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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. VOICE Newsletter - Contact Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Virtual OS/2 International
Consumer Education
For the latest news on VOICE and OS/2, please check our web site news page
- http://www.os2voice.org/whatsnew.html
Previous issues of the VOICE Newsletter are available at our website
http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html and from the hobbes ftp site
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/info/newsltr/voice.
To subscribe to any of the VOICE mailing Lists please go to our web site
http://www.os2voice.org/mailinglists.html
If you have any OS/2 or VOICE news you would like to submit for the next
issue of VOICE Newsletter, please send it to Mark Dodel
(editor@os2voice.org) VOICE Reporter by the 15th of the preceding month.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. VOICE Newsletter - Index ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education
September 1998
Volume 2, Issue 9
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. VOICE Newsletter - VOICE News ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Virtual OS/2 International
Consumer Education
September 1998
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VOICE Home Page: http://www.os2voice.org
September 15, 1998 Source: Dan Casey
The Netscape Communicator beta has expired as of today which is 15 days
sooner then documented in the readme. There is a patch and instructions on
how to bypass the expiration code on Judy's Warped World site:
http://www.gt-online.com/~bri/. I used the instructions and they work, but
I had to boot to a command prompt to copy the patched version of
netscape.exe as I received a sharing violation any time I tried to delete
or copy over the original netscape.exe. No word yet on when the next
beta/GA version of Communicator for OS/2 will be available.
September 11, 1998
Warpstock '98, to be held October 17-18 in Chicago, IL, will draw OS/2
users, developers, and enthusiasts by the hundreds! Sadly, not all OS/2
users, developers, and enthusiasts will be able to attend. For these
people, VOICE proudly announces that it will hold VOICE Live From
Warpstock IRC sessions during the Warpstock '98 event!
VOICE will have an internet connection at Warpstock and will set up an IRC
connection to the #voice channel on the WEBBnet IRC network on both days.
Visitors to Warpstock will have an avenue to discuss the highlights of the
event with those users remaining home. Please join us for these very
special IRC sessions on October 17 and 18 to get the earliest reports of
the success of this year's Warpstock event!
As always, IRC sessions are held in the #voice channel on the WEBBnet IRC
network. For more information on WEBBnet servers, please visit
http://www.suntrix.com/ibbs/server.html, and for more information on IRC
in general and on OS/2 native IRC client software, please visit ,
http://www.gt-online.com/~bri/irc_clients.html. If you have any further
questions or need additional assistance getting connected to WEBBnet,
please feel free to contact the VOICE Secretary at freiheit@tstonramp.com.
Thank you for your support of OS/2's future!
September 10, 1998
VOICE is pleased to announce a SpeakUp session with SunDial Systems
Support Services, Randell Flint, Rollin White, and Dan Kulp on Monday,
September 21, 1998 at 8pm US Eastern Daylight time (midnight GMT as Monday
becomes Tuesday). The topic for discussion will be Mesa/2 2.2.
SpeakUp sessions are held in the #voice channel on the WEBBnet IRC
network. For a list of WEBBnet servers, please visit
http://www.suntrix.com/ibbs/server.html. If you are unfamiliar with IRC,
you can get help and information about native OS/2 client software on the
Meeting Info page of the VOICE website
(http://www.os2voice.org/meetinginfo.html). Sessions last approximately 2
hours, so come prepared to participate and learn!
While you're on the VOICE website, be sure to check out our Calendar of
Events to see what special items are coming up for the rest of September
and October, including publish dates for the VOICE Newsletter, additional
SpeakUp sessions, and our planned Live From Warpstock IRC sessions!
For additional information, please contact VOICE Secretary Don Eitner at
freiheit@tstonramp.com. Thank you for your interest in OS/2's future!
September 10, 1998 Source: Henry Ferlauto (ferlauto@mindspring.com)
Found this IBM Product Annoucement today:
AFP Font Collection for AIX, OS/400 and OS/2 Features New International
Font Support
Software Announcement
September 8, 1998
Announcement Letter Number: 298-314
At a Glance
The AFP Font Collection provides a comprehensive set of fonts and
utilities to enable consistent printing on AFP printers in any IBM system
environment. Version 2 includes new international language capabilities to
support printing in global markets:
Support for the euro currency symbol and code pages
Support for printing in Thai and Lao
Support for the New Sheqel Sign in Hebrew
Enhanced code page support for Cyrillic, Hebrew, Katakana, Latin2 and APL
Addition of "g-cedilla" to all Latin4 Core Interchange fonts
Full GBK support for Chinese, and full Hangul support for Korean with the
Outline Fonts and Programs feature.
-----------------------------------------
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM North America
Sales Centers at
800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE010
Overview
The IBM AFP (TM) Font Collection provides a comprehensive set of fonts and
utilities to give you consistent printed output on AFP printers at 240 or
300 dpi, or on any printer that uses AFP outline fonts. It also provides
compatible Type 1 and CID keyed outlines that allow you to view your AFP
documents in Windows 95, NT or OS/2 (R) systems, or via the Netscape or
Internet Explorer browsers with WYSIWYG fidelity. The fonts can be
installed in any IBM operating system environment.
The AFP Font Collection supports printing in approximately forty-six
languages. The Type Transformer optional program enables you to acquire
outline fonts in any typeface of your choice and create AFP fonts in
raster format, or in AFP outline font format.
Version 2 of the AFP Font Collection includes new international language
capabilities to support print requirements for global markets. Specific
new functions include:
Support for the new euro currency symbol and code pages in all Latin1 Core
Interchange fonts
Addition of full Core Interchange font support for Thai and Lao languages
Support for the New Sheqel Sign in all Hebrew Core Interchange fonts
Enhanced code page support for Cyrillic, Hebrew, Katakana, Latin2
(including Estonia), and APL
Addition of "g-cedilla" to all Latin4 Core Interchange fonts.
Full GBK support for Chinese (on Outline Fonts and Programs CD-ROM in
CID-keyed outline font format only)
Full Hangul support for Korean (on Outline Fonts and Programs CD-ROM in
CID-keyed outline font format only)
Intended Customers
AFP Font Collection is intended for any AFP customer who requires:
Consistent font support on printers with different resolutions
Print and view fidelity for AFP documents
Printed output with the new euro currency symbol
Ability to customize AFP fonts.
Key Prerequisites
AFP Font Collection can be installed in any supported IBM operating
system. Media features are available for upload to OS/400 (R) from OS/2,
or for direct installation in AIX (R), OS/400 or OS/2.
Planned Availability Dates
September 25, 1998 (OS/400)
December 11, 1998 (AIX, OS/2 and Outline Fonts and Programs)
September 10, 1998
ZDNet is looking for an alternative to Windows NT:
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_2523.html
vote for OS/2!
September 10, 1998
CD2MP3 PM 1.01 - An Interface for CD and WAV to MP3 conversion. Featuring:
CD Drive Auto-Detect, WAV file Drag and Drop, Custom Encoder and CD
Grabber Configuration, Nice and Simple GUI, Super Grab,Play/Stop preview
for CD, Statistic Information, and Auto deselect/removal
Fixed in 1.01:
DOH!! pointers did it again... basename wasn't functional
remove & deselect wasn't save and reloaded to its previous state
http://www.cam.org/~guardia/pm123.html
PM123 is a native OS/2 PM application for playing audio MPEG 1.0, 2.0 and
2.5 Layer I, II, and III. It does so by using (the cheap) mpg123 engine,
which is still quite fast. The interface, however, is a whole new world.
The player supports:
Fast Forward
Rewind
Seek Slider
Dynamic Priority Boost
Shared and Multiple sound cards
8 bit sound cards
Downmix and Mono
HTTP Streaming
Read ahead Stream Buffering
Graphic Equalizer
Filter Plug-ins (comes with a PDK, and also with a ready made Real
Equalizer)
The interface also supports:
Skins (WinAmp skin converter included)
Playlists (with Shuffle support and even a Playlist Manager)
ID3 tags (with Editor)
DBCS support (only through System Fonts)
Visual Plug-ins (comes with a PDK, and also with ready made Spectrum
Analyzer and Oscilloscope)
Remote Control through Pipes
And a whole lot of other widgets...
http://www.teamos2.sci.fi/pm123/
New DLL fixes this from version 1.01:
Found some Audio MPEG Header documentation. Should now work with any
MP3s other players or decoders play, if not, please contact me. I've
also fixed 8000Hz MP3 support, cool.
Patched possible divide by zero when loading corrupted files.
Implemented workaround for bad GUS driver DART buffer timing it jumps
by 250 ms step once in a while instead of incrementing for each
buffer).Makes decoderPlayingSamples() work correctly on GUS.
Finally found the proper buffers to flush. No more first buffer trash
kludge and now any snap crackle and pop are REALLY only coming from
your sound card alone (check the visual plugins if you don't believe
me)
Faster seek by boosting priority (oops, forgot this initially :))
Audio engine now fills empty buffers with 128 value instead of 0 for
8 bit playback (removes the clicks).
September 10, 1998
Abbottsbury Software updated their Happauge WinCast driver to version
1.020L on 9/4/98:
http://www.wdi.co.uk/os2tv/download.htm
September 8, 1998
Countdown to Warpstock! http://www.warpstock.org
Warpstock October 17-18, 1998
Wyndham Northwest, Chicago, IL. USA
September has arrived, the kids are back in school, and the Warpstock '98
Team is continuing to put together this year's celebration of OS/2. It's
only a little more than a month away!
If you haven't visited the Web site at http://www.warpstock.org lately,
it's time to do so: we have a new look, a new logo, and most importantly,
updated vendors and presentations.
Presentations Confirmed
Check out the new lists of Presentations, Events and Software
Demonstrations http://www.warpstock.org/sched.html. We are updating these
items as we gather information; it's been changing almost daily.
If you don't see your company, product or topic presented, we may be
missing information! Just use our on-line forms to register for a software
or speaker presentation for your company or yourself.
More Presentations Wanted
While we have plenty of presentations scheduled, there's always room for
more. OS/2 users are anxious to learn *everything* about the operating
system, after all, and the context in which OS/2 is used. If you have
wisdom to share about any of the following topic areas, we'd love to hear
about it.
Software development
Small business computing
Internet connectivity
IBM's products and perspectives
Home user issues
OS/2 interaction with the community
OS/2 architecture and features
Extending OS/2 applications
Remember, Warpstock is all about sharing our knowledge. You don't have to
be a wizard on the topic (though we'd never turn one down), but if you've
accumulated knowledge worth sharing -- or worth exploring together -- then
you're probably a good candidate for speaking. Give our web page at
http://www.warpstock.org/exspeak.html a visit.
Plus, software vendors have a great opportunity to demonstrate their
applications at Warpstock. We hope to have continuous demonstrations of
freeware, shareware, and commercial applications throughout the weekend.
Just surf over to the sign-up form at
http://www.warpstock.org/present_software.html and sign up! It's that
easy!
While Warpstock isn't an IBM event -- not by any stretch of the
imagination! -- we welcome IBM employees (and ex-employees) who are
interested in talking about the company's directions, OS/2-related
products, and "how it works" subjects. While the Warpstock Team is well
connected, we know that many you have a lot of contacts inside the
company. We urge you to encourage any IBMers you know to help out as
presenters... and hey, just to attend. IBM staff who attended Warpstock
last year were recharged, just as were all of us customers. Arguably,
IBM's not especially good at communicating inside the company about
non-IBM events, so we can't be sure how well the "Warpstock word" has
gotten out, or, in. Anything you can do to let IBMers know about the event
will be much appreciated, especially by those IBMers.
End of $99 Room rate at Wyndham Northwest
I want to thank everyone that has booked their rooms at the Wyndham
Northwest. You have made it possible for Warpstock to meet its budget. As
of September 1, and there are now less than 40 rooms left at the
incredible Warpstock $99 a night rate left. This $99 rate will close out
on September 16th, and after that the Wyndham will accept the room rate at
their discretion. Based on their current actions of no longer giving the
rate for extra nights, we believe that they will be charging their
standard rate schedule. If you find that they are quoting $189 or some
such figure, you can still get a somewhat discounted rate if you are a AAA
member, they do have a discounted weekend rate; AARP members can also get
a discount.
Job Fair
Looking for a new job? Warpstock may be able to help you! We are currently
in negotiation with several recruiters who are looking for OS/2 people,
and we hope to set aside an area for them to do interviews. Bring your
resume! If we are unable to reach a final terms with these recruiters and
companies, we will collect resumes anyway and see if we can set up a
searchable OS/2 database on one of the web sites.
Special Mentions
SCOUG deserves a special mention. Not only was SCOUG a early financial
backer of Warpstock, and a vendor at Warpstock; they have also been a
great advertiser of Warpstock with both their Webfoot and Peter Skye's
interview that was just published on the web
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/scoug809.2.warped.html. I have never been
called a visionary before. <G> I am proud to wear the SCOUG polo shirt at
my office and when I go to a OS/2 meeting. I know that I will be
purchasing a new one this year.
Hethmon Brothers Software (http://www.hethmon.com/) also deserves a
special mention. Hethmon Bros. purchased advertising on Warpcast for the
month of August, which was almost all about Warpstock. Paul Hethmon, last
year's Warpstock Chair, continues to host our email site, is on the
Warpstock Executive Board, and has been great help to Warpstock'98. He and
his company are truly what Warpstock is about -- helping the OS/2
Community.
Final Words
I personally, want to thank everyone who has helped us bring this new
Warpstock together in such a timely fashion. It has been a real challenge
for me to work with as far-flung a group as the current Warpstock '98
Team. I think that we have done a great job, considering that we have had
only 3 months to do it in. Some people have questioned if this is the same
Warpstock as last year. When I look at the devotion that the people
helping us put this together, I am absolutely amazed. Warpstock still has
the same Heart as last year. This year we are in a lovely hotel, we will
have beautiful trade booths and we will look less like a 'computer flea
market' than last year's Warpstock.
I know that I am looking forward to seeing all of you at Warpstock. I
think that we will have some surprises for you, I know that you will find
lots of new things to see, to think about and to take home with you.
Stan Sidlov
Event Chair
http://www.warpstock.org
September 8, 1998 Source: Alex Wyckmans (awyckma@pandora.be)
Only a few days left before we put the fire under the second Warp-O-Que, a
multimedia event with this time 'networking' as the main topic.
The purpose of this day is to promote OS/2 in all its facets to everyone
who is interested. There are demonstrations and technical workshops during
the whole day. If you want to get the experience to be connected to a
multi-platform network, come and bring your PC with you. We install
temporary a network card in your PC and connect you to our network. There
will be the possibility to surf on the Internet too.
You get lots of information, tips & tricks, and don't forget the tombola
with his great prices.
The happening starts at 14:00 hour in the 'Kultureel Centrum DE KAM', at
Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium. In the late afternoon we put the fire under the
barbecue (do you get the link now with the name of the event? :-) ).
With this invitation we also invite every firm, developer, or what so ever
who is interested to participate in this event. You get the opportunity to
promote your OS/2 product or service at no cost during this day. If you
can't attend this event, but are willing to send flyers, brochures,
gadgets, demo-stuff or even the real thing for the tombola, please don't
hesitate to contact me.
For more information you can always send me an E-mail at the following
address:
awyckma@pandora.be
or visit The Warped Site at:
http://users.pandora.be/luc.vanbogaert/
and follow the Warp-O-Que/2 link!
Let's hope we see you all there.
September 8, 1998
This is to announce that version 1.1 of the MIDI Station Sequencer has
been released!
New features include:
MIDI Thru!
System Exclusive Librarian with the ability to transmit sys-ex
messages!
Controllers Window - for real-time transmitting of controller
messages!
Data Filter - For complete control over all editing functions
Step Recording!
Cut, Copy, Delete and Paste!
Track merging!
Track Appending!
Scrap View - To see what events have been cut or copied to the scrap
buffer!
Bars View - A graphical representation of your sequence!
Ability to transmit individual events in the Sequence/Track View
window!
Updated quantize module to use new data filtering!
Improved the playback/recording algorithm - Vastly improves playback
precision; especially over large sequences!
Fixed problem of certain modules not being formatted correctly under
various screen resolutions
Various other fixes and enhancements have been added!
MIDI Station Sequencer is a full featured multi-track sequencer for OS/2.
It uses the RTMIDI (Real-Time MIDI) Subsystem along with the high
resolution timer for extremely accurate MIDI processing. It requires that
you have an RTMIDI compatible soundcard/driver. Many soundcards are
available that will work well with RTMIDI.
