Date of File - 06/18/92 Version 1.04 File changes flagged with |'s Original File Date - 06/08/92 Owner, Irv Spalten, IRV @ BCRVMPC1 This is the list, as of the date shown above, of all fixes placed by Department 17J on either OS2CSD or OS2TOOLS. Other 2.0 fixes are not suported by the Boca Technical Group. All fixes listed here may be distributted externally. The difference between OS2CSD and OS2TOOLS is that OS2CSD is for fixes, and the individual files will be removed when a service release is done. The service release will then be placed on OS2CSD in its place. OS2TOOLS will hold 'enhancements' and utilities for OS/2 2.0. All fixes are on External BBS's and CIS except where noted. In some |case the EXTERNAL name may be different and is so noted. When the name |are the same, external names have the ZIP entension. *********************** * Fixes on OS2CSD * *********************** NOTE: APAR numbers are the numbers the LATEST fix was reported under. Components like OS2KRNL may have many APARS fixes and reports against it. ********************************************************** Package Name - IBM2FLPY External Name - PMTAPE.ZIP APAR: PJ03661 Filename Size Date Time IBM2FLPY.ADD 13029 5-15-92 1:38P This IBM2FLPY.ADD file contains fix for this problem: PMTAPE utility does not work. After restoring backup files from tape, the system would either hang the OS/2 WINDOW or halt the entire system. *********************************************************** Package Name - OS2KRNL External Name - OS2KRN.ZIP Filename Size Date Time OS2KRNL This OS2KRNL file contains 02 fixes. The fixes are: Fix for FCB caused errors. WP Library, SideKick, and AutoCad is fixed by this kernel. ************************************************************ Package Name - VSVGA APAR: PJ03677 Filename Size Date Time VEGA.SYS 49207 5-15-92 1:47p VVGA.SYS 51678 5-15-92 1:47p VSVGA.SYS 64559 5-15-92 1:47p These files VEGA.SYS, VVGA.SYS and VSVGA.SYS contain fix for this problem: Entering a DOS or WinOS2 Full Screen on a Tseng et4000-based SVGA card with a batch number of TC6059AF or higher makes the video card go out of sync, requiring a cold boot to remedy. ******************************************************* Package Name - BVHSVGA External Name - BVSVGA.ZIP APAR PJ03721 Filename Size Date Time BVHSVGA.DLL 22466 5-15-92 12:26p The file BVHSVGA.DLL contains fix for this problem: OEM machines with Western Digital super VGA video that have 1 Mg of video memory crash after first boot then the C0000005 message occurs. ****************************************************** Package Name - IBM1S506 External Name - IBM506.ZIP APAR PJ04045 Filename Size Date Time IBM1S506.ADD 13036 5-15-92 1:38p The file IBM1S506.ADD contains fix for this problem: During installation of OS/2 2.0 on family 1 computers, noise from MFM/RLL hardfiles and poor DASD performance exist. ****************************************************** Package Name - 360KFIX External Name - 360K.ZIP Fixes the reading and writing of 360K drives and the ability to format a 1.2 MB drive on OS2 2.0 ******************************************************* Package Name - INSTALLB External Name - INSTB.ZIP A set of two diskette images that allows one to boot from an A: drive that is a 5 1/4" and use a set of OS/2 2.0 3 1/2" diskette in B: to install OS/2 2.0 ******************************************************* Package Name - VEMMGA A replacement VEMM.SYS driver that will allow OS/2 2.0 to see EMM memory that the GA code could not see when a program touched the memory before it called it. Lotus apps generally had this problem. ******************************************************* Package Name - COMMGA A new set of COM.SYS and VCOM.SYS which support a new HW_COM DOS property. The function of the new DOS property is to remove IO hooks for the COM port without rebooting the system. Although it removes the hooks, the check for contention is still supported. When this DOS property is turned ON, FastLynx, D'Bridge, FSDUAT, AS/400 Asynch Router, and FOSSIL Driver like X00.SYS work in OS/2. Within the same machine, users also can run ProComm Plus and Prodigy at the same time. ******************************************************** Package Name - REXX20 APAR PJ03945 |APAR PJ04178 A set of 4 REXX files and a information TXT file that tells you how to install teh fixes and more details on the fixes and APAR's. ******************************************************** ************************ * Fixes on OS2TOOLS * ************************ ******************************************************* Package Name - 2XMSE A replacement MOUSE.SYS that will speed up the ballistics of the mouse by 2 time approximately. Keep your old MOUSE.SYS around just in case you do NOT like it. This ONLY works for PS/2 style mice. ******************************************************* Package Name - ENDVDM This is a small DEBUG input file that will recreate a 7 byte program that will close either a DOS Session (same as entering EXIT) or close a Bootable VDM. This is the ONLY way to close a Bootable VDM. ******************************************************* Package Name - NETSRV A fix for Novell Netware Lite 1.0. This will stop failures that kill a DOS session. ******************************************************* Package Name - PALETT This is a fix for LOTUS Freelance Palette problems. Some colors may not display properly without this fix. ****************************************************** Package Name - RESTKN A fix to allow you to RESET the T/R adapter while OS/2 2.0 is operational. ****************************************************** | |Package Name - GT16MB | |This is a new OS2LDR file that enables machines with greater than 16 MB |to use that memory (most clones had this problem). This fix is what we |feel is a final fix. | ****************************************************** END OF FILE