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MMOUG February 1995 Newsletter
The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily the views held by
the MMOUG or it's members. Don't agree with something you've read here?
Write and tell us about it! If you have any contributions, please upload them to area
18 of the WoodMeister or send them to me via Internet at USDSSKZS@IBMMAIL.COM. If
you work for the State of Missouri and have access to DISOSS, you can send them to
POOLMWV at DSSHOST.
MMOUG January Minutes
MMOUG Minutes - 1/18/95
The meeting was at the IBM office in Jefferson City. Attendees were:
Jim Casstevens, Harvey Summers, Frank Barnes, Randy Wilkerson, Doug Normatt,
Steve Maring, Blake Lewis, Charles Steinhaus, Linda Predmore, Gary Pool,
Randy Wright, Brian Haeffner, Charles Harris, Michelle Wilson, Woody Sturges,
Rick Wolters, Scott Brodbeck and Ben Hoffman.
The current signature cards for signing checks does not have the current
officers on it. Michelle Wilson volunteered to beat up Phillip in order to get
this done. (Editor's note: I think this should occur publicly.)
Woody Sturges ask if anyone had any experience setting up SIO for telnet.
No one did.
Randy Wright said that there is a Rexx CMD - MUSLIP - which works with
MOREnet and the Internet Access Kit (IAK).
Gerri Jeffery is resigning as vice-president of the club due to time
conflicts. We want to thank Gerri for her service as VP. The VP's job is
primarily to get speakers for club meetings. Anyone interested in helping
out and taking this job should contact one of the club officers.
The MOREnet topic for next months meeting in Columbia is not finalized.
We'll get the word out as soon as we can, probably via the BBS, as to the
topic for next month.
Jim Grant from IBM did a demonstration of the OS/2 Warp BonusPak
communications products: OS2CIM, HyperAccess Lite and the IAK.
The list of prize winners is:
Gary Pool - OS/2 Warp
Scott Brodbeck - OS/2 Carry Bag
Rick Wolters - Mousepad
Woody Sturges - OS/2 Mug
Blake Lewis - OS/2 Baseball Cap
Randy Wilkerson - OS/2 T shirt
Frank Barnes - OS/2 Mug
Ben Hoffman - OS/2 Mug
It pays to come to club meetings.
Information Officer Input/Output
Well, the Super Bowl is over. If you're a fan of the Niners, all is right with
the world. If you're a fan of the Chargers, too bad. If you're just a football
fan, you're probably disgusted that yet another lopsided Super Bowl goes into
the history books. If you're the editor of an OS/2 Newlsetter, you're ticked
off because the Chargers didn't pull the upset, staging a brilliant editorial
about how that although OS/2 is going against the marketing muscle of
Microsoft, upsets can still occur and '95 is the year of OS/2's victory.
(Where is Joe Namath when an editor can really use him?)
On the other hand, OS/2 has the talent, the depth, and the experience that
it takes to be a winner -- just like the Niners. But it would be as boring
as watching this year's Super Bowl to expound on that. Does the AFC even
show up at these things? It would sure be nice to see Joe Montana and the
Chiefs turn things around next year!
As you may have figured out, I'm starting to work on this newsletter about
5 minutes after the Super Bowl concluded.
Now if you've figured out the date of the Super Bowl, you'll realize that it's
only two days before the end of the month, my self-proclaimed deadline for
the Newsletter. I've been busy with our production of 'Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat' (our last performance was today) and have not had
much time to dedicate to the Newsletter. Nor have I yet had time to review
DeScribe. Next month, I swear! No football games to attend, no plays in
which to perform, Christmas isn't coming, and it's too cold to water ski.
I should have the time.
My wife was taking care of tickets for the play (she threatened divorce every
time I tried to help her) and was maintaining records in Lotus 1-2-3 for
Windows. Because she wanted to get in and get out quickly, I was forced
to dual-boot to (yechhh) DOS/Windows so it would boot faster.
This did allow me to do some testing of how well Warp protects dumb users --
namely me! I jumped to a DOS window under windows to check some files.
After poking around, I realized that I could now boot back to OS/2, so I went
to the OS/2 directory and entered BOOT /OS2. I couldn't figure out why it
was taking so long until Program Manager came back with an error about a
misbehaving program. AAAaaaaaarrrrrggh. I forgot I still had Windows up.
Fortunately OS/2 came right up (after a CHKDSK). Whew.
In the last issue, we announced the the OS/2 User Group had a new address.
I took Phillip at his word. I just assumed that perhaps IBM received so much
mail that they had their own zip code. OK. In retrospect, not too bright.
At any rate, the correct address is:
Mid-Missouri OS/2 User Group
One Elm Plaza
Attn: Phillip Wilson
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Humor
We here at Zitt-Dongle Pubs have been accused of unfair coverage of
the automobile market. Buyers of the new Rolz autos have been most
vocal in expressing their opinions that we have given an undue amount
of coverage to the popular Ugoz which is in most garages today. We felt
this accusation was unfair and have researched our archives to see if
they are justified. What follows is a collection of the leads (the
headlines, if you will) of stories published in the past. It proves
beyond a doubt that we are balanced in our coverage -- about the same
number of stories on each product.