Other features include:
Default of 24 tracks with the ability to add tracks as needed
MIDI Track Mixer with volume and 16 channel panning controls
Metronome with settings to use for playback and/or recording countoff
Track looping on a track-by-track basis
Endless loop option for continuous playback
Tempo Map
Meter Map - For Time Signatures
Channel, Program, and bank selection on a per-track basis
Volume setting for each track
MIDI Delay Module with full settings control
Ability to transpose sequences on a track-by-track basis
Comments window for free-form text per sequence
Sequence and track data information window
Full online and fly over help
Full color control for the track window
Ability to read and write Standard MIDI files Types 0 and 1
Ability to rechannel tracks
MIDI Station Sequencer 1.1 will be available today from the following
locations:
BMT Micro - http://www.bmtmicro.com
Peter Norloff's BBS - http://www.os2bbs.com
Hobbes Archive - http://www.cdrom.com
Also for the latest information, screenshots and troubleshooting help
please take a look at the MIDI Station Sequencer webpage at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/6780.
It will be updated by tomorrow with new information about version 1.1!
Look for an upcoming review of MIDI Station Sequencer in the OS/2 E-Zine
magazine!
September 8, 1998 Source: Robert Deed (eyerewl@fcc.net
Hummingbird software had made a patch for eXceed 3.0 when used with tcpip
4.1 earlier this year, however this patch didn't really seem to surface
and has been sitting in the upload directory of my bbs for a month or so.
Anyone in need of this patch can download it off of Newterra's webpage at
http://newterra.ml.org.
September 8, 1998
A new version of smartwin.dll is available for download at:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/smwp001.zip
It will later be moved to:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/smwp001.zip
The archive contains:
smartwin.dll - a new smartwin.dll
readme.txt - installation notes
This patch solves the mouse pointer hiding problems of Smart Windows v0.81
beta. Do not use it with v0.80 beta!!!
There are still some minor problems regarding applications minimized to
the desktop, frame drag of windows contained within other windows (MDI
applications), font settings and cancelling shutdown. A new patch to solve
these problems will be released in few days.
September 7, 1998
There's a hints page for Hopkins:FBI at:
http://doofus.ml.org/Hopkins/
September 7, 1998 Source: Steve Wendt (stevew@hartnell.cc.ca.us)
I've just uploaded the new version 2.80 of "REXX Tips & Tricks" to the
incoming directory of hobbes:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/rxtt28.zip
The proposed directory is
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/rexx/rxtt28.zip
"REXX Tips & Tricks v2.80" is an OS/2 INF file containing useful hints and
information about OS/2 REXX.
Included are information about literature for REXX, further Software for
REXX, hints & tips for OS/2 commands, hints & tips for REXX commands &
functions, some hints for optimizations, a lot of REXX source code
(functions & complete programs) and much more.
September 7, 1998 Source: Steve Wendt (stevew@hartnell.cc.ca.us)
Tyra/2 Version 1.20 Config.sys Editor for Warp 3 and above.
Tyra/2 is an easy to use OS/2 config.sys file editor. All of the
statements in your config.sys file are displayed logically in a notebook.
You don't have to worry about the correct spelling or what parameters are
available. Most commands can be set up with just a click of the mouse. For
all commands, there are help pages available with a description of the
command and what parameters can be used with that particular entry in your
config.sys file.
New features in versioin 1.20
A page for Country and Codepage settings.
A page for the Printmonbufsize statement.
All changes you make are written to a log file and optionally as
comments to your config.sys
Added a function to sort the config.sys file.
Better support for your comments.
Load time is now 4 times faster.
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/tyra120e.zip
The proposed directory is
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/system/tyra120e.zip
And within the next days at:
http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/tyra2.html
September 7, 1998 Source: Steve Wendt (stevew@hartnell.cc.ca.us)
A new release, 4.06R8, of PowerWeb Secure Server++ for OS/2 is now
available from the developer, CompuSource Pty. Ltd.
ftp://www.compusource.co.za/pub/os2www.zip
For those who don't know, PowerWeb is a secure web/ftp/smtp/pop integrated
server for OS/2. The list of features is way too long to repeat here, but
you can read about the details at CompuSource's web site
http://www.compusource.co.za.
(NOTE: CompuSource is located in South Africa and the internet link to
their site is often slow, so be prepared for a long 3MB download and
sluggish web response. It's worth the wait.)
I also provide an unofficial PowerWeb Support mailing list, and you can
join the list using your web browser at http://www.pdsys.com/pwutils.html.
September 6, 1998 Source: Juergen Dankoweit (jdankoweit@geocities.com)
"TVFS for Removable" is a PM program which is used for administrating
links to TVFS-drives. Links also can be made to removable media like
SyQuest, CD-ROM or ZIP. All Links are automatically updated when a media
is changed. You can get from my homepage at URL:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/3792
September 4, 1998
WPTOOL25 has been released. This set of utilities allow you to save and
restore desktop INI files, check INI files for errors, restart the WPS
without rebooting, and more.
New in WPTOOL25:
CHECKINI slightly modified; I noticed that the WarpCenter creates
orphan objects in the Nowhere folderwhenever a tray is deleted.
CHECKINI now detects and removes the orphan objects.
WPTOOLS.DLL slightly modified.
Download WPTOOL25.ZIP from:
http://www.os2ss.com/information/kelder/wptool25.zip
September 4, 1998
ScanIt/2, a PM interface for the SANE scanner drivers, has received a
small update:
http://home.t-online.de/home/RReuters/ScIt_E2.htm
http://home.t-online.de/home/RReuters/Scn2_09a.Zip
Scan It/2 v0.9a - Refresh (98-08-30) (150KB)
Needs the "Scan It/2 v0.9 - Public beta version" from above!
This is a code refresh which will extend the beta test period of Scan It/2
v0.9. It also includes a fix for a problem when installing the application
on certain machines and some minor enhancements, too. A complete new
pre-release package will be available later.
September 4, 1998
PMConverter 0.04b has been released:
http://www.os-2.de/programme/indos2/cdencoder/
The page is German, but it's not hard to figure out.
PMConverter is an CD -> MP3 frontend with CDDB support.
September 4, 1998
Matrox has released an update to their BIOS upgrades. The only change in
Release 3.43 over 3.42 is the addition of the MGA G200 1.3 BIOS update.
http://www.matrox.com/mga/drivers/bios/
September 4, 1998 Source: Alessandro Cantatore (alexcant@tin.it)
a warning note to all Smart Windows users:
If you are experiencing system hangs, SMARTWIN.EXE crashes, or any other
kind of strange and unexpected behaviour then your SMARTWIN.INI file, in
the installation directory, is probably corrupted. To solve the problem
delete it and then reboot. During system start a new, correct SMARTWIN.INI
will be created.
Do not overwrite SMARTWIN.INI with an old copy from V.0.80 installation.
The files are not compatible! In a future release I'll include an INI
migration routine in the installer in order to preserve the previous
preferences.
If you are still using V.0.80 I suggest you to upgrade to V.0.81 as soon
as possible.
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/smw081.zip
September 4, 1998
Stardock has released Entrepeneur 1.31:
http://www.stardock.com/update/update_ent.html
Changes in 1.31 over 1.3
Fixed cheat where you could get research very fast
Fixed loophole allowing people to create maps with unlimited
adjacencies
Note: This is the last update for taking care of exploitations for the
sake of high scores. High scores will simply be eliminated or other
drastic measures if there are any further ones. Please just play the game
as it was meant to be played.
September 4, 1998
The Focus on OS/2 site at the Mining Co. (http://os2.miningco.com/) has
been updated. You will now find:
Information on partition tables
News on Warp 4 Fixpack 8
Over 50 new links
2 new link categories including OS/2 Mailing Lists
And as always there is a chat room and web-based discussion board.
September 4, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Friday, September 4, 1998
Data Representations, Inc.
http://www.datarepresentations.com/
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Data Representations, Inc. to exhibit at Warpstock '98
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Data Representations, Inc. is pleased to announce that it will exhibit
its flagship product, Simplicity for Java(TM), at Warpstock '98 in
Chicago. (http://www.warpstock.org)
Written completely in Java, Simplicity for Java lets developers build
Java applications and applets interactively. Simplicity presents the
user with a working model of the actual application that they are
creating. All changes to the code are immediately integrated into this
working model without the user needing to save and compile the changes.
This dynamic execution reduces the traditional three step
Code-Compile-Test software development process to a single step:
Design.
The upcoming version 1.1 builds upon Simplicity's initial release by
adding full support for the Swing components, debugging from within the
Simplicity Composer, full JavaBeans(tm) support, and an enhanced
Java-aware editor.
Simplicity features a palette of parts which can be added dynamically
to the working application. These parts include all of the AWT
components and layouts, the swing components, as well as a set of
extended components that provide enhanced functionality. The user can
also add any JavaBean to the palette.
Simplicity also features the Code Sourcerer(TM), which interviews the
user in order to determine what should happen in response to events and
writes the appropriate Java source code. This allows Simplicity for
Java to be used by both experienced and inexperienced Java developers.
Simplicity for Java comes with an Integrated Design Environment (IDE)
which organizes all of the components of a project. A project can
include multiple applications/applets, images, sounds, Java
source/class files, HTML files, JavaBeans, and any other data files
related to a project. The Simplicity IDE also relieves the user from
worrying about pathnames on both a local file system and on a web
server.
Simplicity for Java is written completely in Java 1.1 to run on any
Java-enabled platform, including OS/2 Warp, Solaris, Win95/98/NT,
HP-UX, Linux and many others. Simplicity for Java 1.0 has received 100%
Pure Java certification from Sun Microsystems, Inc.
A free tryout version of Simplicity for Java 1.0 is available from Data
Representations' web site, http://www.datarepresentations.com/. A
public beta of version 1.1 will be available in late summer, and 1.1
will be released during the fall of 1998. Users of Simplicity for Java
1.0 will receive a free upgrade to version 1.1. Simplicity for Java is
priced at $89 US for a single user license. Multiple user and academic
licensing discounts are also available.
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Data Representations, Simplicity for Java, and Code Sourcerer are
trademarks of Data Representations, Inc. Java, 100% Pure Java and
JavaBeans are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All trademarks are
owned by their respective company.
September 3, 1998 Source: John LeMay (jlemay@pclansolutions.com)
Until recently I have been maintaining a web page dedicated to getting the
Sound Blaster AWE64 card running under OS/2 Warp 3 and 4. Unfortunately, I
no longer have the time to maintain the page and I am therefore seeking
someone to take over the page and host it elsewhere. The page, located at
http://www.monmouth.com/~jlemay, doesn't create much activity - it's had
2600 hits since May. If anyone is interested, please contact me at
awe64@pclansolutions.com.
September 3, 1998
WarpNote, the sticky notes program for OS/2, gains even more
user-friendlines and usability in version 1.6. Drag and Drop has been
implemented to make it easier to import text from text file objects or
create text file objects from notes. Instead of using the OS/2 clipboard,
you can drag and drop from and to the WarpNote notes list.
WarpNote replaces the "hardware" sticky notes that many computer users
still use by offering "software" sticky notes on the OS/2 desktop. The
program is highly configurable, e.g. font and color settings can be set up
for each note, and allows the user to take notes at any time and come back
to the text written down with a single click on the mouse.
WarpNote comes with a complete set of scripting commands that allow
automatic operation for almost any purpose. A birthday reminder is
included as an example program.
See a review by Diane Gartner at:
http://www.trailerpark.com/moonwalk/moonwolf/wnote.html
The WarpNote website is:
http://www.geocities.com/rodeodrive/2048/warpnote.html
The WarpNote package (only 836 kilobytes) can also be downloaded at BMT
Micro:
ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/wnote16.zip.
September 3, 1998
MAME v0.31.4 has been released. M.A.M.E. stands for Multiple Arcade
Machine Emulator, and currently runs 500+ classic (and even some not so
classic) arcade games such as BombJack, 1943, and Bubble Bobble.
The port is done by Martin Amodeo, and the project is a part of the OS/2
Netlabs (http://www.netlabs.org). To get more information or download a
copy see the MAME web page (http://www.netlabs.org/projects/mame.html).
Matrox users should read the special page about Matrox Cards before
running MAME.
September 3, 1998 Source: Mark Dodel, VOICE Editor
For the adventurous souls among us, dated today 09/03/98:
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/english-us/xr_m008
Has not yet appeared on the OS/2 Software Update page yet.
Here is a list of APARS for FP8 from the README2 file:
===========================
OS/2 Warp V4.0 fixed APARs
FixPak Name= XR_M008
Build level = 9.032
===========================
APAR= JR10138
SMP SYSTEM HANG WHEN USING QUECALLS AND RUNNING UNDER ICSDEBUG.
APAR= JR10330
ICONEDIT TRAPS IF SET TMP=DIRECTORY THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
APAR= JR10448
HDMON REPORTS FREESPACE MODULO 4GB.
APAR= JR11560
SYSTEM HANGS DURING EXECUTION OF MIGRATE.
APAR= JR11734
LEXMARK CURRENT PRODUCT LINE PRINTERS FAIL TO PLUG AND PLAY.
APAR= JR11858
MLM_SETSEL ANCHOR=CURSOR CAUSES REVERSE VIDEO PROBLEMS.
APAR= JR11869
CZECH (ALTGR STATE) ACCENT CHARS TRAP D IN DOS SESSION.
APAR= JR11903
SYS3170 ON PROCESS TERMINATION DUE TO GLOBAL TERMINATION
ROUTINES BEING RUN TWICE.
APAR= JR11929
TRAP D BECAUSE 0000:0000 IS BEING USED AS THE ADDRESS OF A
16 BIT WINDOW PROCEDURE.
APAR= JR11930
LOCK IN PLACE DOES NOT WORK WITH FIXPAK6.
APAR= JR11939
NUMLOCK LIGHT/STATE OUT OF SYNC.
APAR= JR11941
REXX ENVIRONMENT GETS CORRUPTED IN OBJECT REXX.
APAR= JR11961
FOR DBCS DATA, IF THE SIZE OF DATA IS MULTIPLE OF 1000 AND IF
THE LAST CHAR IS CARRIDGE RETURN, INFINITE LOOP TO PRINT.
APAR= JR11965
DOUBLE-CLICK LOWER CASE .DRV FILE CAUSES BAD INI ENTRIES.
APAR= JR12004
MS OFFICE MANAGER PROBLEM WITH SMALL BUTTONS.
APAR= JR12031
TRAP AT SYIREADATFILE + 59.
APAR= JR12082
IN THE OS/2 ACCESS FEATURE IF RTRPM IS RUNNING A SETBOOT WILL
HANG.
APAR= JR12084
HAS VIDEO PROBLEMS WITH THE VDM RUNNING PCAS.
APAR= JR12100
WARP CENTER FREE SPACE MONITOR SHOWS INCORRECT VALUE WHEN
THERE IS MORE THAN 2GB FREE ON A PARTITION.
APAR= JR12157
PROCESS HANGS RATHER THAN GETTING SYS3175.
APAR= JR12159
ICAT DEBUGGER DOESN'T WORK IN FIXPACK 6 OR 7.
APAR= JR12276
POSTSCRIPT SEPARATOR PAGE JOB LEFT IN QUEUE FOR BIDI PRINTER.
APAR= JR12277
VDM SESSION FAILS TO CLOSE.
APAR= JR12278
PROCESS MAY NEVER EXIT IF A THREAD IS SUSPENDED.
APAR= JR12279
TRAP 0000 IN UDIVC WITH ECX NOT ZERO.
APAR= JR12280
NO MLS_BORDER ON MLE AFTER FIX PAK 32 ON BIDI HEBREW.
APAR= JR12283
BREAK REGISTERS DON'T WORK RIGHT IN SMP DEBUG KERNEL.
APAR= JR12284
TRAP 000E IN _SEMRELEASEWAITEDMUTEX.
APAR= JR12285
FP#29 PROBLEM OF HELP MANGER IN DBCS HANDLING.
APAR= JR12286
PANIC IN VDMMKILLVDM.
APAR= JR12287
TRAP IN CDFS AT FREESECTORLIST + 1E.
APAR= JR12288
NUMBER OF FILES COPIED MESSAGE INCORRECT FOR LARGE NUMBER
OF FILES.
September 2, 1998
Product Update: InJoy
Available at: ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/injoy2_0.zip and
http://www.bmtmicro.com.
Description:
============
InJoy is a feature rich, fast, rock solid and easy to use SLIP/PPP dialer.
New in v2.0b: New Dial On Demand, Filtering, Firewall, NAT support for IRC
SEND/DCC, TCP/IP 4.1 support, NAT support for PING.
Use it alone or share a dial up connection with Win3.x/Win9x/NT and Mac's
on your LAN.
FEATURE RICH: Dial On Demand; Re-Dial, Re- Connect; Network Address
Translation; High Speeds; Phone Number List; Scripts, Auto- Learned;
Connection Log; Terminal Mode; PAP CHAP; MS-CHAP; Filter Plugin; F/X
Firewall plugin; TCP/IP v4.1 support; Trace; more..
