--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E4100016 Date: 03/31/97 From: JIM BAXTER Time: 12:00pm \/To: STEVE MATHESON (Read 0 times) Subj: Spawning OS/2 Window on 03-27-97, Steve Matheson said to All: SM>Whats needed to spawn an OS/2 window to run a program in the backround? SM>I know it can be done but not sure if the command/util is provided SM>by Warp 3 or a third party utility. hstart05.zip it's a program similar to start that will spawn dos/os/2 windows from any command prompt.. you can get it from p://hobbes.nmsu.edu.. --- MR/2 2.2 NR Everyone is of some use, if only to set a bad example! --- Renegade v5-11 Exp * Origin: Electric Prayers - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (1:221/802) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E4200000 Date: 03/30/97 From: ROLAND SCHIRADIN Time: 10:30pm \/To: ANDY BROWN (Read 0 times) Subj: OS/2 mailers.. Hi Andy, RS> Try Binkley 2.60 or the Binkey-XE. AB> Roland, Where can I freq it from?? What is the correct file AB> name?? Filename BT???_260.ZIP (??? = DOS, OS2, W32 and SRC) XE is guess-work based on BTSRC_260.ZIP with a lot of nice features and also Bug-fix. Lock for BTXE or so, and start with it. In case of problems like getting these archive, please drop me an e-mail at schiradi@tap.de Also Bob Juge is able to told you more about it. Roland**2 schiradi@tap.de --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Register-site FastLst/NEF, all APWORKS and SQED (2:2454/169) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E4200001 Date: 03/31/97 From: LAWRENCE LUCIER Time: 10:39pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: PAK Howdy All..............:-) Is there an OS/2 version of PAK available? Thanks................:-) --- Sqed/32 1.13b2/r15155 * Origin: T-Shirts 'N Genes BBS - (250)748-3408 v32b v42b XA CM (1:340/204) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E4200002 Date: 03/28/97 From: JASON ANDREWARTHA Time: 04:53pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Tranfser Errors but the hundreds Hello All! im wondering if anyone has a fix or solution to a problem that im haveing with os/2 warp 4.0, i have been running os/2 since version 2.1 and alwaysed used SIO with the posts locked and never had a problem with transfer errors before however as soon as i upgraded to Warp 4.0 "Bang!" my mail starts returning heaps of file transfer errors livewire starts returning heaps of file transfer errors so i have gone back to warp 3 with the same setup for sio and what to you know not a file transfer setup in site, does anyone have any sugestion that moght solve my problem as i'll love to stick with warp 4 however i also need to be able to download a pickup my fidonet mail (as the mailer aborts after 2 transfer errors thats give me about 12k of mail :( ) Regards, < Jas > --- GoldED/2 3.00.Alpha3 UNREG * Origin: MILLENNIUM, Melbourne, Australia, +61-3-9312-3531 (3:635/737) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E4200003 Date: 03/31/97 From: GREG COBB Time: 08:04am \/To: SCOTT DRAKE (Read 0 times) Subj: What a Bunch of BULLS__T Hi Scott! Monday March 31 1997, Scott Drake babbled to All: -> Hi All! -> The following is from InfoWorlds Editor in Chief Sandy Reed who can -> be reached at sandy_reed@infoworld.com: -> Help us reclaim Readers' Choice Product of the Year awards from OS/2 -> zealots The OS/2 Readers' Choice Product of the Year game is over and -> nobody won This moron is such a whiner. I wrote a fairly long e-mail message to him and let him have it. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Greg Cobb - gcobb@memphisonline.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- --- 2SuaveEd v.0 * Origin: Picture This... Southaven, Ms (601)280-2805 - (1:123/434) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E4200004 Date: 03/31/97 From: GREG COBB Time: 08:20am \/To: SCOTT DRAKE (Read 0 times) Subj: What a Bunch of BULLS__T Hi Scott! Monday March 31 1997, Scott Drake babbled to All: -> Hi All! -> The following is from InfoWorlds Editor in Chief Sandy Reed who can -> be reached at sandy_reed@infoworld.com: Oh, and I got on their web page and fired one off to the editor too. