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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #75 on: July 16, 2025, 02:01:02 am »
Hello

Any idea what this software is supposed to do?

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/****************************************************************************/
/* Sends messages to Desktop - OS/2 2.x                                     */
/* Instructions:  Find the modifiable section to add desktop popup          */
/* menu items and follow the comments.                                      */
/* Author:  Brian McManamon CIS - 73243,166                                 */
/* To compile this program using IBM CSET/2 - icc /B"/pmtype:pm" desktop.c  */
/* Warning:  This program is provided as is.  It has hung my desktop in     */
/* some cases becauses some messages have been lost.  This is a temporary   */
/* solution for a specific problem until the WPS development team publishes */
/* a supported solution.                                                    */
/**** Make sure all program names are present and can be found in the    ****/
/**** path before running this program or your desktop will hang.        ****/
/****************************************************************************/

In ArcaOS it starts, shows like the desktop settings and closes very fast. (Includes source code)

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #76 on: August 05, 2025, 04:49:58 am »
Hello

I have no idea what is this, just says "TransIt protocol driver for OS/2" (1991-06-27)
Any idea of what is this for is welcome.

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #77 on: August 05, 2025, 08:56:39 am »
Hello

I have no idea what is this, just says "TransIt protocol driver for OS/2" (1991-06-27)
Any idea of what is this for is welcome.

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Looks like it is a utility to transfer data via serial COM1 port. It's not really a driver, it's an executable that likely makes use of the normal file API and devioctl calls.

The help is really thin:
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[Z:\TRANSIT_1991-06-27]transit
transit <r[o][g]|s[t][g] {<path-name>}>
I guess "r" stands for "receive" and "s" for "send" ...
That would make it likely that you run this app on both sides of the serial connection in order to transmit a file


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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #78 on: August 06, 2025, 04:48:06 am »
Thanks Lars. I will be trying to include some documentation on the file.

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #79 on: August 06, 2025, 08:22:26 am »
Hello

Any idea what this software is supposed to do?

Quote
/****************************************************************************/
/* Sends messages to Desktop - OS/2 2.x                                     */
/* Instructions:  Find the modifiable section to add desktop popup          */
/* menu items and follow the comments.                                      */
/* Author:  Brian McManamon CIS - 73243,166                                 */
/* To compile this program using IBM CSET/2 - icc /B"/pmtype:pm" desktop.c  */
/* Warning:  This program is provided as is.  It has hung my desktop in     */
/* some cases becauses some messages have been lost.  This is a temporary   */
/* solution for a specific problem until the WPS development team publishes */
/* a supported solution.                                                    */
/**** Make sure all program names are present and can be found in the    ****/
/**** path before running this program or your desktop will hang.        ****/
/****************************************************************************/

In ArcaOS it starts, shows like the desktop settings and closes very fast. (Includes source code)

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This program will not work on a non-english version of OS/2. It expects the desktop title to be "Desktop" but on my system it is "Arbeitsoberfläche". The proper solution would be to search for the object via the Object ID <WP_DESKTOP> (and then to open the settings view of the object) instead of trying to find the window by its window title. That makes this program rather useless.
What this program is trying to achieve (adding menu items to the context menu) is better done via WPS.

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #80 on: August 19, 2025, 01:17:01 am »
Thanks for the feedback Lars. I documented those files.

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #81 on: August 19, 2025, 01:18:59 am »
Hello

I found this demo on some Japanese CDs.

"Magus PageTurner version 1.00.03
Magus PageTurner provides PostScript file viewing and electronic publishing capabilities."

I guess this is a .PS file viewer. I can not make it run. It installs, runs, shows a logo and it hangs the machine. I can not kill it with TOP.

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #82 on: August 31, 2025, 01:58:18 am »
Hello

I wanted to see how to make this MIDI database to work:
- https://hobbesarchive.com/Home/Download?path=/Hobbes/pub/multimedia/music/midi/collect/mdb_data.zip

It says it works with MIDI DB, and I think it is this one:
- https://hobbesarchive.com/Home/Download?path=/Hobbes/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/sound/players/MIDI_DB_1-3.zip

Sadly I can not make it work. Even that I put PARADISE.SYS it keeps telling me it can not run. "(RC = 3) Can not start MIDI DB."

I don't know if I'm doing it right. Any comments welcome.

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #83 on: September 02, 2025, 07:58:02 am »
Hello

I wanted to see how to make this MIDI database to work:
- https://hobbesarchive.com/Home/Download?path=/Hobbes/pub/multimedia/music/midi/collect/mdb_data.zip

It says it works with MIDI DB, and I think it is this one:
- https://hobbesarchive.com/Home/Download?path=/Hobbes/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/sound/players/MIDI_DB_1-3.zip

Sadly I can not make it work. Even that I put PARADISE.SYS it keeps telling me it can not run. "(RC = 3) Can not start MIDI DB."

I don't know if I'm doing it right. Any comments welcome.

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Pretty difficult to diagnose with so little documentation - I'm checking the package, it's from 1997 and there is something about palette managing, which makes me think this is something rather old.
As always, having the source code would be bliss. I don't think the problem is in the drivers, most probably you should check if the database is in the correct format or in the correct path.

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #84 on: September 04, 2025, 05:24:58 pm »
Hello

I found this demo on some Japanese CDs.

"Magus PageTurner version 1.00.03
Magus PageTurner provides PostScript file viewing and electronic publishing capabilities."

I guess this is a .PS file viewer. I can not make it run. It installs, runs, shows a logo and it hangs the machine. I can not kill it with TOP.

Regards
The program works without any problems by following the instructions from the accompanying README file. It's important to have a correct environment, including LIBPATH, GS_LIB and GS_FONTPATH.

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #85 on: September 05, 2025, 04:19:42 am »
Thanks for the feedback.

I can not make PageTurner work. I have it on the LIBPATH and
SET GS_LIB=C:\PAGETURN
SET GS_FONTPATH=C:\PSFONTS

But it freeze on the information square screen and brokes the WPS. I will try on a different VM just in case.

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #86 on: September 05, 2025, 08:55:44 am »
Thanks for the feedback.

I can not make PageTurner work. I have it on the LIBPATH and
SET GS_LIB=C:\PAGETURN
SET GS_FONTPATH=C:\PSFONTS

But it freeze on the information square screen and brokes the WPS. I will try on a different VM just in case.

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Most probably this is a stupid question, but is it possible that a different Ghostscript installation is needed? ISTR in the past Ghostscript has changed a lot.

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Re: General Software Testing
« Reply #87 on: September 05, 2025, 05:40:58 pm »
Thanks for the feedback.

I can not make PageTurner work. I have it on the LIBPATH and
SET GS_LIB=C:\PAGETURN
SET GS_FONTPATH=C:\PSFONTS

But it freeze on the information square screen and brokes the WPS. I will try on a different VM just in case.
This program will only work with the ST/V VM which is contained in the DLL files that should be in the LIBPATH. The program itself can be at a different place.

I never tried other VMs from PARTS Workbench or VSE.

The PM printer driver is very important as outlined in the README. The standard PostScript with 300dpi should fit.