Some senseless babbling from Jan Deboer to All
on 10-18-99  13:29 about Questions......

 JD> Bought and installed Warp3 on a 486DX2/66 w 8 Mb and 2X 540Mb HD's.
 JD> All that swapping and drive activity brought fears of early drive
 JD> failure, so memory was upped to 32Mb, and the frantic drive activity
 JD> quieted down. But then, I was only using a few Dos apps, and began
 JD> wondering what if any advantages I was getting under OS/2, and soon I
 JD> was booting up in Dos. Eventually the two 540's were replaced by a 2.6
 JD> Gb, and W95 was installed for better Internet performance.
 JD> But then, we bought a Pentium and the 486 sat largely unused. So, I
 JD> 'downgraded' it - pulled the 2.6 and reinstalled the old 540's, and
 JD> reinstalled Warp3. So, now I'mm re-acquianting myself with OS/2 and
 JD> all the reasons I gave up on it in the first place.
 JD> Can anyone recommend a good (freeware) file manager? I mean, how could
 JD> they sell Warp3 with a file manger that doesn't let you move or rename
 JD> files????????????!!!!!!!

They didn't.  It doesn't include a conventional file manager, for certain.
However, there's no such limitations on what you can do with the drive
objects.  You might be confused by the fact that dragging and dropping is
accomplished in OS/2 with the second mouse button (the right one, for
right-handed people).  You can rename something by holding down the ALT key
while clicking on the title text.  There's a longer route via the property
notebook, of course.

 JD> I have never installed any 'fixpaks'. Does this mean I'n in for Y2K
 JD> troubles?

Probably.  FP32 is the official Y2K compatible fixpack level for Warp 3.

 JD> Are the fixpaks self-installing, or do I need soem 'install' software
 JD> for them?

http://ps.software.ibm.com/

Follow the links to fix packages.  IBM has an online installation facility
which lets you click on a link, and walk away while all the files are
downloaded.  A couple simple questions later, you're done.

 JD> Is it worth upgrading to Warp4? What are the advantages/improvements
 JD> over Warp3?
 JD> Does anybody still sell Warp4? (No luck in the clearout bins! :(

 JD> Cheers.

There are some interface enhancements, bundled networking (need Warp
Connect for v3 networking), better device support, better app support, etc.
If you're going to use OS/2, then it's worth upgrading.  You can buy a copy
online here:

http://www.indelible-blue.com/

As well as elsewhere, I'm certain.

Mike Ruskai
thannymeister@yahoo.com


... You still run?  Only when chased.

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