration key.
If you have been using PMView with the pirated key, you won't be able
to get a new 2.0 key with that key.

There are also several other registration options available. With this
release, PMView 2.0 is now available for both OS/2 and Windows. If you
have a Lifetime license to the OS/2 version (Registered version 1.x
user), you have a couple of other options, if you're also interested
in the Windows version. Details will be on BMT ... when they get it
all setup.

Be patient .. it's worth the wait :-)

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*  President                                                 *
*  V.O.I.C.E. (Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education *
*  http://www.os2voice.org                                   *
*  Abraxas on IRC                                            *
*  http://members.iquest.net/~dcasey                         *
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From: jimboyan@idcomm.com                               23-Dec-99 06:31:18
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:28
Subj: Re: Command line timer utility?

From: "Jim Boyan" <jimboyan@idcomm.com>

Or try this link to os2 scheduling software...
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/schedule/


Steve Snyder wrote in message ...
>On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 20:53:59 +0000 (GMT), Trevor Hemsley wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 15:49:38 GMT, Steve Snyder wrote:
>>
>>->Can someone point me to a utility which allows the timing of commands
>>->at the command line?  (Something line the Unix "time" utility.)
>>
>>Rexx is your friend...
>>
>>/* Author Trevor Hemsley - 95/04/30                        */
>>Call RxFuncAdd 'SysLoadFuncs', 'RexxUtil', 'SysLoadFuncs'
>>Call SysLoadFuncs
>>
>>parse upper arg everything  /* get parameters passed to us */
>>if everything = "" then exit /* don't hang about if nothing to do */
>>
>>rrc = TIME("R")
>>everything
>>rrc = TIME("E")
>>Say "Time taken for "everything" was "rrc
>>
>>
>>Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK
>>(Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com or 75704.2477@compuserve.com)
>
>Gee, that *is* friendly!  Thanks.
>
>***** Steve Snyder *****
>
>
>


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From: ericwl@shore.net                                  23-Dec-99 13:32:08
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:28
Subj: Re: Difference between Java 1.1.7 vs. 1.1.8?

From: ericwl@shore.net

117 is a bit more stable having been in the maintenance loop
many months more than 118. (New 117 fixes available at 
hursley from 2 weeks ago.)

Cheers,
Eric...


On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 01:29:15, Paul Zarembka 
<zarembka@acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote:

> What is the difference between Java 1.1.7 and 1.l.8?  The code for the
> latter is quite a bit larger.  Thanks, Paul Zarembka


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From: deweiss@panix.com                                 23-Dec-99 08:58:16
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:28
Subj: NS 4.61 opening error messages

From: Daniel Weiss <deweiss@panix.com>

This is a little more information on the problem I am having with
Netscape 4.61 (I posted earlier), namely that it cannot open certain
URLs which freely open with Explorer.  For example, I get into
abebooks.com with no problem, but not the search site within
(dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/1list).  My bottom line tells me that I am
connected and waiting for a reply, but it never comes.

While I was stuck waiting, I hit ctrl-alt-T, and I was told:

0 URLs waiting for open socket
0 URLs waiting for fewer active URLs (limit 4)
1 connection open
1 active URL
sock: 241  con_sock:-1  protocol:4

A friend of mine, who succesfully opened this site, was told that he had
0 connections open and 0 active URL, and did not receive the last line.

Does anyone know the significance of this message, and what I can do
about it?

Daniel Weiss

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From: wayne@SPAM.tkb.att.ne.jp                          23-Dec-99 23:06:09
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:28
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: "Wayne Bickell" <wayne@SPAM.tkb.att.ne.jp>

On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 03:54:58 -0600, Richard Steiner wrote:

:>LogoArt is not at BMT Micro, and the URL above works but has no image
:>files at all and the online order link results in a 404 error.
:>
:>That doesn't look good.  :-(

I did a search at BMT and followed the links for a secure
registration so I assumed it was still there.

I may have a copy on one of my backup tapes...

Cheers

Wayne



******************************************************
Wayne Bickell
Tokyo, Japan
wayne@tkb.att.ne.jp
******************************************************
           Posted with PMINews 2 for OS/2
  Running on OS/2 Warp 4 (UK)  + FixPak 9
******************************************************



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From: lafaix@ibm.net                                    23-Dec-99 15:30:27
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:28
Subj: Re: Toolbar Netsc. 4.61 how?

