APC: http:://www.apcc.com
Best Power: http://www.bestpower.com
Minuteman: http://www.minuteman-ups.com
Liebert: http://www.liebert.com
Minuteman: http://www.minuteman-ups.com
PK Electronics: http://www.pkworld.com
Tripplite: http://www.tripplite.com/
I had installed mine earlier but it did not start up and work as was expected
of it. The error I used to get was "Unable to start WORD8CONV" and so
on if I tried to open a Word 97 document. It is possible that you might have had
this problem.
The solution: Look for a path created elsewhere:
X:\WINDOWS\MSAPPS <-- X could be anything... for some reason, it chose X=E:
[my OS/2 boot drive] for me! Under this, it created two directories:
grphflt & textconv
There were a few files in each directory.
Just copy this full MSAPPS path into
Y:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\ ... so that you will have
Y:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\MSAPPS\ with the sub dirs in place.
This should fix it! It worked for me! Further, if you already have a MSAPPS
directory, I guess, you'll need to just copy the relevant files from ..\MSAPPS\grphflt
[in the funny place] to the one under your WINOS2 path. and same for the ..\MSAPPS\TextConv
directory.
I had the same problem with Powerchute Pro for OS/2. Solution (not the best perhaps!)
is to install manually (don't let the program configure your CONFIG.SYS and choose
the option to configure demo files which are called CONFIG.APC and STARTUP.APC I
think. It also messed up LAN installations for me. Then follow one of these procedures:
Standalones:
Add the following to your CONFIG.SYS
set pwrchute=x:\pwrchute
Add the Powerchute directory to your libpath
Make sure you have upsd.exe in your STARTUP.CMD
Reboot.
You should see the UPS file starting from STARTUP.CMD, then you will be able
to run PWRCHUTE.EXE.
LAN:
Same procedure with CONFIG.SYS, then find IBMLAN.INI, add the following line
under [services] section:
ups = x:\pwrchute\upsd.exe
Make sure that you include a final carriage return at the end of the file otherwise
for some reason (anyone know why?) the last line won't be processed. You can also
add UPS to the <wrkservices>
parameter which will allow autostart of the UPS service when you start the requester.
Otherwise add the following to STARTUP.CMD
net start ups
All should be well.
This is the note I posted to the newsgroups with more info on the lines problem
Hi there.
Now that I have your attention, welcome to the unofficial Netscape Communicator
for OS/2 Warp informational post.
By the time you read this, or soon after, the GA version of COMM/2 should be
up there.
I have promised everyone some undocumented features, and this post lists them.
It also lists some workarounds that are NOT in the README.
ITEM NUMBER 1 IS THE ONLY SUPPORTED THING IN THIS POST
Please read this post!
1. Lines in images
Some machines might still experience white lines in images, even after following
the FixPak 6 instructions in the README. If you do, use the following REXX CMD to
add another entry to your INI File:
/* */
call RxFuncAdd 'SysLoadFuncs', 'RexxUtil', 'SysLoadFuncs'
call SysLoadFuncs
call SysIni 'USER', 'FixPak', 'Shift','2'
If you still have the problem, try changing the '2' to '1'
2. Viewing source in an editor, using AIM, Host On-Demand, or Netcaster
OK, the following CMD file is a catch all for all of the above. First the CMD
file:
/* IniName points to the location of your NSCP.INI */
/* Change NSDir to the directory where NS40 is installed */
/* Change InstallDrive to the drive where NS40 is installed */
/* Change en to be the two character identifier for your browser */
IniName = 'C:\OS2\NSCP.INI'
InstallDrive = 'C:'
NSDir = InstallDrive||'\NS40BETA'
InstallDir = NSDir'\Program'
NSVersion = '4.04 (en)'
call RxFuncAdd 'SysLoadFuncs', 'RexxUtil', 'SysLoadFuncs'
call SysLoadFuncs
/* Add ini entries for Netcaster */
call SysIni IniName, 'Netcaster', 'CurrentVersion', NSVersion
call SysIni IniName, 'Netcaster-'||NSVersion, 'Install Directory',
NSDir'\Netcast'
/* Add ini entries for Host On-Demand */
call SysIni IniName, '3270', 'CurrentVersion', NSVersion
call SysIni IniName, '3270-'||NSVersion, 'Install Directory',
NSDir'\3270'
/* Add ini entries for AOL Instant Messenger */
call SysIni IniName, 'AIM', 'CurrentVersion', NSVersion
call SysIni IniName, 'AIM-'||NSVersion, 'Install Directory', NSDir'\AIM'
/* Add Registry entries for View Source */
call SysIni IniName, 'Registry',
'\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\viewsource','URL:View Source'
call SysIni IniName, 'Registry', '\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\viewsource\shell',0
call SysIni IniName, 'Registry',
'\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\viewsource\shell\open',0
call SysIni IniName, 'Registry',
'\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\viewsource\shell\open\command','C:\OS2\E.EXE'
Now how to use it:
Install Netscape on windows, copy the contents of NETCAST, 3270, and AIM
directories to the appropriately named directories under where you
installed NETSCAPE:
NETSCAPE\PROGRAM
NETSCAPE\3270
NETSCAPE\NETCAST
NETSCAPE\AIM
Note that these three products are NOT supported, but feel free to try. Note
that the AOL pulldown will just launch AIM.EXE in the AIM directory, so you can
put anything there.
