OS/2 Shareware BBS: 32 Periodic/32-Periodic.zip/pros0897.zip/PROS0897.INF

OS/2 Help File | 1997-07-25 | 73KB | 780 lines

ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Title & TBOUG Officers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                                     PROS/2
            The Newsletter of the Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group (TBOUG)
                                   August 1997
                     TBOUG logo designed by Albert Tatenborn

PROS/2 is the official newsletter of the Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group (TBOUG), a
not-for-profit, vendor-independent users' group dedicated to the effective use
of IBM's OS/2 operating system.  Letters and manuscripts are welcomed and
reviewed for possible publication. Please supply narrative in ASCII text
format.  Copyright (C) TBOUG 1997.  All rights reserved.  IBM and OS/2 are the
registered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation.

Any OS/2 licensee within the Tampa Bay area of Florida is eligible to become a
member of TBOUG.  Annual Corporate membership is $200; individual membership is
$20; membership fees are prorated on a quarterly basis.  TBOUG was founded in
December 1993 and its Federal Tax Id is 59-3212323.

                                     ADDRESS

                           Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group
                         c/o M. Bryce & Associates, Inc.
                                777 Alderman Road
                             Palm Harbor, FL  34683
                               Tel:  [phone]
                               Fax:  [phone]
                               BBS:  813/786-4864
                       WWW:  http://www.tbos2cla.com/tbog

                             1997 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                                    OFFICERS

                                    President
                           John C. Tardy, CCP - SWFWMD
                               Tel:  [phone]
                               Fax:  [phone]
                            E-Mail:  [e-mail]

                                 Vice President
                           Robert Gonnella - E-Systems
                            Tel:  [phone] X 3353
                               Fax:  [phone]
                           E-Mail:  [e-mail]

                                    Secretary
                           Bruce W. Albritton - SWFWMD
                            Tel:  [phone] X 2363
                               Fax:  [phone]
                        E-Mail:  [e-mail]

                                    Treasurer
         Albert F. (Fritz) Foster - Crystal Investment Enterprises, Inc.
                       Tel:  [phone] (answer machine)
                              813/384-3900 (voice)
                            E-Mail:  [e-mail]

                                  BOARD MEMBERS

                       Colin Greseth - Festa Facilitators
                               Tel:  [phone]
                               Fax:  [phone]
                          E-Mail:  [e-mail]

                      Brian A. Lowe - Technically Speaking
                               Tel:  [phone]
                                  Fax:  (same)
                         E-Mail:  [e-mail]

                           Joe May - State of Florida
                            Tel:  [phone] X 342
                               Fax:  [phone]
                       E-Mail:  [e-mail]

              Steven E. Speairs - Automation Research Systems Ltd.
                            Tel:  [phone] X 147
                               Fax:  [phone]
                          E-Mail:  [e-mail]

                                 Past-President
                               Dr. Scott M. Baker
                               Tel:  [phone]
                               Fax:  [phone]
                          E-Mail:  [e-mail]

                               IBM Vendor Liaison
                              John R. Stuart - IBM
                               Tel:  [phone]
                          E-Mail:  [e-mail]

                       Dedicated to OS/2 Professionals in
                          the Tampa Bay area of Florida

PROS/2 Editor & TBOUG HTML Writer Tim Bryce - M. Bryce & Associates, Inc. Tel:
813/786-4567 BBS:  813/786-4864 E-Mail:  [e-mail] CompuServe:
76235,2364

                                 PAST PRESIDENTS

          1996 - Dr. Scott M. Baker - The Center for Chiropractic Care
                    1995 - Dave Hancock - Publix Supermarkets
              1994 - Tim Bryce - M. Bryce & Associates, Inc. (MBA)

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. Purpose & How Distributed ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                            Purpose & How Distributed

PROS/2 is the official newsletter of the Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group (TBOUG),
one of the largest OS/2 user groups in the United States.  The newsletter
contains news and information of interest to the TBOUG membership and the OS/2
community in general.

WHY THE INF FORMAT?

We deliberately chose the INF file format to distribute PROS/2 not only because
it is becoming increasingly popular with OS/2 users, but it is also one of the
most efficient file formats for electronically distributing text and graphics.
Experienced users will already be familiar with the OS/2 "View" utility
(VIEW.EXE) and will be able to quickly find their way through PROS/2.  If you
are a new OS/2 user, please take a moment to learn the facility.  Standard Help
facilities are available to guide you through "View."  In particular, review
the following features:

Under the Services action-bar-choice:

      Search - to find every occurrence of a word or phrase in an on-line
      document.

