OTHER OS/2 RELATED VENDORS

The Warpstock '98 Team is pleased to announce the full schedule of events on the Warpstock web site.

The page for the schedule is:
http://www.warpstock.org/schednew.html

Plan your shopping and learning time accordingly, and don't forget to leave some time in for socializing with your Warped Cyberbuddies.

The countdown is on! See you in just ten days!

Win32-OS/2 a collection of tools and DLL's that allow an end user to convert a Win32 (i.e. Win95 / WinNT) program into a native OS/2 program and then run that program under OS/2 without needing Windows or Win-OS/2 support installed.

Fixes/additions in version 0.03

• Win32K: win32 executable loader (see win32k.txt for installation details).
• Improved DirectDraw support: Quake 2 now runs full screen.
• Borland executable fixes for pe2lx.
• Many stubs added for non-implemented APIs.
• Version resources supported.
• Loads of bug fixes.

Further details can be found on our web page: http://www.os2ss.com/win32-os2/

Please do not use the A03 version, it's corrupt. The previous version accidentally contained old DLLs. This has been corrected in Alpha 4. See our web page for details. Sorry for the inconvience,

Download Win32-OS2 download from BTSoftware

The A04 version of WIN32-OS2 is available for download from BTSoftware at: ftp://ftp.btsoftware.com/pub/download/RESOURCE/W32OS204.ZIP

or

http://www.btsoftware.com/RESOURCE.HTM

MaccaSoft Development (http://www.maccasoft.com) is proud to announce the release of Emerald Mail 1.00.

Emerald Mail is a 100% Java, multithreaded, Internet e-mail client. It has been designed from the ground up for maximum configurablity and ease of use. Emerald Mail features include: multiple account support, nested folders, mail filtering, MIME compliance.

Emerald Mail supports both POP3 and SMTP servers. In addition, Emerald Mail is a MIME compliant mail client. This means that attachments are handled transparently. Emerald Mail also includes a powerful address manager. The creation of multiple address books, the address manager allows you to classify your contacts in multiple address books instead of dropping them all into one massive list.

Emerald Mail is a 100% Java software. This means that it can run on all Java 1.1.x platforms, including OS/2, Windows, Linux, SUN Solaris and others. All the system files are named with the restrictive 8.3 (FAT) filename limitation so that it is fully portable on any known filesystem. For example you can install Emerald Mail on a FAT partition and share it between Windows and OS/2 without problems.

Features

• 100% Java application, runs on every operating system that supports the Java Runtime Environment version 1.1.4 or greater.
• Support SMTP and POP3 mail servers.
• MIME compliant. Supports both uuencode and base64 encoding systems.
• Supports firewall and proxy servers with the SOCKS V4 protocol.
• Multiple account support.
• Multiple, nested, folders support.
• Multiple address books.
• Multiple identity (e-mail alias) support.
• Support for incoming message filtering helps you organize your e-mails and get rid of unwanted spam mail.

The mSQL 2.0.4.1 for OS/2 reached production status with the latest build just released. You can download it from The mSQL PC Home Page (http://www.blnet.com/msqlpc) or from The OS/2 NetLabs (http://www.netlabs.org/). mSQL is a lightweight relational data base server very popular as a back-end for web sites. Third party support for Java, REXX and Sibyl is also available.

QV2 v2.00 - The QuickCam Viewer for OS/2 is now available. The major feature of this release is support for the QuickCam VC. There are also a number of improvements and bug fixes.

QV2 now supports the QuickCam B&W, Colour 2 and VC cameras. CuSeeMe/2 support for these cameras is included in the updated plug-ins.

General features:

• Auto-detects parallel port to which camera is connected and port-capabilities.
• Access to camera controls for Exposure, Brightness and Contrast via sliders.
• Auto-exposure calibration to suit current lighting conditions.
• Save image as BMP or JPEG file, copied to the clipboard or printed.
• Drag and Drop, picture can be dragged from the window, in BMP or JPEG format for saving or printing.
• Desktop Lockup support or screen-saver which includes a number of variations of live on-screen images.
• Snapshot Scheduler will save a picture to a file at any interval, all day or between preset times of day, triggered on time or motion.
• Text on picture is configurable with Date/Time, Camera settings and custom text.
• On-line context-sensitive help.
• Colour controls include Hue, Saturation and Black level which are available on a separate control panel or by doubling up with the Brightness, Exposure and Contrast sliders, as shown on the image above. Clicking on the icon adjacent to the slider toggles Black level to Brightness, Hue to Exposure and Saturation to Contrast and vice versa. The VC camera colour controls are Red Hue, Blue Hue and Saturation, these are in place of Hue, Saturation and Black.
• Low-light Filter which is very effective in removing the specks of red, green and blue pixels which show up on the image when long exposure times are used.

