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Utilities / Re: Extract *.img file

« on: September 08, 2023, 01:04:00 pm »

Img files are very hard to work with, because of multiple format.

1.  Winimage site has an extract, as freeware, go for v 2.1, it has separate DOS Win32 vers.
2.  Check the magic at the beginning the disk.
3.  OS2HDD will extract DSKF format to a directory target\lable\contents.

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Applications / Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2

« on: September 08, 2023, 12:51:11 pm »

I used filebar since it appeared on the Stardock Essential diskette.  In runs under 3,0 prolly earlier, but you can use it in worlplace= as a replacement for pmshell.  Its not resource hungry.

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General Discussion / Re: eCS 2.2 purchase

« on: June 08, 2022, 01:45:54 pm »

ecS 2.2 only went to beta.  But it's still very good.  Buy 2.1 and use its key in the 2.2 beta.

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General Discussion / Re: The Mascot

« on: June 08, 2022, 01:43:18 pm »

Artie was from OS/2 4.0, and reminded you to register your copy of OS/2.  You can deactivate it by deleting art.exe.

elephant.zip contains a dancing elephant in front of a breaking window.  It's in relation to the quote that 'elephants can't dance'.  I have also an OS/2 2.x era wallpaper of the OS/2 elephant.  I think it was intended to refer to OS/2 being elephentine, but the period DOS/Win31 still came on 9 to 10 diskettes. 

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Comments, Suggestions & Questions / Re: Hobbes (Files) Reoganization

« on: December 06, 2021, 01:59:04 pm »

The last "tame" that runs under OS/2 is one you can't register.  You can register later ones that runs under WinNT and Vista.

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Comments, Suggestions & Questions / Re: Hobbes (Files) Reoganization

« on: December 06, 2021, 01:51:40 pm »

I suspect /MDOS instead of /VDD.  It's the directory where the stuff ends up in OS/2.

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Comments, Suggestions & Questions / Re: Hobbes (Files) Reoganization

« on: December 05, 2021, 10:02:59 am »

I normally poke DOS stuff for OS/2 in a directory \MDOS under the OS2 files.  This is a sample of what's there.  These particularly work the DOS/OS2 interface.

2gbfix, denynone, dos5iso, doscall, dstart, dualdosc, endvdm, keydos, mscdex22, os2exec, pipdos11, run110, vcdr090

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 Volume in drive L is l-tera02     Serial number is 7e1c:4e6c
 Directory of  L:\newapps\os2\mdos\*

[.]                [..]               [deu]              [files]         
[treibe]           2gbfix.zip         bio.btm            bootdisk.bat     
changdos.zip       ctl3dxx.zip        d014103.zip        denynone.exe     
dos5iso.zip        dosbox_small.exe   doscall.zip        dosrx10b.zip     
dstart.zip         dualdosc.zip       dynalink.zip       econfig.zip     
endvdm.zip         extdisk.zip        fdisk.zip          FINDDOS.ZIP     
FINDER.ZIP         ibmbasica340.txt   ibmbasica340.zip   KEYDOS.ZIP       
lniview.zip        mscdex2.zip        mscdex22.zip       NEWSTRG.ZIP     
os2exec.zip        OS2HDD2.ZIP        os2hddfx.zip       pcdv.exe         
pipdos11.zip       run110.zip         sfrename.zip       so100.zip       
srun.zip           startd.zip         STARTDOS.ZIP       STRTDM.ZIP       
syspart.zip        tktos2.zip         tntfxos2.zip       treeview.zip     
unstuf.zip         vcdr090b.zip       vCDROMv090b.zip    vcompatv032b.zip
VDMAv09b.zip       VIEWHLP1.ZIP       
           4,949,865 bytes in 49 files and 5 dirs    5,070,848 bytes allocated
      84,076,138,496 bytes free

Most of this is for running under DOS, or DOS under OS/2 or DOS with OS/2.  pcdv.exe is the reduced version of the PCDOS help system, as a standalone viewer.

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Comments, Suggestions & Questions / Re: Hobbes (Files) Reoganization

« on: November 19, 2021, 09:22:46 am »

I've seen the file in a pack of four joke filters.

Val-speak refers to the californian valley behind san-francisco and the style of speach used by young folk.

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Setup & Installation / Re: ArcaOS USB installation - Rufus?

« on: November 16, 2021, 10:50:17 am »

As to Windows 10, my brother's opinion of it was to request me to order in an OEM base install of windows 7.

We followed some advice and disabled a whole lot of things, and Win10's idea was to download fixes and install + uninstall them.  You boot the computer and go have dinner before it had finished booting. 

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Setup & Installation / Re: ArcaOS USB installation - Rufus?

« on: November 16, 2021, 10:46:26 am »

Rufus apparently makes some rather obscure checks on the system.

In the end, i used some other proggie easyusb (from the people who make BCDedit.) 

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Setup & Installation / Re: Win-OS/2 installed on non-boot drive

« on: November 15, 2021, 10:43:12 am »

The environment variable from 2.x days is WIN3DIR=path to windir.

If you are using a 'for windows' red version, it could be d:\windoze  Under blue OS/2  it's d:\os2\mdos\winos2

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Setup & Installation / Re: ArcaOS USB installation - Rufus?

« on: November 15, 2021, 10:39:42 am »

Rufus does not even work on home-brew windows 7 isos either. 

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Utilities / OS/2 Keyboard Layout

« on: November 12, 2021, 09:42:11 am »

I wonder if there is any kind of OS/2 keyboard layout editor.  I want to put a few extra letters on my keyboard, like þ, ñ, ß, etc.

I saw something that was on hobbes i think, that might do it, but i'm still waiting in eCom to come up with the necessary key.,

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Comments, Suggestions & Questions / Re: Hobbes (Files) Reoganization

« on: November 09, 2021, 10:53:33 am »

On the other hand, "Network" would include "Internet", given that TCP/IP and Intranet are Internet things that are local.  Even my telephone makes no distinction between network and internet, even though it's no longer allowed to download stuff over the POTS but only through WiFi.

When you pay different prices for the same data in different ways, the distinction is useful to make.

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Utilities / Re: Create an ISO from a CD

« on: November 09, 2021, 10:44:01 am »

CD Toys has a program "Save Disk Image", which is a gui interface to imageing disks.  See attached piccie.