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Sunday 07 April 2002
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re: [os2genau] TCPIP questions : Daryl Pilkington" <u3232athome.dialix dot com>
2  [os2genau] New Injoy Betas : Paul Smedley" <psmedle1atbigpond dot net dot au>
3  Re: [os2genau] New Injoy Betas : Gregory Hicks <ghicksatihug dot com dot au>
4  Re: [os2genau] New Injoy Betas : bob <bobatcontact.omen dot com dot au>
5  [os2genau] Printers and drivers : Michael Barrow <mbatnetstra dot com dot au>
6  [os2genau] Sony Global | Press Release : Gregory Hicks <ghicksatihug dot com dot au>
7  Re: [os2genau] Printers and drivers : Paul Smedley" <psmedle1atbigpond dot net dot au>
8  Re: [os2genau] Printers and drivers : Gregory Hicks <ghicksatihug dot com dot au>
9  Re: [os2genau] Sony Global | Press Release : Daryl Pilkington" <u3232athome.dialix dot com>
10  Re: [os2genau] Printers and drivers : amoht" <amohtatozemail dot com dot au>
11  Re: [os2genau] Printers and drivers : Michael Block <mblockatoptushome dot com dot au>
12  Re: [os2genau] Printers and drivers : Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
13  [os2genau] CD Burning question. : Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
14  Re: [os2genau] CD Burning question. : Robert Traynor  (BobT)" <rtraynoratoptushome dot com dot au>
15  Re: [os2genau] CD Burning question. : Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>

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Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 09:16:51 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Daryl Pilkington" <u3232athome.dialix dot com>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] TCPIP questions

Hi Graham,
Great, half you DHCP network is already in place.

I own an ALCATEL "Speed Touch Home", (STH), nice unit.

Unfortunately, you need the NAT function of the Speed Touch Pro to
allow you to enable its internal DHCP server safely with your ISP.

There is a firmware hack to "upgrade" the Home -> Pro, but if something
goes wrong, you could fry your STH, so it becomes a Speed Touch
Heaven...

The safest solution is to build a smoothwall box:
http://www.smoothwall dot org

You'll need for the box:
P100 processsor
(gone from the charts but not from our hearts)
32MB RAM
2 RealTek 8139 chipset 10/100NICs
(Skymaster brand is an example)
ISA video card
(low power consumption, another oldie)

For installation you will need:
CD-ROM drive
Floppy drive

I use my STH with Smoothwall.


On Fri, 05 Apr 2002 16:59:28 +1100 (EDT), Dr Graham Norton FRACP
Neurologist wrote:
>
SNIP
>I think that we are already  running the DHCP server at work set up 
>by Brian for me!!
>
>The Home ADSL modem is an ALCATEL "Speed Touch Home" model..... any 
>help?
>
SNIP
>

Regards,

Daryl  Pilkington 

//// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration
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<O>  OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2
     IBM Certified Systems Expert

        email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au
          ICQ: 91914134
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Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 11:24:13 +1100
From:  "Paul Smedley" <psmedle1atbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  [os2genau] New Injoy Betas

Hi All,
Just to let everyone know that there are new betas of both the Injoy dialer and firewall at 
http://www.fx.dk/beta

I've been using the new firewall beta since Friday and I really like it.  There's now a 
graphical rules builder which IMHO is far more intuitive than the previous text file 
configuration - I even managed to put the firewall PC in stealth mode and craft a firewall 
rule to let the Telstra Heartbeat through the firewall - somthing I tried and failed with the 
old Firewall product.

There are lots of new features and options - most of which I haven't played with yet, but 
it will automatically detect and blackwall (ie ban) people who try and hack your firewall.  
Unfortunately the documentation isn't yet ready for the product, but most things are 
reasonably intuitive anyway.  

Theres an inbuilt dhcpd which I intend to play with but haven't had time yet.

I'd be interested to hear anyone else's comments on the new version.  There's also a 
sale on licenses of the existing Injoy products - 30% off the normal prices - not sure 
what the upgrade policy will be from the old products to the new ones though..

Regards,

Paul.

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Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 11:36:24 +0930
From:  Gregory Hicks <ghicksatihug dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] New Injoy Betas

Hi Paul,

Paul Smedley wrote:

> <snip>
>
>  I even managed to put the firewall PC in stealth mode and craft a firewall
> rule to let the Telstra Heartbeat through the firewall -

<snip>

Pardon my ignorance, what is the "Telstra Heartbeat"?

