http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/ Posts for comp.os.os2.misc Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:53:27 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/ http://www.nnseek.com/img/64.png 64 64 NNSeek http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/voice_newsletter_call_for_articles_93952242t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/voice_newsletter_call_for_articles_93952242t.html eComStation users with useful, accurate, and current information. To do
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]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:53:27 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/apsoft_new_pcmcia_driver_support_please_answer_if_interested_93718002t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/apsoft_new_pcmcia_driver_support_please_answer_if_interested_93718002t.html
APSoft (www.tssc.de) have not updated their driver for the last 4 years,
so many new PCMCIA/Cardbus/Expresscard chips are now unsupported or only
partially supported.

I have emailed them and they answered over the week-end. If you have,
like me, version 7 released in 2004 (or earlier) here is their answer:

"You likely have latest official release. We can, of course, re-release
product, if there is enough people interested in such release.
Please talk to OS/2 community. We will re-release if we have at least 30
licenses order."

I think that the price would be similar (~70 Euros).

Please answer to this thread if you are interested, so we can forward a
list of contacts to APSoft. I have posted the same announcement on
ecomstation.support.hardware, so please answer only once (either here or
there) to ease the counting.

Thank you all in advance for your answer. I hope we will get above the
30 positive answers ;)

AyPP

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]]> Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:09:00 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/another_vim_for_os_2_question_93677298t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/another_vim_for_os_2_question_93677298t.html Hello All OS/2 Users,

Now that i have vim working well under OS/2 Warp (fixpack 15, kernel
14.104a_W4), i wish to know how to set the system wide default behaviour
to open, say, a data file (such as config.sys) with vim.exe instead of
e.exe. I tried this already:
1) renamed e.exe to ee.exe, made copy of c:\vim\vim70vim.exe ->
c:\vim\vim70\e.exe. This works for command line invocation of e. It
does _not_ work when i double click on a data file that normally opens
with e.exe. It still opens with e.exe!
2) added a vim menu item in the Properties notebook page, and set the
default open action to point to vim. This works.

How do i make this happen for all regular "data files" that would
normally use e.exe?

--
Regards / JCH

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]]> Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:42:27 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/formatting_cd_rw_93588466t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/formatting_cd_rw_93588466t.html I mostly have failures when formatting CR-RW discs in my Sony drive.

I noticed that the failure is associated with the IDE controller failing to
release the drive; the case LED stays on when the drive LED is off.

Your suggestions are welcome.

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]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:51:55 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/boot_failure_93588210t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/boot_failure_93588210t.html I am returning to the task of making my new Windows box double as a standby for
my Warp box.

I solved the problem of the SCSI U320 driver not loading by installing an
Adaptec 29160N controller and reverting to the U160 driver which controlled this
hard drive in a previous box.

When I boot the hard drive the screen presents the following:-
System BIOS
SCSI BIOS
System config summary
Boot Manager
Recovery options
Basedevs
Config.sys reports
At this point I expect the display BIOS/driver to report but instead the system
hangs leaving nothing in popuplog.os2.

When I select F2 in the Recovery options, the Autocheck reports clean and the
system crashes leaving the following 4 entries in popuplog.os2.

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

07-20-2008 10:13:22 SYS3175 PID 0001 TID 0006 Slot 0007
sysinit
c0000005
fb82f124
P1=00000008 P2=000009d8 P3=XXXXXXXX P4=XXXXXXXX
EAX=00000001 EBX=00ff0000 ECX=000c0000 EDX=bfeb0000
ESI=ffde0100 EDI=fe7f44ce
DS=0000 DSACC=**** DSLIM=********
ES=0130 ESACC=00f3 ESLIM=000057f5
FS=0000 FSACC=**** FSLIM=********
GS=0000 GSACC=**** GSLIM=********
CS:EIP=040b:00000124 CSACC=009f CSLIM=00000c7d
SS:ESP=001f:00000f76 SSACC=00f3 SSLIM=00000fff
EBP=0000dbf3 FLG=00013206

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

07-20-2008 10:13:22 SYS3170 PID 0001 TID 0006 Slot 0007
sysinit
c0010001
1c029e3a
EAX=00000000 EBX=00ff0000 ECX=00010053 EDX=bfeb0000
ESI=ffde0100 EDI=fe7f44ce
DS=0053 DSACC=d0f3 DSLIM=3fffffff
ES=0053 ESACC=d0f3 ESLIM=3fffffff
FS=150b FSACC=00f3 FSLIM=00000030
GS=0000 GSACC=**** GSLIM=********
CS:EIP=005b:00000000 CSACC=d0df CSLIM=3fffffff
SS:ESP=0053:00030a72 SSACC=d0f3 SSLIM=3fffffff
EBP=00030b8a FLG=00013246

DOSCALL1.DLL 0002:00009e3a

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

07-20-2008 10:13:22 SYS3170 PID 0001 TID 0006 Slot 0007
sysinit
c0010001
1c029e3a
EAX=00000000 EBX=00ff0000 ECX=00000053 EDX=bfeb0000
ESI=ffde0100 EDI=fe7f44ce
DS=0053 DSACC=d0f3 DSLIM=3fffffff
ES=0053 ESACC=d0f3 ESLIM=3fffffff
FS=150b FSACC=00f3 FSLIM=00000030
GS=0000 GSACC=**** GSLIM=********
CS:EIP=005b:00000000 CSACC=d0df CSLIM=3fffffff
SS:ESP=0053:0003056e SSACC=d0f3 SSLIM=3fffffff
EBP=00030686 FLG=00013246

