═══ 1. Hello, Team OS/2 ═══ Team OS/2 Newsletter Number 6 May 1994 Howdy Teamers, What an exciting month for Teamers around the world! Denmark had their first Team OS/2 meeting, Toronto had a very successful 2nd OS/2 Birthday Bash, and the UK reports on two separate events. The US also had several good events, such as the "Who's Who in OS/2" in Chicago and the Game Developers Conference in California. We also saw David Barnes visit the Phoenix PC User Group, a presentation to the California BAR Association and many others. A very successful month! Two new Appendix's have been added to this issue: Appendix H: Team OS/2 Information for IBM'ers Appendix I: Where to Find the Team OS/2 Newsletter As always, we are open to other suggestions for additions to the newsletter. And remember to send those pictures! Vicci Conway Team OS/2 Newsletter Editor Internet: teamnews@vnet.ibm.com or 76711.1123@compuserve.com ═══ 2. What is Team OS/2? ═══ What is Team OS/2? Team OS/2 is like an electronic user group: it consists of people around the world who are OS/2 enthusiasts and are voluntarily and actively sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm with others. They work to promote the use and availability of OS/2 wherever they can. But unlike a user group, there is very little organizational structure. As groups of Teamers come together though, they often start to form formal or informal groups so they can provide their own support network to work more effectively with IBM, vendors, user groups, and others. Being part of Team OS/2 is a state of mind. Team members are those who see that something needs to be done, and they figure out a way to do it. Some have started OS/2 BBS's to provide support for local OS/2 users. Others see that help is needed for local retailers to help them feel more confident in offering OS/2 to their customers. Membership in Team OS/2 is self-determined. You are a part of Team OS/2 (if you wish) if you consider that you are actively doing something to help support OS2 and OS/2 users and your efforts are beyond the expectations of your job. Team OS/2 is not owned or run by IBM. In fact, most Team OS/2 members are not IBM employees. Those Teamers who do happen to work for IBM generally use their own time to help others and promote the use of OS/2 and OS/2 applications just as other Teamers do. Although we at Team OS/2 Support in IBM PSP do maintain a Team OS/2 member list and put out this newsletter, we do these as services to Teamers worldwide. Being on the list is NOT a requirement to be part of Team OS/2. But it does help Teamers find other local members when looking for help, and provide a way to recognize the efforts of so many people in helping to promote OS/2. See Appendix B for information on how to get on the Team OS/2 member list. ═══ 2.1. IBM Team OS/2 Support (Grass-Roots Marketing) ═══ IBM Team OS/2 Support (Grass-Roots Marketing) The IBM Personal Software Products (PSP) Grass-Roots Marketing team supports Team OS/2 and BBS activities (see Appendix A to learn how to contact this group). The support that IBM PSP offers to Team OS/2 changes as we learn to work together better. However, we are currently supporting Team OS/2 in these ways: 1. Information Distribution and Coordination o We distribute a world-wide Team OS/2 member list via Compuserve, Internet, Fidonet, and electronic media. This allows Teamers to find others in their area and contact them electronically. See Appendix B for information on how to get on this list. o We can also provide a mailing list based on this member list to vendors of OS/2 products on request. See Appendix A to see who to contact for this list. o The Team OS/2 Newsletter is produced monthly and distributed electronically. This provides information to Teamers around the world to help keep all Teamers up to date on what is happening with Team OS/2 and with other Teamers. It also lets IBM know what Team OS/2 is up to. Appendix A shows who to contact to submit articles or suggestions for the newsletter, or how to get the ASCII source to include in another newsletter. o We participate on electronic forums to discuss Team OS/2, Teamer activities, and future needs. These forums also help foster creativity and imagination between Teamers, and encourage new activities. See Appendix C for details on where to find Team OS/2 on the various networks. 2. OS/2 Merchandise and other Support for Marketing Activities A number of Team OS/2 members have gone out on their own time to do public OS/2 demos and to support and encourage local retailers. See Appendix D for the specific types of activities supported, support packages, and requirements. Where possible, these activities are supported world-wide. 3. Team OS/2 Member Support Because of requests by many Team OS/2 members, we had a Team OS/2 logo designed and have arranged for Team OS/2 Tshirts, Team OS/2 golf shirts, and embroidered Team OS/2 logo patches. See Appendix G for ordering information. In addition, we send some of these out in support of public OS/2 demos so that the Teamer can be easily identified. ═══ 3. Team OS/2 Members - Where are they? ═══ Team OS/2 Members: Where are they? The full Team OS/2 member list is available any place you can find this Team OS/2 newsletter. Because of the size however, it's kept in a separate file. Each month, the ZIP file will include the Team OS/2 member names in two separate formats: one by country and city and the other alphabetically by name. These were created as of 10 May 1994: Teamers by Network The following list was created from the email addresses given to us. It's a little misleading in that many people have Internet connectivity from a network (such as America Online), but we do not have a specific Internet Address listed in our database. So, the number of Internet-connected users is much higher than appears here: Electronic Network Teamers America Online 86 Compuserve 788 Delphi 22 Fidonet 513 Genie 38 IBMMAIL 118 IBM Internal (VNET) 266 Internet 952 MCIMail 10 Prodigy 202 OS2BBS (IBM Talklink) 118 Other 203 No Email capability 445 Teamers by Country Team OS/2 is now in 41 countries as follows: Country Teamers Argentina 5 Australia 52 Austria 9 Belgium 13 Brazil 18 Canada 243 Chile 1 Denmark 115 Finland 86 France 7 Germany 73 Guam 1 Hong Kong 5 Iceland 1 Ireland 1 Israel 1 Italy 19 Japan 1 Latvia 6 Litchenstein 1 Malaysia 2 Mexico 6 Netherlands 62 New Zealand 3 Norway 35 Peru 1 Philippines 1 Portugal 6 Qatar 1 Russia 12 Saudi Arabia 3 Scotland 4 Singapore 10 South Africa 5 Spain 29 Sweden 34 Switzerland 4 Taiwan ROC 1 Trinidad & Tobago 1 Turkey 3 UK 69 Ukraine 3 USA 1912 Virgin Islands 1 ═══ 4. Team OS/2 Reports - Activities and Events ═══ Team OS/2 Reports - Activities and Event We encourage Teamers to list their activities with us (IBM Team OS/2 Support) in order for them to be included in this newsletter. Contact us well in advance in order to get your event added to our database, even if you do not require additional support from IBM. By listing your event in our database and letting people know what you are doing, you can help give others ideas where they can also help in their communities. And it's a good way to find additional volunteers if you need them. Note: We've started requesting some additional descriptive information about each event so that we can include it in the newsletter. If you have further suggestions about this, please send it to teamnews@vnet.ibm.com. ═══ 4.1. Scheduled Team OS/2 Activities and Events ═══ Scheduled Team OS/2 Activities and Events This is the list of events currently scheduled in our Team Event database. There are often other Team OS/2 activities planned, but these are the ones we know of. If you'd like to help out on any of these, please contact the lead Teamer given in the list. --- Country: Australia --- May 17, 1994 (for 3 days) in Brisbane Australian PC94: Australian equivalent to Comdex --- Country: Malaysia --- June 07, 1994 (for 3 days) in (No City) OS/2 Roadshow: Team OS/2 assisting IBM during this roadshow For information, contact: Mohamad Norzal Ghazali at IBM Network: norzal@kulvm --- Country: Singapore --- June 01, 1994 in (No City) PC Show: Large PC fair in Singapore For information, contact: Yap, Keng Ann at yapka@sgpvm1 --- Country: South Africa --- May 18, 1994 (for 4 days) in Nasrec SA Computer Faire: It's a recognized event, as such everyone in the computer industry knows about it. For information, contact: Farida Hoosen at IBM Network: faridah@johic1 --- Country: USA --- California May 17, 1994 in Redding, California California BAR Association: The emphasis of this demo is going to be on multi-tasking. I have arranged for access to the court calendaring system by Modem, and I am going to be showing how applications can be run while still haveing a constant connection with the court. For information, contact: Michael K. Vance at compuserve 73677,1644 Kansas May 21, 1994 in Lenexa, Kansas Telecommunications Expo '94: Fair at local college For information, contact: Christopher Lemon North Carolina June 04, 1994 in Raleigh, North Carolina HAV PC Fair: TeamNC will help promote OS/2 at the Fair For information, contact: Steve Gallagher New Hampshire May 21, 1994 in Salem, New Hampshire Small Business Solutions: OS/2 store demo For information, contact: Jim Hughes at CompuServe: 73747.2554 ═══ 4.2. WANTED: OS/2 Lovers for Comdex/Spring '94 ═══ WANTED: OS/2 Lovers for Comdex/Spring'94 Are you a technically inclined OS/2 Lover? Do you want to be either? If so, and your travel plans will bring you to Atlanta, GA from May 22 to May 26, 1994, we need your help. TEAM OS/2 needs volunteers to staff the OS/2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM at Comdex. This elite team offers technical support to vendors at Comdex. We install OS/2, we hand out OS/2 goodies, we suggest ways to set up OS/2-related demos, and anything else needed to help the vendors make Comdex a success. Now's your chance to become part of this world-famous team! As a volunteer, you'll need to be in Atlanta by Sunday, May 22nd. We'll provide you with a Comdex exhibitor's badge, which gets you onto the show floor. We'll also provide the equipment needed to support the team activities. You'll also receive the ultimate collector's item, an OFFICIAL TEAM OS/2 shirt! On Sunday the 22nd, and Monday the 23rd, you'll work alongside other OS/2 gurus, making sure every booth that wants to show off OS/2 can do so. Then on Tuesday through Thursday, you can roam the Comdex show floor as part of a mobile OS/2 SWAT team. If you're going to Comdex to see the exhibits, YOU WILL SEE THEM ALL (even those booths in the "Windows World" side of the hall) as part of the team. Don't worry about missing the action. Tired feet should be your biggest worry! To volunteer, send me a note with the following information: YOUR NAME, DAYTIME PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS (as many as you have) MAILING ADDRESS, and most important, what days you will be available for TEAM OS/2 volunteer work. To specify your availability, mark a "Y" for "YES, I'll be available" or "N" for "NO, I'll be sleeping!" in each box on the lines below and send it with your other information. (AM means 8am-noon, PM means noon-4pm, EVE means 4pm-8pm) 4/22 SUN: AM[ ] PM[ ] EVE[ ] 4/25 WED: AM[ ] PM[ ] 4/23 MON: AM[ ] PM[ ] EVE[ ] 4/26 THU: AM[ ] PM[ ] 4/24 TUE: AM[ ] PM[ ] Send your information to: Doug Azzarito TEAM OS/2 Tech Leader CIS: 72360,3555 FIDO: 1:369/85 Internet: azzarito@cse.fau.edu VNET: AZZARITO AT BCRVM1 FAX: 407-443-0279 (9am-4pm EDT only) ═══ 4.3. Where to find Team OS/2 at Comdex ═══ Comdex / Spring 94 - Atlanta Georgia May 22 - 26, 1994 Comdex is here again. And Team OS/2 will be right in the middle of it. Team OS/2 will be operating from a room at the Omni Hotel (attached to the convention center). If you'd like to join Team OS/2, meet other teamers, help with the technical support team (see previous page titled "WANTED: OS/2 Lovers"), or simply say hello, please stop in. The location will be posted in the lobby or you can check for the Team OS/2 room at the front desk. If you had requested to work and haven't heard anything yet, please show up at 10:00 am Sunday morning or drop by to work out your schedule for later in the week. If you have any problems finding this, ask the front desk to connect you with the room of Janet Gobeille (also at the Omni) and we'll make sure you find us. Janet Gobeille Team OS/2 Support, IBM/PSP ═══ 4.4. Intergalactic User Group Officer Conference ═══ Intergalactic User Group Officers Conference Hey, user group officers! If you're going to be in NYC for PC Expo, don't miss the 7th Intergalactic User Group Officers Conference! Jun 24-27, 1994. Only $15 registration. The event is hosted by NYPC, and sponsored by a long list of companies including Adobe, America Online, Apple User Group Connection, Borland, Claris, IBM, Infoworld, Intuit, Lotus, Logitech, Microsoft, PC Magazine, Quarterdeck, Software Publishing, Swfte, Symantec, and WordPerfect. Here's pieces of the preliminary schedule: Keynote speaker: Robin Raskin, PC Magazine Intergalactic User Group Newsletter Contest {ES: This is a _really_ cool contest.} Workshops include: Managing User Groups: Legal & Insurance Issues; Treasurers (sponsored by Intuit); Assisting New Users; Membership & Volunteers; Fund-Raising & Publicity; Surviving Club Politics; Editors Roundtable (sponsored by WordPerfect). Advance registration is $15 per person, $35 at the door _if_ space is available. (It usually isn't.) For more information, call 212- 769-1506 or write to Harriet Serenkin, 163 Amsterdam Ave #225, New York NY 10023. ═══ 5. Team OS/2 Event Reports (from previous events) ═══ Team OS/2 Event Reports (from previous events) We're including this list of activites in the past couple months so you can see what has been happening recently. Since some of these events were scheduled after we posted the last list, this gives you a more complete picture of what Teamers were doing. Event reports are selected from various reports sent in to teamos2@vnet.ibm.com or posted on electronic conferences. Also, if you wish to specifically send in a report or letter that you'd like included in this newsletter, please send it via the Internet to: teamnews@vnet.ibm.com or internally within IBM to: teamnews at ausvm1 As you submit reports, we would appreciate photographs suitable for scanning and including in this newsletter. It is always nice to see the team in action!!! --- Country: Canada --- Alberta April 14, 1994 in Edmonton, Alberta MASS Computing Conference: Will consist of a morning presentation and an afternoon demo area with three or four machines For information, contact: Arylnn Poczynek April 22, 1994 in Edmonton, Alberta Software House For information, contact: Arylnn Poczynek Ontario April 10, 1994 in London, Ontario Ontario Computer Fair For information, contact: John Roesner at CompuServe 71673.2231 April 17, 1994 in Kitchener, Ontario Ontario Computer Fair For information, contact: John Roesner at CompuServe 71673,2231 --- Country: Sweden --- April 13, 1994 in Stockholm OS/2 Service Pack Diskett Party For information, contact: Mats Pettersson at PETTER at STOVM1 --- Country: USA --- Arkansas May 04, 1994 in Fayetteville, Arkansas OS/2 Awareness Day: OS/2 demo at the University of Arkansas For information, contact: Abeed Hossain at IBM Network: supahos@dalvmic1 California April 11, 1994 in Red Land, California CTO: Private OS/2 demonstration to CTO employees For information, contact: Sukalyan Saha April 11, 1994 in Loma Linda, California Loma Linda University: OS/2 demo for professors and research assistants at university For information, contact: Sukalyan Saha April 12, 1994 in Redding, California California Bar Association: Demo of Voice to Text capabilities under OS/2 given to the local BAR Association For information, contact: Michael K. Vance at compuserve 73677,1644 April 14, 1994 in Freement, California CompUSA: Store employee training following the CompUSA Applications Day on 3/5/94 For information, contact: Carl Camera at IBM Network: camera@sjfevmx April 21, 1994 in Edwards AFB, California Edwards Computer Show: Computer Fair held at Edwards Air Force Base For information, contact: Tony Ricciotti at compuserve 71514,1307 April 23, 1994 (for 4 days) in Santa Clara, California Computer Game Developer's Conference: The single biggest event for anyone in the computer gaming industry, where all of the big-name and wannabe game developers and publishers meet. For information, contact: Robert Lee, Jr. at general@bcrvm1 April 30, 1994 in Orange, California Micro Center: OS/2 store demo at a Large computer store For information, contact: Bert Langer at Fidonet: 1:103/132 May 04, 1994 in Sacramento, California Desktop with a View: OS/2 demo with David Barnes For information, contact: Mark Dixon at IBM Network: mdixon@sfovmic1 Florida April 10, 1994 (for 7 days) in Lakeland, Florida Sun-N-Fun: This event is the "SHARE, GUIDE, COMDEX" equivalents for private pilots. Sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association. For information, contact: James F. Agnew Illinois April 06, 1994 in Chicago, Illinois CAMP: Large trade show in Chicago For information, contact: Timothy F. Sipples at tsipple@chgvmic1 Minnesota April 09, 1994 in Rochester, Minnesota MN Radio/Computer Hamfest For information, contact: Kevin Zemanek Missouri April 20, 1994 in Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City FIPS Federal PC Show: Show will have IBM and several other vendors demonstrating PC hardware and software For information, contact: Kit Maloney at IBM Network: maloneyk@betvmic1 North Carolina April 17, 1994 in Raleigh, North Carolina RARSfest: Raleigh Amateur Radio Society Hamfest, TeamNC has acquired two booths for the event For information, contact: Kevin Dunphy at kevinjd@ralvms April 27, 1994 in RTP, North Carolina MultiMedia PC Show: PC show held at the Raddisson Governor's Inn in RTP, NC For information, contact: Kit Maloney at IBM Network: maloneyk@betvmic1 New Jersey April 16, 1994 (for 2 days) in Trenton, New Jersey Trenton State Computer Fair: Computer fair at Trenton County Community College. 15,000 people exptected to attend For information, contact: Mike Wiener Texas April 02, 1994 in Houston, Texas CompUSA: Store management asked Team OS/2 to return after OS/2 Apps Day at CompUSA For information, contact: Art Felner at Fidonet 1:106/437 April 14, 1994 (for 3 days) in Dallas, Texas Habitech For information, contact: Wayne Caswell April 23, 1994 in Irving, Texas Infomart: There are usually 300-1000 computer users and vendors at this show. For information, contact: Gerald Meazell at internet: g_meazell@vnet.ibm.com Vermont April 22, 1994 in Burlington, Vermont Instrument Society of America Conference For information, contact: Bruce Alvarez at internet: balvarez@vnet.ibm.com Washington April 05, 1994 (for 2 days) in Seattle, Washington PCN Computers: Retailer in the Seattle area that is actively marketing OS/2 to all their customers For information, contact: Eugene Onishi at eonishi@sfovmic1 April 06, 1994 in Spokane, Washington Gonzaga University: Public demo on campus For information, contact: Jason Mazurkiewicz at internet: jmazurk@gonzaga.edu ═══ 5.1. Report from the Computer Game Developers Conference ═══ Report from the Computer Game Developer's Conference By: The General, Robert E. Lee Jr. Well, the 8th Annual Computer Game Developer's Conference is now over, but I think we scored some major successes for IBM and OS/2. But, before I get to that, let me try to set the scene... This year's conference was the biggest CGDC yet, over 50% bigger than last year's. In fact, this year they completely sold out, with a total of 1460 people attending, compared to the approx. 