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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
August 1994
Volume 2 Number 8
Note: 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.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. MMOUG July Minutes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Mid Missouri OS/2 User's Group
Date of Meeting: 7/20/94
Location: Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Data Processing,
1621 E. Elm, Jefferson City, MO 65101
Attendees:
Rick Wolters, Robert Tufts, Greg Longan, Penny Shepherd, Jim Casstevens, Dayton
Shepherd, Dale Hackemeyer, Randall Wilkerson, Randy Wright, Steve Maring, Gary
Pool, David Scott, David Keisker, Michelle Wilson, Ben Hoffman
Guests:
Mike Lane, Bob Walter, Brenda Verhoff, Don Anderson
Meeting:
Gary Pool called the meeting to order. Gary said he had talked to someone at
IBM about a Mid West newsletter called "PC Software Update" and getting our
meetings advertised. The meeting next month will be at the Boone Electric Coop
Building in Columbia. The September meeting will be at the Dept of Social
Services building at One Elm Plaza in Jefferson City again. Suggestions for a
permanent meeting location for both cities were taken so there would be less
confusion for where the meetings should be held. For Columbia: the Boone
Electric Coop, for JC: the Conservation Dept's Training Room and the Social
Services Building on Elm Plaza. We need to determine if this is something we
want to do and which Jefferson City Location at the next meeting.
Rick Wolters reported that the club membership was over 60. A suggestion was
made to mail newsletters to computer stores in the area to increase our
advertising. Michelle Wilson reported that the August meeting topic would be
PIM's (Personal Info Managers) with Penny Shepherd presenting Relish and
Phillip Wilson presenting Arcadia. We are trying to get Stac Inc for Oct.
There was no further business. Michelle Wilson and Ben Hoffman from IBM did a
presentation on Person to Person, a group conferencing product.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. IO I/O ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Information Officer Input/Output
OK. This is the editor's page. This is the third issue of the MMOUG
Newsletter since I have assumed the role of editor. I've already run out of
things to say.
Note that the editor's page is called IO I/O. That's Information Office
INPUT/Output. However, so far it's been all output and I haven't gotten any
input. Remember, you can send me any little thing that's on your mind. If you
want it to be anonymous, that's fine. If you like the Newsletter, drop a line.
If you don't like it, drop a line. If you have suggestions, drop a line. If
you're a comedian, drop a line. If you're an electrician, don't drop a line if
you're on a pole.
I've added two more items this month. I now plan to regularly include a
membership form so that if you run into friends and neighbors who would like to
be a member of the User Group, you'll have a form readily available. I tested
the printing only on a Hewlett-Packard Laserjet Series II, so I would like to
hear how it prints on other printers.
The other (much more) interesting item is the Frugal Hacker. The Frugal Hacker
is Bob Stephan of the Monterey Bay Area User Group in Monterey, California.
I've started to download other User Group Newsletters so that I could steal, er
plagiar, er develop new ideas for our own newsletter. Yeah, that's the ticket!
I've downloaded two of MBUG's Newsletter and Bob has had excellent articles
both times. I have contacted him and he has given me permission to use them in
our newsletter.
If you haven't noticed, our electronic version of the nesletter has a LOT more
information than the paper version. Of course the paper version is used
primarily as a reminder of the next meeting. However, the paper version can
also serve as a way to increase the outside world's awareness of MMOUG and
OS/2. If you know of any area businesses, schools or departments who would be
worthwhile notifying, please contact Rick Wolters or me and we will see to it
that they are included in the mailing list.
I'm done.
gp
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. The Dog House ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Dog House
This month I'm including a little REXX program that I have found very helpful
and that is one of my favorites. I'm still a command line kind of guy, and I
like to do a lot of file maintenance at the command line. Sometimes, however
(particularly when deleting a number of unrelated files), I like the ease of
the Graphical User Interface. That's where OD.CMD comes in.
OD.CMD will open a directory in either an ICON or DETAILS view, so that it's
possible to manipulate the files, or to grab an icon to associate with a
program, without having to open the DRIVES folder. The syntax is similar to
the CD command. If you type OD with no parameters, it will open the directory
you are currently in. If you give it a /D or -D parameter, it will open a
DETAILS view of the folder, which will show you the size and date of the file.
Clip this little gem out and try it, you'll like it!
Usually, I like to document what the various lines of code are doing, but due
to procrastination, it's not documented as well as I like. But if you run into
something you're not familiar with, you can look it up in your online REXX
handbook! Yeah, I know, real helpful!
/* OD.CMD REXX program to open a Directory in ICON or DETAIL */
/* If no argument is given, it opens in TREE View */
/* /D or -D will cause it to open in DETAIL view */
arg Name Options
if (Left(Name,1) = '/') | (Left(Name,1) = '-') then do
swap = Name
Name = Options
Options = swap
end
OPenOpt="OPEN=ICON"
if Options \= '' then
if (Options \= '/D') & (Options \= '-D') then do
say "USAGE: Open-Dir [-d] [directory-name]"
say " Opens the specified directory as a folder on the desktop"
say " If no directory-name is specified, the current directory is opened"
say " If -d option is specified, the directory opens a DETAIL view"
exit(0)
end
else
OpenOpt="OPEN=DETAILS"
Dir.1 = DIRECTORY()
Dir.2 = ''
if Name \= '' then
if SubStr(Name,2,1) = 'ectory(Dir.1)
CALL SysSetObjectData Name,OpenOpt
exit(0)
Directory: procedure
arg Name
if Length(Name) > 3 then
if Right(Name,1) = '\' then
Name = Left(Name,LENGTH(Name)-1)
n = 'DIRECTORY'(Name)
return n
I hope that's helpful to a few folks!
