October OS/2 Shareware
By Christopher Relf
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| AllINI 2.1, CONFIG.SYS Information Center 4, ConfigSort 2.1, Tyra/2 1.91, Warp 'n' Go, |
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October OS/2 Shareware
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NB: Before you install a shareware program that you have downloaded from the Internet or a CD, you should always check the version information. Often you could be downloading an old version, with limited features, or even an experimental one that could crash your workstation. Generally, the first release version is 1.00 — there may be versions before this one, but they are usually 'under construction' versions. When the author makes a minor improvement, the version number is incremented to the right of the decimal point (for example: 1.00 becomes 1.01), but when a major change occurs (a lot of extra functionality, or a new PM interface for example) the version number increments to the next whole integer (for example: 1.54 becomes 2.00). A word of warning: if the version number is suffixed with either a or b, beware! An alpha version (eg. 1.32a) is a rough version that's hardly been tested at all. A beta version (e.: 2.46b) has been tested only at a base level, and has usually been released for others to test it in general use. If an alpha or beta falls over and you lose data, or even experience hardware damage, you have used the program at you own risk!
| AllINI 2.1 | |||||
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| Description: | A program to point and click your way to a cleaner INI file, this shows all the Sections (Main Topics) of your INI file and allows you to either View them or Delete the Section out of the file. You can also Edit the Section to change any Item that needs updating - a very useful tool, especially if you have uninstalled other programs from your system and rogue INI statements have been left behind. | ||||
| Licence: | Registration Ware | ||||
| Requirements: | OS/2 Warp 2.1, 4M RAM, 800 by 600 (256-colour) video card, supported mouse, 486DX2 66 | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Netscape users download to your local drive and run the setup file. | ||||
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| CONFIG.SYS Information Center 4 | |||||
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| Description: | This is one of my favourite CONFIG.SYS editors. The file is loaded in and you are immediately presented with help regarding each line you select. From the simple PM interface, you can alter lines based on the extensive documentation for almost every line, and the help data file can be updated without having to reinstall the whole application. This is the best utility by far for CONFIG.SYS file manipulation. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
| Requirements: | OS/2 2, 4M RAM, 800 by 600 (256-colour) video card, supported mouse, 486DX2 66, vrobj.dll installed (included on this month's apcmag.cd) | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Netscape users download to your local drive and run the setup file. | ||||
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http://www.mclink.it/mclink/teamos2it/justwarp/num0196/cfginfo.htm | ||||
| ConfigSort 2.1 | |||||
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| Description: | Use this program to sort the entries in your OS/2 CONFIG.SYS to speed up the boot process and make it a little less confusing. System entries are sorted into sections, and additional entries can be optionally organised into user-defined sections or incorporated into the default structure. It's quite a useful tool if you're thinking of making major changes to your CONFIG.SYS files in the future. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
| Requirements: | OS/2 Warp 3, 4M RAM, 800 by 600 (256-colour) video card, supported mouse, 486DX2 66, REXX installed (RXEXTRAS.DLL included) | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Netscape users download to your local drive and run the setup file. | ||||
| Links online: |
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| Tyra/2 1.91 | |||||
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| Description: | In this PM OS/2 config.sys editor all the various and esoteric commands are presented in a logical format, plus you don't have to worry about spelling and how to write the correct parameters. Thankfully, there are help pages available with a description of most commands and what parameters can be used with that particular entry. You can even log changes in a change-history, which can be actually written to the config.sys. | ||||
| Licence: | Shareware: $US19 (Single Licence); $US49 (Life-time Licence) | ||||
| Requirements: | OS/2 Warp 3, 4M RAM, 800 by 600 (256-colour) video card, supported mouse, 486DX2 66 | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Netscape users download to your local drive and run the setup file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.warpsite.de/en/programs/tyra2/tyraabout.htm | ||||
| Warp 'n' Go | |||||
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| Description: | Another PM OS/2 CONFIG.SYS editor, this time the lines of your file are listed in the base window. When you double-click a line, it is repeated in a pop up that breaks it into more easily recognisable code, to assist in the understanding and editing of the line. It is tied in quite closely with the default OS/2 help files, so you can cross reference easily. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
| Requirements: | OS/2 Warp 3 only, 4M RAM, 800 by 600 (256-colour) video card, supported mouse, 486DX2 66 | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Netscape users download to your local drive and run the setup file. | ||||
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This is an older program so there is no current link for it, but it is one of the few CONFIG.SYS editors available for Warp version 3. The program was written by IBM. | ||||
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