Once you have added the View Source entry, you can modify the settings for it
in the Preferences->Applications.
3. Misc undocumented OS/2 features:
All these are entries you can add to your PREFS.JS file to do various things.
Have fun experimenting:
If we see a web page with Arial, Helvetica, we pick Helvetica if this preference
is true user_pref("os2.arial_pref", false|true);
Specify a wave file for new mail sound. REMEMBER double backslashes!
user_pref("os2.mail.sound", "C:\\MMOS2\\SOUNDS\\GOTMAIL.WAV");
Prevents ALL filename mangling when downloading (dots and extension) if set
to false user_pref("os2.replace_dots", true|false );
Turns off URL bar completion if set to false user_pref("os2.url_completion",
true|false );
Causes User Defined Encoding to use default codepage of OS/2 if set to true.
On Russian systems, this allows you to see 866 web pages.
On default OS/2 systems, you can see 850 pages.
user_pref("os2.use_oem_charset", true|false );
4. Other notables:
Viewing any language web page in Communicator
If you use Times Roman MT 30 as your font for ALL encodings, you will be able
to see stuff in any language.
Chinese and Korean only work on FP 5 or later (I think)
Causing helpers to be launched by the WPS:
If you check the application radio button when EDITING (not creating) a helper,
but leave the application entry field blank, the item simply gets passed to the
Workplace Shell. This can be used to launch Windows helpers with proper settings,
as well as just letting the WPS handle all misc types.
5. Apologies
Sorry all the drag drop still isn't there. It is our number one priority for
the next version. As far as the click on load goes, Netscape deliberately broke
that because of other bugs. We tried to fix it, but couldn't get it in in time.
Next time. As far as the Collabra problems go, we couldn't get them to reproduce
in the latest drivers. We hope they are fixed.
Hope y'all enjoy the product!
Mike Kaply
From October 2, 1998 as posted by Mike Kaply:
If you are on a web page with frames, print will be grayed out until you click
on a frame.
From October 2, 1998 as posted by Mike Kaply, in response to a question asking
for a technical explanation of why many folks experienced lines in graphic images
in the beta and GA versions:
There is a bug in OS/2 that when you GpiDrawBits on inverted presentation spaces,
you have to shift the output rectangle up by one.
This bug is actually in the video drivers, though, not in the operating system.
So, to fix this bug requires a fix to the video driver.
Because of the way GRADD works, this bug is fixed in the operating system for
GRADD drivers.
So, if you have FixPak 7 or greater and GRADD, you have no problem, we can detect
this.
Other situations are not so easy.
1. There is no way for us to detect the FixPak 6 version of the Graphics Engine
due to a bug in the Graphics Engine on FixPak 6 - hence the FixPak 6 entry.