From: lafaix@ibm.net (Martin Lafaix)

In article <jORXtcYCR8l4-pn2-Fv2lOZnm7Hwg@SPHERICALBURN.TAMPABAY.RR.COM>,
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly) wrote:
>On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 03:11:34, gzimmer@attglobal.net wrote:
>> CUA (Common User Access?), was a set of standards, devised in 1989
>
>I think I've complained long ago about the lack of commonality among
>programs that use keystrokes, though maybe as far back as CIS, but I
>didn't realize it was a published standard and that of course makes
>Netscape's refusal to use these even more egregious, and puzzling.

Well, CUA was an IBM standard, not an "industry" standard per se.  So
the fact that Netscape does not follow it is not that surprizing.

As an aside, CUA was part of SAA and was quite closely obeyed by many
IBM softwares.  The CUA guidelines are available online at:

http://ppdbooks.pok.ibm.com:80/cgi-bin/bookmgr/bookmgr.cmd/BOOKS/F29AL000/CCONT
ENTS

But this is a memory of times long gone.
--
Martin Lafaix <lafaix@ibm.net>
Team OS/2
http://www.multimania.com/lafaix

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From: lifedata@xxvol.com                                23-Dec-99 10:02:25
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 14:39:28
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2 = Embellish.

From: lifedata@xxvol.com

rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner) said:

>An additional note: the paint tools do not show up "by default" on the
>main toolbar,

Is that why mine comes up with most of the buttons grayed out when I start
it?  Actually not grayed out, just gray.

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


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From: hbae@primenet.com.REMOVE                          23-Dec-99 18:02:05
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 15:23:03
Subj: ipt?

From: Hansang Bae <hbae@primenet.com.REMOVE>

"Phil MacIntyre" <pmacintyre@home.com> writes:
>What is nn? Never heard of it before.

I was going to eamil this since it's off topic, but I figured others
would ask as well. 

But "nn" stands for "no news is good news" and is a Unix based reader.
Comes with linux and other platforms.

I believe the updated form is called "trn" (not the same as tin) but
haven't used it yet.


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From: chris@os2ezine.com                                23-Dec-99 17:28:20
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 15:23:03
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: chris@os2ezine.com (Chris Wenham)

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 22:48:07, "Wayne Bickell" 
<wayne@SPAM.tkb.att.ne.jp> wrote:

> What about Logoart, is that nearer to a paint program than Embellish?

 LogoArt is a vector drawing program and FAR removed from painting.

 A vector program, like LogoArt and Photo-Graphics works with 
primitive shapes that can be freely modified at any time. 
 What you see on the screen is re-rendered into a bitmap every time 
you add or modify somthing. It's also re-built whenever you print it, 
so the resolution will match the printer's capabilities. The more 
primitives you have on the screen, the more memory you need - 
regardless of the dimensions of the picture.

 A raster/bitmap program, like ColorWorks and Embellish, work with 
pixels and not shapes. They all have tools for helping you paint a lot
of pixels "in bulk", in the form of shapes and lines etc. But the only
way of modifying any shape or pixel is to undo back to that point or 
just paint over it.
 What you see on the screen is what you get. What you print is not 
adjusted for resolution. And the memory you need to work with the 
picture never changes - but is determined and fixed from the moment 
you create a new file and specify its dimentions and color depth.

 The lines have been blurred a little bit by some programs, changing a
few of the rules. Photo>Graphics is a vector drawing program, but it 
tries to pull off a few tricks invented by the bitmap processors - 
such as blurring, sharpening and embossing. But all of these must be 
re-calculated every time a change is made - slowing down the program 
considerably.

 In the other camp, Embellish takes everything you draw and treats it 
as its own little bitmap, movable to anywhere on the grand canvas - 
like sliding paper cut-outs around on a magnetic board. GIMP and 
PhotoShop have layers, which is almost identical to what Embellish 
does - but with more control. These all result in greater memory 
requirements as more layers get added.