As you know, not too long ago, we used the UGOZ GE/SW which was well
suited for round-town use and roomy enough for a second passenger or
a couple of bags of groceries. And, at a very sensable 8MPH, often
got several blocks on a single windup. Surely a hard standard tp beat!
UGOZ Headlines ROLZ Headlines
-------------- | --------------
I go, you go, we all go for UGOZ! | New ROLZ announced
New model replaces the old faithfull| Clock So Noisy it Can be Heard at
GE/SW (Good Economy/Spring Wound) | 60 MPH
3 Seater Ideal for Modern Family | Total Lack of Custom Clocks in
Next Year, New Feature-Spare Tire | Marketplace
New Model (Scheduled for 93) will | 8 Cylinder Engine guzzles fuel
ship, on time, in 95. | Water cooling adds extra weight,
New Optional Feature to Replace | decreases mileage
Standard Muslin Seatcovers | (Interview with lead designer for
Addition of Extra Cylinder Means | UGOZ - ROLZ is nowhere)
Three Cylinder Power! | High Speeds are Unsafe since users
New Top Speed is 45MPH! (If not, | have adapted to frequent crashes.
problem is with tailwind or down- | Strong Body, but if ROLZ was slower
slope of test hill, not with UGOZ) | crash protection wouldn't be req'd
Standard Clock Guaranteed to be right 6 seater wastes valuable resources
two times per day. | Choice of Exterior colors confuses
3 Gallon fuel tank gives lots of | customers
range | White bad -- shows ALL road grime
Riders get frequent rest stops as | Driver of clean ROLZ obviously have
fuel is pruchased | have too much time on their hands.
2 cycle engine saves cooling water | New Model out just proves we were
- environment friendly | right about problems with old one.
Sleek Matte95(c) Black allows easy | Ability to run on liquid or gaeous
detection of dirt on vehicle | fuel means customers must always
Square steering Wheel - stylish and | be figuring which is cheapest.
Smart | 20 Gal of onboard fuel poses fire
Smoke from exhaust has extra benefit| hazard
to communities - mosquito control | - fillups cost too much
Communities required to pay $$ to | - fillups drain fuel supplies at
UGOZ for each sold to cover this. | stations
$4K very affordable | $6K totally unjustifiable
|
It is true, however, that UGOZ as a Corporation gets more coverage. This
is not evidence of bias, it just shows we cover products our readers
want to hear about. To be fair, we will list stories on the new MAXUGOZ.
New - MAXUGOZ due this decade, sometime (maybe)
Smooth, quiet 12 cylinder engine features 4MPG efficiency
Road noise cut by 50%, Coversation now possible in car!
8 wheel suspension supports higher weight required
(Interview with UGOZ designer - ROLZ is totally dead)
Stylish color options provide free expression of individual tastes.
Turbine option runs on many fuels, no more worries about availability
100MPH speeds mean you can get there earlier.
80 Gal fuel tank gives 3 hour range!
Wider wheelbase offers exceptional stability (Sidebar: Government must
do something about inadequate road widths!)
8 seats encourage friendships
$12K cost is very acceptable.
So, now you have the facts. Next time you hear unjustifiable gripes
from an obvious ROLZ owner, just remember they are very biased.
Following is an interview with the MAXUGOZ designer that shows there
is balance in our coverage...in fact, their opinion is that we say too
much about ROLZ!
OS/2 Tips 'N' Techniques
Here's a little shortcut I passed on to someone lately that I thought could
be repeated here. Have you ever gotten one of those danged SYS error messages?
Something that looked like this:
[C:\]dir m:
SYS0015: The system cannot find the drive specified.
If you wanted to figure out more of the error message, you could enter HELP SYS0015.
With a SYS message, however, it is only necessary to type in the significant
number, for example:
[C:\]help 15
SYS0015: The system cannot find the drive specified.
EXPLANATION: One of the following has occurred:
1. The drive specified does not exist.
2. The drive letter is incorrect.
3. You are trying to RESTORE to a redirected drive.
4. You are trying to RESTORE to a read-only drive.
ACTION: For situations 1 and 2 above; retry the command
using the correct drive letter. For situation 3, you are not
allowed to RESTORE to a redirected drive.
Don't you love to save a few keystrokes?
Rebound -- Off the Boards
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AH274X.TXT 5 1K 1-09-95+ Info on Adaptec adapters under OS/2
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Newsletter
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PM
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Creates applications in xBase language;
however also exploits: WPS drag/drop, MM,
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TRIWARP.ZIP 7 491K 1-03-95+ Trident display drivers (10/94) for Warp
TSPEED6.ZIP 12 125K 1-09-95+ Test your modem & optimize DL speed
TTIME2.ZIP 9 12K 1-08-95+ TTime/2, a minimalist clock. Freeware.
Requires VROBJ.DLL, the VX-Rexx Runtime. By
local author Harvey Summers. For OS/2 only.