If you have any neat REXX programs, 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.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Humor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Humor
Lunch, The IBM Way
I had a 9:00 meeting with my sales rep. I needed to buy an entire new series
70, the works. He said it'd take about an hour. Three hours later, we'd
barely got the datacomm hardware down on paper, so he invited me downstairs for
lunch. This was my first experience in an IBM cafeteria. Above the service
counter was a menu which began...
MMU's (Main Menu Units)
00010A Burger. Includes sesame-seed bun.
Must order condiments 00110A separately
001 Deletes seeds.
002 Expands burger to two patties.
00020A Double cheeseburger, pre-configured. Includes cheese, bun
and condiments.
001 Add-on bacon.
002 Delete second patty.
003 Replaces second patty with extra cheese.
00021A Burger Upgrade to Double Cheeseburger
001 From Single Burger.
002 From Double Burger.
003 Return credit for bun.
00220A Burger Bundle. Includes 00010A, 00210A and 00310A
001 Substitute root beer 00311A for cola 00310A.
My eyes glazed over. I asked for a burger and a root beer. The waitress
looked at me like I was an alien.
"How would you like to order that, sir ?"
"Quickly, if possible. Can't I just order a sandwich and a drink ?"
"No sir. All our service is menu driven. Now what would you like ?"
I scanned the menu. "How big is the 00010 burger ?"
"The patty is rated at eight bites."
"Well, how about the rest of it ?"
"I don't have the specs on that, sir, but I think it's a bit more."
"Eight bites is too small. Give me the Double Burger Upgrade."
My sales rep interrupted. "No, you want the Single Burger option 002 'expands
burger to two patties'. The double burger upgrade would give you two burgers.
"But you could get return credit on the extra bun," the waitress chimed in,
trying to be helpful, "although it isn't documented."
I looked around to see if anybody was staring at me. There was a couple in
line behind us. I recognized one of them, a guy who nearly mowed me down in
the parking lot with his cherry-red '62 Vette. He was talking to some woman
who was waving her arms around and looking very excited.
"What if... we marketed the bacon cheeseburger with the vegetable option and
without the burger and cheese ? It'd be a BLT!"
The woman charged off in the direction of the telephone, running steeplechases
over tables and chairs. My waitress tried to get my attention again. "Have
you decided, sir ?"
"Yeah, give me the double burger- excuse me, I mean the 00020A with the option
001. I want everything on it." She put me down for the Condiment Expansion
Kit, which included mayonnaise, mustard and pickles with a option to substitute
relish.
"Ketchup." I hated to ask. "I want ketchup on that, too." "Thats not a
condiment, sir, it's a Tomato Product."
My sales rep butted in again. "Thats not a supported configuration." "Why not
?" I kept my voice steady. "Too juicy. The bun can't handle it." "Look. Forget
the ketchup, just put some lettuce and tomatoes on it."
The waitress backed away from the counter. "I'm sorry, sir, but that's not
supported either, the bun can take it but the burger won't fit in the box. The
sales rep defended himself. "Just not at first release." "It is being
beta-tested, sir."
I checked the overhead screen.
Fries, number 000210A, option 110, French
followed by option 120, English.
"What the hell are English Fries ?" I turned to the sales rep.
"Chips they call them. We sell a lot of them."
I gave up. "OK, OK just give me a plain vanilla Burger Bundle."
This confused the waitress profoundly.
"Sir, Vanilla as an option is configured only for series 00450 Milk
Shakes." My sales rep chuckles.
"No ma'am, he just wants a standard 00220A off the shelf. I wondered
how long it had been on the shelf. I didn't ask.
"Very good, sir." The waitress breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your meal is now on order. Now how would you like it supported ?"
"Support ?" She directed me to the green shaded area at the bottom
of the menu, and I began a litany with my Sales Rep that I'll never
forget.
"Implementation assistance ?"
"You get a waiter."
"Implementation analysis ?"
"You tell him how hungry you are and he tells you what to eat."
"Response Center Support ?"
"He brings it to your table."
"Extended materials ?"
"You get refills."
I stuffed some money at the waitress and told her to take it. She
gave me my check on three sheets of green-bar paper. I studied it on
my way to the table, and decided it'd pass as an emergency napkin.
Table? My Sales Rep had been bright enough to order us a table. He
hadn't been bright enough to check on a delivery date. The table
waiter slouching in his corner surveyed the crowded room, looked at
me and said "Two weeks. But I can get you a stand alone chair by the
window right away."
I handed him the tray. A woman rushed up to me with two small cups
of chile and sauerkraut for the hot dog somebody else had ordered.
The room began to grow dim, my eyesight faded...
I woke up clutching the water-glass at my bedside table. It was five
AM, four hours till my meeting with IBM. I had had a vision, I did
what it told me to do. I dialed my office, and I called in sick.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. OS/2 TNT ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
OS/2 Tips 'N' Techniques
Here's a fresh tip that might have a limited audience: WIN-OS/2 users who have
access to many printers on a LAN. It's one that I thunk up out of my own haid,
Bubba. (Actually, I think I read something about this several years ago but
the memory is so distant that now it is part of my "public domain" knowledge.)
I've submitted it to "Stupid OS/2 Tricks" and it should appear in the next
issue.
Windows only lists LPT1, 2 and 3. On a LAN, however, you could have access to
MANY virtual LPT ports. To have access to these, go to your WIN.INI file and
find the "ports" section. Mine looks like this:
[ports]
; A line with [filename].PRN followed by an equal sign causes
; [filename] to appear in the Control Panel's Printer Configuration dialog
; box. A printer connected to [filename] directs its output into this file.