900 at last year's conference, and under 500 at all the previous conferences. It could have been even bigger, but they set the limit at 1400 and ended up reaching that number with the pre-registrations, so they turned away about 250 people at the door. It is clear that the computer gaming industry in general, and this conference in particular, has really hit the big time. They claimed that this year, for the first time, entertainment software sales exceeded motion picture box office ticket sales, in terms of overall gross dollar revenue. I found that an amazing statistic. I also had one of the organizers tell me that they now feel 'validated' as a genuine industry event, not only by the large turnout, but also by the fact that IBM was now an active participant. After all, IBM wouldn't show up at a 2-bit affair, now would it? (They obviously don't know what Team OS/2 has been doing.) The conference opened Saturday night, with a big reception sponsored by Logitech. As you'd expect, they had computer games set up along the periphery, but they also had several non-computer games to indulge in, like a velcro-wall jump, human bowling, and sumo-wrestling. (You'd put on this big sumo-wrestler body suit, and have at it with your friend.) But mostly, this was a chance to meet and shmooze. My wife accurately described it as 'A Geekfest', and as a bona fide geek, I felt right at home. That party lasted until about 10PM, at which time Apple and a new company called 'Rocket Science' sponsored a special viewing of 'The Blue Planet' at the IMAX theatre at Great American Parkway across the street from the Westin, where the conference was being held. Rocket Science made no bones about the fact that they were there recruiting, looking for talented people to work on their new 'interactive movie' style of games. They weren't the only ones recruiting either. I wasn't even job hunting, but I got two requests for a copy of my resume (Sorry, not interested) and Gene Steele's 15 year old son was even offered a job (Sorry, gotta finish high school first). There seemed to be a real feeding frenzy trying to capture talented people, in order to keep up with demand for new products. The serious stuff, the conference sessions and vendor expo, began the next day, Sunday. Please note that this is a 'Conference', not a 'Convention'. Although there was a 'Vendor Expo' which is like a miniature trade show, that is not where most of the action was. Most of the action was in the 'Conference Sessions', which are 1 hour talks, lectures, or roundtables, on particular aspect of the industry. There were usually about 10 such sessions going on at any one time, so you'd select which topic sounded interesting and attend that one. Sessions covered all aspects of the industry, including many Design sessions for various types of games (Sports, War, Modem, Puzzle, Coin-Op, Casino, Adventure, and Board games, to name a few), Music, Graphics, How to get published, Wannabes, Little Guys, Computer Players (AI), Software Ratings, Rapid Prototyping, Dealing with the Press, and even Contract Negotiations and Using Attorneys and Accountants. Any aspect of this industry you can imagine was probably covered in one of the sessions or another. I found the wide range of topics discussed alone to be quite fascinating. This industry is not just about computer games, but also about running a successful business. Unlike last year, when I was the sole IBMer at the show, I was *very* pleased by IBM's presence this year, and I think every IBMer there was equally impressed by the quality of the folks they met. IBM had two 'Sponsored Sessions', one on OS/2 in the Home, and the other on IBM's Speech Recognition technology, as well as a booth at the Vendor Expo. We did not sponsor a hospitality suite, but as Meatloaf says, 2 out of 3 ain't bad. I counted about 20 IBMers at this year's event, and as far as I could tell, every one of them felt it was a very worthwhile conference, and are making plans to attend it next year. They felt it was worthwhile simply because of the quality of the attendees. When you talk to these guys, you quickly realize that they are pushing our technology to its absolute limit, and in some cases beyond it, so they are very keenly aware of what computer technology has to offer, and what its limitations are. Last year I said this was the best conference I had ever attended, and this year I now have 19 other IBMers who understand why I said that. I must admit, we did make one serious tacticle error in scheduling our OS/2 in the Home session as one of the opening sessions, the first thing Sunday morning at 9AM. Many of the attendees at this show don't really 'Do Mornings', so the attendence at that session was disappointingly small, with the room only about half full with 30 or so people. The talk on IBM's Speech Recognition later in the afternoon was packed, and they had to turn some folks away from that. In general, you could get into the morning sessions fairly easilly, but you had to get there early to get into the afternoon sessions you wanted to attend. So the lesson for next year is to schedule our OS/2 sessions in the afternoon, not in the morning. Nonetheless, it was a very well recieved session. Lloyd Webber announced that he was the new Marketing Director in charge of the SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) market. That, I think, is the news we Team OS/2ers have been waiting for for a LONG time now. It means IBM is FINALLY going to start actually marketting OS/2 to the home users, and Lloyd has been named to lead that effort. Look for the fruits of that labor to start appearing later on this fall, and into the Christmas season. Then, we got Gene Steele to give his 'David Barnes-Style' knock-em-dead demonstrations, showing practicle home usage of our Multitasking, DOS Compatibility, and Multimedia capabilities. Gene did an absolutely superb job explaining why OS/2 makes a great game platform. The session concluded with a short testimonial from one of the guys doing the OS/2 version of Sim-City, stating how with all of OS/2's built-in support, when he ported the X-Windows version of Sim-City to OS/2, the code size was reduced from about 5 Meg to 1/2 Meg. I was impressed by that. One humorous footnote was when Gene was asked if there were any games that OS/2 cannot run, and Gene blasted Commanche, Maximum Overkill for going into protect mode. After the session, someone from Nova Logic (the publishers of Commanche) came forward and gave Gene his card, and all but appologized for its incompatibility. He said they were interested in cross-platform compatibility, and would look into what it would take to make all their games OS/2 compatible. We asked if he had OS/2, and when he said he did not, we quickly fixed that problem, thanks to Team OS/2 who sent us a few copies to give away. The other sponsored session on IBM's Continuous Speech Recognition technology was a definite hit. They also had a special briefing room set up, for one-to-one demos of their technology, and talking to some of the attendees afterwords, I can tell you that their efforts were paying off. Everyone who got a chance to see the Continuous Voice Recognition product in action were raving about it. The common reaction was amazement that we actually had that kind of technology up and running with such a high degree of accuracy, and enthusiasm for the simplicity of the APIs needed to invoke it. I would not be at all surprised to see several of these game developers license that technology from us, in order to incorporate them into their new suite of games in the next year, provided we can come up with a reasonable set of Terms and Conditions for licensing it. (They want flat-fee per title deals, not royalty per copy deals.) I did not get to spend much time at the OS/2 booth at the vendor expo, so I'm hoping Gene or someone else manning the booth will fill us all in on what happened there. But Gene did tell me that he had several people approach the booth quite hostile towards OS/2, and after listening to Gene for a few minutes, left asking where they could buy their copy of OS/2. Have any of you ever heard of the radio talk show 'On Computers'? Well, Sunday afternoon they were broadcasting their show from the heart of the conference. We managed to pull off a bit of a coup by getting Gene Steele on the air, to talk about OS/2 and the Home gaming market. As usual, Gene did his usual superb job of evangelizing the benefits of OS/2 in just the few minutes that we had available towards the end of the show. Congrats to Frank Cook for getting Gene on the air, and, of course, to Gene. Afterwards, the commentator told Gene that he makes an excellent OS/2 evangelist, and I would have to agree. I felt rather surprised at the level of ignorance about OS/2's capabilities. They were all aware of what OS/2 was - they knew it was IBM's 32-bit multitasking operating system that provided some degree of DOS compatibility - but they were not generally aware of what 'pre-emptive multitasking' meant in practical terms of being able to download from a BBS at 9600bps and format a floppy and run DOOM at full speed all at the same time. Windows has really given 'Multitasking' a black eye, and they are genuinely amazed when it begins to dawn on them what it really means. They also usually do not believe what we mean when we say 'DOS Compatibility', again because Windows runs their games so poorly. Now, these guys are not Joe Sixpack, they are real industry watchers, but it is clear we have generally failed to deliver our message on the benefits of our technology, because many of the buzz words we used have already been used for lesser systems like Windows. That is the challenge for Lloyd over the next year, to clearly communicate to the public what our technology has to offer, without resorting to overused buzzwords whose true meaning has been diluted by our competitors. So, our biggest success was in clearly demonstrating to these very influential game developers what OS/2 really is. Although they were aware of OS/2, they had not previously seen it in action, and therefore they did not know what it could really do. We did a great job of opening their eyes to our technology. The big question, though, is did we convince these game developers to develop OS/2 specific applications? I'm sure we had a few successes on that front, but not as many as I would have liked. Most of these guys watch the market, and develop for whatever platform is hot. So they would be quick to code to our platform as soon as they are convinced that OS/2 is being installed in large numbers in the home. If we can get a good marketing campaign going, and show some success in penetrating the home market, then many, many OS/2 based games will quickly follow. Right now, however, they are impressed with our technology, but skepticle of our ability to market to the home user. Can't say that I blame 'em. However, we did get a LOT of support for the concept of having these game developers include installation instructions or a REXX command file for installing their DOS-based games onto the OS/2 platform. So, what we can look for in the upcoming year is for many of the new games coming out on the market to include OS/2 installation information or OS/2 install programs for their DOS or Windows based games. That, I think, is a good first step. If we can do that much this year, then we are in a position to be able to reach the critical mass this year to make a plethora of OS/2 specific games a reality in 1995. There is still lots of work to do, but I think we made a very good first step at this year's Computer Game Developer's Conference. ═══ 5.2. "Who's Who in OS/2" Review ═══ "Who's Who in OS/2" Review By: Tim Aucremann Normally the CAMP Expo in the Windy City is a day trip for me, but this year I had a reason to go a day sooner. As an OS/2 developer and enthusiast, I wanted to attend "Who's Who in OS/2" - an event sponsored by the North Suburban Chicago OS/2 Users Group (NSCOUG) and billed as "possibly the "largest collection of OS/2 luminaries and experts ever gathered in one place by an OS/2 users' group". Now, I'm interested in OS/2 but I don't usually drive 150 miles to a user group meeting. As it turned out I'm glad I made the early trip from my home in Madison, Wisconsin because this was no ordinary meeting and no ordinary user group. I thought I'd share my impressions of a thoroughly enjoyable evening. "Who's Who in OS/2" was held in an excellent facility at Allstate's Corporate Headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois. A dedicated group of about 250 showed up - registration began at 5pm and it looked like most folks came directly from work. The proceedings were kicked off by James Schmidt, NSCOUG coordinator. He briefed us on the format and let us know that IBM was taping the event. James asked the entire audience to stand up; he then called out mileage distances and asked folks to sit down according to how far away they came from. I was one of the last 20 and sat when he called out 150 miles - most attendees were obviously from the Chicago area. However, after '1,000 miles' was called out there was still one fellow standing - it turns out he had come all the way from the Netherlands! He was presented with a free copy of Window Washer and a hearty round of applause. The microphone was turned over to our moderator for the evening - Timothy Sipples of OS/2 FAQ fame and newly of IBM. The meeting consisted of 3 successive panel discussion with various OS/2 developers, authors, and IBMers sitting on each panel. Each panel discussion was followed by a Q&A session with the audience. I'll describe the panels and the panelists - mea culpa if I leave someone out. The panels were: Software Development, Media & Publishing Issues, and OS/2 Grass Roots efforts. Among the Development panel participants were John Soyring, Director of Strategic Relations for IBM; Rick (Mr. Rexx) McGuire from IBM; David Moskowitz expert on OS/2 application conversion and design issues; Dr. Randall Flint author of the OS/2 calendar and scheduling software Relish; Charles Dircks author of newly released Desktop Observatory; and from Hilgraeve (makers of HyperAccess/5 and KopyKat), Jeff Beamsley who glided in off the freeway just as the panel got underway. Among the Media & Publishing panelists were Peter Hayes, Director of Communications for IBM PSP; Edwin (the Bedouin) Black, Publisher of OS/2 Professional; IBM's OS/2 On-Line Advocate, Dave Whittle; David Moskowitz, this time wearing his "OS/2 2.1 Unleashed" author's hat; Maria Tyne author of the "Thinking Person's Guide to OS/2"; and Guy Wright, technical editor for OS/2 Magazine and former Amiga dude. Between panels Bill Cooke (sysop of Greater Chicago OnLine) presented James Schmidt with a service award from the NSCOUG. If James' efforts in putting together the Who's Who are exemplary of his work as coordinator for his user group then this guy definitely deserves an award! (How many of you have 'MR OS2' on their license plates?) On the OS/2 Grass Roots Effort panel were Peter Hayes; Dave Whittle, founder of Team OS/2; Dave Barnes - OS/2 Demo-meister Extraordinaire - Barnes is even more dynamic in person; Peter Norloff, an early supporter of OS/2 through his OS/2 Shareware BBS which many of us frequent; a woman from IBM Atlanta who is in charge of the IBM's BEST program and whose name (a thousand pardons) totally escapes me. After the panel discussions, Dave Barnes held a prize raffle, giving away lots of goodies. What did I hear for the first time? Something that surprised me a little. IBM reps John Soyring and Peter Hayes talked about use of OS/2 in the home, and the need for games on OS/2! They actually acknowledged the importance of pursuing the home market. And there will be a batch of games coming out shortly for OS/2. Galactic Civilizations and SimCity we've heard of, but John S. hinted at forthcoming OS/2 versions of some highly popular ones but he couldn't go public because the vendor hadn't announced yet. Edwin Black noted that IBM is establishing better relations with the press. He and Guy Wright agreed that the OS/2 market is obviously strong enough to support multiple magazines devoted wholly to OS/2. Dave Whittle gave a stirring account of how Team OS/2 got started by people within IBM. And Dave Barnes described how it was the grass roots support, like users groups and Team OS/2 who would not let the product die. Randall Flint discussed the importance of designing apps to take advantage of OS/2's feature set. Charles Dircks described his new product Desktop Observatory - anyone who manages large numbers of OS/2 users in a LAN environment should check this one out. John Soyring talked about the new SMART tool that assists in conversion of Win apps to OS/2 32-bit at the code level. Rick McGuire talked about Object Rexx (aka Rexx: The Next Generation) - this will be cool stuff. Jeff Beamsley was straightforward with a questioner who asked about the upcoming HyperAccess PM as a Mirrors port. Jeff said the comm engine was native 32-bit OS/2, and the user interface was the Mirrors part - and if the Mirrors stuff didn't work well in the final beta, they'd toss it and do a native 32-bit release. David Moskowitz will have an updated version of 'Unleashed' in the June time frame - and it may have a CD-ROM instead of disk. (I learned that last part at CAMP). David and his fellow authors have sold over 70,000 copies of Unleashed - pretty good for any computer book. I wished the evening could have gone on. What fun being with so many folks who are OS/2 aficionados. I got a real sense of the strength behind the OS/2 movement - believe me, if this meeting was any indication, OS/2 is growing well. All the panelists who are making a living with OS/2 were very positive about the product's recent successes. It would have been nice if there were tables where folks could sit around and chat, but with the CAMP show the next day it was fine that it ended at 9pm. (I still had to eat!) I did get to meet some folks in person who I previously knew from cyberspace. It was good to connect names with real people. James Schmidt, Timothy Sipples, Allstate, and all the others who made this event a reality deserve a hearty 'Thank you' from the OS/2 community for a splendid evening - a lot of work went into having a smooth and fun presentation. I sure hope they do it again next year. CompuServe: 76666,3207 ═══ 5.3. Monday Night with David Barnes & The Phoenix PC User Group ═══ Monday Night with David Barnes & The Phoenix PC User Group By: Esther Schindler Vicci, You asked me how the Barnes event went, here in Phoenix. As usual, madam, your wish is my command. In a word: excellent. (Can I quit now? No?) (For those just tuning in) On Monday night, the Phoenix PC User Group co-sponsored a "demonstration spectacular" with IBM, at Symphony Hall. David Barnes flew in to show off OS/2. оWe now return you to your Team OS/2 report, already in progress.