UE312OS2.ZIP 9 604K 1-03-95+ MicroEMACS 3.12
ULTRA06D.ZIP 7 46K 1-12-95+ Ultrasound MMPM drivers #2 (Manley drivers)
UMSMTP01.ZIP 16 15K 1-09-95+ Make ultimail/2 lite work with SMTP rather
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WEB.ZIP 16 716K 1-19-95+ Latest WEB browser! (Jan 6)
WHICHP.TXT 5 2K 1-09-95+ Check which version of warp you have
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WTRAPE.TXT 5 1K 1-09-95+ trap w/ laps info
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ZIPCTL.ZIP 9 333K 1-16-95+ PM Drag and Drop Zip front end
ZOC203.ZIP 12 531K 1-16-95+ v2.03 of ZOC - a great PM based comm program
ZTB110.ZIP 9 131K 1-09-95+ ZTreeBold, a text/dir manager
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The Dog House
The Rexx Language page is now available at
http://www.hursley.ibm.com/rexx
This page refers to documents relating to the Rexx programming language,
gleaned from many sources. You will find (among other things):
o An invitation to the 1995 Rexx symposium
o Rexx Frequently Asked Questions
o Information about the Rexx Language Association
o Information about the proposed ANSI standard for Rexx
o Rexx book lists and other background information on Rexx
o Historical Rexx documents
And, of course, links to other Rexx information on the Web.
The Rexx Language page is hosted by the IBM UK Laboratories
(http://www.hursley.ibm.com).
Threads
"Threads" are a collection of posts that may be of interest to individual
readers.
Yesterday's News
PC Magazine, May 12, 1992
"Trends" section, title "OS/2 Apps: Waiting for Godot?", page 32,
last paragraph:
"You'll know OS/2 2.0 is a success when Microsoft begins
developing OS/2 2.0 applications. When CEO Bill Gates
was asked what it would take for Microsoft to write for
OS/2, he said 2 million copies of OS/2 sold in the first
year--'but they'll sell less than 10 percent of that.'"
Author of article is Christopher Barr.
IBM Systems Management on WWW
IBM Systems Management WWW Entry Now Online
January 17, 1995
An IBM systems and network management section has been added to
IBM's Home Page on the World Wide Web (WWW). This entry includes
many topics related to systems management including: news, press
releases, awards, an introduction to SystemView(R) Karat,
SystemView disciplines, the NetView(R) Association and product fact
sheets covering all major platforms (AS/400(R), PC LAN, RISC,
S/390(R)).
Customers will find this section a convenient way to keep up on the
latest advances in IBM software support and services.
As with all Internet locations, we will be continually updating and
expanding over time. Our plan is to populate the section with all
of IBM's products. So if your favorite product is not yet repres-
ented, don't worry-- it's coming.
To get there:
1. Access the IBM Home Page (URL address: http://www.ibm.com).
2. Select the hypertext for "Find out about our products and
services".
3. Next select "Networking Hardware and Software". This will bring
up the IBM Networking Home Page.
4. Now select "Software" and you're there.
The fast path to the Networking Home Page is URL address:
http://www.raleigh.ibm.com
Good Surfing!
Doug Azzarito on Installing Warp
For those of you unfamiliar with Doug Azzarito, he developed RBBS and is
now working for IBM in Boca Raton, where he has made HPFS rock-solid.
In an on-line discussion, someone was talking about the alleged difficulties
in installing Warp. He gave a thought-provoking response. I did not have the
original post, so he was kind enough to paraphrase the content for our
newsletter:
The append was aimed at a user who said that installing OS/2 wasn't
worth his time if he had to download a new driver, or call up a
mfgr for help. I challenged him to take a new computer, with a
completely blank hard drive, and install an out-of-the-box copy of
DOS & WINDOWS. If you do this, you won't get CD-ROM support, you
won't get good video support, you won't get sound card support, and
you'll have enough trouble just getting the thing configured so
your performance is acceptable. Now try and install support for your
CD-ROM, sound card and video. Hopefully, current drivers came with
each device you bought, but you may be calling a support BBS (I just
did that to get DOS SCSI support for a new card). Next, go to the
computer store and buy a word processor, spreadsheet, PIM, Compuserve
navigator, Internet kit, Fax & modem software and games. Install them
all, and then add up the amount of disk space they take, and your bill.
OS/2 Warp will do the same for much less.
So, the only advantage here is that your PC manufacturer goes through
a lot of the headaches for you with the DOS/WIN setup. If that's what
is stopping you from using Warp, buy your PC from a mfgr that will
preload Warp for you. It may not be perfect, but then a friend
of mine has just sent back his THIRD machine because of problems with
either the HW, SW or both. As soon as he gets one he likes, I'll help
him install Warp - and I don't expect any problems.
Doug Azzarito
Newt Gingrich, Internet and OS/2
FYI,
I was looking at C-Span (for non-US folks, this is the public access
channel) yesterday and saw the Speaker of the US House
Newt Gingrich introduce the new World Wide Web site for the US House of
Representatives. He and a couple of other representatives were fawning all
over the fact that Internet access to our government was going to
revolutionize how the government works. Behind them were a number of
computer screens showing a WWW browser.
