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Welcome to the OS/2 Warp Monthly Newsletter



The Internet and cyberspace in general is a steadily growing
presence in everyone's lives. (Chances are that it's already a
presence in your life or you wouldn't be reading this.) People
are flocking to the Internet to get their news in a more
personal, less formal and traditional manner. For example,
earlier this year Tabor Griffin Communications created a daily
electronic newsletter chronicling the events at the G7
Ministerial Conference where many countries discussed the Global
Information Infrastructure. In the entertainment world, IBM
hosted a cybercast that provided people from 140 different
countries a virtual backstage pass to the Grammy Awards.  Video
jockey, Adam Curry,  conducted on-line backstage interviews with
the presenters and the award winners.



The breadth of information available on the information highway
is both overwhelming and alluring. Just as people sometimes
think of major cosmopolitan cities,  the Internet offers just
about anything anyone could want. There are home pages for music
groups, businesses, individuals; there are news groups on
practically all imaginable topics and even the chronicling of
very personal passages and events. The Internet even provides a
medium for viewing art work and photography. If you hook up a
multimedia computer to the Internet, it can also provide movie
and music previews as well as recaps of sporting events.  There
is one home page on the Internet that even demonstrates the
dissection of a frog.



Obviously, cyberspace is an extremely potent communication
vehicle that is becoming more powerful each day. (The Internet
is growing at the rate of 10% per month.)  For IBM, it provides
additional ways for us to connect with our customers and
potential customers. This new monthly newsletter is yet another
means for IBM to share with you. We want to provide perspectives
on an ongoing basis about the OS/2 Warp brand of products such
as OS/2 Warp, IBM LAN Server and other related products. We also
want to help you get more out of your computer. If you aren't
using OS/2 Warp, we want to convince you of its power and
virtues. If you are using OS/2 Warp, we want to make sure you
are getting the most out of it.



The different sections of the newsletter cover a wide variety of
topics. Our Electronic 'Scapes section will review useful and
interesting Internet sites. The User Power section will feature
various types of users and their experiences with OS/2.
Additionally, the newsletter will cover product tips, Insights
from IBM executives and other prominent members of the computing
community, Solutions for a Small Planet, Entrepreneurs and
businesses who depend on OS/2 and interesting OS/2 shareware as
well as commercially available applications.



Each month we will feature a relevant topic.  This month we are
featuring OS/2 Warp Connect, IBM's newest OS/2 product, soon to
be available worldwide. This new offering combines all the
software in OS/2 Warp with a broad spectrum of connectivity
software in one convenient, easy-to-install package. One article
explains the rationale for producing a connectivity package and
the other article provides some background on the peer
networking environment.



Two additional features of getting information through
cyperspace are that the communication can be two-way and it's
easy to pass the information on to others. We want to know what
you think of this newsletter. We provide the Internet ID of most
of our contributors and we will all be glad to get mail from
you. There's a survey at the end of the newsletter too. Also
feel free to pass this newsletter on to others.



                                   Jeri Dube







Stardock Systems:  OS/2 from the Ground Up


                                        by Steve McNally



Stardock Systems Inc. (SDS) is a leading developer of native
OS/2 multimedia applications.  Developers there have been
working to exploit the power of OS/2 and demonstrate its ability
to be a superior gaming platform.  They are now marketing three
impressive software packages, two highly advanced games and a
suite of helpful mini-apps for OS/2, which take full advantage
OS/2's 32-bit, multithreading, multitasking capabilities.



Galactic Civilizations was built from the ground up to utilize
OS/2's power.  It's an advanced space-based strategy game where
you, as the player, have the goal of spreading humanity
throughout the cosmos. You have at your disposal control of your
civilization's economic, military, social and technological
powers.  To achieve your goal, you'll have to deal with alien
civilizations, merchants, scientists and eligible voters
everywhere in the galaxy (the election campaign funds needed
would boggle the mind).



The game begins in the near future with you and 50,000 of your
closest colonist friends being transported through a wormhole to
another galaxy billions of light years from Earth.  It's up to
you to befriend the several native civilizations (which are no
more advanced than your own), develop new technology, and defend
yourself from those civilizations where diplomatic means fail.
The game ends if you are destroyed, destroy all the other
players, form a united galaxy or advance technologically to the
point of omnipotence (a problem we here at the NetWire have been
dealing with for years).



Stardock System's own Artificial Intelligence Engine employs the
multithreading function of OS/2 to allow the computer players
(who act as actual strategy game players) to operate in the
background.  This makes for a more "real-time" game because the
aliens are making their moves at the same time you make yours.
Other advanced features are full Multimedia Presentation Manager
(MMPM/2) support including digitized sound, MIDI music and
Ultimotion video, Multiple Resolution Presentation Manager which
enables the game to be played at any resolution, and Advanced
Module support which allows plug in modules by 3rd parties to
add to the game.



SDS' Entrepreneur is akin to a Monopoly game after drinking too
much coffee. A player begins by choosing either Engineering,
Science, Marketing or Business as their area of expertise.  The
player then chooses whether to sell computers, automobiles or
softdrinks (These are the three currently available modules.
More are in the works).



The object of the game is to grow your company, through
successful research and development, production and marketing
and sales, to the point of having a 90% marketshare in your
field or controlling all the markets worldwide.  Entrepreneur
also employs SDS' multithreaded Artificial Intelligence Engine
to act as the opposing players (You can also play against other
human players.  There is no real limit to the number of
capitalists you can pit yourself against in this game).



OS/2 Essentials is a mini-application suite of enhancements for
OS/2. It includes an advanced file manager (Dir Master), Screen
Saver 2.0, a multimedia arcade game (Roids),  a task manager
(Filebar), a Workplace Shell trash can, and a multithreaded
directory space grapher (File Graph/PM).



Stardock has two more products in development now. One is called
Avarice and it is a "Myst"-like game. The second is called
Object Desktop. Brad Wardell of Stardock thinks that this
application will be the biggest OS/2 application in 1995. He
claims that Object Desktop will do for OS/2 what Norton Desktop
did for Windows.



Galactic Civilizations and OS/2 Essentials are available now at
computer retail stores. The other applications will be released
as follows.

 Object Desktop: July 1995

 Avarice: September 1995

 Entrepreneur: September 1995

 Student Entrepreneur: October 1995



Stardock Systems of Gibraltar, Michigan can be reached at
[phone].





Insights from John M. Thompson

I'm very pleased to be a part of the first issue of The OS/2
Warp Monthly Newsletter.  We at IBM are proud of the success of
OS/2 Warp, and want to share with you news you can use regarding
Warp.  Since its release last fall, OS/2 Warp has been showered
with critical acclaim.  More importantly, it's been warmly
embraced by customers, who have bought and installed more than 2
million copies.



IBM is absolutely committed to doing everything we can to build
upon and extend the OS/2 Warp success story.  The success of
OS/2 is essential if we're to achieve the central goal of IBM
software -- to be the company that helps customers fulfill the
promise of client/server computing.

Our customers are committed to the distributed computing model
because they can reengineer their businesses, making them more
responsive to changing markets, by giving their employees access
to more information and making them more productive. But they're
also frustrated that they can't get full value from their
client/server investments, because it's too expensive, too
complex, and not yet reliable enough for the enterprise.



IBM has the experience with mission-critical software that's
needed to improve the reliability of distributed computing.



We're also experts at managing the total cost of computing.  And
we recognize that we must deliver this functionality to
customers in a way that's appealing to end users. And that means
easy to obtain, easy to install, easy to use and easy to manage.
 That's why we're planning to introduce packages of IBM software
for OS/2 and AIX that deliver the robust functionality of IBM's
industrial strength middleware in easy-toinstall and -use
suites.  We've already introduced the SystemView Series to make
our industry-leading systems management products available in
one simple package.



We're also shipping IBM WorkGroup on OS/2 this month.  It
provides an integrated palette of software products ranging from
e-mail to document management and workflow, that makes it easy
for groups to communicate and link their resources.



And we're rapidly deploying leading-edge object technology.  Our
award-winning VisualAge development environment will greatly
improve the speed and productivity of application development.
OpenDoc will allow end users to create tailored applications
from disparate parts.  And with open frameworks from Taligent,
software developers won't have to start from scratch each time
they write an application.



Guiding all of this is IBM's commitment to open industry
standards, as represented by our Open Blueprint.  This means IBM
software will excel at supporting any client, any server or any
network protocol.  Customers can interoperate across any IBM
platform or non-IBM system that complies with open standards.



And OS/2 is a key part of the strategy.  In addition to the
success of OS/2 Warp as a client operating system, OS/2 is
already the leading application server in the industry.  We're
building on this leadership with OS/2 Warp Connect, which makes
it easy for small businesses or enterprise workgroups to harness
the multitasking power of OS/2 to share data and resources.



In order to continue to strengthen the success of OS/2 Warp, IBM
has several important initiatives.  First, we're investing
heavily in marketing and promoting Warp, to give it the
visibility it needs to reach millions of new users.  Second,
we're signing up leading PC makers like the IBM PC Co. and Dell
in the U.S., Vobis in Germany and Osborne in Australia to
preload OS/2 Warp on their PCs.  Third, we've put together an
aggressive program to accelerate the development of 32-bit
applications for OS/2.  We've recruited 22 major software
developers with 76 new Intel-based and 48 new PowerPC-based
applications in the first quarter alone.



Finally, let me say a brief word about marketing, sales, service
and support.  We recognize that IBM has the best software
products and technology in the world, but that we've sometimes
been out-marketed by other companies.  One of the most important
goals of the new IBM software "company" is to improve our
marketing, with a special focus on end users; to strengthen our
sales capability; and to emphasize IBM's superior service and
support.  We need to duplicate the good marketing job we've done
with OS/2 Warp across our entire software business.  I've spent
more of my time on these issues than any other in the past
several months.



We've been in business as an integrated IBM software
organization only since January.  But already, we can feel a new
sense of spirit and determination to make IBM not just the
largest, but the best software company in the world in the eyes
of customers.



Thanks for reading this first issue of the newsletter.  We hope
it will become an important and informative source you can rely
on for the latest news about OS/2 Warp.



