From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 00:04:04 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 610 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Tuesday 06 May 2003 Number 610 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 OS/2 SIG Meeting Report April 2003 : John Angelico" 2 Re: modem problems solved, V92 : Wayne 3 Re: modem problems solved, V92 : Wayne 4 Re: modem problems solved, V92 : Voytek Eymont 5 Re: modem problems solved, V92 : Voytek Eymont 6 ot: any Mac users here ? MacOE, boot/power up options : Voytek Eymont **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 12:33:16 +1000 (EST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: OS/2 SIG Meeting Report April 2003 Hi Gary. Hope I am not too late, although I fear so... Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG talldad at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ____________________________________________ Melbourne PC SIG Meeting Report To: G Taig Features Editor PC Update CC: OS/2 SIG Members Report Date: 6 May 2003 Meeting Date: 22 Apr 2003 Report by: John Angelico (03) 9544 8792 Well, numbers for our April meeting reflected the strong interest in our main topic. Eventually 22 members and guests were present, and we especially welcomed Mark Rogers of Orion Solutions as our guest speaker. Following a pause for setup, we introduced our guest presenter Mark Rogers, who used the installation of our SIG registered copy of eCS 1.1 to take us through the newer features. It was apparent that Serenity Systems have made substantial improvements to the installation process, and it is now very slick. No longer do we need to apologise for what we all regarded as the Archilles heel of OS/2. Coupled with the fact that fewer re-installs should be the norm, eCS stands up very well to initial scrutiny, and to comparisons with certain, unamed, imitators. Further testing will of course be carried out in future meetings as we install utilities and packages from the accompanying CDs. Discussion and questions followed, with the following summary: 1. eCS 1.1 will be formally released to manufacturing within a week or so of our meeting. Although the main OS CD is complete, dude to a last-minute hitch, the second CD of utilities and installation tools is still awaiting a tool for upgrading existing installations. 2. eCS, as shown at the meeting, is designed and supported for clean installation on a fresh partition only, although this may have changed by the time this report appears in print. Check the SIG website for details of any late-breaking news. 3. All those who have orders in place will receive their CDs by mail. Other matters including future plans for eCS were discussed in confidence (better come along to the meetings if that's the kind of news you want to hear). The second half of the meeting was a Tech-Talk session on particular problems members were having with eCS installations, adding hardware, and introducing new hardware types to our OS/2-eCS systems. Next meetings: May 27th Backup strategies June 24th Bootable JFS -------------------------- PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico .... eComStation..... the best just gets better... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 17:23:56 +0830 From: Wayne Subject: Re: modem problems solved, V92 >> I plugged this modem in and everything worked without doing anything eg. >> DOIT, ZOC, >> PMFAX. I did try the voice side with PMFAX, alas, no show. At the >> moment, I don't >> need an answering machine, so this is not an issue. If circumstances >> change, I will >> play with it (Woomera) to get it going, or simply plug in my old 33K >> Maestro. >what chipset does it use ? PMFax lets you select chipsets for voice usage >Voytek Eymont 56K Conexant (formerly Rockwell). I haven't been able to find exactly which model. For now, I don't need an answering machine, but I would like to know how to select the chipset in PMFax. It has been many years. Cheers Wayne ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 17:37:58 +0830 From: Wayne Subject: Re: modem problems solved, V92 >I think you hit on the point. Performance depends on the quality (and often price) of the modem. >If your modem adjusts to match line impedance, that's a good thing to have, especially on "dirty" >lines as you say. Alas not all modems have this feature AFAIK. AFAIK only the Woomera does it. Correction to previous post, it has 8 impedance steps. >Guess things may have changed since I used modems - I'm a total convert to Broadband now. My >download speed record is over 2Mb/s !! I know others claim more, but this was a single channel >download, not multi, so "true" speed. A handy reference. My guess is in 5yrs, it will be a case of --- Dialup --- what dat! The reason I gave Voytek (I am sure he is reading this) my dload speeds was so he could make sure his base (uncompressed) speed is on par, before comparing V90 to V92. One also has to take into account what compression the modem on the other end of the line is using. Also cacheing of urls by browsers. >Cheers/2 >Ed. Cheers Wayne ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 21:12:30 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: Re: modem problems solved, V92 ** Reply to note from Wayne Tue, 06 May 2003 17:23:56 +0830 > 56K Conexant (formerly Rockwell). I haven't been able to find exactly > which model. For now, I don't need an answering machine, but I would > like to know how to select the chipset in PMFax. It has been many > years. so does Rockwell no more exists ? as far as modem chipsets ? Utilites/settings/modem voice 4 options: Rockwell/USR/CL/ZyXEL if it fails, as is try 'native modem format' instead of (default) 'wave 8b PCM format' that seems to be required with some chipsets Voytek Eymont SBT Information Systems Pty Ltd http://www.sbt dot net dot au/links/ phone +61-2 9310-1144 fax +61-2 9310-1118 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 21:17:57 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: Re: modem problems solved, V92 ** Reply to note from Wayne Tue, 06 May 2003 17:23:56 +0830 > >> play with it (Woomera) to get it going, or simply plug in my old 33K reading the meastro pages, they mention the 3 line LCD: fwiw, my ancient 28.8 Practical Peripherals has 3 line LCD that scrolls all connection info, line qulaity, etc (and, Supra used to do that with scrolling LEDs) anyhow, I'm sure it's a nice modem, but, for $300, I think I'll just walk to the bedroom and unplug the Swistell Voytek Eymont ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 22:42:32 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: ot: any Mac users here ? MacOE, boot/power up options I've got a Mac with OE that has somehow corrupted mail mssg; I've deleted some 2,500 mssg from inbasket, but, it still has a few that won't delete; the windoze OE has some compacting/reindex options, that I can not find on Mac, so: how does one delete & reinstall Mac Outlook Express ? or, is there a database reindex/repair function ? also, what are the boot time startup/setup options ? I have one mac that when powered up it attempt to power up for maybe 5 secs, than shuts down again ? TIA, Voytek Eymont ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------