From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:01:04 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 824 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Wednesday 24 March 2004 Number 824 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Epson C61 USB Printer under WinOS2 : David Shearer" 2 Re: Epson C61 USB Printer under WinOS2 : Daryl Pilkington 3 usb memory card support : voytek at sbt dot net dot au 4 Re: usb memory card support : Ed Durrant 5 Re: usb memory card support : Dennis Nolan 6 eCSMT : Dennis Nolan 7 Spam : Dennis Nolan 8 Re: usb memory card support : voytek at sbt dot net dot au 9 Re: usb memory card support : Ed Durrant 10 Re: eCSMT : Robert Traynor (BobT)" 11 Re: usb memory card support : Ed Durrant 12 Re: Epson C61 USB Printer under WinOS2 : David Shearer" 13 Advice re Boot Managers : David Shearer" 14 New Hauppage PVR Recording solution under OS/2 or eCs : David Shearer" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:07:51 +1000 From: "David Shearer" Subject: Epson C61 USB Printer under WinOS2 For those with this printer, I have just been able to figure out how to print under WinOS2 including with colour. The C61 is a USB and parallel port printer, which works fine under OS/2-eCs using the IBM epson drivers. However I was not sure it would work under Winos2. I asked Epson for some advice re: printing with this model under Win3.1. They suggested using an older epson driver. I have found that the win31 driver for the Epson stylus color 820 works with the Epson stylus c61 - with b/w and color. This is how iI got it to work. I downloaded the win31 driver for the epson stylus color 820 from their site and installed it in winos2. I set the winos2 printer to print to lpt3. In os/2-eCs I setup another printer object using the os/2 epson driver for lpt3 and redirected it to the usb printer object, that i had already installed. David ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 01:44:20 +1100 From: Daryl Pilkington Subject: Re: Epson C61 USB Printer under WinOS2 David Shearer wrote: > For those with this printer, I have just been able to figure out how to print under WinOS2 including with colour. > > The C61 is a USB and parallel port printer, which works fine under OS/2-eCs using the IBM epson drivers. > However I was not sure it would work under Winos2. > > I asked Epson for some advice re: printing with this model under Win3.1. They suggested using an older > epson driver. I have found that the win31 driver for the Epson stylus color 820 works with the Epson stylus > c61 - with b/w and color. > > This is how iI got it to work. I downloaded the win31 driver for the epson stylus color 820 from their site and > installed it in winos2. I set the winos2 printer to print to lpt3. In os/2-eCs I setup another printer object using > the os/2 epson driver for lpt3 and redirected it to the usb printer object, that i had already installed. > Thats great news David, You shouldn't have to create the extra printer object in eCS. Go to the printer object created originally for the USB printer. In ports, right click on lpt3 & select redirection. Note, don't actually select lpt3 with the left mouse button, otherwise you will configure your original printer for lpt3! Now under redirection, select the USB port. Now you should have a single printer object in eCS that works from lpt3 in Win-OS/2. Let us know how you go with this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:07:57 +1100 (EST) From: voytek at sbt dot net dot au Subject: usb memory card support what do I need to mount 'usb memory sticks': USB memory card support from SoftChoice ? what about the various other memory devices, like, SD or MMC cards; if I install USB memeory vard support, will the little 'dongles' that allow physical connection of sd or mmc cards to an USB connector work on OS/2 ? anyone using these ? Voytek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:12:51 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: usb memory card support These are all "mass storage devices", make sure you get the latest USB support (November 2003) from Software Choice. I have a Dick Smith's 32MB memory disk (stick) that has a card reader built in. The "stick" works fine, I haven't tried the reader yet. Cheers/2 Ed. voytek at sbt dot net dot au wrote: > what do I need to mount 'usb memory sticks': > > USB memory card support from SoftChoice ? > > what about the various other memory devices, like, SD or MMC cards; > > if I install USB memeory vard support, will the little 'dongles' that > allow physical connection of sd or mmc cards to an USB connector work on > OS/2 ? > > anyone using these ? > > Voytek > > =========================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:49:09 +1100 From: Dennis Nolan Subject: Re: usb memory card support voytek at sbt dot net dot au wrote: >what do I need to mount 'usb memory sticks': > >USB memory card support from SoftChoice ? > >what about the various other memory devices, like, SD or MMC cards; > >if I install USB memeory vard support, will the little 'dongles' that >allow physical connection of sd or mmc cards to an USB connector work on >OS/2 ? > >anyone using these ? > >Voytek > > >. > > > The memory stick should be formatted with a FAT file system on it. Then OS/2 will recognise it as a Mass Storage Device. The following works for my camera BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS Rem I have 4 USB ports so need this repeated three times BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS BASEDEV=USBOHCD.SYS BASEDEV=USBEHCD.SYS BASEDEV=USBD.SYS /REQ:USBUHCD$,USBOHCD$,USBEHCD$ BASEDEV=USBHID.SYS BASEDEV=USBMSD.ADD /V rem the /v gives a message that it is loaded and functioning rem usbmountd This is good for LVM it detects connection to the port and nudges LVM to put an icon for it in the drives folder DEVICE=D:\USB\usbmountd\usbresmg.sys rem I don't have a USB mouse But this allows me to use my WACOM USB digitiser as a mouse DEVICE=c:\os2\boot\USBMOUSE.SYS Regards Dennis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:10:14 +1100 From: Dennis Nolan Subject: eCSMT After last night I decided once again to attempt updating my system by getting the Maintenance Tool from ecomstation dot com As before I log in but I can't download anything, just get the Proxy load failed (java dot net.UnknownHostException: Host not found) and object not found in cache message I tried the sugested ftp site using the supplied login ID and password. They didn't work I'm told I'm logged on, and if I wernt I'd not get to the page with the downloads What is the secret. Regards Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:17:28 +1100 From: Dennis Nolan Subject: Spam Just a thought on the penis enlargement span If I had a pills which would give a three inch enlargement I would market them by giving enough pills for one inch to every prospective customer for free. When the customer got his one inch enlargment I could charge like a wounded bull for the next two inches. So my conclusion is it don't work Regards Dennis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 8 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:39:48 +1100 (EST) From: voytek at sbt dot net dot au Subject: Re: usb memory card support > These are all "mass storage devices", make sure you get the latest USB > support > (November 2003) from Software Choice. > > I have a Dick Smith's 32MB memory disk (stick) that has a card reader > built in. The > "stick" works fine, I haven't tried the reader yet. Ed, pls post any findings I'm about to get a new Palm, that takes SD and MMC cards, I presume, I can backup to card, then, save to PC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 9 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:46:28 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: usb memory card support voytek at sbt dot net dot au wrote: > > These are all "mass storage devices", make sure you get the latest USB > > support > > (November 2003) from Software Choice. > > > > I have a Dick Smith's 32MB memory disk (stick) that has a card reader > > built in. The > > "stick" works fine, I haven't tried the reader yet. > > Ed, > pls post any findings > > I'm about to get a new Palm, that takes SD and MMC cards, I presume, I can > backup to card, then, save to PC > One reason I bought the ($29) DSE combined memory key and SD/MMC card reader was so that if I couldn't connect my digital camera to my system and get data (which I thought might be the case), I could always take the card out and put it in this reader. As it turned out, I plugged my Camera (an Emprex 2200V) straight onto the USB port and I was able to access it as a mass storage device straight away, so I never needed to test it, but I'll try it now and let you know what I find. Regards, Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 10 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:56:27 +1000 From: "Robert Traynor (BobT)" Subject: Re: eCSMT Hi Dennis, Are you using a Java Proxy program on your computer.? Or does AlphaLink run a Proxy.? If so there is a provision on the "Download Status" panel in eCSMT, to put your proxy details. Other answers below. On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:10:14 +1100, Dennis Nolan wrote: > After last night I decided once again to attempt updating my system by > getting the Maintenance Tool from ecomstation dot com > > As before I log in but I can't download anything, just get the > > Proxy load failed (java dot net.UnknownHostException: Host not found) > and object not found in cache > > message > > I tried the sugested ftp site using the supplied login ID and password. > They didn't work Do you mean you tried to Logon with your browser at http://www.ecomstation dot com with your supplied NAME and Password that came with eCS 1.1.? (Not FTP.?) Or do you mean you can't download anything THROUGH eCSMT.? > I'm told I'm logged on, and if I wernt I'd not get to the page with the > downloads The above sounds like you are referring to a web browser access to www.ecomstation dot com. > What is the secret. > > Regards > Dennis I don't know either, then again, if I did it would not be a secret. :-) I am sending you an email direct off list. Regards, Robert Traynor (BobT). 