Some background on John Thompson

In January, John M. Thompson was tapped by IBM Chairman and CEO
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. to head the new IBM software "company."
He is responsible for IBM's overall software strategy, marketing
and development.  Three divisions -- Personal Software Products,
Software Solutions and Networking Software -- report to him.  In
addition, he gives guidance to the worldwide software sales
organization and the software platform development organizations
that reside in the server divisions. Mr. Thompson is an IBM
senior vice president and group executive based in Somers, New
York.







OS/2 Warp Connect: A Suite Idea


                                     by Jeri Dube

After the initial success of OS/2 Warp,  IBM was confronted with
the problem of making a good thing better.  To solve this
problem, they decided on the classical approach of improving on
success - combine the good thing with other good things.  This
operational philosophy has lead to a large number of fabulous
inventions:  banana splits, step aerobics,  water ballet,
spandex, pine-scented cleansers.  The list of things improved in
this manner goes on indefinitely.  This philosophy is not new to
the software industry.  It is this philosophy that lead to the
creation of "suites".









What Makes OS/2 Warp Connect So Suite?

OS/2 Warp Connect, in essence, is a suite of products that makes
life easier.  By combining the OS/2 operating system with
productivity and on-line connection software, IBM has created an
easy-to-install, reliable, one-box connectivity software
solution. OS/2 Warp Connect offers a  visually appealing,
intuitive user interface, compatibility with DOS and Windows
applications and the performance and reliability expected from
IBM products, all at a competitive price.



The list of features that come with OS/2 Warp Connect is quite
extensive.  Everything that comes with OS/2 Warp comes with OS/2
Warp Connect.  That means that the spreadsheet, word processor,
and the rest of the set of full-function applications that
define the IBM Works piece of OS/2 Warp are all included.  The
other BonusPak features for OS/2 Warp also come in the Connect
suite, so you get fax and communications software that provides
an easy way to access on-line services, bulletin boards and
other PCs and mainframes. The IBM Person-to-Person for OS/2
(P2P) application is there as well. This software lets up to
eight people work together on the same document from remote PCs
over standard telephone lines or an office network. Every
participant can view information simultaneously and write or
draw their comments.



The connectivity features included in OS/2 Warp Connect are
really what differentiates it from its OS/2 predecessors.  Never
before has IBM offered such a wide variety of connectivity
options in one package.  This product lets you hook up to a LAN
as a LAN Server Requester, a NetWare client or as a peer.  And
the Connect package makes it easy to choose any or all of these
options.  OS/2 Warp Connect includes software that lets you
remotely access a PC or use the LAN resources in the office.
Furthermore, getting this rich level of connectivity is easy.
You no longer have to know or understand all the software
packages that you need to buy, all the connectivity software
needed is included in the Connect package.



 Furthermore, getting this rich level of connectivity is easy.
You no longer have to know or understand all the software
packages that you need to buy, all the connectivity software
needed is included in the Connect package.  For example, if a
small medical office with five personal computers use OS/2 Warp
Connect, the Peer product lets all five computers share one
printer. And if any member of the team needs to work remotely,
OS/2 Peer Services allows the remote worker to share files and
resources.



IBM is also putting Lotus Notes Express in the OS/2 Warp Connect
package. With Express, customers get a communication and
collaboration platform where they can easily share information
via databases.   They also get seven application templates for
setting up databases.  The templates are for:



Discussion databases

Client/server mail

Phone book

Reference databases

News databases

Customer tracking

Service requester.



How Does OS/2 Warp Connect Make Life Better?

Using OS/2 Warp Connect can improve and simplify computing
conditions in a variety of situations.  For example, a company
trying to hook into the Internet can get everything they need in
the OS/2 Warp Connect package.  TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 3.0 is
included in OS/2 Warp Connect, so the company automatically gets
dial-up and LAN access to the Internet, the capability for
simultaneous LAN-based TCP/IP and Internet activity as well as a
variety of connectivity services.  These services include IBM
WebExplorer, Gopher Client, NewsReader/2, SLIP connection,
TelnetPM and more.  Without OS/2 Warp Connect, a company would
have to buy and install TCP/IP separately, and they still
wouldn't be able to take advantage of all the IBM connectivity
services right away.  With OS/2 Warp Connect, a company gets a
versatile connectivity package and saves both installation time
and money.



Another situation where a company can save time and money with
OS/2 Warp Connect is when they are setting up a new team of
workers.   IBM Peer for OS/2 included in OS/2 Warp Connect makes
it quite simple for the team to share data files and resources
on a network, such as printers and modems, without a dedicated
LAN Server. For example, if a small medical office with five
personal computers use OS/2 Warp Connect, the Peer product lets
all five computers share one printer. And if any member of the
team needs to work remotely, OS/2 Peer Services allows the
remote worker to share files and resources. And if any member of
the team needs to work remotely, OS/2 Peer allows the remote
worker to share files and resources.



For companies that need to hook client workstations to a server,
OS/2 Warp Connect provides all the necessary client components.
There are multiple transport protocols so clients can connect to
all the major LAN server products on the market, and more than
one server can be accessed at a time.  OS/2 Warp Connect
simplifies logging on to a host session and signing on to a
server by letting users have a single sign-on for multiple
servers.



OS/2 Warp Connect can simplify life for the people who install,
maintain and configure software for large networks because it
offers CID installable components.  CID stands for
Configuration, Installation and Distribution and its purpose is
to provide the tools for simplified remote installation and
configuration of software.



As Suite as a Banana Split - And No Calories!

Just as the value of a banana split comes from the combination
of the individual elements, the same is true of OS/2 Warp
Connect.   Just about all of the components have been offered by
IBM before, but the value comes from the integration of the
separate elements into a collective package that is reasonably
priced, easily installed and reliable.



Peer to Peer Networking


                by Richard Hawes



The first networks were typically created to share expensive
resources such as a mainframe computer or large, complex
printers. Often the workstations that connected to the mainframe
through the network were of limited capabilities, so the
mainframe performed the majority of the work.



However, the functionality of networking, coupled with the
enormous increase in workstation capability allowed users to
connect together in a network and  do far more than just work
with data and programs on a mainframe. Modern networking
products now enable individuals to make data available and share
it with others in their peer group. Providing data to the
corporate network has become almost an ancillary role for the
network.  OS/2 Warp Connect includes IBM Peer for OS/2 because
peer to peer computing is now an essential means of network
communications.



A computing dictionary will define Peer to Peer Networking as
the interaction between two workstations without the need for a
'controlling' host. In the PC arena, this means sharing some
form of resource between two computers without the need for some
Server system to initiate the links. Peer Networking has given
rise to Workgroup computing - PCs connected to one another share
data in common applications and users can work together sharing
information to complete a project or perform a group-related
task. Peer functions often operate hand-in-hand with workgroup
applications.



Peer Networking allows groups to get PCs connected and working
together on shared data quickly, with little effort. It involves
installing some network hardware and software on each
workstation. The hardware, such as Token Ring, Ethernet,
wireless LAN and others will  connect the systems together. The
software will generally provide at least two capabilities. The
first capability enables a workstation to operate as a Peer
Server. The peer software makes resources from the "server" PC
available to the rest of the workstations on the LAN. In IBM
OS/2 peer products, these resources include file resources such
as hard disks and  CD ROM drives, as well as printer queues and
communications ports.  The benefit of this capability is that
many PCs on a LAN can share one resource such as a printer and
therefore peer products reduce the number of resources needed to
be bought and maintained.



The second capability enables a workstation to operate as a
client. The client function allows a user to initiate a
connection with a Peer Server and attach to any of the server's
resources. The user at a client PC will have a 'redirector'
component that makes the remote resource look and behave as if
they were local to the client. This means that the client will
see a file resource as it does any other disk drive it has. The
remote disk drive will have a drive letter and will be visible
from applications that check for drives, including GUI features
as in the OS/2 Workplace Shell Drives object. The same will
apply for the printer and communications port connections. The
client PC will use an LPT or communications port (and in OS/2
can use a desktop printer object) which will behave as if the
port were locally available on the client, yet the printer or
modem might be attached to any machine in the network that is
accessible as a Peer server. (Note that most DOS peer products
do not allow the redirection of the communications ports).



Access to the resources of the Peer server can be controlled.
For example, users can be required to logon to a Peer Server
with a user ID and password. In addition it is possible to
restrict reading or writing access privileges.



As companies and their networks grow, the better peer products
can be integrated with the corporate network. This may start
with taking a Peer Server and sharing its resources across the
whole network and progress to allowing users to continue to
access other resources around the network (such as mainframe and
mid-range systems peripherals), in the same, seamless way as the
peer resources are accessed.



IBM's peer functionality in OS/2 Warp Connect is based on the
industry standard NetBIOS and Server Message Block protocols
used in many other networking, workgroup and peer products. This
allows OS/2 Warp Connect to communicate with and provide
services to clients from various products, examples include
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, LAN Manager and Windows NT and
IBM LAN Server and DOS LAN Requesters.









The Story of How Howard Stern Became Warped

  November 16, 1993 * Howard Stern was discussing his PC on the
radio and how he would like to upgrade. Howard says he was
looking at Apple and IBM but was leaning towards IBM and if any
IBMers were listening, please  call in. Jeffrey Schick, a Senior
Systems Engineer from the Northeast  Advanced Technology
Solution Center, called in from his car phone.  He was
immediately put on the air where he discussed IBM  technology
with Howard. Jeff discussed multimedia, video conferencing,  and
speech. Off the air, Howard's personal assistant, Baba Booey,
took  Jeff's number at IBM. Howard threatened to fire Baba if he
lost Jeff's  number. Later that day, Jeff was contacted and he
tried to set up a demo for after Thanksgiving. Howard, on the
other hand, insisted on seeing the demo before Thanksgiving.



  November 16-18, 1993 * IBM investigated Howard's requirements
and discovered that his needs are far greater than a PC that
does word  processing. Howard needed a system that scans
documents and  stores them as images with a informational data
record attached. He  would also like a system with which he can
edit video to pursue  television projects.