September 2, 1998
SouthSoft (http://www.southsoft.com/) has announced their plans for
PMMail/2 v2.0. Here are some details:
We have been planning, designing and coding this major PMMail/2 upgrade
for over 6 months, and are finally solidifing a feature set, cost
projection, and potential release dates. We have combined almost all of
the new features currently found only in PMMail 98, along with over 35 new
features to create PMMail/2 2.0. From the minute checkbox options that
people have been asking for, to the useability features that will make so
many Inboxes so much easier to live with, to the major new features and
breakthroughs, the PMMail/2 2.0 new feature list proves to be well worth
checking out.
Expected to be released in the late Fall months of October or November, we
are targeting PMMail/2 2.0 to cost between $20 and $30 US for an upgrade
to a currently registered PMMail 1.X user. We also intend to keep the cost
(MSRP) of the non-upgrade version close to the 1.X cost of $40 US.
If PMMail 1.X is purchased between now and the time 2.0 is released, you
will recieve a key for both products, so your registration dollars are
"grandfathered" into a 2.0 registration.
To find out about the currently planned features (too numerous to list
them all here), see:
http://www.southsoft.com/news.html#twopointo.
September 2, 1998
Smart Windows (http://www.ghostbbs.ml.org/utenti/alcant/) v0.81 Beta has
been releaed. This enhances PM windows aesthetics and functionality.
Titlebar can use shades and bitmaps as background with 3D text. Any bitmap
can be used for the standard window controls. Other features include
window rolling, titlebar hiding, sliding focus, mouse pointer hiding,
mouse double click emulation, etc. You can download a copy from:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/
September 2, 1998
NetRexx 1.142 has been released. This version is a maintenance release,
primarily to support changes in the Java Development Kit (JDK) introduced
for Java 1.2. Please see the User's Guide for details for additions to the
class path needed to run under Java 1.2.
The other changes are:
A type on the left hand side of an operator that could be a prefix
operator (+, -, or \) is now assumed to imply a cast, rather than
being an error. For example: x=int -1
Improved code generation for for and to loops.
The euro character ('\u20ac') is now treated in the same way as the
dollar character (that is, it may be used in the names of variables
and other identifiers). Note that only UTF8-encoded source files can
currently use the euro character, and a 1.1.7 (or later) version of a
Java compiler is needed to generate the class files.
The arithmetic routines have slightly improved performance, and
provide accurate binary floating point conversions for constants.
More robust handling of import, and import from classpath root
segments generalized.
Improved error messages when an indirect property is initialized with
a forward reference.
You can download a copy from:
http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/netrexx/
September 2, 198
There are new beta drivers (v2.40) of the Elsa ISDN card for OS2, Win9x
and NT. You can download them from:
http://www.elsa.com:8001/DATACOMM/QUICKSTP/QS1000/INDEX.HTM
September 2, 1998
VisualAge Developer Domain subscribers can now download VisualAge for
Java, Professional Edition 2.0. Existing VisualAge for Java 1.0 customers
will automatically receive a copy of the new v2.0 product at no additional
charge if they register their v1.0 products by 31 October. For more
information see:
http://www.software.ibm.com/vadd/
September 2, 1998
On August 31st, Version 2.2 of Mesa 2 was released to manufacturing. The
planned product availability date is September 21st, 1998 but you can
download the "manufacturing reference release" of the product right now
from:
http://www.sundialsystems.com/mesa/mesa22introfromhome.html
September 2, 1998
Priority Master II v2.4 is now available. This program allows you to
increase the priority of applications, and as a result boost performance.
You can find out more information from: http://www.prioritymaster.com/
September 2, 1998
The Abbotsbury drivers for the Hauppauge WinCast/TV card have been updated
to 1.020J. They are available at:
http://www.wdi.co.uk/os2tv/download.htm.
The StW-TV application for the WinCast/TV card from Stefan Milcke has also
been updated to version 1.02B / Build2217. It's available from:
http://home.t-online.de/home/stefan.milcke/stwtv_en.htm
September 1, 1998
The BlueCAD's Utilities Home Page has been updated!
Available for download there is a DWG filter: with that filter it is
possible to read/write DWG files (compatible with AutoCAD 12).
Download it from:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/4320
This filter is equivalent to the one supplied with BlueCAD for Windows 95,
and can be run thanks to the Win32-OS2 project.
BlueCAD is a CAD product developed by CadWare srl (http://www.cadware.it),
and it is ready for OS/2 Warp.
September 1, 1998
PU Monitor 2.02
Small yet functional system monitoring tool for OS/2 PM.
Features of PU Monitor:
CPU Usage
TCP/IP traffic
Free RAM
Uptime
POP3 mailbox checker
Connection monitor
Customizable look and feel
Requires small amount of desktop space
Unique 'Attach to Warp Center' feature.
PU Monitor 2.02 can be downloaded from:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pumon2.zip
and later probably will be moved to:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/
Also, PU Monitor available for download and purchase at:
http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/pumonitor.html
September 1, 1998
If you're always searching for better ways to use TCP/IP with OS/2 Warp,
IBM has two new publications which can help.
1. "Beyond DHCP: Work Your TCP/IP Internetwork with Dynamic IP" (IBM
publication no. SG24-5280) is scheduled to be published in September,
1998. This new book includes extensive sections on the new IBM TCP/IP 4.1.
This book also documents, for the first time, how to create a set of OS/2
Warp boot diskettes which can connect to the network using TCP/IP and
DHCP; how to customize Netscape for firewall access using information
provided by a DHCP server; how to integrate LAN domain information into a
TCP/IP network; and much more. [Full disclosure: I'm one of the coauthors
of this new book.]
Many different platforms are discussed in this new book, but Warp Server,
OS/2 Warp 4, and WorkSpace On-Demand get extensive treatment. This book
should be on every TCP/IP network manager's shelf, regardless of platform.
2. "A Comprehensive Guide to Virtual Private Networks, Vol.1" (IBM
publication no. SG24-5201) includes extensive information on OS/2 Warp's
new Virtual Private Network (VPN) capabilities. Section 9.4.7 describes
how to use TCP/IP 4.1 to set up a "mini firewall."
For these (and other) IBM publications, please visit:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com.
- - - - -
Timothy F. Sipples
IBM Network Computing Software (Chicago)
Internet: tsipple@us.ibm.com
WWW: http://www.secant.com/sipples
Sent with Lotus Notes for OS/2 Warp
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August 31, 1998
John Fairhurst and the Warpzilla team have released a new build of
Warpzilla, version 0.006.
You can download Warpzilla from
http://www.innotek.de/warpzilla0006.zip
This version is not fully functional and tested; it is only provided as a
preview to the OS/2 community. You can test it on your machine but it
might cause problems and not all sites will be displayed correctely.
Warpzilla 0.006 is only a very rudimentary browser. It can layout HTML 4
very nicely but it does not support most of the features that a browser
needs. No toolbar, no links, no forms...
Note that this is only a technology demo, future versions of Warpzilla
will be based on a new technology that will make up Netscape Communicator
6.006.
You can share your experiences with this version with other users by
joining the Warpzilla mailing list or posting to the appropriate os2
newsgroup at news://news.mozilla.org Please note that the current
Warpzilla architecture will be abandoned so submitting bugs will not help
with future versions of Warpzilla.
For further information, please refer to http://www.mozilla.org
August 31, 1998 Source: Sloan Anderson (sanderson@tripleiomaha.com)
I am a technical recruiter for a Midwest regional firm. We currently have
an opening for an OS/2 Administrator to manage the OS/2 servers and
current LAN. Must be familiar with hardware and software configuration and
installation, as well as LAN Administration, OS/2 Server Administration,
NT 4.0 Server and Win 95 workstations.
August 31, 1998
WPTools has been updated to version 2.4. WPTools is a collection of OS/2
specific tools. Some tools in the archive are:
CHECKINI - Checks Workplace shell related stuff in the OS2.INI and
OS2SYS.INI, mainly intended to keep the INI-Files clean and
(relatively small) and thus have the best performance while using the
workplace Shell
WPSBKP - Make a backup of most workplace shell objects in a text
file. This text file can be used to restore a customized workplace
shell after the desktop has be reinstalled or to port parts to
another machine
WPSREST - Restores a backup made with WPSBKP
RESETWPS - Resets the worksplace shell without rebooting
WPTOOLS.DLL - A dynamic link library that, amongst other things, can
be used from REXX to query object settings. This DLL is also used by
WPSBKP to query object settings
You can download a copy from http://www.os2ss.com/information/kelder/
August 29, 1998
Truespectra Inc. has updated its outstanding product Photo>Graphics
Professional to version 2.02.
Upgrade and demo are available to download at the following URL:
http://www.truespectra.com/downloads/photographics-samplers.html
New features/fixes in this release:
Fixed reported bugs in GIF and TIFF loading.
Created sampler version which doesn't include the TWAIN scanner
drivers in the distribution
August 29, 1998
We have released version 1.30 of WebMirror.
This version has only a couple of fixes for problems that appeared in the
OS/2 version, but should also be more stable on the Windows version.
Here are the changes made in this version:
Fixed the memory error in the OS/2 version when reading the captured
web sites from a web browser.
Fixed a bug in the web site export function that prevented the
function to work correctly under OS/2.
The update can be downloaded from our web site:
http://www.maccasoft.com and from http://www.bmtmicro.com
WebMirror is an advanced off-line browsing tool that allows you to
re-create sections of the World Wide Web directly on your hard drive or
local network. You can save particular pages, complete with text, links
and graphics. Once the Web pages are saved to your hard drive (that is,
once you have "captured" them), you can refer back to the information at
any time, without an online connection and additional connection charges.
August 29, 1998
PowerDale IT, http://www.yoursite.co.uk/ , have set up a new Helpdesk
resource on the internet. It's to be a Helpdesk come Q&A come FAQ come
Automatic Notifier for problem resolution.
It can be found at:
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/helpdesk/
It is still undergoing some final interface testing, but we feel it's
important that it's avaliable.Please put this resource on your "visit
regularly" list, even if you don't have a problem, as you could solve
someone elses.
We plan to shortly add an improvement to automatically email people who
nominate they are interested in a selected application when a call is
logged. Currently, it automatically emails the solution to the person who
logged the call.
Also, the following other relocations have occured.
AWE page has moved to:
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/awe/
Win32-OS/2 Compatibility page has moved to:
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/win32os2/
August 29, 1998
A new PMfax/FaxWorks printer driver which fixes the printing issue for
Lotus 123 is now released and available on the Keller Group web site.
Download the UF_30103.EXE file from
http://www.kellergroup.com/doc/download.htm or install the 3.01.03
maintenance release to get the fix.
Keller Group remains committed to OS/2 fax/voice software. Customers who
purchased PMfax version 3 from Keller Group continue to have access to
version 3 maintenance releases using the product web page, passwords and
enabling codes which were provided to them.
Customers who purchased FaxWorks Pro for OS/2 version 3 from Global
Village (developed by Keller Group) can get maintenance releases and
support from Keller Group by purchasing an inexpensive support plan from
Keller Group.
See http://www.kellergroup.com for details.
Best regards, Mark
Mark Ahlstrom
Pres., Keller Group Inc.
August 28, 1998
The following is some news from Brad Wardell (bwardell@stardock.com).
Well, with summer coming near an end, I figured now would be a good time
to let OS/2 users know what Stardock is working on, has been working on,
and will be working on.
For me, and in this case I can speak for everyone at Stardock, OS/2
support is a lot more than words, deeds are far more important than words
and in 1998, Stardock's deeds have clearly shown that no other ISV
supports OS/2 more than Stardock does.
This morning we and Southsoft released the new PMINews 2.0 beta. PMINews
is a powerful news reader for OS/2 that basically takes all of the beefs
we and others have had with typical news readers and try to address them.
If you have PMINews 1.x, going to 2.0 is absolutely FREE. When PMINews 2.0
ships (target date is around Warpstock) we hope OS/2 users who don't
already have it will look carefully at upgrading to it. We will offer a
great deal of upgrade deals from other news readers.
Later today, we expect to release the first update to the Object Desktop
2.0 Early Experience Program. Hopefully most of you are familiar with
Object Desktop. We release Object Desktop Professional 1.5 back just
before OS/2 Warp 4's launch (1996). It's a desktop environment that
integrates into OS/2 a lot of cool new features. It was inspired by the
OS/2 wishlists (we essentially read the lists of new features people
wanted in OS/2 and made a product ouf ot it). It's always been a very
popular product. Our goal with Object Desktop 2.0 is pretty ambitious,
since IBM hasn't released a new version of OS/2 since 1996 (other than
Fixpacks which OS/2 detractors should be aware does constitute real
support from IBM), Object Desktop 2.0 essentially acts as a third party
upgrade for OS/2 users. It'll run on OS/2 Warp 3 (without Fixpacks) all
the way up to Warp 4 FP7 and beyond but it adds more real features that
the typical user would notice than Windows 98 added to Windows 95. You can
still join the Early Experience program but we expect to close entry to it
in about a week or two (you can go to http://www.stardock.com to join it).
We also have a Windows version in beta right now. If you're an OS/2 user
who is stuck using Windows a lot, OD comes with a WindowFX, an OS
personality component that lets you make Windows look a lot like OS/2.
On Monday, Stardock will be releasing an update to Entrepreneur (v1.31).
Entrepreneur is a strategy game in which you start your own company and
must conquer the world. It's like a SimBillGates. :) It too runs on OS/2
and I'm proud to say that it is probably the only OS/2 game you can find
at most software retailers. We also will be releasing Entrepreneur:
Corporate Expansion, an expansion pack for Entrepreneur next week (go to
http://www.stardock.com to order it).
In about a week, we expect to release a new beta of Stellar Frontier (with
Solar Systems) which will hopefully have the new network engine in it so
that anyone with a modem can play on-line with silky smooth performance.
Stellar Frontier takes place in the Galactic Civilizations universe. You
get to join the humans, the Torians, or the Drengin Empire. It plays a lot
like Star Control Melee. More news on this will show up when the beta goes
out.
And these are just the things we're doing for OS/2 in this next week. Real
products that users and userse (2 games, 2 apps). In 1998, we've also
released Galactic Civilizations Gold, made a bundle of OS/2 Essentials V2
and Process Commander that is only $69, made the popular Links golf game
available on OS/2 on the commerce server for only $20, and we have more
things for OS/2 in the pipeline.
In October, Warpstock (http://www.warpstock.org) will be the place we
officially launch Object Desktop 2.0. If you're on the fence about going
to Warpstock, I highly recommend it. It was a total blast last year and
it's really nice being around other users who enjoy using OS/2 and you
don't have to defend it or make excuses why you use it. Warpstock is on
October 17-18 in Chicago.
More information on Stardock can be found at http://www.stardock.com.
August 28, 1998
Win95key has been released. This allows you to use the three Windows keys
in OS/2 (OS/2 Warp Smartcenter menu, Task List, Desktop menu) Fully WPS
integrated, some features added. You can download a copy from:
hobbes.nmsu.edu
August 28, 1998
IBM has released RSUINST v1.74. This is the program that allows you to
install FixPaks over the web. You can download a copy from:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/rsu/rsuinstn.exe
August 28, 1998
StarDivision has updated their US web site with new information regarding
the soon to be released StarOffice v5.0. You can visit their web site at:
http://www.stardiv.com
August 28, 1998
For anyone in the Stardock Object Desktop 2.0 Early Experience program,
the 2nd beta is now available for download at:
http://www.stardock.com/update/update_od20.html
August 27, 1998
new goodie in hobbes /incoming:
SRMJPG10.ZIP
Short Description: Motion-JPEG CODEC for OS/2
Long Description: It is a DLL for decoding Motion-JPEG (Movie-JPEG, MJPEG,
MJPG) coded AVI's under OS2
Proposed directory for placement: /pub/os2/apps/mmedia/misc
August 27, 1998
http://www.stardock.com/update/update_pmi.html
PlusPak: PMINews 2.0 beta#3 is now available! We feel that we are very
close to making 2.0 go gold with the exception of doing some rework on the
Decode Engine. Since we want to go Gold with 2.0 at the End of September
it is very important that you provide us with Detailed Descriptions of any
Problems that you may encounter. This beta expires on September 30, 1998)
New features and bug fixes list is at:
http://www.southsoft.com/suppmihist.html
August 26, 1998
Announcing Task Manager for OS/2 Warp
Developer Chris Graham, from Warp Speed Computers (Australia, USA and
Germany), famous author of The Graham Utilities, creates now The Task
Manager for OS/2. This Task Manager, like the similar one from Windows NT,
improves control of all processes. This feature is in the Eleventh CSD for
The Graham Utilities for OS/2. The complete and illustrated report about
Task Manager for OS/2 Warp is running in my OS/2-Java Site
(http://macarlo.com)
August 26, 1998 Source: Phil Piper (ppiper@teksystems.com)
OS/2 System Engineer Needed
Job Description:
TEKsystems is currently in need for a OS/2 Systems Engineer in NYC, with
experience working with OS/2 from version 2.1 all the way to Warp 4.