2. There is no way for us to detect whether a PM video driver has fixed the
bug. Hence the other INI entry. (2 setting)
3. It is possible a driver fixed the bug, but a person is still on FixPak 5
or less. Hence the other INI entry (1 setting)
This is actually a bug on Lotus FLG as well, but since they require FixPak6
and GRADD, you never see the problem :)
Mike Kaply
From October 5, 1998 as posted by Mike Kaply, in response to a question asking
how to get rid of the component bar:
You can turn that off. Select the system menu and turn off always on top. Or
you can close it and it will dock to your windows.
From October 5, 1998 as posted by Mike Kaply, in response to a question asking
what the "U" stands for as reported by the user agent for Communicator
4.04 for OS/2:
U is United States (128 bit), I is International (40-bit)
From October 5, 1998 as posted by Mike Kaply:
There is a file called NSCP.INI in the OS2 subdir that keeps up with where your
user profiles are. Your user profiles can be anywhere on your hard drive. We do
not delete the NSCP.INI or any user profile info when you uninstall. Then when you
reinstall, you get your old user stuff (Same as Win)
From October 8, 1998 as posted by Mike Kaply, regarding problems with spell checking:
OK, here is an overview of the Spellchecker problems and what you can do.
Basically, the spellchecker was only tested in an HTML mail composition environment,
not MLE mail composition.
This is the source of the problems.
Everyone said the spell checker was broke, but no one told me they weren't using
HTML mail :) :)
So, do NOT use the spellchecker unless you are sending HTML mail.
I am fixing the spellchecker as we speak and hope to have it out as soon as
possible.
--
Michael Kaply
From October 13, 1998 as posted by Mike Kaply, regarding problems with sorting
bookmarks:
I have investigated and fixed all the Sort bookmark problems. Here is a quick
explanation.
Sort by Name does NOT Sort by Name. It reverts back to the "Natural"
or default sort"
That is why ascending and descending are not available.
For the OS/2 version sometime in the future :), I have enabled Sort by Name.
I have made it so that if you select Sort By Name, or Location, etc. After they
have already been turned on, it turns default back on.
I have also added a new item called Sort Selected which brings back the 2.02
behavior of being able to sort a group of bookmarks.
Mike Kaply
I've just noticed that some RSU scripts don't run right and fail with a "message
not found" error when using RSUINST.EXE as a helper app in Comm/2 4.04 release...
I've got a workaround:
RSU is not included as a helper in Comm/2 by default so follow these steps...
1) In Comm/2, choose Edit->Preferences->Navigator->Applications.
2) Add a new type:
Description: RSU Install
extention: RSU
MIME Type: application/rsu
Application: RSUINST.EXE
...and press OK
3) Select the newly added "RSU Install" app. and Press Edit.
4) Clear the Handled By->Application entry field. (remove RSUINST.EXE)
5) Hit OK twice to get out of Preferences.
6) Find RSUINST.EXE (usually in the TCPIP\BIN folder)
7) Open the Properties for RSUINST.EXE and choose the Association page.
8) Enter:
*.RSU
...in the "New name" field and press add.
Now when Comm/2 starts an RSU, it uses the Workplace shell to run RSUINST.EXE
and some problems are avoided. (My "LatestWarp4" version checks seem to
work again)
/~~~\ http://duanec.indelible-blue.com
()-()-\ ...Internet at Warp 4
< / \ Duane Chamblee
\__/ ~ Indelible Blue & TeamOS/2
I had terrible instability problems once as a result of a botched MM installation.
Selective uninstall did not work in that case and I had to do the above.
Also this from Steven Levine:
One additional suggestion... If you do need to reinstall MM, you not need to reinstall
Warp. That's a bit drastic. Uninstall the NS plug-ins, reboot, use Selective Uninstall
to remove MM, reboot, Selective install MM, reboot, reapply the latest FP you installed,
reboot. This should get MM back to where it was before you installed the plug-ins.
Also, backups are your friend :-)
Yesterday I was discussing the trap error problem I was having with POSSI member
Duane Pruett, who builds web pages, etc. Duane thought I might be having some sort
of an overheating problem. He reccommended I take the computer to Computer Bay
in Phoenix AZ for diagnostics. I did that today and the technician discovered the
CPU fan was frozen (I had just replaced it several weeks ago). I was very fortunate
in that my CPU, motherboard, disc, etc hardware was not damaged. But, if you didn't
know, if something in your system is too hot, that can cause trap errors. Also,
the AMDK6 is a hot CPU and needs a larger fan and heat sink. [AMD reccommends it.]
