Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 953
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:01:10 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Wednesday 06 October 2004
 Number  953
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  hi speed USB ? : Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
2  Re:  hi speed USB ? : Voytek Eymont <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
3  Re:  hi speed USB ? : Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
4  Re:  hi speed USB ? : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
5  Re:  hi speed USB ? : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
6  Re:  DOS virtual boot : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
7  Re:  DOS virtual boot : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
8  Re:  Program not visible to PM : Peter L Allen" <allenpl at netspace dot net dot au>
9   Cheap computer : Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
10  Re:  Cheap computer : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
11   Spyware : Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
12  Re:  Cheap computer : Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
13  Re:  Spyware : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
14  Re:  Cheap computer : David Shearer" <dshe5874 at bigpond dot net dot au>

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Date:  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:09:32 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  hi speed USB ?

Mike O'Connor said:
> Voytek Eymont wrote:
>
>>Paul Smedley said:

> Hardly 40 times faster is it?  Should have gone down to about 9 seconds!

yes....
still faster than before...

>>thanks again, that was worth the effort of plugging in the card !!
>>
>>(meanwhile, I 'stuffed up' my ram stick:
>>I was trying to format it as JFS, now, I can't even format as as HPFS,
>>and, I can't remember how I done it in the 1st place...)
>>
>
> Hi Voytek,
>
> Did you try LVM /NEWMBR:# where # is the disk # allocated to it,
> followed by recreating the volume?

yes...
gave instant reboot...
now, it allowed partition, again, after F3, instant reboot

3 instant reboots later, I seem to have re made my partition;
though, back to HPFS, I undone the JFS after I couldn't get the drive
letter 'engage'.

I'm still not sure it works OK, it shows both volumes after reboot, have
to wait till I reinsert it, lat time, it ' disengaed'

like, in the LVM, it's drive letter was removed to the left, and, drive
letter was not visible

-- 
Voytek
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Date:  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:28:26
From:  Voytek Eymont <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  hi speed USB ?

Voytek Eymont said:
> 
> Mike O'Connor said:
>> Voytek Eymont wrote:
>>
>>>Paul Smedley said:

>>>and, I can't remember how I done it in the 1st place...)
 
> like, in the LVM, it's drive letter was removed to the left, and, drive
> letter was not visible

yes, after I unplug/re plug:

the w: drive doesn't reenage:

---screen shot---
FATUSB                  V:  Compatibility                   FAT16         502
USBHPFS              W:     Compatibility                   HPFS          486
-----------------

see how  there are 3 extra spaces bewteen w:

Voytek
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Date:  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:33:48 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  hi speed USB ?

Paul Smedley said:
> Hi Voytek,
>
>
> Voytek Eymont wrote:
>> Mike O'Connor said:
>>
>>>Voytek Eymont wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Paul Smedley said:

> probably because you (from memory) have /REMOVABLES:4 - this creates 4
> drive letters even if the drive isn't connected...
>
> With cwUSBMSD I don't use /REMOVABLES at all and the card reader still
> works..

Paul,

I'll try cwUSBMSD drivers next.

-- 
Voytek
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Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:39:34 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  hi speed USB ?

Voytek Eymont wrote:

>Mike O'Connor said:
>  
>
>>Voytek Eymont wrote:
>>
>>>Paul Smedley said:
>>>      
>>>
>>Hardly 40 times faster is it?  Should have gone down to about 9 seconds!
>>    
>>
>yes....
>still faster than before...
>
>  
>
That 480mbps rate is all BS - tests have shown that maximum throughput 
on external HDs using USB2 were only around 27MB/sec compared to the 
"slower!?" 400Mbps Firewire which gave 34MB/sec.

>>>thanks again, that was worth the effort of plugging in the card !!
>>>(meanwhile, I 'stuffed up' my ram stick:
>>>I was trying to format it as JFS, now, I can't even format as as HPFS, and, I can't remember how I done it in the 1st place...)
>>>
>>Hi Voytek,
>>
>>Did you try LVM /NEWMBR:# where # is the disk # allocated to it,
>>followed by recreating the volume?
>>    
>>
>yes...
>  
>
Did you create the volume directly -- or did you follow the full 
procedure and delete+recreate the partition, then make a volume from that?