• Quickcam VC support
• Auto-hue adjustment, VC only
• Spatial filter performance improvements
• Remote control when shrunk, w/o fly-over help/descriptions
• Snaphot scheduler bug fixes and improvements
• Print enhancements, page layout and better printer descriptions
• Added ability to startup in shrunk state

September 11, 1998 - X-File, "The Open File Dialog Fixer", is a desktop enhancer which adds major enhancements to the standard OS/2 microscopic "open/save as" file dialog. Nothing paranormal here - just real useful stuff.

X-File runs under OS/2 3.0 or later, is small and non-intrusive, and will save you from the merrily-we-scroll-along syndrome. Works with many apps such as DeScribe, System Editor and SmallEd - see list below for more. Another must-have X utility from the company that gave you X-it and Matrix.

WHAT'S NEW

Enhancements

• Added file copy/move (background threads) to right mouse button popup menu.
• Added dir rename/del to right mouse button popup menu. Select a dir first.
• Added error reporting to file/dir operations (rename, del, etc).
• Added default path to command line options. eg. "xfile.exe c:\mydoc" would set the default path to "c:\mydoc" when an open file dialog is activated.

• Fix for X-File buttons (dir history, etc) not appearing under drive buttons.
• Fixed Drives drop down control for large drive lists with smaller dialog size (bug description: control was moved to wrong area of dialog).
• Fix for default file viewer and file manager not displaying on top of windows (z-order).
• Fix for default file viewer not loading correct association under Object Desktop.
• Fix for last window position not saved (occured on certain systems only).
• Fix for drive buttons too narrow at higher resolutions.
• Added SOFFICE.EXE to exception list (Star Office 4.0).
• Added ORG32.EXE to exception list (Lotus Organizer 4.0).

• Replaces the tiny "open/save as" file dialog with a full height dialog that is user customizable - prevents Carpal Scroll Syndrome by showing more files and directories.
• Drive buttons at the top of every "open/save as" file dialog. Single click moves you to that drive.
• History buttons for last files and directories accessed.
• A Frequent Directories button (quicklist) - jump to your favorite directory in two mouse clicks!
• File Viewer button lets you view the current selected file using either your favorite viewer, or the default WPS viewer for that file object.
• File Manager button lets you access the current selected directory using either your favorite file manager, or the default WPS file manager (folder is opened).
• All of the above functions/buttons are also accessible with a popup menu (right mouse button or Shift-F10).
• File copy, move, rename, delete, shred and undelete functions
• Directory create, delete and rename functions.
• File info status line (file date, time, size, attributes).
• Change the fonts for the file and directory lists - use a really small font to really cram in all those files/directories.
• Both the "Drives" and "Type of File" drop down lists are lengthened to fit the entire list on the screen - no more scrolling here either!
• Dialog Enhancer support.

Product Info:

Product: X-File for OS/2
Filename: XFILE14.ZIP
Type: Desktop enhancement utility, Shareware
Price: $15 US
CIS SWREG: #14588
Company: CodeSmith Software
Web: http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/xfile/
Update notices via list server:
- e-mail: majordomo@bmtmicro.com
- body: subscribe x-file
E-mail: xfile@bmtmicro.com
USA Phone: 800/414-4268 (orders only),
910/791-7052 (orders or order inquires only)
Secure on-line ordering: https://secure.falcon-net.net/BMT/order0228.html
Requirements: OS/2 3.0 or later. 125K disk space

Look for XFILE14.ZIP at these sites:

WWW: http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/xfile/
FTP: ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro
FTP: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/util/system
FTP: ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/wpsutil
WWW: http://www.musthave.com/
CompuServe: GO OS2BVEN, OS/2 Shareware, Library #1