Return-Path: Received: from asio.cia dot com (asio.cia dot com [209.197.145.101]) by mail. (Weasel v1.20) for ; 07 June 2001 01:00:00 From: "Digest" To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 01:00:00 +1000 (EDT) Reply-To: "OS2GenAu" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: CASMailer 1.0 for OS/2 Warp PPC 1.05/G4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: No. 81 Message-ID: <200106070100.000029G6atmail.> Date:- 7 June 2001 1================================================ Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 01:24:16 +1000 From: Peter Subject: [os2genau] ubject: [Fwd: [os2genau] ubject: [OT] Internet Dial-Up] Daryl, With the Win98SE Dialup, I had the same problem. What i did was, went into Control Panel...Add/Remove Programs..Windows Setup & de-select Communications. Click OK & reboot. When you get back, go into Control Panel etc, select Communications (select whatever options you want). Then click OK. Win98 will then ask for the cd so it can be done. You then might have reboot. When you get back again, to set up the Dialup Networking, you must use the Internet Connection Wizard...not Dialup Networking in My Computer. (You didn't say which method you used) But the irony of all this is that i still haven't solved my dialup networking on OS/2. The modem doesn't appear in the hardware list. Should it? ----------------------- Partitioning Programs: I have Systems Commander (i did have PM but SC is supposed to be more flexible) which is supposed to cater for up to 100 operating systems. It handles ALL the Windows (even 2000)...DOS...OS/2...LINUX... BeOS...UNIX etc. This is the web page: http://www.v-com dot com/ The advantage of SC, although i cant vouch for every other similar program, is that it has a virtual boot manager. In other words, it doesn't take up a c: partition so u can have 4 primaries. I have a Pent120 (yep that old) with Win95, 3.1 & OS/2 Warp 4 (FAT) all on c: drives with no conflicts at all. I must say at this point, that when i wanted to install OS/2 after Win95 & 3.1 were installed, i wanted to put it in d: drive & i thought i had. But when the install finished, i found that its on c: drive. Don't ask me how. I also have a Pent III 550 with a 30gb hard drive & 128mb RAM. I got WinME/98SE/95 on c: drives (i know you're all scratching your heads: "why 3 Windows?" I have reasons but its too long to explain) Anyway, I want to install OS/2 but i'm reluctant to, coz of the >8g hard drive & >64mb RAM situation. I've read all the emails over & over again and gone to Tech Support web sites on how to go about it....even downloaded the required files. But the thing is....i'm scared. I have quite a few questions but coz this topic's been covered over & over again, i can envision you all thinking: "Not again!" Anyway Daryl, i hope i've solved your problems. Cheers Peter Calman Daryl Pilkington wrote: > Hi, > You know, I was starting to think Windoze wasn't so bad after all, but my 1st hand > experience with a Windoze 98 Box has reconfirmed my suspicions. > > If anyone wants to email me off-list with a solution other than format c: feel free. > > A friend of mine said her Internet connection was unreliable, so I offered to > investigate. > > Making a note of the existing settings, I started to tune the PPP connection > settings, but mysteriously, it then just stopped working, it has stayed that way > despite: > > Reversing the configuration changes. > > Deleting the modem configuration & reinstalling the internal hardware modem as a > non-PnP modem, confirming there were no hardware conflicts. > > Deleting the Dialup configuration & re-creating it. > > Un-installing Dial-Up Adapter & TCP/IP. (Note the files were not deleted) > > *Upgrading* to from Win98->Win98 SE. > > This computer is a right PITA. > > -- > Regards, > > Daryl Pilkington > 2============================================= From: "Steve Edmonds" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 09:19:43 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: Re: [os2genau] ubject: [OT] Internet Dial-Up Me too. steve On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 22:07:31 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: >Off to look at http://www.paragon.de I guess that's what their >website will be called _______________ Steve Edmonds Steve71atattglobal dot net 3============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 07:34:45 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] ubject: [Fwd: [os2genau] ubject: [OT] Internet Dial-Up] Hi Peter, Hardware manager will not show your modem, only the com port. (whether internal or external modem). Which dialer are you using ? If you are uing the "dial other internet provider" dialer, it's highly likely it won't list your modem and in most cases it doesn't need to. Unless you have a really weird modem it'll be Hayes compatible and that's what you should select. You can then fine tune settings via an initialisation string (this is effectively all Windoze modem "drivers" are anyway). You should consider using the In-joy dialer from FX communications