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#1
General Discussion / Customizing OS/2
2011.03.06, 04:41:19
OS/2 seems to be very easy to customize. Any icon can be changed, and an *icon* *editor* is in the properties menu. Are there any icons that can't be changed this easily? I dual boot with Windows; will Recourse Hacker (a Windows program) modify OS/2 files?

There is an OS/2 version of Object Desktop. Does it include WindowBlinds? If so, how badly does Windowblinds affect OS/2 performance? I downloaded a...um..."trial version of the full version" of Object Desktop 2004 from a site I probably can't mention here, and my 850 Mhz PIII with 320Mb RAM seemed perfectly fine at first, then slowed down terribly. Windows Explorer (XP Pro service pack 2) became violently unstable. I was blaming Windowblinds for this, but then McAffe Quarantined the...um...key.  :-[

If Object Desktop isn't too slow, does anyone have a spare copy (either version - preferably 2004 for XP, the last available for OS/2) to sell?
#2
Applications / How compatible is "Odin"?
2011.03.06, 04:13:40
There's a program called "Odin" that patches 32 bit Windows applications - either permanently or as they are loaded, for use with multiple operating systems - so they will run under OS/2.

I know Odin is not perfect, and some Windows software can't be patched, but how much can? Will Odin work with Microsoft Office 2007? 2003? XP? 2000? 97? What about Works Suite 2006? Encarta? Microsoft Home? (actually most Microsoft Home software was for Windows 3.1, but some of it says "Designed for Windows 95")

IBM apparently had a line of software comparable to Microsoft Home; if I find some of that for Windows 95+, will it work with OS/2 (eCS 2.0) and Odin?
#3
> I could upload them somewhere (I would make an exception of the software I had to register nominatively),
> but we would have to agree on the repository. Maybe part of this forum ? Maybe some other dedicated site ?

Consider vetusware.com . They already have some OS/2 stuff.

> M$ would certainly be in such a position if I upload PMWord, PMExcel or the old compilers...

True, but since they advertise on vetusware, I don't think they care anymore.
#4
Abandonware / Lotus eSuite
2011.01.05, 17:45:00
Is Lotus eSuite abandonware yet? Where can I get it?
#5
Actually, I solved the problem by deleting everything but the boot manager, then I installed XP, then reinstalled ECS, then reinstalled the boot manager. Everything is working fine now.
#6
My hard drive is now set up like this:

Boot Manager
C:81920Mb unformated. Windows XP goes here.
D:8192Mb ECS 2.0 installed and working.

XP setup says there is not an XP compatible partition on the disk. How do I install XP to drive C:? Both are currently set "Bootable". ECS does not have the option of setting the partition "Installable". It won't let me set anything but the boot manager "Startable" even if the boot manager is removed.
#7
Does anyone know how to install the Dani upgrades on a set of boot floppies so I can boot from floppies, partition the drive, and install from CD?
#8
> Anyway xp would not install until I moved the OS/2 boot partition

How do you move a partition?

I think I'm going to have to reinstall. The Dani upgrades worked so well, I should be able to set up a set of boot floppies that will let me partition the drive like I really wanted to in the beginning - with Windows at the beginning - and correctly install the boot manager and all operating systems. How do I do that?
#9
Thanks, that worked.
#10
> Simple answer

Usually the best kind. Unfortunately this time it's not correct.

> windows insists on being installed on the first primary partition on the drive

Two days ago on this computer I had windows installed to drive D:. I took it off so I could install OS/2 with the boot manager.
#11
With the DaniS506.ADD driver installed, I may not have a CD-RW, but I do have full access to my 320 gig hard drive. I have created the folowing partitions:

Boot Manager
C:OS/2 (Installed and working perfectly)
D:40 gig, Windows
E:108 gig, Documents (Look out Project Gutenberg, here I come!)
F:128 gig, Multimedia (I only created a separate partition for music & video because Windows 98SE can't see
   past the BIOS 128 gig limit.)
G:Linux.

The idea now is to set D: installable and put Windows 98 on it, then add XP later, but LVM doesn't have the option of setting a partition installable like the fdisk that runs when you set up the computer; that fdisk apparently can't be run from inside OS/2. I tried creating a bootable volume, but no matter how I did it, no matter what size I tried to make it, LVM couldn't create a bootable volume. Making a volume or patition bootable, startable or adding it to the boot manager, is either grayed out or can only apply to C:, but C: is already bootable and in the boot manager.

I booted Windows 98 from CD and it claimed C: wasn't formated, and didn't see any other drive.

*H*E*L*P*!!!
#12
Every Time I install Danis506.ADD I lose my Ultrabay CD drive. This time it's on a ThinkPad 600X. I want it back. How do I get it?

The Hardware Manager shows the controller, but no drive attached. Selective Setup shows no CD-ROM installed, but to reinstall it from there, I have to have it installed already.
#13
Marketplace / Wanted: Warp 4, 4.52
2010.06.15, 03:13:30
I'm looking for OS/2 Warp 4.0 and 4.52, with Windows 3.1, on CD.

I read somewhere that there's a 9-disk "demo" package for 4.0. That is what I really want, and the complete 4.52 equivalent. But I'll take whatever I can get, even if it's just the OS for now.
#14
Setup & Installation / Re: OS/2 for MIPS?
2009.11.29, 19:49:24
Can you decompile intel stuff and recompile it for MIPS?
#15
Setup & Installation / OS/2 for MIPS?
2009.11.29, 17:26:34
I have an IBM WorkPad Z50 Mobile Companion, a subnotebook (not a useless "netbook") with an NEC MIPS VR4121 CPU and Windows CE in ROM. I haven't tried installing it yet, but I have a Windows NT4 CD with versions for several processors including MIPS.

What about OS/2? I know IBM sold it for PPC, but was there a MIPS version? What about other non-intel CPU's?