Candidate will be supporting both servers and workstations on a 3 month to
indefinite assignment. Any experience with NT and Novell servers is a
plus. Salary rate is open and flexible. Anyone who is interested please
contact Phil Piper at TEKsystems at 888.256.9179x5911 and I will be more
than happy to speak with you about this opportunity. Any help would be
greatly appreciated. Thank You.
August 26, 1998
A new bugfix version of xDBView, a fast freeware VIO dbf viewer/editor for
OS/2 is available for download from OGCs web site at:
http://www.ogcs.com/
xDBView v099a also implements a new 132 column mode to allow for improved
browsing of dbf files.
From our download page it's also possible to fetch a vital DLL which was
sorely missing from the original zip files. People who have downloaded the
big all-in-one zip file or the two split archives just need archive #3 to
have xDBView run happily along. Newcomers need to get either the single
big DLL package or the three smaller ones.
Our sincere apologies for being late in fixing this problem that many
reported. Just put the blame on summer vacations, xDBView was meant to be
a simple gift to the OS/2 community and we didn't take your average
computer gremlins into account. Work are currently underway for better
(and customizable) HTML code.
Thanks for your patience and interest in xDBView.
August 26, 1998
Beta Testing on OS/2
Symantec is looking for beta testers for OS/2 to complete an application
to beta test with Symantec, (if you have not already done so), on our
External Test application web page at:
http://et.symantec.com/en/apply.html
Please write OS/2 in the Comments box, and on your NDA (Non Disclosure
Agreement) that needs to be faxed to us at 310 829-1028.
More details of the beta test will follow in the next few weeks.
Thank you for your interest and support. Sheelagh
Symantec Beta Coordinator
(soconnor@symantec.com)
August 26, 1998 Source: Lorne Tyndale (tyndale@server.uwindsor.ca)
This is a little bit old but any Sysops running OS/2 BBSes might be
interested in the following information on possible future versions of The
Online Pub (TOP). Currently TOP Version 3 (for Dos and Win32) is in
development. The following was posted on on the TOP website on March 8,
1998:
---------------------------------------------
Status of TOP for OS/2
At this time, there are several problems with TOP for OS/2 (TOP/2). These
problems will require a fair amount of work on my part to fix. In
addition, testing of the OS/2 version is difficult as it requires me to
plug in an extra hard drive in order to run OS/2 for testing. It is for
these reasons that I am not currently planning any further support for
TOP/2.
However, I am willing to alter these plans if public support for TOP/2 is
shown. If you have an interest in seeing TOP/2 maintained, please contact
me. I will also need OS/2 beta testers (preferably running Maximus/2). If
you might be able to help, please indicate this. Only through public
support will the OS/2 version survive.
This announcement is not intended to threaten OS/2 users. I would gladly
support the OS/2 version if it was easier for me to do so. Unfortunately,
in my view the effort required is just not worth it unless I know people
are going to be using the version.
---------------------------------------------
The Online Pub is a multi-featured chatroom door for multi-line BBSes such
as Maximus/2. More information can be found at:
http://members.home.net/paulsid/ismware/top/index.html
August 26, 1998 Source: Terry Norton (ccsterry@usa.net)
Good news! IBM is going to offer all existing registered customers of
VisualAge for Java Pro, 1.0 a no charge upgrade to VisualAge for Java,
Professional Edition, V2.0. If you have registered your Version 1.0
products as of October 31, 1998, you will automatically receive a copy of
the new Version 2.0 product That's right: registered customers
automatically get to take advantage of the great new features in VisualAge
for Java, Version 2.0.
This is in addition to the already announced upgrade for registered
VisualAge for Java, Enterprise customers that will receive a no charge
upgrade to VisualAge for Java, Enterprise Edition, v2.0.
August 26, 1998
Aureal has released their OS/2 driver set for their 8820 A3D chip. This
chip is used by Xitel, Turtle Beach, Diamond and others in their
respective A3D PCI sound cards. You can get a copy of the driver from:
http://www.aureal.com/tech/a3ddrivers.html
August 26, 1998
The PowerUtilities screen saver has been updated to version 1.1.00. The
long awaited "Preview" button has been added and a new secure registration
procedure has also been provided. You can download a copy from:
http://www.powerutilities.no
August 26, 1998
Henk Kelder has updated the beta (v0.81) of his FAT32 IFS (Installable
File System). This will allow you to access FAT32 partitions from OS/2.
You can download a copy from:
http://www.os2ss.com/information/kelder/
August 25, 1998
As you probably know, IBM has re-released their 4.04 beta version of
Netscape Communicator without altering any version identifiers. However,
the modified file size was stopping Fortify from idenitifying the "new"
version.
Fortify has now been updated to version 1.2.7 to track this change and
support the new beta version. You can download your copy of Fortify for
OS/2 from:
https://www.fortify.net/
Fortify is a program that provides world-wide, unconditional, full
strength 128-bit cryptography to users of Netscape Navigator (v3) and
Communicator (v4). If you routinely use Netscape's export-grade web
browsers, (i.e. the ones you can download from the Internet), then you
need Fortify.
August 25, 1998 Source: Hans Hockx (jhockx@worldonline.nl)
After a four weeks long and lovely holiday I've updated the OS/2
Switchboard web site again. The OS/2 Switchboard is one of Holland's most
comprehensive collections of OS/2 related links. It now contains 670
links. Please check it out at URL:
http://home.worldonline.nl/~jhockx
August 24, 1998
A beta version of the Dialog Enhancer dialog pack file (Warp 4.0 only) has
been made available with additional support for:
Netscape Communicator 4.04
ZOC 3.08 Communications
An updated installer which now significantly reduces the pain of
uninstallation and re-installation by storing user selections, file
locations and user registration codes in the OS/2 Registry, is also
available under beta test.
You can download the new updates from the Dialog Enhancer
(http://www-student.lboro.ac.uk/~mcrsc/ostrans.html) web site.
August 24, 1998
CSD 12 for the Graham Utilities (http://www.warpspeed.com.au/graham.htm)
for OS/2 has been released. You can download a copy from:
http://www.warpspeed.com.au/u-warp.htm
August 24, 1998
fpart v1.0 has been released, this program is starting as a way to move
bigger files from one system to another on multiple floppies. Right now it
splits files into 1,400,000 byte chunks so you can simply copy them onto a
floppy and recombine them later on your other system Right now it also
does not pause between disks so you have to write the files to a hard
drive first and then copy them to your floppies. You can download a copy
from http://www.eaglequest.com/~stanjenn/.
August 23, 1998 Source: Arne Blankerts (ABlankerts@freepoint.de)
At OS-2.de there is a survey about stuff YOU would like to have, if
there's a chance to get it into OS/2...
http://www.os-2.de/en/other/survey/#1
There's also a small link to drop a mail to us, if you'd like to have the
entire site to be english (actually the survey is our first english
part...)
August 23, 1998 Source: Adrian Suri (asuri@vpub.powernet.co.uk)
I have just uploaded version 1.09B of TarGzipmag. This copy no longer
needs a pass to unzip it, it is available from my site in the project
section at:
http://users.powernet.co.uk/vpub/projects.html
This copy has also been uploaded to hobbes, in the incoming directory:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/targzpm109b.zip
Eventually it will be in the OS2/achiver directory. It is still in a beta
stage of develepment, but is now stable enough for general release. People
using this program are encouraged to give feedback.
August 23, 1998
J3 Computer Technologies
http://www.os2store.com
We have drastically updated our site, http://www.os2store.com , to include
approximately 46,000 items, search capabiliites, RealTime UPS Shipping
Charges, and RealTime Tax (I know...) for California residents. We still
have a few intrinsic items to take care of but for the most part it is
finished.
To be found on our new site is hardware and software for all operating
systems, we have not forgotten about OS/2 nor will we it's there too, at
prices that should appeal to all.
August 22, 1998
A MIDI player similar to the one promised in
http://www.os2ss.com/warpcast/wc2005.html but also including a PM version
and support for multiple MIDI ports is available for free at:
http://www.os2.spb.ru/russian/lbplay/lbply003.zip
August 22, 1998 Source: Anders Jarnberg (jarnberg@algonet.se)
Seems like the AntiVirus market for OS/2 is looking better since IBM
stepped out of the ring.
Not only will Symantec shortly have a beta available, but Kaspersky Labs
(the makers of the highly acclaimed AVP) have one available already.
For more about testing the OS/2 version of AVP, checkout:
http://www.avp.ru/english/news/eval.html
August 22, 1998 Source: Henry So Jr. ()
I'm in the process of developing a text-mode MIDI file player using the
OS/2 RTMidi subsystem. I'm currently looking for alpha (and eventually
beta) testers for the program. Planned features include a real-time
display of song position, playlist support, system exclusive support, and
support for MIDI karaoke files.
There are a few software requirements. The MIDI.SYS packaged with Warp 4.0
causes my system to crash, so you need to have the latest MIDI.SYS driver
(available at http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/index.htm) and
probably the latest RTMidi driver for your MIDI card.
I don't know if the program will work on Warp 3.0 (using newer drivers),
but if anyone is willing to give it a try, please contact me.
If you're interested (mind you, the program is currently in *alpha*
state), please contact me at henryso@panix.com. Since the alpha/beta will
be distributed via e-mail you need to have a mailer that supports MIME
encoded attachments.
August 22, 1998
The August issue of "INK - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform" by
Tony Butka, is now online at:
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/scoug808.2.ink.html
In his monthly column, Tony discusses OS/2 graphics with an emphasis on
scanning and printing.
This month, "INK" covers:
Epson inkjet drivers
which printer manufacturer has inkjet cartridges that cost far less
than the competition
a comparison of high-quality papers
Tony is well known for turning out high-quality graphics images with
inexpensive equipment and materials. "Each month I'll be telling the
readers about the tricks I've learned, the equipment and software that
works the best, and where to get the compatible drivers for the highest
quality output," says Tony. "OS/2 has a wealth of graphics products
available that people just don't know about. I'll take care of all these
issues, right here, in INK."
Sponsored by the Southern California OS/2 User Group (http://www.scoug.com
August 22, 1998
The August " Webfoot, The Duck" OS/2 column is now online at:
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/scoug808.2.webfoot.html
This month, Webfoot covers:
The next release, Aurora, of OS/2 Warp Server
A free PostScript emulator for OS/2
A site with sample code for writing OS/2 device drivers
Some of the "really big" OS/2 link sites
and a lot more
Each monthly "Webfoot, The Duck" column includes:
"On the web, content is king ...", a section which reviews ten
relevant OS/2 sites,
"Duck Feather", an internet tip, and
"Comparing The Hits", a monthly search engine test.
August 22, 1998
IBM has just released AntiVirus updates today. AV30BX and OLD30BX.
See http://www.av.ibm.com/IBMAntiVirus/LatestUpdates/
August 22, 1998 Source: Steve Marvin (smarvin@erols.com)
Regarding the recent note in WarpCast about signing up for Symantec's beta
of NAV for OS/2 (http://www.os2ss.com/warpcast/wc1970.html), I received
this reply from Symantec:
Thank you for your note, we had to stop using the website for
security reasons. If you are interested in beta testing Norton
AntiVirus for OS/2 please write to our External Test email,
etweb@symantec.com.
If you know anyone else interested, please advise the above.
August 22, 1998 Source: Samuel Audet (guardia@cam.org)
CD2MP3 PM 1.0 is a WAV and CD to MP3 front end. A lot of things have
changed since 0.91. Features:
CD Drive Auto-Detect
WAV file Drag and Drop
Custom Encoder and CD Grabber Configuration
Nice and Simple GUI
Super Grab
Play/Stop preview for CD
Statistic Information
Auto deselect/removal
http://www.cam.org/~guardia/cd2mp3pm.html
A new MPG123.DLL has been released fixing a couple of bugs with the
player:
implemented workaround for bad GUS driver DART buffer timing (it
jumps by 250 ms step once in a while instead of incrementing for each
buffer). Makes decoderPlayingSamples() work correctly on GUS.
finally found the proper buffers to flush. No more first buffer trash
kludge and now any snap crackle and pop are REALLY only coming from
your sound card alone (check the visual plugins if you don't believe
me)
faster seek by boosting priority (oops, forgot this initially :)
audio engine now fills empty buffers with 128 value instead of 0 for
8 bit playback (removes the clicks, but it still sounds like crap :).
http://www.cam.org/~guardia/pm123.html
My main web page has also been updated today, take a look at it!
http://www.cam.org/~guardia
August 22, 1998
Minta 1.67 is out now!
The new release of Minta, the MP3 tagging, listing and information
PM-utility for OS/2 is out now. New features include ID3 v1.1 support,
autorenaming function, lots of additional configuration options, etc. More
info at:
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/CIP/thielen/minta
August 22, 1998
IBM has released a new version of the GRADD video drivers ( v0.077 ) for
OS/2 Warp v4.0. The supported adapters are as follows:
ATI Rage II/Mach 64
Chips & Technology 6555X
Matrox Millenium/Mystique
S3 864/TRIO
S3 Virge/Virge VX
You can download a copy from
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/videopak/graddbb
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August 21, 1998
There will be a new version of the Win32-OS/2 converter released in early
September. Some of the new features include:
On-the-fly conversion (the app is automatically converted for you
when you load it)
bitmap color fixes
Borland EXE fixes
EA's removed (version checking now imbedded in EXE/DLL)
Significant DirectDraw enhancements (Quake II runs full-speed in a
window).
For more information see the Win32-OS/2 Project web site:
http://www.os2ss.com/win32-os2/
August 21, 1998
Multiple Recursive Search and Replace (MRSR) v2.0 has been released, this
is a command line program for doing search and replace operations on text
files. Rather than being limited to a single file at a time, or a single
search and replace at one time, MRSR allows multiple files and a virtually
unlimited number of search and replace operations at once. MRSR also does
BLOCK searches. MRSR will optionally go through an entire sub-directory
tree. MRSR allows updates to Web pages and also source code. Version 2
uses English-like commands rather than the obscure single letter commands
of version 1.
For more information and to download a shareware version visit:
http://www.bossi.com/utility/mrsr/mrsr.html
August 21, 1998
CSD 11 for the Graham Utilities (http://www.warpspeed.com.au/graham.htm)
for OS/2 has been released. You can download a copy from:
http://www.warpspeed.com.au/u-warp.htm
August 21, 1998
IBM has released some international releases of FixPak 7 for OS/2 Warp 4:
French
(ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/french/xrfm007/)
Spanish
(ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/spanish/xrfm007/)
August 21, 1998
IBM has released beta 2 of Netscape Communicator for OS/2. It and the new
PlugIn Pak can be found at:
http://service5.boulder.ibm.com/pcpd.nsf/ocomm40+home
This updated beta includes many fixes and addresses the Java 1.1.6
incompatibilities reported by the WarpCast subscribers. It also
includes fixes for the graphics problems and the color palette.
Thank you for your support! Enjoy the updated beta code and look for
Netscape Communicator 4.04 for OS/2 Warp's general availability in
4Q98. You will be able to download the GA level code at no charge
from IBM's Software Choice in 4Q98 at:
http://service.boulder.ibm.com/asd-bin/doc/en_us/catalog.htm
August 20, 1998 Source: Dirk Terrell, OS/2 Supersite Administrator,
http://www.os2ss.com
August 20, 1998 - Gainesville, FL USA
Falcon Networking announced today the acquisition of various assets from
Haligonian Media, including the popular OS/2 e-Zine! electronic magazine.
Trevor Smith, the founder of Haligonian Media, announced he will step down
as Editor-in-Chief of the magazine. Replacing Smith as Editor-in-Chief
will be Chris Wenham, currently the magazine's Senior Editor. Contributing
Editor Christopher B. Wright will be promoted to the position of Senior
Editor. No other changes in the magazine staff are expected at this time.
"We are excited about what the future holds for OS/2 e-Zine!," said Dirk
Terrell, President of Falcon Networking and the administrator of the OS/2
Supersite. "At the same time, we are saddened to see Trevor step down. I
have worked with him on the magazine since right after its inception and I
know the personal commitment he always made to making OS/2 e-Zine! a
polished, professional magazine."
The transition is expected to be a smooth one since all the staff remain
committed to producing a top quality publication. "This is a great
development for OS/2 e-Zine!," said Smith. "The magazine has developed a
loyal following and a reputation for honest and useful journalism among
the OS/2 community over the past three years. This transfer will give the
magazine the resources it needs to grow and guarantee that the next years
will be even better than the previous ones."
The transfer of the magazine is immediate and the staff changes will occur
with the September 1 issue.
All business inquiries concerning OS/2 e-Zine! should be directed to Dirk
Terrell at admin@os2ss.com or by phone at 800-352-1974 or 352-335-9693
outside the US and Canada.
OS/2 e-Zine! can be found on the world wide web at
http://www.os2ezine.com.