>gave instant reboot...
>now, it allowed partition, again, after F3, instant reboot
>
>3 instant reboots later, I seem to have re made my partition;
>though, back to HPFS, I undone the JFS after I couldn't get the drive letter 'engage'.
>
>  
>
I'm not familiar with "instant reboot" and "after F3" - do you mean that 
you are resetting the Video back to VGA-GRADD at each reboot?

>I'm still not sure it works OK, it shows both volumes after reboot, have to wait till I reinsert it, last time, it ' disengaged'
>
>like, in the LVM, it's drive letter was removed to the left, and, drive letter was not visible
>

Hi Voytek,
Did you stretch the LVMGUI display to full-screen width - that usually 
lets you see the drive-letters in that display!

HTH

-- 
Regards,
Mike

Failed the exam for
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MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert
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**= Email   5 ==========================**

Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:43:38 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  hi speed USB ?

Voytek Eymont wrote:

>Voytek Eymont said:
>  
>
>>Mike O'Connor said:
>>    
>>
>>>Voytek Eymont wrote:
>>>
>>>>Paul Smedley said:
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>and, I can't remember how I done it in the 1st place...)
>>>>        
>>>>
> 
>  
>
>>like, in the LVM, it's drive letter was removed to the left, and, drive
>>letter was not visible
>>    
>>
>
>yes, after I unplug/re plug:
>
>the w: drive doesn't reenage:
>
>---screen shot---
>FATUSB                  V:  Compatibility                   FAT16         502
>USBHPFS              W:     Compatibility                   HPFS          486
>-----------------
>
>see how  there are 3 extra spaces bewteen w:
>
Nope!

Hi Voytek,
Can you forward the original message - with screenshot attachments 
intact to me personally - they get stripped  here on the list!

-- 
Regards,
Mike

Failed the exam for
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MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert
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[ISP blocks *.exe, *.cmd, *.bat, *.reg attachments]
[Please use zipped versions of above]

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**= Email   6 ==========================**

Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 03:27:26 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  DOS virtual boot

Kev wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I'm back again with another small problem.  I want to set up a virtual 
> DOS machine booting from an image (.IMG) file instead the actual 
> floppy.  I've created the .IMG file OK, but forget how to configure a 
> "DOS from floppy" object to boot from said .IMG file.  I used to do 
> it, but have forgotten how now and can't find it anywhere in the helps 
> in eCS 1.2. Any hints would be gladly accepted.
>
> Thanx
> Kev Downes

Hi Kev,
See attached screenshot on private-mail version of this message.
Hint -- for anyone else interested - look at the:

 DOS from Floppy Drive|Properties|Session|DOS properties|DOS Startup-Drive

in the Command Prompts Folder .

-- 
Regards,
Mike

Failed the exam for
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MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert
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[ISP blocks *.exe, *.cmd, *.bat, *.reg attachments]
[Please use zipped versions of above]

[attachments have been removed]
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**= Email   7 ==========================**

Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 07:00:04 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  DOS virtual boot

Hi Kev,

   I guess you are referring to the option that comes when you install dos/Win3.11
support ? - ie command prompts ? Go into the properties of the object, Session tab,
Dos Properties button, scroll down to DOS_Startup_drive setting  and change the A: to
be the DOS IMG file location and name. Note the on-screen help says the image has to
be created with VMDISK.

  As for Time stamp, I think it's still wrong as it shows:

Date:
          Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:36:45 +0000

I would expect it to say +0008

Cheers/2

Ed.

Kev wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I'm back again with another small problem.  I want to set up a virtual
> DOS machine booting from an image (.IMG) file instead the actual floppy.
>   I've created the .IMG file OK, but forget how to configure a "DOS from
> floppy" object to boot from said .IMG file.  I used to do it, but have
> forgotten how now and can't find it anywhere in the helps in eCS 1.2.
> Any hints would be gladly accepted.
>
> Thanx
> Kev Downes
>
> ps  How's the time stamp in my header now?  I've done all the
> suggestions so far.

