rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel) (06/07/91)
I have downloaded an archiv (wlo-2.lzh) with the OS/2 versions of some Windows 3.0 applets and have tested them. Question 1: Did anyone successfully run the PBRUSH program? All the machine says when I try to run it is "Cannot execute it in OS/2 mode" or something similar. Question 2: WRITE works but when trying to print something with an ATM font and 18pt size I get an output 18pt high but the font width is not correct. It looks like 12pt wide only. Any idea? All other programs work although a bit slower. And the executables are significantly bigger than the Windows 3.0 version. Especially they contain a very large stub executable. Kai Uwe Rommel /* Kai Uwe Rommel, Munich ----- rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de */ DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt handler, and always will be. -Russell Williams
ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au (06/07/91)
In article <1991Jun7.100658.9068@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel) writes: > I have downloaded an archiv (wlo-2.lzh) with the OS/2 versions of some > Windows 3.0 applets and have tested them. > > Question 1: Did anyone successfully run the PBRUSH program? All the > machine says when I try to run it is "Cannot execute it in OS/2 mode" or > something similar. No, with the same message. I noticed that PBRUSH.DLL is treated differently to the other dlls, so maybe something is screwy there. > Question 2: WRITE works but when trying to print something with an ATM > font and 18pt size I get an output 18pt high but the font width is not > correct. It looks like 12pt wide only. Any idea? > > All other programs work although a bit slower. And the executables are > significantly bigger than the Windows 3.0 version. Especially they > contain a very large stub executable. They are horrible! According to my memory usage meter a minimum of 300KB is sucked away each time one of these programs starts. I found everything worked (but haven't tried printing) except that terminal froze everything after ~2 mins and I had to ctrl-alt-del. I think the smk programs from my or the nic.funet.fi archive are better integrated into OS/2. Can whoever uploaded the wlo archive think about re-archiving the files with the required sub-directory information? It was a pain to install with everything splatted to one directory. Mark Kosten
wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Wim Bonner) (06/08/91)
In article <1991Jun7.100658.9068@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel) writes: >Question 1: Did anyone successfully run the PBRUSH program? All the >machine says when I try to run it is "Cannot execute it in OS/2 mode" or >something similar. I got PBrush to run for me. I moved all of the DLL files the install program installed back into my WLO directory, and have a single dot (for current directory) early on in my libpath chain. I then ran the prgrams from the wlo directory. You mentioned the large stup file. I don't have windows installed right now, you dind't happen to see if these same programs would run under windows did you? Wim -- | wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu |P.O.Box 2062cs |The Loft BBS |27313853@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu|Pullman WA 99165|Currently down for the summer. | 72561.3135@CompuServe.com |(509)334-4626 |USR HST Dual Standard HST/V.32
wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Wim Bonner) (06/08/91)
In article <1991Jun7.230941.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au> ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au writes: >Can whoever uploaded the wlo archive think about re-archiving the files >with the required sub-directory information? It was a pain to install >with everything splatted to one directory. I can't remember what format the files were in originally. If they were not in Zip format, and I think they probably were in the format they are in now, they had directory information in the archive. I used X-os2 (I think) to extract them on my machine, and the directory structure came out OK. I have converted the file to a zip file for safekeeping on my machine, and it would take me over 20 minutes to upload the file back to my HP account where I have FTP Access. I could do that if there is really a demand though. It only took 5 minutes last week when I uploaded it from Washington State USA, to nic.funet.fi in Finland, but I had setup a script file to do it automaticly. Anyway, I mentioned that I managed to run PBrush in a previous post. Wim -- | wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu |P.O.Box 2062cs |The Loft BBS |27313853@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu|Pullman WA 99165|Currently down for the summer. | 72561.3135@CompuServe.com |(509)334-4626 |USR HST Dual Standard HST/V.32
larrys@watson.ibm.com (06/10/91)
I hope that this isn't a general indication of how applications ported with WLO are going to be. :-/ Cheers, Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q') LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET OS/2 Applications and Tools larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com IBM T.J. Watson Research Center larrys@eng.clemson.edu Yorktown Heights, NY Disclaimer: The statements and/or opinions stated above are strictly my own and do not reflect the views of my employer. Additionally, I have a reputation for being obnoxious, so don't take any personal attacks too seriously.