--

cheers





Gregory Hicks
Q48036388 3rd Year CQU BIT

"I took a bigger challenge - study externally and long distance"


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Date:  07 Apr 2002 10:33:52 +0800
From:  bob <bobatcontact.omen dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] New Injoy Betas

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 10:06, Gregory Hicks wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Paul Smedley wrote:
> 
> > <snip>
> >
> >  I even managed to put the firewall PC in stealth mode and craft a firewall
> > rule to let the Telstra Heartbeat through the firewall -
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Pardon my ignorance, what is the "Telstra Heartbeat"?

http://www.ozcableguy dot com/heartbeat.html

> --
> 
> cheers

-- 
bob
Something witty... and in Latin.


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Date:  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 17:27:13 -0400
From:  Michael Barrow <mbatnetstra dot com dot au>
Subject:  [os2genau] Printers and drivers

Greetings all,
As my printer has just died has anyone bought a new printer in the last 6
months?
What of the cheap Cannon, Lexmark, HP, etc work with OS/2?
Does anyone have a USB printer working? As USB only printer are becoming common
in the bottom end of printers.
Regards,
Michael
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Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 16:01:06 +0930
From:  Gregory Hicks <ghicksatihug dot com dot au>
Subject:  [os2genau] Sony Global | Press Release

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Hi All,

A little aside from the normal OS/2 stuff, but interesting to see the
result of 20 years or so of development in real-time OS, AI and
robotics.

http://www.sony.co.jp/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/200203/02-0319E/
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cheers





