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From: "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 19:44:53 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Australian Personal Computer

On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 09:35:09 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote:

>Simon, I can only agree. I have also written many times - even offering
>to supply them with articles if they found it hard to get information.

To all list-readers:

is it time to tell them that our persistence has been rewarded with a
kick in the teeth?

I would be prepared to write a letter on behalf of the Melb SIG.

Ed, Leigh B, and/or others in positions of accountability for SIGs
around the place: should we each send them something on behalf of our
organisations?



Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
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From: "Ian Manners" <ianatos2site dot com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:42:44 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Australian Personal Computer

Hi John, and everyone else on this thread

>>Simon, I can only agree. I have also written many times - even offering
>>to supply them with articles if they found it hard to get information.

I did the same about 2-3 years ago, I also offered both the guy looking
after the OS/2 part, and the magazine, to organise software collections for
them, no answers. I dont have time to write articles but I'm still happy
to provide software, as well as check with the software authors that its
ok to include that software.

The OS/2 Warp 4 cover disk (with RH etc) was great, I believe there
was a story behind that but I'm still not sure about it.

If anyone does write to them, let me know if you get an answer, as
I would be willing to do a monthly software collection for them, not
just including the latest files but files that also are in keeping with that
months theme.


Cheers
Ian B Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

[I am not stupid, I am not expendable and I am not going]

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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 18:22:08 +1000
From: "Mike O'Connor" <mikeocataustarnet dot com dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau_digest] No. 161 - item 2 - W2K  switch off

Hi all,

Ed, could you elaborate on the "switch off the power" -
presumably not the mains 240V "switch off", or are you
referring to the fact that W2K doesn't then come up at next
boot and say that the machine wasn't shutdown properly,
instead quietly doing its "healthy" check on all partitions?
Are you using one of those Internet-enabled-keyboards with
buttons for sleep/poweroff etc?
[RMB on power object and select "power off" works o.k. here
in Warp4 (FP12) and in eCS using the eCSStylerLite "System
shutdown" also does a shutdown+power off as long as APM1.1
available.]

regards
 - Mike 


Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au> wrote:

A computer should by now be as simple to operate as a
washing machine or an electric oven. You should be able to
turn it on and use it and then simply turn it off when
you're finished. Give Windows 2000 a point here, if you
switch off the power, it automatically jumps in and does a
proper shutdown but we shouldn't NEED a PROPER SHUTDOWN if
the device was simpler in the first place !
