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Editor's note: these tips are from OS/2 users and in some cases can not be verified
by myself. Please heed this as a warning that if you are not sure about something,
don't do it.
When you put in place of the space a , %20, the pages loads with no problems...
http://www.kki.net.pl/~extrato/II%20w.html
To reset the default window size, close all VIO windows, but one. Resize the
window and then (hope I remember this correctly), Shift-Left Click on the title
bar. Close the window and reopen it to test. If that doesn't work, try Ctrl-Left-Click.
Yes, but it's fairly ugly. Win9x exports the short names to OS/2 because OS/2
advertizes itself as supporting only an older version of the NetBIOS protocol (LM10).
Unfortunately, if you tell OS/2 to support the newer protocol (NB30) the NetBIOS
drivers won't load. Or wouldn't as of Warp 4 with no Peer fixpaks applied, at least.
Workaround:
copy \IBMLAN\IBMLAN.INI to \IBMLAN.W9X
in IBMLAN.W9X, change all occurrences of LM10 to NB30
boot without starting requester
CD \IBMLAN
REN IBMLAN.INI IBMLAN.OS2
REN IBMLAN.W9X IBMLAN.INI
NET START PEER
REN IBMLAN.INI IBMLAN.W9X
REN IBMLAN.OS2 IBMLAN.INI
(You could conceivably add the above to NETSTCMD.CMD
(IIRC) and let the requester start at boot, instead.)
This should cause Peer to advertize NetBIOS 3.x compatibility, enabling long
file names.
Hold down the Ctrl key while you click on the additional messages. You can deselect
a message the same way.
You can also set up a filter, so the arriving messages automatically go to specified
folders. Create a SORT.DAT text file in the \mail\ subdirectory
and put the filter rules in it. (I do this in Netscape 2.02 - somebody tell me if
it doesn't work in Netscape 4.x.)
To filter smith@smith.net into SmithFolder, use this line:
SmithFolder From smith@smith.net
You can use either spaces or tabs between the values, and you can filter on From,
Reply-To, To, maybe other things as well.
I prioritize my folders with a leading number so they stay in the sequence I
want, i.e.:
01-Possi Reply-To discussion@possi.org
99-Yech From windowstechjournal@somewhere.net
etc.
Note very carefully that these fields are CaSe SeNsItIvE and they must match
_exactly_. If you change your From address to Smith@Smith.net, the filter will stop
working.
Trick: Filter on Reply-To for mail lists. If someone sends a message to a mail
list that you're on _and_ sends you a private copy, this puts the mail list copy
into the mail list folder and the private copy into your Inbox.
The Software Choice DVD support is for the UDF file system as opposed to the
ISO 9660 file system that is used for CD-ROM disks. Most of the time a UDF file
system (DVD disk) can be mounted as an ISO file system and allow you to see the
files. The UDF file system is "semi" "backwards compatible"
with the ISO file system. (sometines, sort of). That allows you to see the files
on a DVD disk when you are using the OS/2 CDIFS.IFS file system handler. There is
a quick blurb about it here. http://www.trylinux.com/projects/udf/
copy con com1
AT&F1
The problem is right there in the part where you mention using Partition Magic
4.0! Whenever I've tried using it on a large drive with an Extended partition on
it, it will switch the Extended partition from a 05 ID to a 0F type. All I do to
make it usable for OS/2 is to boot a Linux floppy boot so that I can use it's FDISK
utility to switch the ID back to 05. It works fine after that. Alternate utilities
exist to alter the ID I'm sure.
The limit to be aware of after that is around 8.3GB. It is possible that the
BIOS will not handle a bootable partition after the 1024 cylinders that usually
end around that point. You have to rely on just what the BIOS will provide until
the system boots. Once you boot from something lower than a partition that goes
over that limit, the space above is usable by OS/2 without any problem on currently
used drive sizes.
It would appear that PQ think that only Windows users use large drives...
I bought an ActionTec Smartmedia to PCMCIA adapter. I got it to work with my
Desktop "Swapbox" ISA PCMCIA reader. I can now transfer dozens of images
in a matter of seconds from my Olympus Smartmedia to my desktop computer.
It wasn't easy though. I found PCMCIA and OS/2's Plug and Play to be very poorly
documented. It took a lot of searching through online documents before I got a combination
of CONFIG.SYS entries that made it work. Here are a few
things that might help.
