OS/2 Shareware BBS: 32 Periodic/32-Periodic.zip/tmb0498.zip/TMB0498.INF

OS/2 Help File | 1998-04-22 | 2MB | 730 lines

ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Welcome Team OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Befor you think something is wrong, let me tell you there is no sound this time
with the Team Brief.  For those of you who look forward to that each month, I
am sorry it is not in here this month.  We will get it in next month, but
please send in a hello for us to put in the Team Brief from you.

Hello and a very big welcome to all of you who use and work with OS/2.  I hope
this month has found you well and happy,  safe and warm, ready for life.

The news about and around is full of optimism and great news for all of us who
love OS/2.  The word is out about the next release of OS/2,  or it's planned
release.  This of course is only thought from IBM and we would not want to take
it as " concrete ",  only face value.  We just have to remember who's face we
are looking at <smile>.

If IBM does not plan on a new release of OS/2,  as Warp 5 or OS/2 5.  I would
at least like to see them come out with the operating system in the box with
all of its fix packs and updates imbedded in the one cd rom disk.  Call it OS/2
Warp 4.6 or something to let everyone know that all the fixes are in this box
and no other downloads or cd rom disk have to be purchased to have the latest
updates.

I would rather pay for a new box with OS/2 fully optimized then to worry about
this fix or that fix,  install this one first then that one, now do this,  but
then do that<smile>.  I know we save money doing it the other way,  but
sometimes I would just rather purchase the box and install OS/2 again.  Or have
the fix pack that is the latest installl everything that is needed with out
having to have had fix 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,  on first.

Is it true I need the first five fixes installed before I get and install fix
pack six?  What happened to this fix brings you up to current operating level?

This should of started you thinking by now,  I am not complaining, or trying to
make anyone angry.  I am just trying to make you start thinking......  if you
have been wondering any of these things your selfs,  or know the answer to
them,  you are thinking.

In this issue of the Team Brief,  we are going to look into some of the very
things and questions that were presented above.  The tip section will cover
some very good help areas that you have and may not even be aware exsist.

To say we have been busy is a understatement.  Going back to work and trying to
get some programs up and running, ready to release, then also getting the work
computers up and performing after being gone for three months.........well,
nothing more needs to be said <smile>, I'am having fun.

Please enjoy this Team Brief, and I invite other members of Team OS/2 to write
to us, send in a review, or just your thoughts. This invitation also goes out
to YOU the user of OS/2 also.  Thank you for supporting me,  Team OS/2,  and
your selfs,  by being a part of something better.

And yes,  for those of you who like to jump from here to the tip section,  we
have left the button here that will take you there.  Just click the word button
twice with your left mouse button and pointer over the highlighted word and
your there.

                                    Team OS/2

                                End This Section


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. What's New Or Up And Running ! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                               Bugs Draw And More

If you have not downloaded the demo of the game B.U.G.S  and try it out,  you
are missing some real fun.  I have played with this game and love it.  It has
high color graphics, and really cool sounds.

The demo version is fun,  but the real game has far more levels of play,  fun
and challenge.  The cost of the game is only $24.95 and for the play and
compared price of a like windows game,  a smart buy. Below is the icon of the
game, just click on the demo exe and your off shooting bugs.

                            The Opening Screen Shots

The next screen looks like this.

Settings are fun to play around with,  they have options for low end computers
to the high end and power users computer.  The color and graphics change with
the ability of your machine.  When we changed the settings to run on our
pentium,  the colors and graphics became 3-D looking.  This game has many
settings and options.

Lets go through some of the game screens now:

                             Fighting Hard And Fast!

                                   Next Level

You can see the level in the top center,  if you want to keep track of the
level you are on.

The last level in the demo is level six,  can I win the big boss?

I do win, and then I am greeted with cheering music and charming voice telling
me how good I could be<smile>.  Then I am asked for my name to be entered into
the high scores.  Imagine, me in the high scores, no wonder I like this game.