LPT1:=
LPT2:=
LPT3:=
COM1:=9600,n,8,1,x
COM2:=9600,n,8,1,x
COM3:=9600,n,8,1,x
COM4:=9600,n,8,1,x
EPT:=
FILE:=
LPT1.OS2=
LPT2.OS2=
Just add LPTx.OS2, where x is a number from 3 to 9. This will then print to
your LAN attached printers, and you can have up to nine LPT ports available.
Here's where my memory is shakey. I think that the only real difference in
printing to the LPTx.OS2 ports is that you bypass print manager. I could be
wrong about that. Hey, if I am -- write me and tell me about it! While you're
at it, submit a tip of your own!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Rebound ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Rebound -- Off the boards
There have been several great utilities show up here over the last 30 days.
Here's a few worth mentioning:
800INF.ZIP 4 403K 7-12-94+ User guide for people that call the 800#
support center. In ASCII and .INF form.
BA2100.ZIP 9 595K 7-05-94+ Back Again/2; fully enable OS/2 backup
utility. All OS/2 logical devices supported.
including but not limited to Network Drives.
CA20AOS2.ZIP 2 728K 7-12-94+ CA Realizer patch for 2.0
DXP234.ZIP 9 206K 7-28-94* DiskExpress 2.34 Super disk imaging program.
16/32 bit versions, data encryption, VMDISK
extraction and more.
FAX-V144.ZIP 31 622K 7-22-94* A complete WIN/DOS fax program. Complete WIN
integration. Works with most fax modems.
FINF090.ZIP 9 27K 7-06-94+ FindINFs Version 0.90 by Dale Hackemeyer. An
OS/2 utility to create icons on your desktop
for INF files. Uses INF title as the name.
OS2MSWIN.ZIP 4 4K 7-25-94* .WRI file explaining how to setup Win/WinOS2
to allow Win VXD's.
PCMTAB.ZIP 4 43K 7-13-94+ Latest table of hardware tested with OS/2
PN52335.ZIP 2 51K 6-30-94+ Cello fix for IBM TCP/IP v2.0
And LOTS more. Lists, fixes, info, utils, apps, you name it. Over 150 new
files last month alone.
There was a rumor that MOSAIC (the excellent Internet WWW browser) had been
ported to OS/2. I haven't found this yet, so I assume it to be false. When it
DOES shows up I'll make a lot of noise about it, rest assured!
The message traffic should be back to normal now. My feed in VA (Pete
Norloff's board, The OS/2 Shareware BBS) changed phone numbers so traffic was a
little sporadic there for a few days. I'm not noticing any problems now.
I'm always open for ideas or suggestions. If there's something you'd like to
see (or like to see different), let me know and I'll do my best to make it so.
Don't forget - MMOUG members get a free subscription to the OWM. Members get
1.5M/60Mins per day. I hope to see y'all on the boards...
The OS/2 Woodmeister
Overview of downloadable files
(314) 446-0016
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Threads ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Threads
"Threads" are a collection of posts that may be of interest to individual
readers.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. Describe Announcements ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Describe Announcements
This was posted on the OS2 BBS:
I have an article from the Sacramento Bee stating that the sales people at
DeScribe Inc. have 30 days after the August 15th release of DeScribe 5.0 to
sell 1000 copies of the product. If they cannot, the founder of DeScribe Inc.,
James Lennane, will shut the company down.
Lennane has reportedly lost $10 million on DeScribe since he founded the
company back in 1988. Sales of their word processor are pretty bad, only
50,000 to 60,000 copies sold.
I hope they can manage to survive. I use and like DeScribe very much and would
very sorry to see them out of business. I hope the new version includes
footnotes and an equation editor as those are essential features for many users
and DeScribe sorely needs them.
Marvin Lichtenthal
Internet marvinl@netcom.com
Since I first posted some information from the Sacramento Bee regarding
DeScribe, I have received many mail message asking questions about the next
version of DeScribe. I got the following information from the DeScribe BBS in
Sacramento. I guess the "announce" group would be more appropriate for this
but I don't represent DeScribe and am just passing along some publicly
available information from their BBS.
Read on...
DeSCRIBE, Inc.
ANNOUNCES NEW VERSION 4.1
for
OS/2,
Windows 3.x, and Windows NT
White Plains, NY, March 31, 1994 - Today, at the Westchester OS/2 User Groups'
2nd Annual OS/2 Celebration to Benefit The National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children, DeScribe, Inc. announced their latest upgrade to its
celebrated 32-bit word processor. Version 4.1 is the latest in feature rich
upgrades of the most stable PC word processor on the market.
DeScribe Word Processor Version 4.1 adds significant new features such as a
unique "Proper Names" list, highly productive "Initial Spell" checker, a
misspelled words dictionary for automatic correction of typos, simple
mathematics in tables, footnotes, an equation editor and a great new feature
for creating newsletters with the ability to link and flow text through
multiple frames and "grow-as-you-go" stretchy frames.
DeScribe has also programmatically circumvented the codepage restrictions of
OS/2 to provide true single and double open or close typographical quotes, en
and em-dash, single and double daggers, ellipsis and soft hyphens. Plus much,
much more.
"DeScribe's 4.1 has so many great new features that it
might as well be called 5.0"
...Steve Weeks, beta tester, Bansal, & Assoc.