though. it is quite simply the best dialer for OS/2 and registered versions allow you to run NAT - linking several PCs to your ISP via one phone line & one account. Check it out at http://www.fx.de Cheers/2 Ed. Peter wrote: > But the irony of all this is that i still haven't solved my dialup networking on OS/2. > The modem doesn't appear in the hardware list. Should it? 4============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 07:57:14 +1000 From: Daryl Pilkington Subject: Re: [os2genau] ubject: [OT] Internet Dial-Up Hi Steve, If you want to change the topic could you change the header: Boot managers, (was [OT] Internet Dial-Up) I get >100 emails a day from ListServs, help me to scan through this information quickly by not having more than 1 topic in the email. Hope Ed & others have given you some guidance on this one. Steve Edmonds wrote: > > Daryl. > Since you brought up the W word. > > I have boot manager, warp4 on E:, ntloader on a small dos partition c:, nt on J: and I could make D: > free at 400Meg. > SNIP > -- Regards, Daryl Pilkington //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration O OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 IBM Certified Systems Expert email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au ICQ: 91914134 Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 Mob: +61-425-251-300 Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au (120 characters max, send no carriage returns) 5============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 08:05:59 +1000 From: Daryl Pilkington Subject: Re: [os2genau] ct: Re: [OT] Internet Dial-Up Thanks Peter, Your key point:-Internet connection Wizard should help me out. Where is this? Will this be installed when I select Communications for re-installation? (Remember, your talking to some-one who doesn't use Windows, doesn't care & rarely looks at a Windows box, ) Peter wrote: > > Daryl, > > With the Win98SE Dialup, I had the same problem. > > What i did was, went into Control Panel...Add/Remove Programs..Windows Setup & > de-select Communications. Click OK & reboot. > > When you get back, go into Control Panel etc, select Communications (select whatever > options you want). Then click OK. Win98 will then ask for the cd so it can be done. > You then might have reboot. > > When you get back again, to set up the Dialup Networking, you must use the Internet > Connection Wizard...not Dialup Networking in My Computer. (You didn't say which method > you used) > > But the irony of all this is that i still haven't solved my dialup networking on OS/2. > The modem doesn't appear in the hardware list. Should it? > SNIP > -- Regards, Daryl Pilkington //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration O OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 IBM Certified Systems Expert email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au ICQ: 91914134 Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 Mob: +61-425-251-300 Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au (120 characters max, send no carriage returns) 6============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 08:12:25 +1000 From: Daryl Pilkington Subject: Re: [os2genau] ubject: [OT] Internet Dial-Up Hi Ed, Love to, if it would run: MS Netmeeting Logictech USB internet camera MYOB v10 MS Office 2000 The above are *essential* & cannot be substituted. Is OS/2 Warp 4.5 available in Mandarin yet? This box is English/Mandarin!!! Ed Durrant wrote: > SNIP > > As I said, you could upgrade the system to OS/2 Warp 4.5 !! > > Cheers/2 > > Ed. > -- Regards, Daryl Pilkington //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration O OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 IBM Certified Systems Expert email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au ICQ: 91914134 Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 Mob: +61-425-251-300 Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au (120 characters max, send no carriage returns) 7============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 08:16:22 +1000 From: Daryl Pilkington Subject: Re: [os2genau] eComstation release in Sydney ? Hi Ed, An Install-Fest in Sydney is on the cards. Both Mark & I want to see how the Melbourne one goes 1st. Yes, Adelaide has also been mentioned. Look for an announcement on this ListServ! Ed Durrant wrote: > > I have seen postings on this an other listserves of eComstation > demonstrations and even Install fests all over the place over the > next couple of weeks. Bay Area California, Phoenix Arizona, > Melbourne and I think even something in Adelaide (?) but what > about Sydney ?? > > Is Mark or Daryl monitoring this istserve - can they give us > an update on this ?? > > Perhaps there's not enough OS/2 Users in Sydney to warrant it ? > > > Cheers/2 > > Ed. -- Regards, Daryl Pilkington //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration O OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 IBM Certified Systems Expert email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au ICQ: 91914134 Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 Mob: +61-425-251-300 Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au (120 characters max, send no carriage returns) 8============================================= From: "voytek" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 08:25:31 +1000 Subject: Re: [os2genau] eComstation release in Sydney ? On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:07:36 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: >Is Mark or Daryl monitoring this istserve - can they give us >an update on this ?? I've asked Mark several month ago, to make a presentation to the OS/2 SIG, he didn't seem to think it was needed or whatever 9============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 08:23:37 +1000 From: Daryl Pilkington Subject: [os2genau] USB Internet Cameras Hi, Has anyone got USB Internet Cameras to work with OS/2? -- Regards, Daryl Pilkington //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration O OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 IBM Certified Systems Expert email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au ICQ: 91914134 Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 Mob: +61-425-251-300 Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au (120 characters max, send no carriage returns) 10============================================= From: "Steve Edmonds" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:34:36 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: Re: [os2genau] ubject: [OT] Internet Dial-Up There is a note in the PM 5.0 manual about PM expecting partition boundaries to be on cylinder boundaries. I am not sure if this was the reason it would not work for me. I think OS/2 and linux allow partition boundaries to be on sectors, mine certainly are not on cylinder boundaries. The manual says that for proper use on linux and OS/2 the partitions should have been created with PM prior to installing the OS. steve On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:46:57 +1000 (EST), Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote: >I have not come across PM not "liking" os/2 partitions unless you mean >PM keeps offering to fix them. To which I say yes. _______________ Steve Edmonds Steve71atattglobal dot net 11============================================= From: "Steve Edmonds" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:58:23 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: Re: [os2genau] subject Daryl. Point taken, correct subject is very important for efficient reading. I have just clicked on reply and notice the subject and content disparity, seems to creep in in many messages, most of the PM discussions have an internet dial-up subject. steve _______________ Steve Edmonds Steve71atattglobal dot net 12============================================= From: "Steve Edmonds" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 12:15:12 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: Re: [os2genau] paragon Bob. I went to the site and it looks interesting. Downloaded the demmo that won't run under os/2 (unexpected dos error 23) or dos. Only $39us now, what do you run it under. I don't fancy expending $39 to find its as usefull as PM 5.0. steve On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 22:14:39 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: >Actually the URL is: > >http://www.paragon-gmbh dot com/n_systutil.htm > >Ed. _______________ Steve Edmonds Steve71atattglobal dot net 13============================================= From: "Robert Traynor (BobT)" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 13:29:58 +1000 Subject: Re: [os2genau] paragon Hi, Paragon is at least as usefull as PM with the added bonus that it WILL work on a WinNT/2000 server. PM will NOT even RUN when booted from dos floppy, which is the safest to run either of these partition programs. Like PM and DriveImage, Paragon installs into Win9x/Me/NT/2000 but will not run in Win2000 (although it said it would, apparently was last checked on Win2000 beta 3 not the final product.) I have yet to email Paragon. However, in all Windows systems, Paragon enables the creation of a SINGLE (Win9x) dos bootable floppy and this is what I used on the WinNT 4 server at work. In win2000 (probably also in WinNT) you have to feed the boot floppy creation program a Bootable Win9x floppy WITH MSCDEX.EXE on it, although it did not use mscdex.exe. Go figure. The price you quoted is correct but when I went to purchase online I selected payment by "Digital River" and they gave an additional option of about $2.99 or so, which enables me to re-download the file again in the event my hard drive copy is accidentally deleted etc. And since my boss is GOING to reimburse me, I choose the extra expense. (After all, I can't loose here.!) "Digital River" installed an "Ebot" that apparently enables this function. I concluded the transaction while in Win2000 and NOTE, I could not fill in all the forms, as the YEAR for my visa card would not display under Netscape 4.77 running under Win2000. I had to restart the transaction and complete with Internet Explorer. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( The upside was that I completed the transaction and received the file almost immediately. This was mid afternoon last Sunday.! Robert Traynor (BobT) On Wed, 06 Jun 2001 12:15:12 +1300 (NZDT), Steve Edmonds wrote: >Bob. >I went to the site and it looks interesting. >Downloaded the demmo that won't run under os/2 (unexpected dos >error 23) or dos. > >Only $39us now, what do you run it under. >I don't fancy expending $39 to find its as usefull as PM 5.0. > >steve > >On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 22:14:39 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: > >>Actually the URL is: >> >>http://www.paragon-gmbh dot com/n_systutil.htm >> >>Ed. >_______________ >Steve Edmonds >Steve71atattglobal dot net > ,-._|\ Robert Traynor (BobT) / Oz \ email rtraynoratnetstra dot com dot au \_,--.x/ 14============================================= From: "Robert Traynor (BobT)" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 16:25:22 +1000 Subject: [os2genau] Boot managers Steve, PM always says Os/2 Fdisk has created the start and finish of partitions wrong. PM also offers to fix an Os/2 created partition. I always allow it to fix but NOT convert to ExtendedX. Beware Pm 6.01 Pro as you cannot fix UNLESS you allow it to convert.! The only way I can think of that would enable os/2 to create the partition boundary in the wrong place would be if the disk was large and the os/2 was booting with the old, original, IBM1s506.add driver. Os/2 and Fdisk is VERY dependent on the IDE driver. On the point you made about making all partitions with PM. I would not do so with PM 6 or 6.01. It was probably ok with your old PM 5 but the newer PM 6 series will automatically create ExtendedX partitions. And this is a big NO NO. I personally prefer to create ALL partitions, ESPECIALLY logical, with Os/2 then let PM fix them. (Pm 6 only, not 6.01 Pro.) Next I format the partitions FROM THE OS or during the OS installation, that is going to reside or use that partition. Exceptions are FAT 16 -format from OS/2 and then used by every OS. Fat32 -Format from OLDEST Win9x on your system. NTFS -format from OLDEST WinNT or Win2000 on your system. The later PM 6 is made with the assumption that the computer it is being used on is running the LATEST version of Win9x or more likely, WinMe. And the version of Fat32 will be often more recent than the Os2Fat32 drivers available to Os/2. Some occassional blips will occur. Mine went away when I removed all files and then formatted from Win98 (not SE) and then replaced the files. Scandisk and Norton 2001 did not fix all the problems. I forget exactly what the problems were, but it all settled down after the format from Win98. As ED said Paragon is at:- http://www.paragon-gmbh dot com/n_systutil.htm Robert Traynor (BobT) On Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:34:36 +1300 (NZDT), Steve Edmonds wrote: >There is a note in the PM 5.0 manual about PM expecting partition >boundaries to be on cylinder boundaries. I am not sure if this was the >reason it would not work for me. I think OS/2 and linux allow partition >boundaries to be on sectors, mine certainly are not on cylinder >boundaries. The manual says that for proper use on linux and OS/2 the >partitions should have been created with PM prior to installing the OS. > >steve > >On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:46:57 +1000 (EST), Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote: > >>I have not come across PM not "liking" os/2 partitions unless you mean >>PM keeps offering to fix them. To which I say yes. >_______________ >Steve Edmonds >Steve71atattglobal dot net > ,-._|\ Robert Traynor (BobT) / Oz \ email rtraynoratnetstra dot com dot au \_,--.x/ 15============================================= From: "Alan Duval" Subject: Re: [os2genau] Epston Stylus Installation Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 19:12:07 +1000 Hi Ed, I,ve found that I can open the Epson utilities and use the various buttons to clean the nozzle and check the alignment --so the computer can interact with the printer but I still can't get it to print. What fixpak level do you have on your system? I am wondering whether I need the latest fixpak. At present I have fixpak 12. I am wondering whether the driver is only configured for the latest fixpak. When I click print for a document there is a single flicker of the on light but nothing else. I have checked the spooler but no jobs are listed. Is there any other way to get the printer to recognise the print command or to associate the spooler with the item to be printed? Alan 16============================================= From: "Michael Block" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 19:52:48 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [os2genau] Epston Stylus Installation On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 19:12:07 +1000, Alan Duval wrote: >Hi Ed, > >I,ve found that I can open the Epson utilities and use the various buttons >to clean the nozzle and check the alignment --so