August 20, 1998
CD2MP3 PM 1.0 has been released, this is a WAV and CD to MP3 front end. A
lot of things have changed since 0.91. Features include:
CD Drive Auto-Detect
WAV file Drag and Drop
Custom Encoder and CD Grabber Configuration
Nice and Simple GUI
Super Grab
Play/Stop preview for CD
Statistic Information
Auto deselect/removal
You can download a copy from http://www.cam.org/~guardia/cd2mp3pm.html.
In addition a new MPG123.DLL has been releaed for PM123 which fixes some
bugs in the player, specifically:
Implemented workaround for bad GUS driver DART buffer timing (it
jumps by 250 ms step once in a while instead of incrementing for each
buffer). Makes decoderPlayingSamples() work correctly on GUS.
Finally found the proper buffers to flush. no more first buffer trash
kludge and now any snap crackle and pop are REALLY only coming from
your sound card alone (check the visual plugins if you don't believe
me)
Faster seek by boosting priority (oops, forgot this initially :)
Audio engine now fills empty buffers with 128 value instead of 0 for
8 bit playback (removes the clicks, but it still sounds like crap :).
You can also download this update from
http://www.cam.org/~guardia/pm123.html.
August 20, 1998
File Commander v2.00 has been released (as of August 16, 1998). For
information and download, visit:
http://www.orfin.com/fc/
New Features of File Commander v2.00 include:
Editor: Undo function
Editor: Bracket Match
Editor: Indent/Unindent block function using Alt-Left/Right arrows.
Associations for view and edit, allows automatic selection of
specialized viewer/editor programs.
For the supported archive types, the Archiver programs and command
line options to them are now configurable in the INI file.
Code page translation function in Viewer and Editor. Translates from
a given code page to the current display code page.
Panel filter supports boolean expressions instead of old, rather
obscure syntax.
Boolean expressions extended to support %size, %date, %age, %attrib
operators.
Viewer and Editor can have their TAB width set to any value from 1 to
8.
Label edit using Alt-L on Info panel.
Persistent command history.
Physical free memory on Info panel.
File Find made multithreaded, allowing view/edit/browse during
search.
New function: Shift-F5/6. Like F5/F6 but default new name never
includes the path of the opposite panel.
Added Ctrl-Shift-\ to set current directory to that of other panel.
Once File Find has completed a search, results may be sorted by
pressing Ctrl-[F3..F6]
Win32 only: Pressing ALT with Ctrl F,J,Enter,[,] name/path pasting
keys now give Windows short file names.
Win32 only: Added ~ modifier for ! operators to give Windows short
file names.
Duplicate elimination in command history, only most recent copy is
retained.
Text search in command history window, like F7 in view/edit.
Drop down history list added to key text entry fields, activated by
Alt-DownArrow or mouse clickable arrow.
The mass tagging keys (Grey +,-,* etc) will act with the Tag
directories option reversed if Shift is also pressed.
Whole word option added to string searches in internal viewer, editor
and File Find contents search.
Support for ACE archiver.
There are also extensive lists of Minor Enhancements and Bug Fixes.
August 20, 1998
AWE 0.158 has been released.
AWE 0.158 has improved error handling for PLG's and DEF Management works
again. For more info on AWE, the Advanced Web Editor, see:
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/webwriter/
Also, to answer one question, AWE has no screen shot because it's less
than 500k all up.
Also:
PowerDale Launches "MailMe AntiSpam Service BETA".
We are sick of being spammed by email robots who look at web pages for
email addresses. So we've launched mailme:, the Antispam mailer from
PowerDale IT.
We need Beta Testers for this free service (hey, it's clickware).
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/antispam/
Your information is protected under the UK data protection act, and we
hold a bare minimum and use no cookies in that section of our web site.
August 20, 1998 Source: Chris Wohlgemuth (chris.wohlgemuth@cityweb.de)
There is a new BubblePad version (V1.01) avaiable which should fix all
known problems. With this version the help always disapears when leaving a
button or if the drawers are set to autoclose. Go to the BubblePad page
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/bubblepd.htm
and follow the link to the download page. Read the section 'History' for
further information. Hope everything works fine now. If there are problems
let me know.
BubblePad is a replacement class for the launchpad of Warp 3/4 which
offers you fly over help and a customizable size of the pad.
Corrected Bugs:
Help windows remain visible under some circumstances. After that no
more help was avaiable.
Default directory during installation not always accepted
Corrected minor positioning problem with drawers
August 20, 1998
CUSeeMe (http://inet.uni-c.dk/~deckkh/news.htm) version 1.9b is in the
works and will be out sometime soon. The following is a list of changes so
far:
Bug sending video with a high MJPG quality is fixed.
Toolbar in the video and main windows with fly over help text.
MJPG Video 320x240 is now supported. (Receive only)
Some bug fixes with regards to the audio support.
Auto arrange of video windows is now also active when a client
disconnects.
When chat is bounced , it will be shown in the chat window.
I have created a forum at Dejanews for discussion of CUSeeMe/2. The guys
at Hauppauge are taking a lot longer to develop a working device driver
for the WinCast TV boards than I expected, so WinCast support in CUSeeMe/2
won't make it to this release. I am sorry about this, but there is nothing
I can do about it.
August 20, 1998
BootOS2 v9.15 has been released. The BOOTOS2 program is a utility that
allows you to build a BOOTable OS/2 V2, V3 or V4 system using an existing
OS/2 V2, V3 or V4 system. The BOOT system can be installed on either
Floppy Disks or a Hard Disk Partition. You can download a copy from:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=btos2915.zip
August 19, 1998
http://www.ctag.de/projects/jpd/index.html
Version 0.84 [of Java Pilot Desktop] is coming soon!!
New Features in Version 0.84:
Import of Nokia Communicator 9000 data files fixed
INI-Files are now saved in the user.home path (under OS/2 this is the
Java-path)
MemoPad, Conduit, Address, Expense and Mail Conduit (full
syncronization)
DateBook Conduit (reading from Pilot only)
OS/2 install.cmd and icons
bug fixes
A "preview" of it is available:
ftp://ftp.ctag.de/pub/jpd/jpd0839.zip
August 19, 1998
Come to http://www.polyex.com for more information.
Hopkins: FBI for OS/2 4.0 is now available!
Help Hopkins battle terrorists!
Drawn by cartoon specialists according to the rule book the images in
Hopkins: FBI were scanned and meticulously retouched frame by frame to
produce high-quality scenes.
Some features of this game include:
Hand Drawn Animation - Drawn by cartoon specialists according to the
rule book they were scanned and meticulously retouched frame by frame
to produce high-quality scenes. Very special care was taken to
realise the game's introduction and final scenes.
3D Scenes - Highly detailed, with very studied camera movements,
extremely realistic 3D scenes leading the player by the air and under
the sea give him incomparable sensations. Fluid full screen SVGA 3D
scenes were realised without any perceptible quality loss by the use
of an unique compression algorithm.
Extremely Varied Places - First hand drawn by a famous strip
cartoonist, Thierry Sgur, they were scanned then retouched and
coloured on computer by an international graphics team. They give to
the player an uninterrupted pleasure of discovery, leading him from
HOPKIN's apartment to a secret submarine base, going through such
different places as the FBI headquarters, the very exotic and
mysterious Condor Island, an hidden universe where the dead can talk,
and so on...
More Than... - 50 Characters, 100 Places, 400 MB of Cinematic scenes,
and 1000 scenery animations.
The system requirements of the game are:
Pentium class machine
OS/2 Warp 4.0 (no fixpacks are required)
16 MB RAM
18 MB Hard Drive Space
Display capable of at least 640x480x256colors
DIVE compatible Video card (Most Video cards)
DART compatible Sound Card (Most Sound Cards)
Please note: This game should run fine under Warp 3.0, with the hi-res
timer and dart installed, but has not been tested on that platform.
August 19, 1998
HOT! - By popular request - Coming soon - Priority Master II Version 2.4
with dynamic prioritization for OS/2 PM programs. Automatic priority
update in the target main window and CTRL+ESC Task List and more! This is
scheduled to be released on Sept 1,1998.
You can get a list of the new features here:
http://www.prioritymaster.com/preview.htm
August 19, 1998
WPTools has been updated to version 2.3 (8/15/98):
http://www.os2ss.com/information/kelder/
WPTOOLS is a collection of OS/2 specific tools. Some tools in the archive
are:
CHECKINI - Checks Workplace shell related stuff in the OS2.INI and
OS2SYS.INI, mainly intended to keep the INI-Files clean and (relatively
small) and thus have the best performance while using the workplace Shell;
WPSBKP - Make a backup of most workplace shell objects in a text file.
This text file can be used to restore a customized workplace shell after
the desktop has be reinstalled or to port parts to another machine;
WPSREST - Restores a backup made with WPSBKP;
RESETWPS - Resets the worksplace shell without rebooting;
WPTOOLS.DLL - A dynamic link library that, amongst other things, can be
used from REXX to query object settings. This DLL is also used by WPSBKP
to query object settings. As far as I know this is the only tool in the
world to query setupstrings.
New in this release:
CHECKINI slightly modified;
WPTOOLS.DLL slightly modified.
August 19, 1998
The August 19, 1998 edition of Focus on OS/2 is now online.
Continuing our series on large hard drives, our guest author John Edwards,
explains the procedure for installing OS/2 and Windows 95 release C on the
same hard drive.
As usual our new edition features a number of new links, including
information on a brand-new refresh of Java 1.1.6, a thought-provoking
article on how OS/2 users need to find for support from IBM, information
on yet another lawsuit for Microsoft, this time over Windows 98, and much
more.
Focus on OS/2 may be read at http://os2.miningco.com.
Walter Metcalf
os2.guide@miningco.com
August 19, 1998
Arcane Technologies are proud to announce the first release of their port
of Magician to OS/2 Warp V4. Magician allows developers to write portable,
high-performance OpenGL applications using the Java programming language.
Magician interfaces directly with existing OpenGL installations to deliver
high-performance and hardware-accelerator-aware 3D capabilities to Java.
Developers can use many advanced Java features, such as multi-threading,
in conjunction with Magician to deploy sophisticated applications and
applets with ease. Built-in profiling and tracing support makes debugging
and optimizing OpenGL applications simpler than ever.
For more information see http://www.arcana.co.uk/products/magician.
August 18, 1998
There are new Java 1.1.6 update files at
ftp://ftp.hursley.ibm.com/pub/java/fixes/os2/11/116. They are dated Aug
18, 1998.
Here are the APAR's listed since the last update (07/28/98):
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August 18, 1998
Sydney, Australia. (18 Aug, 1998). Fortify for Netscape now supports the
recently released preview version of Netscape Communicator on OS/2. This
is version 4.0b1 (980731).
This functionality is available immediately, as part of the fn126os2.zip
distribution. You can download this from the Fortify web site, at
http://www.fortify.net/, or from the Fortify mirror FTP sites ( after
propogation is complete).
Farrell McKay
August 17, 1998 Source: Mike Ramsey (miker@DevilsThumb.COM)
Good News! Master of the Empire (MOTE) is complete!
We over the course of 1997 fixed up all of the problems that MOTE had
incurred through our development. Some of the changes include: a vastly
revamped ai (utterly merciless!), new menu structure, some minor changes
to the World Builder (still considered a development tool....), a new
diplomacy engine, a new economic system (closed system) and a TON of play
changes to make MOTE a better playing game.
The Real World steps in. The problem we have right now, is this; MOTE is a
product that can not recoup our investment. We'd really like to release it
but, there is not a strong business case to do so. To actually produce
CD's manuals, would cost us thousands of dollars more, and I personally
cannot see investing any more money into a situation that has so little
potential for return. Just monitoring this newsgroup and observing OS/2
sales alone make me very skeptical. Let me explain.
When Jon and I wrote Master of the Empire, it was to be a masterpiece. We
believe MOTE succeded on many fronts, but it also failed on some issues.
MOTE was designed to be a beer & pretzels type game, but during the
development, all issues basically degenerated into a design by committee.
You cannot create games this way. If there is not a guiding hand that is
not money driven, your game will become something you don't want it to be.
MOTE is a case in point. I believe in soliciting input, and ideas but what
happened basically caused numerous & at times unbelievably horrible
playabilty problems. We spent 2 years programming what we consider the
ultimate OS/2 game. Strategically, graphically, & along with addictive
nature of MOTE make me think we've succeeded. (At least with the work
continued in 1997 on MOTE.)
We've kicked around the ideas of different distribution means, but again
it comes down us spending more money on MOTE. MOTE is not dead, but the
tombstone has been carved and it's just a matter of time before it finds a
grave in the software graveyard. How soon, I really don't know.
Master of the Empire is a game I still play , the randomnly generated
worlds are without equal. The new ai makes the game utterly ruthless.
Diplomatic treaties are a must for your empire to survive long enough to
develop a cohesive base of military operations. For a strategy game, MOTE
is definately addicting. Not many game designers/programmers can still
play their game after 3.5 years!
So I'm open to suggestions. But also note my time is limited as I am
involved with other products.
So let me know what you like and IF we get a substantial response, we may
take the time and $ to produce a few copies for resale.
Thanks alot, Michael Ramsey
Programmer Master of the Empire
August 17, 1998
Contact:
Gwen L. Veneskey, Director
Marketing/Communications
(412)488-9730 glvenes@ibm.net
Friday, August 18, 1998
AVIAR ANNOUNCES the release of OS/2 CMMS software.
Pittsburgh, PA -- Aviar announced today that it has released the Oz. of
Prevention System for the OS/2 and WorkSpace on Demand platforms. Oz is
the first fully voice-activated and speech-driven CMMS (Computerized
Maintenance Management System) available. This new product has all of the
capabilities of Aviar's award-winning DOS CMMS, OOPS! The Ounce of
Prevention System., which will run under OS/2, but in addition, Aviar has
tapped into the wealth of cutting-edge technology available through the
OS/2 operating system to make this package "software for the next
millenium."
Oz, under development for almost three years, was written in Object REXX,
uses DB2 and was designed specifically to utilize OS/2's built-in speech.
"Oz. is 'quality software, built with quality tools, for a quality
operating system. Businesses of all sizes need software which is reliable,
stable, powerful, flexible, convenient and ready for real-life
mission-critical application. We believe Oz. fills that need in the CMMS
area." says John J. Urbaniak, Ph.D., President and founder of Aviar, Inc.
"Since Oz is fully customizable and fully internationalizable, it can be
used anywhere maintenance is performed to help companies, large and small,
track labor, parts, costs, equipment history, downtime and more."
Oz is featured on Aviar's web page:
http://www.oops-web.com/
and is being sold as a turnkey system directly through Aviar's Sales
Department.
Aviar, Inc. was founded in 1984 by Dr. Urbaniak to provide top-quality PC
software for commercial and industrial users. Aviar's OOPS! was first
released more than 10 years ago and is still in use by companies around
the world.
Aviar is an OS/2 shop and development by the company during the past
several years has been mainly in the area of "voice-activated,
speech-driven" systems. In addition to Oz. they have also developed
several other voice-activated systems, including: a database query
package, V Trex: Information . . . at your COMMAND!; a drug review and
analysis testing package for use by MROs (Medical Review Officers) to
track employee drug test recording procedures, and a billing software
package for Octel-based voicemail systems. Aviar also published "Object
REXX by Example" (331 pages), ISBN Number 0-9652329-0-5, a book on the
object-orientd programming language, Object REXX.
August 17, 1998 Source: Sheelagh O'Connor (soconnor@symantec.com)
We are looking for OS/2 beta testers for NortonAntiVirus. Can you help
with this?
Please see our web site at:
http://et.symantec.com/
See the Products section, User Id: OS/2 and Password: IB835 There is a
short survey, with 6 questions. If you complete that we will be able to
keep your information and sign you up for beta testing probably in October
sometime.
Thank you.
Sheelagh
August 17, 1998
Five new DIVE modules has been uploaded to:
http://www.powerutilities.no
to be used with PowerUtilities Screen Saver. These include fireworks and
plasma animation.
PowerUtilities Screen Saver is a screen saver supporting both GPI and DIVE
mode.
August 17, 1998
After the US and the German releases, the seventh FixPak of Warp 4 is now
also available in French.
You can download it at:
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/
french/xrfm007/
August 17, 1998
In Charge v1.02.44 has been released. You can download it from Spitfire
Software's web site:
http://rampages.onramp.net/~landeck/
In Charge! is a full-function personal and small business financial system
for OS/2.
August 17, 1998
An updated version of the FREE config.sys tool configinfo can be
downloaded at:
http://www.buntspecht.de/files/cfginfo5.zip
It's the 'old' Configinfo 4.0 with an updated Dat-file that contains all
the new information for Warp 4 and Fixes.
August 17, 1998 Source: Aglaja Przyborski (aglaja@ibm.net)
There is an fully functional PreRelease of Hermes/2 now available.
Hermes/2 is a utility to control US Robotics message modems (plus and pro)
under OS/2.