"We have built a solid reputation for providing
consistently innovative features, solid code and comprehensive
support. In version 4.1 we've made extensive, end-user oriented,
improvements to the user interface along with many new features
that have one common goal, PRODUCTIVITY ON THE DESKTOP."
... Allan R. Katzen, President & CEO, DeScribe, Inc.
In addition, those registered purchasers of DeScribe 4.0 SE (Subscription
Edition) after April 1, will also receive all interim updates of 4.1,
thereafter. All other registered users of DeScribe 4.0 can upgrade to 4.1 for
$75 plus S&H. Based on an expected ship date of July 1, 1994, all registered
purchasers of DeScribe 4.0 after April 1, 1994 will receive the upgrade to 4.1
registered users in the US and Canada.
Available from major dealers with distribution from Ingram Micro, Merisel and
Micro Central, DeScribe is available in the U.S. and Canada for US$495 List for
the stand-alone version. The LAN versions of DeScribe are available
domestically in 10 and 20 paks for US$1,995 and US$2,995, respectively. New
Enterprise licensing is available direct from DeScribe for corporations with
over 350 users.
For Information Call:
Allan R. Katzen, President & CEO
916/ 646-1111
FAX 923-3447
DeSCRIBE MAGNUM ANNOUNCED
White Plains, NY, March 31, 1994 - Today, DeScribe, Inc. announced the
Company's plan to develop a "component shell" designed to manage a collection
of high level office productivity applications. The name of the component shell
which manages these applications has been code-named as DeScribe Magnum.
Included in the productivity applications shipped with DeScribe Magnum will be
the DeScribe Word Processor as well as a newly developed Magnum Spreadsheet,
Magnum Mail and Magnum DynaBase, a database interface product.
All products will be accessed using a common user interface which may be
customized by users of the system. Individual components may be selectively
attached to, or deleted from, the component shell. In a minimum configuration,
DeScribe Magnum would appear to a user as a single application selected from
what is commonly marketed as a "Suite" of applications.
Future DeScribe products will be integrated into DeScribe Magnum. Subsequent to
the initial release of Magnum, DeScribe intends to publish a specification of
system interface calls which will permit independent and corporate developers
to directly access the functionality of all DeScribe Magnum components. Magnum
system calls will be based on industry standard protocols for every operating
system on which DeScribe Magnum operates. Current 32bit platforms upon which
DeScribe products operate include OS/2, Windows NT and, upon general
availability, OS/2 for RISC and Windows 4.0.
As "Suites" become the most popular form of purchase for office productivity
products, the industry's design goal will be to remove unnecessary redundancy
for items such as spellcheckers, text format functions, menus, print managers
and screen handling routines.
DeScribe Magnum addresses this by placing all common functions into a high
level component shell. The shell would, for example, support text editing as a
high level function. The mail package, the spreadsheet and the word processor
will then inherit this common editing function, as will any independently
produced application designed for use within the DeScribe Magnum shell. The
high level component shell will be designed to incorporate licensed third party
software as a method of making additional functionality available to the
component applications. As an example, DeScribe is evaluating the IBM Personal
Dictation System (IPDS) as a supported third party function. The dictation
features of IPDS would then be available for use in all text based activities
within the Magnum products. An example of such support would be the ability to
address and dictate Magnum Mail messages to a hidden background task while
working on the Magnum Spreadsheet in the foreground. The Mail message would be
preprocessed by an auto correcting spell checker prior to final review and/or
automatic transmission.
The widely renowned feature of DeScribe's Word Processor, "Unlimited Undo",
will be a key capability shared by all DeScribe Magnum component programs.
DeScribe Magnum, as a true 32bit application take advantage of the best
features of each of the 32bit operating systems. Multi-threading will be used
whenever appropriate. IBM's System Object Module (SOM) and Microsoft's Object
Linking and Embedding (OLE) will both be supported.
The first release of the Magnum Spreadsheet component is expected to support
three dimensional arrays, make extensive use of object oriented technology and
support a new level of rogrammability never before available to spreadsheet
users. The initial release of the Magnum Spreadsheet is intended to support the
key functions used by 90% of spreadsheet users. Future releases will focus on
advanced functionality such as data modeling.
The Magnum DynaBase is a database access system for all popular SQL and non-SQL
databases. The Magnum components will be capable of rapidly and easily
accessing external database material for inclusion in Magnum documents.
Magnum Mail is a mail management system which provides a consistent interface
to industry standard mail systems such as cc:Mail and Microsoft Mail or may use
its own internal mail system for peer to peer communications within an OS/2 or
Windows workgroup. Access to IBM's PROFS will also be provided.
The first deliveries of DeScribe Magnum are scheduled for the first quarter of
1995.
Marvin Lichtenthal Internet marvinl@netcom.com
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.2. OS/2 LAN App and Tools Guide ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
OS/2 LAN App and Tools Guide
Nomination Deadline Approaches for OS/2/LAN Apps & Tools Guides
August 15, 1994 is the deadline for product submissions to the next editions of
the OS/2 & LAN Systems Applications and Tools Directories. In the few remaining
weeks before that deadline, we need your help in finding OS/2 and LAN Systems
applications and development tools. If you know of any developers who produce
OS/2 or LAN Systems products, please pass along the attached Product Nomination
Form, so that they can take advantage of this free advertising opportunity.
Or, notify us, and we will contact them for you.
We're pleased to tell you that, by the end of 1994, we anticipate there will be
more than 1 million copies of the Applications Directory and the Tools Guide in
circulation. We have created an OS/2 .INF version of the Tools Guide, and have
posted it on several major OS/2 bulletin board systems. We're also including
the .INF version on CD-ROMs for developers. And we're distributing printed
copies of the guides through Miller Freeman, a major publisher of magazines
about OS/2 and software development.