All the while, I was saying to myself, another shot of Windows--I just wish thes
people knew what OS/2 and the Web Explorer could do--they would never use Mosaic
again. Anyway, after the speeches, there was a demo session, and I noticed
something strange, the objects all had context menus. I thought maybe, just
maybe, this might be the workplace shell, but reality took over and I knew
that it was just some type of windows shell. However, when they kicked off
the browser, I realized that it was the WEB EXPLOER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and a couple of major reps were usin
OS/2, the IAK and the Web Explorer to demo their new system (THOMAS--The House
Online Multimedia Access System I believe). I believe this is proof of the impa
of the Internet support in Warp---I never would have believed this had I not
seen it myself.
By the way, C-Span usually repeats these programs, so it is possible that it may
come on again today.
The address of thomas is http://thomas.loc.gov
Linden deCarmo Internet: lad@vnet.ibm.com
OS/2 Multimedia Compuserve: 74247,2100
OS/2 Internet Sites
Submitted by: M. Savio (msavio@vnet.ibm.com)
Source: M. Savio (msavio@vnet.ibm.com)
Date received: 1995 January 19
Date posted: 1995 January 19
---------------------------------------------------------
This is a summary of some Internet world-wide sites with information
about IBM and specially about OS/2. Hope you enjoy.
Contents:
1- Worldwide Web Sites
2- FTP Sites
3- Gopher Servers
4- Internet Newsgroups
--1- World Wide Web ---------------------------------------
IBM's main home page is located at:
http://www.ibm.com/
IBM's Personal Software Products
http://www.ibm.com/pspinfo/
IBM's OS/2 Homepage
http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/os2.html
IBM RISC System/6000 Products and Services
http://www.austin.ibm.com
IBM Internet Connection
http://www01.ny.us.ibm.net/
AS/400 Products
http://www.ibm.com/products/as400/
Large Scale Computing
http://lscftp.kgn.ibm.com/
IBM Hursley Laboratories
http://www.hursley.ibm.com/
Almaden Research Center
http://www-i/almaden.ibm.com/
Optical Storage
http://eagle.almaden.ibm.com/optical/
Advantis Network
http://www.ibm.com/adv/
Thomas J. Watson Research Center
http://www.watson.ibm.com/watson/
Taligent
http://www.taligent.com/
IBM Zurich Research Lab
http://www.zurich.ibm.com/
IBM Service InfoNetz Deutschland
http://www.mainz.ibm.de/
IBM UK AIX Business Unit
http://www.europe.ibm.com/aix.uk/
IBM Norway
http://www.ibm.no/
IBM POWERparallel Systems
http://lscftp.ign.ibm.com/pps/
IBM European Services
http://www.europe.ibm.com/
IBM International Technical Support (Redbooks)
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/
IBM Networking
http://www.raleigh/ibm.com/nethome.html/
IBM PC Software Direct
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/pcdirect/
IBM Personal Computers
http://www.pcco.ibm.com/files.html
IBM New Mexico
http://ibmwww.lanl.gov/federal/
1.1- Non-IBM World Wide Web Sites
Walnut Creek Archive WWW Interface
http://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2
MIT OS/2 Web Page
http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/os2/os2world.html/
California Institute of Technology
http://www.ccsf.caltech.edu/~kasturi/os2.html
IBM Kiosk for Education at the Univ. of Washington
http://ike.engr.washington.edu/ike.html
IBM Power Parallel Systems at Cornell Univ.
http://ibm.tc.cornell/edu/
Northern NJ Team OS/2 Web Server
http://www.intac.com/nnjos2/nnjos2ug.html
University of Trosm, Norway
http://www.cs.uit.no/os2/index.html
UIUC OS/2 Home Page
http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~rs9678/raj.html
The Internet Relay Chat #OS/2 Home Page
http://venus.ee.ndsu.nodak.edu/os2/index.html
OS/2 Warp Pharmacy
http://www.zeta.org.au/~jon/WarpPharmacy.html
OS/2 Software Library
http://www.state.ky.us/software/os2.html/IBM FTP Sites
--2- FTP Sites --------------------------------------------
T.J. Watson Research Center
ftp://software.watson.ibm.com/pub/os2
Purpose: This site is the main IBM distribution point for fixes,
corrective service diskettes (CSD's), beta's (sometimes),
Employee Written Shareware, Team OS/2 Newsletters, and
much, much more...
Client Server Integration
http://ftp.clearlake.ibm.com
Purpose: Provide complete information on IBM's Client
Server computing strategy.
IBM Storage Systems
ftp to index.storsys.ibm.com
Purpose: Support code for IBM's ADSTAR Distributed Storage
Manager family of products (ADSM/2, ADSM/6000, ADSM/9000),
a client server based lan/workstation backup/archive/storage
management product. Contains all client code and PTF's/CSD's,
all server PTF's/CSD's, API and developer support program
info, and a version of ADSM/6000 with a 60 day trial
license key.
IBM Networking
ftp to networking.raleigh.ibm.com
Purpose: Technical guidance, education and customer case
studies. Current and back issues of the APPC Connection, a
newsletter distributed in 82 countries. Also technical
information on a wide variety of networking-related standards.
Press releases, product announcements and technical papers.
IBM PC Company
ftp.pcco.ibm.com
Information on IBM PC hardware.