Gregory Hicks

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                        March 19,2002<BR>
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<B>Sony Develops Small Biped Entertainment Robot</B>
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                      <font size="-1"><SPAN class="small">With Ability to Adopt 
                      Its Movement to a Variety of Situations and Offering Rich 
                      Communication<br>
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                      <span class="medium">Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation today 
                      announced the development of a prototype small biped entertainment 
                      robot "SDR-4X" that can adapt its performance to its environment 
                      and situations found in the home to further develop the 
                      possibility for a biped-walking robot. Richer communication 
                      with people can be realized by a variety of sensor systems, 
                      performance control software based on memory and learning, 
                      and a flexible biped walking mechanism. <br>
                      <br>
                      While improving the output performance of small actuators 
                      that drive each joint, a newly developed "Real-time Integrated 
                      Adaptive Control System" controls a total of 38 joints in 
                      the robot's body in real time, based on information from 
                      various sensors gathered in real time. More advanced movements 
                      are realized by enabling biped walk on irregular and tiled 
                      surface plus posture retention control under external pressure. 
                      In addition, stable and flexible walk can be achieved by 
                      the real time production of walking patterns such as pace 
                      and rotation angle in accordance with various situations.<br>
                      Using two CCD color cameras for image recognition, the SDR-4X 
                      can detect the distance between itself and an object by 
                      processing the parallax of the two cameras. These cameras 
                      allow the robot to perceive the figuration of an object 
                      and range between itself and the object to automatically 
                      produce a route in order to make its way around the object. 
                      <br>
                      <br>
                      In addition to image recognition, sound recognition, and 
                      sound synthesis technologies, communication and movement 
                      control technology based on memory is incorporated in the 
                      SDR-4X to further enrich communications with people. The 
                      SDR-4X can recognize an individual person by detecting the 
                      front facial image captured by a color camera. The robot 
                      can also detect the direction of a sound source and recognizes 
                      an individual speaking by utilizing 7 microphones located 
                      inside its head. By using embedded wireless LAN communication 
                      functions, the robot can synchronize data processing with 
                      an externally connected PC, which enables continuous speech 
                      recognition of many vocabularies. <br>
                      <br>
                      Information on people and the location of an object obtained 
                      through image recognition technology is used as short and 
                      long term memory information. Based on this information, 
                      the SDR-4X can realize more complicated communication and 
                      movements. By inputting music and lyric data into the robot, 
                      it can produce a singing voice with vibratos and the composition 
                      of emotional, dynamic singing through voice synthesis can 
                      be realized to improve the robot's entertainment quality. 
                      <br>
                      <br>
                      The SDR-4X will be shown at ROBODEX 2002, an exhibition 
                      of "Robots as Partners", from Thursday March 28 to March 
                      31 for 4 days at Pacifico Yokohama in the Yokohama Minatomirai 
                      area. <br>
                      <BR>
                      <u><b>Prototype "SDR-4X" Key Characteristics</b></u><BR>
                      1) Real-time Integrated Adaptive Motion Control <br>
                      Integrated Adaptive Control can be realized in real time 
                      for walking on irregular and/or tilted surfaces and retaining 
                      posture under external pressure (i.e. when pushed). <BR>
                      - Ability to walk on an irregular surface up to 10mm approximately 
                      in variation <BR>
                      - Ability to walk up and down on a tilted surface up to 
                      10 degrees approximately <br>
                      - To prevent falling over under external pressure, the SDR-4X 
                      automatically performs footfall and step back to maintain 
                      its standing posture. <br>
                      - If it falls over, damage will be limited by the robot's 
                      flexible joint control and effective damage avoidance posture 
                      retention. <br>
                      <br>
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                          <td width="66%"><span class="small">To see streaming 
                            video of SDR-4X,click <a href="02_0319mv2e.html" target="_blank">here</a>. 
                            <br>
                            (Available between March.19-May 31.)</span></td>
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                      <br>
                      2) Real-time Gait Pattern Generation Control <br>
                      This technology produces the necessary walking patterns 
                      by altering walking pace, cycle and rotating angle in accordance 
                      with the situation and environment, based on information 
                      from the robot's sensors. This achieves a stable and smooth 
                      gait for autonomous walking. <br>
                      <br>
                      3) Real-world Space Perception Technology <br>
                      With 2 CCD cameras embedded in its head, the SDR-4X can 
                      detect the distance between itself and an object and perceive 
                      the range in-between and the figuration of an object. Based 
                      on this information, SDR-4X can automatically calculate 
                      a route to make its way around the object. 7 microphones 
                      equipped in the head make it possible for the SDR-4X to 
                      detect the direction of a sound source. 
                      <BR>
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                      <br>
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                          <td colspan="2" height="24"><span class="small"><b>-Micro 
                            Stereo Vision-</b></span></td>
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                          <td colspan="2"><span class="small"><b>-Real-time Obstacle Detection/Real-time Path Planning-</b></span></td>
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                          <td width="34%" valign="top"><img src="image/shougai.jpg" width="160" height="120" alt="obstacle" vspace="0" hspace="0" border="1"></td>
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					  <br>
                      <BR>
                      4) Multi-modal Human Interaction Technology <BR>
                      1. Individual person detection, recognition learning technology 
                      <br>
                      - Ability to detect and recognize a face (front face) against 
                      a complex background <br>
                      - Ability to memorize up to 10 individual faces through 
                      the learning functions <br>
                      - Ability to recognize individuals by the tone of their 
                      voice. <br>
                      <BR>
                      2. Continuous speech recognition and unknown vocabulary 
                      acquisition <br>
                      - Ability to recognize continuous speech for many vocabularies 
                      by synchronizing data processing with an externally connected 
                      PC via wireless LAN <br>
                      - Ability to learn and memorize new words not listed on 
                      its dictionary. <BR>
                      <br>
                      3. Conversation, performance control technology based on 
                      its short-term and long-term memory<br>
                      In addition to short-term memory functions to temporary 
                      memorize individuals and objects, SDR-4X is equipped with 
                      long-term memory functions to memorize faces and names through 
                      more in-depth communications with people. Emotional information 
                      based on a communication experience will be memorized on 
                      a long-term memory as well. By utilizing both short and 
                      long-term memories, the SDR-4X achieves more complicated 
                      conversations and performances. <br>
                      <br>
                      4. Speech synthesis and singing voice production<br>
                      - High level of entertainment by emotionally expressive 