Help us make sure that every OS/2 and LAN Systems developer gets the
opportunity for this free publicity.
Questions regarding this notice may be directed to Mike Engelberg at T/L
982-0500 (V1ENG at BCRVM1).
PRODUCT NOMINATION FORM
for OS/2 & LAN Systems Applications Directory
and OS/2 & LAN Systems Development Tools Guide
Name of person preparing this form _____________________________________
Title __________________________________________________________________
Phone (in case we need to reach you for more information;
non-US, give country code):
__________________________________________________________________
Fax __________________________________________________________________
Electronic Userid ______________________________________________________
Company Name ___________________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
City _____________________________ State/Province ______________________
Country __________________________ Zip/Postal Code _____________________
Product Name & Version Number __________________________________________
Is the Product a Development Tool? Yes _____ No _____
Price and Currency _____________________________________________________
Availability Date ______________________ (Now or mm/dd/yy)
Sales/Order Contact Name _______________________________________________
Title ______________________________________________________
Electronic Mail Address for Orders _____________________________________
Phone Numbers (to order product in the US):
IMPORTANT! If you provide an 800 number, specify whether it can be
called only within the USA, only within Canada, or in both countries.
Also, BE SURE TO PROVIDE A NON-800 NUMBER so that customers in other
countries can call you.
800 Voice Phone: _________ ______________________________
Area Code Phone Number
800 number can be called from: __US __Canada __Both
Non-800 Voice Phone: _________ ______________________________
Area Code Phone Number
Fax Phone: _________ ______________________________
Area Code Phone Number
Do you sell your product outside the United States? Yes _____ No _____
If yes, in which countries or regions? _________________________________
International Sales/Order Contact Name: ________________________________
Phone Numbers (to order product in countries other than the US ):
Country: _______________________________________________________________
Voice phone: + _______ _________ ______________________________
Country City or Phone Number
Code Area Code
Fax phone: + _______ _________ ______________________________
Country City or Phone Number
Code Area Code
Does your company have other phone numbers in addition to the ones
above? If so, attach a separate sheet with additional phone numbers and
explanations.
Key Software Features
---------------------
Check all that apply. This information is required.
Advanced OS/2 2.x Features:
_____ Flat Memory _____ Mixed Mode _____ DSOM1
_____ Workplace Shell _____ 32-bit APIs _____ DSOM2
_____ DCE _____ Fast Semaphores _____ DSOM
_____ Generates 32-bit code _____ VDDs
_____ 32-bit SOM _____ SMP
_____ OpenDoc
_____ Other (specify): _________________________________________________
Product Category
----------------
Below is the list of product categories in the books. Choose a primary
category by marking it with the letter P, and up to three additional
secondary categories by marking them with the letter S.
APPLICATIONS:
-------------
ACCOUNTING/PERSONAL FINANCE DATABASE
____Accounting ____File Management
____Personal Finance ____Management Dictionaries
____Tax ____Query Languages
____Other Finance
DESKTOP PUBLISHING
BUSINESS-SPECIFIC ____Desktop Publishing
____Banking & Financial Services ____Document Management
____Industrial, Manufacturing
____Insurance
____Government & Public Management ____ELECTRONIC MAIL
____Public Utilities & Transportation
____Construction ____GAMES AND ENTERTAINMENT
____Health
____Scientific, Engineering, and
Technical GRAPHICS
____Organizations/Fund Raising ____Draw
____Education, Research/Library Mgmt ____Charting
____Human Resources Management
____Sales & Marketing INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
____Distribution/Wholesale/Retail ____Image & Document Management
____Agriculture ____Decision Support
____Automotive ____Project Management
____Contract Managers ____Report Management
____Facilities Management
____Food & Beverage INTEGRATED WORKGROUP
____Legal Services ____Integrated
____Mass Media/Communications ____Office Automation
____Natural Resources and Related ____Personal Information
____Purchasing Managers
____Real Estate
____Textiles & Clothing NETWORK
____Travel & Leisure ____Network Management
____Services Industry ____Network Operating Systems
____Personal Education/Creativity ____Network Services
____CAD/CADAM ____SPREADSHEETS
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COMMUNICATIONS
____Bulletin Board Software
____Communications Control Systems
____Computer-to-Computer Links
____Fax/Telex
____PC Communications Utilities
____Terminal Emulation Software
____Videotex Software
____Teleconferencing Software
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_____ DBMS/RDBMS Sound
_____ Editors / Browsers _____ Object-Oriented
_____ EXE Generation Tools _____ Programming Productivity
_____ Fourth-Generation Languages _____ Source-Code Generators
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.3. Drivers for OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Drivers for OS/2
Notice to All OS/2 users!
I'm trying to find all the various companies/vendors/etc. who have
device drives for adapters for OS/2 and work with them to allow us (IBM)
to place them on the BBS's that we follow. If you know of any please
post me the:
Company name.......................................
address............................................
city............................., state...........
and Phone..( )...............
(Please don't assume that I will know the company name if you tell
me the xyz display adapter has this device driver <g>!)
I will attempt to contact them and get there permission to do so.