The demo version is a lot of fun, and the cost of the full version of the game
is small,  see below for details:

After much playing and trying all the different settings,  this demo kept on
performing very well.  I never had it give me a glitch of any kind.  A very
sound, high graphics game, that performs as well as OS/2.

Stardock has other games and software that are very well done too, Trials Of
Battle,  Avarice, Object Desktop (Pro), and OS/2 Essentials to name some.  We
will show you Trials Of Battle some time in the future,  but if you get a
chance to visit the web site, download a demo copy of B.U.G.S, and have fun
playing it.

                                 end bugs review

                                      DRAW!

A drawing program can be a very useful tool, helping with additions to your
house, a play room or even an outside project like building a bridge.<smile>

When I think of a drawing program, I normally think of the powerful based ones
that I use such as AutoCad 12 for windows, or release 10 for dos.  Both these
have the ability to save me time giveing me an advantage over my table and
scratch paper.

So when I downloaded BluePaint a program from Paul Czarny, for OS/2, at
http://www.undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca/~pczarny/, I really didn't know what to
expect or how to approach doing a review on it.

Would I use it to build a bridge?  How about a room addition? These questions
came to my mind.  Soon the zip package was unzipped and BluePaint installed.

My perspective changed right away,  I sat looking at a screen in wonder, and
intrigue.  Here was a program that had a nice look and feel to it, as I started
to play with it.

                               The Opening Screen

                               Screens And Choices

Above lets you change color and then just click and area of color you wish to
use on your drawing.

Note the change in color as I drag the slider downward.

                       I am ready to start drawing above.

The online help is yet to come, you will see this if you press help.  So you
must be willing to learn on your own while you play.

Name of programmer.

We will now scroll through some of the screens.

Picking a line to draw with.

hhmmm.... maybe I could design a bridge?

I now played with the text feature, and other goodies.

Other features.

Different Examples.

Using special effects.

This is a fun program.......

I was also able to make a ball that bounced over the screen up and down.  The
program is fun to play with, and has the potential to become a very powerful
and fun drawing program.  When the author gets more time, and develops this
program to it's full,  BlueCad and others better watch out.  BluePaint may just
be what we may be looking for in the future.

I would recommend you downloading this program and playing around with it's
features,  this way when it becomes a full program, you will be up on it and
ready to run.

Even if I will not use it to design my next bridge,  it does bridge the gap for
finding some fun in drawing that my AutoCad does not. You and your kids will
have fun making a image that moves across the screen and bounces up and down.

I even made stick men that moved, a bridge abutment that built it self from
blocks, and just had fun.  I give this program a big thank you and a 10 on the
fun scale.

We thank the author of this program and please keep developing it in the
future,  a very fine job so far.

 If You Have A Program Review, Or Request, Let Me Know.....

                              End Of This Section.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. This Is New ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This is New

What is it that is really new?  Well having an online magazine talk about Warp
5 is something that is really new.  I was so surprized by it and happy,  that I
wanted to share it with you all.  It comes from PC Week.  Was very well
written, and a had some good news.

Screen shot of story

With this site only one of many talking about the new Warp 5 (probably not the
next name),  and from people in the right places,  it looks like something is
up.

Java development and support from IBM is still going strong,  and seeing the
new things planned for it makes me even happier that I purchased Visual Java as
a programming tool.  Now I just have to get busy and install it and then start
using it<smile>.

No one sent in anything on the Lotus Smart Suite this time, and I still have
not installed the beta version, nor have I purchased the Suite.  I see some
talking about it on some of the boards,  and it looks like the Suite is doing
well.

If you have something new you have found, even if its new to you only, send it
in and share it with us.  I will be happy to post it in the Team Brief.

End New Report

                                       End


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Main Brief ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

We have seen a lot of NEW news about OS/2, some just rumor and from Germany,
new news about the next version of OS/2.

