Subj : Strange error
To   : Martin Foster
From : Stewart Arnett
Date : Sun Nov 03 2002 09:28 pm

Hello Martin.

02 Nov 02 16:09, you wrote to me:

 MF> Hello Stewart!

 MF> 02 Nov 02 at 14:01, Stewart Arnett wrote to Marcus Roeckrath:


 MF> I would be very interested to know if you use any "obscure" settings
 MF> for the DOS session and/or any OS/2-specific settings in your PoP
 MF> config or on the PoP command line. Any info/help would be much
 MF> appreciated.

In the OS/2 config.sys I have sio.sys and vsio.sys loaded instead of the OS/2 
comms drivers plus vx00.sys (the fossil). In the DOS settings for PoP I have 
mdos ansi.sys and vx00.sys, below I have my pop.bat file:


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@ECHO OFF
:START
  D:
  CD \PORTAL

sq386 in
Seal scan
sq386 out
sq386 pack
  PORTAL %1 %2 %3 %4
  REM ** The %1 %2 %3 %4 is used for transferring commandline options.
  REM ** Eg. 'POP.BAT -n' would cause Portal to start with option -n


  IF ERRORLEVEL 255 GOTO SELFTESTERROR
  IF ERRORLEVEL 254 GOTO MEMERROR
  IF ERRORLEVEL 253 GOTO MODEMERROR
  IF ERRORLEVEL 252 GOTO OVRERROR
  IF ERRORLEVEL 251 GOTO FOSSILERROR
  IF ERRORLEVEL 250 GOTO LOGERROR
  IF ERRORLEVEL 249 GOTO CPUERROR
  IF ERRORLEVEL 230 GOTO POLLMYBOSS
  IF ERRORLEVEL 220 GOTO UNPACK
  IF ERRORLEVEL 210 GOTO PACK
  IF ERRORLEVEL 209 GOTO TXJN
  IF ERRORLEVEL 208 GOTO TX
  IF ERRORLEVEL 207 GOTO CUT
  IF ERRORLEVEL 206 GOTO CLEANUP
  IF ERRORLEVEL 192 GOTO BBS
  IF ERRORLEVEL 168 GOTO BBS
  IF ERRORLEVEL 144 GOTO BBS
  IF ERRORLEVEL 120 GOTO BBS
  IF ERRORLEVEL 96 GOTO BBS
  IF ERRORLEVEL 72 GOTO BBS
  IF ERRORLEVEL 48 GOTO BBS
  IF ERRORLEVEL 24 GOTO BBS
  IF ERRORLEVEL 12 GOTO BBS
  IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO BBS

  IF ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO END

:BBS
  BBSBATCH

:CLEANUP

CALL D:\PORTAL\CLEANUP.BAT

GOTO START

:CUT

D:\MAX\LOGS\CUTTER\LOGCUT.EXE

GOTO START

:TX

CALL D:\TX\EMAIL.BAT

GOTO START

:TXJN

CALL D:\TXJN\EMAIL.BAT

GOTO START

:PACK
  SQ386 OUT PACK
GOTO START

:UNPACK
  SQ386 IN
  seal scan
  SQ386 OUT
  SQ386 PACK

GOTO START

:POLLMYBOSS
  SQUISH OUT SQUASH -sPOLLMYBOSS
GOTO START

:SELFTESTERROR
GOTO END

:MEMERROR
  ECHO Memory Allocation Error - Please Check Your System.
GOTO END

:MODEMERROR
  ECHO Error Initializing Modem - Please Check Your Modem, Cabling
  ECHO And Your Portal Port And Speed Configuration.
GOTO END

:OVRERROR
  ECHO Error Initializing Overlay Manager - Please Check You System
GOTO END

:FOSSILERROR
  ECHO No Fossil Loaded - Please Check Your System.
GOTO END

:LOGERROR
  ECHO Error Opening LogFile - Please Check Your System.
GOTO END

:CPUERROR
  ECHO 80286 or higher CPU needed to run Portal.
GOTO END

REM ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
REM ³ This is the end of this batch-file, DO NOT REMOVE THIS LABEL          ³
REM ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ

:END
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And my spawbbs.bat file:


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D:
CD \MAX
REM Log BBS usage to Portal usage graph
LogUsage
MAX -b%1 -p%2 -t%3
LogUsage
CD \PORTAL
POP
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And my config.sys


