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Programming / Re: VisualAge C++ 3.6.5 (+ Fix2) - WarpIn or RPM?

« on: October 24, 2024, 05:58:26 pm »

There is no reason to package this as a rpm:
- it does not have any dependencies on other rpm packages;
- there will be no further versions, so there is no need for an automatically update mechanism (Furthermore you do not plan to redistribute the "abandon-ware" files, so there would not be a repository anybody could update from).

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Hardware / Re: Troubleshooting GenMAC/GENMU

« on: October 17, 2024, 05:10:59 pm »

The computer in question is a HP desktop model, that came without any wifi adapter and has no on/off switch for radio. I think I am experiencing the same problem as Doug, i.e. The "cable" is disconnected. I am inclined to belief it means that the radio is not turned on. Upon research it turned out other people have experienced the same problem, using different operating systems. As a workaround the following video mentions to cover pin 20 with insulation tape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzAKcmlaH1M . I am a  bit hesitant to perform this modification, because it was a PITA to put the card in the computer in the first place, especially attaching the antenna's without proper tooling is troublesome. Furthermore linux is able to turn the radio on, so there should be a way of achieving the desired result using just software. Unfortunately I have no idea how the driver implements the activation of radio, what the deficiencies of the current driver are and how to fix them (especially without source code). 

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Hardware / Troubleshooting GenMAC/GENMU

« on: October 16, 2024, 04:42:11 pm »

I have no prior experience with WIFI under OS/2, so do not expect any prior knowledge.

I recently put a Intel 5100 mini-pcie card in a computer. This card has an PCI id of 8086:4237. Booting into a linux live distribution I can connect to my wifi network and also a number of neighboring networks are visible (signal strength is not that good, but I do get a connection). From what I gathered this particular card is officially not supported by GenMAC, but should work with the GenMU package for intel cards. In addition the xwlan widget should be used.

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.

However I am unable to find a wireless network. Not with the xwlan widget, not with the GenMac provided scan.exe
I am not sure how to proceed/troubleshoot. It seems to me I should first get to a point where I can query a list of networks, before continuing to configure the xwlan widget/wpa supplicant.

Any help?

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Programming / Rexx Programmer's Reference, 2nd Edition now freely available

« on: October 14, 2024, 11:35:45 pm »

Just stumbled upon: https://freecomputerbooks.com/Rexx-Programmers-Reference.html

which is the second edition to Howard Fosdick's Rexx Programmer's Reference. Apparently it is licensed under a Creative Commons license, which gives you the possibility to obtain the book free of charge.

Hopefully (my wish) there will be a printed version of the book in the near future.

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Virtualization / Re: Setting 4k resolution for VMWare guest

« on: August 20, 2024, 08:18:38 pm »

- Which version of VMWare Workstation Pro are you using? According to some online info since version 17.5.2 Build 23775571 it was optimized for 3840 x 2160

17.5.2 build-23775571
The latest one

- Which version of OS/2 - ArcaOS are you installing?

This affects all versions

- Is there any error message on OS/2 boot? or it is an error message when you try to start the VM?, Or there is no error, it just remains with the old resolution

There is no error message anywhere. It is just impossible to select any resolution above 1920x1440. When you peak into the vmx file, the video memory gets each time put back to 16M, regardless of efforts to increase the video memory.

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Virtualization / Re: Setting 4k resolution for VMWare guest

« on: August 20, 2024, 08:15:08 pm »

Please refrain from discussing VirtualBox in this topic. I am fully aware that there are other options to virtualize OS/2. However you can only run one HyperVisor upon a time, so it would be very beneficial if I could get this working with VMWare, which offers other benefits for different platforms.

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Virtualization / Setting 4k resolution for VMWare guest

« on: August 16, 2024, 06:27:54 pm »

I recently acquired a thinkpad with a 4k screen. I have a OS/2 vm in the latest and greatest VMWare Workstation (which is nowadays free of charge for personal use). However I cannot find a way to make my full screen resolution available to the guest VM. I tried editing the vmx file, but the darn thing keeps reverting to 16MB of graphical memory, which obvious is not enough for 3840x2160. Most pages on the web advice to install VMWare tools in similar circumstances, however they are not available for OS/2.

Anyone got any clues on how to solve this problem?

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Off Topic discussions / Re: Which Linux desktop for long time OS/2 users?

« on: July 07, 2024, 05:30:09 pm »

I do not use MATE currently, but I think that mate-session-save might be the thing you are looking for.

By the way Debian is a very good and stable choice for a distribution.

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Hardware / Re: Modern Motherboards - Whats working

« on: May 25, 2024, 09:40:35 am »

*but* only has 1 PS/2 port ...

That should not be a problem: there are ps/2 splitter cables for this. In fact mouse and keyboard are connected to different pins on the ps/2 connector.

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Programming / Re: How does AVIO works?

« on: March 24, 2024, 08:00:41 pm »

Too bad it is no longer available on archive.org. On https://www.charlespetzold.com/books.html you can find source of the book. In the '89 book chapter 7 seems to be concerned with AVIO. If only I could get a copy of chapter 7...

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Programming / How does AVIO works?

« on: March 24, 2024, 05:37:42 pm »

I just read heard about advanced VIO, what I gathered so far, is that you supposedly can create an AVIO presentation space with VIOCreatePS (see https://ia801901.us.archive.org/13/items/OS21.xTechnicalDocumentation/64F0276_OS2_V1_2_PTI_Presentation_Manager_Programming_Reference_Vol_1.pdf page 467). If I understand this correctly it should be possible (in 16 bit apps at least) to incorporate an area in a PM application, that can be populated (updated) with VIO calls.

Anyone knows something about this? Maybe someone recalls an article or an example from back in the day?

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Programming / Re: new gcc toolchain

« on: March 16, 2024, 11:48:25 am »

Before I am looking deeper into it, I have a question:

How does this toolchain handle debugsymbols?

If I was to compile something with gcc -g ... do the debugsymbols end up in the exe file? If so, then what type of debugsymbols and is there a debugger on OS/2 that is compatible with those?