п We had somewhere between 600-800 people in attendance. (The "800" figure came from one of Symphony Hall's ushers, so one would assume she knew what she was talking about.) On Sunday, Teamer's had stuffed about that many bags full of literature, and there are only about 10 left, in the back of my car, so I lean towards the higher number. In contrast... the user's group co-sponsored the Microsoft Technology Tour two weeks ago, at the exact same location, and they had between 400-600 people there. Considering that MS was showing Daytona and Chicago, I was fairly surprised at that small of a turnout. I'm not certain, but I think that MS and IBM mailed out around the same number of postcards. IBM also bought an ad in the Sunday paper, but the *real* difference in promotion was the work the Teamer's did -- posting messages on Arizona BBSes, bringing flyers to CompUSA and Insight, etc. It might also have helped that IBM offered a Thinkpad as a door prize. (Door prizes were also donated by Microage [based here], the IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl, and Sundial Systems.) Most of the people reading this message have seen at least one video of David Barnes in action. He was just as you'd expect, and he didn't say much that was new to me or you... though he did confirm a few things I'd heard and hoped about IBM's directions for the future and I learned a few more sick jokes. Most of what he did, per his usual, is *show* OS/2. The audience was very mixed. IBM had made a particular point to invite their big customers in town, of course, so there was a large contingent of corporate types dressed in suits. But there were plenty of "regular" people, too. They didn't wear any neon badges saying, "I'm a programmer in real life" or "Kick me, I run a small business" so it's hard to tell further. I know that at least one carload of people drove down from the Flagstaff area, which is a 2.5 hour drive. FWIW, there was a higher percentage of men in attendance than at the MS event; I don't know why. It's hard to judge the success of something like this, right away. I'll have a better idea when I see how many people show up at the next OS/2 SIG. But here are a few highlights, from my perspective, all of which bode well: -- One of the guys in the OS/2 SIG, a home PC user, attended the earlier Microsoft event, and he introduced his wife to me. Since I've always been interested in encouraging more women to use computers, at that time I asked her about her use of their PC. "It's his toy," she said, and explained carefully that she really didn't have much interest in using the computer, though he really wanted her to do so. I talked with her for a while after the Barnes event on Monday. "Y'know," she said, "I get home from work 3 hours before my husband does. I think I'm going to spend some of that time teaching myself OS/2." She also added that, to her surprise, she really understood everything Barnes was talking about. Chalk *one* up for the home users! -- Bill left the hall right after Barnes stopped speaking, to staff the "team os/2" tech support booth with Dick Kreuger. (Most of the questions they got were, "Where can I buy that shareware disk?" -- the SIG sold about 100 "dollar disks" with OS/2 bitmaps and shareware type 1 fonts) Bill said he overheard several people walking out, saying aloud, "I *WANT* OS/2!" I was there throughout the entire MS event and I heard nothing remotely similar. -- A few of the local office IBMers noticed a few Microsoft employees (from *their* local office) sitting in the back, taking copious notes. Jim said they sat down right behind them, wondering if it would make them quit. (Nope.) When Barnes got to the part of the presentation where the Far Side calendar floats the baby across the OS/2 screen (the floating window, or whatever it's called technically), the Microsoft folks laughed along with everyone else, and put down their pads. Jim thinks they didn't take any more notes after that. -- One of the vendors in the OS/2 Vendor Council just told me, in email, that he checks stock on his product at all the CompUSAs every week. Last week, the Phoenix CompUSA had _plenty_ of his apps. This week, they're sold out, and they have quite a few on order. -- We made a particular point of sending VIP invitations to several of the computer stores and mail-order resellers in town. (For instance, someone from Ambra was there.) One of the people at CompUSA to whom Rosie had given a Team OS/2 t-shirt at the CompUSA day showed up... wearing the Team OS/2 shirt! -- The user group membership chair, who had spent some time on Sunday carefully explaining to me that he was happy with Windows 3.1 (to which I said, "*Fine!* If it works for you, don't change it!") approached me afterwards to say, "Schindler, it's your fault. I'm going to have to install OS/2 on my machine." "Oh?" I replied. "Did you win a copy?" "No," he rumbled. "I bought one off someone who did." Wheeeee! -- Oh yeah. Did I mention that we had a great time? Several people went to a bar across the street afterwards, at which I collected all sorts of rumor-material about which I'm sworn to absolute secrecy. But what I heard really makes me feel even better about the future of OS/2. ═══ 5.4. All Formats Computer Fair ═══ All Formats Computer Fair Sunday 24 April 94 By: David C. Partridge (TEAMUK) Hello all! A short report on this show. I went along there with a local dealer to sell OS/2. Also present was Steve Walker (USAF) who's recently joined the team. You may not know this show, it's advertised in the Micro-Mart magazine regularly and happens every weekend at different locations. It's got a very heavy bias to Amiga and Atari, thought there's quite a number of stands selling clones and PC software. Demo wise, things went very well in the morning. We had 'em standing three or four deep watching the demo. The afternoon was much quieter, with only 4-10 at each run of the demo. Many of the traders at the show were rather unhappy about the level of turnout (normally higher), but that was probably due to the weather (mostly pretty good). Sales were not astounding (only 9 OS/2 for Windows sold, though it was interesting that all were on CD-Rom). However I still consider that it was a successful event, as a large number of people said that now they'd seen what OS/2 could do, they would add more memory to their systems and buy a copy when they'd done that. A Plea: To those of you who don't feel confident about organising one of these events yourself. Consider: ■ This was the first time I've ever organized one. It wasn't hard at all. ■ Doing a demo - ok that's a bit harder. Try to see a copy of David Barnes "Shootout" video - there should be copies around. That's a very good source of inspiration. Plus practice a couple of times before you do it for real. ═══ 5.5. Computer Shopper Show ═══ Computer Shopper Show By: Paul Anderson In the past Team OS/2 has been a little bit underground in the UK, but not any more, we're here and we're learning fast. We have a co-ordinator in the form of IBM's Dave Partridge (a great guy), and also the full support of the OS/2 marketing team in Basingstoke. With all of this behind us we can't fail, so if you love OS/2, live in the UK and can spare an hour or so once in a while why not join in. OK, I'll get on with the show report . The 1994 spring Computer Shopper, run by the magazine of the same name, show was held for the first time outside of London this year. It was at the N.E.C. in Birmingham hall 11 to be precise, in between "Sewing For Pleasure" and "Pump & Valve 94". The show was open 24th-28th of March 10am until 6pm. IBM had two stands at the show PC company's and PSP's. There were a collection of PS/1's and Lexmark Printers on the PC Company stand. The PSP stand was smaller and had 19 stools pointing towards a 60" screen on which the OS/2 demo's where run. The demo's were very professionally done by IBM's Mark Ketteman, Mike Robinson, Ian Thomas, Nick Davis, and Ian Goldsmith. They shared the 20-25 minute demo's between them, squeezing about 12-15 in per 8 hour day. Each demo attracted up to, and sometimes over, 100 people, often blocking the aisles around the stands. On Friday the show had a surprise visit from Byte's Jerry Pournelle, he said he was very impressed by the demo and spent quite a while talking to IBM UK's director of software. Dave Pullin who had also dropped by. Team OS/2 was on a big learning exercise at the show. We had only a few members there, but what we lacked in numbers we made up for in enthusiasm. On Thusday we had Christain Scarborough and Dave Partridge, and on Saturday and Sunday Mike Galpin. Also Teamers Mike Hitchcock, Steve Walker, Dave Johnston and Sarah Johnston took time out to come chat. I was lucky enough to be there all four days. Most of the time we were handing out flyers and answering questions, but we also managed to get out around the other stands to spread the gospel. The "Shopper Show" is traditionally a buyers show, people come with money in their pockets so most of the stands are out to move boxes. Despite this we managed to do an OS/2 for Windows install on a DX266 at the Electrowide stand. Tiny computers had beaten us to it with one of their Pentium systems running OS/2. On the OS/2 software front UNICA and CD Trader were carrying the Hobbes CD-ROM. Hopefully at our next show we will have a small stand of our own where we can demo the other facets of OS/2, shareware, development etc. It would allow us to coordinate show installs, give out drivers and fixes to existing OS/2 users and discuss in depth the questions of any prospective buyers. Also by seeing people other than IBM promoting OS/2, it might help get through to the more dismissive PC users. All in all somthing must have clicked with the buying public becase nearly 1000 copies of OS/2 were sold at the show. Many thanks to all who turned up, hope to see you soon. ═══ 5.6. California BAR Association ═══ Event Report: California BAR Association Seminar By: Michael K. Vance Date: April 12, 1994 Location: Redding, CA BAR Assoc. educational seminar Name of Team Leader: Michael K. Vance, Spectre Software Support Number of attendees: 18 Key questions: Why haven't I heard about OS/2 before today? (Good question, huh?) Some people inquired about laptop execution. Lots of questions about networking, both peer to peer and Standard Novell. Overall reaction: I had envisioned being able to generate excitment about OS/2. That was exactly what happened. Every person who attended liked OS/2, and is interested in giving it further consideration. Much to my suprise, some already use OS/2. The biggest catch seems to be the hardware requirment. But even with that obstacle, I had two firms commit to an in house trial. One is going with OS/2 for Windows. I was very pleased with the results. One footnote. One of the firms already using OS/2, had been ready to dump it. Because of this demo, and some setup and training time that I will do for them at no cost, they are going to keep on with it. Their only problem seems to be that no one on staff can manage to get the configurations set up correctly for them to use a DOS based CDROM Research App. I already have a client using that same App. without any trouble, so I know I can make their problems go away. For the hour or so it's going to take me to set them up, I will gain access to a new client and OS/2 will retain some users. Overall, I consider the demo a success. Advice: Pick a target. One of the reasons every one of the attendees was able to follow the presentation, and the Q & A, was because they are all in the same field. No one got lost because of questions or points that didn't pertain to their needs. Since all of the attendees shared the same business needs, it was really easy to keep everyone on track and interested. I will do more of these!! I have made a commitment to learn OS/2. If nobody uses it, then my expertise will not be needed. I plan on spending more time promoting OS/2, and in the process, I will also find the current users of OS/2, and be able to market my expertise to them as well. I want to thank you for the Demo Pak, the sand balloons were a big hit, and let you know that I believe Team OS/2 is the perfect way to help proliferate OS/2. Thanks for the support!! ═══ 5.7. OS/2 Birthday Party - Toronto Style ═══ OS/2 Birthday Party - Toronto Style By: Peter Kraiker Well, OS/2 2.x is now officially two years old, at least here in the Toronto area. The TorontOS/2 Sysop's User Group hosted their second birthday bash to mark the occasion (is this going to become an annual event? Keep your eyes on this space come next March - and it was twice as good as the first bash! OS/2 was the talk of the town for a solid four hours... The event was held at Kalas Garden Restaurant and thanks go to the staff there for providing a great space and lots of delicious finger foods. There were about 120 people (twice as many as last year) so we kept the staff busy . But they weren't the only ones who were kept busy. Rick Guyatt (IBM) brought along two Thinkpads and besides having to let people know that we wouldn't be raffling off the computers, he spent the whole evening charming people with his indepth understanding of OS/2 and the hardware he was using for the demos. Rob Hudaj (who is now the TeamOS2 rep for IBM Canada) brought two huge birthday cakes for the festivities. Through the course of the evening, Rob let us all know that TeamOS2 is about to become even bigger and better on the Canadian front. Keep your eyes open for news about the Canadian TeamOS2 activities when we get closer to COMDEX Canada time, I suspect that everyone Rob talked to is set to lend a hand! France Loubier was also there to let everyone know about the Developer Assistance Program. She's handed the baton for Teamer activities to Rob but she's still in the thick of OS/2. Katy M.G. Kerr from Footprint Software Inc. was on hand as well, providing copies of Footprint Works for OS/2 and talking about this great OS/2 product. We also had Paul Prescod and Lilia Diemans from Watcom join us (it's a long drive from Kitchener to Toronto!) and they also brought goodies galore. Speaking of goodies, we raised $320 for charity by raffling off all of the great products that were brought. IBM provided copies of OS/2 2.1, OS/2 for Windows, the Developer ToolKit, mousepads, coffee mugs, etc. Rob Hudaj was also able to get us the first copy of Fastback Plus for OS/2 to be made available in Canada and one lucky OS/2 user got to take that home! Katy (Footprint) brought six copies of Footprint Works/2 and I'm delighted to say that I now have it installed on my machine (I was lucky in the raffle too. The folks from Watcom brought six copies of VX-Rexx V2, plus mousepads, demo disks and t-shirts. Needless to say, these were also very popular. And everyone was a winner in the raffle, as those who didn't win in the draw were given an OS/2 coffee mug to take home. Before the raffle was held, the attention of half the room was held by a TV screen... but then, David Barnes tends to do that to people. The Shootout in Texas: OS/2 vs Windows NT was playing. When the video and raffle were over, it was time to cut the cake. Not trusting our voices after talking so much, we gave up on the thought of singing Happy Birthday but a picture is worth a thousand words so stay tuned... Terry Hamilton has promised to scan some and Scott Patterson was there with his video camera again. The only official thing left to do was something I took great delight in. Bronze OS/2 Ambassador pins were awarded to the following people: Robert Ensing - even though he's only been using OS/2 for about a year, he's been very active in spreading the news throughout Hamilton. Peter Fitzsimmons - anyone who runs an OS/2 BBS knows Peter, just take a look at LH32, Maximus/2 MAXCOMM, etc and you'll find his name in there. Rick Guyatt - Wherever you see OS/2 being shown in Canada, you're likely to find Rick there. He's the original and OS/2 wouldn't be as popular as it is in Canada if it weren't for him. Matt Stein - Sysop of Detached Process, Matt also provides ibmNET to most of Southern Ontario. His in depth knowledge of OS/2 has made him a focal point in the OS/2 Sysop community. And on a personal note, I'd like to thank Rick Guyatt for presenting me with an OS/2 watch (he said it was for the effort I put into organizing the event but I think he's heard how late I usually am. People sat around or stood in groups talking up a storm and when all was said and done, it was a great party. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did. So, will it be the third birthday of OS/2 2.x next year or will we be celebrating OS/2 V3 ??? Either way, I look forward to doing it again next year. France Loubier and Robert Hudaj. Just one of the two OS/2 Birthday Cakes! Peter Kraiker gets presented with an OS/2 Watch for all his efforts with OS/2 Birthday Bash/1 and Bash/2 and Team OS/2. Peter Fitzsimmons, our newest OS/2 Ambassador won a copy of the Working With OS/2 videotape. ═══ 5.8. PSP Technical Interchange Report(s) ═══ PSP Technical Interchange Report(s) By: Timothy Sipples Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 A short while ago I promised that I'd post daily reports on the IBM Personal Software Products Technical Interchange. Well, here's the first. It actually covers about a day and a half. Please note that I am but one individual, and I certainly did not get to see everything and everybody. However, this report should give you some idea of what's going on at one of the largest gatherings of OS/2ers ever held. The IBM Personal Software Products Technical Interchange is being held in two downtown San Francisco hotels (the Hilton and Nikko) from April 25th through 29th. The OS/2 Device Driver Conference is held in conjunction with this event, and on the first day (on the 25th) that was the main seminar (from 2 PM through most of the afternoon). I missed that event, since I arrived from Chicago at about 3 PM. I did manage to stop by and register for the Tech. Interchange, though. Registration involved picking up a badge, several "chits" or tickets to various Interchange events, and a canvas bag with OS/2 information and software. Every attendee receives the Lotus SmartSuite (probably the new Version 1.1), CA-Realizer, Communications Manager/2, Time and Place/2, and some other goodies. (Lotus and Computer Associates are co-sponsors for the Interchange.) A little before 6 PM I headed over to the Bay Area OS/2 Users' Group meeting. The president of the group, Sandy Rockowitz, was kind enough to invite me to speak at the meeting and explain what I was doing at IBM. A ten minute talk turned into a 25 minute talk (apologies, Sandy!). But I think the meeting went very well. I was able to meet many OS/2ers familiar to those here on the Internet, including Greg Roelofs (of Info-Zip fame) and David Briccetti. Ron Cadima from IBM was the feature presenter, and he spoke on OS/2 performance tuning. Toward the end of his presentation, Ron showed us a brief demo where he opened DeScribe, loaded some documents, etc. Then he casually mentioned that he was running this system on a ThinkPad with 4 MB of memory. The audience was rather impressed (as was I) with the performance -- IBM is doing a great job paring OS/2 memory requirements. We can expect these improvements in a "future release," said Ron. I think we can guess as to when and in what version. The following morning (today, April 26th), the Interchange officially kicked off with the general session. It began at 8:15 a.m. (!) in the morning at the Moscone Center, San Francisco's large convention complex. IBM had rented a large hall and placed just enough chairs to seat the 2500-odd attendees. The general session was broadcast over satellite to about 240 locations around the world (probably through IBM's Field Television Network). David Harrington from IBM PSP introduced the speakers, and Lee Reiswig (President, IBM PSP Div.) then spoke, explaining how he'd be using live, running code, including some which had not yet been released. However, he noted that everything he demonstrated would ship this year (at least in full beta form). His first demo was using an audio-equipped ThinkPad with microphone and IBM Personal Dictation System. All the tools, he said, are in place today to implement friendly, "humancentric," speech-enabled applications of great sophistication. In his example, he demonstrated how a complex PIM might operate (with faxing, database query, reminder, and other capabilities). I thought it was the best demo of the morning general session. Lee then went on to describe the awards OS/2 has garnered, most recently Infoworld's Overall Product of the Year for the second straight year, as voted by its readers. Then Lee moved on to Ultimedia Mail/2, FAX/PM, and LAN Distance, with brief demos of each. In terms of product plans, Lee said we can expect a lighter, faster version of OS/2 for Windows some time this summer, OS/2 for SMP also this summer, and OS/2 for PowerPC in the "fall." (Yes, folks, the shrinkwrap box design was shown on the huge projection screens, and it said "OS/2 for PowerPC." That's the name, and I think it's great.) Reiswig went on to discuss the OpenDoc initiative. A short videotape was shown (featuring David Pollack, President of Athena Designs, and other developers). Lee says we can expect to see OpenDoc on OS/2 (and some other platforms) this year. Switching back to that which is currently available, Lee noted that SOM, one of the constituent technologies in OpenDoc, provided a powerful mechanism for exchanging data over a network. Using "one line of code," a character mode application was able to display data from a real time feed from