I have had all 3 DOS programs [that were trapping in less than 5 minutes] running
for about an hour now with no problem.
I use HPFS and this is a cool trick...When ever I'm removing or replaceing files,
I back them up using another extension...
copy system.dll system.dll.old
They will not get used and I can issue:
dir /s *.*.*
...and find ALL the backed up files on the drive.
At an OS/2 Command Prompt:
CD <directory containing your .cmd file>
PMREXX /T xxxx.cmd
The /T puts your cmd file in interactive trace mode. You can single step through
the lines of your file and view the result of each line. You can also enter additional
commands at the input line at the top to Say ImportantVariable which is helpful
for tracking down what your rexx program is actually doing.
You can get help on PMREXX from the on-line help with the following:
1. At an os2 command prompt type VIEW REXX to view the rexx.inf file.
(If that fails, search your system to find rexx.inf and either double click
on the file icon, or change to that directory and repeat the view command.)
2. Click on the Search button and search for PMREXX.
3. Read the articles listed in the search window, especially "PMREXX and
REXXTRY", "Starting the PMREXX program" and "The PMREXX Trace
Function"
Craig Miller: "I also have a large accumulation here at http://cwe.ml.org/files/os2/ews/
that includes everything there (I think) plus other stuff that I haven't been able
to find on IBM's sites anymore."
It addressed this in the FP documentation. The FP nicely puts a copy of DSPRES.DLL
into your X:\OS2\INSTALL\VGA directory because many video device driver install
utilities overwrite the existing DLL without checking if it's newer. Just copy
it over to your OS2/DLL directory.
MS Word 6.0 at startup writes 2 bytes file into root of C: drive. In case you
have C: non formatted or formatted with file system, where OS/2 can't write, MSWord
won't start with complain "share is not loaded".
OK for everyone that has had to reinstall os2 to change sound cards, i have found
one piece of the puzzle to avoid that. In changed from a crystal card to a sound
blaster card. In the config.sys the /n parameter on the device line gives that
device a name. for crystal it was BSAUD$ for SB is is SBAUD$. I couldn't understand
why the drivers would load but when i tried to play a wave file i got a message
saying couldn't open device. The answer was in the mmpm2.ini file in \mmos2. There
was a line giving the device name of BSAUD which was no longer used (PDDNAME=).
I changed that to SBAUD and rebooted and woohoo i had wave support.
the bad part. That only fixed wave support. Could someone with a SB16 non
pnp please email me their mmpm2.ini.
To change the default browser for the URL Object go into any URL Objects Porperties
(or the URL Template) and select the Browser tab. Change the web browser Path and
file name and then select the Set Default button. From then on new URL Objects will
use the new default browser.
From the screens Help:
" Select Set default if you want all of your URL objects to have the same selections
you have specified here. Set default will override the system default. "
If you are using RSJ CD Writer 2.59 or above you may change the CONFIG.SYS line
BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD
to
BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /ALL
After booting your machine, the recorder will be usable as standard CDROM drive,
and you will nevertheless be able to attach the CD to your filesystem. But please
ensure that you're not using the CDROM drive letter at the same time when the CDR
is attached to RSJ's filesystem, otherwise this will result in errors.
Pick up X-Folder.zip from: http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0444vnd/os2.htm
Unzip, and you will find netscdde.exe. I placed that in my OS2 directory. Now
open PMMail/Settings/General. Then change the browser setting from:
Netscape to x:\os2\netscdde.exe.
Change the parameter to an X, (upper case)
Make sure the type is PM.
That's all there is to it.
When you click on a URL in PMMail, and Netscape is not running, netscdde will ask
if you want it started. If it is running, a little window pops up from netscdde,
netscape comes to the front and processes the URL. The little window disappears.
Real neat.
Editor's note: here is the help screen from Ulrich Möller's Netscape DDE
Interface to see what other options are available.
LXLite normally runs in an idle thread; rc5des proceeds to suck up all available
idle cycles, and LXLite doesn't even get cycles to exit with. (Reading the documentation
is always a good thing :-)
There's an option (/I- IIRC) to LXLite which forces it to run at normal priority.