This is inline with IBM's role in Techincal Support Alliance Network
(TSANet)
__ __ ___ __ __ _ _
| |_| | / \ | \| | | |./ / Hank Henderson HNDERSON at AUSVM8
| _ | / _~_ \ Sincerely | . < Electronic Media Strategy (TEAMOS2)
|__| |__| /_/ \_\ |__|\__| |_| \_\ Tie:8-793-8647 Austin, Texas
External # 512-823-8647 FAX 512-823-9540 - LNK1SM7 @ IBMLINK - OS/2 BBS
HNDERSON(USIB37B7)LNK1SM7(USRG7J4N@IBMLINK) HNDERSON@AUSVM8.vnet.ibm.com
Please do something..! Lead, follow or get out of the way.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4. EZRAID for OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
EZRAID for OS/2
PRO Engineering Announces: EZRAID "Lite" for OS/2
Disk Management Software for OS/2 Desktop Systems
OTTAWA, July 1, 1994--- PRO Engineering the recent startup founded by former
Corel lead developer, Daniel Levesque, announced today EZRAID Lite for OS/2, a
software-based disk management solution for the OS/2 desktop market. For users
of OS/2 2.x and OS/2 for Windows, EZRAID Lite has a suggested retail price of
only $195 and will be generally available on August 1st, 1994.
EZRAID Lite brings the benefits of RAID technology to the desktop level at a
breakthrough price point. Offering disk mirroring, data striping and disk
spanning, EZRAID Lite creates disk arrays with unparalleled ease and
flexibility. The software supports all disk interfaces including IDE, ESDI and
SCSI.
"Now any OS/2 user can combine two standard hard disks and take advantage of
the fault-tolerance, complete data reliability and the increased storage
capacity offered with RAID technology," said PRO Engineering president Daniel
Levesque. He adds, "With OS/2 for Windows now available world-wide, any DOS or
Windows application will benefit from the advanced disk management features
found in EZRAID Lite."
For simplified data management EZRAID Lite is able to strip or span data across
any two hard disks creating a single large logical drive. And with the
software's ability to mirror existing logical drives without the need to
reformat, EZRAID Lite provides real-time backups of all user files.
Implemented as a logical disk device driver, EZRAID Lite controls RAIDs at the
partition level. This unique approach allows RAID logical drives to co-exist
with existing partitions on hard disks. In addition any combination of
mirroring, striping and spanning can be used on the same set of physical disk
drives.
As the world's first desktop RAID product, EZRAID Lite is a personal version of
EZRAID for OS/2, a product that supports RAID levels 0, 1, 4 and 5 and retails
for $795. The product is PRO Engineering's latest addition to their growing
family of software based RAID solutions.
For more information, please contact Pro Engineering directly.
Voice: 613.738.3864
Fax: 613.738.3871
CompuServe: 74431,2137
Internet: lendvai@proeng.com
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.5. OS/2 Rumor Mill ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
OS/2 Rumor Mill
THE OS/2 RUMOR MILL - July 28, 1994
The OS/2 Rumor Mill looks at the future of OS/2 and its follow on and related
OS products. It has the latest info I have been able to collect and evaluate.
Send new grist or confirm, correct or add to this information on ILink, R/O on
RIME (->COMPEASE), or to the Internet ddress below. Please let me know how
authoritative it is. Freely copy, if you wish.
I've included further info from your comments (thank you) and added info from
OS/2 World, 19-22 July.
OS/2 On Intel -
Future Features/Products:
* - Reduced memory requirement. The user level version of the kernel
runs faster in 2 MB less RAM. Minimum RAM recommended is 4 MB
instead of 6 MB. In all post-2.11 releases. A 2nd kernel that
supports software development is available. Kernels selectively
installable and switchable.
* - 32-bit, multiple-threaded loader. Faster boots.
* - Animated bootup logo.
* - Win32S compatibility, but no VxD, at least not yet.
* - "One-button" easier installation, Big priority.
* - New jazzy tutorial.
* - 3d icons and WP colors. Opened folder icons look open.
* - "Front Panel", Small box for most used icons for fast launching
* - 32-bit PM windowing.
* - DOS 6 compatibility, including utilities.
* - Win3.11 or WinfWg 3.1/3.11 support in beta II, but no WfWG 3.11
* - Plug and Play. Auto recognition of hardware device installation
settings for PCMCIA. It works without reboot! I saw it.
Communications features. (WIN311.ZIP does this now.)
* - Fix to single serial synchronous input queue. Will be controlled by
a separate thread. Better performance and reliability.
* - Tunable thread priority for DOS and Windows apps
* - Improved driver support.
? - Revised applets, possibly including new games and Footprint Works.
? - WWW browser, ftp, gopher, TCP/IP, etc.
? - Multimedia. MIDI recording API. Support more audio and video
formats in MMPM ( Sun's .AU, AutoDesk's .FLI, JPEG, MPEG, etc).
? - Enhanced config.sys access: existing config.sys retained but a
NOTEBOOK frontend included with pages holding sections config.sys.
- ObjectREXX. In beta, still.
- SOM 2.1. Includes DSOM. Scheduled for October.
- OpenDoc. Will include an interface to OLE 2.0. In "Winter" releases.
Alpha in progress. Blows OLE away. I saw it.
- Disk Compression. Possibly bundled, but which is up in the air.
- Peer to Peer Network. Delayed 'til after the first of the year to
remove Microsoft code and expand its capability. Bundled or
not???
- UCS/Unicode (Standard Internationalization) - 1995
Packages. Below is the latest IBM thinking, but not final.
- Warp. "Performance OS/2", Beta I ends 31 Jul., Beta II - Early
Aug. "...for Windows" version. Beta II should include asterisked
items above and possibly ?s. Much faster video, Windows load,
and general performance (over twice as fast for some things.)
Release: Fall
- "Name TBD" follow on to the standard v2.11 with WinOS2. Release:
Fall.
