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Programming / Re: Powerbasic for OS/2
« on: August 02, 2025, 10:20:54 pm »
Hi Dariusz,

Yes please! I have PM'd you :-)

Best,
Richard.

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Programming / Re: Powerbasic for OS/2
« on: August 01, 2025, 05:33:50 pm »
It would be great if yours could get on there though, better provenance.

Now uploaded!
https://archive.org/details/watcom-vx-rexx-standard-2.1

Richard.

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I also had an OEM release of OS/2 2.1 at one time that I did install and for the hell of it, for a while had it on my Warp V4 system. I'll zip it up. Goes in \OS2\INSTALL and my config.sys had this close to the top,
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DEVICE=E:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\PREL_IMG.SYS E:\OS2\INSTALL\PRELOAD\WELCOME.RGB 5
Adjust drive letter as needed. Can't remember much else, might have been a tutorial.

Thanks very much Dave, I'll install that and see what it is!

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There's been a small amount of discussion in one of the other sections about OS/2 2.11 on CD-ROM and it reminds me that I'm still trying to track down a genuine copy to add to my collection. I know it's available on Archive.org, and by way of a very long winded and manual process I actually made my own CD-ROM version from my floppy disk version. But I'm still really keen to get hold of a genuine OS/2 2.11 on CD-ROM at some point. Ideally the full boxed product, but in the mean time I'd be happy to make do with just the CD in a jewel case or cardboard case.

I can see from this forum history that I made a similar post/request in March 2024!

So if anyone has OS/2 2.11 on CD-ROM that they'd be happy to part with please do get in touch and let me know what you want for it. I live in the UK so I accept that that might add a fair bit to the shipping costs  ;)

Thanks,
Richard.

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I think the WinOS2 fix is so that you can run either Windows 3.11 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on OS/2 2.11 without needing to upgrade to OS/2 Warp (which supports Win311 and WfW311 natively). I have the same fix downloaded as a zip file but I've never gone to the effort of actually installing it on any of my OS/2 2.11 systems.

I'm very happy to be corrected but my understanding of the fix is that, despite what it says in the README, it doesn't actually patch OS/2 2.11 to work with Win3.11. It actually applies some corrective code to WinOS2-3.11 to essentially downgrade it back to WinOS2-3.1.

And speaking of OS/2 2.11 on CD-ROM - I have a couple of boxed copies of OS/2 2.11 on floppy disk but have been trying to track down a CD-ROM variation for some time now. Even though I made my own version by way of the massively over-complicated text file I uploaded, I would still like a genuine one for posterity's sake. So if anyone is interested in parting ways with OS/2 2.11 on CD-ROM, even if it's just that CD-in-a-cardboard-sleeve version, I'd be keen to hear from you. I'll make a similar post in the Marketplace section as well.

Best,
Richard.

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There has been a German OS/2 2.11 CD-ROM which needed if I rember right two floppy disks (1,44) for starting an installing. I think it has been part of a computer magazin. I guess I could find these CD-ROM in my cellar if digging through the huge pile of old software CDs.

Do you know if that one supports IDE CD-ROM drives? There's a copy of the English language CD-ROM edition of OS/2 2.11 on Archive.org but I think it just supports a very limited set of (non-IDE) CD-ROM drives:

https://archive.org/details/ibm-os2-version-2.11/

Best,
Richard.

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...along with the recommended updated IBM IDE/ATAPI drivers as a zip-file

And here are those updated IBM IDE/ATAPI drivers.

These actually came from Bogdan in another post here:
https://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php?topic=1992.0

Best,
Richard.

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By any chance did you produce some instructions on how to update the installation diskettes for OS/2 2.11 ? I'm trying to get IDE CD-ROM support on Virtualbox.

Yes! But it's horrendously complicated. Nevertheless the steps definitely work, it just takes quite a bit of effort to work through them.

I've tidied up my notes in Notepad (i.e. TXT format only) and attached them here, along with the recommended updated IBM IDE/ATAPI drivers as a zip-file (I think that will need to be in another forum post as it looks like it only allows one attachment per message).

If you get tired of trying to work through the instructions then let me know and I can send you private links to a WinImage of the modified Diskette 1, and an ISO of the resultant OS/2 2.11 CD-ROM.