The news about the next version of OS/2 is good and then again, not so good.
It looks as if IBM is only planning at this time small update of fix packs for
it's operating system that we have fallen in love with.  But at least that is
something.

The way things look, and as always, this is only an assumpsion on my part,
along with others who too are looking at the " where are we headed "?

W.S.O.D. is moving right along, and it seems that this is a good thing for
OS/2, and even better for those who have large investments in the OS/2
operating system and it's environment. It gives them the power of choice, the
choice to stay with OS/2, and look forward to the future and it's development.

We will in the end just have to wait and see what IBM is really going to do, I
can only write what I see, and hear. The following stories are from different
sources, but do give us hope that there is something happening in our treasured
world of OS/2.

This is from a good source, but then we know how that always goes don't we?
Read this and the following, then take a grain of salt and you can then do as I
do, just wonder with amazement, at the world of OS/2.

                                From Around Here!

It has been quite a while since the rumored on the web were updated. This is
due to many things but mostly to the fact IBM has kept really quiet about
anything to do with its next release of OS/2.

From the sites on the Web, we can learn that there is a major turn in the
development of OS/2.  It looks like it has shifted into the following
directions.

OS/2 is now part of the network computing division

Warp Server is the main product now, not the Warp Client

Java has taken a hard grip on every part of IBM (this we already knew)

Myself and others too, both users and Team OS/2 members would like to see OS/2
pull ahead of Windows 95/98. However from looking at what IBM has done (or not
done), we see IBM has no intention to try.

On the web at the rumors section, when you look for Warp or OS/2 there will no
longer be a distinction between the server and the client component of Warp 5.

Even if IBM is not going to completely do away with the client version, its
main thrust now seems to be working on and improving its server version and its
application.

The rumor is that IBM will incorporate the server code into the client version
of OS/2, meaning its bases will come form the server source code.

                            Warp 5 The Mega Release ?

While the rumors of a new client version are getting few, the server is truly
going to be a mega release. That is a quote from the rumor page. There are also
IBM'ers talking about a new version of OS/2 that  will be announced shortly to
coincide with the new version of Workspace on demand. We will have to wait and
see<smile>.

If you would count the rumors and what they talk about you could or would come
to the conclusion that there are four different levels or versions of OS/2
Warp.  While I am at it,  it may not be called Warp anymore, (this is ok with
me), problem with Paramount it seems.

Listing the four are as follows:

WSOD  - an update to Workspace on demand (rumored for release in 2q - 3q 1998)

Warp Server for e-bussiness the mega release of Warp Server rumored for release
in 1q 1999, beta in 3q 1998)

power users client version

A thin client version (WSOD again)

The talk of a Microkernel is taking form, making OS/2 even more powerful then
it is now.  The OS would zing while it hhuummmssss. Then again, how and when
they could do it gives way to total loss of any direction.  So while hard at
work on it,  IBM will have to make up there minds on how to proceed with it.
(hummm, we been here?)

What can they put into the next version of OS/2?  What is the list of Rumored
features they could put into the next level? There's a good name for the next
version of OS/2 " Next Level OS/2 " they could shorten it to " OS/2 NL ".

The rumored list:

No more 512MB limit Warp 5 will provide all 32 bit applications the ability to
address memory higher than 512 Mb. Applications that  use APIs that accept
pointers as parameters can now allocate those parameters above the 512M a
requirement if OS/2 is to support Win32s 1.30

DVD CD-ROM support to be available on Software Choice before becoming a part of
Warp 5. When DVD finally takes of this will be a must have and not an add on.

Kernel redesign , another goal is to make all the internal worker routines pure
32 bit (enhancing performance). The external interfaces to the Doscall APIs
will not be changed to preserve compatibility. Thunk routines will be removed
and new interfaces will be created in the Kernel to support 32 bit workers but
external 16 bit APIs will still be supported.