24 March 2004 21:56 ,-._|\ Robert Traynor (BobT) / Oz \ email rtraynor at removeme.optusnet dot com dot au \_,--.x/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 11 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:59:14 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: usb memory card support voytek at sbt dot net dot au wrote: > > These are all "mass storage devices", make sure you get the latest USB > > support > > (November 2003) from Software Choice. > > > > I have a Dick Smith's 32MB memory disk (stick) that has a card reader > > built in. The > > "stick" works fine, I haven't tried the reader yet. > > Ed, > pls post any findings > > I'm about to get a new Palm, that takes SD and MMC cards, I presume, I can > backup to card, then, save to PC > Well, it's a black mark against the DSE USB ProDrive - the memory key works fine but all that happens when I plug my SD memory card into it, is that the light changes from green to red on the device. The USB memory keys contents are still accessible however the SD card is not. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 12 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:42:30 +1000 From: "David Shearer" Subject: Re: Epson C61 USB Printer under WinOS2 Thanks - but my current setup works fine anyway. But you are right I didn't have to setup the extra object. Of note other win31 epson drivers that i tried eg stylus color2 or even the stylus 880 didn't work - the print manger app would say the printer is out of paper. Luckily the 820 worked. David On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 01:44:20 +1100, Daryl Pilkington wrote: >David Shearer wrote: > >> For those with this printer, I have just been able to figure out how to print under WinOS2 including with colour. >> >> The C61 is a USB and parallel port printer, which works fine under OS/2-eCs using the IBM epson drivers. >> However I was not sure it would work under Winos2. >> >> I asked Epson for some advice re: printing with this model under Win3.1. They suggested using an older >> epson driver. I have found that the win31 driver for the Epson stylus color 820 works with the Epson stylus >> c61 - with b/w and color. >> >> This is how iI got it to work. I downloaded the win31 driver for the epson stylus color 820 from their site and >> installed it in winos2. I set the winos2 printer to print to lpt3. In os/2-eCs I setup another printer object using >> the os/2 epson driver for lpt3 and redirected it to the usb printer object, that i had already installed. >> >Thats great news David, >You shouldn't have to create the extra printer object in eCS. > >Go to the printer object created originally for the USB printer. > >In ports, right click on lpt3 & select redirection. >Note, don't actually select lpt3 with the left mouse button, otherwise >you will configure your original printer for lpt3! > >Now under redirection, select the USB port. > >Now you should have a single printer object in eCS that works from lpt3 >in Win-OS/2. > >Let us know how you go with this. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 13 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:48:18 +1000 From: "David Shearer" Subject: Advice re Boot Managers I have recently been dabbling with Linux again - especially since I had to replace my 20G drive with an 80G drive - the 20G suddenly failed - it was only 2 yrs old what a bugger!! I also run WinXP and eCs (I use eCs about 90% of the time). I have been looking around for a decent boot manager. I tried grub which was installed from the Linux fedora distro, but when i dabbled with LVM in eCs it stuffed it up. I am now trying Airboot. It is fine and allows me to boot all os's. Does anyone use a different one or can recommend one to try? David PS I have used system commander 3.0 and 4.0 but they dont recognise my large drive properly now. IBM Boot manager is boring. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 14 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:51:22 +1000 From: "David Shearer" Subject: New Hauppage PVR Recording solution under OS/2 or eCs Did everyone notice the news about the software to enable you to record MPEG using the Hauppage PVR card? Sounds very encouraging. However I checked to see how much the card was - it is around $480 to $500 in Australia. In the US it is $199 - with the exchange rate the way it is now that equates to $260AUD - what a mark-up!! It is a pity it will only work with that card. The card does do hardware mpeg recording however. David ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------