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Greg Cobb - gcobb@memphisonline.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- --- 2SuaveEd v.0 * Origin: Picture This... Southaven, Ms (601)280-2805 - (1:123/434) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E4200005 Date: 04/01/97 From: VINCENT DANEN Time: 08:35am \/To: CHARLES STEPHENSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Iniquity for OS/2..... Charles Stephenson wrote the following to Vincent Danen: CS> How has your ventures with it been going? I've been having trouble CS> uploading my CD-ROM's, and a few more other minor problems that CS> keep me from running it. Haven't even looked at it... I snagged them just to keep current copies (since I run a BBS/sysop support BBS), but I pretty much detest Iniquity, so I haven't spent any time looking at it... Too busy getting Nexus up and rolling... Vincent Danen ( vdanen@accessweb.com ) . AllFix/2 Beta . Nexus Beta/Docs McMail Beta/Docs/Support . Sysop's TechNet Administrator . STech Editor --- timEd/2 1.10 * Origin: Stronghold Enterprises/2 (1:342/52) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E4200006 Date: 04/01/97 From: DORUK FISEK Time: 07:15am \/To: GARY KOPYCINSKI (Read 0 times) Subj: DOS Doors under OS/2 Hi, 20 Mar 97 05:14, Gary Kopycinski wrote to Doruk Fisek: GK> still a change I need to make in my dorinfo.sys for Maximus, however. GK> I'm not quite sure how to do that. Try using door.sys. If there is any problem with that, I can help but I'm not using dorinfox files. It's nice that Maximus allows using different types of dropfiles. Doruk ... Wasted years...without a modem --- GoldED/2 2.50.A0715 UNREG * Origin: Gecko BBS in Twilight Zone +90-232-Screwit (2:430/310) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E4200007 Date: 04/01/97 From: COLIN LEAN Time: 11:33am \/To: JAN HUGO PRINS (Read 0 times) Subj: Maindoor/2 Jan Hugo Prins wrote in a message to Colin Lean: MV>> There hasn't been a version of frontdoor in 2 years.. CL> Another blackhole product :-) JHP> I heard there was a W95 version of Frontdoor. You must be the only one.. :-) Regards, Colin (Email Address: colin.lean@valley.apana.org.au) --- * Origin: (3:712/506) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: E4200008 Date: 04/01/97 From: JAMES MCCARTE Time: 11:35pm \/To: JASON ANDREWARTHA (Read 0 times) Subj: Tranfser Errors but the hundreds Jason Andrewartha wrote in a message to All: JA> Hello All! JA> im wondering if anyone has a fix or solution to a problem that im JA> haveing with os/2 warp 4.0, i have been running os/2 since version JA> 2.1 and alwaysed used SIO with the posts locked and never had a JA> problem with transfer errors before however as soon as i upgraded JA> to Warp 4.0 "Bang!" my mail starts returning heaps of file transfer JA> errors livewire starts returning heaps of file transfer errors so i JA> have gone back to warp 3 with the same setup for sio and what to JA> you know not a file transfer setup in site, does anyone have any JA> sugestion that moght solve my problem as i'll love to stick with JA> warp 4 however i also need to be able to download a pickup my JA> fidonet mail (as the mailer aborts after 2 transfer errors thats JA> give me about 12k of mail :( ) JA> Regards, JA> < Jas > Well, I'm running MainDoor/2, Max/2, LiveWire, and SIO v1.6 on Warp 4.0 and there has been NO deterioration in performance on either file transfers or generally in the connect speeds I'm getting. JA> ___ GoldED/2 3.00.Alpha3 UNREG JA> - Origin: MILLENNIUM, Melbourne, Australia, +61-3-9312-3531 JA> (3:635/737) Greetings, James --- timEd/2 1.10 * Origin: MindSeed BBS Running under OS/2 514-489-3212 (1:167/707)