the computer can interact >with the printer but I still can't get it to print. are you SURE that you have the printer and application set to print the same pasge size? regards Michael Block ---------------------------> Caca et declina medicus http://members.optushome dot com dot au/mblock/perinatal.html The www home of perinatal psychiatry 17============================================= From: "Steve Edmonds" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 23:00:51 +1100 (EDT) Subject: Re: [os2genau] Boot managers Bob, running PM again it seems errors reported are to do with partition boundaries not on cylinder boundaries and not on head boundaries. I.E. PM doesn't like a partition to start or end on anything other than first or last head. The majority of errors are on the partitions containing nt, as was the case of another table I had to edit to recover an nt drive. PM completely gets the geometry of my 3rd drive wrong (formatted with linux and working fine) and I daren't let PM at that. Partitioning of first 2 3gig drives would have been done in 98 with the then current IBM1s506.add driver. The thing is I suppose that its all running fine and reporting no errors and I would hate to let PM fix what goes fine and break it. Backing up 6 gig and having to recover if PM fails isn't appealing. steve On Wed, 06 Jun 2001 16:25:22 +1000, Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote: >Steve, > >PM always says Os/2 Fdisk has created the start and finish of >partitions wrong. PM also offers to fix an Os/2 created partition. >I always allow it to fix but NOT convert to ExtendedX. >Beware Pm 6.01 Pro as you cannot fix UNLESS you allow it to convert.! > >The only way I can think of that would enable os/2 to create the >partition boundary in the wrong place would be if the disk was >large and the os/2 was booting with the old, original, IBM1s506.add >driver. Os/2 and Fdisk is VERY dependent on the IDE driver. _______________ Steve Edmonds Steve71atattglobal dot net 18============================================= From: "Steve Edmonds" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 23:17:27 +1100 (EDT) Subject: Re: [os2genau] Epston Stylus Installation Alan, If you go to your printer object, rt. click, change status and hold, then when you print if a job spools it should show in the printer window. I guess if the print job shows, its spooling ok and getting lost on the way to the port. I am not sure about this printer support for plain text. Should it print plain text (copy autoexec.bat lpt1:). If so and when you print from an application nothing shows in the printer window, try draging autoexec.bat to the window. Select plain text. If the job shows release the hold, if it prints the ports working. steve On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 19:12:07 +1000, Alan Duval wrote: >When I click print for a document there is a single flicker of the on light >but nothing else. I have checked the spooler but no jobs are listed. Is >there any other way to get the printer to recognise the print command or to >associate the spooler with the item to be printed? _______________ Steve Edmonds Steve71atattglobal dot net 19============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 21:59:56 +1000 From: Peter Subject: [os2genau] ubject: [Fwd: [os2genau] ct: Re: [OT] Internet Dial-Up] Daryl... Sorry about the delay. Go to Start...Programs...Accessories...Internet Tools...ICW Cheers Peter Daryl Pilkington wrote: > Thanks Peter, > Your key point:-Internet connection Wizard should help me out. > > Where is this? > Will this be installed when I select Communications for re-installation? > > (Remember, your talking to some-one who doesn't use Windows, doesn't > care & rarely looks at a Windows box, ) > > Peter wrote: > > > > Daryl, > > > > With the Win98SE Dialup, I had the same problem. > > > > What i did was, went into Control Panel...Add/Remove Programs..Windows Setup & > > de-select Communications. Click OK & reboot. > > > > When you get back, go into Control Panel etc, select Communications (select whatever > > options you want). Then click OK. Win98 will then ask for the cd so it can be done. > > You then might have reboot. > > > > When you get back again, to set up the Dialup Networking, you must use the Internet > > Connection Wizard...not Dialup Networking in My Computer. (You didn't say which method > > you used) > > > > But the irony of all this is that i still haven't solved my dialup networking on OS/2. > > The modem doesn't appear in the hardware list. Should it? > > > SNIP > > > -- > Regards, > > Daryl Pilkington > > //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration > O \_/ > OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 > IBM Certified Systems Expert > > email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au > ICQ: 91914134 > Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 > Mob: +61-425-251-300 > Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 > Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au > (120 characters max, send no carriage returns) 