                      speech and voice production synchronized with full body 
                      performance<br>
                      - Capability to produce singing voice with vibratos through 
                      voice synthesis by inputting music and lyric data. <br><font size="-1"><span class="medium"><table width="79%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" align="center">
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                          <td width="66%"><span class="small"><span class="small">To see streaming 
                            video of SDR-4X,click <a href="02_0319mv1e.html" target="_blank">here</a>. 
                            <br>
                            (Available between March.19-May 31.)</span></span></td>
                        </tr>
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                      <br>
                      5) Safe design for interaction with people <br>
                      Safe design including a joint structure that does not trap 
                      hands and fingers in between joints has been adopted for 
                      safe interaction with people <br>
                      <br>
                      6) Improved expression by adding more degrees of freedom 
                      <br>
                      4 axes in the robot's head and 1 axis in the wrist have 
                      been added in order to improve the robot's expression. 5 
                      individually movable fingers are also attached to each hand. 
                      <BR>
                      <BR>
                      7) Improved performance of small actuators <br>
                      Compared to the small actuators used in prototype "SDR-3X" 
                      announced in November 2000, a more advanced physical performance 
                      and response can be achieved by an approximately 30% improvement 
                      in the start-up torque, an approximately 15% improvement 
                      in rated torque, and an approximately 20% improvement in 
                      efficiency. <BR>
                      <BR>
                      8) SDR Motion Creator <br>
                      SDR Motion Creator is a software system that enables the 
                      easy production and editing of a variety of movements such 
                      as dancing, using a PC. This software also includes automatic 
                      correction functions to prevent the robot's falling over 
                      while performing complex movements input by a creator or 
                      user. This enables the robot to easily produce complicated, 
                      personalized performances. <br>
                      <br>
                      <br>
                      <b>Prototype "SDR-4X" Main Specifications</b><BR>
                      <table border=1 width="520" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2">
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">CPU</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">64 
                            bit RISC processor (x2)</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Main 
                            Recording Device</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">64MB 
                            DRAM (x2)</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Operating 
                            System</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Aperios 
                            (Sony's original real time OS)</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Robot 
                            Control Architecture</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">OPEN-R</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Control 
                            Program Supplying media</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">16MB 
                            Memory Stick</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Joint 
                            Degrees of Freedom</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Neck: 
                            4 degrees of freedom, Body: 2 degrees of freedom, 
                            Arms: 5 degrees of freedom (x2), Legs: 6 degrees of 
                            freedom (x2); total 28 degrees of freedom + 5 fingers 
                            on each hand</span></td>
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                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" rowspan="5"><span class="small">Internal 
                            Sensors</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Distance 
                            Detection</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Infrared 
                            Distance Sensor: head x1, hands x2, total 3</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Acceleration 
                            Detection</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Trunk: 
                            X, Y, Z/3 axes, Legs: X, Y/2 axes</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Angular 
                            Rate Detection</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Trunk: 
                            X, Y, Z/3 axes</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Foot 
                            Sole Sensor</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Power 
                            Sensor (each leg: 4 x 2 = total 8)</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Thermo 
                            Sensor</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">External 
                            (x4), Internal (x2)</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" rowspan="4"><span class="small">Touch 
                            Sensor</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Head</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Pressure 
                            Sensitive Rubber</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Handle</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Sheet 
                            Switch</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Hands</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Sheet 
                            Switch X2</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Shoulders</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Tact 
                            Switch X2</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Image 
                            Input</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">110,000 
                            pixels 1/5 inch CCD color camera (x2)</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Sound 
                            Input</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Microphone 
                            (x7)</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Sound 
                            Output</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Speaker</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Input/Output</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">PC 
                            Card Slot (Type II) (x1)<br>
                            Memory Stick Slot (x1) </span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" rowspan="3"><span class="small">Display</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Eye 
                            LED</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">4096 
                            color (RGB 16 gradation combination)</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Ear 
                            LED</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">1 color 
                            16 gradation</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="115"><span class="small">Power 
                            LED</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">2 colors 
                            (3 colors in simultaneous lighting) Performance/Charging 
                            Condition Display</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2" rowspan="2"><span class="small">Walking 
                            Speed</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Approximately 
                            6m/minute max (irregular surface)Pace: 10cm, Walking 
                            Cycle: 1.0 second/step</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Approximately 
                            20m/minute max (flat, smooth surface)Pace: 6.5cm, 
                            Walking Cycle: 0.20 second/step</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2" rowspan="2"><span class="small">Irregular 
                            Surface Walking Ability</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Irregularity 
                            degree: 10mm irregular surface on non-slip condition</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Tilt 
                            degree: Up to approx. 10 degrees tilted surface on 
                            non-slip condition</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Weight</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Approximately 
                            6.5Kg with battery and memory</span></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr> 
                          <td valign="top" colspan="2"><span class="small">Dimensions 
                            (height x width x depth)</span></td>
                          <td valign="top" width="282"><span class="small">Approximately 
                            580 x 260 x 190mm</span></td>
                        </tr>
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**= Email   7 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 16:31:53 +1100
From:  "Paul Smedley" <psmedle1atbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Printers and drivers

