Re: newsgroup, profile

Hi Christer

Not having used FF17 to access os2world (I use Seamonkey) I have to 
admit that I do not know the answer to that question - but would expect 
it to work.

The easiest way to find out is to try it  :-)


Regards

Pete


Christer Jacobsson wrote:
> Peter Brown wrote:
>> Hi Christer
>>
>
> As Salaam Aleikum!
>
>> Christer Jacobsson wrote:
>>> Peter Brown wrote:
>>>> Hi Christer
>>>>
>>>
>>> As Salaam Aleikum!
>>>
>>>> Christer Jacobsson wrote:
>>>>> Peter Brown wrote:
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As Salaam Aleikum!
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bit pointless worrying about news.ecomstation.com/nl as that news
>>>>>> server is dead and unlikely to return.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What in the nine purple hells of Palain(*) have happened to it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Died about the same time as eCS - years ago.
>>>>
>>>
>>> But She need at least one eCs 2.1 installed on the new box for viewing
>>> SVTPlay (SVT is our public services TV company) and the browser needs
>>> the Flash11 plugin which *only* works in an eCs environment - it can
>>> detect if one tries to access it from WSeB or ArcaOS, it just wont
>>> function there. But when SVT drops the requirement for a Flash11 plugin
>>> (plus the latest ODIN), then accessing SVTPlay, URPlay (also a part of
>>> SVT) and SRPlay (Swedish Radio player, Swedish Radio is also public
>>> service.) should be accessible via a browser regardless of OS (we're
>>> talking OS2 / eCs / ArcaOS here).
>>>
>>
>>
>> I think it is possible to "fool" the flash plugin although I have not
>> tried it as I have no need of that plugin.
>>
>> On an eCS system there is a \ecs directory containing this file
>> ECS_INST.FLG which, I think, the flash plugin checks for.
>>
>> So, on an ArcaOS or WSeB sysem you need an \ecs directory containing a
>> copy of that file to make the flash plugin happy.
>>
>
> Will try this on the new box. Reason? Higher browser level (FF31 and 45)
> and faster CPU plus 8Gib RAM.
>
>> Give it a try and see if my above theory works.
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>>  You
>>>>> mentioned news.ecomstation.com/nl, but that would mean that a /nl
>>>>> (Netherlands?) section of it are dead or are the whole
>>>>> news.ecomstation.com dead also? What other newsgroup servers are
>>>>> available for us who uses eCs / os2? And btw should a news server name
>>>>> begin with news.<name of server> or nntp.<name of server>?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> news.ecomstation.* is dead.
>>>>
>>>> The server name starts with news.
>>>>
>>>>> She needs a newsgroup server for eCs to ask questions how to use File
>>>>> And Print Services to transfer all data partitions from the old box to
>>>>> the new box; the goal is to creata an environment that's like the
>>>>> one on
>>>>> the old box where for example WarpIN is installed in the
>>>>> g:\os2ut\Warpin
>>>>> dir - better to have only ONE common Warpin than one for each eCs and
>>>>> ArcaOS.
>>>>
>>
>>
>> Re: 1 Warpin for several boot volumes.
>> That was working fine but now ANPM can install files that have Warpin
>> entries but, as I discovered recently, ANPM/Warpin is not yet clever
>> enough to work with more than 1 DATABAS_?.INI file. I currently have 3
>> boot volumes H:, L:, M:  all using the same Warpin and ANPM. The
>> result of installing some files has been a new DATABAS_D.INI file
>> containing the entries that should have gone into DATABAS_L.INI
>>
>
> Then you should raise a ticket on this so Warpin installs via ANPN don't
> foul up the database but conform to the standard database instead.
>
>> Probably the quickest way to copy files from old disk to new disks is
>> to have both disks installed in the same system box and use XCOPY.
>>
>
> That's not possible as the HD's on the old system is SCSI and the HD'S
> on the new system is SATA. But you probably means that to transfer files
> from the old to the new box shold be done with \\Sorileawks\*
> \\Sorileasrv /S /E /V /H /T /R /O. Or would it be better to use File and
> Print services - the old system have LAN Server and the new will have
> PEER server with the name Sorileasrv (on the old system it's Sorileawks).
>
>> Using File & Print Client you need both systems connected to the lan
>> and then simply copy your data files.
>>
>
> Both systems hangs on the same router (unfortunately a Huawei model so a
> firewall program should be installed (probably In-Joys firewall program)
> to protect the system from things that go bump in the night :-(
>
>
>>>> Suggest you visit https://www.os2world.com and join the forums.
>
> Does it need a high-level browser or can FF17 be used to access it?
>
>
> Cul8er alligator!
> gaea - feminist & chunkawakan