First, you must have Plug and Play for OS/2 installed. If you are using a laptop,
then you probably already have that. Then the key is in the BASEDEV=PCM2ATA.ADD
statement in your
CONFIG.SYS I found I had to reserve a drive letter using the
/MDRV switch.
My statement looks like this -
BASEDEV=PCM2ATA.ADD /S:1 /MDRV:1 /!DMAfter that, when I plug in the card, it shows up in my Plug and Play for PCMCIA application. I then run ATAMNT2 (should be in your Plug and Play folder) and assign a drive letter to the card. It then works like a hard drive.
/S: tells it that my reader has one slot (it has two, I'll explain why I do this in a minute).
/MDRV:1 tells it to reserve 1 drive letter for mounting.
I forget what /!DM was for.
Once set up, it is easier than it sounds. I set ATAMNT2 to launch automatically
when the card is plugged in, so all I do is plug in the card, select the drive letter,
and drag and drop the images. Each slot, and each reserved drive (from /MDRV:1)
reserves a drive letter, pushing my CD-R drive letter further back. since I only
use my desktop reader for my camera flash, I didn't see the need to waste 4 drive
letters (two slots and two reserved drive), so I told it I have one slot and need
one extra drive. I have not found a away to get the CD-R to grab a drive letter
ahead of the PCMCIA services - maybe if I juggled the CONFIG.SYS entries, but it's
not that big a deal to me.
I'd like to not have to reserve an extra drive letter for "mounting".
I wish I could just plug the card in and use it on the drive letter that the PCMCIA
slot ALREADY claimed - but I never got it to work like that. Here is a page that
I found most helpful from IBM's online Redbooks - http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/support/thinkpad/uguide/600/c79ehm24.htm
Scroll down and it explains the CONFIG.SYS entries and their switches.
Here is another link for Cable Modem, to include a blurb for OS/2 the main page:
http://www.cablemodemhelp.com
The OS/2 info:
http://www.cablemodemhelp.com/os2.htm
PMR - stands for Problem Management Record and is the
one which contains details about the s/w and h/w and also the actions taken towards
solving it.
APAR- (Authorised Program Analysis Report) is one which
is created after a bug is
identified.
Don't let the tip touch when you press button two on top (the tip press counts
as a button 1 press). It's a little tricky as you also can't pull the wand very
far away from the board before it "disconnects".
Found this on dejanews:-
======================================================
1.CFM Twain for OS/2
(http://www.cfm.de)
and After install the Software.
Edit the file: \OS2\TWAIN\CFM50\SCANNER.INI and add the following:
[Astra 1220S]
Driver=UMAX
ParameterFile=Astra1220S
Company certificates are signed by Certificate Authorities - CA for short. It
is up to you to decide which CA you trust. To access a secure site signed by a certain
CA, you need to have the cert of the CA in your browser, and it must be marked as
trusted.
By default, to make things easier, browsers such as Netscape come with a number
of trusted CAs, including Verisign, RSA, Thawte, and other CAs.
But for some reason, some of those CA certs were set to expire within a few years.
It was anticipated that the browsers would keep being upgraded very frequently so
this wasn't supposed to be a problem. But the browser upgrade pace slowed down quite
a bit. The result is that if you are still using an old browser such as Netscape
Navigator 2.02, then you don't have current CA certs. For example, the original
Thawte CA was set to expire in July 1998. You have to delete that Thawte CA and
upgrade it as explained at http://www.thawte.com/certs/server/rollover.html.
But what you should really do is upgrade to a more recent browser, which will
have the more current CA certs. This is likely to become a problem with other CAs.
I believe the original Verisign CA is set to expire pretty soon.
In the case of BMT micro, it's their responsibility to tell you to upgrade your
browser cert.
I use a secure server with a Thawte certificate for Theta Band, and our order
page at http://www.thetaband.com/ordering/index.html
mentions it.
editor's note: for more on this and to check on the certificate
expiration in your version see https://www.thawte.com/certs/server/browsers.html
I get my quotes from Yahoo, specifically from
One sets up a portfolio for oneself there; I chose only to follow certain stocks,
not to have my full portfolio, i.e., numbers of shares, etc., stored by MyYahoo.
