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2: A couple of problems with OS/2 Warp...

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From: bbattles
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 00:00
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In <47l95s$816@a3bsrv.nai.net>, bbattles@nai.net writes:
>
>  I've been running IBM OS/2 for a few years, but I just started having
>a couple of problems I've never seen or heard of before. (I'm running
>OS/2 Warp "Full pack" on an AMD486DX2-66 "clone" PC with 16 MB RAM,
>Cirrus Logic SVGA [1MB], Buslogic caching IDE controller, 1.2 GB and
>340 MB hard drives):

[deletia]

>  2) All of a sudden, for no reason I can think of, about a couple of
>weeks ago I started having trouble with viewing/editing text in certain
>OS/2 programs, eg, PM Mail, ZED editor, etc. Sometimes the onscreen
>text looks fine, sometimes it's mixed with ASCII "garbage" characters,
>sometimes it starts out fine then the ASCII junk appears after I scroll
>down or at some random point when I begin editing, etc. It's driving me
>NUTS! (I've had a heck of a time keeping up with my e-mail because of
>this!)

  I wonder if this may have been caused by my having (foolishly?) applied
the IBM OS/2 Warp CSD 12 "Fix Pack"?

>  Any suggestions, comments or ideas are extremely welcome (and please
>send e-mail in case I happen to miss your reply in this newsgroup).
>
>   Thanks!

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From: bbattles@nai.net
Subject: 2: A couple of problems with OS/2 Warp...
Date: 1995/11/06
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