I finally figured out how to get ANSI.SYS to load in VDMs that I start
via the 4OS2 START command. :-)

Put a DEVICE=X:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS statement in CONFIG.SYS!

It took me over 12 years to figure that one out... Sad. ;-)

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It took me over 12 years to figure that one out... Sad. ;-)

Well, at least you figured it out.

BTW, I do have QWK access here too . . .

Later,
Sean

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I finally figured out how to get ANSI.SYS to load
in VDMs that I start via the 4OS2 START command. :-)

Put a DEVICE=X:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS statement in CONFIG.SYS!

yup, that's one way... the other is to add them to the "master" DOS task... the
"master" DOS task being the default one created when OS/2 is/was installed...

It took me over 12 years to figure that one out... Sad. ;-)

OMG! why didn't you ask?? i've several items like that that i load that way... did you know that you can also "load them high" in the individual sessions icons??

settings notebook->session->DOS settings button->dos_device


SIZE=0 C:\TCPIP\BIN\VDOSTCP.SYS
SIZE=0 C:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS
SIZE=0 C:\SIO\VX00.SYS


i'll also note that the help for that item states...


DESCRIPTION
Use this setting to load DOS device
drivers into this session. Enter full
name and path, excluding DEVICE=.
Alternatively, specify DOS devices in
CONFIG.SYS with DEVICE= to load into
all DOS sessions.


seems that that last line is what you just discovered ;)

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SEAN DENNIS wrote to RICHARD STEINER <=-

It took me over 12 years to figure that one out... Sad. ;-)

Well, at least you figured it out.

Indeed. :-)

BTW, I do have QWK access here too . . .

Yes, I see that. I think I might switch to using your BBS for Fido,
not that I read all that often.

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Let's see if this reader still works... :-)

Put a DEVICE=X:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS statement in CONFIG.SYS!

yup, that's one way... the other is to add them to the "master" DOS
task... "master" DOS task being the default one created when OS/2
is/was installed..

I've done that before, but I don't remember where those are anymore...

It took me over 12 years to figure that one out... Sad. ;-)

OMG! why didn't you ask??

I'd worked around it. Most of the time I'm launching specific programs directly from 4OS2, so I never see the prompt, and even when I launch a dedicated fullscreen VDM I'm usually in QuikMenu or something.

Did you know that you can also "load them high" in the individual ML>sessions ic?

settings notebook->session->DOS settings button->dos_device

SIZE=0 C:\TCPIP\BIN\VDOSTCP.SYS
SIZE=0 C:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS
SIZE=0 C:\SIO\VX00.SYS

Not sure if I knew about that one or not. Probably not.

seems that that last line is what you just discovered ;)

Yes. Online help? That's a concept. ;-)

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*** Quoting Richard Steiner from a message to Sean Dennis ***

Yes, I see that. I think I might switch to using your BBS for Fido,
not that I read all that often.

That's fine. :) I could set up NNTP feeds for echomail, but it's more trouble than it's worth for me.

Later,
Sean

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Put a DEVICE=X:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS statement in CONFIG.SYS!

yup, that's one way... the other is to add them to the "master" DOS
task... "master" DOS task being the default one created when OS/2
is/was installed..

I've done that before, but I don't remember where those are
anymore...

on my Warp 3 box, they are in "OS2 System"->"command prompts" and i have shadows of them in the launch panel or whatever it is called...

It took me over 12 years to figure that one out... Sad. ;-)

OMG! why didn't you ask??

I'd worked around it. Most of the time I'm launching specific
programs directly from 4OS2,

i use that one, too!

so I never see the prompt, and even when I launch a
dedicated fullscreen VDM I'm usually in QuikMenu or
something.

i have had to use HSTART for some things... one of the things that it can do is
to read driver and setting info from a config file... i use it to start my DOS bbs from my OS/2 mailer... i do not load VX00 in all my tasks... only those that need access to the fossil ports so i load it in the config for each node... i can run up to 255 nodes at once but haven't ever really gone more than 6 or 7 at any one time...

Did you know that you can also "load them high" in the individual ML>>sessions ic?

settings notebook->session->DOS settings button->dos_device

SIZE=0 C:\TCPIP\BIN\VDOSTCP.SYS
SIZE=0 C:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS
SIZE=0 C:\SIO\VX00.SYS

Not sure if I knew about that one or not. Probably not.

i forget where i saw it but i did and remembered it for use here...

seems that that last line is what you just discovered ;)

Yes. Online help? That's a concept. ;-)

no, not the online help... the description of the item in the settings notebook
for the task i was editing the setting for ;)

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