Hermes/2 is only for the US Robotics 56k Message Plus and US Robotics 56k
Message Pro Modems. No other modems are supported. The Free Software is
needed if you want to control the so called 'selfmode' of these two modems
and you don't want (for whatever reasons) the Phone-Tools delivered with
these modems. As the software isn't ready, it is only for experienced
users, but should be worth a short mail to aglaja@ibm.net to get the
software. Hermes/2 is developed by Rossen Assenov with my slight support.
August 16, 1998 Source: Alessandro Cantatore (alexcant@tin.it)
I'm uploading the first public beta of Smart Windows to Hobbes:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/smw080.zip
the definitive path will probably be:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/smw080.zip
This beta version expires after about one hour. You will have to reboot
your machine to re-enable Smart Windows features. A version for registered
users will be made available as soon as possible.
This version features:
shade or bitmap as titlebar background
3D effect for titlebar text
selectable bitmaps for the window controls (you can change them at
run time: no DLL patching required)
selectable position for the window close button (left/default/win95)
titlebar hiding/mouse sensitive pop-up
titlebar context menu
9.WarpSans font for all dialog windows (8.Helv for warp 3 users)
window rolling
Frame drag
Entry fields automatic text selection (you can choose which mouse
event selects the whole entry field content)
Automatic (sliding) focus (works with WinOS2 windows as well)
Mouse pointer hiding
Mouse button double click emulation
Easy-to-use PM installer/uninstaller
more features coming soon!
Please report any bugs, problems, wanted features to my email address:
alexcant@tin.it
August 16, 1998
AWE 0.156 has been updated.
AWE, the Advanced Web Editor, has been updated and now includes a new
concept called PLG's (Plugs).
Rather than providing "hard coded" features, AWE now has the ability for
anyone to write a small PLG file to provide functionality in the AWE web
editor.
Technically, PLG's are Rexx code that is loaded from file, interpreted and
run as part of AWE.
AWE 0.157 will also have improved PLG support, DEFinition support, AWE
also has programmable keys and a PAR'ts rack of html components and
hopefully DDE control of Netscape.
For complete details see:
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/webwriter/
August 15, 1998 Source: Paul Smedley (pauls@tolstoi.saccii.net.au)
I've just created a mailing list for users of Stardock's Object Desktop
2.0. The list is intended for the Early Experience testers of the product
to discuss features/problems/etc, but is open to everyone who is
interested in the product.
People can subscribe by sending an email to od2os2-subscribe@makelist.com.
You can also find an archive of all messages sent to the mailing list by
going to http://www.findmail.com/list/od2os2/.
August 15, 1998
Entrepreneur v1.3 is out of beta and available for download. You can get a
copy from:
http://www.stardock.com/update/update_ent.html
August 15, 1998 Source: Chris Wohlgemuth (chris.wohlgemuth@cityweb.de)
I wrote an enhancement to the Launchpad of Warp 3 and above. Bubblepad
v1.0 gives you flyover help for the buttons and reduces the size of the
pad by reordering the buttons. The utility consists of a replacement class
and fits seamlessly into the WPS. Full online help is provided. NLS for
English and German. The program is released under the GPL, so full source
code is included. You need the EMX runtime libs for running the
installation program. Find further information:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/bubblepd.htm
August 15, 1998
Virtual Publications is pleased to anounce the availability of TarGz-PM
for beta testing. The file can be downlaoded from:
http://users.powernet.co.uk/vpub/
in the projects section, though you will need to email me to get a key to
unarchive the file....which is in zip format.
TarGz-PM is a front end program for creating and unarchiving tar.zg files.
It is, and I stress, a very early beta. Though I have made it so it works
on copies of the file, not the file itself so it should be reasonably
safe. This file will not be available from Hobbes (V1.1 will however).
August 15, 1998
A new revision of the text-editor Kon has been released, and has been
uploaded to Hobbes (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu).
Kon has also changed its home page URL. The new URL is:
http://www.bmtmicro.com/kon/
The current version is 1.13 rev. 1066.
Two major fixes are included (These have been available since Rev. 1063
from June):
1. Kon versions between 1058 and 1062 were too generous with it's CPU
time, so users with medium to low-end machines (with concurrent tasks
running) could have experienced situations where Kon didn't catch up
with the keyboard. The new version fixes this problem, and also
allows the user to set the priority of Kon.
2. When editing text within multi-line comments, Kon could also operate
very slow. This was probably most noticeable when editing
Java-scripts in an HTML-document.
A number of other optimizations and fixes has also been done, mostly to
the screen display routines, see Kon read.me.
New features are (Some of these were available in 1063 in June):
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A repeating command or macro halts when a cursor move fails, for
example when trying to move past the end of the file.
Possible to assign keyboard shortcuts to keys which are occupied by
system accelerators, i.e. Alt-F5-F11, F10..
An option to display the end-of-file visually.
Found words are higlighted.
All buffers are scrolled when scroll lock is active.
All bitmap font sizes are selectable, regardless of screen
resolution.
Screen horizontal and vertical scroll units can now be set.
Variable width and outline fonts are now supported.
Drag and drop of fonts and colors can now be done.
Word wrap has been improved some. There is now also a soft-CR mode
available which can be useful when editing readme files, mail
messages etc.
A stream edit mode has been added.
some more...
----
Kon is shareware and the registration fee is US$20. To download and for
more information, point your browser to:
http://www.bmtmicro.com/kon/
August 14, 1998
The new Warpzilla 0.005 is out.
Warpzilla is the working title of the port of Netscape Communicator 5
(Mozilla) to OS/2 Warp. The main Warpzilla page is:
http://thor.cam.ac.uk/~mjf35/warpzilla/
August 14, 1998
Team OS/2 Italy announces that the new issue of JustWarp!, Italy's most
widespread electronic magazine, is now available online at:
http://www.mclink.it/mclink/teamos2it/justwarp/index.htm
or on its mirror at:
http://volftp.tin.it/TEAMOS2/jwarp/justwarp/index.htm
This issue features:
Aurora and WarpNT FAQ
PMmail
HotCorners
MaxBase
...and many others.
August 14, 1998
Looks like there is another Lexmark printer with OS/2 drivers now. In
OS/2's Device Driver Pak Online site:
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/printers/lexmarki/index.htm
there are now drivers for the Lexmark 3200.
Information regarding this inkjet printer is a little scarce. It's
1200x1200dpi, prints 6pgs black per minute, and has a dual-cartridge
system (one black, one color).
August 14, 1998 Source: Kai Evers (Kai_Evers@lb.maus.de)
Regarding the earlier announcement
(http://www.os2ss.com/warpcast/wc1928.html) about a new page with freeware
OS/2 utilities in German only, today I made an English version so it
should be more useful if you don't understand German.
You can find it at:
http://www1.stuttgart.netsurf.de/~kevers/warp_eng.html
Again, the German version is at:
http://www1.stuttgart.netsurf.de/~kevers/warp.html
August 14, 1998
In Charge v1.02.43 has been released. You can download it from Spitfire
Software's web site:
http://rampages.onramp.net/~landeck/
In Charge! is a full-function personal and small business financial system
for OS/2.
August 14, 1998
A new version of Gismo has been released (version 2.10). Gismo is a tool
to help choose colors for HTML pages.
You can download it from:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qw6k-knst/software/software.htm
It is also available from my site (http://users.powernet.co.uk/vpub) in
the local Download Directory, where you will also find a a macro to launch
Gismo (and kHTepm14.zip) from your epm editor version 6 (with some
instructions and warnings in the same dir) along with other epm macros.
Note the EpmHtmlBar2.zip is more recent than the version available from
Hobbes and includes a Gismo bitmap for your toolbar, with instaructions.
August 13, 1998 Source: Armin Schwarz (ASchw@worldnet.att.net)
HOUSE/2 (Home Automation & Security for OS/2) has been updated again.
Version 1.5 is now available from the Warped Code Cellar at:
http://home.att.net/~ASchw
HOUSE/2 is an OS/2 Warp 3.0 and Warp 4.0 program to control the home
automation interface model CM11x/CM12x made by X10.
New with version 1.5 of HOUSE/2 are:
Support for Two-Way modules, find out the ON/OFF/DIM status of a
module by requesting status.
Reports burnt-out bulbs if using LM14A modules.
Thermostat support.
Single page module and macro edit windows.
External module database.
Support for resolutions up to 1280x1024.
Many additional enhancements and suggestions implemented.
Visit the URL listed above to get more information on home automation
using OS/2.
The new version has been uploaded to the incoming directory of BMT Micro,
Hobbes and Compuserve's GO OS2BVEN. It may be a few days until it is moved
to the regular locations and available through the links on my homepage.
Although I am not connected in any way to X10, I would like to point out
that X10 appears to have perpetual sales on the CM11A starter kits. These
systems are great bargains, easy to setup and use and fully supported by
OS/2 native software. You can get more information at:
http://www.x10.com/
August 13, 198
StarDivision (http://www.stardivision.de/) has announced that StarOffice
v5.0 will be available in September, this includes the OS/2 version. For
more information you can see the release plan
(http://www.stardivision.de/office/news_releaseplan.html).
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September 10, 1998
WarpUK - OS/2 UK Users Group
The new UK OS/2 user group is about to have it's first meeting to be held
on Saturday 26th of
September at Harwell, near Didcot in Oxfordshire, at 3pm.
Full details can be found at our website which is now at
http://www.warp.in-uk.net
Lets hope everyone will be there!
We are here to provide resources and feedback from a UK perspective for
computer users who are using or interested in using OS/2.
If you would like to become a member, please visit our webpage and click
on the members section. You will find an online registration form.
September 9, 1998
Contact: Carla Hanzlik <carla@scoug.com>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OS/2 Open House Celebration
Fifth Anniversary of the Southern California OS/2 User Group
Saturday, September 19, 1998
An OS/2 Open House Celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Southern
California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG) will be held on Saturday, September 19,
1998. The event is being held at the IBM facilities in Costa Mesa from 10
a.m.(*) to 3:30 p.m.
"Last year our Open House was a huge success," said Carla Hanzlik, editor
of OS/2 For You, the monthly SCOUG publication. "We had almost 200 OS/2
users in attendance for our presentations, round-table discussions and
product demonstrations. We also gave away a lot of door prizes, and even
served everybody a free lunch!"
This year's Open House is slated to be just as action packed.
"We've got several lecture rooms that will be running simultaneously,"
said event chairman Rollin White. "We're covering networking, programming,
the Internet, video cards, things that OS/2 users want to hear about. In
all, there will be 16 presentations, all on OS/2."
"We have Dr. Virginia Hetrick scheduled with an entire series on setting
up a web site. Anyone who wants to set up their own web server should
attend this excellent series."(*)
"We've also got Don Baker, the man behind the Paper, Paper, Paper story,
who will show exactly how to get superb, professional results out of
inexpensive color inkjet printers."
"And we'll take a look ahead with 'Coming Attractions: Speculations (and
Some Facts) About the Future of OS/2', a special presentation by the
ever-popular Randell Flint from Sundial Systems."
In addition to the lecture hall presentations, the main hall will be
filled with demonstrations of OS/2 products. Vendors such as Sundial
Systems and Perfect Niche Software will be showing their products while
other areas will have demonstrations such as scanning and printing with
OS/2, financial trading with OS/2, OS/2 games and exhibits, plus some new
software releases that will be previewed for the first time.
"And we've got one other lecture hall that's been reserved for round-table
discussions on specific OS/2 topics," added Rollin.
The presentations, exhibits and games go all day, with breaks for the free
lunch and the Door Prize Bonanza.
This is _the_ OS/2 event of the year for Southern California. Every OS/2
user within driving distance should attend.
For complete details and the presentation schedule, visit the SCOUG Open
House web page at http://www.scoug.com/openhouse/
The above activities are completely free to attendees. This event is
sponsored and funded by the Southern California OS/2 User Group, which
wants you to remember that OS/2 is very, very much alive.
(*) Special three part web site design series of presentations starts
earlier at 9:00 A.M.
September 6, 1998 Phoenix OS/2 Society, Inc. - POSSI
On October 13, 1998 General meeting; The Graham Utilities, presented by
Chris Graham, from Australia. Meeting is 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Q&A session is
6:30pm to 7:00pm. Location: Mountain Preserve Reception Center, 1431 East
Dunlap, Phoenix
October 17, 1998
Phoenix OS/2 Society, Inc. - POSSI
Warpstock '98. October 17-18 in Chicago IL. See the Warpstock Web site,
http://www.warpstock.org, for more information.
For more information on POSSI, visit our website at http://www.possi.org
September 1, 1998
The Philadelphia OS/2 SIG web site at http://www.phillyos2.org has just
been updated. Stop in for these new features:
MEETING INFORMATION
A report on the August meeting featuring demos of Netscape Communicator
for OS/2 (beta) and jPadHD, a Java personal database. And news on our
scheduled computer build-a-thon beginning at the September meeting with a
discussion about options and ending in October with members building their
own systems.
COMPUTER BAZAAR
An updated listing of computer shows in the tri-state area around
Philadelphia.
SPECIAL REPORT TO THE MEMBERS
SIG Leader Larry Lavins reviews recent developments and activities at the
Philadelphia OS/2 SIG.
AS ALWAYS...
Our thanks to Net Access, Philadelphia's original Internet provider
(www.netaxs.com), for providing a home for our web site.
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August 18, 1998
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Gwen L. Veneskey, Director
Marketing/Communications
(412)488-9730 glvenes@ibm.net
FOR IMMEIDATE RELEASE
Tuesday, August 18, 1998
AVIAR ANNOUNCES the release of OS/2 CMMS software.
Pittsburgh, PA -- Aviar announced today that it has released the Oz. of
Prevention System for the OS/2 and WorkSpace on Demand platforms. Oz is
the first fully voice-activated and speech-driven CMMS (Computerized
Maintenance Management System) available. This new product has all of the
capabilities of Aviar's award-winning DOS CMMS, OOPS! The Ounce of
Prevention System., which will run under OS/2, but in addition, Aviar has
tapped into the wealth of cutting-edge technology available through the
OS/2 operating system to make this package "software for the next
millenium."
Oz, under development for almost three years, was written in Object REXX,
uses DB2 and was designed specifically to utilize OS/2's built-in speech.
"Oz. is 'quality software, built with quality tools, for a quality
operating system. Businesses of all sizes need software which is reliable,
stable, powerful, flexible, convenient and ready for real-life
mission-critical application. We believe Oz. fills that need in the CMMS
area." says John J. Urbaniak, Ph.D., President and founder of Aviar, Inc.
"Since Oz is fully customizable and fully internationalizable, it can be
used anywhere maintenance is performed to help companies, large and small,
track labor, parts, costs, equipment history, downtime and more."
Oz is featured on Aviar's webpage: (http://www.ooops-web.com) and is being
sold as a turnkey system directly through Aviar's Sales Department.
Aviar, Inc. was founded in 1984 by Dr. Urbaniak to provide top-quality PC
software for commercial and industrial users. Aviar's OOPS! was first
released more than 10 years ago and is still in use by companies around
the world.
Aviar is an OS/2 shop and development by the company during the past
several years has been mainly in the area of "voice-activated,
speech-driven" systems. In addition to Oz. they have also developed
several other voice-activated systems, including: a database query
package, V Trex: Information . . . at your COMMAND!; a drug review and
analysis testing package for use by MROs (Medical Review Officers) to
track employee drug test recording procedures, and a billing software
package for Octel-based voicemail systems. Aviar also published "Object
REXX by Example" (331 pages), ISBN Number 0-9652329-0-5, a book on the
object-oriented programming language, Object REXX.
August 24, 1998
Due to an expansion of services the following changes are planned to take
place to the http://yoursite.co.uk web hierachy.
These changes will occur on or by the weekend of the 29th of this month
GMT.
The Win32OS/2 resources page will be moved from
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/ to
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/win32os2/ And changes will be made in
advance to support alpha 3
The Advanced Web Editor (AWE) pages will be moved from
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/webwriter/ to
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/awe/
Submission for OS/2 pages will be moved from
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/index.htm to
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/submission/
Also, Changes will occur to the OS/2 and Linux hardware vendors quotation
system, allowing quote requests to be direct emailed to specific hardware
vendors.
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/hardware/
(At the moment they are centrally emailed to powerdale, who distribute
them manually).
Further, we are considering setting up an online database, to allow a
number of suggested configurations to be added by the companies concerned
and displayed with relevant prices. We would also like to hear about any
other hardware vendors who are interested in joining our program (we
charge a % of profit fee on the sale).
A new page will be set up http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/jobs
Which will be an OS/2 and Linux employment database allowing OS/2 and
Linux positions to be advertised, and CV's to be submitted for positions.
It is planned that this will contain both a database of avalaible people
and a database of jobs.
Of course, the resources being set up are of no use to the OS/2 community
unless the community both supports them with content and actively
participates / uses the services.
This email is being sent because we believe these changes may affect you,
some pages on your site that refer to our resources or your users. Pointer
pages will be left in directories to notify the change in location, and
redirect as required.
