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- On Mon, 10 Apr 1995 12:06:10 -0500 (EST) you wrote:
-
- >> Bengt Kayser
- >>
- > was recently asked by a few people to post a summary of the things that
- >need to be done to get Executor 1.99l to work under OS/2 Warp.
- >There have been a few conflicting reports here and there by myself and others
- >so it appears that the bug may be system dependent [ ? ]
- >
- >What I have decided to do is to post all the settings for my
- >Executor Session. Many, in fact MOST, of these settings should not be
- >necessary, but since I am not able to reproduce the error of the mouse
- >not working on but one device driver, I cannot test this.
- >
- >here are the settings for a Full Screen MDOS session that loads [ for me ]
- >executor.bat which contains all my command line switches and the VESA
- >TSR if you need it etc...
- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >AUDIO_ADAPTER_SHARING None
- >DOS_BREAK ON
- >DOS_FILES 40
- >DOS_HIGH ON
- >DOS_SHELL C:\os2\mdos\command.com C:\os2\mdos
- >DOS_UMB ON
- >DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT 16
- >DPMI_NETWORK_SIZE 8
- >HW_ROM_TO_RAM ON
- >HW_TIMER ON
- >INT_DURING_IO ON
- >VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION OFF
- >VIDEO_ROM_EMULATION ON [ your choice ]
- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >EMS memory must also be set, because that's where executor gets its
- >DPMI, but I was being hopeful with DPMI_MEM...8-)
-
- AHEM,
-
- I turned off the EMS page frame and set EMS size to zero and it still
- works. Left DPMI to 16 i think...
-
-
- >For most I have talked to, the solution appears to not need any of these
- >settings changes. Rather, one only needs to add \OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
- >to the OS/2 config.sys file and reboot. This should technically
- >be already in your config.sys, along with several other Vdrivers.
- >One user did have VMOUSE but also needed \OS2\MDOS\MOUSE.COM in his
- >autoexec.bat. This is normally only necessary for disk image boots [ VMB ]
- >and not MDOS sessions [ VDM ].
-
- I was that person, but now i don't need it. Don't ask why 'cause i
- don't know what changed.
-
- >So... I believe the fix can be summed up by taking these steps:
- >
- >Step 1: If this is a Microsoft mouse, I urge you to throw it away.
- >You paid too much for a mouse that is a piece of trash, albeit a very
- >ergonomic piece of trash. You are insulting your system. 8-)
-
- Well i got my nice ergonomic mouse for $15 wholsale. Remember, the
- people who make their mice and their programmers are two different
- groups. Their mouse is one of the few MS products i'll use.
-
- >Step 2: OK.. now that you've shelled out $10 for a mouse that works better than
- >the smooth wonder of a rodent you just pitched, on to step two....
- >
- >Make sure your OS/2 config.sys file contains the line:
- >[ insert your drive letter of course ]
- >
- >DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
- >
- >and reboot your computer...
- >
- >Step 3: If that didn't work, determine what kind of DOS sesison you are using.
- >
- >If you are running this through a VMB [ disk image ] make sure that
- >\OS2\MDOS\MOUSE.COM is loaded. You should even be able to use your own
- >mouse driver through the VMB.
- >
- >If you are certian that you are running a VDM [ MDOS session ] try
- >running MOUSE.COM before you start Executor.
- >[ This conflict may be hardware dependent see below ]
- >
- >Step 4: Compare your session settings with those above.
- >Possible conflicts [ although I am just guessing ]
- >are:
- > HW_TIMER is not set to ON
- > INT_DURING_IO is not ON
- > etc...
- >
- >==============================================================================
- >
- >** If anyone is an OS/2 Warp user and is trying to run Executor on it, please
- >send me your system specs, DOS session settings, whether or not you need
- >mouse.com, and if you have had the problem at all. I'd like to compile a
- >"final report" on this. Also include your mouse type.
- >I am currently hypothesising that the usage of mouse.com is dependent on
- >whether your mouse if COM port based, or bus based, or some other adapter
- >perhaps.
- >
- >** I am also curious to find out how well E/D runs in a window for those
- >of you who can achieve higher resolutions...
- >
- > Thanks to everyone,
- >
- > Charles "Free copy of E/D 2.0?? Do you mean it??" Hunter ;)
- >
- I no longer need mouse.com (for now). I use a serial mouse and the SIO
- drivers. On my CL 5430, windowed VESA screens don't work. The computer
- is:
- ASUS PVI486SP3 w/ Am486DX4-100 w/ 16MB RAM
- The Session settings are:
-
- What you had above but no EMS and no XMS. DPMI is set to 12MB.
-
- Thanks.
-
- PS My copy of Write Now is 4.0.2 and it still has serious problems. No
- mouse after typing and lotsa crashes. For example, make a table and
- boom...
-
-
-
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