IBM Kingston
lscftp.kgn.ibm.com
IBM Hursley Labs, UK
ftp.hursley.ibm.com
IBM Internet Connection
ftp.ibm.net
2.1- Other FTP Sites:
Walnut Creek Hobbes OS/2
ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/
MUENCHEN German OS/2 Archive
ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/coomp/os/os2
NMSU OS/2 Area
ftp://ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/pub/os2
rosm, Norway FTP Site
file://ftp.cs.uit.no/pub/os2
Sweden's University of Luleo OS/2 Archive
file://ftp:luth.se/pub/os2
Brazil's University of Campinas OS/2 repository
file://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/os2
--3- Gopher Sites -----------------------------------------
Almaden Research Center
gopher://index.almaden.ibm.com/
(This server will be replaced shortly with: os2info.austin.ibm.com)
IBM Announcement Letters
gopher://gopher.ibmlink.ibm.com
IBM Client Server/GopherComputing Gopher Server
gopher://csgopher.gpl.ibm.com/ (198.5.4.1)
The IBM Client/Server Computing Gopher Server is a repository for
newsletters, technical articles, product information, current events
and other information related to Client/Server Computing.
Advantis Network
192.239.48.7:70/1
AS/400 Gopher
gopher://as400/rochester.ibm.com:70/1
Team OS/2 Information
gopher://index.almaden.ibm.com/1teamos2/teamos2.70
3.1- Other Gopher Servers
VISION OS/2 Gopher
gopher://vision.ns.doe.gov/1os2.70
Cornell Univ. OS/2 Users Group
gopher://gopher1.cit.cornell.edu/00/.cit_files/MTOS2
Univ. of Illinois Gopher
gopher://gopher.cso.uiuc.edu/
Larry's OS/2 Archive
gopher://bongo.cc.utexas.edu:3003/11/microlib/pc/os2
--4- Internet Newsgroups ----------------------------------
bit.listserv.os2-l
comp.binaries.os2
comp.os.os2
comp.os.os2.advocacy
comp.os.os2.announce
comp.os.os2.apps
comp.os.os2.beta
comp.os.os2.bugs
comp.os.os2.games
comp.os.os2.misc
comp.os.os2.multimedia
comp.os.os2.networking
comp.os.os2.networking.misc
comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip
comp.os.os2.programmer
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
comp.os.os2.programmer.oop
comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
comp.os.os2.programmer.tools
comp.os.os2.setup
comp.os.os2.ver1x
comp.lang.rexx
Based on the document: "IBM's Worldwide Electronic Resources"
by: Vicci Conway, IBM/PSP Bulletin Board Programs Manager
Internet: vicci@vnet.ibm.com - CompuServe: 76711,1123
Osborne Computer to pre-load OS/2
Osborne Computer Corporation
Press Release
Date: 18th January, 1995
Location: Sydney, Australia
Why Osborne is No Longer Pre Loading Microsoft Operating Systems
1) Introduction
===============
For as long as this company / these companies have been selling Osborne desktop
computers we have shipped them with an operating system which has
overwhelmingly been sourced from Microsoft.
We have shipped some systems, probably less than 2000 units out of over 300,000
units, with different versions of Novell, UNIX and OS/2 but most of our systems
have been shipped with Microsoft's DOS and since May of 1991 with successive
versions of Windows.
Osborne was the first desktop computer to be shipped in Australia with Windows
preloaded on the hard disk. In fact, it was one of the first computers anywhere
in the world to be shipped with Windows preloaded.
Since that time, almost every other computer manufacturer and assembler has done
the same. Osborne desktop computers have continued to be shipped with
successive versions of Windows preloaded as well as with the successive versions
of DOS from Microsoft.
Because we were a "pioneer" in preloading operating systems and because, in
Australia, we were a "large" customer of Microsoft we were able to provide
Windows and DOS to users who wanted these programs at a much lower cost than
they could buy them and also at a lower cost than our Australian competitors
could provide them.
However, over the past 2 years Microsoft's policies have changed several times
and many, if not all, of the advantages of preloading DOS and Windows on a
desktop computer have disappeared.
Firstly Microsoft has sold site licences to many of our major accounts for DOS,
Windows and their application programs. Secondly, Microsoft have entered into
similar arrangements with companies much smaller than us at very similar prices.
Thirdly, Microsoft have taken very little/no action against the plethora of
backyard (and some other) assemblers who have provided illegal copies of these
programs in situations where we compete.
Finally, the fact is that we have sold at least two, and in some cases three,
copies of DOS and Windows to our major customers and often to our single user
customers who have traded in or upgraded an earlier purchased Osborne computer.
So we are changing our preloading policy after four years. The changes we are
making are overwhelmingly in our customers' best interests and enable Osborne
desktop hardware to perform at its maximum level.
The balance of this document gives the technical and commercial reasons why we
have changed a four year old practice and outlines the options available to our
current and future customers.