We would greatly appreciate it if you would please try our antispam
service, http://www.yoursite.co.uk/antispam
Which is a url replacement for mailto:'s which as you know are detected by
spam robots and cause so much grief, by using one of our mailme url's
instead, your email address is totally hidden from a spammers view.
The changes are to make way for a major overhaul of the OS/2 site to add a
number of useful resources and howto information.
Any user who has useful information will be free to publish it under our
os/2 web hierachy. (We have had 75,000 visitors this year).
We plan on providing a service similar to the "OS/2 Pharmacy" (sp) that
was around a couple of years ago but seems to have disappeared. We also
plan a databased Q&A / FAQ, allowing users to add a question, and add an
answer... This may or may not be finished by the weekend, so please bear
with us.
If you have any ideas for a valuable OS/2 resource that you would like
avaliable, or mirrored, please email us directly and we will see if we can
include it in our latest changes.
PowerDale IT Limited
OS/2 Software @ yoursite.co.uk
We try to please
August 30, 1998 - Source: Barry Bean
A new PMfax/FaxWorks printer driver which fixes the printing issue for
Lotus 123 is now released and available on the Keller Group web site.
Download the UF_30103.EXE file from
http://www.kellergroup.com/doc/download.htm or install the 3.01.03
maintenance release to get the fix.
Keller Group remains committed to OS/2 fax/voice software. Customers who
purchased PMfax version 3 from Keller Group continue to have access to
version 3 maintenance releases using the product web page, passwords and
enabling codes which were provided to them.
Customers who purchased FaxWorks Pro for OS/2 version 3 from Global
Village (developed by Keller Group) can get maintenance releases and
support from Keller Group by purchasing an inexpensive support plan from
Keller Group. See http://www.kellergroup.com for details.
Best regards, Mark
Mark Ahlstrom
Pres., Keller Group Inc.
info@kellergroup.com
http://www.kellergroup.com
August 31, 1998 -
Well, with summer coming near an end, I figured now would be a good time
to let OS/2 users know what Stardock is working on, has been working on,
and will be working on.
For me, and in this case I can speak for everyone at Stardock, OS/2
support is a lot more than words, deeds are far more important than words
and in 1998, Stardock's deeds have clearly shown that no other ISV
supports OS/2 more than Stardock does.
This morning we and Southsoft released the new PMINews 2.0 beta. PMINews
is a powerful news reader for OS/2 that basically takes all of the beefs
we and others have had with typical news readers and try to address them.
If you have PMINews 1.x, going to 2.0 is absolutely FREE. When PMINews 2.0
ships (target date is around Warpstock) we hope OS/2 users who don't
already have it will look carefully at upgrading to it. We will offer a
great deal of upgrade deals from other news readers.
Later today, we expect to release the first update to the Object Desktop
2.0 Early Experience Program. Hopefully most of you are familiar with
Object Desktop. We release Object Desktop Professional 1.5 back just
before OS/2 Warp 4's launch (1996). It's a desktop environment that
integrates into OS/2 a lot of cool new features. It was inspired by the
OS/2 wishlists (we essentially read the lists of new features people
wanted in OS/2 and made a product ouf ot it). It's always been a very
popular product. Our goal with Object Desktop 2.0 is pretty ambitious,
since IBM hasn't released a new version of OS/2 since 1996 (other than
Fixpacks which OS/2 detractors should be aware does constitute real
support from IBM), Object Desktop 2.0 essentially acts as a third party
upgrade for OS/2 users. It'll run on OS/2 Warp 3 (without Fixpacks) all
the way up to Warp 4 FP7 and beyond but it adds more real features that
the typical user would notice than Windows 98 added to Windows 95. You can
still join the Early Experience program but we expect to close entry to it
in about a week or two (you can go to http://www.stardock.com to join it).
We also have a Windows version in beta right now. If you're an OS/2 user
who is stuck using Windows a lot, OD comes with a WindowFX, an OS
personality component that lets you make Windows look a lot like OS/2.
On Monday, Stardock will be releasing an update to Entrepreneur (v1.31).
Entrepreneur is a strategy game in which you start your own company and
must conquer the world. It's like a SimBillGates. :) It too runs on OS/2
and I'm proud to say that it is probably the only OS/2 game you can find
at most software retailers. We also will be releasing Entrepreneur:
Corporate Expansion, an expansion pack for Entrepreneur next week (go to
http://www.stardock.com to order it).
In about a week, we expect to release a new beta of Stellar Frontier (with
Solar Systems) which will hopefully have the new network engine in it so
that anyone with a modem can play on-line with silky smooth performance.
Stellar Frontier takes place in the Galactic Civilizations universe. You
get to join the humans, the Torians, or the Drengin Empire. It plays a lot
like Star Control Melee. More news on this will show up when the beta goes
out.
And these are just the things we're doing for OS/2 in this next week. Real
products that users and use (2 games, 2 apps). In 1998, we've also
released Galactic Civilizations Gold, made a bundle of OS/2 Essentials V2
and Process Commander that is only $69, made the popular Links golf game
available on OS/2 on the commerce server for only $20, and we have more
things for OS/2 in the pipeline.
In October, Warpstock (http://www.warpstock.org) will be the place we
officially launch Object Desktop 2.0. If you're on the fence about going
to Warpstock, I highly recommend it. It was a total blast last year and
it's really nice being around other users who enjoy using OS/2 and you
don't have to defend it or make excuses why you use it. Warpstock is on
October 17-18 in Chicago.
So to summarize what Stardock's doing on OS/2 just in 1998:
*NEW PRODUCTS in 1998*
PMINews 2.0 (with Southsoft)
Object Desktop 2.0
Entrepreneur 1.3
Entrepreneur Corporate Expansion
Stellar Frontier
* Existing Products that got new attention *
Links golf for online download at $20
OS/2 Essentials V2 and Process Commander bundled at $69
Not counting the existing stuff, that's 5 OS/2 products that did not exist
a year ago at this time.
For users who think OS/2 has "died", OS/2 has moved into a niche
existence. Users who use OS/2 today are likely to be OS/2 users who are
around a year from now. The whole problem on OS/2's side is purely
perception. With IBM releasing regular Fixpacks and updates for OS/2 that
enhance the under pinnings of OS/2 and third parties releasing products
(like Object Desktop) to address new features in OS/2, I would say OS/2's
not doing too bad.
Brad
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Brad Wardell
Stardock Systems, Inc.
http://www.stardock.com
September 04, 1998 -
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ANNOUNCE: F/X Communications releases InJoy Version 2.0b
**********************************************************************
Denmark - September 1, 1998 -- F/X Communications announced today the
release of InJoy 2.0b. InJoy is known as the ever-expanding Internet
Dialer that with its mission critical appearance, anvanced options and
unmatched performance brought unique connectivity features to OS/2.
For the past year we have been busy designing and coding the NEW release.
To avoid the DINOSAUR SYNDROME, we have taken the time to modularize the
many features of InJoy. The new design promisses continued low resource-
usage, an expansion-friendly kernel, easier testing and superior module
interoperability simplifying the release of new F/X products and addons.
InJoy is now available in four levels of registration and functionality.
The old "Basic Client" has expired, the extended version key is still
valid with 2.0b, a NEW SOHO version has been introduced and the
Professional version simply embraces everything.
It is possible to upgrade one version or InJoy to another by paying the
difference in price + $10.
Read more at the InJoy homepage: http://www.fx.dk/injoy
o NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 2.0b:
- F/X Firewall Plugin - F/X Packet Filter Plugin
- TCP/IP 4.1 support - New Dial On Demand
- NAT support for IRC SEND/DCC - NAT support for PING
- New Registration Scheme - New home-page design
o FEATURE RICH:
Packet Filter Plugin; F/X Firewall plugin; Dial On Demand; Re-Dial,
Re-Connect; Network Address Translation; High COM Speeds; Phone
Number List; Scripts, Auto-Learned; Connection Log; Terminal Mode;
PAP CHAP; MS-CHAP; TCP/IP v4.1 support; Trace; MUCH MORE..
o F/X FIREWALL PLUGIN:
Transform InJoy into a full featured firewall by means of:
- Rule Based Access Control - Network Address Translation
- Port and IP Redirection - Packet Filtering
- Alerts - Accounting
- Stateful Inspection - Logging
o F/X PACKET FILTER:
Selectively filter TCP/IP packets as they flow through the plugin.
Use it to fine-tune Dial On Demand, block porn, block certain
protocols or packet contents. Create powerful compound filters
literally addressing any packet characteristic down to the last bit.
o CONTACTS
Support : support@fx.dk
Mail List : http://www.fx.dk/contadd.htm
September 8, 1998 - The following from Klaus Staedtler stadt@ibm.net
The free config.sys editing and analyzing tool configinfo has been
updated, its the old configinfo4 together with an updated cfginfo15.dat
and configsort 2.01 it can be downloaded at
http://www.buntspecht.de/files/cfginfo6.zip In cfginfo15.dat are all
informatiuons about the config.sys I've found over the years for
optimizing your config.sys and aditionally many advices, e.g. how to get
multiple bootable configurations
--
Klaus Staedtler
editor@os2voice.org
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Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education
September 1998
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Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education
September 1998
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VOICE Home Page: http://www.os2voice.org
We need your help
An editorial view from Mark Dodel, editor of the VOICE Newsletter
editor@os2voice.org
Lot's of new articles in this issue of the VOICE Newsletter. I'd like to
take this opportunity to thank the folks who contribute with their time
and effort to the newsletter. VOICE is an entirely volunteer endeavor and
I would really like to see more folks, particularly VOICE members get
involved to help lighten the work load. If there is an OS/2 application or
a particular piece of hardware you would like to write about, drop me a
line mailto:editor@os2voice.org Don Eitner, the assistant editor of the
newsletter and my self would gladly help any budding new
journalist/authors get their article in shape. If you are not quite up to
writing an article, then consider helping out by sending in an OS/2 tip,
or User Group meeting announcement, or volunteer to do an interview with
an OS/2 user, or just a short letter of encouragement if you read an
article and found it helpful in some way.
Getting back to the business at hand, this months newsletter includes a
review of Power Boot, v2.1, by VOICE member Dr. Allie Martin; an article
on Setting up a COM21 Cable Modem under OS/2 by Mark Klebanoff; Part 6 of
Dan Casey's OS/2 Technology series on Installing Fixpaks for OS/2 Warp;
Tom Nadeau's "Just What Does "Network Computing" Mean, Anyway?"; and Don
Eitner reviews BubblePad v1.01 in his VIEW from the End(User) column. We
also have three new interviews with OS/2 users this month. This section
has actually become one of my favorites as it demonstrates OS/2's true
power above and beyond the niche label IBM and the computer press have
slapped on it. I hope that someone at IBM reads these and sees the sheer
diversity of use their operating system is put to. Finally Wayne Swanson
gives a step-by-step tutorial on using the freeware EZirc IRC client to
log into VOICE meetings and join the fun in his article Getting started on
IRC. Wayne has even written a script so EZirc will log onto WEBBnet and
join the #voice channel automatically.
We also have an editorial piece by Seth MacFarland on the recent Usenet
exchanges between some OS/2 users and the IBM Communicator for OS/2
development team which I titled "Some OS/2 users step over the line". My
take on the issue of whether the Communicator for OS/2 is "too windows" or
not is that all the griping and personal attacks on the development team
are unproductive but expected. They come in part from the frustration of
watching IBM attrit OS/2 development in their drive to shore up the Next
Titanic. The facts are that IBM has pretty much stopped all native OS/2
application development, and they openly advise software developers to do
the same and Communicator for OS/2 will probably be the last major OS/2
application to come out of IBM unless they come to their senses, or have
to jump in the life boats to get away from the sinking goliath known as
NT. Most likely though IBM will ride to the rescue and save Microsoft from
it's own inept, bloated coding.
So what has this to do with COMM/2 and sniping OS/2 users? Well it sticks
in people's craw that the product looks and feels like a windows
application. It also doesn't help that one of the developers stated he
only uses windows at home. So what we end up with is a product we OS/2
users have to work with day-in-day-out while he just has to fix the
problems with it. In reality this is not a real problem since it is not at
all unusual for commercial application developers to not use their own
products on a daily basis. I program on mainframes and routinely develop
and support applications that I only use in a test environment. As to the
windows look and feel, the COMM/2 development team has stated they are
doing their best to add things like OS/2 drag and drop support, but menu
items are unchangeable. IBM has only committed to doing a port of the
existing Netscape Communicator 4.04 and this ported version has to remain
compatible with the other platform versions for any hope of continued
support. So folks your options are to remain with the out-of-date
Navigator for OS/2 2.02 or the now dead-end Web Explorer; use another
browser such as Web Navigator, Lynx/2, or the hopefully soon to appear
Opera for OS/2; do as IBM wants you to do and switch to windows; or use
this port of Communicator for OS/2. Continued whining and threatening is
not gonna change a thing.
After reading "The Microsoft File" by Wendy Goldman Rohm *, it has become
clear to me that Microsoft is the only one that benefits from all the
squabbling between us. OS/2 users should stop all the bickering amongst
ourselves and join forces with the MAC users, Linux users and anyone else
who sees what Microsoft is up to, and help educate the public about choice
in personal computing. It turns out that the horrible things we OS/2
fanatics have been saying all along about Microsoft were not only true,
but were minor compared with most of the predatory acts of sabotage,
deceit and out-right theft committed by Mr. Gates and his minions. If you
read only one book this year or this decade, try to read this one. Her
writing style is a bit tortuous but she presents a clear case of how
Microsoft destroyed it's competition including the IBM-Microsoft OS/2
effort.
If you really want to do something to help change IBM's feelings toward
OS/2 try writing to the following expressing your concerns about the
general lack of choice in computer operating system availability and
specifically IBM's lack of non-Microsoft options to:
Joel I. Klein
Assistant Attorney General
Antitrust Division
U.S. Department of Justice
601 D Street, NW
Washington, DC 20530
The email address is antitrust@justice.usdoj.gov
If you would like to let IBM know that you want them to support OS/2 and
ask them to release a new version of OS/2 send an email to:
John Stenson ssadm281@us.ibm.com
Network Computing Software
Finally if you want to let Lou Gerstner's office know how you feel you can
do so by pointing your favorite web browser to
http://www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/email-lvg.pl You'll probably then get a
response from someone in John's office anyway, so I'm not sure what
difference it makes.
Mark Dodel
Editor, VOICE Newsletter
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* "The Microsoft File : The Secret Case Against Bill Gates" by Wendy
Goldman Rohm, Published by Times Business and available from Amazon Books
online
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812927168/002-1741491-2800602
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OS/2 Technology Issues
Part 6
Installing Fixpaks for OS/2 Warp
by: Dan Casey (abraxas@os2voice.org)
http://www.ameritech.net/users/dcasey/index.html
September 15 1998
This series of articles is not about recommending specific hardware and/or
software. It's about information.
We OS/2 users have, thanks to IBM, the ability to update our operating
system on a fairly regular basis. IBM is constantly developing and
updating OS/2, and as a result, they release updates to the Base Operating
System on a fairly regular basis (the target is quarterly, but this is not
a fixed release schedule). These updates, called Fixpaks, can get to be
quite large over time. All updates and fixes are cumulative. What this
means is that, if you have installed Warp 4, and want to apply the latest
Fixpak for it (currently Fixpak 8), you don't have to first install
Fixpaks 1 through 7. Installing Fixpak 8 will apply all the fixes and
updates that were in the previous 7 Fixpaks.
There are now several ways that you can apply a Fixpak to your OS/2 Warp
system. The tried and true method of creating the floppy disks from the
diskette image files that IBM supplies is, fortunately, no longer
necessary. While this method has served us well (I've used it since I
first installed OS/2 2.0), it is a long, drawn out and time consuming
task. You have to create all the floppy disks one at a time (there are
currently 16 diskette images for Warp 4, Fixpak 8) and you then have to
create the CSF "Kicker" diskettes (usually a 2 disk set used to boot the
machine) and run the FSERVICE program to apply the Fixpak. Booting OS/2
from Floppy Disks is slow enough without then having to feed the next 16
diskettes into the drive, one at a time, when prompted.
RSU
So, IBM came up with a quicker way to do it ... RSU (Remote Software
Updates). Using RSU, you can point Netscape to the IBM site:
http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/softupd.html
and follow the instructions there to apply the Fixpak. NOTE: At the time
this article was written, Fixpak 8 had just been released, and was not yet
linked to the Software Updates site referenced above. Hopefully, by the
time this is published, the link will be there.
Using this method, the image files are downloaded to your system, in the
form of ZIP files, and the RSU installation routine unzips them, and
starts the SERVICE program to apply the Fixpak. This is quite a bit easier
than creating all those floppies, but it has its own downside. If you have
a slow and/or unreliable Internet Connection (and many dial up connections
suffer from this), it's possible to lose the connection in the middle of
the download or installation, and you have to re-establish your connection
and begin again. While you are in little danger of rendering your system
inoperable, you may have to begin the download process all over again. It
can get to be quite frustrating.