Michael,
The answer to your question depends what exactly your needs are.

The recent Epson prints apparently have good OS/2 drivers supplied by Epson or IBM 
Japan - the EpOmnie drivers, however I was turned off the Epson's due to the high cost 
of consumables.

Some HP printers apparently work well in OS/2, however I wasn't able to track down a 
model listed in the current Omni drivers from IBM - from January 2002.  Again HP 
consumable are relatively expensive.

I ended up with a Canon S400SP which I'm quite happy with for $250.  It has separate 
tanks for each colour, with the genuine Canon cartidges being $18ea for the Colours 
and $25 for the black, with the Calidad compatible cartridges being $10ea for colours, 
and $18 for black at K-Mart.  Whilst the OS/2 drivers only output 360x360 vs 1440x720 in 
Windows, the quality is still quite good for what I print, which is largely emails or 
websites.  Any photo quality stuff we email to a photo lab - at $0.75ea for 6"x4" prints off 
in TRUE photographic quality, it isn't worth the hassle of printing photos at home 
(IMHO).

However, Canon have just released a new range of USB only printers that aren't 
currently supported in OS/2.

Hope some of the above ramble helps :)

Regards,

Paul.


On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 17:27:13 -0400, Michael Barrow wrote:

>Greetings all,
>As my printer has just died has anyone bought a new printer in the last 6
>months?
>What of the cheap Cannon, Lexmark, HP, etc work with OS/2?
>Does anyone have a USB printer working? As USB only printer are becoming 
common
>in the bottom end of printers.
>Regards,
>Michael

> 



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

Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 16:42:37 +0930
From:  Gregory Hicks <ghicksatihug dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Printers and drivers

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Hi Michael and Paul,

Paul Smedley wrote:

> Michael,
> The answer to your question depends what exactly your needs are.
> <snip>
>
> Some HP printers apparently work well in OS/2, however I wasn't able to track down a
> model listed in the current Omni drivers from IBM - from January 2002.  Again HP
> consumable are relatively expensive.

<snip>

I am running a HP Laserjet 1100 under omni driver in OS/2 without complaint.

The print is the same as from windows so I now use OS/2 as the printfile/web proxy server.

--

cheers





Gregory Hicks
Q48036388 3rd Year CQU BIT

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

Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 17:40:36 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Daryl Pilkington" <u3232athome.dialix dot com>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Sony Global | Press Release

It has a Sony Memory Stick(tm) (surprise!)

On Sun, 07 Apr 2002 16:01:06 +0930, Gregory Hicks wrote:
>
>Hi All,
>
>A little aside from the normal OS/2 stuff, but interesting to see the
>result of 20 years or so of development in real-time OS, AI and
>robotics.
>
>http://www.sony.co.jp/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/200203/02-0319E/
>

Regards,

Daryl  Pilkington 

//// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration
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        email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au
          ICQ: 91914134
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**= Email   10 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 19:43:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:  "amoht" <amohtatozemail dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Printers and drivers

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 17:27:13 -0400, Michael Barrow wrote:

>Greetings all,
>As my printer has just died has anyone bought a new printer in the last 6
>months?
>What of the cheap Cannon, Lexmark, HP, etc work with OS/2?
>Does anyone have a USB printer working? As USB only printer are becoming common
>in the bottom end of printers.
>Regards,
>Michael

Hi Michael,

I bought an Epson Color Stylus 680 last year.
It works OK but costs a fortune to run. I've gone through a fantastic number of cartridges. It's also most 
annoying as you can't print in colour if the black runs out and can't print in black if the colour runs out. You 
can now get Ink Jet  cartridges which are cheaper.
I also find that I can't print a formated spreadsheet from lotus 123 though this may be due to a bug in Lotus 
although my previous HP 660C had no trouble.
I think I will discard this printer shortly and buy a HP 948C. This prints in DOS so should work with ECS. The 
930C also prints to DOS and WIN 3.1 so is also a buy but I am told the 948 is newer.

Chris Steenhaut says the HP 960C is OK.