2) MS-DOS vs PC DOS
===================
a) Previous Practice
--------------------
i) We have always shipped a version of Microsoft DOS with Osborne desktop
computers because, until very recently, there was no alternative.
ii) The DOS shipped today is not very different to the DOS we shipped 7 years
ago except for some cosmetics and some "bolted on" utilities.
iii) We have always paid a very hefty price for MS-DOS which has not decreased
over the years.
b) Considering Changing From MS-DOS to PC DOS
---------------------------------------------
i) Over the past 18 months we have examined IBM's OC DOS and have found it to
be, line for line, executable identical to MS-DOS.
ii) This is hardly surprising as PC DOS was always the "standard" that
Microsoft, over the years, has maintained compatibility with.
iii) We came to a commercial decision to stop shipping MS-DOS when our then
current 2 year licence agreement expired on Dec 31st, 1994.
iv) Our reasons were:
1) PC DOS was executable identical in every respect to MS-DOS either in
standalone mode or when used with Windows.
2) PC DOS was less than 50% of the cost of MS-DOS.
v) However, prior to making this decision we advised Microsoft (Australia) and
then Microsoft (USA) of our unhappiness with MS-DOS pricing. Their response, and
I quote, was "no price movement is possible".
vi) This initial response was quickly subsequently modified to "If you renege on
your agreement with IBM we will pay your legal fees and cancellation penalties"
and when we advised them that we were not prepared to do this their "final
offer" was "OK, we will pay any cancellation penalties and get very close to
IBM's price".
vii) We decided to change to IBM's PC DOS because it would enable us to reduce
the price of desktop computers to our customers without impairing, in any way,
their ability to run current or future application software.
c) Customer Options
-------------------
i) From 1st January 1995 all Osborne desktop computers have been shipped with
IBM PC DOS; not Microsoft's MS-DOS.
ii) Should a customer wish to load MS-DOS on to his/her system he/she has two
options
1) Buy a copy/copies of MS-DOS 6.2 from a reseller.
2) Load thheir current copy of MS-DOS on to their new system, provided
it is not being used on another system
iii) By shipping PC DOS instead of MS-DOS we have reduced the price of Osborne
desktop computers by $A90.00.
3. Windows 3.11 vs Warp
=======================
a) Previous Practice
--------------------
i) We have shipped all Osborne desktop computers with successive versions of
Windows since May 1991.
ii) Over that time we have run into many, many problems with our customers from
the very largest (Telecom Australia, Department of Employment, Education and
Training) to first time buyers of single units.
iii) Many, many of our customers did not want Windows when we started to ship it
and we lost several accounts because of that fact.
iv) Subsequently many, many of our accounts have entered into agreement with
Microsoft for site licences and we have been put at a financial disadvantage in
selling to those accounts because our licence specified we must ship (and pay
Microsoft for) Windows with all of our systems.
v) Also many of our larger customers did not wish to change versions when we
changed (for whatever reason).
vi) It has become increasingly difficult to cope with and cater for all of the
permutations that currently exist and it has been, and remains, very, very
expensive.
vii) However, we have coped with both the manufacturing and administration
problems (I believe very well) but we have had to pass on the costs of doing
this to our customers; the costs have been significant.
b) Considering Changing From Windows
------------------------------------
i) For over 4 years we have evaluated, under licence, the successive versions
of OS/2 as well as being part of the Beta testing program for the various
Windows products.
ii) Until June of 1994 no OS/2 product was sufficiently easy to use or contained
enough differentiating factors to be considered as a substitute for Microsoft's
DOS/Windows operating environment.
iii) However, as we continued to work with successive Beta versions of Chicago
(now changed to Windows 95) it became apparent that OS/2 was already a more
robust (euphemism for more bug free) operating system and it already had all
of the features that Microsoft were implementing in Windows 95 in the future.
iv) Our major problem was that OS/2, or more correctly the then upcoming
version that eventually was named Warp, still needed a licenced copy of Windows
from Microsoft to run Windows applications.
v) There were considerable advantages in using OS/2 to run Windows. Firstly
Warp was a "pure" 32 bit operating system with "true" multitasking that would
allow 80486DX2 and above processors to be used effectively.
vi) Secondly, our application testing showed that OS/2 ran Windows applications
faster than Windows did. As we have always based our product strategies on
offering Osborne system users the maximum speed of operating possible in each
class of system we felt this was a deciding factor.
vii) However the decision to move our mainstream product offerings to Warp
rather than continuing preloading Windows for Workgroups was also based on the
fact that Chicago/Windows 95 still has no announcement date and we would not
offer that operating system on the day of its release anyway.
viii) As our hardware product offering will be wholly based on 64 bit CPU's and
data paths by 1st April 1995 it would not make sense to continue to use a 16 bit
operating system such as WFWG 3.11 which would "cripple" the advanced hardware.
ix) Our final decision was based on the fact that an about to be released
version of Warp will not need either DOS or MS Windows to run OS/2, DOS and
Windows applications "natively".
x) This version of Warp will allow us to offer high powered 64 bit hardware
configurations with a true 32 bit operating system that is easier to use than
Windows and is far more "robust" than Windows 95 at a cost of $A200 less than a
Windows 3.11 system and $A300 less than a Windows 95 system.
c) Customer Options
-------------------
i) From 1st April 1995 Osborne will only preload its high end and low end
systems with Warp (For Windows) at a cost of $A200 less than it would have
offered the same system loaded with Microsoft DOS and WFWG 3.11. Mid range
systems will still use WFWG 3.11
ii) These platforms will run any Windows/DOS or DOS application without
modification.
iii) Should a user prefer to use Windows he/she can load a version of Windows
that they possess (provided that it is used only on the new system).
iv) Should their organisation possess a Windows site licence then they will
obviously choose to load that version of Windows which they would have done
anyway.
v) If neither of those options is available to them then they can purchase a
copy of Windows from the reseller of their choice.
