terence@ttidca.TTI.COM (Terence Davis) (04/13/91)
A student in a class I'm teaching is attempting to install OS/2 1.3 on a machine that has only a monochrome monitor. She understands that there won't be any graphics nor will the PM operate, but that's the machine she has (some kind of network setup). I was wondering if anyone has done this before and could send me a config.sys file to do this or let me know what the necessary changes are. I got into OS/2 at the 1.2 stage so I don't have a 1.0 system to look at. My address is: terence@ttidca.tti.com Thanks, Terry
wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Wim Bonner) (04/16/91)
In article <25462@ttidca.TTI.COM> terence@ttidca.TTI.COM (Terence Davis) writes: >A student in a class I'm teaching is attempting to install OS/2 1.3 on >a machine that has only a monochrome monitor. She understands that >there won't be any graphics nor will the PM operate, but that's the machine >she has (some kind of network setup). I was wondering if anyone has >done this before and could send me a config.sys file to do this or let >me know what the necessary changes are. I got into OS/2 at the 1.2 stage >so I don't have a 1.0 system to look at. I don't think it is really possible. The only time I have seen OS/2 set up to run on a mono-only system, it was using the command shell from OS/2 1.0 in a later version of OS/2. (The only time I've seen this was with 1.1 OS/2) What you would need is a program what could be the master shell(Task switcher), and then make the changes in the config.sys to tell os/2 what shell to use.k -- | wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu | The Loft BBS | 27313853@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu | (509)335-4339 | 72561.3135@CompuServe.com | USR HST Dual Standard HST/V.32
lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) (04/16/91)
In article <1991Apr15.192557.1719@serval.net.wsu.edu> wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Wim Bonner) writes: >In article <25462@ttidca.TTI.COM> terence@ttidca.TTI.COM (Terence Davis) writes: >>A student in a class I'm teaching is attempting to install OS/2 1.3 on >>a machine that has only a [character-based adapter and] monochrome monitor. >I don't think it is really possible. The only time I have seen OS/2 set up to >run on a mono-only system, it was using the command shell from OS/2 1.0 [...] O.k., enlighten me on the ins and outs of the OS/2 1.3 install diskette. It appears to me that it is character based, supports HPFS, can run OS/2 programs, ...what else do we want here? If this is the case, all we need is some way to set up a fixed disk to boot like the install disk. Hopefully we could work around the install program that normally pops up on startup. In fact, she could go ahead and boot with the install disk and go from there. Seems like a pain, but if what she wants is worth it... Also, can we start using "character-only" or something more descriptive than "monochrome"? I'm using my monochrome (gray scale) laptop now, and I have no problems with PM. I'm interested in this - Unix derivatives are being used in microcontrollers. What about putting OS/2 in a VCR? Tell me what you come up with. Good luck! --kyler
wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Wim Bonner) (04/16/91)
In article <10471@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes: >In article <1991Apr15.192557.1719@serval.net.wsu.edu> wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Wim Bonner) writes: >>In article <25462@ttidca.TTI.COM> terence@ttidca.TTI.COM (Terence Davis) writes: >>>A student in a class I'm teaching is attempting to install OS/2 1.3 on >>>a machine that has only a [character-based adapter and] monochrome monitor. >>I don't think it is really possible. The only time I have seen OS/2 set up to >>run on a mono-only system, it was using the command shell from OS/2 1.0 [...] > >O.k., enlighten me on the ins and outs of the OS/2 1.3 install diskette. It >appears to me that it is character based, supports HPFS, can run OS/2 programs, >...what else do we want here? > >If this is the case, all we need is some way to set up a fixed disk to boot >like the install disk. Hopefully we could work around the install program >that normally pops up on startup. Well, one thing you can do is simply take the protshell= line in the config.sys, and make it equal to the CMD.EXE command processor. Normally when it is set up to use PM, it says something like: PROTSHELL=c:\os2\pmshell.exe c:\os2\os2.ini c:\os2\ps2sys.ini c:\os2\cmd.exe Change it so all that it says is: PROTSHELL=c:\os2\cmd.exe and the system will boot and come up with a command prompt, but I don't know how you would switch processes. Wim. -- | wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu | The Loft BBS | 27313853@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu | (509)335-4339 | 72561.3135@CompuServe.com | USR HST Dual Standard HST/V.32
goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu (04/16/91)
In article <1991Apr16.013032.3021@serval.net.wsu.edu>, wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Wim Bonner) writes: > In article <10471@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes: >>In article <1991Apr15.192557.1719@serval.net.wsu.edu> wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Wim Bonner) writes: >>>In article <25462@ttidca.TTI.COM> terence@ttidca.TTI.COM (Terence Davis) writes: >>>>A student in a class I'm teaching is attempting to install OS/2 1.3 on >>>>a machine that has only a [character-based adapter and] monochrome monitor. >>>I don't think it is really possible. The only time I have seen OS/2 set up to >>>run on a mono-only system, it was using the command shell from OS/2 1.0 [...] >> >>O.k., enlighten me on the ins and outs of the OS/2 1.3 install diskette. It >>appears to me that it is character based, supports HPFS, can run OS/2 programs, >>...what else do we want here? >> >>If this is the case, all we need is some way to set up a fixed disk to boot >>like the install disk. Hopefully we could work around the install program >>that normally pops up on startup. > > Well, one thing you can do is simply take the protshell= line in the > config.sys, and make it equal to the CMD.EXE command processor. > > Normally when it is set up to use PM, it says something like: > PROTSHELL=c:\os2\pmshell.exe c:\os2\os2.ini c:\os2\ps2sys.ini c:\os2\cmd.exe > > Change it so all that it says is: > PROTSHELL=c:\os2\cmd.exe > > and the system will boot and come up with a command prompt, but I don't know > how you would switch processes. I have seen adverts for & reviews of multiuser systems built on top of os/2, where you hook terminals up to a pc running os/2 a la mainframe environment. You don't get graphics, just character mode apps (eg wp). I don't know how they do it, but presumably it's by replacing protshell with some appropriate program. That would do the trick, I would think. Adrian > Wim. > -- > | wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu | The Loft BBS > | 27313853@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu | (509)335-4339 > | 72561.3135@CompuServe.com | USR HST Dual Standard HST/V.32 -- Adrian Goldman | Internet: Goldman@MBCL.Rutgers.Edu Molecular Biology Computing Laboratory | Bitnet: Goldman@BioVAX Waksman Insitute, | Phone: (908) 932-4864 Rutgers University, | Fax: (908) 932-5735 Piscataway, NJ 08855 USA |
gah@hood.hood.caltech.edu (Glen Herrmannsfeldt) (04/23/91)
I used to run 1.0. THe program is called DMPC, or something similar. It may still exist on the install disk. I used to have a strange problem getting it to run of a hard disk in 1.0, though. I had to load cmd.exe first, and have that load DMPC. Otherwise it got into an infinite DMPC load loop. The easiest to try is to start with PROTSHELL=CMD.EXE then you can run other programs from there. This, in itself, only gets you one session. See if DMPC will run. It has binary configuration files like PM, but less well documented. I tried this once, but gave up and bought a VGA board. (After I ran PM on a CGA, that is.) -- glen