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IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:2048 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:CDEF
PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET USER_INI=C:\OS2\OS2.INI
SET SYSTEM_INI=C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
SET OS2_SHELL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
SET AUTOSTART=TASKLIST,FOLDERS,CONNECTIONS,WARPCENTER,TASKBAR
SET STARTUPOBJECTS=STARTUPFOLDERSONLY
SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
LIBPATH=.;C:\VT\SPCH_BIN;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\IBMI18N\DLL;C:\MPTN\DLL;C:\IBMCOM\DLL;C: 
\OS2\MDOS;C:\;C:\OS2\APPS\DLL;C:\BonusPak\ibmworks;C:\javaos2\dll;C:\MMOS2\DLL; 
C:\IBMINST;
SET PATH=C:\MPTN\BIN;C:\IBMCOM;C:\OS2;C:\VT\SPCH_BIN;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\MDOS\ 
WINO S2;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\APPS;C:\BonusPak\ibmworks;C:\java 
os2\b in;C:\MMOS2;
SET DPATH=C:\MPTN;C:\IBMCOM;C:\OS2;C:\VT\SPCH_BIN;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\MDOS\WIN 
OS2; C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\;C:\OS2\BITMAP;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\APPS;C:\MMOS2;C:\MMOS2 
\INST ALL;C:\IBMINST;
SET PROMPT=$i[$p]
SET HELP=C:\MPTN;C:\OS2\HELP;C:\VT\SPCH_RO\HELP;C:\BonusPak\ibmworks;C:\MMOS2\H 
ELP;
SET GLOSSARY=C:\OS2\HELP\GLOSS;
SET IPF_KEYS=SBCS
PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES
FILES=100
BASEDEV=IBMKBD.SYS
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\LANMSGDD.OS2 /I:C:\IBMCOM /S
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\PROTMAN.OS2 /I:C:\IBMCOM
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\TESTCFG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\DOS.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\PMDD.SYS
BUFFERS=90
IOPL=YES
DISKCACHE=D,LW
MAXWAIT=3
MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT
SWAPPATH=C:\OS2\SYSTEM 2048 20480
BREAK=OFF
THREADS=1024
PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,134,134
COUNTRY=064,C:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
SET KEYS=ON
SET BOOKSHELF=C:\OS2\BOOK;C:\MMOS2;
SET SOMIR=C:\OS2\ETC\SOM.IR;C:\OS2\ETC\WPSH.IR;C:\OS2\ETC\WPDSERV.IR;C:\OS2\ETC 
\REX X.IR
SET SOMDDIR=C:\OS2\ETC\DSOM
SET ULSPATH=C:\LANGUAGE
SET LOCPATH=C:\IBMI18N\LOCALE;C:\LANGUAGE\LOCALE
BASEDEV=TIMER0.SYS
REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;E:\DELETE,512;F:\DELETE,512;
BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD
BASEDEV=IBM2FLPY.ADD
BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD
BASEDEV=XDFLOPPY.FLT
BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
RUN=C:\OS2\SYSTEM\HYBERSET.EXE
SET EPMPATH=C:\OS2\APPS;
PROTECTONLY=NO
SHELL=C:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM C:\OS2\MDOS
FCBS=16,8
RMSIZE=640
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS
DOS=LOW,NOUMB
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VXMS.SYS /UMB
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VDPMI.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VDPX.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VWIN.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VW32S.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\APM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VAPM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\OS2CDROM.DMD /Q
IFS=C:\OS2\BOOT\CDFS.IFS /Q
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS
BASEDEV=IBMIDECD.FLT
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\POINTDD.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\MOUSE.SYS
REM DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\COM.SYS
REM DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
DEVICE=D:\VSIO\SIO.SYS       |
DEVICE=D:\VSIO\VSIO.SYS      | here is Ray Gwynns SIO commands
DEVICE=D:\VSIO\VX00.SYS      |
SET LANG=EN_NZ
SET TZ=nzst-12nzdt
CODEPAGE=850,437
DEVINFO=KBD,US,C:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP
DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,C:\OS2\BOOT\VIOTBL.DCP
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_VGA
SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA)
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VVGA.SYS
SET DMIPATH=C:\DMISL\BIN
RUN=C:\OS2\SMSTART.EXE
SET IBMWORKS_INI=C:\BonusPak\ibmworks
SET CLASSPATH=C:\javaos2\lib\jempcl10.zip;.\.
SET INCLUDE=C:\javaos2\include;C:\javaos2\include\os2;
SET LIB=C:\javaos2\lib;
REM *** IBM VoiceType  ***
SET SPCH_RUN=C:\VT\SPCH_RUN
SET SPCH_RO=C:\VT\SPCH_RO
SET SPCH_RW=C:\VT\SPCH_RW
SET SPCH_BIN=C:\VT\SPCH_BIN
SET SPCH_PATH=C:\VT\SPCH_RO\LANGS\%L\POOLS
SET SPCH_TRN=C:\VT\SPCH_BSF
SET MMBASE=C:\MMOS2;
SET DSPPATH=C:\MMOS2\DSP;
SET NCDEBUG=4000
RUN=C:\MMOS2\MIDIDMON.EXE
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\SSMDD.SYS
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\R0STUB.SYS
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\MIDI.SYS
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\VCSHDD.SYS
RUN=C:\MMOS2\QRYMMCD.EXE
CALL=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBIND.EXE
RUN=C:\IBMCOM\LANMSGEX.EXE
SET NLSPATH=C:\MPTN\MSG\NLS\%N;
SET ETC=C:\MPTN\ETC
DEVICE=C:\MPTN\PROTOCOL\SOCKETS.SYS
DEVICE=C:\MPTN\PROTOCOL\AFOS2.SYS
RUN=C:\MPTN\BIN\CNTRL.EXE
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\MACS\NULLNDIS.OS2
SET I18NDIR=C:\IBMI18N
SET ZTB=E:\ZTB\ZTB.EXE
SET MAXIMUS=D:\MAX\MAX.PRM
SET TMP=C:\TMP
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And finally my autoexec.bat file for DOS sessions.


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@ECHO OFF
ECHO.
PROMPT $i$p$g
REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;E:\DELETE,512;F:\DELETE,512;
SET WIN3DIR=C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2
PATH=C:\OS2;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;
LOADHIGH APPEND C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM
SET TMP=C:\
LOADHIGH DOSKEY FINDFILE=DIR /A /S /B $*
DOSKEY EDIT=QBASIC/EDITOR $*
SET DIRCMD=/A
SET TEMP=C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\TEMP
SET MAXIMUS=D:\MAX\MAX.PRM
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As you can see they are mostly as installed by OS/2 and PoP, but I hope they 
are of help.

Stewart

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