  November 19, 1993 * Howard Stern visited the IBM marketing
offices at 590  Madison Avenue in New York City. Outside the
building, waiting to chronicle the event were ABC, NBC and
Entertainment Tonight.  IBM gave Howard a demonstration of a
wide range of applications  including:    Person-to-Person for
collaborative computing,   ImagePlus to do image processing
MMPM/2 for creating, editing and playing multimedia files,  and
IBM Personal Dictation System to enter information by speaking
to the computer.



Howard loved everything he saw at the demo and he wanted to have
it all in his home by November 23rd for a loaner.



  November 23, 1993 * IBM delivered two systems to Howard's home
complete with  scanners, printers, speakers, Read/Write Optical
drives and all the software that was demoed to him.



  November 23, 1993 - January 1, 1994 * IBM trained, educated
and supported Howard in his efforts to evaluate these solutions.
During this time, Howard  discussed IBM on a daily basis on the
air. These discussions were absolutely positive.  Howard talked
about how he can receive a fax at the same time he is playing on
the Internet and scanning in an  image.



The Wall Street Journal called Howard's office to ask if IBM is
paying  him to say all those good things. Howard stated he just
likes IBM.



  January 3, 1994 * Howard announced to 15 cities and 16 million
listeners he was going with IBM. Howard placed an order for ALL
hardware and software he had demoed.



  January 20, 1994 * IBM gave Howard Stern a 750 C Thinkpad for
his  birthday. The gift was presented to him on his birthday
show at Tavern on the Green. Jeff Schick was on the air right
after Joan Rivers.



  April 11, 1995 * Howard Stern was still raving about OS/2. He
told his 30 million listeners all the wonderful things he can do
with OS/2 Warp. Obviously, Howard is still happy with his choice
in systems.



 Michael Widmann: Team OS/2er Extraordinaire

It's amazing the things that inspire people to start something
new... a sale at a craft, garden or hardware store, a
well-produced infomercial, and even a desktop operating system
that fires the imagination while enhancing personal
productivity.  What these things have in common is that they
motivate a person to do something that they haven't done before.



 Michael Widmann, co-founder of the first Austrian OS/2 User
Group, found just that kind of inspiration with OS/2.   Michael
has been a driving force of the OS/2 grass roots efforts in
Austria. He has developed and taught OS/2 classes, declared a
"holy war" within his company to get them to set OS/2 Warp as
their desktop standard and was recruited on the spur of the
moment to demonstrate OS/2 Warp for the PowerPC at CeBit in
Hannover, Germany.  Michael has made it his personal mission to
establish a big market for OS/2 Warp in Austria. He boasts that
Austria has the highest per capita OS/2 Warp consumption in the
world.



As in many love affairs, Michael's first encounter with OS/2 was
not very positive.  He was first introduced to version 1.3 of
OS/2. He thought OS/2 looked like Windows and he wasn't too
impressed. Then his software dealer offered him a good price for
version 2.0 and he decided to give OS/2 another try.  At first,
Michael could not get OS/2 2.0 to work on his system. Since
Michael is a self-proclaimed compulsive type, he just had to
make it work.(By the way, getting started with OS/2 Warp is much
easier than it was in the days of OS/2 2.0. For more information
on Installation, see Step One: Installation in this issue.)



 As Michael worked to get familiar with his system, he was able
to learn many of OS/2's benefits.  As he continued to work with
the OS/2 operating system, the elegance and forethought of the
OS/2 architecture became apparent to him. He supplemented his
growing understanding of the system by reading articles and
books on OS/2. Mike Kogan's "Design of OS/2" was particularly
helpful.



Understanding the architecture and design of OS/2 did not keep
Michael from appreciating the practical features of OS/2.
Michael likes how he can do many things at one time. As a
student who works in the computer industry full time, Michael
needs the productivity that OS/2 offers him.  When Michael uses
OS/2, he really feels like he is getting the most out of his
computer hardware.



He also feels secure that an application that runs into a bug
will not bring down his entire system. Michael likes that he can
feel secure with OS/2's Crash Protection.tm  When Michael tests
out some of the code he writes for school, he knows his
programming errors will not impact the other applications he
runs on his system.  OS/2 Crash Protection is one of the reasons
that Michael wants his company to switch from Windows to OS/2.



Michael also enjoys the flexibility of OS/2.  He likes being
able to create a document in the IBM Works word processor and so
easily fax it out. He also likes to show off how his system can
play film and sound clips. And then there are the games... Need
I say more!



 Knowing all that OS/2 can do plus how and why it works serves
Michael well in his role as an OS/2 advocate.  In a call to IBM
to find more OS/2 applications, Michael heard about IBM
Austria's Team OS/2 program.  Figuring that Team OS/2 would help
him establish contacts in the business world that might lead to
something in the future, Michael signed up.



As a team OS/2er, Michael was focused on reaching the provinces
outside of Vienna with OS/2. The response to Michael's efforts
have been overwhelming. He organized a presentation in a theater
that had 300 seats; about 1000 people showed up to see OS/2. He
also organized the first OS/2 electronic bulletin board in
Austria. Now there are five Austrian OS/2 bulletin boards.

OS/2 truly motivated Michael to do things that he had never done
before. Through his passion for OS/2, he has become a public
speaker, an organizer, a co-founder, and an impromptu trade show
demonstrator. Michael has shown IBM the potency of his user
group and his personal dedication yet he receives no monetary
compensation for his hard work. Michael does what he does for
OS/2 out of a belief in the product. He knows, " OS/2 is the
right way".



For more information on Team OS/2 see the Team OS/2 WWW page at
http://www.teamos2.org or send an e-mail to [e-mail].







Step One:  Installation

OS/2 Warp, Applications, Drivers


               by Jim Gillig



Before you can use it, you have to install it -- whether it's an
application, an operating system, or a device driver. If OS/2
comes pre-loaded on a new computer, it has already been
installed and tested for that system configuration by the
computer manufacturer or distributor  and is ready to run. If
you are purchasing a new computer, ask your dealer for
pre-installed OS/2 computer systems. Otherwise, ask for the OS/2
Warp product  at your software dealer and install it yourself.
This article explains how.



Easy Installation



The simplest way to install OS/2 is through the Easy
Installation option. This option, along with the Advanced
Installation option, appears on the OS/2 Welcome screen that is
displayed after inserting the OS/2 Warp Install diskette into
the A: drive and restarting your computer. Easy Installation
will install all of OS/2 onto C:, or the hard disk you specify,
with a single pushbutton. The installation process prompts you
for the installation diskettes or for the single CD-ROM disk, if
your computer has a CD-ROM drive, as it proceeds.



Installation is easy for the user because the OS/2 Warp
installation program automatically detects most installed
hardware devices.  It then displays the System Configuration
allowing you to confirm or change the setup. The setup options
include:



Country and keyboard choices for your locale (like United States
or France)

Type of mouse and type of video display

Devices attached to your system (e.g. Printers, CD-ROM,
Multimedia, modems, etc.)

 To confirm the setup, select the OK pushbutton. Then you will
be prompted to insert and switch the remaining installation
diskettes, or just the single CD-ROM disk, until the
installation process completes. In just a few steps your OS/2
operating system is installed. The system then contains the
complete OS/2 operating system including the required system
device drivers and WIN-OS/2 for running Windows applications if
you installed the fullpack version of OS/2 Warp.

When you restart your computer, OS/2 comes up running the
Workplace Shell as the Desktop. The Desktop provides drag and
drop control, making it easy to  run applications, create and
print documents, communicate with other users and online
services.  To acquaint yourself with the system, one of the
first OS/2 applications you can run is the tutorial. This is a
words-and-pictures illustration of most system features that
lets you learn by doing. Also right after installation is a good
time to send in your OS/2 registration for user information and
IBM support.



Advanced Installation



Some users may want to use the Advanced Installation option.
For example, a user can create multiple partitions so he can run
multiple operating systems or versions. Another user may want to
set up different logical drives for organizing and protecting
his applications and files. The advanced installation process
takes you through the steps to choose these and other options.



Advanced Installation displays the OS/2 Setup And Installation
panel. This panel allows you to select additional features for
your system. These advanced features (see below) require
additional memory and that's why they are options. The memory
required for each feature is displayed on the OS/2 Setup and
Installation panel. It also shows the total memory required for
the selected features and your total available memory.



Documentation (OS/2 tutorial, commands and information)

Fonts (additional system video fonts)


Optional System Utilities (disk, file, and program utilities)


Tools and Games (includes enhanced editor, chess, etc.)
            OS/2 DOS Support (runs DOS applications)


WIN-OS/2 Support (runs Windows applications)


Multimedia Software Support (includes motion video & system
sounds)

High Performance File System (for improved program and file
access)

Serviceability & Diagnostic Aids (information collection for
servicing)

Optional Bit Maps (additional desktop background pictures)




Anything you don't install at this time can be installed later
and anything you do install can later be uninstalled. (See the
Up and Running Section.)



Up And Running



After the OS/2 system is up and running, you can make
configuration changes by choosing the  Selective Install object.
This action brings up the same System Configuration screen you
saw at the beginning of installation. You can then see and
change the current configuration information. It also brings up
the same OS/2 Setup And Installation screen you saw in Advanced
Installation. You can then select and install any of the
optional features you saw in Advanced Installation.



If later you decide you don't need some of the optional features
you installed, you can uninstall them. To display the OS/2 Setup
And Installation screen again for deselecting and uninstalling
features, choose the Selective Uninstall object.  With Selective
Install and Uninstall, OS/2 is flexible to accommodate system
changes and  growth.



To find the Selective Install and Selective Uninstall objects on
the Desktop, move the mouse pointer to the OS/2 System object
and open it. Once inside the System Setup object go to the
System Setup folder and open it. There you will see these
objects (icons):



Selective Install object

Device Driver Install object

Add Programs object

Selective Uninstall object



This shows how easy it is to use OS/2's Workplace Shell to
perform installation and configuration tasks in OS/2 Warp.
Device Driver Install and Add Programs will be covered in
following sections.