>  

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**= Email   8 ==========================**

Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:48:40 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Peter L Allen" <allenpl at netspace dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Program not visible to PM

That was it - filed in handy stuff now,
					Regards,
							allenpl

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:05:20 +1000, Mike O'Connor wrote:

>Peter L Allen wrote:
>
>>	What' going on when a started program appears in the window list and 
Warpcentre list but can't be seen on the desktop.
>>	Seem to recall something being posted re similar some time back - another bit 
of handy stuff that didn't get filed!
>>				Regards,
>>						allenpl
>>  
>>
>
>Hi Peter,
>
>If it isn't visible, the program window's "opened" position is probably 
>off the screen completely - RMB on it in the Task-list and select 
>CASCADE or TILE to make it visible again, then drag and resizr it to 
>what you want.
>
>HTH
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>Mike
>
>Failed the exam for
>--------------------
>MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert
>--------------------
>[ISP blocks *.exe, *.cmd, *.bat, *.reg attachments]
>[Please use zipped versions of above]
>

> 

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**= Email   9 ==========================**

Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:32:45 +1000 (AEST)
From:  "Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
Subject:   Cheap computer

Hi everyone,

Retravision are selling Acer Aspire computers for $899.

Intel Celeron 2.66 GHz CPU
256 Mb DDR memory
40 Gb hard drive
52 x CD-RW
Internal fax modem
Speakers
17" Monitor
Bonus Printer
With BigPond ADSL Install Kit $999

Sounds a good buy for anyone wanting to upgrade.

Regards

Alan Duval

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**= Email   10 ==========================**

Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:55:04 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Cheap computer

Doesn't sound bad for the price but no network and no soundcard ?? Also any idea what
the video chipset is ??

Cheers/2

Ed.

Alan Duval wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Retravision are selling Acer Aspire computers for $899.
>
> Intel Celeron 2.66 GHz CPU
> 256 Mb DDR memory
> 40 Gb hard drive
> 52 x CD-RW
> Internal fax modem
> Speakers
> 17" Monitor
> Bonus Printer
> With BigPond ADSL Install Kit $999
>
> Sounds a good buy for anyone wanting to upgrade.
>
> Regards
>
> Alan Duval
>

>  

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**= Email   11 ==========================**

Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:55:49 +1000 (AEST)
From:  "Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
Subject:   Spyware

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if there is spyware for eCS?

Regards

Alan Duval

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**= Email   12 ==========================**

Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:26:48 +1000 (AEST)
From:  "Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Cheap computer

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:55:04 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote:

>Doesn't sound bad for the price but no network and no soundcard ?? Also any idea what
>the video chipset is ??

No!  those are the only details mentioned in their advertising brochure. I might go down to our local 
Retravision tomorrow and check further.

Regards

Alan Duval 

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**= Email   13 ==========================**

Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:36:26 +1000 (AEST)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Spyware

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:55:49 +1000 (AEST), Alan Duval wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>
>Does anyone know if there is spyware for eCS?
>
>Regards
>
>Alan Duval

Presuming you mean *anti-*spyware... <g>

Probably not required, Alan, since the known malicious spyware is almost all
for Win.

Mozilla and Firefox both incorporate Popup-Window-Blocking, which may be
called first-level anti-intrusion, apart from Norman Anti-Virus of course.

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or 
talldad at kepl dot com dot au
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Date:  Wed, 06 Oct 2004 22:27:00 +1000
From:  "David Shearer" <dshe5874 at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Cheap computer

I bought an Acer Aspire T310 to replace my old IBM Aptiva a few months ago.  This one was a P4 2.8GHZ.  
I liked it because it had an 8x agp port - so you had an option to not use on board video.  If I recall the on 
board video is SIS - the chipset is SIS661.

I put in an ATI 9200 video card and it works a treat with scitech.

The ACER also came with built in lan - realtek 8169 and 6 USB ports including USB 2.0

The onboard sound is AC97 ALC650 I think but I now use a CMI8739 card I bought cheap that supports wav 
and midi under ecs.

It has 3 spare PCI slots too and is a reasonable midi size case.  Overall I have been very happy with quaility 
and performance - esp given low price etc.  Everything works, LAN, USB etc.

David Shearer

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:26:48 +1000, Alan Duval wrote:

>On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:55:04 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote:
>
>>Doesn't sound bad for the price but no network and no soundcard ?? Also any idea what
>>the video chipset is ??
>
>
>No!  those are the only details mentioned in their advertising brochure. I might go down to our local 
>Retravision tomorrow and check further.
>
>Regards
>
>Alan Duval 
>

> 

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