Best,
Richard.

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Programming / Re: Powerbasic for OS/2
« on: July 31, 2025, 12:48:34 am »
In addition to the ones listed on os2site.com, CA-Realizer was a basic interpreter and development package released for OS/2 and Windows, but it is hard to find. You might find one on ebay.

I archived and uploaded CA-Realizer to Archive.org a while ago. Jean-Yves (from these forums) was also playing around with it a while back but he had some trouble installing it on his system.

https://archive.org/details/ca-realizer-2.0-for-windows-os2

Personally I'm hoping to get into VX-REXX now that I (finally!) got hold of a boxed copy of VX-REXX v2.1 from eBay a few months back. I should really get that uploaded to Archive.org as well - I guess that's tomorrow's to-do list sorted!

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Hi Martin,

Thanks, yes, I use one of these, it's an IDE to Compact Flash Adapter
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000T9QQP0

This particular device (StarTech.com) definitely works perfectly happily with OS/2!

Best,
Richard.

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Hi CalYY,

A very belated "thank you"! I apologise, I didn't see this post for some reason, someone else pointed it out to me just recently!

That does help, thank you. It's not quite what I'm looking for as it still causes the mouse to be quite jittery but I'm going to try and get used to it since it's definitely an improvement over the stock speed.

Best,
Richard.

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Great find - thanks both!

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Setup & Installation / Re: cloning OS/2
« on: October 15, 2024, 10:47:52 pm »
Dave's suggestion about ArcaOS maintenance mode is a good one, and on older versions of OS/2 you can achieve similar results by booting with the original installation disk(s) and then just pressing [F3] when you get to the Installation Screen.

That will give you a command prompt from where you can run: c:\os2\tedit.exe c:\config.sys

You don't mention what version of OS/2 you're using so whilst I have an up-to-date licence for ArcaOS I haven't actually used it that much! I have more experience with OS/2 2.1, 3, and 4.

Dave rightly mentions network drivers so if you're using pre-ArcaOS you can resolve that by pressing [Enter] when it bleats about loading the drivers, then drop to an OS/2 Command Prompt, then "cd ibmcom" followed by either "laps.exe" or "mpts.exe" (depending on your OS/2 version").

From within LAPS or MPTS you can then remove all protocols and the old network adapter (you can't remove the adapter without first removing the attached protocols), then simply add your new adapter and the same protocols again. Exit LAPS/MPTS and reboot.

TCP/IP configuration information such as IP address and DNS servers is held outside LAPS/MPTS so you won't need to re-enter those.

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Setup & Installation / Re: Is FixPak 5 for WSeB 4.52 available anywhere?
« on: October 15, 2024, 10:36:39 pm »
Thanks for everyone's replies. The version I have installed is reporting itself as Build level 14.089 so it makes sense that FP3 won't install since that's Build level 14.088 according to the Readme.1st document.

Those notes are interesting Chuck since it mentions a problem reported in FP3 that wasn't addressed until FP6 (the Object Rexx problem).

Running syslevel.exe I get:

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SYSLEVEL.WSB
Convenience Package - OS/2 Warp Server for e-business
Version 4.52
Current CSD level: XR04502
Prior CSD level: XR04501

But there isn't a prior level - this was installed as-is from media downloaded from WinworldPC

Then further down (i.e. a after a few presses of the [Enter] key I get:

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SYSLEVEL.OS2
Convenience Package - OS/2 Warp Server for e-business
Version 4.52
Current CSD level: XR04503
Prior CSD level: XR04503

And ver /r reports:
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The Operating System/2 Version is 4.50
Revision 14.089

So it looks like the WinworldPC media has FP3 slipstreamed (to use a Microsoft phrase), I guess that was the last publicly available version but it's interesting that even FP4 (publicly released) doesn't appear to be available anywhere.

It's just a curiosity - obviously I'm not bothered by it per se, I just find it interesting that in all this time a Fixpak that was only available by Software Choice hasn't been made available (or uploaded to Archive.org) by someone who may have had it through their work.

Thanks for the responses and additional detail, it's always great to increase one's knowledge of these things!

Richard.

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Hi Jean-Yves,

How did you get on with this - any progress?

Richard.

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