      Print - to send to the printer one or more topics for the document you
      are viewing; the index for the document; the Table of Contents for the
      document.

      Bookmark - to save your place in the document you are viewing, by marking
      the topic displayed.  You can then return to that topic later.

      Copy to file - places the text you are viewing into an ASCII text file
      (text.tmp).  Note:  This file is re-initialized each time you use the
      "Copy to file" command.  In other words, you may lose your text if you
      are not careful.

      Append to file - updates your text file (text.tmp) with additional text.

 Under the Options action-bar-choice:

      Expanding - provides the means to display subordinate topics in the Table
      of Contents.  The user can either expand one level, a selected branch, or
      all.  Subordinate topics are indicated when the plus sign (+) is
      displayed to the left of a subject.  Instead of using one of the
      expanding pull-down-choices, the user can simply click on the (+) with
      the mouse.

      Collapsing - provides the reverse function of expanding; it removes the
      display of lower level topics in the Table of Contents.  The user can
      collapse either a selected branch or all.  Instead of using one of the
      collapse pull-down-choices, the user can simply click on the minus sign
      (-) to the left of the parent topic.

      Index - displays an alphabetic list of references to the topics in the
      document.  The user can select one of the index entries to display the
      related topic.

 The "View" utility is accessed either by clicking on its standard icon (in the
 shape of a book), or by typing the "VIEW" command, followed by the targeted
 INF file, through an OS/2 Window or Full Screen.  For example:

  C:\VIEW PROS0897.INF

 For additional information about "View," consult the following:

 Select/click on the Information icon on the OS/2 Desktop, and then:

   1. Select/click on the OS/2 Command Reference icon.

   2. Select OS/2 Commands by Name.

   3. Select VIEW.

 You may also access the same information by going to the command line (an OS/2
 Window or Full Screen) and typing:  HELP VIEW

 Printed documentation is available from IBM's OS/2 Technical Library:
 Information Presentation Facility Guide and Reference.

 "View" and "IPF/INF file formats" are commonly found in OS/2 related text
 books.

 NOTE:  Windows users can now view INF files using the new INF Viewer from
 SingaLab Pte. Ltd. of Singapore.  Patterned after the OS/2 VIEW facility, the
 Windows version provides the same functionality.  The utility can be freely
 obtained from a variety of sources:

     Look for WIN_INF.ZIP on most computer networks and bulletin boards.

     A copy of the product is available in IBM's Hyperwise (see LIBIPFX.EXE).

     Use the version of the product accompanying "Just Add OS/2 Warp" (see
      VIEW.EXE).

     http://www.tbos2cla.com/tbog/utility.html

 Also, IBM PC DOS 7 users can view it under DOS (without pictures) using the
 VIEW.EXE supplied with that OS.

 DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS

 This INF file is distributed to the major computer networks and bulletin
 boards.  This specifically includes:

     Commercial Networks:

        1. America Online - In the OS/2 Forum (Ctrl+K, "os2"), under
           "Newsletters."
        2. CompuServe - In the "IBM OS/2 Users+" Forum (GO OS2USER), go to the
           Libary & Browse the "OS/2 User Groups" section.

     On the Internet:

        1. At the TBOUG web site:  http://www.tbos2cla.com/tbog
        2. FTP site:  hobbes.nmsu.edu  (/pub/incoming) or
           (/pub/os2/info/newsltr/)
        3. FTP site:  ftp-os2.cdrom.com  (/pub/os2/incoming) or
           (/pub/os2/newsltr)

     Bulletin Boards:

        1. TBOUG's BBS/MBA's The "PRIDE" Network (Palm Harbor, FL)
           813/786-4864
        2. Clarion BBS (Tampa, FL) 813/832-3851
        3. OS/2 Shareware; Pete Norloff's BBS (Fairfax, VA)  703/242-4482

 NOTE:  With the exception of TBOUG's own BBS, the publisher does not maintain
 a formal business relationship with any of the above listed carriers, other
 than purely as a distribution channel for the newsletter.

 The PROS/2 files may be copied and distributed free of charge.  The name of
 the file is PROSmmyy.ZIP (where "mm" represents the month and "yy" represents
 the year; for example:  PROS0897.ZIP represents the August 1997 issue).

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Meeting Announcement ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                            IBM's VISUAL AGE FOR JAVA
                         FEATURED AT AUGUST 6TH MEETING

The next meeting of the Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group will be held Wednesday
evening, August 6th at IBM's LakePointe offices in Tampa.