- Klingon. "Name (Enterprise?) TBD ΓòÆfull featuredΓûá version TBD",
probably v2.2 - Release Winter. Performance OS/2 features plus:
Taligent Frameworks. Including real time 3d graphs.
o SMB
o OpenDoc.
o Systems Management.
o Security hooks.
o File-sizes greater than 2 GB.
o Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) client and server
o connectivity (?).
o Network requestors.
o Peer to peer???
- SMP version 2.11 for specific machines - Released for 8 systems.
APIC (Advanced Programmable Interupt Controller) chip standard
version SMP (Will be bundled eventually in all versions.) - Early 95.
"OS/2 for PowerPC" (Was Workplace OS) - Beta August, ship by year's end.
Supports DOS & Windows through emulation. Reportedly at 486/66
level. Initially, desktop client. Server later.
Probable NT, Solaris personalities. Chicago ? AIX?
For OS/2, support only 32-bit OS/2 apps
Taligent - Alpha is out. Beta in '95? Elements being incorporated into
all coming versions of OS/2.
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Γöé Have a great day! Γöé
Γöé Mel.Hulse@LIMS.Lockheed.com Γöé
Γöé Double Teamer - TSE & OS/2 Γöé
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I heard from someone who might be in a position to know that the Personal OS/2
coming out soon might have the mini-apps removed. You will be able to download
them from various BBS's.
Anyone else hear this?
Marvin Lichtenthal Internet E-Mail marvinl@netcom.com Using Forum Manager 4.0
Subject: The OS/2 Rumor Mill Ref: Append at 09:56:25 on 94/07/30 GMT (by
IL78711 at HONE80)
If we put the kitchen sink in, we would just about have everything!
Rumors are just that, rumors. No one should build plans based on this list of
info from the INTERNET - or they will be disappointed. There is a lot of truth
to some of this, and a lot of wish list. You can count on what you see in the
beta and what the execs say in the press. Beyond that, you are on your own.
A couple of examples - OpenDoc is just now out in Alpha on a tool kit. It is
really hot technology, but needs a little use by developers before it will be
ready to put into the product.
And, Plug and Play is a dynamic spec which is not totally settled down. We will
have the PCMCIA plug and play in the fall deliveries, but support for other bus
types will be in 1995.
Lois Dimpfel, PSP Director - Boca
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. The Frugal Hacker ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Frugal Hacker
hacker n The term "hacker" originally meant anyone with a keen interest in
learning about computer systems and using them in novel and clever ways. Many
computer enthusiasts still call themselves hackers in this nonpejorative sense.
(Communications of the ACM, March 1991, Vol. 34, No. 3, Page 25)
Last month I took a short vacation. I thank the editor for permitting this
<g>, Bob Shanteau for filling in <bg>, and my CR for telling me he missed my
column <vbg>.
Stalking On The Infobahn. We were all shocked recently by lurid news media
reports of a young man who was seduced by an older man. You may have also seen
a recent TV program about an electronic stalker on Prodigy. Although such
disturbing events undoubtedly occur in many venues, the sensationalism about
these reports is that the events took place via electronic means. Why this
should be more sensational than if it had occurred via telephone, snail mail,
or in the neighborhood convenience store I can only attribute to the FUD
factor. Those who are unfamiliar with electronic means of communication,
including many in the news media, are quick to let Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
cloud their views of this "mysterious" medium, and are even quicker to demand
witch hunts to smoke out the evil beings that rampantly perpetrate all sorts of
imagined atrocities via digital means over telephone lines.
To illustrate what I mean, let me quote from a message that showed up on a
local electronic bulletin board shortly after the seduction story broke. The
message was posted by someone in the local news media who would not give a name
other than TV station call letters. The message asked, "With the arrest today
of a Santa Clara man for soliciting sex with a minor over a computer bulletin
board, should the government take a more active role in "policing" what goes
over BBS?"
Dum De Dum Dum. I don't think that anyone who has even casual familiarity with
electronic bulletin boards would have asked a question like that unless it was
to deliberately foment flames. First of all, the medium in question was not
exactly a bulletin board system (BBS) as such are known to those of us who use
them. The communications in question took place over a commercially operated,
nation-wide on-line service. While such services do provide BBS type forums,
all messages in such forums are publicly displayed. Would a seducer go down to
the local supermarket and post his seductive messages on the bulletin board
there? Of course not, so neither would such messages show up in a BBS forum.
They would have certainly gone via private electronic mail (e-mail).
Now, how is the government (or anyone else) going to "police" e-mail? Think of
the government having people opening envelopes, reading, and censoring all the
first-class snail mail, and you might have some idea of what it would take to
police e-mail. Forget what we in the USA and people worldwide consider the
sanctity of the mail for the moment, and just consider the magnitude of the
task. It really makes no sense. Now temper that with our firm belief in the
privacy of the mail and freedom of speech and you know that people would not
stand still for any such snooping on the part of the government.
Your president (Mikey not Billy) and I had portions of our replies published on
the TV station that posted the question. I had this to say about the role of
government in "policing", "Not any more so than the role they take in policing
what is sent through the U.S. Mails. To the maximum extent possible, Email
should be given the same considerations as regular mail."
Mikey was, of course, much more flame-boyant, "I am at a loss to understand
why, whenever some individual performs some nefarious activity, the media
instantly wants to know "should the government take a more active role in
'policing'..." When someone puts an ad in a newspaper which is a cover for some
potentially illegal activity, does the media ask, "should the government take a
more active role in "policing" the press?" After some expansion on this theme
he went on to say, "If there is illegal activity, then it is the responsibility
of the government to capture the culprits either as, or after, an offense is
committed. It is not the responsibility to intervene, as thought police, when
people are merely exercising their rights." Well, you get the idea. If your
opinions differ from ours, please write to the editor of the newsletter to have
them published.