Symmetric Multiprocessing, (SMP) support is a key feature to come. SMP support
will be integrated into the next version of OS/2. The Warp 5 product will
integrate SMP support into a 'single source' product code base. All versions of
Warp 5 will support SMP. The primary objectives of the OS/2 SMP support is to
integrate SMP support as a basic part of the system and to improve the SMP
scale ability and performance. In order to have both the cost saving
attributable to a single binary and still have acceptable Uni-processor (UP)
performance, Warp 5 will have single SMP enabled binaries for all parts of the
system except the kernel (OS2KRNL). Both UP and SMP versions of OS2KRNl will be
provided to avoid the SMP performance cost when running on a UP system.

Java 1.1.6 or even possibly 1.2 will be included in Warp 5. IBM has been
supporting Java for a long time now, I should say pushing but to be fair I must
say supporting.  IBM has plans to integrate the Java support in the operating
system (at the kernel level) to enhance performance.  No one knows if this will
be done in time for the next release of OS/2, I say add it later if you
must.<smile>.

Communicator 4, is to be part of the operating system. There will be a feature
sweep to include things on Software Choice where Communicator is supposed to be
found during q3-98. This seems to be due to the fact that Netscape has problems
with their JavaGator that IBM probably wanted to include in OS/2.

Lotus GO webserver is also to be part of the operating system (server edition).

No more 386, OS/2 intends to use the CMPXCHG instruction. This instruction was
introduced on the Intel 486 processor, therefore OS/2 will not work on Intel
386-based machines. This may or may not be a good thing. The usage of this
instruction by the next level of OS/2 on both UP and SMP systems will prevent
it from running on Intel 386 processors. Some of the places where the CMPXCHG
instruction will be used is in the 32 bit RAM semaphore code and the kernel
execution environment locking services.

New device drivers, OS/2 will assume that all 32 bit installable file systems
and device drivers are SMP safe. The 32 bit IFSs and DDs will be new for the
next level of OS/2. It will not do protective locking around 32 bit IFSs and
DDs to make them SMP safe. The new 32 bit IFSs and DDs must make themselves SMP
safe. Kernel execution environment 32 bit locking services are provided for use
by IFSs and DDs to become SMP safe. Kernel execution environment services are
also provided to obtain necessary serialization for a 32 bit IFS or DD to call
a non-SMP safe 16 bit DD. This is the ADD32 interface. .

Osprey,  is the effort to supply XPG4v2 (spec1170) and X11/Motif API's for Warp
5. This allows most UNIX (spec1170) programs to be ported to OS/2 quite easily.

JFS/Warp is the OS/2 version of the AIX 64bit Journaling File System. It is
currently being ported to OS/2 by mainly a group of AIX people. JFS/Warp has
been out on a internal alpha/beta round a least since the beginning of February
1997! The current code is said to be quite stable, it is therefore possible
that it will be out before Warp 5 in a fixpack for Warp Server. IBM is VERY
quiet about JFS/Warp and might plan to use it as a surprise item when promoting
some future OS/2 update. This is a new and fantastic file system they have for
OS/2, but unknown if it really exsist or not. The texts says that JFS/Warp is
to be included into the Warp Server framework.

Logical Volume Manager (LVM). All Installable File Systems (IFS) will be
contained in the LVM. LVM takes over drive letter mapping for programs that
require them. This allows users to selectively assign drive letters to a volume
of our choice. And (even better) the OS itself won't use drive letters. This
will allow users to combine several partitions and even physical disks into a
single logical drive (also known as disk spanning). There is even a rumor of
something called dynamic partition resizing.

C2 security  IBM's large customers demanded this. C2 requires a secure file
system and while 386 HPFS is adequate JFS/WARP will probably be used. Rumors
say 386 HPFS will not be included in future releases.

Will it be Microkernel based ? Probably not, but IBM seems very ambivalent to
what to do with microkernel OS/2. I think they have a new version but don't
really know what to do with it.

The next version of OS/2 will most likely take on some of the multithreaded
device drivers found in the PowerPC editions of OS/2.