an AIX workstation (RS/6000). He then started Mesa/2 (a SOM-enabled spreadsheet due this August from Athena Designs) and noted that real time display of the figures in the spreadsheet took Athena twelve lines of code. He then moved on to start a pager applet (which monitored the temperature of the pizza oven and paged someone when the oven got too hot), again feeding off the real time data feed. Then he moved on to a real time graphing application, which required just fifty lines of code. None of these applications required any networking code. And, he noted, they were all easily portable. Finally, Lee demonstrated a pizza 3-D bar graph updating in real time from the data feed. This graph was constructed using the Taligent graphics framework, something not previously shown publicly. There was much more to the general session. Steve Mills, Don Heille, and Charles Wang (Computer Associates) all spoke, with Charles getting the best response. All 2500 or so then adjourned for lunch at about 11:30. For some reason the waiter snatched my cream of broccoli soup without warning (perhaps he had an appointment to get to), but, otherwise, I have nothing significant to report there. One of the terrific bonuses permitted Technical Interchange attendees is the ability to take either the OS/2 Certified Engineer or LAN Server Administrator sequence of competency tests at no charge. Normally these tests can run into the hundreds of dollars. Skill Dynamics teaches courses on OS/2 and LAN Server, and Drake Testing administers exams. I spent most of today (Tuesday) taking the four OS/2 Certified Engineer tests. I'll learn if I passed some time tomorrow morning. So, I spent a few hours filling in test forms with a Number 2 pencil, as did about 30 or 40 other people that day. Jay Keller (from Rolm) was there, another Internet surfer. After I finished my last test, I bumped into Vicci Conway (who is part of IBM PSP's Grassroots Communications group). She suggested I stop by the Team OS/2 hospitality room, which I did. It was a little off the beaten path, but I saw Rick McGuire (who is working hard on ObjectREXX for OS/2), Janet Gobeille (Team OS/2 liason for IBM, based in Austin), and David Singer (author of Gopher for OS/2). It was great to finally attach faces to names previously associated only with e-mail. David, three other IBMers, and I went out to dinner this evening. At about 8 o'clock we headed back. David and I attended a short seminar on the Developer Assistance Program. (If you aren't a member of DAP yet, and you want to develop OS/2 applications, be sure to mail a note to wwdap@vnet.ibm.com to learn more about IBM's offerings.) Then I headed back to the hotel and caught up with some work (including typing this report from the "field"). Anyway, that's about it for Day One. (I guess you could call Monday Day Zero. I got to chat with many other people, and I'm sure I'll meet still more before the end of the Interchange on Friday afternoon. Over the next few days I'll probably attend sessions dealing with OS/2's multimedia features, TCP/IP, and marketing. I'll keep you posted. PSP Tech Interchng: Day 2 Today (Wednesday, April 27) was a busy day at the PSP Technical Interchange. Again, I'm just one person, and there are more than 2500 attendees at the T.I. There are usually at least eight or nine seminars held at any given time, plus hosptality suites (including one for Team OS/2, ably attended by Janet Gobeille and Vicci Conway; more on that later). Nonetheless, I did get at least some idea of what happened today. In the morning I started off by visiting a demo of the Ultimedia Tools series for OS/2, including Builder/2, Workplace/2, Perfect Image/2, and Manager/2. If you aren't familiar with these tools, you probably should be -- particularly Builder/2. Builder/2 is what I like to call the Freelance Graphics for multi- media presentations. You simply drag the presentation elements (audio files, bitmaps, software motion video files, etc.) to a filmstrip-style interface, click on a few thumbnails (to set dissolve effects, delay rates, triggers, etc.) and you've got a polished multimedia presentation. Since you're using OS/2, you don't have to worry about interrupted audio and other nasty problems. And, if you like, you can script events using the AVC language (for additional control). Triggers, branching, labeling, etc., are all available, even through the filmstrip interface. I also managed to stop by a packed seminar delivered by Michael Kogan on the "Future of OS/2." He described his impressions of where OS/2 is headed and what challenges it faces in the future. Among the notable predictions: OS/2 will soon eliminate the single synchronous message queue, which many people have been asking for. I overheard several attendees who thought Kogan made sometimes complex subjects quite simple to understand. At about 7:00 I stopped by a talk by Ira Forman before the Bay Area OS/2 Users' Group's Developers' SIG. (Hopefully those apostrophes are all correct). Ira discussed metaclass programming with SOM and OS/2. I managed to follow at least part of it, but, here so close to Silicon Valley, it's hard to keep up. In a nutshell, though, Ira told us that SOM 2.1 (currently scheduled for October release) will include new features to manage metaclasses (among other enhancements). SOM 2.1 will support something called derivative metaclasses, too. (Trust me, it's cool stuff.) Afterward, we talked for about half an hour on what objected oriented technology will do to the delivery of software (and how software producers will be affected). This SIG was hosted by David Briccetti. Part of the reason for conferences like this one is to rub shoulders with other OS/2ers (to "network"), and today went well in that regard. In the Team OS/2 hospitality suite (while I wasn't playing SimCity for OS/2), and in a late night Team OS/2 party hosted my IBM's Mike Kaply and friends, I met (or saw again) David Moskowitz, Larry Salomon ("Q"), David Singer, Bill Wyatt, Joel Siragher, Alan Zeichick, David Hock, Edwin Black, David Whittle, David Reich, Randall Flint, and many, many more. It's interesting attaching faces to e-mail correspondents. Oh, I passed the OS/2 Certified Engineer tests I took yesterday. These tests are apparently fairly difficult, though. A lot of folks didn't make it to the 70% passing mark. So, if you do earn your Certified Engineer certificate, it means something. Today I also spent a considerable amount of time walking through the exhibit hall, where OS/2 software developers displayed their latest wares. OneUp, BocaSoft, Hilgraeve (which formally announced KopyKat today), HockWare, Watcom (now shipping Watcom SQL for OS/2), and many more were there. A company which has been shipping an xBase database for QNX has now brought its product to OS/2. OnCmd's product is a fully 32-bit OS/2 Presentation Manager xBase implementation. Best of all, you can get it for just $159. You'll be hearing a lot more about this product in the near future, I'm sure. PC-DOS 6.3, LAN Distance 1.1, and HyperWise (an editor for creating INF and HLP files for OS/2) were announced today. LAN Distance 1.1 is now available with a Windows client (and OS/2 clients and server, of course). HyperWise (formerly HyperWrite) includes a Windows version of VIEW, so you can now display INF files on Windows (and under Win-OS/2). IBM is encouraging developers to use the common INF/HLP format for help files under both Windows and OS/2. Tomorrow is the Team OS/2 lunch, several more seminars (I'll try to make the ones on TCP/IP and OpenDoc), and more networking. It is the final full day of events. On Friday we'll have some morning sessions, then David Barnes will close out the Technical Interchange with his latest and greatest show. And three IBM ThinkPads will be raffled off (along with many more goodies). You'll hear more in my next report. PSP Tech Interchng: Day 3 On Thursday, April 28th, I managed to get up early enough to make a 9:45 seminar. Richard Dews from OneUp Corp. spent some time discussing S.M.A.R.T., a tool now found on the DevCon 3 CD-ROM. S.M.A.R.T. is designed to help port applications from Win16 or 16-bit OS/2 to full, native 32-bit OS/2 code. The tool scans through your source code and identifies those areas where a straightforward conversion can be performed (perhaps automatically) and those areas where more work is required (because the API differences are too dramatic). Dews was the most effective speaker I've seen thus far. If you have 16-bit code you need to port, at least take a look at the Developer's Connection No. 3 CD-ROM (which can be ordered in the U.S. by calling 800-6-DEVCON). Dews noted that once you're fully 32-bit OS/2, setting up for OS/2 for PowerPC will be nothing but a recompile. He said his company is nearly finished on a Win32 (i.e. NT) to OS/2 porting tool (S.M.A.R.T. 32), and they are also working on a Win32c to OS/2 tool. All these should help bring more applications onto OS/2 (where they belong). At 11:15 I stopped and heard Rick Chapman talk about channel marketing. Believe it or not, 80% of all software is sold today through retail channels (such as superstores, catalogs, etc). Only 14% is sold through direct response, and a mere 6% is sold through a sales force which makes customer calls. He then went on to explain the various players in selling and distributing software (along with advice on how to approach them with new products for sale). This 11:15 was part of a full series of seminars on sales and marketing of OS/2 products. The 11:15 session was the only one I could attend -- I wish I had time for more. Team OS/2 convened for lunch at about 12:30. We had a couple reserved tables in one of the main halls. After lunch I played SimCity for OS/2 (alpha; more below) in the Team OS/2 Hospitality Suite. (Yes, I admit I'm becoming addicted to SimCity.) "Sockets Programming for TCP/IP" began at 3:45, and I found it extremely worthwhile. Andre Asselin (who many of you know as the NFS coder for IBM TCP/IP for OS/2; Andre also posts to the Internet quite often) spoke on the particulars of TCP/IP under OS/2. The handouts include good code snippets which I'll probably end up using soon enough. I managed to go to more seminars on Thursday than any other day. At 5:15 I went on to learn about Internationalization of Applications. Interestingly, there are several Asian versions of OS/2 (including OS/2 2.1J, 2.1 Korean, 2.1 Taiwan, 2.1 China, and 2.1 Thailand). The presenter gave a fairly thorough explanation of what internationalization issues crop up (including subtle problems like sorting order). But the most interesting part was the live demonstration of TakeFive (called Footprint Works or Legato elsewhere in the world) running with Japanese menu options, help text, etc. The application handled Japanese word processing quite well, from all appearances. According to the IBM presenter, XPG support (for help in tailoring the operating system behavior to precise locales) was on the second Developer Connection CD-ROM. OS/2 2.1J is on the third (and current) DevCon CD. (It will work on any OS/2-capable system. No special hardware, such as a Japanese keyboard, is required.) UCS/Unicode is also slated for inclusion in OS/2 (probably some time in 1995). Between 6:30 and 7:30 the attendees boarded buses to go to the San Francisco Exploratorium, a huge field house type structure with fascinating, hands-on experiments and toys. For example, there were stations which demonstrated optical illusions. Others which showed basic principles of physics (such as a steel ball running down a funnel). Still others exhibited ordered chaos (such as the motion of sand on a vibrating table, or smoke rising in a column constructed with air currents). And, of course, food abounded (including the healthy, California fruit and vegetable spreads). I spent the bulk of the Exploratorium visit talking with John Shaffer, head of AIMS (the company bringing Galactic Civilizations and SimCity to market, the first commercial OS/2 games, due this summer). I'm a big fan of Galactic Civilizations (I have the beta, and it is progressing very nicely), and SimCity is really starting to keep me from other parts of this conference. John (and his wife, Laura) and I chatted about various things, including the possibilities for OS/2 games with speech recognition. Stay tuned -- it's going to be a fun summer. After the Exploratorium, there was a small Team OS/2 party. Larry Salomon, David Singer, Andre Asselin, and many others were there, and we rapped until the wee hours of the morning. All in all, it was both a productive and enjoyable day. I can't wait for the last day of the Technical Interchange (Friday). David Barnes will wrap up the show for us with one of his famous demos. I'll post details in about 24 hours. PSP Tech Interchng: F 1/3 By now hopefully you've read the first three reports on the PSP Technical Interchange. I've heard that there's a significant lag between these write-ups and when they actually hit the net -- sorry about that. And this report is even later because I'm actually writing it on the airplane, on my way to the next conference (the REXX Symposium in Boston). If anyone finds these on-the-scene reports valuable, please let me know. I'll continue with them during the REXX Symposium. Nonetheless, I thought I'd fill you in on one person's experiences at the IBM PSP Technical Interchange for Friday, April 29, the last day of the conference. On Thursday night (actually morning) I didn't get to sleep until about 3:00 a.m. Which wasn't so bad, except that the morning seminars began at 8:00 a.m. Needless to say, I was a bit tired. But I soon perked up, because the two marketing-track seminars in the morning (at 8:00 a.m. and 9:45 a.m.) were worthwhile. At 8:00 I heard about public relations and media for the software industry -- how software developers can do better in getting their applications mentioned (and hopefully praised) in the trade press. Rick Chapman (who you may have remembered from one of the previous days' write-ups) was the principal speaker. (The Interchange did not just cover technical aspects of OS/2 and OS/2 programming. It was valuable for teaching marketing skills, too.) At 9:45, three editors from the major OS/2 publications (Dick Conklin, OS/2 Developer; Alan Zeichick, OS/2 Magazine; and Brad Kliewer, OS/2 Professional) were participants in a panel discussion called "Meet the Editors." (Larry Salomon chimed in from the audience to promote EDM/2. Many of you probably know Larry well here on the Internet. To digress a bit -- sorry, Larry :-) -- I couldn't help thinking that he resembled Beaker from the old Muppet Show. Which is high praise, actually, because he was my favorite Muppet character.) I asked the editors some questions (and did a bit of shameless self promotion at the same time by mentioning my article on writing OS/2 help/INF files which appears in the May issue of OS/2 Magazine). Did you know that OS/2 Magazine and OS/2 Professional are each somewhere up around 100,000 (or more) in distribution? (Zeichick explained circulation v. distribution -- they are different numbers.) PC Magazine is probably around 1,000,000, but these publications are doing well and growing fast. At 11:15 I went to hear David Moskowitz talk about solving common OS/2 problems and installation issues in a seminar called, not surprisingly, "The OS/2 Problem Solver." David is the editor of OS/2 2.1 Unleashed (soon due in a new addition called OS/2 2.11 Unleashed), which is probably the best selling OS/2 book of all time. The book also routinely hits the top sales lists of all computer books (not just OS/2 books). (Moskowitz will also be speaking at the upcoming REXX Symposium in Boston.) The audience was huge -- several hundred people, I believe. Mainly because Moskowitz is a very articulate and engaging speaker. And, let's fact it, OS/2 hard disk partitioning is not exactly my idea of a fascinating, gripping topic. I learned something new, though. Did you know you can autocheck (i.e. CHKDSK /F) your HPFS boot drive, even while it is active? For example, suppose you have OS/2 installed to Drive D (HPFS), and you have used Boot Manager to boot OS/2 from that drive. While using OS/2, ordinarily you cannot CHKDSK /F that Drive D (because of open DLLs, active INI files, etc., which prevent CHKDSK from performing its work in repairing extended attributes and cleaning up miswritten files). To perform a CHKDSK /F in this situation, try the following: CHKDSK /aUtOcHeCk Case is significant -- that strange capitalization is intentional. This parameter is totally undocumented (and obviously subject to change and perhaps even untested). You'll want to make sure you have a complete backup, at least the first time you try this. But it seems to work (at least on HPFS) and, for the time being, you won't have to boot OS/2 by some other means to CHKDSK /F your boot drive. We adjourned for lunch (with Janet Gobeille, Vicci Conway, and several other Team OS/2ers in my case), and then I went on to visit the exhibit halls again to talk with people. I went to the PSP Store and bought several bits of OS/2 clothing (including a beautiful black jacket with the slogan "Throw your Windows wide open" embroidered on the back). I'm just waiting for the OS/2 leather jacket -- still haven't seen anything like that yet. The award for best PSP Technical Interchange exhibit hall display (and service) has to go to the Indelible Blue folks. There were lines on every side of the display when I stopped by. No wonder -- this company brings southern hospitality to software marketing. They were out of stock on the item I asked about, yet I didn't mind one bit, because the woman behind the counter was so pleasant. (Every contact I've had with that company has been thoroughly enjoyable. They know OS/2 software, and their prices were outstanding, too. Keep up the good work!) There were some raffles held in the exhibit halls around 2:30, then all 2500-odd attendees (at least those who did not have to catch flights back east in the morning) poured into the Hilton's largest ballroom to catch David Barnes (OS/2 pitchman extraordinaire) demo OS/2 and several pieces of software. By now many of you have heard of (or even seen) David Barnes, so it's hard to relate anything completely new about his personality and style. He generally judges an audience well. Most people in the audience were obviously familiar with OS/2, so it didn't make too much sense showing how to, say, cut and paste. David decided to show off IBM's Personal Dictation System, the large vocabulary, speaker dependent, non-continuous speech recognition system. (IBM also offers Continuous Speech Series, which has a smaller vocabulary but recognizes continuous speech and multiple speakers more readily.) Anyway, he showed how the Workplace Shell itself can be navigated ( selecting objects, starting programs, etc.) using Personal Dictation System. And he showed how PDS can recognize words in context. He spoke, "Please write to Mr. Wright and include the right information," (or something close to that), and PDS recognized and spelled each word correctly. PDS is VERY fast, even on David's 486DX-33 system. It rarely lagged behind more than a word or two in displaying the words on the screen, and Barnes said that it will store up to 90 seconds in its buffer, just in case processing is bogged down by other running tasks. Speech recognition is obviously going to be a very important technology in the future. (However, David emphasized that these products are available today. For anyone in the Chicago area, the June meeting of the Downtown Chicago OS/2 Users' Group will feature Pen for OS/2 and IBM Continuous Speech Series.) Of course Barnes kept the audience laughing with his jokes. When giving us a tour of the background bitmaps he uses, he "slipped" and showed us the cartoon of Bill Gates sitting on a mule (which many of you have already seen; if you haven't, you can download it from the Internet's ftp-os2.cdrom.com anonymous ftp site). The audience loved that. However, Barnes did little (if any) Microsoft-bashing (and recommended that others refrain as