DOSCALL1.DLL 0002:00009e3a

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

07-20-2008 10:13:22 SYS3171 PID 0001 TID 0006 Slot 0007
sysinit
c0010001
1c029e3a
EAX=00000000 EBX=00ff0000 ECX=00000001 EDX=bfeb0000
ESI=ffde0100 EDI=fe7f44ce
DS=0053 DSACC=d0f3 DSLIM=3fffffff
ES=0053 ESACC=d0f3 ESLIM=3fffffff
FS=150b FSACC=00f3 FSLIM=00000030
GS=0000 GSACC=**** GSLIM=********
CS:EIP=005b:1c02a40a CSACC=d0df CSLIM=3fffffff
SS:ESP=0053:0002fffe SSACC=d0f3 SSLIM=3fffffff
EBP=00030016 FLG=00013212

DOSCALL1.DLL 0002:00009e3a


The box has 8 GB of RAM, 256 MB of RAM on the display adapter and Video BIOS is
cached. The previous box had fractions of all this.

What should I try next?

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]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:51:55 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/opening_a_command_window_93483506t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/opening_a_command_window_93483506t.html I apparently changed a setting somehow...
Now, whenever I open a os/2 command window, it opens partially, not full
size, i.e., with scroll bars.
How do I change CMD windows default behavior to open maximized?

--
jmm (hyphen) list (at) sohnen-moe (dot) com
(Remove .AXSPAMGN for email)

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]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:44:24 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/warpevents_eu_web_site_launched_93025522t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/warpevents_eu_web_site_launched_93025522t.html
So far warpevents.eu has mostly been working in the background with
current and past Warpstock Europe event teams to create an
infrastructure for them to work with in terms of information,
communication, and running the event web sites. Now that this base has
been established, we are turning towards the public-you.

The warpevents.eu web site is intended to become the one-stop point for
all kinds of information about events related to OS/2 and eComStation.
That includes a future events calendar, an archive for past events
including presentation downloads, and information for potential
organisers and event teams.

While we are working on the technical infrastructure, we need your help
to fill it with life. Tell us about events, send us presentations, share
your experience in running events, discuss matters in the forum, or
support us with a donation.

Interested? Got ideas? Then learn more at:

http://www.warpevents.eu

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]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:37:37 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/voice_newsletter_07_2008_available_93025266t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/voice_newsletter_07_2008_available_93025266t.html
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o Hello and Good-bye -- by Christian Hennecke
o Installing VBox/2, Fedora 8 as Guest OS, and Java 6 in Fedora 8 -- by
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o Exploring Feature Install - Part 2: Advanced Installation Topics -- by
Alex Taylor
o Virtual Memory Problems under OS/2 -- by Sjoerd Visser
o OS/2 and Multilingual Character Sets - Part 3 -- by Alex Taylor
o Is Usenet advocacy too polluted to be relevant any more? -- by Mark
Dodel
o netlabs.org Developers Workshop 2008 - Report and Rumors -- by Thomas
Klein
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]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:35:13 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/i_m_so_confused_92770290t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/i_m_so_confused_92770290t.html post), so I bought 2 used hard drives from eBay, a 7.8G Western
Digital, and a 6.4G Maxtor. When I was installing Warp on the W.D.
drive, after disk 2 was finished, and it propted me to put the CD in
the drive, I did, and pressed enter. Instead of starting the install a
screen came up that said "The existing partition table on your hard
drive was created using an earlier version of the operating system.
The partition table was updated to ensure compatability with the
current version of the operating system. The system must be restarted
so that the updated partition table can be recognized during system
installation. Remove the disk from Drive A. Insert the Installation
Disk in drive A. Press the Enter key."
When I do this, it goes through all 3 floppies, and comes back to this
error again. It's caught in a loop for some reason. I tried fdisk from
the Warp4 disk 2 and it gave me an error saying "This process cannot
start an Fdisk session because another process is using Fdisk." I
tried using Partition Magic ver. 7 to delete the partition, and when
it was finished, I tried reinstalling Warp, only to have that error
message come up again. I then went to the Western Digital website and
downloaded Data Lifeguard tool and ran the "Write Zeros to the hard
drive" option, then after it finished I tried reinstalling Warp. I got
the same earlier version partition error. NOTHING I try works!!
How do I get rid of this error so I can reinstall Warp? After battling
this for several hours, I decided to the 2nd hard drive I bought. I
GOT THE SAME ERROR!!! Now I'm wondering if these drives had an earlier
version of OS/2 on them, or is it something I'm doing/not doing
correctly.
Please help if you can. I've done everything I can think of but get my
bulk tape eraser out and let the drives have that!!! I'm afraid I
might ruin them if I do that.
Thanks,
Snyde

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]]> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:40:05 PDT http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/java_for_os_2_4_52_new_question_92249330t.html http://www.nnseek.com/e/comp.os.os2.misc/java_for_os_2_4_52_new_question_92249330t.html 142_9 from the site given by Pete. I ahave not yet installed it.

Now, in surveying my ROOT OS/2 Drive I have
Java11 - 19,856 KB
java 13 - 68,601 KB
java 142 - 43,272 KB

directories.
(1) Do I need them all?
(2) Can I upgrade those apps using lower java stuff (If so, how?)
(3) Can I delete some of these directories w/o problems

NOTE: I use the following that (I believe) uses Java
SeaMonkey 1.1.10 (Main Browser)
IBM Web Browser 2.0.5 Still tied to some apps
Even Netscape Communicator 4.6 for CD-Roms w/HTML files (small
and compact)
Opera 5.12

OpenOffice 1.1.4 and 1.1.5 (1.1.5 does not do Hebrew like
1.1.4)

Paul

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