Serialized I/O, raw file I/O, full failover-support and lots more. Clustering
of servers will also be supported.

A server-specific enhancement called Fallback Fault-tolerant Server (FFS) will
be included. FFS can be thought of as an automated version of the domain
controller/backup server concept in Warp Server.

The FFS is the same thing as the Vinca Standby server as IBM licensed it from
Vinca. And the concept is that there are 2 machines (servers) up and running.
One of them (the primary machine) will be running all the server code, while
the other ( the standby machine ) is only running OS/2. As soon as the primary
goes down the server code gets started on the standby machine which becomes the
primary machine.  It takes from one to two minutes for the switch over.

There might also be 32 bit Object Oriented device drivers. The technique of
Object Oriented device drivers is inherited from OS/2 for the PowerPC and is
probably based on Taligent code. It means that a device driver developer can
inherit from other drivers to greatly reduce the development effort. This is
similar to the current video (GRADD) and printer (OMNI) drivers but not the
same as ADD32 drivers.

With these new rumors and all the other news about the next level of OS/2, it
makes one very happy to think of what is coming next.  For those who keep
saying OS/2 is dead,  look away, it is dead, I say get a grip.

Across the ocean is talk about OS/2 6, the level beyond the level we are
waiting for! So if OS/2 is dead or dieing, why is there talk about OS/2 6 ?

In Austin there is a secure server with a directory that had a list of many of
the projects IBM has in development. Each project has a directory and are
password protected. Well, there are two directories for Warp, one for Warp 5
and another one for Warp 6. Rumor, well maybe it is, but from surfing the net,
looking into Germany and about, I would say it is a good one.  One with some
merit<smile>.

end OS/2 next level

                               We need your help!

The Win32-OS/2 Project is a collection of tools and DLL's that allow an end
user to convert a Win32 (i.e. Win95/WinNT) program into a native OS/2 program,
and then run that program under OS/2 without needing Windows or Win-OS/2
support installed.

Also, many people have asked how much this software will cost. IT IS FREE! Yes,
that's right, FREE! Free for commercial users AND home users.

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY

Please download the current release before emailing us any offers. Try the
converter yourself first. If it doesn't work, then we can talk. Do not email us
your results. Post them to comp.os.os2.bugs.

Don't tell us about software we can download ourselves. We're only interested
in commercial software that has to be purchased.

Don't ask us what software we want - that's completely missing the point. The
idea is for YOU to send US software that YOU want to have converted. Look at
the Win95/NT software that YOU NEED TO USE under OS/2, and pick from that list.
We don't want suggestions. We don't want advice.

Most of all Windows 95/NT software WILL NOT WORK. In fact, the majority of the
small apps that come with Windows 95/NT will not work either.

DO NOT EMAIL US ANY SOFTWARE. The March 1998 release is now available. We are
accepting donations of Windows 95/NT software. Our intention is that you
purchase an application and have it shipped to us. We need to have a full blown
legal copy of the application, because we will need all manuals and we may also
need to contact the vendor's technical support. Without a full legal copy of
the application, we will not have all the resources we need to convert it.

IMPORTANT NOTE : We make no guarantees whatsoever that we will be able to
convert your application. All we are offering is to include your application in
our test suite. We will be aware of the problems, but we make no promises that
we will be able to fix them. Our goal is to be able to convert every Windows
95/NT application, but there are limits, and we know that there are some
Windows 95/NT applications that we will never be able to convert.

The team member who will accept your donation will depend on what kind of
application and where you live. First determine if any of the team members is
working on the appropriate area. If no one qualifies, then send it to the
nearest team member.

Who's on the Project

A list of all the project team members and their assignments.

 Name   Email Address  Accomplishments and Current/Future Work

Timur Tabi   [e-mail]  Maintainer of web site. Spoke at Warpstock.

Jochen Schaeu [e-mail] Maintainer of mirror-web site.