One gives one's portfolio a name, e.g., JOHNDOE. MyYahoo provides current quotes
for each stock included in the portfolio. Clicking on JOHNDOE on the my.yahoo.com
page leads one to a second page, on which there is an option to download the portfolio
in spreadsheet format. One names and saves the resulting downloaded file, and InCharge
imports easily from that file. Once you've set things up, the whole process takes
only a few seconds.
Install a PostScript printer drive, using the job properties of this printer
object tell it to print to a Raw Postrscript file or an Encapsulated postscript
file. Have the program print to this file and you'll have a PS or EPS file. I used
the Apple Laserwriter. The plain old Apple LaserWriter doesn't support more then
300dpi.
"from my tips and tricks archive; Double click the drives object for my
E: drive and the system would hang when it would start to populate the folder. Any
other drive was no problem. I did Alt-F1 and booted to a command prompt. I then
went to the E: drive and did attrib -h -s "wp root. sf" to unhide the
file that contains the WPS info for the drive. I renamed it to "wp_root._baksf"
just in case I needed to restore it and rebooted. When the system came back up everything
was fine. Evidently the file had got hosed at some point. WPS creates this file
when it access the drive object if it doesn't already exist. (Author unknown) "
On the "Control Panel" select: File -> Configure FTP... and check
"Keep download timestamp".
Install the new drive as a secodnary drive, leaving your old drive in place.
Boot from a set of floppies that have the updated IBM1S506.ADD driver. The updated
IBM1S506.ADD is necessary if either drive is > 4 gig.
FDISK the new drive with partitions that match the
ones on the old drive (they can be larger of course). You want to have matching
partitions so that the drive letters won't change when you are running from the
new drive.
If you are using HPFS for the drive the command
XCOPY c:\* x:\ /h /o /t /s /e /r /v
will copy everything and as long as the new drive has the same drive letter assignment
as the old drive had (before it was removed) you should be able to boot and run
without any problem (famous last words :-) Do this for each partition (drive letter)
on the old drive to a matching partition on the new drive.
Remove the old drive, make the new one the primary drive. If the old drive has
a FAT boot partition you will have to boot from the installation floppies and use
the SYSINSTX C: command to set up the new drive to boot.
This is not necessary with HPFS drives.
From Monroe Chasson on comp.os.os2.apps:
I installed Kiplingers Taxcut 99 in WinOS2 and it looks like last years and runs
in full screen session without problems, although it scrolls slowly. Like previous
years it will not run in a seamless window. The current price in NYC is $15 less
a $7 rebate in a couple of months. I dont care for the overly fussy screen but it
works well enough to do the job and the price is right.
And from Julien Pierre on comp.os.os2.apps:
In 1998, I purchased Taxcut Federal, Taxcut for the state of California, and Taxcut
for business. The first two ran fine in Win-OS/2 like in 1997, however Taxcut for
business was a problem. There are two CDs in the business version - one for Corporations
and one for LLCs/partnership. The later is a 32-bit application for Win95/98/NT
only ... This happened to be the one I needed. I got a refund from Kiplinger and
had to do the business taxes manually. I have also learned that only half of the
state editions of Taxcut have 16-bit Win3.1 versions that will run in Win-OS/2;
and the other half is only for 95/98/NT. So check with Kiplinger before buying the
product to see if the edition you need has a 16-bit version.
You will find that neither IBM (the help desks), or 3COM, know very much about
OS/2 (unless you want to buy a very expensive service contract). The BEST source
of information, is right here in the news groups.
I don't know if you will get the 56K PCI modem to work, that will depend on exactly
what it is (If it is a WinModem, it will NOT work with anything but windows->
If this is the case, take it back and get a real modem).
Your 33.6K external modem SHOULD work, with nothing more than the standard OS/2
comm driver.
You did not describe your setup, so I will assume that you have two, serial ports
on your machine, and you added the 56K PCI modem to that, as COM3. I will also assume
that you have a PS/2 type mouse (NOT a serial mouse).
OK, that puts your external modem as COM1, or COM2. The DEFAULT assumptions about
COM1, are that it is address 3F8, IRQ4. The DEFAULT assumptions about COM2, are
that it is address 2F8, IRQ3. No other assumptions are made, you must tell COM.SYS
about anything that is different (Go to an OS/2 command line window, and type HELP
COM.SYS for more help). I am not sure how you tried to install the PCI modem, but
I would suggest removing it (physically) until you get the external modem working.
That way, you can get the modem, and the software working with OS/2, and then add
the PCI modem later, when you have less things to wonder about).