20============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:16:30 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] ubject: [OT] Internet Dial-Up Direct subsitutions are always difficult. The best way to re-engineer a system is to start with the requirements ..... The requirements ......... Not a list of tradenames. You need a way to conference with colleagues / friends - perhaps a web based solution, that all can use - If you emember I ran just such a product in an OS/2 UG of SA group meeting a couple of years ago. You need a webcam / videoconferencing setup. Use an Axis camera/web server and simply put it on the ethernet network. You need an accounting package again a web hosted ASP solution is very good and cheaper is you don't want to be an accountant. You need a word processing package - why ?? Do you want to use ALL the bells and whistles features, or do you just want to write letters ? Do you need spreadsheet type capabilities ?? For *THE MAJORITY* of users a full blown office package is expensive overkill. If you particularly chose MS - why ? If you're looking to exchange documents use one of the internationally approved and regulated interchange formats - heck why not HTML ! So I challenge your statement that the particular packages that you stated are *essential* and cannot be substituted. They can be if the whole solution is rethought, to be a more open and cost effective, easier to maintain and use one. As for a mandarin version of OS/2 Warp Convienince pack, I'm not sure. I believe there is a Chinese version but whether this is a Mandarin Chinese or not, I could not say. Cheers/2 Ed. P.S.can you reduce the page of credits at the end of your notes? The ISP has had to add another 20GB of diskspace to the mailserver to accomodate it ;> Daryl Pilkington wrote: > > Hi Ed, > Love to, if it would run: > MS Netmeeting > Logictech USB internet camera > MYOB v10 > MS Office 2000 > The above are *essential* & cannot be substituted. > > Is OS/2 Warp 4.5 available in Mandarin yet? > > This box is English/Mandarin!!! 21============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:16:42 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] USB Internet Cameras I've now got an intel chipset PC at work, if you can loan me the camera I am willing to try it out for you, but I guess we need an application to run with it as well as simply the drivers ! Cheers/2 Ed. Daryl Pilkington wrote: > > Hi, > Has anyone got USB Internet Cameras to work with OS/2? > > -- > Regards, > > Daryl Pilkington > > //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration > O \_/ > OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 > IBM Certified Systems Expert > > email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au > ICQ: 91914134 > Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 > Mob: +61-425-251-300 > Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 > Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au > (120 characters max, send no carriage returns) 22============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:17:10 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: [os2genau] Drives application causing hangs Has anyone else experienced this problem ? On different machines - at different FP levels (one at FP15, another at Warp-CP), I get at least twice a day a situation where I have to use the three fingered C-A-D salute on my system. It happens when I open a sub-folder from the Drives application. The harddisk continually trashes and nothing else responds - C-A-D is the only option. It's embaressing as apart from this, the systems are VERY stable. Both systems have prently of free diskspace, memory and processor - so it's not a resource issue. Help/2 ED. 23============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:17:14 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: [os2genau] ESS 1988 (Allegro) Audio drivers for OS/2 ?? Has anyone got a system using this chipset ? It's a combined audio/modem chipset. It's supposed to be compatible with sound blaster, so I'll try those drivers however if I could find "real" drivers for it for OS/2 I'd probably stand a better chance of getting it working. Suffice to say the manufcturers site http://www.ess-tech dot com does not list OS/2 drivers. Cheers/2 Ed. 24============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:17:06 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] Epston Stylus Installation This is getting REALLY strange. I'm running at FP15 but FP12 "should" be OK. Have you tried printing from the command line ? With the spooler turned off ? >From different applications - EPM, Netscape etc. Do any of these give different messages / actions ?? Cheers/2 Ed. Alan Duval wrote: > > Hi Ed, > > I,ve found that I can open the Epson utilities and use the various buttons > to clean the nozzle and check the alignment --so the computer can interact > with the printer but I still can't get it to print. > What fixpak level do you have on your system? > I am wondering whether I need the latest fixpak. At present I have fixpak > 12. I am wondering whether the driver is only configured for the latest > fixpak. 