Regards

Alan Duval

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

Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 19:31:29 +1000
From:  Michael Block <mblockatoptushome dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Printers and drivers

On 8/4/2002 9:43 AM, "amoht" <amohtatozemail dot com dot au> wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 17:27:13 -0400, Michael Barrow wrote:
> 
>> Greetings all,
>> As my printer has just died has anyone bought a new printer in the last 6
>> months?
>> What of the cheap Cannon, Lexmark, HP, etc work with OS/2?
>> Does anyone have a USB printer working? As USB only printer are becoming
>> common
>> in the bottom end of printers.
>> Regards,
>> Michael
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I bought an Epson Color Stylus 680 last year.
> It works OK but costs a fortune to run. I've gone through a fantastic number
> of cartridges. It's also most
> annoying as you can't print in colour if the black runs out and can't print in
> black if the colour runs out. You
> can now get Ink Jet  cartridges which are cheaper.
> I also find that I can't print a formated spreadsheet from lotus 123 though
> this may be due to a bug in Lotus
> although my previous HP 660C had no trouble.
> I think I will discard this printer shortly and buy a HP 948C. This prints in
> DOS so should work with ECS. The
> 930C also prints to DOS and WIN 3.1 so is also a buy but I am told the 948 is
> newer.
> 
> Chris Steenhaut says the HP 960C is OK.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Alan Duval
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> 

Anyone interested in a lexmark Z51? USB AND parallel connection. I never got
the OS/2 USB support to work on my computer but parallel does and anyway
YMMV. Make me an offer
-- 
Regards


Michael Block
----------------> caca et declina medicus
http://members.optushome dot com dot au/mblock/perinatal.html

The www home of perinatal psychiatry

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

Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 21:38:04 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] Printers and drivers

I am VERY HAPPILY running a USB attached Epson Stylus Color 680 under OS/2
with the EPOMNI4 drivers from IBM (2880 DPI max and alignment/head cleaning
utils work). I have now found third party suppliers for the toner cartridges
(that include a special chip to control them) so price of cartridges has now 
dropped by 30%. I also have this connected to a parrallel cable so that I
can attach my laptop to it when needed.

This is no longer a current model but if you search around you should still
be able to find one.

Cheers/2

Ed Durrant.

Michael Barrow wrote:
> 
> Greetings all,
> As my printer has just died has anyone bought a new printer in the last 6
> months?
> What of the cheap Cannon, Lexmark, HP, etc work with OS/2?
> Does anyone have a USB printer working? As USB only printer are becoming common
> in the bottom end of printers.
> Regards,
> Michael

>  

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

Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 21:47:39 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  [os2genau] CD Burning question.

I have found an interesting problem and I wonder if anyone else has seen
this.

I write my Data CD-Roms using CDRECORD/2 in multi-session mode, so that if
necessary, I can add data to them after the initial burn.

Recently, I have had the problem that the addition of the 2nd session wont
work. Upon investigation, I found the CD Burner couldn't read the CD
although
other "normal" CD or DVD drives could. I initially thought this was a
physical
l problem caused by the addition of a label on the CD however to prove 
whether this is so or not. I have just re burnt the same image and not
attached
any label. Guess what, same problem !

I think what I have identified is a basic flaw in the design of my (Ricoh)
and possibly other CD-Burmers, in so much as they can burn up to 700 MB onto
a (80 minute) CD-R but if the initial session of a multi-session CD, such as
this one is greater than 650MB, it can't read it, and hence cannot add
session
number two.

Has anyone else seen this ??

Cheers/2

Ed.
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**= Email   14 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 22:18:38 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Robert Traynor  (BobT)" <rtraynoratoptushome dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] CD Burning question.

Hi Ed.

No, not seen this in os/2.
I have seen something similar in win98 and win2000 where another
program installed a file system driver that interfered with the 
cd/dvd readers and burner, and none could read the burnt cd disk 
until the system was rebooted.

At a guess (not using CDrecord/2, I use RSJ) you may have a driver
conflicting with your cdfs.ifs driver.

The most notable possibility is if you are using an OLD version
of JJScdrom.dmd as a replacement for the IBM os2cdrom.dmd.
The current JJScdrom is very good.

In one of the earlier versions, I did have some kind of buggy
and weird problems but I cannot remember the actual details.
Too long ago, mate.  :-)

Another possibility is that the burner SHOULD be using the os2cdrom.dmd
when being used a reader and is having a problem.  In this case you MAY
find that JJScdrom.dmd will be a better choice.

