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IBM (R) Personal Software Products
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1994 Issue 8 15 July 1994
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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
New Internal Zip for IBM Zip is now 5407. Full address, voice
Developer Assistance Program and fax phone numbers.
IBM Offers Simplified, Enhanced Beta available in mid-July.
LAN Server 4.0 Beta Highlights. Enhancements. LAN Server
Advanced. Participating in the beta
- LATE NEWS. Question-and-answer
support. Upgrade, promotional
packages offered. LAN Server 3.0
support extended.
PC DOS Upgrade Available For licensed users of PC DOS 6.1.
Worldwide on the Internet in 14 Available through 30 September 1994.
Languages Fourteen languages. FTP address. No
charge for the upgrade.
OpenDoc Alpha for OS/2 Available on latest Developer
Connection CD-ROM. Collaborative
effort. Software re-use. New paradigm
for software developers and end
users. IBM's System Object Model
standard. Interoperability across all
platforms. Interoperability with OLE.
CI Labs: Ensuring Industry Access.
A Distributed Object Roadmap for (Upcoming article in OS/2 Developer
Developers magazine, reprinted with permission
of the publisher, Miller Freeman
Inc.)
ORB: the software bus. The common
object services every bus must
provide. Frameworks: the software
boards. OpenDoc: connecting today's
desktop to the bus. If we build it,
will they come? References.
Biographies. Information about the
authors' new book, "Client/Server
Survival Guide with OS/2".
NOTE: This item is 616 lines long.
Drive Usage by Public Shortages of drive letters. Dynamic
Applications on LAN Server allocation. Benefits. The difference
is dynamic!
IBM Delivers More PC Power with OS/2 for SMP Version 2.11.
OS/2 for Symmetrical Optimizing multiprocessor
Multiprocessing capabilities. Industry standard,
supported by OEMs. Reconfigure or
consolidate servers. Ideal
technology for client/server
environments. Measurable performance
gains. Power and performance
available in 3Q94. Prices.
OS/2 for Symmetrical Expands previously announced OS/2 2.1
Multiprocessing Version 2.11 offerings. Highlights. Product
Announcement Details description. Growth enablement --
advanced technology enabled. DB/2
scalability enhancements. Specified
operating environment. Program
upgrade. Charges.
IBM Chairman Welcomes Internet Hub of all IBM information on
Users to IBM Home Page Internet. Located on a World-Wide
Web server, using hypertext. Text of
chairman's message.
Accessing the IBM Home Page on Requires either Gopher or Mosaic.
the Internet Four server addresses.
Communications Manager/2 V1.11 PTF WR06150 available to licensed
WR06150 Availability CM/2 1.10 users. SNA phone connect.
Additional hardware support. X25
enhancements. 3270/5250 emulator
enhancements. Miscellaneous.
Operating system support. National
language support.
Personal Systems Support Family Relationship of Support Family to
Linkage to Fix Strategy and IBM's fix strategy and delivery
Delivery processes. Highlights. Defect
reporting process. Fix availability.
OS/2 2.0 Support Update Support now through 31 December 1994
via Personal Systems Support Family
Support Line. Three options.
Deadline Nears for Listings in Deadline 15 August. Applications
Next Tools Guide and Applications Directory overview. Tools Guide
Directory overview. Hardcopy. Softcopy. Product
Nomination Form.
IBM Developer Assistance Program Five-day workshop. Objectives.
Workshop: DCE Hands-On Audience. Benefits. Prerequisites.
Application Programming for OS/2, Topics. Cost. Schedule.
AIX, and Windows Registration. More information.
IBM Developer Assistance Program Five-day workshop. Objectives.
Workshop: OS/2 DCE Installation Audience. Benefits. Topics. Cost.
and Administration Schedule. Registration. More
information.
OS/2 - LAN Tour Solicits Your 48-city roadshow, one per week. New
Applications show format effective 14 September.
Application Solutions Showcase. IBM
manages the logistics.
Participation. Schedule.
Professional Certification Exams given at no charge. Testing
Testing FREE at OS/2 World schedule. Certified OS/2 Engineer
tests. Certified LAN Server
Administrator test. Certified LAN
Server Engineer tests. More
information.
Lee Reiswig Keynote and Evening Invitation to attend keynote and
Celebration at OS/2 World Big Blue's Night Out.
IBM Personal Software Products PSP trade show participation during
July/August 1994 Show Schedule July and August.
Fall Technical Interchange Coming Short time left for early-bird
to Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 11 discount. Staying atop the industry.
through 14 September Link with Networking Summit.