BonusPak Installation



The BonusPak is a collection of innovative and useful OS/2
applications that come with OS/2 Warp.  Installation of the
BonusPak is optional and is done after you are up and running
with OS/2. The BonusPak is installed from its own set of
diskettes or from its single CD-ROM disk. The BonusPak
Installation Utility is used to install any combination of the
following BonusPak  applications:



IBM Works (productivity applications like a word processor,
spreadsheet, database, time mangement system and more)

IBM Internet Connection for OS/2  (for access to the Internet)

IBM Multimedia Viewer  (organize and manage image, audio, video
data)

IBM Person to Person for OS/2  (for desktop conferencing)

System Information Tool  (for system configuration information)

CompuServe Information Manager for OS/2  (for access to
CompuServe)

FaxWorks for OS/2  (create, send, receive, print faxes)

HyperACCESS Lite for OS/2  (for managing a modem and file
transfer)

Video IN for OS/2  (record digital video for OS/2 multimedia
playback)

The BonusPak applications also demonstrate the wide variety of
technology that the OS/2 operating system supports such as
multimedia, fax, Internet access and conferencing.



Application Installation



OS/2 Warp makes installing and running new applications easy. To
install an OS/2 application on your computer, just follow these
steps:



1. Insert its install diskette into drive A:

2. Find the Desktop object for drive A: and point to it with the
mouse

3. Double mouse-click drive A: object to open it and show
diskette contents

4. From its contents, select and double click on the
application's install object.



This starts installing the OS/2 application and copying its
files to the computer's hard disk. It should result in creation
of a program object (icon) you can easily use to start the
application from the Desktop. Just point at the icon and double
click it with the mouse.



To install a DOS application open a DOS Command Prompt and
follow the application's install instructions. To install a
Windows application open a WIN-OS/2 Command Prompt and follow
the application's install instructions.



Some applications may not place a program object in a folder or
on the Desktop during their installation. Without the program
object, you cannot use the easy point and click characteristics
of the Workplace Shell to start the program. To correct this
situation just do the following steps. From the System Setup
folder within the OS/2 System folder:



1. Select and open the Add Programs (or the Migrate
Applications) object

2. Select Add new programs

3. Select OK to complete creation of program objects.



OS/2 Warp two convenient ways to start applications.  If you
want an application to automatically start every time you start
your computer, you can drag and drop its application program
object onto the Startup folder on the Desktop. To quickly start
applications from the Desktop with a single mouse click,  you
can drag and drop application program objects (icons) onto the
Desktop's LaunchPad where it will always be visible.



For Developers



As a separate product, IBM offers the Software Installer that
can be used by a developer to create an application's
installation program for both OS/2 and Windows applications. It
saves development time by providing a consistent set of
installation tools.



The Software Installer is available from IBM on The Developer
Connection for OS/2 Volume 7 CD-ROM disk. For information, see
The Developer Connection for OS/2 Common Questions and Answers
on CompuServe. Type GO OS2DF2 and see file dpromo.txt in library
17, IBM files. (See the Warped, Etc. section of this newsletter
to see how to subscribe to The Developer Connection for OS/2.)




Application Migration



OS/2, DOS, and Windows applications that were already installed
on the computer disk for use with another operating system or
earlier version of OS/2 will automatically be migrated for
running with OS/2 Warp after it is installed and started for the
first time. OS/2 Warp accomplishes this with its migration
database (DATABASE.DAT file) that contains the DOS and Windows
settings and OS/2 parameters for hundreds of applications and
games that have been tested for running well with OS/2 Warp. See
the Add Programs object and its on-line help information.













Device Driver Installation



OS/2 Warp comes with hundreds of tested device and printer
drivers. OS/2 determines and installs what's needed for your
computer configuration. If OS/2 does not include a device driver
that you need, you can easily install it yourself.



Many devices that attach to a computer such as a CD-ROM, fax, or
mouse come with a device driver diskette. The device driver
diskette contains the program needed by OS/2 to operate the
device. To install a device driver follow these steps:



1. Select and open the Device Driver Install object from OS/2
System Setup object

2. Insert the device driver install diskette into A:

3. Select the Install pushbutton

4. Select the OK pushbutton to complete installation of the
device driver.



Printer device drivers are installed just as easily. To install
a printer driver for an existing printer object follow these
steps:



1. Select and open the printer object from the Desktop

2. Select the  Settings of the printer object

3. Select the Printer Driver tab (New Printer Driver window
appears)

4. Select Other OS/2 printer driver for a driver diskette that
didn't come with OS/2

5. Insert the printer driver diskette

6. Select Refresh pushbutton to display the printer drivers that
are on the diskette

7. Select the printer driver you need

8. Select OK pushbutton to complete printer driver installation.




Printer objects exist to simplify and tie together the
functional relationships among a printer device, a printer
driver, and its printer properties. A printer object can
represent a local desktop printer or a remote network  printer.
OS/2 Warp also makes it easy to create additional printer
objects for multiple printers, to change the OS/2 printer driver
used by a printer object, and install a printer driver for
Windows applications in a WIN-OS/2 session. For information on
how to do these tasks, see the chapter on Setting Up Printers in
the OS/2 Warp User's Guide.





Troubleshooting



Following the Easy or Advanced Installation process for OS/2
should result in a smooth install.  If not, see the User's Guide
to OS/2 Warp for the chapter on Solving Installation Problems.
It explains actions to take for error messages if any occur
during installation, provides solutions to some common hardware
problems like video or CD-ROM, and explains how to get Service
and Support from IBM. (See the Getting Started article in the
Warped, Etc. section of the newsletter.)



OS/2 comes with many tested CD-ROM device drivers. However, new
CD-ROM drives become available all the time. If you cannot
access your CD-ROM when trying to install from the OS/2 compact
disk, the User's Guide provides directions for adding a new
CD-ROM manufacturer supplied device driver to OS/2 diskette 1.
(Two starter diskettes accompany the OS/2 CD-ROM disk.) There
are also instructions for creating a complete set of OS/2
installation diskettes from the OS/2 compact disk if you can
access the CD-ROM drive using DOS.



Any device with a device driver not currently included with OS/2
can be installed by following the instructions in the OS/2
User's Guide. The device driver code may be obtained from the
manufacturer or from a bulletin board service. Ask IBM (See the
list of IBM phone numbers for your country in the Warped, Etc.
Section of this newsletter), your computer manufacturer, device
manufacturer, or dealer for more information about OS/2 device
drivers.





Hardware Configuration



OS/2 is continually being tested across the broad spectrum of
computer and peripheral device manufacturers. Yet the most
frequently reported problem when installing OS/2 is with
hardware configurations and devices. What's the reason for this?



Your system hardware configuration includes the processor and
memory, diskette, hard disk , and CD-ROM drives, video,
printers, other peripheral devices and adapter cards. All these
components and their subparts may come from many manufacturers
around the world.   Hardware specifications may vary and new
hardware is continually and rapidly being introduced.
Manufacturers, distributors, and end users combine hardware in a
multitude of configurations.  As a consequence of all this
dynamic activity, a new device may not be correctly detected, a
device driver may not be readily available, or a particular
hardware configuration may have escaped testing with software.




When buying new equipment, ask for OS/2-supported hardware. Also
call or write your computer manufacturer, device manufacturer
and distributor to request  pre-installed and OS/2-tested
computer systems and devices.  IBM continually tests and updates
OS/2 for computers and devices through new releases of OS/2 and
through IBM Service and Support for OS/2.





Getting Started



You now know all about installing OS/2 Warp,  applications and
device drivers.  After installing OS/2 Warp,  use its on-line
help, documentation, and tutorial to learn more about OS/2. To
discover the full power of OS/2 Warp, navigate the OS/2
Workplace Shell desktop, explore the different folders and the
options within folders. The OS/2 operating system is rich with
function and the intuitive user interface makes discovering its
capabilities easy and rewarding.  The more familiar you get with
it, the more productive you will become.



Trademarks



Trademarks of IBM Corp. in the United States or other countries
used in this paper are:  IBM,  IBM Works,  IBM Person to Person
for OS/2,  Multimedia Viewer,  OS/2,  OS/2 Warp,  Software
Installer, The Developer Connection for OS/2,  VideoIN for OS/2,
WIN-OS/2,  Workplace Shell.



Trademarks of other companies and owners are:  CompuServe by
CompuServe Inc.,  FaxWorks by SofNet Inc.,  HyperACCESS Lite by
Hilgraeve Inc.,  Intel by Intel Inc.,  PCMCIA by Personal
Computer Memory Card International,  Windows by Microsoft Corp.

 OS/2 Warp and the Internet


                        by Chris Novak

 One of the many reasons why IBM's OS/2 Warp has sold millions
is the free BonusPak Internet Access Kit (IAK) included with
every  copy.  These applications help you to get online quickly,
easily and with power.  Here are a number of tips and techniques
we've collected for you to use with your BonusPak IAK (a.k.a IBM
 Internet Connection for OS/2).



OS/2 Warp gives you different Internet Connection programs to
help you do different things.  For example, Gopher finds
information and pictures, FTP transfers files to and from your
computer, and  the WebExplorer gives you multimedia
(audio/video), hypertext (fancy term for built-in footnotes and
references) access to all kinds of organizations on the Web.
The WebExplorer can also access Gopher information and transfer
files from FTP sites.  It's true; the 'secret' is in defining
the Web URLs (Uniform Resource Locators). They define the type
of Internet service at the address that follows (URL is in caps
***{E.N. - or bold?}), i.e:

 http://WWW.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/warp.html  (IBM OS/2 Warp
page)

 means World-Wide-Web type service.  Requires WebExplorer or
MOSAIC



 FTP://ftp-os2.cdrom.com   (Hobbes OS/2 Shareware archives)
means File Transfer Protocol service.  Use FTP-PM or
WebExplorer.  (FTP-PM doesn't understand URLs.  To use a

 URL address with ftp, DROP the URL prefix "ftp://" and use
"ftp-os2.cdrom.com".



 GOPHER://index.almaden.ibm.com/1os2dsn (IBM PSP Dev. Support)
means Gopher service.  Use Gopher or WebExplorer.