It used to be the case that the IBM supplied drivers where not 
capable of displaying more than one session on a cd disk.
Hence, the creation of the JJScdrom software to replace IBM.

JJScdrom is available from hobbes, of course.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
BobT.


On Sun, 07 Apr 2002 21:47:39 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote:

> I have found an interesting problem and I wonder if anyone else has seen
> this.
> 
> I write my Data CD-Roms using CDRECORD/2 in multi-session mode, so that if
> necessary, I can add data to them after the initial burn.
> 
> Recently, I have had the problem that the addition of the 2nd session wont
> work. Upon investigation, I found the CD Burner couldn't read the CD
> although
> other "normal" CD or DVD drives could. I initially thought this was a
> physical
> l problem caused by the addition of a label on the CD however to prove 
> whether this is so or not. I have just re burnt the same image and not
> attached
> any label. Guess what, same problem !
> 
> I think what I have identified is a basic flaw in the design of my (Ricoh)
> and possibly other CD-Burmers, in so much as they can burn up to 700 MB onto
> a (80 minute) CD-R but if the initial session of a multi-session CD, such as
> this one is greater than 650MB, it can't read it, and hence cannot add
> session
> number two.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this ??
> 
> Cheers/2
> 
> Ed.

>  





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Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 2002 22:34:07 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] CD Burning question.

Thanks Bob,

  There's a couple of points that conflict with your suggestion though:

1. I CAN read the CD in my DVD/CD Drive, only not in the CD Burner. If it
was
   a CDFS driver type problem, I would have expected both drives not to be
   able to read it.

2. I can see the same problem on Daryl's PC and that's a completely
different
   (SCSI rather than IDE based) system, with this CD.

3. Other Burnt CD's (created on the same system) are readable in both the 
   Burner and DVD drives. These CDs have far less than 650MB on them
however.

For the record, I am not using JJSCDROM.

"Robert Traynor (BobT)" wrote:
> 
> Hi Ed.
> 
> No, not seen this in os/2.
> I have seen something similar in win98 and win2000 where another
> program installed a file system driver that interfered with the
> cd/dvd readers and burner, and none could read the burnt cd disk
> until the system was rebooted.
> 
> At a guess (not using CDrecord/2, I use RSJ) you may have a driver
> conflicting with your cdfs.ifs driver.
> 
> The most notable possibility is if you are using an OLD version
> of JJScdrom.dmd as a replacement for the IBM os2cdrom.dmd.
> The current JJScdrom is very good.
> 
> In one of the earlier versions, I did have some kind of buggy
> and weird problems but I cannot remember the actual details.
> Too long ago, mate.  :-)
> 
> Another possibility is that the burner SHOULD be using the os2cdrom.dmd
> when being used a reader and is having a problem.  In this case you MAY
> find that JJScdrom.dmd will be a better choice.
> 
> It used to be the case that the IBM supplied drivers where not
> capable of displaying more than one session on a cd disk.
> Hence, the creation of the JJScdrom software to replace IBM.
> 
> JJScdrom is available from hobbes, of course.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> BobT.
> 
> On Sun, 07 Apr 2002 21:47:39 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote:
> 
> > I have found an interesting problem and I wonder if anyone else has seen
> > this.
> >
> > I write my Data CD-Roms using CDRECORD/2 in multi-session mode, so that if
> > necessary, I can add data to them after the initial burn.
> >
> > Recently, I have had the problem that the addition of the 2nd session wont
> > work. Upon investigation, I found the CD Burner couldn't read the CD
> > although
> > other "normal" CD or DVD drives could. I initially thought this was a
> > physical
> > l problem caused by the addition of a label on the CD however to prove
> > whether this is so or not. I have just re burnt the same image and not
> > attached
> > any label. Guess what, same problem !
> >
> > I think what I have identified is a basic flaw in the design of my (Ricoh)
> > and possibly other CD-Burmers, in so much as they can burn up to 700 MB onto
> > a (80 minute) CD-R but if the initial session of a multi-session CD, such as
> > this one is greater than 650MB, it can't read it, and hence cannot add
> > session
> > number two.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this ??
> >
> > Cheers/2
> >
> > Ed.
> 
> >  
> 
> 
>    ,-._|\       Robert Traynor        (BobT)
>  /  Oz  \      email            rtraynoratnetstra dot com dot au
>  \_,--.x/
> 

>  

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