WordPerfect Install on OS/2

[Dave Yeo]

Dave,  will this also work to help free enough memory that I can re-install WordPerfect 5.2?  I had been running it before but I guess with the extra .rpms and things the memory has gotten used up.  Thanks,

The DOS version of WordPerfect? Different memory, you have to go into the DOS settings and adjust the DOS properties.
Perhaps if you install it the system will set up things correctly. Not sure exactly where things are in 4.52 but guessing, in System, there should be an Install/Uninstall folder with things like Selective Install in it. Look for an object called Add Programs, open it and click Add new programs and then Ok. Wait for it to search your drive and hopefully it will find WordPerfect and create a program object for it set up correctly.
Otherwise, you will have to create an Object for WordPerfect.exe and go into the Properties, go to the Session tab and click the Dos properties button. And then play with the DOS memory settings. I don't know what type of memory WordPerfect uses.

[KevinP]

There was an OS/2 version of WordPerfect 5.2.  I can't remember if I downloaded it from the Internet Archive or where.  It has a neat video at the beginning extolling the virtues of WordPerfect for OS/2.  It talks about how you could transfer all your files from WP for DOS or other systems and they would work fine on OS/2.  It apparently was before Corel bought them so there is a corporate plug part of the video for The WordPerfect Corporation.

I do not know if I have VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT but will check tomorrow.

Do I save that code you posted and create and .exe out of it?

[Dave Yeo]

If you're using the OS/2 version of WordPerfect, then it should just work after booting and before loading SM.
Exactly what error are you getting?
I didn't post any code, I posted the output of mem.exe here, which I also posted.

[mauro]

When I mentioned "Messenger" I was thinking of the e-mail client.  I did find it by the icon in the lower left.  It is working well.

you might find useful having a separate icon on the desktop to start Seamonkey mailer without starting the browser first, like I did. It's just a desktop link to a one-line .cmd file to be created inside the working folder, on which you can associate the preferred icon. The command line is simply: seamonkey -mail

[KevinP]

If you're using the OS/2 version of WordPerfect, then it should just work after booting and before loading SM.
Exactly what error are you getting?
I didn't post any code, I posted the output of mem.exe here, which I also posted.

It is when I am trying to re-install WordPerfect since I re-installed the operating system.  It will start up from the CD but when it gets to actually installing files it stops and gives an error message that there is not enough memory, that I should eliminate TSR programs and start again.  I am starting to get similar messages from other programs like TCPIPSTART (I believe) and a screen saver.  Is there an equivalent to Safe Mode in Windows that I could boot into and try to install the program?  This is running the install from a CD.  Thanks

[KevinP]

you might find useful having a separate icon on the desktop to start Seamonkey mailer without starting the browser first, like I did. It's just a desktop link to a one-line .cmd file to be created inside the working folder, on which you can associate the preferred icon. The command line is simply: seamonkey -mail

Thank you.  I will try that.

[KevinP]

My config.sys did not have VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT so I added that.

When I run mem /v a command prompt window appears briefly without any output and then disappears.  Is it writing it to a file somewhere?

[Dariusz Piatkowski]

My config.sys did not have VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT so I added that.

When I run mem /v a command prompt window appears briefly without any output and then disappears.  Is it writing it to a file somewhere?

No, you are simply picking up what's sitting in /OS2/MDOS/MEM.EXE, as opposed to the MEM.EXE that David referenced earlier.

You need to download that other MEM.EXE from the new Hobbes repo:

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MEM - Report system memory.

Options:
  /H or /?    Show this help
  /L          Disable locale-specific number formatting (no grouping character)
  /U:<unit>   Use <unit> for output, where <unit> is one of:
     or /B      B   Bytes
     or /K      K   Binary kilobytes
                M   Binary megabytes (default)
  /V          Verbose reporting

EDIT #1
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I didn't have it handy earlier, but here is the link => https://hobbes.os-2.in/files/os2/util-12/memory/MEM_1-0.zip

EDIT #2
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Hmm...so that wasn't it...and I can't remember where the heck I picked up my verison of MEM.EXE, so someone else will need to point out where the current stuff is, in the meantime here is the MEMORY section of utils on Hobbes => https://hobbes.os-2.in/browse/os2/util-12/memory

[Dave Yeo]

When I run mem /v a command prompt window appears briefly without any output and then disappears.  Is it writing it to a file somewhere?

Strange, it is from an ArcaOS install, perhaps it is using something you don't have such as ACPI. It's GPL, probably the source is on Alex's site, never looked.

[Remy]

Hi!
Just to know, did you have a look here > http://os2news.warpstock.org/warpzilla.html

[David McKenna]

FYI - MEM.exe is right here: https://github.com/altsan/os2-mem

Regards,

[KevinP]

Hi!
Just to know, did you have a look here > http://os2news.warpstock.org/warpzilla.html

I think I have seen that site but not had time to try it.  I will have to try it at some point.  Thank you.

[KevinP]

Regarding mem.exe, I am not skilled in building files from source code so if that site has only source code or something I would need someone to build it for me or you can trying e-mailing it to me directly if that would work.  The mem.exe_1-0 from the Hobbes site does the same thing as what was already on the machine.  I did install a program called Theseus this evening.  It seems more complex.

I also installed the smturbo in SeaMonkey.  I will post a picture of the odd "D: device not ready" error that I get frequently.  For example, this came up every time smturbo examined a file or moved it.  I have learned that I can select "return error to the program" and whatever is running will continue running.  The second picture is of the message I get when I try to install WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2.  It basically installs with an install.cmd file.   So far WordPerfect is the only program that won't install.  The Lotus SmartSuite installed fine.  As I mentioned, I am starting to have some trouble with programs not starting because of memory issues.  I am guessing that these may be from at least some of the .rpm files I have installed.  Since those were installed with the Arca Noae Package Manager I suppose I could uninstall them temporarily until I could get WordPerfect to install.  Another option, less desirable, might be to completely re-install the operating system again.  Although I have gotten better at doing that, it still takes the better part of two days to do it all to the point it is now mainly because installing programs with ANPM is such a slow process.  Now that I have one USB thumb drive that will work on OS/2 then it would be a lot easier to load up the programs and applications I want on it and install them from that. 

[Dave Yeo]

Did you download Theseus4? It's the version that works on OS/2 v4.5+
Open it, got to System-->General System-->General System Information, it will open a new window. Take a screen shot of that window.
Or use the menu Mark/Find to mark the window down to

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30. QSV_VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT  = b8000000
and paste it here.
BTW, most all that you installed with ANPM won't take any memory unless you open programs that you installed.

[mauro]

just mention that after I installed Staroffice 5.1 suite, it did not run if Seamonkey and/or Firefox were meantime in use. Then fixed with Highmem (pentium4) rpm installation from ANPM.
My virtaladdresslimit is 2056 as well