 Regardless of the way the two different types of programs attempt to 
borrow techniques from each other, they all must start out with one 
design or the other. Vector programs are good for diagrams and 
illustrations, but they're _NOT_ what you'd use to paint a still life 
or touch-up a photograph. Neither do they come within shouting range 
of DeluxePaint.

 The best program in the "painting and dabbling" category isn't 
available for OS/2. It's called Fractal Painter and you can get it for
Mac or Windows. If all he wants is an OS/2 clone of the Windows 
Paintbrush, he should try PhotoTiger or NeoN 2D Pixel.

Chris Wenham - editor@os2ezine.com
The views expressed are mine.

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From: rde@tavi.co.uk                                    23-Dec-99 17:23:19
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 15:23:03
Subj: Re: OS/2 no longer supported by PartitionMagic?

From: rde@tavi.co.uk (Bob Eager)

On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:00:16, jbarring@arn.net (Jerry) wrote:

> After you have modified the partition with PQMagic, you will get the 
> mandatory reboot.  Then, start LVMGUI.  Select; Volume > create volumd
> > create non-bootable volume > create compatibility volume > select the
modified volume and it will repair the partition to an LVM volume which Aurora 
can use.  This will work for all partitions _except_ the boot partition. 

It's the boot partition I'm worried about! Anyone have any further 
input?

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

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From: chris@os2ezine.com                                23-Dec-99 17:29:27
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 15:23:03
Subj: Re: Graphics/Paint for OS/2?

From: chris@os2ezine.com (Chris Wenham)

On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 03:27:10, cotroneo@stny.rr.com wrote:

> 
> I just found a copy of corel draw 2.5 for os/2. It is pretty old,
> but pm based and seems to be very powerful. So far, I
> am impressed.

 Corel Draw is a vector drawing program, not a bitmap/raster painter 
like what this guy is looking for.
 The two types of program are fundamentally different and designed for
different tasks.

Regards,

Chris Wenham - editor@os2ezine.com
The views expressed are mine.

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From: gerd.thier@arcormail.de                           23-Dec-99 18:06:12
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 15:23:03
Subj: Re: OS/2 no longer supported by PartitionMagic?

From: Gerd Thier <gerd.thier@arcormail.de>


sjfgfj schrieb:
> 
> "Bob Eager" <rde@tavi.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-6fdtdJr9PSlB@man-180.dialup.zetnet.co.uk...
> ----------snip
> >
> > I wrote to PowerQuest asking when they would be able to fix the
> > problem (which doesn't appear to be that difficult). This is the reply
> > I received:
> >
> > "In order to address the needs of the server market, PowerQuest
> > recently announced ServerMagic 3.0, a server upgrade tool that will
> > copy, move, create, image  and resize Windows NT and NetWare Server
> > partitions.  Whereas PartitionMagic and DriveImage  were originally
> > developed as  desktop utilities, ServerMagic has been developed
> > exclusively for the Enterprise market.  Please contact PowerQuest..."
> >
> > This of course completely fails to answer the question. Worse, NOTHING
> > in the reply (or in the sales blurb for ServerMagic) even MENTIONS
> > OS/2.
> 
> In case you haven't heard, Bob, OS/2 has been
> dea.....................................


X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600

The last blue screen or sys hang ???
The last lost data due sys error ???

-- 
MfG / Regards

Gerd  
This OS/2 system uptime is 0 days 04:25 hours (en).

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From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com                              23-Dec-99 18:41:19
  To: All                                               23-Dec-99 15:23:03
Subj: Re: Back Again/2000 - has anyone had the evaluation version work?

From: spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson)

spamtrap@cds-inc.com (Brad Benson) wrote:

] I've seen the problem duplicated and will hopefully have a resolution
] shortly.  The problems occurs only with the HP IDE units; we can swap
] in a Seagate or Tecmar unit and the problem goes away.  It may be
] something to do with sense data interpretation and/or timing.

Wow, what a wierd problem.   For some reason, the HP units fail to
report a check condition upon encountering beginning of
medium/beginning of partition during a reverse space filemark.  Not a
big deal to work around, but apparently a firmware issue since found
(and hopefully) fixed by HP.   If you'd like to try the patch, drop me
a note and tell me if you have Workstation or Server.   We don't have
patches for the eval copy at this time; that will be updated once we
get existing customers taken care of.


Cheers,

Brad
replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address

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