MAIN MEETING (7:30 - 9:00)

Our featured speaker for the August meeting will be Ms. Kelly Westphal of IBM's
Personal Solutions Systems Center (PSSC).  Kelly will be demonstrating IBM's
new Visual Age for Java (http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/vajava), a new
programming tool for developing Java code.  During her presentation, Kelly
intends to demonstrate the ease of visual programming in Java as well as the
iterative compiler technology it contains (e.g., the ability to change a Java
application while it is running and have the change show up).  Kelly's e-mail
address is:  [e-mail]

AGENDA

Pre-Meeting (none planned this month)

Dinner (7:00 - 7:30)

Main Meeting (7:30 - 9:00)

     Announcements
     IBM Updates
     Featured Speaker:  Kelly Westphal of IBM

 The registration fee for dinner is $7 for members who pre-register; $8 for
 pre-registered guests.  Please make your reservations early (no later than
 August 1st).  The registration fee for those who do not pre-register is $8 for
 members and $9 for guests.  NOTE:  If you have a "standing" reservation for
 monthly meetings it is not necessary to confirm reservations (except to
 cancel).  For cancellations, please call no later than two days prior to the
 meeting.  See the meeting registration form to make reservations:

     Meeting Reservation

 LOCATION

  IBM Tampa Services Center
  4th Floor, LakePointe One Building
  3109 West Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd.
  Tampa

 For directions, contact IBM at Tel:  [phone] or John Stuart at
 813/872-2341 or E-Mail:  [e-mail]

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Meeting Registration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                              MEETING REGISTRATION
                               AUGUST 6TH MEETING

Please make reservations for the following individuals to attend the August 6th
meeting of the Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group.  Please make reservations no later
than August 1st!  NOTE:  If you have a "standing" reservation for monthly
meetings it is not necessary to confirm reservations (except to cancel).  For
cancellations, please call no later than two days prior to the meeting.


                 Person               Title               Telephone

         _____________________  ____________________  ___________________

         _____________________  ____________________  ___________________

Company  ________________________________________________________________

Address  ________________________________________________________________

City     _____________________  State ____________ Zip  _________________

Fax:     _________________________________________

E-Mail:  _________________________________________

Either Phone or Mail your registration to:

        Albert F. (Fritz) Foster
        Crystal Investment Enterprises
        P.O. Box 47444
        St. Petersburg, FL  33743-7444
        Tel:  [phone] (answering machine)
              813/384-3900 (voice)
        E-Mail:  [e-mail]

        _____  CHECK HERE IF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING THE "PRE-MEETING" AT 6PM

        _____  CHECK HERE IF YOU WILL NOT HAVE DINNER

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. President's Message ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                               PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

The July meeting of the Tampa Bay OS2 Users' Group was a low point in our
existance.  Only 12 people were in attendance, counting the IBM representative
and his wife.  With that level of attendance we can no longer attract speakers.
One of the questions potential speakers almost always ask is how many members
attend your meetings.  When the answer is "Oh, 10 or 12," one can imagine their
response to our request for a presentation or for demonstration software.

The low attendance also causes a problem for meals.  If only six or seven
people want meals, the number is too low to have the caterer prepare the meal,
get drinks, chips, ice, etc., and transport them to the meeting.

In an earlier edition of PROS/2, I listed the benefits of membership in TBOUG.
Our user's group exists to provide a forum for learning about OS/2 and the
software and hardware used with it.  In order to put on a meeting, a lot of
work is required.  Among the necessary actions are:  Finding a guest speaker;
getting a gift for the guest speaker; arranging for food; collecting dues;
preparing PROS/2; arranging for rooms and IBM support; getting items for
drawings; etc.  If there is insufficient interest of the membership in
attending the meetings, then a lot of effort is being expended for nothing.
Each of us pays an annual membership fee of $20.00.  For that we expect to get
a lot, and we do.  Most of us have gotten software worth far more than the
annual dues and had questions answered that would cost $$$$ if we had to pay
for the answer.  We cannot continue to do these things if the membership is not
willing to attend meetings.

At our August meeting IBM will make a presentation on their new product, Visual
Age Java.  Java is directly relevant to OS/2.  This presentation should be of
interest to every member of our group.  IBM has already asked me to look into
finding a different place to have our meetings due to our low attendance.
Another showing of 10 or 12 people, as we had in July, will undoubtedly lead to
extreme difficulty in getting IBM to do another presentation or supporting us
in the future.

If we have low attendance for this meeting, I can only assume that the
membership is not interested in continuing the user group and we must seriously
consider disbanding.  If anyone has any thoughts or ideas otherwise, I would
appreciate them.