well). Why? Well, he argued, since OS/2 is outselling Windows NT, all Unixes, and Macintosh System 7 ... COMBINED, the operating system is successful and it's about time we started acting as if it were. (I suspect that doesn't mean we shouldn't compete, but it does mean we can more easily persuade by going positive rather than bashing too much. It's a fine line sometimes between comparing/contrasting and denegrating, but I definitely agree with his point.) Barnes also referred to the "Team OS/2 Window," and how David Whittle was a participant in viewing the spectacle. It was an inside joke, perhaps (although much of the story got around the Interchange during the week). For those of you at the Interchange who were puzzled by the reference, the joke may have seemed confusing. A word of explanation here (before the story gets distorted beyond all recognition). Mike Kaply hosted a Team OS/2 party in his suite at the Hilton one of the first nights (which I believe I mentioned in an earlier report.) David Reich, David Moskowitz, Larry Salomon, David Singer, David Whittle, and lots of other people were there to chat and enjoy a beer or two after the conference had ended. It was an open party (any Team OS/2er was invited), and many came. Anyway, at about 11:00 or 11:30 someone (Dick Conklin?) beckoned everyone to the window. Several came (and I soon followed). Kaply's room had two large picture windows which opened up to the streets below. The room was sixteen stories up, and it was on the corner of the hotel, so there was an excellent view of one or two blocks, below. Suffice it to say that there were several "ladies of the night" conducting business on the streets of San Francisco. Hardly unusual in any major city, I suppose. These women were extremely aggressive, often walking into the street to stop passing cars. A good half dozen or so were there. Anyway, the 16th floor audience was riveted. (If you are familiar with the television show "Cops," it was uncannily similar, only live.) I can assure you that no PSP Technical Interchange attendee employed any of these women. Because we watched. This was a family conference, rated G. Of course Barnes had the temerity to crack a joke about the "Team OS/2 Window" before a packed ballroom of software developers, consultants, and OS/2 enthusiasts. As Paul Harvey would say, "Now you know the rest of the story." Barnes also started into his favorite country and western music lyrics (such as, "I gave her the ring, she gave me the finger" -- yes, it got worse) to keep the audience chuckling. (He also rolled through some "How do you know you're a redneck?" jokes, which I won't repeat here.) Meanwhile, the conference raffle was held. A big wire basket containing all the "32-bits" cards, filled out by attendees, was used. (Attendees received cards for the drawings by going to various seminars and by winning awards, such as best costume for the Flower Power reception. The more cards an attendee could collect, the better the chances of winning, obviously.) Three ThinkPads were raffled (as well as a steady stream of OS/2 software). After the raffle, the conference officially adjourned. People headed home (packed bags, shipped scads of literature ahead, etc). Janet and I organized a contingent of Team OS/2ers to visit Chinatown for -- what else -- Chinese food. Eleven of us went. The food was excellent, and the company even better. (Of course we all talked about David Barnes and the Team OS/2 Window joke.) That concludes my reportage on the PSP Technical Interchange. I thoroughly enjoyed it (and found it extremely valuable), and I think the vast majority of attendees went home feeling that it was money well spent. IBM will sponsoring other Technical Interchanges in other parts of the world later this year, plus a Technical Update at Interop in Atlanta this fall. Watch the Internet (and your mailbox) for more information. Conferences like these are most valuable for the networking (meeting other people to discuss similar interests and concerns), so you might want to stop by one. (Users' groups are obviously another way to exchange information, person to person. No pun intended.) Next week, the REXX Symposium. It's the weekend, though, so I just might squeeze in a day of "vacation." Regards, Timothy F. Sipples IBM Personal Software Marketing Chicago ═══ 5.9. Sun-N-Fun 1994 Fly-In ═══ Sun-N-Fun 1994 Fly-in, IBM presence, PS/2 & OS/2 By: Jim Agnew What a week, Sun-N-Fun 1994 is now over having once again set new attendance records. The weather was perfect and we had a gate count of 741,750 (643K in 1993) with 2158 international visitors representing 64 countries. In addition, we had 492 news representatives. The airport had 42,848 flight operations not including helicopters and ultra-light aircraft making it the busiest airport in the world (more than twice Chicago's O'Hare). RMS Technology did their part by adding a profile terrain view to the moving map and showed an experimental device that plugs into the printer port that sounds a "high terrain warning" over the aircraft intercom if your route of flight is too low within 10 miles ahead. Additionally, all flight plans are now checked for terrain clearance along the route of flight during generation (obstruction clearance to be added by Oshkosh). Their other product, a universal moving map product called "VISTA" allows the user to scan in any map or chart and make it a moving map. Overlay capabilities allow you to overlay a pipeline diagram, search pattern, etc. over the currently displayed chart and then accurately follow the overlay. This product is catching the attention of the military, oil & gas companies, those involved in search & rescue, and exploration. I wrote a Global Positioning System (GPS) simulator then took my hand held GPS flying and driving around the Lakeland FL. area and recorded the output data. Using the simulator (running in the OS/2 background) we could choose from a number of these recordings to drive the moving maps. This simulator really showed off the multi-tasking capabilities of OS/2 as we jumped between the moving maps and the simulator to choose different recordings. All we did was connect the two serial ports with a "null modem" cable. OS/2 - we ran OS/2 V2.11 (GA + service pack) with no problems for the entire week. At some points we had as many as 9 programs concurrently active. If there is one thing that I learned, its that OS/2 needs password protection capabilities for settings, delete and arrange. There are too many people that know about PCs, if you turn your back for one second, you may not recognize your desktop. PCs - PC Company did an outstanding job providing us with the latest in PC's. We had two Pentium PCs (one PS/2 & one ValuePoint) that were capable of producing the "Virtual Flight" images in about one second which is outstanding performance. The 750C was again the hot system with numerous people mentioning that they were trying to get them and couldn't. There is no question that the 7xxC machines are the best possible color laptops for use in aircraft. The PS/2E had a display problem that service couldn't fix so we did not use it. We substituted a Toshiba color laptop that just made the 750C look even better. There is no question that in terms of operating system and hardware we had the best equipment of any booth using PC's at the Fly-in. A lot of people came back just to ask about the equipment and where they could "GET" 750C's or more information. Many of the people mentioned that they are using OS/2 at work, and one came to me to ask specific questions about setting up the flight planning software under OS/2. Lessons learned - we could not get the ValuePoint P60D to run in SVGA mode, it kept saying that it had an 8514 adapter so I will have to find out how to set it up correctly before the Oshkosh Fly-in. I would like to have XGA2 adapter in the PS/2 Pentium as well to get the highest possible resolution. Additionally, if we can get a second two serial port card in the Pentium machines we will be able to run two GPS simulators driving the FliteSoft & Vista moving maps simultaneously. The 15V & P monitors were very good, however for demonstration purposes even larger would be better. And as always, the fastest, latest and highest resolution systems are great attractions. Hopefully the OS/2 developers will have something new as well. With a lot of people asking where they could get 7xxC machines and other questions I may get some suggested contacts and telephone numbers and have RMS list them in their handout literature. Oshkosh (29 July - 4 August)- Based on the attendance at Sun-N-Fun, Oshkosh should easily exceed one million attendance. They have a strong program including a salute to the Apollo Astronauts so barring natural disasters turnout should be great. As a little sidelight, H. Scott Crossfield (the astronauts father and a pilot) now sports an OS/2 key ring for his aircraft keys. Thanks to all of you for your support, I hope that you will be able to support me for Oshkosh. ═══ 5.10. IBM/PSP Tradeshow Schedule ═══ IBM PERSONAL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS MAY 1994 SHOW SCHEDULE IBM Personal Software Products will participate in a variety of trade shows in the near future. We'll update this list monthly and we'll post more information on selected shows as they get closer. ┌────────────────────────┬─────────────┬──────────────────┐ │SHOW NAME │DATES │LOCATION │ ├────────────────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────────┤ │Computer & Office │05/17-19 │Charlotte │ ├────────────────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────────┤ │Govt. Tech. Conf. │05/18-20 │Sacramento │ ├────────────────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────────┤ │Comdex / Spring │05/23-26 │Atlanta │ ├────────────────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────────┤ │Computer & Office │05/24-25 │St. Louis │ └────────────────────────┴─────────────┴──────────────────┘ IBM Personal Software Products offers a wide range of products, including high performance LAN systems, premier operating systems and applications, and comprehensive service offerings. NOTE: This list represents our current plan but is subject to change. ═══ 6. Bulletin Boards ═══ Bulletin Board Information The Bulletin Board section is divided up into three sections now, though some months will only have two sections: Upcoming Bulletin Board Conferences Team OS/2 BBS's BBS Highlights (from previous conferences) Please be sure to send in your BBS's important highlights. ═══ 6.1. Upcoming Bulletin Board Conferences ═══ Upcoming Bulletin Board Conferences America Online America Online holds chats in the OS/2 meeting room 3 times a week on: Saturdays at 9:30 pm Eastern Tuesday at 11:30 pm Eastern Thursdays at 9:00 pm Eastern The May OS/2 Chat Schedule is: SATURDAY: (05/14) OS/2's Help & INF FIles & Formats: Join OS/2 Developer Mike Kaply (PSP MikeK) in a question and answer session. SATURDAY: (05/21) OS/2 Q & A SATURDAY: (05/28) OS/2 Beginner's Night SATURDAY: (06/04) OS/2 Q & A SATURDAY: (06/11) OS/2 & IPDS Join Special Guest Charlie Sumner (CXS), OS/2 Developer and Team Lead of IBM Personal Dictation Systems, to discuss voice recognition, how it works and what the PDS can do for you! Find out how you can free yourself from your keyboard and mouse, yet still control your system and be productive! The IBM Personal Dictation System: - Large Vocabulary (22K words with additional vocabularies available) - High Accuracy (95-97%) High Speed (70 Words/Minute) - Navigate OS/2 PM applications by voice - Voice Macros for repetitive tasks - Rich API to allow developers to create "Speech-Aware' applications SATURDAY: (06/18) OS/2 & Backup SATURDAY: (06/25) OS/2 & SOM Join Special Guest Mike Kaply (PSP MikeK), OS/2 Developer, to discuss SOM (System Object Model) under OS/2. If you've been wondering what it is, how it works or how to program for SOM, this is your chance to ask your questions! A fun and useful demonstration of SOM is MNICON (available online) that lets you drag and drop an object onto an icon to set the icon. THURSDAY: (05/12) OS/2 Wish List - Join us for general discussion of what you'd really like to see offered in OS/2. THURSDAY: (05/19) OS/2 Special Guest - Meet the author from QB Software that wrote DM/2 for OS/2. THURSDAY: (05/26) Getting the most from Technical Support (this is not an OS/2 only discussion and not directly related to OS/2 Technical Support.) THURSDAY: (06/02) Customizing the WorkPlace Shell THURSDAY: (06/09) OS/2 Beginner's Night THURSDAY: (06/16) PCA Phillip's Favorite OS/2 Feature Night Join in the fun and win a free hour! During the conference, we'll ask what Philip's favorite OS/2 feature is, and the first 5 members to guess correctly will win a free hour! Philip will be giving hints during the chat, so anyone could win! THURSDAY: (06/23) OS/2 Open House THURSDAY: (06/30) PCA Dave's Favorite OS/2 Feature Night Join in the fun and win a free hour! If you didn't figure out Philip's favorite OS/2 feature, or even if you did, it's time to try to guess Dave's favorite OS/2 feature! During the conference, we'll ask what Dave's favorite OS/2 feature is, and the first 5 members to guess correctly will win a free hour! Dave will be giving hints during the chat, so anyone could win! TUESDAYS: Late Night with OS/2 - Informal Chat GEnie Regularly scheduled RealTime Conferences (RTCs) are as follows (Eastern time): Monday 9:30P-11:30P Eastern OS/2 Help Desk with Jeff Elkins Tuesday 9:30P-11:30P Eastern Team OS/2 Nationwide Conferences with: Kevin Royalty and Stewart Hyde Wednesday 9:30P-11:30P Eastern General Meetings/Special Events ═══ 6.1.1. GEnie Birthday Bash ═══ The GEnie OS/2 Roundtable celebrates it's FIRST Birthday! It's been a great year for OS/2 on GEnie. To celebrate we are throwing a party! The bash will be on June 1st from 8p.m. until 2 a.m. Several special events are planned, including: ■ The OS/2 Roundtable RTC (RealTime Conference) area will be free during the party hours ■ Meet and chat with Timothy Sipples,the author of the OS/2 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) ■ Prizes, prizes and more prizes will be given away Speaking of prizes, even though it's our Birthday, *we* are giving away the prizes. They range from OS/2 for Windows to Corel Draw! for OS/2, from IBM technical CD ROM's to goodie bags with OS/2 trinkets and trash, and even copies of TE/2! The birthday presents will be given away to the winners of trivia questions. Kimberly Bobrow will be hosting these lightening rounds before, during and after the chat with Timothy Sipples. So come one, come all to the GEnie OS/2 Roundtable's first Birthday! For those who don't have GEnie userid's, you can use any communications software package to become a member. Set your modem at 7,E,1, with half duplex on. Dial 1-800-638-8369 in the US or 1-800-387-8330 in Canada. Once connected, type HHH. At the U#- prompt, type XTX99566, GENIE. Follow the instructions and off you go. ═══ 6.2. Team OS/2 BBS's ═══ Team OS/2 BBS's Last month we featured a suggestion from Rob Adams concerning putting together a listing of those BBS's who have a Team OS/2 message area on them. So far, we have received three other responses. Keep 'em coming! ┌──────────────────┬──────────────────────┬─────────────────┬────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────┐ │BBS OWNER │BBS NAME │BBS PHONE │BBS NODE │BAUD │STATE/COUNTRY │ ├──────────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────┼───────┼────────────────────────┤ │Ola Larsson │Dragons Nest PCBoard │+46-26-140009 │2:205/212 │21600 │Gelfe, Sweden │ ├──────────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────┼───────┼────────────────────────┤ │Grant Kwok │Purple Fustration │604-322-7533 │1:153/7030 │14400 │British Columbia, CAN │ ├──────────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────┼───────┼────────────────────────┤ │Don Bauer │OS/2 Exchange │904-739-2445 │1:115/37 │14400 │Florida │ ├──────────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────┼───────┼────────────────────────┤ │Rob Adams │Data Connection │614-337-0203 │ │ │Ohio │ ├──────────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────┼───────┼────────────────────────┤ │Jussi Jarvi │FileLine BBS │+358-64-4172513 │2:224/760 │14400 │Finland │ ├──────────────────┼──────────────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────┼───────┼────────────────────────┤ │Jerry Jones │Enigma │205-678-6763 │ │14400 │Alabama │ └──────────────────┴──────────────────────┴─────────────────┴────────────┴───────┴────────────────────────┘ ═══ 7. Miscellaneous Bits 'n Bytes ═══ Bits 'n Bytes Mailing Lists The Team OS/2 mailing list is being made available to vendors at this time, with special Thanks to Janet Gobeille for doing the REXX code to pull this listing. Several vendors have already asked for it, so expect to see some mailings from them in the near future. Retailers Do you know of a retailer who would like to be on the IBM/PSP (USA and Canada) mailing list for announcements and other things? If so, send the following information to teamnews@vnet.ibm.com (their own Internet userid was not established at press time, so in the meantime, we will forward the information on and it will be updated in next months issue): Store manager name Store name Complete store mailing address Store phone number, including area code ═══ 7.1. Demo Tips ═══ Demo Tips By: Chris White 1) Always do two things at once. While you're showing applications format disks, download the CIS weather map (later you can copy it into an app), compile a program, print long documents or many pages. A *real* neat one is to install a program while you're demonstrating OS/2. 2) Create a file with an HPFS name. I use "Can you save an HPFS file to a diskette and share it with DOS?" Show it on the desktop. Copy it to a diskette. Open the A: drive object and show the long filename. Open a DOS window and show the truncated name. 3) Copy text from a DOS program. Paste it into another DOS program, a Windows program, and an OS/2 program. 4) Use CPU Monitor Plus and kill the Workplace Shell while applications are running. 