What Are The Risks? Far less than other activities we participate in in
everyday life! First of all, there is no physical contact, so there isn't the
risk of physical violence while BBS'ing from the privacy of your home. So it
is possible to (inadvertently) be exposed to offensive language on a BBS, but
less so than in movie theaters and video productions. Almost every BBS is
moderated by someone. Commercial on-line services such as America On Line,
Prodigy, CompuServe, and GENIE will not stand for offensive language and
activity. It's just not good for their business. Private BBS's that are
operated for profit are moderated by the SYSOP for the same reason. Non-profit
BBS's are also moderated by their SYSOP's because they do not want to be closed
down for violating any laws. At the worst, there may be restricted topics set
aside where more frank language is tolerated, but these areas are clearly
marked as such, and those identified as young people are not permitted to
enter. Prodigy, for example, tried this for awhile, but felt it got out of
hand and shut it down again.
E-mail, because it is "mail" in every sense, is not subject to such censorship.
Receiving harassing e-mail is something like getting a harassing phone call,
only it is easier to ignore the e-mail. A press of a key will relegate it to
the bit bucket as fast as or faster than hanging up the phone. Many mail
readers have "twit filters" that you can set to ignore messages from certain
people or on certain topics. Until we get sophisticated caller-ID devices it
will be difficult to do that with telephones.
To sum it up, in general the exposure to unpleasantries through electronic
media is no greater (actually I would say much less) than we encounter in other
venues of our lives. Similar precautions should be taken to those you take
while walking down the street, going to the neighborhood convenience store or
to the mall, or reading your mail or answering the phone. Be aware of where
you are and who is around you, be aware of where your children are and what
they are doing, don't go into any dark alleys, and don't give strangers your
address, phone or credit card number. If you should ever encounter anything
you feel is threatening, report it to the moderator of the system immediately.
To put things in perspective, I have been actively BBS'ing for 11 years and I
have never felt threatened by anything I read or encountered there. Stupidity?
Sure. Offensive language? Occasionally. Rudeness? Once in awhile. But I
have been far more annoyed by the poor spelling and grammar that I have seen,
than by any threats or unwelcome overtures. Yes, I agree that the situation
might be different except for my age and sex, but if there were any widespread
problems I'm sure that I would have seen a lot of chat about it before now.
Definitions Of The Month. <g>, <bg>, <vbg> grin, big grin, very big grin <g>.
Meant to indicate that the writer is attempting to be humorous.
[R]BBS ([Remote] Bulletin Board System). A private telecommunications utility,
usually set up by a personal computer hobbyist for the enjoyment of other
hobbyists. (Que's Computer User's Dictionary, Que, 1990), also
A message database where people can log in and leave broadcast messages for
others grouped (typically) into topic areas. (The New Hacker's Dictionary, MIT
Press, 1991).
SYSOP System Operator, usually the owner or manager of a BBS.
[off-line] mail reader. A software program that sorts your mail and allows you
to read and reply to messages at your convenience rather than while connected
on-line. Mail readers can have many conveniences such as searching
automatically for items of interest, hiding messages from "twits", keeping
messages that you want to retain in a filing system, automatic addressing of
replies, etc. Mail readers save you time, and if the network service charges
by the minute, also save you money.
e-mail. Electronic mail automatically passed through computer networks and/or
via modems over common-carrier lines. (The New Hacker's Dictionary), also
Que's adds this, "Electronic mail may involve a one-to-one communication, in
which one person sends a private message to another person; or a one-to-many
communication, in which one person sends a message to many people connected to
the network."
snail mail. mail delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. The term is not
usually meant to be derogatory to the USPS, only to indicate that e-mail which
can arrive in seconds is so much faster than, well, snail mail <g>.
flame v. to post an e-mail message intended to insult and provoke, to reply to
a message in derogatory, obscene, or inappropriate language.
bit bucket. Bit buckets are analogous to the receptacles fitted in the back of
high priced television sets to catch the corpses of cowboys and indians.
Without a well-placed bit bucket . . . an offensive GRUNGE accumulates
beneath the computer. (The Devil's DP Dictionary, Stan Kelly-Bootle,
McGraw-Hill, 1981).
grunge. The patina which eventually enhances all hardware and software exposed
to the human environment. (The Devil's DP Dictionary).
Bob Stephan welcomes comments and questions that The Frugal Hacker can respond
to. He can be reached on Internet (bob.stephan@nitelog.com), NITELOG
(408-655-1096), CRICKET (408-373-3773), Compu$erve (72357,2276), Plodigy
(FNGC05A), or snail mail at the MBUG-PC address:
Monterey Bay Users Group - PC
177 Webster St.
Suite A 354
Monterey, CA 93940
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Next MMOUG Meeting ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Next MMOUG Meeting
Next month's MMOUG meeting will be held in Columbia on Wednesday, August 17
(hmmm, the very day my son goes to M.U.!), 4 pm at:
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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Name:_____________________________________ Nickname:_____________________
Last Name, First Initial
Company Name:_____________________________
Address:___________________________________ Work Phone:___________________
___________________________________ Home Phone:__________________
City:_________________________ State:_______ Zip Code:_____________________
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Your Interest in Computers Include (Check all that apply):
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Annual membership fee for the Mid Missouri OS/2 Users Group is $30.00 US.