 FILE:///d:\tcpip\tmp\webmap.htm  (Web map from your last
session) means a local file on your PC  (yes, this one has 3
slashes, not 2). So why would you want to use "file:///"?  Well,
WebExplorer allows you to save World-Wide-Web documents to your
disk.  It even stores the last Web map you used in
\tcpip\tmp\webmap.htm. You can specify this path (add your drive
letter where TCP/IP is installed) in WebExplorer's URL field, or
drag and drop any *.HTM

 file onto the WebExplorer icon.  To make it even easier, modify
the WebExplorer icon's SETTINGS - ASSOCIATION to add *.HTM. Now
you can double-click directly on any HTM object on your system.



 The BonusPak IAK contains 32-bit, point-and-click tools for
accessing the most popular Internet functions such as Telnet,
FTP, Gopher, News Groups, and the World-Wide-Web.  It's

 designed to make "surfers" out of the hundreds of thousands  of
"newbies" taking up the pastime of cruising the Internet.  If
you bought a very early copy of Warp, then you may be missing

 some IAK functions such as  point-to-point (PPP) support and
IBM's WebExplorer  (for the World-Wide-Web). You can download
these by using the  "Retrieve Software Updates" option of the
IAK, or you can get  them via FTP from "ftp.ibm.net" from the
/pub directory.  You can get updates to both the NewsReader
application and  the UltiMail Lite applications here as well.



Many publications today have articles about how major online
services will be offering access to the Internet.  I'm a
Prodigy subscriber, so I decided to check out their Windows-
based Internet Web Browser (which I had no problem running under
 Warp).  I was able to access not only the Web, but Gopher and
FTP resources on the Internet.  However, I did it the
old-fashioned way:  one resource at a time.



 A PPP or Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) connection to the
Internet (accessed by using Warp's  IBM Internet Connection
applications) allows you to run multiple

 Internet programs to different Internet sites at the same time.
 For example, while you're using "Retrieve Software Updates" (or
 FTP) to get the latest Internet Connection updates, you might

 also use the WebExplorer to access IBM's "home page" (http://
WWW.IBM.COM), a second copy of the WebExplorer to peruse the
Library of Congress (http://LCWEB.LOC.GOV), and the Gopher to
read a copy of Business Week online
(gopher.enews.com/business/pubs/business/bw).  You can do all
this at the same time with OS/2 Warp!



This multitasking capability also applies to any applications
which use your Internet connection such as UltiMail Lite, FTP-
PM, Telnet, Retrieve Software Updates, NewsReader/2, and others.

 You see, connecting to the Internet via a SLIP or PPP Service
Provider is very much like connecting your PC to a Local Area
Network:  once you're hooked up, you can have multiple programs
accessing multiple servers at the same time.  By having several
programs running through your SLIP/PPP connection at the same
time, you'll always have something utilizing the bandwidth your
service provider is charging you for.  Folks are constantly
amazed during Internet Connection demonstrations at how little
time we spend online and how much information we can retrieve
in 10-15 minutes by running multiple programs simultaneously

 (it also shows off OS/2 Warp's ability to multitask solidly
without timeouts or resource impacts).



 Another application which can operate across the Internet is
BonusPak's Person to Person/2 (P2P/2) desktop conferenceing.
This product allows up to eight users to share a common

 desktop work-area;  each with the ability to cut/paste, markup,
 and file transfer in full view of the others.  It's an
excellent supplement to a telephone conference call, and it's

 free with OS/2 Warp's BonusPak.  Here's how to use P2P/2 with
the IBM Internet Connection:



 P2P/2 must be configured with TCP/IP 'enabled' and "Slow-but
effective" compression selected.  After your Internet "SLIP"
connection has been started, bring up the P2P/2 Call Manager.

 Call Manager status should have changed from "Inactive" to "No
Calls."  This indicates that the TCP/IP Internet connection has
been established.  All each P2P/2 system needs now is the IP

 address of the other to complete the connection.  That
information is established dynamically at the start of each
Internet session via the IBM Global Network.  It can also be
found by maximizing the Internet Dialer and scrolling down to
the line which says: "nnn.nn.nnn.nnn (e.g. 129.37.124.135) is
your IP address."  This is the address that should be entered

 into the P2P Address of the other P2P system (and their IP
address should be placed in your P2P/2 address).  Now you're
ready to initiate contact with the other P2P/2 system.  Allow
5-20

 seconds for it to be completed, and you're ready to use any of
the P2P/2 functions across the Internet.  You will also be able
to use WebExplorer, Gopher, FTP-PM, and other Internet

 applications at the same time.  You can also get your free copy
of P2P/2's own File Transfer capability from the Internet via
"FTP.HURSLEY.IBM.COM" in the "/PUB/P2P/P2P-FT.ZIP" directory.



 Finally, when you're exploring the World-Wide-Web and you find
an interesting "page", don't forget to click the 'thumbs-up'
button on the WebExplorer's button bar.  This will 'bookmark'
where you are so you can come back another time (Gopher has a
similar facility).



 The Internet is very big, and it can be difficult to find your
way back again, but bookmarking can take you directly where you
want to go in future sessions.  Use the WebExplorer's
"Quicklist" pulldown menu to display all of your bookmarks.  You
can also use the Web Map icon which maintains your entire
Quicklist as well as all the places you've visited in the
current session.

 To save time when using the WebExplorer, disable the option to
load a "home page" when the WebExplorer starts, or change your
'home page' to be "file:///d:\tcpip\tmp\webmap.htm".  This will
give you the Web map from your last WebExplorer session and will
include all of your Quicklist access bookmarks as well.







Welcome to Electronic 'Scapes!


                     by Duncan Strong

This issue we present a smorgasbord of interesting and useful
Web Sites for learning about and using IBM's line of personal
software products, including OS/2 Warp, LAN Server and PC-DOS.

Some pages are IBMs, most are simply grass-roots efforts to
provide user-to-user support for IBM software products.

The nature of the Web makes these pages simply starting points
for your exploration: have fun!

Next issue: Essential FTP sites!

-----------------------------------------------------IBM's
personal software home page

http://www.ibm.com/pspinfo/

A great site full of technical and marketing information on
IBM's Personal Software Products. Provides pointers to home
pages for OS/2 Warp, LAN Server, PC-DOS and more!

----------------------------------------------------------IBM's
software home page

http://www.torolab.ibm.com/

Even more IBM software! The entire range of IBM software
solutions, from Transaction Processing to Systems Management.
Cross-platform information for all you folks planning on buying
a PowerPC!

-----------------------------------------------------IBM's
personal software *services* home page

http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/www/usa/ps/services/

On-line technical support! Browse IBM's Technical Support
databases through interactive Web forms. Very cool.

----------------------------------------------------------IBM's
Personal Systems Magazine

http://pscc.dfw.ibm.com/psmag/

The Web version of this great magazine for technical users of
IBM Personal Software Products. Browse past and current articles
through the hypertext interface.

-----------------------------------------------------------The
MIT OS/2 WWW home page

http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/os2/os2world.html

A nice starting point for exploring the many resources on the
Net for OS/2. Contains pointers to FTP sites, Gopher Holes, Web
pages, Newsgroups, UserGroups....(you get the idea). Also
contains a cool hypertext version of the OS/2 FAQ from Timothy
Sipples. A must-see!

-----------------------------------------------------------The
Berkeley OS/2 home page

http://warp.eecs.berkeley.edu/os2

Another good "page of pointers". Neat Launchpad analogy on the
initial page allows easy navigation of this site.

-----------------------------------Team OS/2 Online & The Team
OS/2 Warp Pharmacy Mirror

http://www.teamos2.org/

This site's goal is to provide information to anyone interested
in learning about either TEAM OS/2 or OS/2. Provides good
pointers to Team OS/2 pages around the Internet, as well as
other sites like the Team OS/2 Warp Pharmacy mirror site.

-----------------------------------------------------------The
REXX home page

http://www.hursley.ibm.com/rexx/

As if Mike Cowlishaw has doesn't done enough for the amazing
REXX language, here's an ESSENTIAL page for users and addicts of
IBM's premier cross-platfom programming and scripting language.

---------------------------------------------PC Lube and Tune's
OS/2 Warp Internet Access Pages

http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/winworld/os2.htm

A great tutorial on installing and configuring the Internet
Access kit that comes with OS/2 Warp. Everything from
customizing login scripts to troubleshooting your connection,
it's here in glorious HTML!

-----------------------------------------------------------LEO's
OS/2 Archive

http://www.leo.org/archiv/os2/

An excellent graphical front-end to the comprehensive LEO ftp
site. Hundreds of megs of OS/2 freeware, shareware and demoware,
all carefully organized by category and directory. Very nice
graphics and extremely well-organized and up-to-date content.

------------------------------------------------------------











Welcome to the Shareware and Commercial Software Section


                                     by Nilay Patel



Every month we will be highlighting one shareware/freeware
product as product of the month. If you would like your product
considered or would like to nominate someone elses product, send
a description of the product and the location of file (on
Internet preferably), [e-mail].



Also, this section will have short blurbs about new OS/2
commercial applications and announcements for commercial
applications. To ensure that your product gets mentioned in this
newsletter, please send a press release or description to
[e-mail].

May Shareware of the Month --  PMMail



Looking for an easy way to check your Internet or other UNIX
electronic mail? Perhaps a program that provides all the
convenience of a point and click OS/2 program? PMMail is the
first shareware product for OS/2 for this purpose.



PMMail connects to a POP (Post Office Protocol) electronic mail
server generally residing on the Internet (or in your UNIX host)
and delivers it to your OS/2 machine. PMMail can work over a
local network connection and via the IBM Global Network or
SLIP/PPP connection that come with OS/2 Warp. PMMail works with
OS/2 2.x and OS/2 Warp.



Installing PMMail is a snap. You tell PMMail the address of your
electronic mail servers and your login name and password. After
the install, each time that you start PMMail it logs into your
electronic mail server and retrieves all your electronic mail.
You can even have it automatically check your mail every couple
of minutes for new messages.



One of the many benefits of OS/2 is the multitasking abilities.
PMMail takes advantage of these abilities by multithreading the
receiving of electronic mail. The direct result is while your
electronic mail is being collected from your electronic mail
server, you can start reading your new messages and even
replying to them. You do not have to wait for all your messages
to come in before interacting with them.