25============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:20:05 +1100 From: Alan Duval Subject: Re: [os2genau] Epston Stylus Installation Steve Edmonds wrote: > > Alan, > If you go to your printer object, rt. click, change status and hold, then when > you print if a job spools it should show in the printer window. Yes it did > I guess if the print job shows, its spooling ok and getting lost on the way to > the port. > > I am not sure about this printer support for plain text. Should it print plain > text (copy autoexec.bat lpt1:). The printer printed autoexec.bat What else can I do? Alan 26============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:36:08 +1100 From: Alan Duval Subject: Re: [os2genau] Epston Stylus Installation Ed Durrant wrote: > > This is getting REALLY strange. I'm running at FP15 but FP12 > "should" be OK. > > Have you tried printing from the command line ? Just did. Printed autoexec.bat successfully. > > With the spooler turned off ? Didn't work. > > >From different applications - EPM, Netscape etc. Tried from Lotus Smartsuite, Staroffice and Netscape. Didn't print anything and no messages shown. > > Do any of these give different messages / actions ?? Alan 27============================================= From: "Gavin Miller" Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:30:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [os2genau] Epston Stylus Installation Hi Alan, I've been following this thread for a while as I'm on the lookout for a decent res printer for my art I do at home. When you mentioned this, it reminded me of a problem I had at work: >When I click print for a document there is a single flicker of the on light >but nothing else. I have checked the spooler but no jobs are listed. Is >there any other way to get the printer to recognise the print command or to >associate the spooler with the item to be printed? I've had a similar problem with a couple of laser printers at work. Aparently the PCL5 drivers are picky with the paper forms. I don't know if the epsom is using PCL5 or not, but set your printer display to details as the default and see if the message "Forms Mismatch" is there. I've not had this problem with any PS drivers for the lasers at work, and my Canon 4200 works a treat at home. Basically any forms mismatch will result in the behaviour you described. It could be as simple as different paper sizes between the printer and app setings (or if you're unlucky the thickness of the paper, as was the case at work). I hope this helps you out. Ed seems to have exhausted the hardware issues. Cheers 28============================================= Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 23:25:14 +1100 From: Alan Duval Subject: [os2genau] Success Gavin Miller wrote: > I've had a similar problem with a couple of laser printers at work. Aparently the PCL5 drivers are picky with > the paper forms. I don't know if the epsom is using PCL5 or not, but set your printer display to details as the > default and see if the message "Forms Mismatch" is there. I've not had this problem with any PS drivers for > the lasers at work, and my Canon 4200 works a treat at home. Basically any forms mismatch will result in the > behaviour you described. It could be as simple as different paper sizes between the printer and app setings > (or if you're unlucky the thickness of the paper, as was the case at work). > > I hope this helps you out. Ed seems to have exhausted the hardware issues. > Cheers I've finally got it printing. The printer was set on photo quality so I changed it to text/graph and presto it's printing. Beforehand I checked that the document was set to A4. I'm sure I did this before and didn't get any response but maybe I didn't check the paper size. Never used to be a problem with my HP printer as it would still print if the page size was different. I did put fixpak 15 on tonight but was still having no luck. Maybe printing in plain text a few times shocked it into life. Thanks everyone for your help. You guys are really great. Alan 29============================================= From: "Stan Pallis" Subject: Re: [os2genau] ESS 1988 (Allegro) Audio drivers for OS/2 ?? Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 23:44:50 +1000 Ed, I don't know if you seen this, but it may help http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/es198x.zip stan... -----Original Message----- From: Ed Durrant [mailto:edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au] Sent: Wednesday, 6 June 2001 10:17 PM To: os2genauatos2 dot org dot au Subject: [os2genau] ESS 1988 (Allegro) Audio drivers for OS/2 ?? Has anyone got a system using this chipset ? It's a combined audio/modem chipset. It's supposed to be compatible with sound blaster, so I'll try those drivers however if I could find "real" drivers for it for OS/2 I'd probably stand a better chance of getting it working. Suffice to say the manufcturers site http://www.ess-tech dot com does not list OS/2 drivers. Cheers/2 Ed. END=============================================