Sander van Leeuwen  [e-mail]  Almost everything (pe2lx + dll's)

Peter Fitzsimmons  [e-mail]  API utilities, development environment and
help with pe2lx, user32, kernel32.

Christophe M. Vallat [e-mail]  Registry API's.

Vince Vielhaber [e-mail]  Winsock

Kevin Laughbaum [e-mail]  OpenGL

Chris McKillop  [e-mail] Build environment

Joel Troster  [e-mail]  MIDI support

Patrick Haller  [e-mail]  Console API's

If you can help out, please contact one of the above people.  Also see the site
on the web for updates on the progress of this project. The address is:
http://www.os2ss.com/win32-os2/

From this site you can get all the information about the programs they need,
that they are working on, and ones they are going to be working on. The Team is
moving right along, a lot of work and effort we are very thankful for it all.

end win32 project story

Are you planning something ? Do you have a tip ? Maybe a story ? Some code to
share ? If you do........please send it in to me at [e-mail] and at
some point I'll share it in the Team Brief. Thank
You.................................................

                                   End Section


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Ideas And Tips ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

DISPLAY LIST OF ACTIVE PROCESSES (for Warp 4.0)

Edit your CONFIG.SYS file so that:

SET KILLFEATUREENABLED=ON

Reboot the computer, then press the CONTROL key and click on the Window List
icon in the Warp Center, using the left mouse-button. This will display all of
the active processes and allows you to kill processes if you so desire.

If you do the above, the following is what you will see when you go to use it.

Putting mouse pointer over switch button while pressing Ctrl and left mouse
button at the same time.

I pick to close tool bar

But then say No<smile>

This new feature in Warp 4 has saved me more then once,  and is one that I like
having.  If you have not done this yet,  you should, it can give you that
little edge you need when it counts.

End Kill Feature

                             RESTORING YOUR DESKTOP

This is a simply way for restoring the desktop when the OS2SYS.INI and the
OS2.INI files disappear or get thrashed. These commands entered at a bootup
with utility disk or at the a Alt+F1 command line session will rebuild these
INI files to restore the desktop exactly the way it was before two system files
were thrashed.

First do the reboot with disk or the alt-F1 and get a command line or prompt.

Change to the OS/2 directory where the OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI files are, with
Warp 4 this is the <drive>:\os2 directory.

Enter the command - Erase/or/delete OS2SYS.INI.

Enter command - Makeini OS2SYS.INI INISYS.RC

Enter command - Erase/or/delete OS2.INI

Enter command - Makeini OS2.INI INI.RC

Now reboot.

This could save you a lot of re-install time of OS/2,  as it should put your
INI files back to the way they were before the thrashing.  Also the other
settings for programs installed already should be restored. I believe this is
only for as it was at install time?

End Restore Desktop

From within OS/2 Warp you can find a wealth of information.  This information
can help you tune your system, correct problems, and just help you understand
how things work inside your system.

Following are real screen shots of what you have for help right from OS/2,
follow along, then look for the help you need from your own desktop.

Start here, The Assistant Center Icon.

Then click on Trouble Shooting

Find what fits your need, in this case we will go to base operating system.

We now move to speeding things up.

And now we will move onto another subject.

We had some tips on sound blaster 16 before, lets see what help is in the
TroubleShooting section from the desktop for windows programs and then move to
sound blaster.

The help in OS/2 (trouble shooting), with this jewel any body should be able to
get more out of there WinOS2,  Sound Card, or most problems that you come up
against.

OS/2 has many help areas to help you, this being one of them,  if you also
installed ASKPSP, then you can have even more help at your finger tips.

From IBM sites you can even download the latest files to update your ASKPSP
files, giving you up to date information about how and what to do for many
problems that others have faced and solved.

End Trouble Shooting Tip

If you have any further questions on this tip, or need more of a one on one
help, please write me at [e-mail]  be glad to help.