PMMail is also packed with features that make receiving
electronic mail easier. One of these features is filters.
Filters allow you to screen messages and appropriately route
them. With filters, I can automatically send all messages with a
certain subject to a certain PMMail folder or I can
automatically delete messages from certain senders. Another
great feature is canned replies. This allows you to filter a
message and then automatically send back a reply. This is a
great way to distribute information. For example, if I am having
a party at my house, I can just tell everyone to send me
electronic mail with "Party" in the subject field. Then, I can
set up a filter to look for "Party" in the subject header and
automatically send back a canned reply with directions to my
house.



PMMail also has support for off-line electronic mail creation.
If you have to pay for your Internet connection by the amount of
time you are hooked up, this feature can save you money. You
only connect to the Internet to receive and send your messages.
You can read them and compose them without being connected and
paying services fees. Also, notebook users can compose and read
messages while they are away from their offices. Once they plug
into their network, the mail will be sent.



PMMail was written by Robert Novitskey, a junior Computer
Engineering major at Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, Ohio. He has been using OS/2 since he tried a beta
version of OS/2 2.1. Even though he has programmed for DOS,
UNIX, and X-Windows, he has been an OS/2 programmer since OS/2
2.0. He even learned C so that he could write Presentation
Manager applications. He programs for OS/2 over other operating
systems because he feels that the OS/2 API is very robust.



According to Robert, PMMail demand has been fantastic. He
receives over 200 messages per day about the software, which is
a lot more than he can handle. Since its first release on March
28, 1995, Robert has fixed some bugs and the latest release is
version 1.05. Before May 15, Robert plans on releasing a new
release, 1.1 which will add a few features and fix some bugs. He
will take a hiatus from developing PMMail during the summer
months because he is going to be busy working. However, he is
planning a major release, version 1.5, sometime in the fall with
support for Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
attachments, drag and drop support, and a new revamped interface
for dealing with the address book. Soon to follow will be a
version that is fully Workplace Shell compliant.



His company, Southside Software, is planning on coming out with
a suite of internet applications for OS/2 including a FTP client
and a threaded newsreader.



Take a look at this great addition to OS/2's software library.
The shareware version is available from:



ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/32bit/network/tcpip/pmml105.zip

ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/network/tcpip/pmml105.zip



To order the registered version, which includes other features
such as uuencode/uudecode of attached files and free upgrades to
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New OS/2 announcements:



Frame Technology Announces Plans to Offer FrameMaker, Release 5
on IBM's OS/2 for Intel and PowerPC Platforms



SAN JOSE, CA - March 27, 1995 - Frame Technology(R) Corporation
today announced its intention to offer a native OS/2 version of
its newest FrameMaker(R) and FrameViewer(R) , release 5 products
for IBM's OS/2(R) Warp operating system, including OS/2 for the
Power PC.

[...]

"Our decision to support the IBM OS/2 platform was based on a
growing demand from our customers," said Bill Pieser, vice
president of marketing at Frame Technology. "We believe this is
a strategic move that will expand our customer base and
strengthen our multiplatform product strategy."

[...]

The OS/2 version of FrameMaker and FrameViewer will be a fully
native OS/2 Warp application, taking advantage of Warp's 32-bit
architecture. FrameMaker for OS/2 Warp will be priced the same
as the Windows version. Availability of the OS/2 version of
FrameMaker is targeted for Q4, 1995.





IBM and Adobe Form Alliance



IBM and Adobe Systems Incorporated announced today an alliance
to develop

printing and publishing systems based on IBM's Advanced Function

Presentation* (AFP*) architecture and Adobe PostScript** and
Acrobat**

technologies.

[...]

The two companies also announced that Adobe will make available
its Acrobat

products for IBM's OS/2* Warp operating system on Intel and
PowerPC

platforms.



 Kid Proof/2--Easy Desktop Protection for OS/2



Pinnacle Technology announces a new level of protection and
administration for OS/2* computers.  Kid Proof/2 allows OS/2
users to create an ideal desktop, take a picture of it, "hide"
certain applications (or simply restrict capabilities such as
"copy" and "delete") and associate the desktops created with
certain users.

[...]

Parents can set up their machines so they have access to
Personal Finance and other private applications.  Kids, however,
may have access on the same machine to their multimedia games
and word processor for school without any capability to delete,
shred, or simply access the C Prompt. Set it up the way you
want. Kid Proof/2 protects your vital applications at home or at
work.

[...]

Further information can be obtained from your software retailer,
by calling Pinnacle Technology at [phone], or by writing
to Pinnacle via the internet at [e-mail].







OS/2 Warp Radio is ON THE AIR...

A bunch of CAOS* guys take on Warp and LAN Server 4.0 to connect
a venerable Canadian public broadcaster.

* CAOS/2 - Central Alberta OS/2 Users Group



The Players|

Jerome Yuzyk - The author, chairman of CAOS/2:Central Alberta
OS/2   User Group, OS/2       Retail and VAR Products Marketing
Specialist for IBM Canada, owner of Bridge Scientific Services



Larry King - CKUA's man-about-the-station, running everything
from transmitters to the phone system. And computers too.



John Boles - A carpet-layer by day, John finds OS/2 much easier
on his knees, and lately for his pocketbook.



Tom King - Ex-CAOS secretary, by day, Master Corporal for the
Canadian Air Force,        stationed in Winnipeg. Otherwise a
rather new OS/2 torch-carrier in the Winnipeg area and Teamer
even if he doesn't say so.



Darrell Ouelette - CAOS Demo coordinator and hardware expert.
Otherwise a machinist and jack-of-many-trades.



The Setting

CKUA Radio is a long-time public broadcaster in the province of
Alberta. From the beginning, CKUA had one simple yet significant
assignment: to offer education to the people of Alberta.  They
signed on the air as CKUA AM in November of 1927 as the "Voice
of the University of Alberta" bringing lectures, music and local
plays to the Edmonton area. Today the station operates 16 FM and
1 AM transmitters broadcasting news, music and educational
programming across Alberta and over the border to BC,
Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Sometimes (depending on the weather)
it is heard as far away as Chicago!



 Act 1: The Consultation and Grim Reality of Choices Badly Made

Through the grapevine, I hear that CKUA is interested in using
OS/2 to operate a couple modems on a machine connected to a
Novell 3.12 LAN. No problem, I've connected OS/2 2.1 to Novell
before and connecting OS/2 Warp should be no problem.



Well, there was a problem, but not with OS/2 Warp. At some point
in the past someone decided that a 5-seat Novell licence would
be sufficient because there were only 5 immediate users for the
network. The machine I was asked to set up needed at least four
seats for itself! After a couple of calls to find out upgrade
prices it turned out that upgrading to a 25-seat licence would
cost more than buying a new licence, and even that licence
wouldn't be enough for all the planned users. With LAN Server
packaged as one Server chunk and a per-requester cost, the
economic choice was easy: "Buy what you need now and add more
later." Ergo, go with IBM LAN Server!



 Act 2: From CAOS comes order

On a cold February Sunday John, Tom, Larry and I set about
removing Novell and substituting LAN Server. There was no need
to migrate any files because the server hadn't been up long
enough to accumulate anything.  Along the way, we also
documented and tidied their News Room DOS workstations, and
installed OS/2 Warp as a communications server on another
machine to manage the traffic from 2 serial-fed satellite wire
services, one dial-in remote connection and an office-wide
fax/modem.



The installation went smoothly for the most part. Sure glad I
made disk copies of all the on-line documentation, though, and
suggest that as Step 1 for any other first-timers. The Server
machine is a Valuepoint with 16M and 540M SCSI disk running in
OS/2-only mode. It services an HP LaserJet III and an Okidata
roll-printer (yep, the brown newsprint stuff, without
perforations), a NEC 3x CD-ROM player, and a 2G Python SCSI DAT
tape drive. We used a shrink-wrap copy of OS/2 Warp and the LAN
Distance 60-day eval CD (with bonus copy of LAN Server 4.0).
Being a complete newbie to CD installs I had echoes of troubles
I've seen on the 'Net floating through my head.  It wasn't until
install Disk 4 that I realized that there would be no CD
problems (Duhhh... why am I sitting here waiting to feed the
next disk...?).



Once OS/2 was on, I ran through my usual tune-up routine: edit
CONFIG.SYS for performance, copy a bunch of Rexx scripts I've
written for full-time machines, create a few standard
directories and get them on various PATHs.  One of these days
I'll write my own custom system setup routine to do all the
things I usually do anyway, but that's another story...



Then it was on to LAN Server, and my #1 favorite thing about it:
it runs like "just another" OS/2 application. While the install
was copying files and making Desktop objects I was tooling along
unpacking more files from my "kit," editing some of my Rexx
stuff, and setting up the Desktop. No need to rely on a login to
the server in order to do anything meaningful with it!



While the Server was building and Tom & John did their thing to
the client stations, we took turns baby-sitting the Comm server
and its from-floppy install (the NEC is a SCSI drive, alas).
Fortunately, this machine is very similar to the one I use
desk-side, so I was sure there would be little problem. Larry
scuttled around stringing 10-baseT and power cables all over.
After OS/2 Warp and the OS/2 Requester were running, we
re-loaded the news-wire service and set up a couple icons to
start the capture and edit sides of the wire software (a DOS app
called DNEWS). There's only 8M on the machine, and so this setup
is a stop-gap measure until the modems and another 8M are in.
We toyed with dropping the WorkPlace Shell to pick up some extra
headroom, but decided to live with it for a while.



And, just because it has to be done sometime, once the server
was up, I did an in-your-face test of the Uninterruptible Power
Supply (UPS) (a TrippLite 450 looking suspiciously like the kind
of lunchpail I used to take to school) by just yanking the plug
from the wall while everything was up and Tom & John were
merrily setting up Client stations. All I got was an entry in
the System Error log from the UPS handler. S-m-o-o-t-h.



 Act 3: Up and Running!

Now that Warp Radio has been running for a while, we've made a
few changes and learned a few things.

