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Messages - Doug Bissett

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My T43 1871 has n IDE interface, so SSD is not possible. It wouldn't do any good anyway, because it would be limited to the bus speed.

PCMCIA is possible, but it is also slow, even if you could find suitable hardware.

I have 1.5 GB of memory, which works well. You need at least, 1 GB to avoid excessive paging. I think 2 GB is maximum, in that machine.

Bottom line is that it is an OLD machine, with many limits.

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Setup & Installation / Re: Virtual Serial Port?
« on: July 12, 2025, 07:47:15 pm »
There is also USB serial port, if you have one.

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Setup & Installation / Re: Virtual Serial Port?
« on: July 12, 2025, 07:32:41 pm »
I seem to recall, that PMFAX has something, but I don't remember the details.

There is also that old "alternate" serial driver. Again, my memory fails me.

Perhaps a VBox system can do it.

HTH

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Setup & Installation / Re: pscom.sys proper way to pass args
« on: July 12, 2025, 07:03:50 pm »
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pscom.sys (1,3fa,4) on the command line

This is not correct. The parameters are 1,3F8,4 (DEFAULT, so nothing is needed.  Looking in my BIOS, I found that I had turned off the COM port. I turned it back on, added the PSCOM line:
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DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\PSCOM.SYSand it boots fine. No point though, because there is no serial connector, until I attach to a docking station.

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WinXP may be causing the problem. There was something, recently (which I can't find), about older windows failing to set the USB stick correctly (it won't boot, not resolved). There could be something wrong with the way it burns DVDs too.

You could try one of the Linux versions, that will boot from a CD/DVD, to create the USB, or DVD media.

Note that the T43, that Lewis has, is the "other" model. Mine is an 1871.

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My T43 1871-W8M  works okay, but won't run the software that requires Pentium4 support.

I have seen the flashing cursor, on various machines. It usually means that the BIOS settings are not correct, or the media was not created correctly.

The first thing to do, is avoid using anything (GParted), other than OS/2 tools, to do anything with the disk drive. It ALWAYS ends up wrong (but that probably isn't causing the problem). You do need to get booted to OS/2 to use the tools.

So, some questions:

How did you create the USB stick? (you may want to try again, and carefully follow the instructions).

How did you create the DVD?

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Applications / Re: PMMail fails sending messages
« on: January 21, 2025, 04:02:11 am »
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I am a registered user and I am running PMMail 3.11.30.1767

The first thing to do, is get up to date: http://pmmail.os2voice.org/index.php?title=PMMail_for_OS/2. STunnel was updated (not sure which version). Whether it will help, or not, remains to be seen.

A verbose log would also help.

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Hardware / Re: CH340 serial
« on: December 24, 2024, 12:39:43 am »
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Help me, please. Add support for this device to the USBCOM driver.

Perhaps a silly question, but have you tried USBSER,SYS?

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Comments, Suggestions & Questions / Re: general question
« on: October 20, 2024, 01:29:22 am »
Arca Noae is spending a LOT of effort to make OS/2 talk in different languages (I don't know the details). Currently available versions only speak English, although some programs do more than one language. More details should become available, as language support is readied for distribution.

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Hardware / Re: Troubleshooting GenMAC/GENMU
« on: October 20, 2024, 01:21:03 am »
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Probably you know it anyway but what comes to mind are -
- disable Energy saving in XP WLAN driver setting
- shut down XP while WLAN is acitve

Neither helped. I think I was messing with this, a couple of years ago, so I did a clean install of ArcaOS 5.0.8. After adding a profile, it works.

That is, it works with WPA-PSK, and NOT with WPA2-PSK. That has always been the case, with this machine (WPA2-PSK does work in winXP). If I was actually going to use this, I would do more tweaking in the settings.

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Hardware / Re: Troubleshooting GenMAC/GENMU
« on: October 17, 2024, 06:02:35 pm »
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I've a T43 somewhere in the store which I'm pretty sure with working wlan.

My T43 (1871 model, but that shouldn't matter) did work, with no troubles, but that was a wile back. Obviously something went wrong, somewhere. I need to find some time to play with it. It does work in winXP, so the hardware is okay.

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Hardware / Re: Troubleshooting GenMAC/GENMU
« on: October 17, 2024, 03:28:01 am »
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Sorry, but I seem to have missed something. This isn't working, and I have run out of time, for now. See if you can make it work, and I will be back later.

Andi B knows a lot more about configuring this, than I do.

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Now, a travel router attached to an Ethernet port does so much more,

I fully agree with this, which is one of the reasons why I haven't got this to work previously.

FTR, I haven't been able to configure my IBM ThinkPad T43 to work with GENMU. I have, obviously, missed something. I can get the computer to do all that is expected, except to actually connect to the router. Effectively, the "cable" is missing, otherwise it looks good. The "cable" is supplied by the WPAsupplicant. I will report back, if I can figure it out.

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Hardware / Re: Troubleshooting GenMAC/GENMU
« on: October 16, 2024, 08:33:01 pm »
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I have no prior experience with WIFI under OS/2, so do not expect any prior knowledge.

It has been a long time, since I did this, so some guessing here.

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I got the GenMac driver loaded on boot. It says: Loaded for Device: Intel 5100 a/b/g [8086/4237] ("WRND32"). So I suspected all is good.

That sounds promising. It means that the driver loaded. Only part way there. You also need the WPAsuplicant https://hobbesarchive.com/Home/Download?path=/Hobbes/pub/os2/util/network/misc/WPASupplicant_2-10_2021-07-25.zip.

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Any help?

As I said, it has been a long time, but now you need to configure the widget (I am doing this, on my one remaining GENMU machine, guessing as I go):
RMB on the widget-> Properties-> Inspect the options. Usually, it will work with the defaults, but you may want to change them, after you get it working.Close that.
RMB on the widget-> Add/Edit Profile-> click New-> Give it a name, that you will recognize (I use the SSID)-> Add the network name (the SSID)-> Security tab-> under Encryption, select WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK (your router needs to support what you select). Add the Preshared key (password). Inspect the rest of the settings, but they should work. Close.
RMB on the widget-> Select profile (the one you just created).

Sorry, but I seem to have missed something. This isn't working, and I have run out of time, for now. See if you can make it work, and I will be back later.


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Events / Re: Warpstock 2024: Coming? Not Coming? Why?
« on: September 11, 2024, 07:26:07 pm »
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So, if you are coming to Warpstock this year, please mention why. If not, please go into some detail as to your reasons for not making the trip (travel cost, hassle of getting there, registration cost, bad timing, lack of enthusiasm for the location, etc.). We want to know.

I can't fly, due to ear problems (and other things). I would consider driving, but I neglected to get a passport. I should have gone to Calgary, a few years ago, but something came up, and I didn't get there. Oh well...

I see the biggest problem as nobody is actually writing new software for OS/2. All efforts seem to be put into porting software written for other platforms. Since most of them have 64 bit support, there is little (or no) thought put into writing efficient code (and that shows, on other platforms, but modern computer are fast enough to make up for it). Then there are the restrictions, put in place to stop the bad guys, that are mostly useless, but still stop our platform because we cannot possibly keep up to what they are doing.

Getting post secondary software classes involved would seem to be one answer, but I don't have any contacts.

Looking forward to the results of the meeting.

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Hardware / Re: Disable Touchpad in config.sys. AMOUSE ?
« on: August 02, 2024, 07:36:03 am »
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DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\USBMOUSE.SYS /DEVICE:1does it on my Lenovo L530.

I would suggest, that it  is better to do it in the BIOS, if the setting exists.

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