5) Show WPS integration with Relish or cc:Mail. Both are excellent examples of using WPS. I can give details if you'd like. 6) Show DOS settings, then open a DOS window and show changing settings on the fly. 7) Start a game that uses a sound card, like King's Quest. Let it run while you do something else. Or just play an audio CD while you're working. A big don't ... Don't start Lotus applications in front of people. If you intend to show them, start the apps before you start your demonstration. They are all very slow to open and do not show OS/2 to its best. (Note: This is supposed to be fixed in the service pack.) Chris, OS/2-LAN Tour CompuServe: 71075,2673 ═══ 7.2. Looking for Volunteers! ═══ Looking for Volunteers! From: Christina Tunnah We are looking for enthusiatic Team OS/2 Volunteers to assist in the first ever OS/2 World Conference & Exhibition from July 19-22, 1994 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara,CA. Volunteer opportunities include technical troubleshooting and door monitoring for classes (loading software, assisting speakers in their audio visual/computer presentations etc..), supervising the floor vendor showcase, and distributing OS/2 literature to relevant outlets in your area. Ideally, on-site volunteers will have a strong background in OS/2 and software applications and will volunteer at least one full conference day. In appreciation, you will be given a copy of the conference proceeedings and admission to some classes. If you are interested, please contact Christina Tunnah, Project Coordinator, at (415) 905-2363 or fax your details (prefered day(s) or volunteer opportunity, and AV/computer background) to (415) 905-2220, or via Internet to CTUNNAH@MFI.COM. ═══ 7.3. Peer Recognition ═══ Peer Recognition By: Romeo A. Bartlett Jr. I don't know very much about this "TEAM OS/2" like if there is any connection to IBM, or what it takes to join, or if this has any real organization at all. If there is any way to pass on KUDO's amongst yourselves I have one TEAM OS/2 member I'd like to see recieve it. Her name is Lori Martin. She is the Sysop of "The Sports Wire" BBS at Eielson AFB outside of Fairbanks Alaska. She has been a wealth of unbiased, honest OS/2 information before and after my purchase of OS/2 2.1 for Windows. Before I purchased the OS, I read many online conversations between her and others on BBS's all over the Fairbanks area. I had a few myself. All this convinced me that OS/2 was an OS that could provide real value to me. It has. She has been a constant aid in installation and post installation problems. If you have any type of recognition process, put her name in! Editor's Note: This note was posted to the Team OS/2 section on the OS2USER forum on CompuServe and addressed to ALL. We at IBM would very much like to thank Romeo for his recognition of Lori, but most of all to THANK Lori for helping OS/2 users. If you have someone you'd like to recognize, simply send a note such as this one via Internet to: teamnews@vnet.ibm.com. ═══ 7.4. Starting a local Team OS/2 Group ═══ Starting a local Team OS/2 Group by Stephen Riley I posted this on IBM's internal BBS in response to someone's question and the Team OS/2 support folks thought that maybe others would be interested in hearing it as well. I hope you find my thoughts on this valuable to your Team OS/2 effort. ■ The first and most important suggestion is: Don't get discouraged. This is absolutely the most important item. In church they used to sing a hymn 'one and one and fifty make a million. Keep plugging away slowly, even when the days are darkest'. Remember Churchill, "And men shall say this was their finest hour'. ■ The second suggestion is: start small then expand. Pick one store such as an Egghead, CompUSA, whatever. Go on a slow day, buy a PC magazine (doesn't have to be OS2), chat with the staff and start asking about OS2, and after a few visits when you are known ask the store manager if they would like a staff training session one evening/morning at their convienence. If yes, get a note to teamos2@vnet.ibm.com (or teamos2 at ausvm1 for IBM'ers) and get some goodies -- staff always appreciates T&T (trinkets and trash). Often one of the staff will be converted, and work from them, feed them information, and they will help convert the rest of the staff. Ask if you can do a weekend demo -- start small, noon-3pm, then expand. ■The third suggestion is: Scream Loudly for help. When I organized my first demo of OS/2 for the ICCA in Raleigh in 4/92, I hadn't even seen OS/2. I was caught by the Team OS/2 spirit starting at the time, and I expected that if I yelled on the Team OS/2 forum help would arrive. Help did arrive in the form of Tony Cooper, David Hope, and Wendy Toh (now White) - Thanks! Yell for help at any venue you can -- Prodigy, Compuserve, local BBS's, TalkLink, etc. ■ The fourth suggestion is: Talk about OS2 all the time. One of the Teamers here in Raleigh was convinced on the merits of OS/2 by Friday evening chats at the Chess Club. This Teamer has helped in innumerable demos. Right now he has a 286 machine and doesn't run OS/2, he's getting a 486 now though. In addition, this Teamer has a job at a local mom & pop computer shop and is getting other people to try OS/2; and has 2 demo machines with OS/2 on it. Another example: I am an usher at church and one of the other ushers noticed my OS/2 lapel pin and asked if I could get him one. We started chatting about Team OS/2 and now he is a very active Teamer in NC. ■ The fifth suggestion is: Get the OS/2 User Group to help out. Go to the local OS/2 User Group or SIG and ask for a few minutes on the agenda and mention Team OS/2. Emphasize Team OS/2 is voluntary and people are only needed for a few hours at a time. Leave signup sheets and call them back in a short period of time. If there is not a OS/2 UG or SIG in your area start one. Get out on the electronic networks and local computer stores and go for it! ■ The sixth suggestion is: Talk to other OS/2 users. IBMer's can look for people in callup with Team OS/2 in their "additional data" field. Everyone can send notes to people who append in the various OS/2 areas on BBS's. Asking these people questions or for help almost always results in a positive experience. ■ The seventh suggestion is: Ask Anytime you are at a demo and someone mentions they are a happy OS/2 user, ask if they would be willing to help out at a future event for a couple of hours. Tell them you need help urgently for two hours -- usually you do. ■ The eighth suggestion is: Organize a Team OS/2 Pizza Bash! This one is for all Teamers -- always helps to recharge the batteries. Get one going now and spread the word. Suprisingly we have had a couple of Teamers bring friends for pizza and the newcomers have become Teamers! ■ Other comments and suggestions. It basically comes downs to dedicating a couple of minutes a day to drumming up extra help -- it definately pays off in the long term.  Many hands make light work.  Pick a store and drop by once a week, get a colleague to go with you.  Get flyers, organize one demo, keep lists of helpers and potential helpers. ═══ 7.5. TEAM OS/2 Convention? ═══ TEAM OS/2 Convention ? Timothy Sipples and I have been tossing around the following idea: Would anyone be interested in a Team OS/2 Convention? Something for OS/2ers on a budget (with dorm rooms, camping, and/or Motel 6-style lodging, inexpensive food, bus/train/low airfare transportation, etc)? Perhaps sponsored by an OS/2 user group in the middle of the country? Obviously this could become a very big undertaking very quickly. Too much for one or two people to handle and still stay gainfully employed. We are solicting feedback. Particularly: Would you be willing to travel to a large midwestern transportation hub to attend a Team OS/2 Convention? Large cities tend to have bargain airfares. Would $30 per person so cover the cost of the meeting facility and some refreshements be reasonable ? Perhaps a discount for advance reservations, seniors and students ? What meeting facilities can handle 1000+ people at a reasonable price? Universities immediately come to mind but are there better alternatives? At this point a late summer early fall date is being contemplated. Do you see problems with this. It assumes we don't confilict with Comdex, CAMP etc. What topics would you like to see presented at the breakout sessions? Would you volunteer to spend numerous hours of your spare time to help plan and organize this event? You would not be alone but it will take a good amount of time if it is done right. Right now we are looking for potential coordinators, volunteers, and most of all FEEDBACK FEEDBACK FEEDBACK. Thank you in advance, James Schmidt Respond via Internet to: 73447.607@compuserve.com ═══ 8. Appendix - Questions and Answers ═══ Appendix (Questions and Answers) The Appendix will contain information that will be updated in future newsletters to provide valuable reference information. ═══ 8.1. Appendix A: How do I contact IBM Team OS/2 Support ═══ How do I contact IBM Team OS/2 Support IBM PSP Grass-Roots Marketing supports Team OS/2 and other activities. The people involved are: Vicci Conway Vicci is in Boca Raton, Florida. Her primary job is BBS coordination, coverage thereof, and communications for IBM PSP. Her secondary responsibility is helping with Team OS/2 support. Part of her Team OS/2 support is being the editor of this newsletter. She also works with vendors to provide them with the Team OS/2 mailing list and coordinates the Team OS/2 Reception at Fall Comdex. In addition, any vendor wishing to get their press releases distributed electronically should contact her as well. Janet Gobeille Janet is in Austin, Texas. She works to define and coordinate world-wide Team OS/2 support for IBM PSP. If you have a problem with IBM Team OS/2 support, call her. She also works to provide international support and coordination for Team OS/2, and maintains the databases used to support Team OS/2. Jeff Mallon Jeff works with Janet in Austin. He handles the and day-to-day support for Team OS/2 including shipping, database updates, and responding to phone, fax, and email inquiries. When you send a note to either TEAMOS2@VNET.IBM.COM or LUVOS2@vnet.ibm.com, Jeff is usually the person who will read and answer it. User Group Relations: Gene Barlow, and Bill Wyatt form our PSP User Group Relations team. See Appendix F for more info on IBM PSP User Group Support. You can contact Team OS/2 Support via the Internet address given below from most electronic networks. If necessary, contact us via fax or telephone, but electronic mail is definitely preferred. Internet (Team OS/2 Support): teamos2@vnet.ibm.com Internet (Team OS/2 Newsletter): teamnews@vnet.ibm.com Internet (BBS support): vicci@vnet.ibm.com Internet (PC User Group Support): ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com IBM (internal) (Team OS/2 Support): TEAMOS2 at AUSVM1 IBM (internal) (Team OS/2 Newsletter): TEAMNEWS at AUSVM1 IBM (internal) (BBS Support): VICCI at BCRVM1 IBM (internal) (IBM PC User Groups): IBMPCUG at AUSVM1 You can also contact us at any of the following addresses and request that your note be forwarded to the correct person: CompuServe: Vicci Conway at 76711,1123 Fidonet: Janet Gobeille at 1:109/347.3479Y IBMMAIL: Janet Gobeille at USIB45RN at IBMMAIL OS/2 BBS: Vicci Conway at USIB55J9 at IBMMAIL Fax: Send your request to Janet Gobeille, Team OS/2 Support, at (512) 823-3252 Mail: Janet Gobeille IBM PSP - Bldg 808 Internal Zip 2996 11400 Burnet Rd Austin, TX 78758 USA Telephone: Jeff Mallon, Team OS/2 Support, at (512) 823-1682 If you have problems reaching Team OS/2 Support, contact Janet Gobeille at (512) 823-3247. ═══ 8.2. Appendix B: How can I join Team OS/2? ═══ How can I join Team OS/2? The IBM Team OS/2 Support group keeps a database of members as a service to Team OS/2 members world-wide. We then sort and upload them to the electronic networks so that you can find each other. For this database, please send the following information to one of the addresses given in Appendix A: 1. Your Name 2. Mailing address (only the city, state, and country will be published) May we release your address to vendors who wish to do mailings to Team OS/2 members? (Yes or no) 3. Userids and networks 4. Optional: you can include a short (1-2 line) description to be included with your name. Sometimes software developers like to mention which products they've written or BBS operators include how to reach their BBS. 5. For our private records (these will NOT be published), please also include your phone number (home/work), Fax, etc. Also please let us know what you've been doing to help promote the use of OS/2. ═══ 8.3. Appendix C: Where can I find Team OS/2 Members? ═══ Where can I find Team OS/2 Members? The majority of people associated with Team OS/2 can be found somewhere online, participating on a Bulletin Board. Since the fastest and easiest method of communicating with a large group such as Team OS/2 is via electronic networks, this is the perfect avenue to coordinate events, to report on what you or your group are doing, or to help others who have questions or problems. We also electronically brainstorm about new ideas. We also provide a list of Team OS/2 members and email addresses worldwide. It can normally be found wherever this newsletter is found. The next section in this Appendix shows how to address these users via the Internet no matter which electronic system they may be on. Below are the major networks where Teamers can be found. The lead Teamer on each network is usually a volunteer assisting in monitoring conferences and uploading files from IBM PSP. Note: these folks are *not* IBM OS/2 technical support. The following list is maintained by Vicci Conway (IBM PSP Bulletin Board Coordinator). Please contact her with corrections and changes. America Online: Go to the "Computing" icon, "OS/2" topic. The lead Teamer here is Ed D'Avignon and can be found with the userid "TEAMOS2 ED". AOL has regularly-scheduled OS/2 chats on Tuesdays at 11:30 p.m., Thursdays at 9 p.m., and Saturdays at 9:30 p.m.. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Compuserve: "GO OS2USER", Section 9, Team OS/2. Vicci Conway (76711,1123) is the lead Teamer here. To join CompuServe, call (800)-848-8199 (USA only). Delphi: Custom Forum 41 is where the Teamers hang out on Delphi. Steve Gallagher (S.GALLAGHER) takes the main Teamer liason role here. To join Delphi, call (800) 695-4005 (USA only). Fidonet: Join us on the TEAMOS2 echo conference (on the Fidonet zone 1 backbone but available internationally). Janet Gobeille (1:109/347.3479) is active here along with many other IBMers who join in on this conference. Steve Gallagher is the volunteer uploading IBM announcements to the International OS2 echo conference. GEnie: Go to the "OS/2" roundtable (page 1400). Kevin Royalty is an active Teamer here and sends in the GEnie announcements for this newsletter. GEnie has regularly scheduled RealTime Conferences (RTCs) which are listed in the Upcoming Bulletin Board Conferences section. To join GEnie, call (800) 638-9636 (USA only). Within IBM: See TEAMOS2 FORUM and TEAMOS2 CFORUM on the internal IBMPC conference disk. Also, check TEAMUK FORUM (UK) or TEAMCDA FORUM (Canada). Internet: No specific conference, but you will find Teamers on most of the OS/2-specific newsgroups. For Team OS/2 information on the Internet, send email to luvos2@vnet.ibm.com. OS2BBS (from IBM): Join us on the TeamOS2 CFORUM. Vicci Conway (USIB55J9 at IBMMAIL) is the forum Administrator. To join the OS2BBS, call (800) 547-1283 (USA only). Prodigy: The OS/2 Club. This Club on Prodigy has files available for downloading and messages are auto-posted. Check the "New Files" area weekly for new uploads. The Team OS/2 support liason is Gene Gough (DWJG89A). To join Prodigy, call (800) PRODIGY (USA only). Also, there are often Team OS/2 get-togethers or meetings at trade shows and technical conferences. If you plan to attend a conference, please check electronically for any Team OS/2 activity that may be planned. ═══ 8.3.1. Sending Email through the Internet ═══ Sending Email through the Internet We've had many requests asking how to contact a Teamer who is on a different electronic network. So, this table shows how to create an Internet email address for many of the systems where Teamers can be found: Network Sample address Sample re-formatted for Internet America tom214 tom214@aol.com Online Bix xxxxx xxxxx@bix.com Compuserve 76711,1123 76711.1123@compuserve.com (Note: change the comma (,) to a period (.) for the Internet address.) Delphi Barnesd Barnesd@delphi.com Fidonet Janet at 1:109/347.3479 Janet@p3479.f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org Janet Gobeille at Janet_Gobeille@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org 1:109/347 (Note: not all Fidonet users have Internet netmail access. However, if the Fidonet address is in the Team OS/2 list, the person should have mail capability there. Fidonet addresses are reversed and prefixes added to create an internet address. The 'p' parameter is only used when sending a note to a Fidonet 'point': an address with the 4th set of digits). GEnie K.Royalty K.Royalty@genie.geis.com MCI Mail 378-4029 3784029@mcimail.com (Note: the dash in MCI Mail should not be used.) Prodigy tvkm35a tvkm35a@prodigy.com ═══ 8.4. Appendix D: Team OS/2 International! ═══ Team OS/2 International! Team OS/2 is everywhere.... not just in the USA. Team members can be found around the world. Although the international conferencing is often done in English, there are Teamers active on local bulletin boards and other conferences in many languages. This section contains any country-specific information that we can collect to assist and publicize your efforts to help other OS/2 users. If you know of some specific Team OS/2 or OS/2 conferences in your country, please send us a short note with information on how to get to them. We will be happy to re-post that information here in following newsletters to help others learn where they can also join in the fun. ═══ 8.4.1. Team OS/2 OZ : Australia ═══ Team OS/2 OZ - Australia Team Coordinator for Team OS/2 OZ: Scott Akinson IBM Internal: SCOTTA at SYDVM1 IBM Liason for Team OS/2 OZ: Peter Kelley Internet: Peter Kelly at: yellek@vnet.ibm.com ═══ 8.4.2. Team OS/2 Belgium ═══ Team OS/2 Belgium Although they do not call themselves Team OS/2 Belgium, the Team is there. Here is some information for OS/2 enthusiasts in Belgium. OS/2 User Group Belgium The 'OS/2 User Group Belgium' is formed by a group of Belgian OS/2 enthousiasts who want to share their knowledge on OS/2 with anyone who is using (or interested in using) OS/2 as his PC operating system. The 'OS/2 User Group Belgium' organizes sessions and workshops about various OS/2-related topics on a regular basis (currently every 2 months). For example, the last session was a presentation entitled 'How to install/configure OS/2'. We also publish an electronic newsletter. The first issue of our newsletter is currently available on Fidonet Belgium, in the file area OS2_B ('OS/2 Belgium file distribution'). Printed versions can be obtained on request. You can contact the OS/2 User Group, and post any of your questions about OS/2 on the Belgian FidoNet echomail area OS2.B. This echomail area is also the place where you can find the latest information on the 'OS/2 User Group Belgium' and its activities. To enroll to the 'OS/2 User Group Belgium', cut and paste the coupon below, enter the required information and send it to one of the following e-mail addresses : - Alex Wyckmans @ 2:291/716 (NetMail only) - Jerry van Laer @ 2:292/805.7 (NetMail only) =================================================================== NAME: ADDRESS: ZIP CODE and CITY : Reachable through E-mail (Y/N) ? AT : (E-mail address here) WISHES TO (please select the appropriate option) - become a member of the 'OS/2 User Group' Belgium and to be informed about its activities - become an 'active member' of the OS/2 User Group Belgium and participate in the planning/organisation/running of the sessions. ═══ 8.4.3. Team OS/2 Canada ═══ Team OS/2 Canada IBM Team OS/2 Canada Liaison: Rob Hudaj IBM Internal: RHUDAJ at CANVM2 Internet: TEAM_CND@vnet.ibm.com Rob supports Canadian Team OS/2 and user groups, coordinating the support with the US to so that Canadian Teamers and IBM Canada can work together. Canadian Teamers can contact Rob via the above Internet address if they plan any type of public event where IBM support is needed or requested. Electronic meeting places for Team OS/2: IBM BBS Denis Tonn has been doing a great job supporting the IBM BBS OS/2 conferences within Canada (ibmNET). They are widely carried outside of Canada by IBM and non-IBM BBSs. Within IBM: Teamers inside IBM have a Canadian-specific conference: TEAMCDA FORUM on IBMPC. ═══ 8.4.4. Team OS/2 Denmark ═══ Team OS/2 Denmark The Team OS/2 DK Coordinator is Peter Holm: Internet: dszpholm@hp1.cbs.dk The IBM TeamOS2 Liaison for Denmark is Carsten Joost at: IBM internal: JOOST at DKIBMVM2 Internet: TEAMOS2_DK@vnet.ibm.com ═══ 8.4.4.1. Team OS/2 Starts Up in Denmark ═══ Team OS/2 starts up in Denmark By: Peter Holm, TEAM OS/2 DK Coordinator TEAM OS/2 Denmark had it's initial meeting Tuesday 04-21-94 at the Copenhagen Business School, where about 50 teamers showed up for a four hours meeting with lots of interesting topics. After IBM-PSP Denmark has undertaken formal TEAM OS/2 support, things have moved quickly here. By now we are about 100 registrered members, spread across the country. Therefore we're having another TEAM OS/2 startup meeting in Aarhus, Jutland, in a two weeks time. The agenda for the meeting was as follows: a) Presentation of TEAM OS/2 (by Peter Holm) b) OS/2 up-to-date (by Carsten Joost, IBM PSP) c) IBM PSP's support for TEAM OS/2 DK (by Carsten) d) Pizza and coke e) Demo-video with David Barnes (by Barnes!) The meeting started off with an exciting annoncement from me. The largest Danish daily newspaper (Politiken) is entering the OS/2 world with OS/2 seminars and OS/2 shareware diskettes, due next month. This