= Some DOS applications just aren't made to multi-task.

The DOS application handling the satellite feed just refused to
be tamed.  With a brute-force polling method, no error-checking
or buffering and a very "bursty" incoming data stream there was
no way to reliably ensure we could receive every byte every
time, with everything we planned to throw at the machine.  No
problem: Larry had a spare 286 (a vintage AT with a 30M
MFM-controlled drive) that we tucked into a corner with its own
logon ID. Now we had one less (major) hassle to deal with on the
Comm Server and could actually start to have fun with it.



= LAN Server takes an extra amount of time to shut down so be
patient.

The OS/2 ShutDown function calls LAN Server to start shutting
down the server and then proceeds to close down all other
sessions. They all close except the Desktop, which waits for LAN
Server to shutdown. This takes a while, and it's threaded so
there's no clock to watch. Furthermore, Ctrl-Esc may bring up
the Window List showing the server not running.  LAN Server
newbies may (well, we did) think that the machine is hung and
re-boot.  DON'T! Be patient and wait.



= Make Backups Make Backups Make Backups Make Backups

But you knew this already, didn't you? :)



= The WorkPlace Shell can be "good value for the memory"

We weren't going to use the graphical shell on the Comm Server
so that we could use the extra memory for other tasks. But Larry
got another 8M for the machine, bringing it up to 16M, and the
reaction of the News Room guys to the graphical interface made
the choice easy. I think it was Ferns desktop bitmap that really
sold it, along with the descriptive icon names and the ability
to do a lot of things without commands. "You mean you just move
that picture over to that picture and it's done? Wow..." was a
rough summary of reactions.



I moved most icons off the desktop and created a CKUA folder
which I shadowed onto the LaunchPad. I also created a File
Transfer folder which shadowed the directories that collect
files from Dial-In users. The folder is marked as a Work Area
and opens up a couple other folders, one for each contributing
city. In each folder is a shadow of the floppy drive and a
NewsRoom directory on the server, so they can move files
manually. I showed them how they can cut text from the DOS
newsfeed editor and paste it into WordPerfect.



 = Do whatever you can to get a dial-in link working, especially
if you  work in a cold climate.

Edmonton can be a cold place in mid-February. Forty degrees
below zero with a wind. A dial-in connection to the LAN can be
the difference between a bone-chilling foray across town and a
comfy night at home in front of the electronic hearth with a
loved one.



The Dial-In side uses a setup I have used for over a year with
another OS/2 machine connected to a Novell server. I use
HyperAccess/5 (HA/5) running a modified Answer script wrapped in
a layer of Rexx. This lets me operate a dial-in connection fully
in the background with very little noticeable effect on
foreground operations. A little HA/5 scripting and a little Rexx
lets me log callers to a system-wide master log file, re-start
the link from remote, play a HELLO/GOODBYE indicator, and toss
uploaded files onto the network with logged, audible and printed
notifications. Right now I'm working on making the newsfeed
available to dial-in users, and as soon as we pick an e-mail
transport we'll connect HA/5's e-mail service to it.



= LAN Server Entry runs just great on OS/2 Warp.

It just sits on top of OS/2 like any other app (actually, some
pieces sit below), and if you pay for Advanced you get another
slice (HPFS386) that goes under OS/2 for even better performance.





Act 3.5: Some Gory Detail, Kind of Hints...

 Caution: This section is not for the casual end user. Read on
and enjoy if you like technical details and want to learn from
the experience of others.



= Tune OS/2 Warp first.

Out of the box, Warp is conservative in its settings. Read
Information->Performance Considerations, the FAQ or the CAOS
Warp Notes and then do some or all of what they say.



= Read through all the docs first, and do any planning
worksheets  *before* setting up the Server.

The GUI tools are fine, but if your plan is ill-formed they can
only help so much, and may actually get in your way. The LAN
Server documentation comes with about a half-dozen estimating
and configuration worksheets that can server as the basis for
your future network documentation.



= Forget FAT (File Access Table) and go straight to HPFS (High
Performance File System).

HPFS is much faster and much more stable, especially if you use
the (default) WorkPlace Shell. If you just want to "experiment"
and stick with FAT for a while because HPFS is new to you,
either have a decent backup procedure in place or do it on a
non-production machine. Warp works, LAN Server works, HPFS is
best: just do it.



= Learn Rexx and watch for ways to make your OS/2 machines think
and  act for themselves.

Out of the box, OS/2 Warp and LAN Server are fine for manual
control of a lot of things. But OS/2 has more than enough smarts
to think for itself (at least watch itself) if you are orderly
and treat the machine as an around-the-clock entity in the first
place. Learn some Rexx, and write StartUp and ShutDown code so
the machine can get everything up and take everything down in a
controlled fashion. Also write some "wrappers" for various
utilities so that you can do other (automatic) things with them.
The Comm server starts everything it needs from STARTUP.CMD and
can shut down and reboot itself from some other code I wrote.



= LAN Server installation is very modular, serving double-duty
for  Installation and Configuration.

We backed off a couple things for fear of starting an unwanted
Installation until we realized this. You should be able to
install just the on-line docs, or just read them from the disk
(in the Books folder). They are named with codes, but still just
INFs, so I just copied and renamed them with long file names.



= Neato administration and reporting feature: DSPDOMDF.CMD, or
DiSPlay DOMain DeFinitions.

This Rexx script should be run from an ADMIN logon at the server
for full reporting, though you can run it from any OS/2
requester with an ADMIN logon. It basically runs through a set
of NET inquiry commands and parses their output into a report of
your entire setup that can be redirected into a file.
*Definitely* do this regularly as an additional backup and
change-logging procedure.











 IBM Launches Chinese OS/2 Warp

 Announces support, training, channel programs, 16 software
vendors, 6 OEMs announce support for OS/2 Warp

BEIJING, 19 April 1995 . IBM today announced the immediate
availability of the Chinese version of its award-winning
operating system, OS/2 Warp Version 3.0, the first simplified
Chinese 32-bit operating system.

At a major launch event in Beijing today, six major Chinese and
international computer manufacturers (OEMs) announced their
plans to support Chinese OS/2 Warp, and 16 Chinese and
international software developers (ISVs) announced commitments
to develop native OS/2 Warp applications.



IBM also announced comprehensive support and channel programs to
help advance the Chinese software market, including a new
software distribution structure, certification and training
programs in partnership with 12 Chinese universities, and a
software service and support infrastructure.

The announcement in Beijing was celebrated throughout the city,
with OS/2 Warp hot air balloons in the university and computer
districts, hundreds of OS/2 Warp kites flying near Tiananmen
Square and thousands of OS/2 Warp balloons given away in
Beijing's business district.



The launch event in Beijing is the fifth in a series of major
international OS/2 Warp launch events, following the February
launch in Japan, and last October's events in New York, London
and Sydney. IBM has shipped more than 2 million copies of OS/2
Warp worldwide in less than six months on the market, bringing
OS/2's installed base to well over 8 million. The Beijing event
today was attended by more than 1000 people, including
representatives from the Chinese Ministry of Electronics
Industry (MEI), university faculty and staff, customers and
business partners. It will be followed by events in Shanghai and
Guangzhou in the next two weeks.

"IBM has made a long-term commitment to the Chinese software
market," said Mr. Bob Timpson, general manager of IBM Greater
China. "We are working with partners in all aspects of the
software business, from development to distribution, as well as
government ministries and customers, to ensure we build a
world-class software infrastructure appropriate to China's
needs."



The Chinese version of OS/2 Warp was localized and manufactured
in mainland China, in partnership with Great Wall, a
Beijing-based software development company, and tested by Tsing
Hua University, one of China's most prestigious universities.



Sixteen ISVs were present at the launch event,to announce and
demonstrate applications developed for the Chinese version of
OS/2 Warp.  Simplified Chinese applications announced include
desktop productivity software, mission-critical applications and
application development tools.



Several major PC manufacturers announced their support for
Chinese Warp today. The IBM PC Company announced that OS/2 Warp
will be available in either English or Chinese versions on all
8MB systems shipped in China by the summer of 1995.  Legend, the
largest PC manufacturer in China, announced that OS/2 Warp and
IBM PC-DOS will be preloaded on all of its midrange and high-end
PC systems. STI Certified Products also announced plans to
preload OS/2 Warp on its multimedia systems. In addition, AST,
Hewlett-Packard and Compaq made statements announcing that their
PCs shipped in China are ready to run the Chinese version of
OS/2 Warp.



At the event today, IBM China announced a comprehensive
certification and training program partnership with an initial
group of 12 Chinese universities, by which it will provide
Certified OS/2 Warp Instructor training to hundreds of
university professors over the next two years. IBM will
establish Authorized Training Centers at 20 key universities to
train software professionals in servicing and supporting IBM
OS/2 Warp and LAN Server products by the end of 1995.



To ensure that Chinese software customers get access to IBM's
industry-leading service and support, IBM China also announced
the establishment of three regional support centers in Beijing,
Shanghai and Guangzhou. IBM's support infrastructure in China is
designed to provide customers with easy access to technical help
and product information, while minimizing their costs.  The
support system features phone-in and fax-back services, with
plans to offer electronic access consistent with that used by
IBM customers worldwide.



IBM will ensure customers have ready access to OS/2 Warp and
other IBM software products with a newly-established software
distribution structure. IBM has named Crownhand Devlopment Ltd.
and Beijing HOPE High-Tech Group as software distributors, and
Nantian Software Engineering Ltd. and Beijing Read Technic &
Trade Developement Co., as authorized dealers. The distributors
will work with IBM to provide product education, service and
support, marketing and other activities to dealers.



OS/2 Warp is the third version of IBM's award-winning 32-bit
OS/2 operating system. OS/2 Warp can run in as little as 4MB of
memory, and allows users to run DOS, Windows and OS/2
applications on the same desktop when installed on top of
Windows.   Each copy ships with a BonusPak of native 32-bit OS/2
applications, including a word processor, database, spreadsheet,
fax program and Internet access. OS/2 Warp P3.0 for Windows is
now available from IBM dealers and distributors throughout China
at a list price of RMB 1350.  OS/2 Warp P3.0 with WIN-OS2, or
"fullpack" version, will be available in China in June.

