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- Message number 8786 in "Net Mail"
- Date: 05-23-92 11:46
- From: Mario Dulisse
- To: George Vandervort
- Subj: OS2
-
- MSGID: 1:222/10@FidoNet 480b8739
- REPLY: 1:382/8 2A18D8E1
- PID: FM+ 2.1
- > Mario,
-
- > I have a copy of OS/2 2.0, x00149A.ZIP, and the OS/2
- > version of Binkley.
-
- > I have QuickBBS runing on a 486/33 with 8 megs under
- > MSDOS 5.0,/ Binkley 2.50, X00 1.24, and MS-Mouse, DS-
- > HST v32bis ^^^^^^^^
-
- you will need x00v149a.zip (you can get it here) if you are running more than
- one line. If running one line I hear that x00v124 works fine.
-
-
- > Here is my Config.sys
-
- > DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM ROM DB=8 TASKS=20
- > DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /r:1 C:\DOS50\SETVER.EXE
- > FILES=50
- > BUFFERS=10
- > STACKS=0,0
- > LASTDRIVE=M
- > DOS=HIGH
- > DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /R:1 C:\SMARTDRV.SYS 2048
- > 2048
- > DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /R:3 C:\EANSI.SYS
- > DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /R:2 C:\X00.SYS 2 F=15
- > T=1024 R=4096 E
- > SHELL=C:\DOS50\COMMAND.COM C:\ /P /E:2048
-
- > Several Questions I have conserning OS/2 before I
- > install it?
-
- > 1. did you use the standard Install option, Complete
- > option?
-
- Yes George, i used the standard install (all options) which requried about 30
- meg of hard drive space.
-
- > 2. what about the BOOT option? a. Dual Boot, OS2/Only?
- > Dual Op-system?
-
- I opted for the dual boot setup, glad i did too. Since I had troubles getting
- my bbs to fly under os2, when i finsished working on it for the day I would
- just select the dual boot feature and reboot dos5 to bring up my bbs again.
- (just till i got the os2 stuff running), Was a definite plus.
- > 3. Did you Re-Format ? if so with the FAT or the os/2
- > Fix format?
-
- Nope, no reformatting here, at least not at install time, it
- installs just fine over your fat formatted drives. Have not used hpfs yet and
- probably won't for some time to come as I really need the dos compatibility
- for a while.
-
- > 4. Do you know if QEMM will work with OS/2 or does it
- > have it's own Memory manager that will work in a
- > Dos Window?
-
- Qemm will NOT work in a VDM. But there are settings under dos settings for
- each vdm that will allow you to load dos high, have umbs etc etc. and it will
- also provide both EMS and XMS memory to your apps, these are all configurable
- on a global basis or per VDM basis, your choice when configuring the system.
- If you want ALL VDM's to have the same settings you set everything up in the
- os2 config.sys and it will all propogate thru to each dos box you start up.
-
- > 5. Do you bring the BBS and Dos utilities up in a Dos
- > window when Booting?
- > if so How?
-
- I don't yet, but it's a simple matter of putting them in your startup folder,
- then they will get run everytime you boot. FOr now though I am starting them
- manually. If for some reason the system reboots (power fail etc) os2 is smart
- enough to remember what it had running at the time and restarts the tasks
- automatically. So really there is no reason to have them in the startup
- folder untill you get everything running to your satifaction.
-
- > 6. any problem with Archivers? PkZip/Pak, LHa, ARJ ?
-
- Nope all the dos archivers work properly in the dos box. AND there are os2
- specific arc/unarcs available out there. Haven't really used any of them yet
- so I can't comment on them.
-
- > any Ideas about LAN Networking to a second Node in OS/
- > 2?
-
- Sorry, i have NO experience with lans of any kind, but i do see messages
- flying back and forth in the os2bbs echo and os2 echo about lans, so there
- are people doing it. Just don't know any myself.
-
-
- > Rewgards,
- > George Vandervort - QUICKPRO Moderator..
-
- Good luck with your os2, and if you manage to get some way of having BOTH
- reliable receives at 14400 and FAST transmits at 14400, please let me know.
- Right now I can have one or the other but haven't figured a way to have BOTH
- yet. Still working on it. :)
-
- ... Mario :-)
-