From: "Digest" To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 01:00:00 +1000 (EDT) Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 187 Reply-To: Date:- 17 October 2001 Please reply to ianatos2site dot com to post to the list. The posting problem will be fixed in November, this only affects people on the digest list. 1================================================ Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 05:46:26 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] Internet Banking Yes it appears all browsers come as 128 bit now, where they used to be only 40 bit - I guess the US have lifted the restrictions ? So is mozilla/warzilla also 128 bit ? Cheers/2 Ed. Ian Manners wrote: > Hi Ed > > > How does one enable 128 Bit encryption under OS/2 ? Is it a different > >browser version or is it configurable somewhere ?? > > Its standard, as long as you have one of the latest NS v4.6x or higher for OS/2. > I believe it's not available only in 'select' countries. If you download > the latest free NS v4.61, or the version from SWC, then you have 128bit > encryption capability. > > Cheers > Ian B Manners > http://www.os2site dot com/ > > Never laugh at a fool... just take his money 2============================================== Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:53:15 +1100 From: Jim Boyle Subject: Re: [os2genau] eCS Install (was ... I'm back It looks as though the REXX procedure isn't handling your video driver at all well. One approach would be to use the minimal VGA driver during the eCS installation and then install the correct driver (SCITECH DD ?) manually after the installation completes. Otherwise it seems your installation process should be OK. Have you talked to Orion to check for known issues / solutions ? Jim Boyle jimboyleatoptushome dot com dot au 3============================================== Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:14:26 -0400 From: Chris_neeson Subject: [os2genau] Boot to Command Prompt ( custom ) Does anybody remember how to set up a customised boot to Command Prompt? I've gone through the old Warp Hint & Tips databases, and I have a slightly customised version of my CONFIG.SYS, using PMSHELL=3DCMD.EXE, which is now being displayed as a selection in the ALT+F1 menu ( and which does boot to a command prompt ). HOWEVER, my command shell doesn't let me reboot cleanly ( ie CTRL-ALT-DEL, or typing EXIT, at the Command prompt, does not result in a clean shutdown, as it does from the standard boot to Command Prompt we all get with OS2 ) Which means the next boot includes an auto CHKDSK, which nearly defeats the purpose of running my custom command prompt environment. Regards Chris Neeson. 4============================================== From: "Daryl Pilkington" Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:16:54 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [os2genau] Boot to Command Prompt ( custom ) Hi Chris, Why don't you have a maintenance partition & use BootOS2? My Standard Operating Environment, (SOE) consists of: C: D: E: F: Normal Boot Maint Boot Your Apps OS OS Data TEMP Spooler Swapper You can quickly boot to the maintenance partition & ZIP up a partition, burn it to a CDR & have many snapshots of a working system. Of course you need to document & test how you created each install :) On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:14:26 -0400, Chris_neeson wrote: >Does anybody remember how to set up a customised boot >to Command Prompt? > >I've gone through the old Warp Hint & Tips databases, >and I have a slightly customised version of my CONFIG.SYS, >using PMSHELL=CMD.EXE, >which is now being displayed as a selection in the ALT+F1 menu >( and which does boot to a command prompt ). > >HOWEVER, my command shell doesn't let me reboot cleanly >( ie CTRL-ALT-DEL, or typing EXIT, at the Command prompt, > does not result in a clean shutdown, > as it does from the standard boot to Command Prompt > we all get with OS2 ) > >Which means the next boot includes an auto CHKDSK, >which nearly defeats the purpose of running my >custom command prompt environment. > 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 (160 characters max) 5============================================== From: "Ian Manners" Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:15:05 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [os2genau] Internet Banking Hi Ed >Yes it appears all browsers come as 128 bit now, where they used to be only 40 bit >- I guess the US have lifted the restrictions ? So is mozilla/warzilla also 128 bit ? Not so much the US lifting the restrictions, as they can only be downloaded from "certain" countries, ie, IP restrictions. IBM's SWC also enables tighter control. These products are all available in other countries anyway so the whole exercise is really one of red tape, more than reality. Export restrictions still apply for a lot of encryption/decryption technology from the USA but if its compiled and put on the WEB outside the USA, thats completely legal, High encryption Netscape is allowed to be exported to Australia and other 'friendly' countries. And yes, mozilla/warpzilla also has 128bit support. :-) Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ I used to have a handle on life, then it broke. 6============================================== From: "Robert Traynor (BobT)" Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:57:50 +1000 Subject: Re: [os2genau] Boot to Command Prompt ( custom ) Hi Chris, I use a small utility called Shutup.exe which sits in the root directory of my boot drives. Simply type shutup and press enter. The file system will be closed down properly. It even works while at a command prompt with the WPS in the background, making handy for those times when you cannot shutdown due to a unkillable netscape zombie running etc. If you have got one of my fixpack CD's it will be on it somewhere. I THINK I may have gotten it from Hobbes or Leo. I have been using it for years, possibly from os/2 v2.11 days even. Robert Traynor (BobT) 16 October 2001 On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:14:26 -0400, Chris_neeson wrote: >Does anybody remember how to set up a customised boot >to Command Prompt? > >I've gone through the old Warp Hint & Tips databases, >and I have a slightly customised version of my CONFIG.SYS, >using PMSHELL=CMD.EXE, >which is now being displayed as a selection in the ALT+F1 menu >( and which does boot to a command prompt ). > >HOWEVER, my command shell doesn't let me reboot cleanly >( ie CTRL-ALT-DEL, or typing EXIT, at the Command prompt, > does not result in a clean shutdown, > as it does from the standard boot to Command Prompt > we all get with OS2 ) > >Which means the next boot includes an auto CHKDSK, >which nearly defeats the purpose of running my >custom command prompt environment. ,-._|\ Robert Traynor (BobT) / Oz \ email rtraynoratnetstra dot com dot au \_,--.x/ 7============================================== Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 20:33:50 +0830 From: Leigh Bunting Subject: [os2genau] OS/2 and GPS's G'day All, A few weeks ago I reported a problem with a win16 GPS proggie not able to access the com port at FP 14 and 15 levels. Not having been able to resolve that problem I have gone back to FP10 and everything works fine. Steve Clark suggested trying Odin with the OziExplorer software. Have tried that but demo version from the OziExplorer website crashes during program setup with a "WinExec failed return = 2" error. Perhaps Steve could elaborate on any useful details of how or which version of OziExplorer he got to work through Odin. Thanks, Leigh Bunting Colonel Light Gardens South Australia