OS/2 Sightings



"In the May issue of  Car & Driver, there is a feature about
Formula 1 racing boats (yes, boats). The one that the Car &
Driver writer got a chance to play with (i.e., go ca. 150 MPH on
a lake

course) is plastered with IBM logos, including a prominent OS/2
on the cowl."



The LAN Systems Marketing Support Department was sighted in
Mexico City, Mexico last month presenting the LAN Server 4.0
Jumpstart Program, a complementary two-day introductory course,
for key Business Partners in the Software Channel. Similar
events have been planned for Brazil, Canada, United States,
Europe and the Asia/Pacific regions.

For more information on the LAN Server 4.0 Jumpstart Program
please write to [e-mail]



As of April, 1995 IBM OS/2 Warp 3.0 CD has been seen for eight
consecutive weeks at the top of the Ingram Micro Retail Products
Best Sellers List in the category of operating systems and
languages.



OS/2 Warp, by way of IBM Italy, is sponsoring the Giro D'Italia,
a major European cycle race lasting 23 days. IBM will sponsor a
series of Web pages on the race and will be publishing daily
results. The URL is:
http://www.europe.ibm.com/getdoc/psmemea/underground/warpgiro/.



OS/2 Warp is sponsoring a Cyberhunt Chase.  This interactive
game developed by TRACER Design, Inc. provides a fun and easy
way to learn to navigate the Internet with IBM's OS/2 Warp.
People can win prizes by following clues left behind by an
elusive character named Vincent who is trapped in Cyberspace.



                           OS/2 Warp turns the INDY 500 race
course into 2.5-mile information superhighway. An automatic
transmitter-based timing system, running under OS/2, will post
the times and speeds of every car on every lap run in practice,
during the time trials beginning on May 13, and  throughout the
race on May 28.




 Getting Started with OS/2 Warp

The new OS/2 Warp makes it easier to do more with your computer
and your time, while other operating systems still keep you
waiting. With OS/2 Warp, there's no need to wait any longer.

Order OS/2 Warp and LAN systems products today by contacting
your IBM Authorized Reseller or call IBM directly.



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For Developers: The Developer Connection for OS/2 The Developer
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America:

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or use the forums to exchange messages, ideas, comments, or
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To access the forum, type GO OS2DF2 at the ! prompt; then,
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 OS/2 Warp and LAN Server Reference Form

If you would like to share your experiences with OS/2 Warp or
LAN Server, please fill out the following form and get it back
to us. We are especially interested in entrepreneurs who use
OS/2 Warp or LAN Server and people who use these products in
unusual circumstances.



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  -  INTERNET ID:  JDUBE @ VNET.IBM.COM

  -  MAIL:  Jeri Dube

                    IBM Personal Software Products

                    1000 51st Street

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GENERAL INFORMATION:

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INDUSTRY: ____Communications ____Cross Industry ____Distribution
____Education ____Finance ____Government ____Health
____Insurance ____Manufacturing ____Petroleum ____Process
____Transportation ____Travel ____Utilities



SIZE:

Annual Revenue US$: ____< $5M ____$5 - 50M ____$51 - 100M
____$101 - 500M

____$501 - 999M ____$1 - 10B ____> $10B

 No. of Employees: ____Small <100 ____Medium 100-500 ____Large >
500

 No. of Students if College/University: ____<5000 ____5000 -
10000 ____>10000



 BACKGROUND:  (Briefly describe the business or situation where
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NEED:  (What problem/situation existed which caused you to seek
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DESCRIPTION OF SOLUTION:  (Please provide a detailed
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Staff Biographies

 Rob Bugh has worked for IBM much of his adult life. He is
currently working as an OO software programmer porting
Taligent's CommonPoint Frameworks to OS/2. When he's not
slinging code, you might find him hammering one of the many
mountain biking trails around Austin. "I like to brag about my
spectactular face-planting endos to my friends but noone
believes me 'cause I still have all my teeth."



Vicci Conway is a Senior Marketing Communications Specialist
with the Personal Software Products Division of IBM.  In that
capacity she is the Program Manager responsible for Worldwide
OS/2 Electronic Information Strategy and Planning.  Vicci has
been with IBM for 14 years, has been on CompuServe for 8 years,
enjoys reading, motorcycling and computers.  She can be reached
at Internet: [e-mail] or at CompuServe: 76711,1123.



Jeri Dube has been working for IBM for 12 years now. She is
currently working as a Senior Marketing Support Rep, putting
together communication vehicles for OS/2 Warp and LAN Server.
She swears this is the best job she has had in a long time.
Outside of IBM, Jeri spends time with her family, scuba diving,
and practicing Yoga. Her favorite quote is: " Humanity has
advanced, when it has advanced not by being sober, cautious and
responsible but by being playful, rebellious and immature."Tom
Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker. Contact Jeri at
Internet:[e-mail].



James Gillig is a Technical Planner and System Programmer at
IBM. Software he has written includes sonar signal processing,
radar signal processing, and point-of-sale systems. Places he
has been include the Matterhorn, Moscow, and Magic Kingdom.



Since June 1993, Katy Hart has been at IBM with the LAN Systems
Marketing Department. Currently, she is working with the
Marketing Support Group. In her spare time, Katy enjoys mountain
climbing, rebuilding antique cars, designing and sewing her own
clothes, freelance wildlife photography and working on her
autobiography entitled: Dealing with Dishonesty: Diary of a
Pathological Liar. Contact Katy at [e-mail].



Richard Hawes has worked in the PC industry for too long with a
slight detour into IBM mid-range systems when he joined IBM
nearly seven years ago. Richard is now working in Basingstoke,
England as a LAN Technical Consultant in a European Project
Office where he provides assistance to IBM support
organisations. Richard's spare time mainly revolves around
keeping his young daughter from wrecking the house. His other
hobbies include swimming, cinema and juggling. Low ceilings in
his house prevent him from juggling five balls; otherwise, he
would have surely mastered it by now. He can be reached at
Internet:juggler.vnet.ibm.com.



Steve McNally develops promotions with Marketing Reps as the
Editor for the IBM US Promotions and Price Actions Board. He
spends his free time with his wife Kim and seven-month-old
daughter, Olivia Hope, and tries to put in as much time as
possible writing fiction of all shapes and sizes.  A quote that
came to mind while composing his bio was "It's like a sauna in
here." Cosmo Kramer, in the sauna at a health club. He can be
reached at Internet: [e-mail].



Stacey Miller, an avid Phoenix Suns fan, spends her working
hours as the Developer Connection and Device Driver Kit
strategist for IBM. Prior to her current position, she was the
first editor of the OS/2 Developer Connection Newsletter.
(That's why we let her write for this newsletter.) Besides
basketball, Stacey loves her dogs, her husband and  trying not
to fall off rollerblades.  She can be reached at
[e-mail].



Chris Novak is a Senior Systems Engineer with IBM in Chicago. A
Certified OS/2 Engineer, he works with IBM's Software Channel
customers in IBM's BESTeam program. He's been with IBM for 17
years and has worked with PCs since DOS 1.0 days. Chris is
married with three children. Between Little League, Soccer, Cub
Scouts, and Chess Club, he has no life of his own. To create a
life of his own, he travels extensively in the US presenting
OS/2 Warp to software resellers.  Chris can be reached at
[e-mail].



Nilay Patel has been an avid OS/2 user and advocate since OS/2
v2.0 came out in March 1992. He was been working for IBM for
almost 2 years marketing and supporting IBM RISC System/6000 and
OS/2 Warp at the University of California. He is currently an
undergraduate studying computer science at UC Berkeley. When not
working, Nilay likes to go hiking in the Berkeley hills and
enjoy a beautiful view of San Francisco. Just don't bother him
on Thursday nights during Seinfeld and Friends. Drop him a note
... [e-mail].



Patrick Senti joined IBM in 1989 as a commercial trainee. In
1991,  he joined the OS/2 support group, where he made his first
contact with OS/2. It quickly became his favourite opperating
system. Right now Patrick is working as a Programmer for IBM
internal application development on MVS systems. Patrick uses
OS/2 at home and on small projects at work. Patrick  can be
reached at Internet: [e-mail].



Duncan Strong started with IBM as a co-op student in 1993. He is
currently starting a new assignment as Western Region Software
Channel Manager for IBM Canada. Besides crafting witty bios,
Duncan enjoys aimlessly wandering the 'Net in search of the
Ultimate Home Page, swimming, and watching Simpson's re-runs
(Not neccessarily in that order). Duncan thinks Star Trek is a
documentary. Duncan can be reached at Internet:
[e-mail].



Collin Summers' company has been contracted by IBM to help in
central Illinois with OS/2 LAN Server and all those other PC
Software type stuff.  Before IBM took up all his time, he did
independent computer consulting in many areas, but focused on
OS/2 work (Guess that's how he ended up working with IBM).
Collin spends his free time, when there is some, tinkering
around and looking for new and better ways to use computers.  Of
course, he only runs OS/2 and OS/2 LAN Server on his business'
LAN. Collin is available at Internet: summers.vnet.ibm.com or
73422,[e-mail].



Jerome Yuzyk graduated from the U of Alberta in 1984 with a
B.Sc. Psychology, specializing in Human and Machine Vision.  In
1993 he set out on his own, forming BRIDGE Scientific Services.
He consulted to various large and small business in the Edmonton
area. Being an OS/2 user since 1992 in the midst of a sea of
ignorance and misinformation Jerome started CAOS/2: Central
Alberta OS/2 Users Group in August 1993. The group has grown to
100+ members since then. In October of 1994 he joined IBM Canada
as a Retail Marketing Specialist, travelling the prairies
talking to retailers, consultants and user groups about OS/2
Warp and OS/2 products in general. He also just started teaching
OS/2 courses for IBM Education Services. When he's not doing any
of that he's a hobby gardener and amateur landscape designer.
And when not doing *that*, he takes apart various rooms in his
house and (sometimes) puts them back together again.

Jerome can be reached at Internet: jerome.supernet.ab.ca.



























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