There is no "Control Panel" in OS/2. The closest that you get is the
System Setup folder. The only useful thing there, is the Hardware Manager program,
which may tell you something.
Now, to make life easier, if you have a DOS COM program (like TELIX, or BITCOM,
or??? Many modems have one shipped with it), try to get it to work with the modem
(the external one, not the PCI modem). Most people find that using DOS, to verify
that the modem actually works, is MUCH easier than trying to figure out what you
need in OS/2, and whether it is an OS/2 configuration problem, a COM program configuration
problem, or an actual hardware problem. Once you verify
that the modem actually works, then you can concentrate on the OS/2 configuration,
and the program configuration.
What you need is a COM program. There is HyperACCESS Lite, on the OS/2 install CD,
(go to System Setup-> Install/Remove-> Selective Install.
Go in (without selecting anything), about three, or four screens (until you get
a list with check boxes, which includes Bonus Pack)-> Check Bonus Pack-> click
on the MORE button, then check the box beside HyperACCESS lite (turn off the rest,
unless there is something else that you want)-> click next, or OK, to let it
install the software. HyperACCESS Lite, is not very intuitive, but it will work,
once you get it configured. Better yet, get a real COM program. I prefer ZOC, from:
http://www.emtec.com/
OK, now for the basics.
You need a couple of lines in your CONFIG.SYS:
================================
DEVICE=D:\OS2\BOOT\COM.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
===============================
If they are not there, you are not loading the COM driver, which is required. As
described above, you may need to add some parameters to define what resources your
modem is assigned (address, IRQ etc.). Add them, if they are not there. Look for
the following group of items
==============================
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\BOOT\POINTDD.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\BOOT\MOUSE.SYS
==============================
and put them immediately after this sequence.
Now, for some of the more common errors:
NEVER try to share an IRQ on a serial port (The PCI card may be an exception, I
am not sure how that is handled), even if the IRQ is not really used by the other
device (some people say that you can share an unused printer IRQ7 with a modem.
NOT TRUE, if there is, in fact, a parallel port -> used, or not <- in the
machine).
If you have a serial mouse, you must load the mouse driver BEFORE you load the
COM driver (this, usually, causes problems with the mouse).
add the following line to the end of the PREFS.JS file in the subdir that contains
your userprofile:
user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", false);
MGACHK refreshes the crappy serial EEPROMs found on some early batches of MGA
G100 and G200 boards. If these aren't rewritten within a certain limit of time,
they lose their contents and the video is nonfunctional. Bit decay is no longer
a tell tale story
It's not just Aurora. VAJ for OS/2 appears to again have been given limited testing
with predictable results. I helped someone get it installed by pointing NS at one
of the HTML files in the language specific subdirectory. Try:
1) change directory to: ivj30\install\EN_US\install
2) execute: netscape file:///n.htm
US FP's are applicable to ALL NLV versions. The 'risk' you run is basically MRI
(messages) we now appear in English if any were included in the FP, and possible
code page changes. For UK, this would be a very small inconvienence, but for other
languages, it could be a significant change. You can alway use the US FP until the
NLV is available, and then backout the US and apply the NLV. We do NOT change content
(even if problems are found in the US FP) when we release an NLV FP, it is the same,
except for the MRI and codepages, that appears in the US (DBCS of course have the
'extra' stuff, as well as the BIDI countries). Any FP that has a '_' or '0' as the
third character of the name is considered 'generic' and can be applied to an NLV
version. If there is ANY other character there, it can ONLY be applied to system
that have the same corresponding character in the 3rd position of the appropriate
SYSLEVEL.XXX file.
I'll be updating this URL, http://ps.software.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/fixnews.html#y2knew,
if there are ANY Y2K issues that appear for OS/2 and we have a fix for. If there
are issues that we discover, but no fix is available (with our contingency plans,
I don't forsee how we could have a problem and no fix) this URL, http://ps.software.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/fixnews.html,
would be updated with a new NEWS item.
Either " Run pmseek to find EPFIPII.DLL, and copy it to \os2\dll. The install
will continue as it should."
editor note: These DLL's appear to be part of the old IBM Software
Installer. If you have installed Netscape or most any IBM application you should
have a copy on your disk somewhere. I have a number of different versions. If
you're not sure which version to use, best to go with the latest version, since
IBM is usually good about backward compatibility.