This ends the tips for this Team Brief Hope you enjoy them... and even more
that they help in someway.  If you have a tip to share, please send it to me at
[e-mail]

                                   End Section


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Closing Until Next Time ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                             Closing Is Hard To Do !

We are looking deep into the operating system this year, and feel it would be
of real benefit to explore it with you through the Team Brief. With this in
mind, please send us what you like about OS/2, or what you have discovered
about OS/2,  that has helped you.

It would also just be nice to have some of you share what you like about OS/2,
and how you use it for every day use.  With the news about the direction that
Operating System /2 is headed,  it may be time for them to declare OS/3,  the
next level up.

As I was finishing up this Team Brief,  I was watching a news clip about
Windows 98<smile>.  Yes you may have seen it too,  I laughed and know you must
have too.  It was the news clip of Bill Gates and his helper showing off
Windows 98,  and when they went to load a card onto the system, it crashed.

They stayed very cool,  the helper saying " moving right along " but what Bill
Gates said was even better, " thats way its not being released yet".  This was
very well done, and I was laughing with them not at them,  they handled that
with humor.

I was not laughing at them because this has happened to me at computer shows
when I was doing a demo of OS/2.  That feeling of O NO, NOT NOW,  but then the
screen goes still, and they say "  is that suppose to happen"?

Soon Windows 98 will be out, and we will be exploring it with curiosity and
wonder.  Even better is that soon and before we know it will be the next level
of OS/2.

With the new features and cross drive performance planned, and the new file
system break through.  The next level of OS/2 will be a big one, but then it
always has been to me.

Some things we will be looking at next time will be a revised Kill CMD, and
some other OS/2 online help features that we all seem to overlook. But as
always,  I ask that you send in a question or a story, tip, picture, or even a
hello in a sound wav file.

We look forward to hearing from you........ so please take the time to do it.
Thank you and until next time, so long.

Remember to send me your thoughts and ideas, if you have any, or just a story
of how you are helping to promote OS/2 GO TEAM,,,,GO.........................

                    See ya, Keep it huuummmiiinnngggggg!!!!!

                            End Team Brief April 1998


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Readme ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Team Brief is a Team OS/2 News Letter put into a brief INF format. What it
is trying to attempt is give views from both Users of OS/2 and Team OS/2
Members.  It has been published since November 1996, however the first real
format of the Team Brief began the following month of December.

It has and will try to cover issues in the world of OS/2, stories, thoughts,
pictures, and new software. Along with what Team OS/2 and other User Groups are
up to.

Since the Team Brief of 10/97, we have had sound incorporated into the Team
Brief.  For you to hear the sound, you must have MMPM/2 installed and the DLL
file " IPFE_VSM.DLL " copied into your OS2\DLL directory.  You may have it in
another directory if the directory you choose is in your Path statement. If you
do not have the IPFE_VSM.DLL, or do not have it in the right directory, a error
message will appear telling you.  You can just close the message box and go on
with no problems.

You can get the IPFE_VSM.DLL from downloading the Team Brief
tmb1097.zip(hobbes) or the tmb1097.exe(AOL).  It is also on other OS/2 BBS's
with the same names.  This file is the Team Brief packaged along with the DLL
file.  Or you can just e-mail me at [e-mail] and I will be happy to
send it to you.  After you get it, just copy the DLL IPFE_VSM.DLL to your DLL
directory in your OS2 directory.  You will now hear the sound (should
anyway).<smile>

Daniel Goggia (DANNY=G <TEAM OS/2> <POSSI>) is the editor of the Team Brief. He
writes for it along with others who contribute their time and thoughts.  Daniel
is the Bridge Structure Supervisor for a government agency.  He is also a hobby
programer (QikBac, QikView).  He has been working with OS/2 since version 2.0
and has been with Team OS/2 since version 2.1.

Any one who wishes can submit a tip, story, thought[s], comment[s], picture[s]
(digital), sound bite (small wav), or something of interest to others who use
OS/2.  Please send them to [e-mail]

                                   End Readme