Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!mmlai!burzio
From: burzio@mmlai.UUCP (Tony Burzio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Starting SoftPC and MS DOS on HP-UX
Summary: HP X and the kernel
Keywords: HP-UX, MS DOS, SoftPC
Message-ID: <552@mmlai.UUCP>
Date: 10 May 89 23:49:39 GMT
References: <1013@dinl.mmc.UUCP>
Distribution: na
Organization: Martin Marietta Labs, Baltimore, MD
Lines: 55

In article <1013@dinl.mmc.UUCP>, bonham@dinl.uucp (margaret bonham) writes:
> 
> We've recently acquired an HP 9000 series 300 which runs 6.5 (?)
> HP-UX.  Supposedly this system has SoftPC and MS DOS available.  We
> did not receive all the manuals we were supposed to.  How do I start
> these?

Hello fellow Martineer!

Try spc & to get it running.  You can make it look pretty with
.Xdefaults attributes spc*.  I use:

spc*Foreground:                 yellow
spc*Background:                 CadetBlue
spc*BorderColor:                blue
spc*BorderWidth:                2
spc*topShadowColor:             White
spc*bottomShadowColor:          SlateBlue

When you place the mouse in the window, pressing the STOP key will
give you the control menu.  Clicking on the mouse button turns the
mouse into a Microsoft mouse for PC programs.  The programs seem to
run at the same speed as a PC.

> On another note, I have had a series of very bad crashes with this
> system -- usually while using X11 windows.  I apologize if this has
> already been discussed, but is this a common occurrance?  How can I
> make this system more reliable?

Two things crash a computer: bad kernel parameters and a power glitch.
In the "Configuring the X Window System on Series 300" guide, it shows
new kernel parameters:
	maxdsiz 0x2000000
	shmmaxaddr 0x2000000
	shmmax 0xC00000
	dmmin 16
	dmmax 1024
	dmtext 1024
	dmshm 1024
****Note to HP: (The manual says maxsiz! Should be maxdsiz)
I have had a crash or two without these set in the kernel.

The other thing to watch for is power irregularities.  In a large
building you get all kinds of sags and surges. HP monitored our
line for us and found that we needed a *very* good line filter.
Ours from Puluzzi Engineering works just fine;  Send mail if you
want details.

Hope this helps...

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Tony Burzio               * My HP 370 TurboSRX is nice, but my Tek4129
Martin Marietta Labs      * generates a lot more heat when the temp
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