4) Summary
==========
i) Window has never been a good operating system. It "burns up" far too much
hardware for virtually no return other than a prettier looking screen than a DOS
Shell.
ii) A user, whether he/she realises it or not has paid a very heavy price for
this, cosmetic, prettiness. Typically they have had to double the memory,
double their hard disk and go to the next level up of processor to achieve the
same level of performance from a Windows application as the same DOS application
(you may recall that a whole new cost was added in to the system by the need for
a "Windows Accelerator" graphics system). You would also be aware that few, if
any, games are designed to run under Windows because, despite being described as
a "Graphical User Interface" its graphics handling ability is appalling.
iii) As for Windows being "an intuitive interface", that Microsoft claim has
been settled by Microsoft itself changing to an OS/2 look alike interface for
Windows 95.
iv) Similarly Microsoft's claim that Windows is "easier to use" has also been
scuppered by Microsoft's announcement last Saturday at the Consumer Electronics
Show in Las Vegas of "Bob". "Bob" is an interface that sits over Windows which
sits over DOS to make a computer "easier to use" (I thought Windows was meant to
do that!).
v) I recognise that many users, for a wide variety of reasons, will decide to
continue to use Windows and they can do that as easily and as 'cheaply' on
future Osborne systems as they have on past systems.
vi) However, an Osborne system has always been designed to give the user
maximum useable power at the lowest possible price.
vii) OS/2 Warp does that. Windows does not. It would be wrong to offer a user
an Osborne system based on an 80386 CPU with 2MB of memory and a 80 MB hard
disk in 1995 (although such a system was a revolution in 1991).
vii) Similarly, offering a user 64 bit hardware with a 16 bit operating system
would be wrong in 1995.
(signature)
John Linton
Las Vegas - January 7th, 1995
IBM Announcements on the Internet
IBM US Announcement Letters Now Available on Internet Listserver
January 30, 1995
Effective today, Internet e-mail users can automatically receive
IBM US Announcement Letters.
Now an Internet e-mail user can:
-- subscribe to categories of interest; and
-- receive notification when the title of an announcement letter,
which has been posted, matches the user's established profile.
In addition, users can obtain the announcement letter text
or summary in ASCII format.
This new service was developed with listserver technology and the
worldwide offering information product and services classification
scheme.
IBM US Announcement Letter Listserver Service -- Detailed Instructions
The US Announcement Letter Listserver Service allows an Internet
e-mail user to automatically receive US Announcement Letter information
(titles and optionally the letter) from selected categories when the
announcements are made public.
Three pages (180 lines) of details follow...
Getting Started ...
:lines align=left.
Q: How do I obtain the US Announcement Letter category form?
A: Send an e-mail to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com. The keyword
"subscribe" must be your first and only word in the body of the
e-mail (leave the subject blank).
Q: Once I have the category form, what do I do?
A: Select the categories you would like to subscribe to.
Q: How do I select a subscription to a category?
A: There are 2 ways. See "Methods to Select a Category" for details.
Q: What does it mean to subscribe?
A: You will be notified of each new US Announcement Letter title in
the categories you previously selected when the announcement letter
is published. You can also request to have the ASCII version of the
US Announcement Letter sent to you.
Q: Now that I have selected a category, what will I receive?
A: You will receive one e-mail with the titles of the US Announcement
Letters that match your category selection.
Q: How often will I receive these e-mails?
A: It depends on your category selection. For example, if you selected
the category "Hardware", whenever IBM US publishes a hardware
announcement letter, you will receive an e-mail containing the title
of that announcement letter.
Q: How often could I receive announcement information?
A: Potentially, every Tuesday morning.
Q: I receive the e-mail with the US Announcement Letter titles that
match my category subscriptions. How can I get the actual text
of the announcement letter?
A: You can use the Listserver Service to obtain an ASCII version (in
an e-mail) or you can use the 1-800-IBM-4FAX service to fax a copy
of the US Announcement Letter. See "To Get the Detailed US
Announcement Letter" below for details.
Q: How do I unselect a subscription to a category?
A: There are 2 ways. See "To Unselect a Category" for details.
Q: How do I completely unsubscribe from the Listserver Service?
A: Send an e-mail to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com. The keyword
"unsubscribe" must be your first and only word in the e-mail.
Q: Whom can I contact if I have questions or suggestions?
A: Send an e-mail to usannltr@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com.
Methods To Select a Category... There are 2 ways:
A. If your e-mail facility allows you to forward/resend the e-mail
that contains the category form, place a "S" (for select) to the
left of the category description. Resend the updated form with
your choices to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com. For example:
To: announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com
_ HARDWARE (HW000)
_ Processors (HW100)
_ Large (Mainframes, Enterprise Systems, Large Scale)(HW110)
S Mid-range Computers (AS/400) (HW120)
_ Advanced Work Stations (RISC/6000, AIX) (HW130)
_ Personal Systems (PC Series, ThinkPads) (HW140)
S Supercomputers (HW150)
_ Parallel Processors (HW160)
...