I look forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting.  Don't forget to call
Fritz with your meal reservations.

                                   John Tardy
                             TBOUG President (1997)
                                 [e-mail]

END


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Welcome New Members! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                              WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!

                  COME JOIN OS/2 PROFESSIONALS FROM AROUND THE
                                 TAMPA BAY AREA!

        Bradenton, Brandon, Brooksville, Clearwater, Gulfport, Kissimmee,
          Lakeland, Land O'Lakes, Lutz, Madeira Beach, Odessa, Orlando,
       Palm Harbor, Pinellas Park, Plant City, Redington Beach, Riverview,
          Sarasota, St. Petersburg, South Pasadena, Spring Hill, Tampa,
       Tarpon Springs, Temple Terrace, Valrico, Wesley Chapel, Zephyrhills

                 A USER GROUP IS JUDGED BY THE COMPANY IT KEEPS!

          The following is a partial list of member companies in TBOUG:

                           AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                         CATALINA MARKETING CORPORATION
                              CITY OF PINELLAS PARK
                      CRYSTAL INVESTMENT ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                DIGITAL LIGHTWAVE
                                    E-SYSTEMS
                         FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
                                FLORIDA, STATE OF
                                GTE DATA SERVICES
                           HEALTH PLAN SERVICES, INC.
                                       IBM
                           M. BRYCE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
                                    MET LIFE
                              MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL
                      PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA
              SOUTH WEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (SWFWMD)
                     ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER INT'L AIRPORT
                             TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
                           UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
                                U.S. MARINE CORPS
                                   VA HOSPITAL
                            WATKINS MOTOR LINES, INC.

For a membership application, see:

     Membership Application

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Membership Application ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                           TAMPA BAY OS/2 USERS' GROUP

                             MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

The Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group (TBOUG) is a not-for-profit, vendor-independent
association dedicated to the effective use of IBM's OS/2 operating system.
Members of TBOUG are OS/2 licensees from around the Tampa Bay area of Florida.
There are two types of membership in the user group:

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP allows a company to sponsor many employees to attend user
group functions.  There is one (1) vote associated with a corporate membership
and the company must appoint an official voting delegate.  The price for an
annual corporate membership is $200.*

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP allows an individual to join the user group and entitles
him/her to the same rights and privileges as the corporate member, except the
individual has a one-tenth (1/10) membership vote. The price for an individual
membership is $20.*

*  Membership fees are prorated on a quarterly basis (operating year is January
to December).

The association is governed by a set of bylaws and an Executive Board. Members
can attend meeting functions (monthly meetings and committee meetings) at
discounted rates, and are provided free access to the user group's Bulletin
Board Service (BBS).  Membership applications should be forwarded to TBOUG at:
Accounting Office, 5932 Seabird Drive South, St. Petersburg, FL  33707-3936.
Make checks payable to:  Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group.

                        TAMPA BAY OS/2 USERS' GROUP
                          MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

MEMBERSHIP TYPE:        _____   CORPORATE               _____   INDIVIDUAL

IF CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP, WILL YOU BE THE VOTING DELEGATE?  ________

"I HEREBY CONFIRM THAT I AM OR MY COMPANY IS A LICENSEE OF IBM'S OS/2
OPERATING SYSTEM AND, AS A MEMBER, WILL ABIDE THE BYLAWS OF THE
TAMPA BAY OS/2 USERS' GROUP."

NAME       ____________________________________________________________

TITLE      ____________________________________________________________

COMPANY    ____________________________________________________________

ADDRESS    ____________________________________________________________

CITY       _________________________ STATE   _____   ZIP ______________

TELEPHONE  ____________________________________________________________

FAX        ____________________________________________________________

E-MAIL     ____________________________________________________________

CHECK HERE TO ESTABLISH A "STANDING" DINNER RESERVATION FOR ALL MONTHLY
MEETINGS (YOU WILL ONLY NEED TO CALL TO CANCEL RESERVATIONS):  _____

RECEIVED BY (TBOUG):  ______________________________  DATE: ________________

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. TBOUG Membership Log ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                              TBOUG MEMBERSHIP LOG

The following is a list of current members in the Tampa Bay OS/2 Users' Group.
The addresses, telephone/fax numbers, and E-Mail addresses of the membership
are available on the TBOUG BBS.

Rick Adams

Bruce W. Albritton - South West Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD)

Wayne Alexander - Cybertek, Inc.