Products to take home. Keynote
address by Ellen Hancock.
Registration. Advance registration
form.
1994 IBM Technical Interchange - Topics covered. Focus on
Toronto, 1 - 3 November client/server implementation.
Registration fee. More information.
Eight English Documents Available Issued as a set. List of the eight
for Developing OS/2 DBCS books. Price and ordering.
Applications
IBM Canada OS/2 Developer Worldwide DAP. Canadian OS/2 DAP. The
Assistance Programs Developer Connection for OS/2.
Certification Programs. Phone numbers
in Canada.
How to Join the IBM Developer Worldwide Services. US Commercial
Assistance Program Services. US Premier Services.
Developer Assistance Program contacts
worldwide.
Subscription Information for The Worldwide phone and fax numbers for
Developer Connection for OS/2 and ordering.
the IBM Device Driver Source Kit
(DDK) for OS/2
Latest List of OS/2 2.1x Books Published and planned books about
OS/2 2.1, 2.11, ...
OS/2 Redbooks Issued Within Last List of recent OS/2 Redbooks,
Six Months including order numbers, issue dates,
number of pages, and prices.
800 Phone Numbers
Trademarks, Registered
Trademarks, Service Marks
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Where to Find IBM PSP Developer Support News (DSNEWS)
Outside IBM
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DSNEWS zipped files are found on several e-mail and BBS systems:
o America Online, in the OS/2 forum, in the Newsletters library
o CompuServe, in OS2DF2 forum, *DAP library section 14
and in OS2DF1 forum, OPEN FORUM library section 15
o Fidonet, in the OS2 Information file area, FWOS2INFO
o GEnie, in OS/2 Software Library 16
o Hitline mailbox (Switzerland), in file area 8
o IBM Canada BBS, in file area 35, OS/2 Programming
o IBM Europe/Middle East/Africa (E/ME/A) DAP BBS, in file area
GENERAL.DOCS
o IBM France OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS, in area PUBS01
o IBM OS2BBS (TALKLink), in OS/2 Software Library, in Documents and Info
o IBM Personal Computer Company BBS, in file area 11, OS/2 Programming
o Internet, via anonymous ftp from software.watson.ibm.com, in
directory /pub/os2/info; or via Gopher from index.almaden.ibm.com,
in the OS/2 Information menu
o NIFTY-Serve (Japan), in FIBMFEEL forum, library section 4
o OS2NET (Europe), on all OS2NET bulletin boards in Europe, usually in
the DSNEWS download area
o PRODIGY, in the OS/2 Club topic's download library, in IBM Files
Note: If you cannot find files named dsn... (in lower case), look for
files named DSN... (in upper case).
Within IBM
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All 1994 issues, in ASCII and INFBIN formats, are in DSN4 PACKAGE in the
OS2TOOLS tools catalog *only*. To obtain DSN4 PACKAGE, type
TOOLCAT OS2TOOLS GET DSN4 PACKAGE
or
TOOLS SENDTO KGNVMCB PCTOOLS OS2TOOLS GET DSN4 PACKAGE
You can also request DSN4 PACKAGE by typing
REQUEST DSN4 FROM V1ENG AT BCRVM1
To subscribe to DSN4 PACKAGE, type
TOOLS SENDTO KGNVMCB PCTOOLS OS2TOOLS SUB DSN4 PACKAGE
All 1993 issues, in ASCII and INFBIN formats, are in DSNEWS PACKAGE in
the MKTTOOLS, OS2TOOLS, and PCWIN tools catalogs. To obtain
DSNEWS PACKAGE, type
TOOLCAT catalogname GET DSNEWS PACKAGE
or
TOOLS SENDTO catalogdisk GET DSNEWS PACKAGE
where
catalogname MKTTOOLS is on catalogdisk USDIST MKTTOOLS MKTTOOLS
catalogname OS2TOOLS is on catalogdisk KGNVMCB PCTOOLS OS2TOOLS
catalogname PCWIN is on catalogdisk BCRVMMS1 PCWIN PCWIN
Examples: TOOLCAT MKTTOOLS GET DSNEWS PACKAGE
TOOLS SENDTO USDIST MKTTOOLS MKTTOOLS GET DSNEWS PACKAGE
You can also request DSNEWS PACKAGE by typing
REQUEST DSNEWS FROM V1ENG AT BCRVM1
DSNEWS PACKAGE is no longer being updated every month. 1994 updates are
made to DSN4 PACKAGE.