In this example, the user "selected" (to subscribe to) 2
categories: Mid-range (HW120) and Supercomputers (HW150)
B. Alternatively, you can simply send a new e-mail with the keyword
SELECT followed by the category descriptor codes (the 5
characters in () at the end of the category descriptor) to
announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com. For example, to subscribe
to Mid-range (HW120) and Supercomputers (HW150), the user would
send the following e-mail:
To: announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com
SELECT HW120 HW150
To Get the Detailed US Announcement Letter...
A. If your e-mail facility allows you to forward/resend the e-mail
that contains the US Announcement Letter titles, place a "G"
(for Get) to the left of the letter title. Resend the updated
form, with your request for ASCII output for the selected
announcement letters, to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com.
For example:
To: announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com
Hardware
G 194405 Cooperative Hardware Withdrawal: CBIS CD Tower
_ 194404 Options by IBM: Storage Products
G 194401 IBM 7135 Raidiant Array Feature Enhancements
_ 194399 IBM 3174 Establishment Controller Model 95R
...
In this example, the user requested to "get" the ASCII versions
of the US Announcement Letter 194405 and 194401.
B. Alternatively, you can send a separate e-mail with the keyword
GET followed by the US Announcement Letter number (the 6 digits
that precede the announcement letter title) to
announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com. For example, to get the US
announcement letters 194405 and 194401, the user would send the
following e-mail:
To: announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com
GET 194405 194401
C. If you prefer to obtain the US Announcement Letter(s) by fax,
call in the United States, 1-800-IBM-4FAX (24 hours/day,
7 days/week service), then select:
1. Main menu option "2 -- Know your document number" and
2. Enter the 6 digit US Announcement Letter number as the document
number, e.g, 194405. Note: Only 5 documents (US Announcement
Letters) can be selected at a time with this service.
3. Follow directions to enter the receiving fax machine number
To Unselect a Category
A. If your e-mail facility allows you to forward/resend the e-mail
that contains the category form, place a "U" (for unselect) to the
left of the category description. Resend the updated form with
your choices to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com. For example:
To: announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com
_ HARDWARE (HW000)
_ Processors (HW100)
_ Large (Mainframes, Enterprise Systems, Large Scale)(HW110)
U Mid-range Computers (AS/400) (HW120)
_ Advanced Work Stations (RISC/6000, AIX) (HW130)
_ Personal Systems (PC Series, ThinkPads) (HW140)
U Supercomputers (HW150)
_ Parallel Processors (HW160)
...
In this example, the user unselects 2 categories: Mid-range
(HW120) and Supercomputers (HW150)
B. Alternatively, you can simply send a new e-mail with the keyword
SELECT followed by the negative (minus) sign "-" and the
category description codes (the 5 characters in () at the end of
the category descriptor) to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com.
For example, to unselect Mid-range (HW120) and Supercomputers
(HW150), the user would send the following e-mail:
To: announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com
SELECT -HW120 -HW150
The above example will unsubscribe you from the Mid-range
Computers (AS/400) (HW120) and Supercomputers (HW150) categories.
Quick Reference
1. Listserver e-mail address: announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com
2. Sending an e-mail to the Listserver address with the following..
Keyword(s) Results in...
------------- ---------------------------------------
Subscribe US Announcement Letter Category form sent
to you.
Unsubscribe Removes you from the Listserver service
completely. All selections are removed.
Select HW110 Receive US Announcement Letter
information pertaining to the HW110
category
Select -HW110 Removes your request to receive US
Announcement Letter information
pertaining to the HW110 category
Select HW222 -HW111 Add category HW222 and remove category
HW111
3. Questions or suggestions? Send an e-mail to
usannltr@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com.
Star Trek on the WWW
If you're interested in Warp, you might be interested in Star Trek:
http://voyager.paramount.com/
http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/rec/startrek/index.html
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/STTNG
Next MMOUG Meeting
The next MMOUG Meeting will be on Wednesday, February 15, 1995, 4:00 pm
in Columbia. Because of complications, MoreNet will not be the topic of
discussion. We will instead be talking about games under OS/2. If you
have a game that would be of interest, bring it along (but come early so we
can get loaded, er, I mean so we can get the game loaded).
Boone County Electrical Cooperative
1414 Range Line
Columbia, MO 65101
From Jefferson City:
Take Highway 63 North to Interstate 70. Go West on I-70 to the
Range Line Exit. Go South on Range Line less than a block. Boone
County Electrical Cooperative is the first building past the
restaurant.
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The Mid-Missouri OS/2 Users Group is a non-profit corporation who's dedicated purpose is to aid and
facilitate the education and communication between individual computer users, different computer
groups, and the general public.
The Woodmeister BBS is the official Bulletin Board of the MMOUG. A copy of the Bylaws is
available for downloading from the Woodmeister BBS (314-446-0016).
For assistance with OS/2, call our Voice Mail at 314-636-0805.