Tyler Bain - IBM/ISSC

Scott M. Baker

Timothy J. Baker

Phil Bates - IBM

Kirk Beach - Catalina Marketing Corporation

Arnold Behre

Edward Bembrey - IBM

Edward S. Blech

Mike Boone - IBM

Diana Box - IBM

Brad Brown - IBM

Tim Bryce - M. Bryce & Associates, Inc.

Nick Cassimatis - IBM

Luis Celpa - IBM

Arup Chakravarty - IBM

Timothy S. Chanda - Techno-Nerds

C. Cole Coon - U.S. Marine Corps

Jim Clack - Catalina Marketing Corporation

Rick Cook - IBM

Mark Cookman - IBM

Steve Cox - IBM

J.C. Cranfill - TK Sales, Inc.

Brian Crocker - IBM

Daryl Davis - IBM

Damon Didier - Techno-Nerds

Michael Downey - Digital Lightwave

Dr. Scott L. Drizen, D.C.

Ron Duncan - IBM

Rick Elia - IBM/ISSC

Robert Faichney - IBM

Albert F. (Fritz) Foster - Crystal Investment Enterprises, Inc.

Michael French - St. Petersburg-Clearwater Int'l Airport

Michael Friedman - Catalina Marketing Corporation

Steve Gillis - Health Plan Services, Inc.

Melvin Glass

Bob Gonnella - E-Systems

Steven J. Greenfield - Catalina Marketing Corporation

Chris Gregory - IBM

Colin Greseth - Festa Facilitators

Donald F. Griffis

William Griffith - ISSC/GTEDS

Arnold Grohskopf - Morton Plant Hospital

Craig Hale - IBM

Joseph Harding - IBM

Mike Heddleston - IBM

Dan Hill - IBM

Rick L. Hoffmann

Charles Howe - Cosmos Technologies of Florida

James G. Howes - St. Petersburg-Clearwater Int'l Airport

Richard A. Hubbard - FAA

Jim Jackson

Gary Jenkins - Health Plan Services, Inc.

Marc Johlic - IBM

Greg W. Johnson - IBM

Philip W. Johnson - Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

William L. Kath - WLK Associates

Steven Kessler - Met Life

Connie Kincaid - IBM

Eric L. Kintzer - American Management Systems

Jim Larcom - IBM/ISSC

Mark Laughlin

John T. Lavana

F. Lee Launstein - F. Lee Launstein & Associates

James Lawrence - Englewood Disposal

Brian A. Lowe - Technically Speaking

John Lucas

Joseph Madden - VA Hospital

Ben Markwell

Sue Mattiace - IBM

Joe May - Florida, State of

James McQueen - IBM

John Meroth - Mersoft

Michael Meyer - IBM

Teresa Miller - IBM

Walter J. Miska - GTE Data Services

Perry K. Moon - Philips Medical Systems North America

Kevin Mooren

Steven Morris - Morris Air Conditioning

Tony Morrow - IBM

Michael Mullin - IBM

Jack A. Nelson - City of Pinellas Park

William "Chad" Nelson

Robert Noren

Donald Patzsch

Jeff Payne - IBM

Roger Pearson - IBM

Frank Perkins - IBM

Glen Perry - IBM

Richard Petric - IBM

Margaret H. Petro - Tampa General Hospital

Steven W. Phillippy - University of South Florida

George Pollak - Caplu Enterprises

Myron R. Prociak - Design Communications

Jorge Quintana - IBM

Raymond Rey - IBM

Norman Rivera - IBM

Dennis Roche - IBM

James K. Ryan - IBM

Robert Sachs

Joe Schwalke, Jr.

Stephen Seabron - IBM

Brian Shanberg - IBM

Luis Silva - IBM

Donald Skillman - IBM

Jeffrey R. Smick

Brian Smith - Advantis

Steven E. Speairs - Automation Research Systems, Ltd.

Allan L. Stephan - Stepco I.S. Consulting

Scott Stewart - IBM

Aaron Stine - IBM

John R. Stuart - IBM

Mike Stuck

John C. Tardy, CCP - South West Florida Water Management District

Carlington Taylor - IBM

Kenneth Taylor, A.P.

Mark E. Tennant - IBM

Bryan Thompson - DBA Group, Inc.

Robert R. Trowbridge - IBM

Swain Valasek - IBM

Richard Walsh

David Whitmore - Catalina Marketing Corporation

Kelley Wilcher - City of Pinellas Park

Rebecca D. Williams - IBM

Charles O. Wilson

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Calendar of Events ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                               CALENDAR OF EVENTS