is primarily due to a long four month push from TEAM OS/2 (me) to get OS/2 shareware into their Computer Club, which is the only one in Denmark at the moment. Also after announcing the first OS/2 seminar, their phones have been hot and red, ringing all the time. I've been selected by the newspaper to do the selection of fantastic OS/2 shareware, and when they were suggested by me to have an "ASK MR. OS/2 COLUMN" (like Steve Gallagher, Raleigh), they were were excited. Thereafter I gave a presentation of TEAM OS/2 based upon my long-term activities and of course the many good newsletters from PSP and the various OS/2 user groups around the world. The presentation included how the TEAM OS/2 organization started and the size of it, what a TEAM'er is like (James A. Jones's 10 ways to spot an OS/2 fanatic!) and a normalized version here of types of TEAM events, expected content of a dealer takeover/conversion, available resources for the TEAM'er and finally a non-IBM'ers view of what's happening in the OS/2 marketplace before the over-FUD'ed Chicago. Btw. I'm not an IBM'er, though I've worked for IBM for three years. The TEAM OS/2 laison in IBM Denmark, Carsten Joost, gave an overview of the current plans for OS/2, which according to him, change over and again. He presented some upcoming new features in the next major OS/2 upgrade (no version number mentioned), which is planned for public beta testing starting within a month from now. The next OS/2 should contain OPENDOC, WIN32SC, Peer-to-Peer as add-on, SMP as add-on, enhanced DSOM v2.0 and multi input queues (no more hangings). We can only hope that PSP takes the OS2WISH list as input for the minor enhancements and ships several betas with huge feedback from Team OS/2, among others. Carsten also presented the TEAM Package with a LEVIS jacket with OS/2 logo, and we went through how to coordinate and arrange OS/2 events, where our list is HUGE! The event list is created by asking dealers if they would like to have TEAM'ers making flow in their business. One major dealer (CBC) wants TEAM'ers for it's 48 shops, which is the largest dealers in Denmark when it comes to number of shops!!!! (TEAM US, we will do what you are doing, but you better performe and increase your announced event list, otherwise we'll give you the wheel!). Half an year ago OS/2 had a market share in Denmark of 10% and certainly we're improving with OS4W and our upcoming events. Later (after the IBM sponsored Pizza and coke) we organized the TEAM OS/2 DK organization and agreed on the danish OS2NET (Fidonet) as our primary way of communicating. Also TEAM members signed up to become TEAM Leaders. Also TEAM'ers signed up to the first minor event, supporting the David Barnes show in Copenhagen 04-25-94, where Barnes comes in person and demoes for a complete over-book'ed house at our national football center. About 30 teamer's signed up out of 50 at the meeting! Now isn't that success! Two upcoming events for us are: ■Computer Business Centers TEAM OS/2 is participating in CBC's open house days 18-19 of may. ■Computer City TEAM OS/2 targets ComputerCity in Glostrup 20 of may within OS/2 multimedia. 4-5 experienced MMPM/2 and Ultimotion TEAM'ers are needed. Please contact team coordinater Peter Holm at 3135-4590 ext. 431 or via Internet at dszpholm@hp1.cbs.dk to participate in either event. Internet: dszpholm@hp1.cbs.dk Fidonet: 2:234/107.21 ═══ 8.4.5. Team OS/2 Finland ═══ Team OS/2 Finland The IBM coordinator for Team OS/2 Finland is Pekka Kaukonummi: Internet: TEAMOS2_FI@vnet.ibm.com IBM internal: KAUKONUM at HEKVM IBM Finland is now actively supporting Team OS/2. Contact Pekka if you wish to get more information about this. ═══ 8.4.6. Team OS/2 Italy ═══ Team OS/2 Italy by Guiseppe Rossano IBM Team OS/2 Italy Coordinator: Guiseppe Rossano (IBM). Looking at the great activities made by you all around the world, some people from the Italian OS/2 BBS, as well as from the Italian DAP BBS Front End and me asked ourselves: "why do we not create our own Team OS/2?". So, we did. We discuss the Team itself, the experiences made by the other Teams everywhere and the activities we are planning to organize in the future. Don't worry, all the discussions are in Italian ..... ! ! Team OS/2 Italy has its own Team OS/2 newsletter (in Italian). Fabio Vinciguerra puts that out for Team OS/2 Italy and it will soon also be available world-wide through the Fernwood OS/2 file collection so that others can enjoy it. Joining Team OS/2 Italy It is possible to join and participate to Team OS/2 Italy. How ? We usually meet on the IBM Semea PSP BBS in our local TeamOS2 Area, so if you would like to join us, you can find us there. Leave your name, address, e-mail address, phone numbers and OS/2 activities in a message addressed to me, Giuseppe Rossano. The IBM Semea PSP BBS in Italy telephone number is 02 - 7534412 and the access is free of charge. If you are a DAP Member, you can do the same from the IBM Semea DAP BBS. BBS Network Support - Italy IBM DAP BBS (+39) 02 - 7534402 Since December 1992 is actively working the Italian DAP BBS Front End. It collects more than 250 members and supported about 5000 calls during this year. Please contact Giuseppe Rossano to get more information about the Italian Developers Assistance Program itself. IBM PSP BBS (+39) 02 - 7534412 The Personal Software Products BBS started during the "OS/2 Forum" event we had in Milan at the end of September. The BBS is dedicated to support and deliver as much as possible for OS/2 End User. The access is free of charge and more than 1.5 Gigabytes are on line !!!! The Pletora of OS/2 BBS's Yes, currently in Italy you can find many available BBS dedicated to OS/2 !!!!!!. They are making an huge job delivering files and conferences as well, supporting and boosting the OS/2 in ITALY. My personal greetings to them !!!! Contact Information Team OS/2 Italy: Giuseppe Rossano (nickname: Ross) Mail Address: Giuseppe Rossano (MiSeg526) IBM Semea spa Circonvallazione Idroscalo 20090 Segrate Italy phone: +39-2-59625289 fax : +39-59629199 VNET (IBM Internal only): IT33201 at Vimvmoa Internet E-Mail: Giuseppe_Rossano@VNET.IBM.COM BBS: IBM Semea PSP BBS phone number: +39 - 2 - 7534412 IBM Semea DAP BBS phone number: +39 - 2 - 7534402 ═══ 8.4.7. Team OS/2 Korea ═══ Team OS/2 Korea Per a note from a Team member in Korea: Due to the extremely high cost of importation of the Fidonet OS/2 echo conferences from the United States, especially the main OS/2 echo, a movement has been started here to recreate the main OS/2 echo. The Fidonet Echo title is OS2KOR. The purpose of this echo is to support OS2. The echo is available to any Fidonet node and Fidonet point that exists within the Republic of Korea. It is available free of charge. Also, the echo is to support activities by the OS/2 Special Interest Group, a part of the Seoul Computer Club. Or leave a message on the IBM PSP BBS: 46-8-793-2200. ═══ 8.4.8. Team OS/2 NL: the Netherlands ═══ Team OS/2 Netherlands Team OS/2 Coordinators: Michael Dag and Anton Versteeg Michael Dag and Anton Versteeg are the primary Team OS/2 NL contacts. (The photo shows Anton on the left, Michael on the right). Team OS/2 NL usually "hangs out" on the IBM OS/2 BBS in their local TEAMOS2 Area. To join, call the BBS at 030-334711 (access is free of charge). Leave your name, address, email address, phone number, and OS/2 activities in a message addressed to Michael Dag. There is also an IBM internal conference for Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg called TEAMBNL FORUM on IBMPC. ═══ 8.4.9. Team OS/2 Norway ═══ Team OS/2 Norway The IBM TeamOS2 Liaison for Norway is Kjell TМrnby at: Internet: TEAMOS2_NO@vnet.ibm.com IBM internal: TORNBY at OSLOVM ═══ 8.4.10. Team OS/2 Singapore ═══ Team OS/2 Singapore Team OS/2 Coordinator: YAP Ken Ann (IBM Singapore) The new baby in Singapore is an OS/2 User Group. Many of the keen and vocal advocates of OS/2 are Fidonet BBS Sysops and university students, and they have requested Team OS/2 status. I'm sure we're all interested in hearing what they will be doing to encourage the use and spread of OS/2, and they will be providing further updates as to how to reach them in later issues of this newsletter. ═══ 8.4.11. Team OS/2 Sweden ═══ Team OS/2 Sweden The IBM TeamOS2 Liaison for Sweden is Mats Pettersson. He's been very active in supporting Team OS/2 activities in Sweden. To contact him, use any of the following: Internet: TEAMOS2_SV@vnet.ibm.com IBMMail: seibm3nl at IBMMail IBM internal: petter at stovm1 Or leave a message on the IBM PSP BBS: 46-8-793-2200 ═══ 8.4.12. Team OS/2 UK ═══ Team OS/2 UK Team Coordinator for the UK: David C. Partridge (IBM) IBM internal: TEAMUK at ASICVM1 Internet: TEAMUK@vnet.ibm.com We have support from various IBM UK organizations and David C. Partridge has volunteered to work with them and with other Teamers to try to provide better support for Team OS/2. Within IBM, there is a UK-specific online conference for Team OS/2 called TEAMUK FORUM on IBMPC. ═══ 8.5. Appendix E: Team OS/2 Activities support by IBM ═══ Team OS/2 Activities support by IBM This section contains information on specific activities and events where IBM PSP is actively supporting Team OS/2. However, if you are looking for support that doesn't fall within one of the following categories, please contact us to discuss. At this time, major activities that are supported include: 1. Support for public OS/2 demos (including those at stores or universities) 2. Support for local OS/2 resellers ═══ 8.5.1. Support for Public OS/2 Demos ═══ If you're planning to do a demo for a group of people or for a public event, please contact IBM Team OS/2 Support. Examples of supported demos include public demos at universities, PC fairs, hamfests, shopping center malls, or OS/2 days at local retailers. We would like to know: o Where the demo will be done (name of school, store, etc.) o Date and location of scheduled event (city, state, country) o Number of Teamers involved in doing or supporting the demo o Number of people expected to attend and see your demo o If this is a public demo at a software retail store, also send the number of store clerks expected to be working during your demo. o Your name, shipping address, and telephone number We would like to help with a 'Team OS/2 demo pack' with some things to support your demo and to give away during it. Since the contents will vary according to the event, we'll discuss what this will consist of after receiving your request. (Note: this 'demo pack' is not intended for user group meetings.) Then after your event, we would like a report on it including, but not limited to: o Names and addresses of all the Teamers involved in the activity o Pictures, Pictures, Pictures. Please take pictures of the Teamers in this activitiy, and send them to us with your report. We would like to include your pictures in future newsletters. o Number of people who saw your demo or tried OS/2 during that time. o How did it go? Tell us what went well, what didn't, what advice you'd have for others doing this? Also, what suggestions do you have for our Team OS/2 support in the future. ═══ 8.5.2. Team OS/2 Support for local retailers selling OS/2 ═══ If you have a local retail store that is selling OS/2, we encourage you to 'Adopt a Store'. Meet the employees, answer their questions on OS/2, encourage them to stock it, visit them on a regular basis if you can. If you adopt a store that is carrying OS/2 but doesn't have any OS/2 marketing 'support' (such as demo disks, z-cards, etc.), please contact us with the following information: o Name and address of store o Name of the store manager o Does the store have a demo OS/2 system (or will they?) We'll send you a 'Team OS/2 Store Pack' for you to give to them. This contains: OS/2 'Z-cards' (flyer with OS/2 information) OS/2 demo disks OS/2 post-its and pens for store employees A 'monitor topper' if they are running OS/2 Catalogs from sources of OS/2 merchandise Note: at this time we are only prepared to offer this support within the US. However, if there are Teamers outside the US who are seriously interested in requesting one of these packs, please EMAIL or FAX your inquiry to us as given in Appendix A and we'll see what we can arrange. ═══ 8.6. Appendix F: OS/2 User Group Informaton ═══ OS/2 User Group Information The User Group Appendix has grown so much with the addition of the User Group Listing, that it's been broken up into three sections: Support for OS/2 demos at User Groups User Group and OS/2 SIG Registration Information OS/2 User Group and SIG Listing ═══ 8.6.1. Support for OS/2 demos at User Groups ═══ Support for OS/2 demos at user groups To arrange for an OS/2 demo or to support a planned OS/2 demo for a user group, contact one of the following (The 'store demo pack' is not intended for user group presentations of OS/2.): Internet: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com Inside IBM: IBMPCUG at AUSVM1 Fax: Gene Barlow at 512 823-3252 Mail: Gene Barlow IBM PSP User Group Relations P.O. Box 201449 Austin, TX 78720-1449 ═══ 8.6.2. User Group and OS/2 SIG Registration Information ═══ TO: All PC User Group Officers, all OS/2 User Group Officers and OS/2 SIG Officers: Please help us (IBM) update our database. As we enhance our User Group support programs and explore alternate ways of communicating, we need to gather additional information on each user group as well as to update any obsolete information. Please fill out as much information as you can on your User Group or SIG. Then return the completed information to IBM PSP User Group Relations at one of the addresses below: Mail: Gene Barlow IBM 11400 Burnet Rd. INTERNAL ZIP 2996 Austin, TX 78758 FAX: (512)823-3252, ATTENTION: GENE BARLOW Internet: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com To send to an Internet address from CompuServe, type the following on the 'send to' line: INTERNET: ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com THANKS for your help! NOTE: Where the survey asks for an email address, please provide the full userid and name of the service (ie. CompuServe, Internet, Prodigy, MCI Mail, IBMLINK, etc.) --------------------------------------------------------- IF YOU ARE FILLING THIS FORM OUT FOR A SIG (SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP), PLEASE PUT THE SIG NAME, ADDRESS, OFFICERS, ETC. WHERE IT SAYS CLUB. --------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT YOUR GROUP AND HOW TO REACH YOU: WHAT IS THE CLUB OR SIG NAME AND PERMANENT MAILING ADDRESS? Club Name: Address: Address: City/State/Zip Code: Country: IF DIFFERENT, WHAT IS THE CLUB/SIG SHIPPING ADDRESS (FOR UPS SHIPMENTS, CANNOT BE A US POST OFFICE BOX)? Ship to Name: Address: Address: City/State/Zip Code: Country: HOW CAN PEOPLE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR GROUP OR SIG? Information Phone: BBS Phone: Email: ---------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR GROUP: WHO IS THE CLUB/SIG PRESIDENT? Name: Daytime Phone: WHO IS THE PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON? Name: Daytime Phone: DOES YOUR CLUB/SIG HAVE A NEWSLETTER? Do you accept vendor advertising? Who is your editor? Daytime Phone: -------------------------------------------------------- OS/2 INVOLVEMENT: DOES YOUR CLUB HAVE ONE OR MORE OS/2 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG'S)? IF SO, FOR EACH SIG, PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING: IGNORE IF ENTIRE FORM IS FOR AN OS/2 SIG. SIG Name: SIG Leader's Name: Daytime Phone: DID YOUR GROUP/SIG HAVE AN OS/2 PRESENTATION IN 1992/93? WHEN? Who presented? WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN AN OS/2 PRESENTATION BY IBM? IF THIS IS AN OS/2 SPECIFIC USER GROUP OR SIG, WHAT TOPICS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE PRESENTED? ---------------------------------------------------------- MEETINGS, MEMBERSHIP, ETC.: WHAT IS YOUR MEETING DAY? WHAT IS YOUR MEETING TIME? WHERE DO YOU MEET (PLEASE INCLUDE NAME OF BUILDING AND ROOM NUMBER IF APPROPRIATE)? PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING FOUR QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO SIZE, BOTH FOR THE MAIN GROUP AND FOR EACH SIG LISTED ABOVE: What is the size of your membership? What is the largest number of attendeees you have had recently? What is the smallest number of attendees you have had recently? What is the average number of attendees at your meetings? --------------------------------------------------------- CAN WE GIVE YOUR GROUP'S INFORMATION OUT? We would like to make the list of User Groups public information to vendors, those users looking for local groups, etc. WOULD YOU OBJECT TO OUR MAKING THIS INFORMATION PUBLIC? *********************************************** We appreciate your help! ═══ 8.6.3. OS/2 User Group and SIG Listing ═══ OS/2 User Group and SIG Listing as of May 9, 1994 To add your group or update your listing, send an Internet note to IBM's User Group Relations at ibmpcug@vnet.ibm.com. Central Alberta OS/2 User Group (403)448-1434 Greenwood Business Centre c/o BRIDGE Scientific Services 205, 10607 - 82 Street Edmonton AB T6A 3N2 Canada ***************************** Multitasking SIG Greater Victoria PC Users Assoc. 3073 Donald St Victoria BC V9A 1Y1 Canada ***************************** OS/2 LAN Users Group c/o Tracey Kerr, IBM Canada Ltd 1803 Douglas St, 2nd floor Victoria BC V8T 5C3 Canada ***************************** Vancouver PC Users' Society, OS/2 SIG c/o Jonathan Story P.O. Box 12 Vancouver BC V6C 2L8 Canada ***************************** Victoria OS/2 User Group 2518 Wentwich Road Victoria BC Canada ***************************** Winnipeg OS/2 User Group c/o Paul Marcino P.O. Box 2914 Winnipeg MB R3C 4B5 Canada ***************************** Atlantic OS/2 Users Group c/o Natalie Wilson, IBM Canada Ltd 1969 Upper Water St, 12th floor Halifax NS B3J 3R7 Canada ***************************** North Bay OS/2 Users Group c/o Michael Lavallee 790 Laurentian Ave. North Bay ON P1B 7V2 Canada ***************************** Ottawa OS/2 Users Group (613)788-6020 IBM Canada Ltd, -ATTN: Karen Wright 55 Metcalfe Street Ottawa ON K1N 8X1 Canada ***************************** Personal Computer Club of Toronto, OS/2 SIG PO Box 5429 Station A Toronto ON M5W 1N6 Canada ***************************** London OS/2 Users Group (519)680-0585 John Roesner c/o Links Custom 1000 Pond Mills Rd London Ont N6N 1A2 Canada ***************************** Kawartha Computer Club, OS/2 SIG (705)939-1204 460 Scriven Rd. Bailieboro Ontario K0L 1B0 Canada ***************************** OS/2 Corporate Focus Group (416)348-5212 c/o George Oliver TCS (Canada) Ltd 700 Dorval Dr. Suite 202 Oakville Ontario L6K 3V3 Canada ***************************** Toronto OS/2 Sysops (TorontOS/2) (416)480-0360 c/o John Chamberlain 126 Celest Dr Scarborough Ontario M1E 2V1 Canada ***************************** Club des Utilisateurs d'OS/2 de Montreal (514)382-9858 10214 Ave Peloquin Montreal QC H2C 2J8 Canada ***************************** Estrie Area OS/2 User Group (819)565-3666 c/o Francois Menard P.O. Box 142 Sherbrooke QC J1H 5H8 Canada ***************************** Montreal OS/2 Users Group c/o Gilbert Lefebvre 807 Millington Greenfield Park Quebec J4V 1R8 Canada ***************************** Club OS/2 de Quebec c/o Gilles Kirouac Systemes Myriades 3652 Chemin St-Louis Ste-Foy Quebec G1W 1S9 Canada ***************************** Regina OS/2 User Group c/o P Takis Skagos 3438 Keohan Cr Regina SK S4V 1J5 Canada ***************************** OS/2 User Group of Flensburg +49-461-32880 c/o Olaf Scherdin Swinemuender Str. 3 24944 Flensburg Germany ***************************** Christchurch OS/2 User Group c/o Steve Carr P.O. Box 3712 Christchurch 8001 New Zealand ***************************** Caribbean OS/2 Workgroup Segovia 705 Hato Rey PR 00918 ***************************** Cape Town OS/2 User Group 021-4862078 P.O. Box 4034 c/o Glenn Fermoyle Cape Town 8000 South Africa ***************************** Kharkov OS/2 User Group 7 (0572) 32-1062 47 Lenin Ave. Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering Kharkov 310164 Ukraine ***************************** Alaska Computer Society, OS/2 SIG c/o Jacquelyn M. Briskey (907)562-0105 P.O. Box 240945 Anchorage AK 99524 ***************************** Phoenix PC Users' Group, OS/2 SIG (602)222-8511 c/o Bill & Esther Schindler 28824 North 57th St Cave Creek AZ 85331 ***************************** OS/2 User Group for Northern Arizona c/o Keith Wood 1448 E. Maricopa Cottonwood AZ 86326 ***************************** Sierra Vista IBM PC UG, OS/2 SIG c/o Kevin McCrory 4931 Loma Loop Sierra Vista AZ 85635 ***************************** Tucson Computer Society, OS/2 SIG c/o John Aucott P.O. Box 1489 Tucson AZ 85702 ***************************** Bay Area OS/2 User Group (415)948-9186 c/o Guy Scharf, Software Architects Inc 2163 Jardin Dr Mountain View CA 94040-2253 ***************************** Channel Islands PC UG - OS/2 Corner (805)388-8452 c/o Len Zakas P.O. Box 1213 Camarillo CA 93011 ***************************** Fresno PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG (209)229-0473 c/o Sandeleh Francis 6751 N. Blackstone Ave. #395 Fresno CA 93726-6137 ***************************** Hughes Aircraft OS/2 User's Group (310)816-6185 c/o Jamie Jemison Bldg. C05, Room 2070 1600 Forbes Way Long Beach CA 90810 ***************************** Ripon PC User Group, OS/2 SIG c/o Loyd Reedy 1146 7th St. Ripon CA 95366-2569 ***************************** Greater South Bay PCUG, OS/2 SIG (213)621-5181 c/o Fred Zimble IBM Building 879 190th St Gardena CA ***************************** High Desert OS/2 Users Group (805)258-4312 8 Cypress Avenue c/o Anthony Ricciotti Edwards CA 93523 ***************************** Inland Empire OS/2 Users Group (609)621-8555 ext. 3197 c/o Scot Gould, PhD Keck Science Center 925 North Mills Ave Claremont CA 91711-5916 ***************************** Orange County IBM PCUG, OS/2 SIG c/o Mike Lyons P.O. Box 1779 Brea CA 92622-1779 ***************************** Long Beach IBM Users Group-OS/2 SIG (310)590-4554 330 Molino Ave Long Beach CA 90814 ***************************** Los Angeles OS/2 Technical Architect Group (818)989-4423 c/o Alan Duboff 6507 Whitaker Ave Van Nuys CA 91406 ***************************** Los Angeles OS/2 User Group (805)584-8732 c/o Paul Duncanson Jr 3008 Texas Ave Simi Valley CA 93063-1963 ***************************** Naval Postgraduate School, OS/2 SIG (408)656-2520 c/o Michael Schievelbein NPS Code ECEL Monterey CA 93943 ***************************** OS/2 User Group (415)297-7881 c/o Gerald Brown World Savings and Loan 794 Davis St San Leandro CA 94577 ***************************** Sacramento PC User Group, OS/2 SIG (916)641-4007 P.O. Box 460 Cedar Ridge CA 95924 ***************************** North Orange Cty Computer Club, OS/2 SIG P.O. Box 7283 Huntington Beach CA 92615-7283 ***************************** San Diego OS/2 User Group (619)987-5955 c/o Craig Swanson 11080 Camino Propico San Deigo CA 92126 ***************************** San Francisco OS/2 Users Group (800)426-AOSI c/o Bob Barber, AOSI 250 World Trade San Francisco CA 94111 ***************************** San Francisco PC Users Group-OS/2 SIG (415)346-2644 c/o Hank Stephenson 465 Laidley San Francisco CA 94118 ***************************** Teenage OS/2 Users Group c/o Jeremy Stadlberger 3817 22nd St. San Francisco CA 94114 ***************************** San Jose IBM Club PC Club, OS/2 SIG (408)284-6694 c/o Jerry Silverstein IBM Storage systems Division 5600 Cottle road L63/088-C106 San Jose CA 95193 ***************************** Southern California OS/2 User Group (714)532-2298 982 N Batavia St Unit B-11 Orange CA 92667 ***************************** Tule Frog Computer Club, OS/2 SIG (209)733-4875 c/o Tony Ermie P.O. Box 1373 Visalia CA 93279 ***************************** Old Colorado I/S OS/2 Users Group (719)471-8306 2423 Hagerman St Colorado Springs CO 80904-3228 ***************************** Rocky Mountain OS/2 User Group c/o Robert Saenz, ISSC 5600 North 63rd St Boulder CO 80314 ***************************** New York OS/2 Users Group (NYPC) (203)255-2979 c/o William H Zack & Associates 10 Robert Ct Fairfield CT 06430 ***************************** New England OS/2 User Group c/o Ron Beauchemin ABB C-E Services Inc. 200 Great Pond Dr. Windsor CT 06095 ***************************** Central Florida Computer Soc.-OS/2 SIG c/o Homer Whittaker 1501 Magnolia Avenue Winter Park FL 32789 ***************************** Ft Lauderdale Computer UG, SIG-32 (305)748-7237 c/o Steve Matus 8461 NW 31st Place Sunrise FL 33351-8904 ***************************** Miami OS/2 Users Group (305)256-3948 8780 SW 82 St Miami FL 33173-4126 ***************************** PC User's Group of Jacksonville,OS/2 SIG (904)221-5628 c/o Brad Davis P.O. Box 47197 Jacksonville FL 32247-7197 ***************************** South Florida OS/2 User's Group (407)276-2945 c/o Doug Azzarito 2399 NW 30th Rd Boca Raton FL 33431-6212 ***************************** NW Florida OS/2 User Group 5736 Bronco Place Milton FL 32570-4003 ***************************** Tampa Bay OS/2 Users Group (813)786-4567 c/o Tim Bryce, M Bryce & Associates, Inc 777 Alderman Rd Palm Harbor FL 34683 ***************************** Atlanta OS/2 Users Group (404)455-4177 c/o Robert Cannon 3070 Presidential Dr Suite 220 Atlanta GA 30340 ***************************** Des Moines OS/2 User Group (515)276-7060 c/o Bob Wruck 12824 NW 127th Ct Des Moines IA 50325 ***************************** OS/2 SIG (319)273-6460 University of Northern Iowa Gilchrist 255 Cedar Falls IA 50614-0007 ***************************** Central Illinois OS/2 Users Group (217)524-0455 c/o Britt Hagen Il Health Care Cost Containment 4500 South 6th St Rd #215 Springfield IL 62703-5118 ***************************** Champaign-Urbana OS/2 User's Group (217)367-3817 c/o Melissa Woo, Dept of Physio & Biophysics 524 Burrill Hall 407 S Goodwin Ave Urbana IL 61801 ***************************** Chicago Computer Society, OS/2 SIG (312)721-5476 c/o Technical Resource Center 8020 S Phiilps, Suite #2 Chicago IL 60617 ***************************** Downton Chicago OS/2 User Group (312)245-4003 c/o Timothy F. Sipples One IBM Plaza (mail code 07-SS4) 330 N Wabash Chicago IL 60611 ***************************** North Suburban Chicago OS/2 User Group (708)317-7405 c/o William M Mercer Inc c/o James R Schmidt 1417 Lake Cook Rd Deerfield IL 60015 ***************************** Western Suburban Chicago OS/2 User Group (708)742-0700 x-2170 c/o Dwight Cannon, CR Industries 888 N State St Elgin IL 60123 ***************************** Baton Rouge OS/2 User Group (504)753-9637 c/o David Arbour 6333 Feather Nest Lane Baton Rouge LA 70816-2733 ***************************** Boston Computer Society-OS/2 SIG (508)369-3918 c/o Marcia Gulesian 1073 Main St Concord MA 01742 ***************************** MIT OS/2 Technical Users' Group (617)253-1938 MIT room 38-591 77 Mass Ave Cambridge MA 02139 ***************************** Capital PC User Group, OS/2 SIG (301)762-6755 c/o Rod Wright 51 Monroe St, Plaza East Two Rockville MD 20850 ***************************** Central Mayrland Micro UG, OS/2 SIG c/o Paul Demmitt 9337 Angelina Circle Columbia MD 21045-5110 ***************************** Hagerstown Computer Club, OS/2 SIG (301)733-7312 c/o Eric B Erickson 12 West Magnolia Avenue Hagerstown MD 21742-3347 ***************************** Delta DOS User's Group, OS/2 SIG (906)786-0809 c/o Dr. John G. Faughnan College of Human Medicine 2500 Seventh Ave. South #120 Escanaba MI 49829-1196 ***************************** Users' PC Organization, OS/2 SIG c/o Skip Osterhus 3631 E. Meadow St. Okemos MI 48864 ***************************** West Michigan OS/2 User Group c/o Mary DeVries Spartan Field Engineering 537 76th St. SW Grand Rapids MI 49509 ***************************** Minnesota OS/2 Users Group (612)869-7956 c/o Marcus Krumpholz 7300 12th Ave S Minneapolis MN 55423 ***************************** Twin Cities PC User Group, OS/2 SIG c/o John Bald 5701 Normandale Rd. Edina MN 55424 ***************************** Mid-Missouri OS/2 User Group (800)385-7074 x2884 c/o Phillip Wilson P.O. Box 30645 Columbia MO 65205-0645 ***************************** Heartland Windows User Group, OS/2 SIG c/o Connie Nusser, IBM Corp. 2345 Grand Ave, 4 Sattellite Kansas City MO 64108 ***************************** Jackson County PC User's Group - OS/2 SIG 1209 Canal St. Pascagoula MS 39567 ***************************** Charlotte OS/2 User Group c/o Bill Calvin G-A Technologies P.O. Box 31474 Charlotte NC 29601 ***************************** Triangle OS/2 User Group (919)254-2238 c/o Steve Gallagher P.O. Box 98461 Raleigh NC 27624-8461 ***************************** Lincoln OS/2 Users Group (402)471-4857 State of Nebraska, Central Data Proc Nebraska State Office Bldg, Lower Level c/o Dottie Smith Lincoln NE 68509 ***************************** Omaha OS/2 Users Group c/o Finis Cook, IBM Corporation 450 Regency Pkwy Omaha NE 68114 ***************************** New Hampshire OS/2 User Group (603)446-7307 c/o Frank Richards P.O. Box 71 Marlow NH 03456 ***************************** Assoc. of PC Professionals-OS/2 SIG (609)779-0202 c/o Nick Cvetkovic 808 Richard Rd Cherry Hill NJ 08034 ***************************** Northern NJ OS/2 User's Group (201)762-6086 280 W Mount Pleassant Ave ATTN: Bruce Leiwant Livingston NJ 07039-2729 ***************************** OS/2 User's Group of Monmouth County (908)775-4784 c/o Keith Brodhead, Jr 71 Stockton Avenue, #4 Ocean Grove NJ 07756 ***************************** Central Jersey PCUG, OS/2 SIG c/o Peter Cohen 1112 Ruby Dr. Toms River NJ 08753 ***************************** Capital District OS/2 User Group 158 Brookline Rd Ballston Spa NY 12020 ***************************** Danbury Area Computer Soc.-OS/2 SIG (914)669-9622 c/o Don Pearson, Distributed Data Proc Corp Crichton Castle de Lancey Rd North Salem NY 10560-9763 ***************************** Long Island OS/2 User's Group (516)349-3670 c/o Phil Mandato IBM 2 Jericho Plaza Jericho NY 11753 ***************************** OS/2 Jam Session for Finance & Securities (212)493-2717 IBM Corporation c/o Edward Hasicka 33 Maiden Ln, 14th Floor New York NY 10038 ***************************** Rochester OS/2 User's Club (716)594-0943 c/o Jerry Seward 5 Spicewood Lane Rochester NY 14624-3117 ***************************** Rockland PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG (914)634-6618 c/o H Stanley Smith 9 Chestnut Grove Ct New City NY 10956-2713 ***************************** Capital District Computer Enthusiasts, OS/2 SIG P.O. Box 1910 Schenectady NY 12301 ***************************** Central NY PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG c/o Stewart Davis 4760 Broad St. Syracuse NY 13215 ***************************** Westchester OS/2 Users Group (800)995-0400 42 Barker Ave, Suite 4G White Plains NY 10601 ***************************** Columbus Computer Society, OS/2 SIG (614)225-3555 c/o David Jackson 140 E. Town St. Columbus OH 43215 ***************************** Dayton Microcomputer Assoc, OS/2 SIG (513)745-0500 x443 c/o Donald Purnhagen 4030 Hackview Ct Dayton OH 45424 ***************************** Far West OS/2 Professionals (216)734-0287 c/o Andrew J Nicola 4832 Clague Road North Olmsted OH 44070-3760 ***************************** Greater Cleveland PC UG-OS/2 SIG (216)351-2120 c/o Charlie Sweet IMax Associates 981 Keynote Circle, Suite 2 Cleveland OH 44131 ***************************** TEAM OS/2 Cincinnati Users Group (513)762-2168 c/o Kevin Royalty 11460 Mill Rd Cincinnati OH 45240 ***************************** Cincinnati PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG c/o John Kozacik 3723 Petockey Ave. Cincinnati OH 45227 ***************************** Nationwide OS/2 User Group 3 Nationwide Plaza Mailstop 3-09-02 Columbus OH 43215 ***************************** Tulsa Computer Prof. User's Assoc. OS/2 SIG (918)493-4755 IBM, 2 Warren Place 6120 South Yale Tulsa OK 74136 ***************************** Tulsa Computer Society, OS/2 SIG (918)622-3417 P.O. Box 690180 Tulsa OK 74169 ***************************** Portland PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG c/o Lee Higbie 1353 Troon Dr West Linn OR 97068 ***************************** TEAMOS2.PDX (503)224-6900 c/o Albert Gaylord 5425 SW Seymour St Portland OR 97221 ***************************** Computer Users of Erie, OS/2 SIG (814)866-5396 c/o Tom Kuklinski PO Box 1975 Erie PA 16507-0975 ***************************** Lancaster Microcomputer Users Group, OS/2 SIG c/o Henri McVey 714 N. Marshall St. Lancaster PA 17603-2162 ***************************** Delaware Valley OS/2 User Group (302)477-0190 c/o Tim Howey 30th Street Station Philadelphia PA 19105 ***************************** Pittsburgh OS/2 User Group (412)237-4769 c/o Nick Vucich, IBM Corporation 4 Allegheny Center, 2nd Floor Pittsburgh PA 15212 ***************************** Palmetto PC Club, OS/2 User Group (803)735-6059 c/o Paul S Beverly P.O. Box 10 3C2 Columbia SC 29202 ***************************** Upstate IBM PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG (803)246-3779 c/o Philip Yanov PO Box 5521 Greenville SC 29606 ***************************** Chattanooga OS/2 Users Group c/o Steve Harris, TVA MP 3B-C 1101 Market St. Chattanooga TN 37402 ***************************** East Tennessee PC UG-OS/2 SIG (615)584-8482 c/o Arnold Sprague 808 Fairfield Dr Knoxville TN 37919-4109 ***************************** Nashville Area OS/2 Users Group (615)731-5649 c/o DRT Systems International 402 BNA Dr Suite 403 Nashville TN 37217 ***************************** Alamo PC Organization, OS/2 SIG (210)493-3845 c/o Tim Hoke 14118 Kings Meadow San Antonio TX 78231 ***************************** Central Texas PCUG, OS/2 SIG (512)459-0026 c/o John Rothgeb 6810 B Lexington Road Austin TX 78758 ***************************** Dallas/Ft Worth OS/2 User's Group (817)963-9566 c/o Toby Pennycuff 1211 Wilshire Blvd Arlington TX 76012-4623 ***************************** Houston Area League of PC Users-OS/2 SIG (713)922-1614 c/o Daryle Swink 10700 Fuqua #303 Houston TX 77089 ***************************** OS/2 Users Group (512)471-4291 c/o Howard Hyten 1200 Barton Hill Dr, #222 Austin TX 78704 ***************************** Golden Triangle PC Club, OS/2 SIG (409)880-8193 c/o Ira Wilsker 5770 Clint Ln Beaumont TX 77713-9531 ***************************** Southwest International PC Club, OS/2 SIG (800)527-4062 c/o Andrew Gnoza III 824 Marimba Dr El Paso TX 79912-4950 ***************************** Texas A&M OS/2 Users Group c/o Neal Krawetz Dept of Computer Science Texas A&M University College Station TX 77843 ***************************** Utah Computer Society, OS/2 SIG (801)583-8544 c/o Bob Angell AIMS 1238 Fenway Avenue Salt Lake City UT 84102-3212 ***************************** Mid-Atlantic OS/2 User Group (804)422-6692 1478 Petite Ct Virginia Beach VA 23451-6013 ***************************** Richmond PC User's Group, OS/2 SIG c/o Frank McKenney McKenney Associates 3464 Northview Place Richmond VA 23225 ***************************** Burlington OS/2 User Group (802)862-7451 c/o Bruce Alvarez 52 Central Avenue South Burlington VT 05403 ***************************** Pacific Northwest OS/2 User Group (206)784-3673 1727 NW 61st St #2 Seattle WA 98107 ***************************** Central Wisc. Computer Soc.-OS/2 SIG (715)344-3137 c/o Joe Mangal 3440 Evergreen Dr #4 Plover WI 54467 ***************************** Fox Valley Tech College PC UG-OS/2 SIG (414)730-4700 x2075 1825 N Bluemound Dr Appleton WI 54913 ***************************** IBM Wisconsin OS/2 Users Group (414)223-6147 c/o Yi-sen An, IBM Corporation 411 E Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee WI 53202 ***************************** Madison PC User's Group, OS/2 SIG (608)267-9117 P.O. Box 2598 Madison WI 53701-2598 ***************************** Milwaukee Area IBM PCUG, OS/2 SIG 5870 Dunvegan Dr. New Berlin WI 53146-4808 ***************************** Personal Systems Society 44-869-240414 20 CSG/MW APO AE 09466 ***************************** RAMchip PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG 200th TAMMC CMR 429, Box 1079 APO AE 09054 Kaiserslautern ***************************** ═══ 8.7. Appendix G: Team OS/2 Merchandise ═══ Team OS/2 Merchandise Lees Keystone will be stocking special items for Team OS/2. You can contact LK for orders and pricing information at the following: Phone: (800) 717-7666 (USA only) Phone: (914) 273-6755. Fax: (914) 273-9187. They are now carrying white Team OS/2 tshirts (with a large 6-color logo on the front). They also have golf shirts with the colored Team OS/2 logo embroidered on the front where a pocket would have been. The golf shirts are available in green, red, and blue. They also carry embroidered Team OS/2 patches (2 1/2" x 2 3/8"). It would be great on hats, jackets, etc. You'll be seeing these shirts (both the golf shirts and the tshirts) as more OS/2 demos and other public events are planned. From now on, IBM Team OS/2 support will be sending these out for the "uniforms" for the teamers who are working these events instead of the shirts with the OS/2 logo. The OS/2 shirts will still be used for other purposes, but Team OS/2 shirts will only be sent for the volunteers. At this time, we're not planning to send out the embroidered patches, however they look very good. They were designed and stocked based on many requests by Teamers. ═══ 8.8. Appendix H: Team OS/2 Information for IBM'ers ═══ Team OS/2 Information for IBMers ■ Do you work with OS/2 customers, but have NEVER heard of "Team OS/2"? ■ Are you hearing of "Team OS/2", but don't know what it is? ■ Have you heard of Team OS/2, but would like to know more? ■ Do you want to know how to get information about Team OS/2 that is current and useful? The most comprehensive information on Team OS/2 is in TEAMOS2 PACKAGE on MKTTOOLS. This includes: ■ A current list of Team OS/2 members (updated monthly) ■ The current Team OS/2 newsletter (updated monthly). This contains: Definition of Team OS/2 How to join Where to find Team OS/2 members on electronic BBS's Reports from recent Team OS/2 activities Status of Team OS/2 internationally What support IBM PSP offers for Team OS/2 ■ Team OS/2 logo in common formats To get this package, enter the command (from your OV/VM command line): TOOLCAT MKTTOOLS GET TEAMOS2 PACKAGE This package will be updated monthly when a new list or new newsletter is available. To have updates sent to you automatically, enter: TOOLCAT MKTTOOLS SUBSCRIBE TEAMOS2 PACKAGE If you do not have access to MKTTOOLS, request the package directly from Vicci Conway as follows: REQUEST TEAMOS2 FROM VICCI at BCRVM1 For further information about IBM support of Team OS/2, please request and read the newsletter. To suggest changes to the newsletter, please contact Vicci Conway at VICCI at BCRVM1. The files are also available world-wide on networks external to IBM: Compuserve, Internet, Fidonet, Prodigy, America Online, GEnie, and others. To obtain information on how to get connected to the various electronic services, enter the command (from your OV/VM command line): REQUEST GETCON FROM VICCI AT BCRVM1 Or alternatively, to get a file on how to obtain an IBM/Internet userid and the syntax to send messages via the Internet, enter the command: REQUEST INET FROM VICCI AT BCRVM1 ═══ 8.9. Appendix I: Where to find the Team OS/2 Newsletter ═══ Where to Find the Team OS/2 Newsletter On all electronic services the Newsletter is called TNEW##.ZIP, where XX represents the issue number. However, some of the older issues might be listed as TEAM1093.ZIP or TEAM9312.ZIP. AmericaOnline : Go to the "Computing" icon, "OS/2" topic. Compuserve: "GO OS2USER", Section 9, Team OS/2. Delphi: Custom Forum 41 Fidonet: In the General Information area of the Fernwood file collection. GEnie: Go to the "OS/2" roundtable (page 1400) Within IBM: In MKTTOOLS on IBMPC, under TEAMOS2 PACKAGE. Internet: Gopher: index.almaden.ibm.com, then choose OS/2 Information menu, and then Team OS/2 Information menu. The URL is: gopher://index.almaden.ibm.com/1teamos2/teamos2.70 Anonymous FTP: to software.watson.ibm.com in the pub/os2/teamos2 directory. OS2BBS (from IBM): OS/2 Software Support Library, under option 3 - Documents and Information. Prodigy: The OS/2 Club in the 'News Files' area.