Installation from Hard Drive
One of the easiest and quickest methods is to run the installation routine
from your own hard drive. Yes, you still have to download all the image
files, but by using a real FTP Client (rather than Netscape's FTP), you
have the ability to RESUME an aborted download, picking up where you last
left off. Not all FTP clients support RESUME, so make sure that the one
you want to use does have this feature. And, although Netscape allows you
to ftp more than 1 file at a time (depending on how many active threads
you have setup in Netscape), the download speed drops proportionately with
each simultaneous download. For example, if you have a 64kbps connection,
downloading a single file will (theoretically) transfer at 64kbps. If you
download 2 files at the same time, each file will download at 32kbps.
Downloading 4 at a time will give you 16kbps per file, so you're not
really gaining anything by downloading more than 1 file at a time. better
to use an FTP client that allows you to specify a group of files, and
download them 1 at a time, in succession. That way, if your connection
dies, you have only 1 file to "reget" (the one that the download aborted
on) rather than 2 or 4.
Step 1:
Download the actual image files from IBM. Point your FTP client to:
service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp
Use anonymous login (Login: anonymous Password: <your-email-address>
Choose the NLV (National Language Version) that you want to upgrade and
the Fixpak level you want to install.
Download ALL the files in the directory. Pay particular attention to the
file readme.1st. It contains important information regarding the contents
of the Fixpak, installation instructions and notes about the Fixpak.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
From time to time, IBM updates the CSF (Corrective Service Facilty) or
FIXTOOL used to apply Fixpaks. If they have updated it for the particular
Fixpak you are installing, there will be a reference to it in the
readme.1st file. Make sure you are using the most recent CSF (Fixtool) for
your particular Fixpak.
Step 2:
Download the utility used to install this fixpak from your hard disk. It
can be found at the Hobbes archive at:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/patches/fixpack/warp_4/fastk138.zip
This is the FastKick utility that was released for Warp 4, Fixpak 7.
You'll have to change some files to get it to work with Fixpak 8. This
procedure is outlined below, in Step 3.
Step 3:
NOTE: Step 3 is for users of Warp 4 installing Fixpak 8 ONLY.
UNZIP FASTK138.ZIP into an empty directory. Then, copy the file
FIXT139.EXE to that same directory, and run it (type FIXT139 <enter> from
an OS/2 Command Prompt while in that directory). If and when it prompts
you to overwrite existing files, choose YES TO ALL. This effectively
updates the FastKick utility so that it will work correctly with Fixpak 8.
Should IBM again update the CSF utility, you can simply repeat this step
using the updated FIXT*.EXE file found in a future Fixpak release.
IMORTANT NOTE: If you are applying fixpaks to Warp 3 (or Warp Server), do
NOT use FASTK138.ZIP. Instead, get the original version of the FastKick
utility from hobbes. You'll find it as:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/patches/fixpack/fastkick.zip
You'll need to use this same file if you are applying a Fixpak previous to
Fixpak 7 for Warp 4. It's not necessary to update this version of the
FastKick utility for servicing Warp 3, Warp Server or Warp 4, Fixpak 6 or
earlier.
Step 4:
Copy all of the diskette image files to the directory where you have
unzipped and updated the Fastkick utility.
Step 5:
From an OS/2 command prompt, run the following command (You can use
cut-n-paste to copy this line from this page, and paste it to your command
prompt).
for %1 in (*.?dk) do diunpack %1
*Thanks to Brad Barclay for for posting this to Usenet*
This will extract all the image files into this directory automatically.
Step 6:
From the OS/2 Command Prompt, run the script FIX.CMD.
Make sure that you have closed all other running programs and disconnected
from the Internet before running the FIX script.
Follow the onscreen prompts. If you wish, you may choose a BACKUP
directory when prompted, but this is optional. If you have previously
applied Fixpaks, the default ARCHIVE directory will be used.
BMT Micro Fixpak CD
This is, by far, the easiest and fastest method to apply a Fixpak. For
those of you who don't want to go through all the above steps, and don't
mind waiting for a week or 2 longer, you can order the Fixpak CD or a
Subscription from BMT Micro.
Go to: http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/0cds.html and choose the method you
want. If you buy the individual CD, the initial cost is just $15.00 (US).
Then when you order subsequent Fixpak CDs, each one is just $8.00 (US).
Or, you can now Subscribe to the Fixpak CD. Initial cost is $8.00 (US) and
you'll automatically be sent (and charged $8.00) when each subsequent
Fixpak is released on CD.
Complete instructions (in HTML) are included on the CD. There are no other
utilities to download, and no unzipping or extracting image files. It's
all done for you, and all packaged on 1 CD.
The Fixpak CDs are VERY nice to have if you are servicing more than 1 Warp
system.
NOTE: Communicator for OS/2 is reported to support the REGET feature when
using FTP. Since Communicator/2 is currently still in BETA testing, I do
NOT recommend attempting an RSU install of a Fixpak using this browser.
Also, it's been reported that there is a problem in the RSU Script
causing the RSU install of FP8 to hang. One possible workaround is to to
edit the getobj2.pl file (should be in \tcpip\tmp) changing the reference
to csf139.zip to csf138b.zip. Then run "rsuinst getobj2.pl" from the
directory where getobj2.pl exists. (Thanks to ggerlach in Undernet #os/2
for this tip). To those of you with sharp eyes and minds, this would
appear to enable the RSU installation of Fixpak 8 using the CSF level
138b, which, according to the README.1ST file in Fixpak 8, is not
supported. Use this procedure at your own risk.
VOICE is, basically, a volunteer organization. We are supported, almost
entirely, by our members. We are OS/2 users helping OS/2 users.
If you'd like to contribute to our effort, Membership information is
available on our Website. And if you'd like to contribute to this series
of articles, E-mail abraxas@os2voice.org me with a brief description of
your idea. Of course, we'd like to have contributions from our members,
but membership is not a requirement for contributing to our cause.
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POWER BOOT 2.1
By: Dr. Allie Martin - alliem@wtjam.net
Bluesky Innovation's Power Boot is a great tool for those who use multiple
operating systems and especially those who do not install operating
systems all at the same time. With it, you can install various operating
systems and boot from each in ways that you cannot normally do without the
use of Powerboot.
Power Boot is compatible with all operating systems for the PC platform,
including our beloved OS/2. It is purely a bootmanager and therefore does
not offer other features as the comparable application, System Commander,
which costs significantly more. Most of us who use and install multiple
operating systems, already use Partition Magic which comes with these
additional features anyway.
Hardware Requirements
CPU : 386 or above
Hard disk drive with at least 26 sectors/track.
Installation:
Power Boot may be purchased electronically either from BMT Micro, or via
the OS/2 Supersites rapid internet purchasing facility and comes as a 32KB
zipped archive. It installs on your first harddisk but does not require
it's own partition on which to be installed nor does it need a FAT
formatted partition on which to be installed. The installation executable
is DOS based, however, and is therefore run either after booting to DOS or
booting with a DOS boot diskette.
Installation on my fully HPFS formatted first harddisk was very easy and
quick. This involved unzipping the archive on a diskette, booting with a
DOS diskette, running the install executable on the installation disk and
following the simple instructions.
Uninstalling was just as easy, involving the same installation steps but
instead, selecting uninstall from the first popup menu.
Features:
Power Boot is indeed a lean and mean bootmanager. It lacks the frilly
appearance of System Commander, in fact looking more like OS/2's
bootmanager in simple layout, but Power Boot comes packed with very useful
features.
It may be run in simple or expert mode and may even be run in quiet mode
where you are not presented with a boot menu but instead the copyright
statement. The quiet mode can be interrupted readily by pressing the
spacebar.
Power Boot's features include:
The ability to hide/unhide partitions on the fly as you boot up.
There is no need to run another program in order to hide or unhide
partitions.
A one touch option to configure your system to update an Operating
System.
A one touch option to configure your system to install an OEM version
of an operating system e.g. Windows95 OSR2. Very often, these OEM
versions will not install if they detect another OS on the system.
Giving names to your partitions like 'Win95 OSR2' or 'MSDOS 6.22' for
easy identification
The ability to boot from any one of 63 partitions in any drive. This
is only limited by the ability of the OS to be booted from a drive
other than C.
Once the operating system is loaded, Power Boot does not occupy any
memory
Not requiring any configuration. It is INSTALL and PLAY!
Password facilities for security with a save last boot ability.
Three other features require special mention and each was an absolute
winner for me. These were the DOS swap drive, win9x swap drive and OS/2
boot driveletter features.
The DOS swap drive allows you to boot an operating system from a disk
other than disk one which needs to boot from drive C:, such as DOS/win3.x.
It does this by logically swapping the drives so that the operating system
to be booted thinks that it is on the first disk and hence on drive C:. If
you get a new hard disk you can then install it as the first hard disk and
with Power Boot still be able to boot your old DOS installation on your
old disk.
The win9x swap drive feature provides the ability to install on and boot
win9x from a second, third, or fourth harddisk. This means that you can
install a second harddisk leaving OS/2 on your first disk and then going
ahead and installing as well as booting win9x from this new disk.
Adding new disks and creating new partitions can unexpectedly change
drivelettering making your OS/2 installation unbootable. Hence the use of
the OS/2 boot drive letter feature, which allows you to boot OS/2 from a
HPFS partition using any driveletter you need to. This overrides the
default driveletter allocation.
Verdict:
Power Boot is an excellent value for the money and provides great
loopholes and removes hassles that would normally exist for someone who is
installing multiple OS's, creating partitions or adding harddisks to their
system especially if this is being done on a system already up and running
with one or more operating systems already installed.
So, if you find yourself spending a long time planning how you are going
to install another OS on your system without one getting in the way of the
other, then Power Boot is a great solution.
Power Boot can be found at:
http://www.blueskyinnovations.com/products.html
You can register Power Boot online at BMT Micro - http://www.bmtmicro.com
or the OS/2 Super Site - http://www.os2ss.com/
Registration prices:
$25.00 - Single User License
$230.00 - 25 User License
$525.00 - 50 User License
Dr. Allie Martin
An end user of OS/2 Warp 4
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Configuring Warp for COM21 Cable Modem Internet Access
By: Mark Klebanoff, (maxikins@os2bbs.com)
I live in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., and my cable TV
company operates a copper wire system in which the amplifiers can send a
signal only from the plant out to the users. Because of this, when they
introduced cable internet access they settled on a system that used a
conventional telephone modem in addition to a COM21 cable modem. So with
one-way cable modems you receive a signal over the cable and send over the
phone.
I have no computer training and only a little knowledge, but I have three
things that are necessary to get things working under Warp - 1) a
willingness to tinker; 2) lots of patience and determination; and, most
importantly, 3) a reliable tape backup so I can format and restore my
entire system if everything goes down the drain. With that in my pocket, I
decided to get some information about cable internet. I called the Cable
Company and needless to say, they only support Windoze 95/98. I can't even
remember if they support NT at this point in time. Of course, they had no
clue whether Warp would work on their system or not, but at least they
didn't give me a blanket "NO."
In tinkering with OS/2, I've found the Usenet news groups to be
invaluable. I posted a message asking whether Warp 4's TCP/IP stack would
support multihoming/telco return, and was assured that it did, so I
decided to give it a shot. I'm proud to say that except for Flight
Simulator and a legacy copy of MS-DOS 6.2, my computer is a Micro$oft-free
zone. However, I figure I needed to bite the bullet and install Win 95
just so that I could get internet access running and then try to transfer
the settings to Warp 4. I knew somebody who had an unused copy of Win95,
and I had an empty primary C: partition on my hard drive, so I "borrowed"
the CD and temporarily installed Win95 on that partition (I'd do almost
anything to keep Bill Gate$ from getting even richer than he is already),
and I'll be darned if I'm going to buy a copy of 95 just to use it for a
week and blow it away.
The do-it-yourself Cable Internet kit comes with a COM21 modem, an
ethernet card, the necessary cables and a set of instructions. The Cable
Company charged $80 for it- $5 for setting up your internet account, and
$75 for the PCI ethernet card and cables. An ISA card is $45, but I didn't
have a free ISA slot. I checked with tech support, and they told me that
the driver disk that comes with the ethernet card includes drivers for
OS/2. If you already have a 10-base-T ethernet card in your computer, you
don't need theirs, and the cost would only be $5. I elected to buy the
card from the cable company. The card was a standard 3Com 3C900TPO card,
which can be bought at any computer store for around $55, so I overpaid
for the convenience of getting everything I needed at one place. Once I
did that, I used the cable splitter to extend my cable to the room where
my computer sits- I had to drill through an outside wall, and this was
easily the hardest part of the entire job.
I got the kit home and followed the directions they supplied to install
the cable networking in Windows 95. The cable modem itself is a rather
large plastic box (around 10"x6"x2.5") with lots of ventilation holes in
it. It has a power connector, a cable connector, and an RJ-45 jack. After
a couple of false starts (the instructions said to enter your user name
and password in lower case, but it turns out you need to enter them in all
upper case), I got it working in Windows 95. Then I set out to install it
under Warp.
There were two noteworthy points about the Win95 setup: 1) in the TCP/IP
settings for the ethernet card, they give you a static IP address to type
in. Once I did that, Win95 supplied a subnet mask automatically. In my
case it was 255.0.0.0. I wrote that down, because I'd need it later. 2)
When configuring the dial-in connection, all you do is type in your user
name and password. You accept all the other defaults, which includes
having the server assign the domain nameserver (DNS) address. That would
be a minor problem later in Warp.
Once you get it set up in Win95, log on to the cable, open a DOS window
and type 'winipcfg' (no quotes). You'll get a graphical display explaining
all the characteristics of your connection. The most important part is to
look at the part where they give you the DNS addresses (there are usually
2, and you have to push the radio button next to that area to toggle
between them and see what they are). You'll need that in setting up Warp,
so write it down. While you're there, write down the Host Name and Domain
Name you see there. You now have all the information you need to set up
warp.
Now it's time to start up Warp. Warp 4 supports this, and I'm pretty sure
that Warp 3 Connect also does, but plain old Warp 3 does not include the
necessary networking services. Once I fired up Warp 4, I went to the
system setup folder, and clicked on Adapters and Protocol Services, then
on the "Configure" button and then I clicked to configure Lan Adapters and
Protocols. The list of supported Network Cards is in the upper left hand
window. My card wasn't listed (it was produced after Warp 4 came out), so
I clicked on the "other adapter" button. Warp prompted me to insert the
disk containing the drivers and I inserted the driver disk that came with
the network card. I selected my card from the list, clicked OK and then my
card was listed in the supported cards window. I highlighted my card and
clicked "Add." My card was now listed in the window at the bottom of the
screen.
Next, I highlighted my card in that window, and clicked on "TCP/IP" in the
"Supported Protocols" box at the top right of the screen, and clicked the
"Add" button. That bound TCP/IP to my network card. I could tell because
TCP/IP was listed underneath my card at the bottom of the screen. I
highlighted TCP/IP at the bottom of the screen and clicked on configure.
Warp prompted me for a number for my adapter. I'm not sure if it matters
what number you put in there, but I entered "23," which I think is the
code for a dial-up adapter. After I did that, I closed that window, and
then clicked on OK to go back to the configure screen, then "Close" on the
configure screen, and finally, "Exit" on the MPTS screen. MPTS made some
changes to my CONFIG.SYS FILE, so I shut down and re-booted my computer.
On the boot up, my network card was recognized at IRQ 9 which was the IRQ
I told the BIOS to hold open for Plug-and-Play devices. All my other
cards, such as modems and sound card, are configured manually, but the
ethernet card must be configured by the BIOS.
Next, I went back to the System Setup Folder and opened the TCP/IP
configuration program. The first tab to come up was entitled "Network." I
highlighted "Lan Interface 0," then checked the "Enable Interface" box. I
checked the "Manually" box, and entered the IP address that the Cable
Company gave me, as well as the Subnet Mask that Windoze95 had generated.
Next, I brought up the "Hostnames" tab, and entered the Host Name I got
from Windows95 in the proper place. I also entered the domain name that
the Cable company supplied in where prompted. Next I clicked on the
Nameserver addresses area and clicked on the "Add" button. I entered the
address of the first Name server that I copied from Windows 95 and clicked
OK. I clicked on Add again and entered the IP address of the second Name
server. That's all I needed to enter into the TCP/IP configuration
settings. I closed the settings program. Warp asked me if I wanted to save
the settings and I responded yes.
Finally, I brought up Dial Other Internet Providers and clicked on the New
Connection Button. I made up a name and description for the connection and
typed in my user ID and password in all upper case letters, just as in
Windoze95. I entered the phone number the Cable company supplied, left the
word "NONE" in the login sequence (which is what Warp put there by itself)
and checked the box that said "PPP."
On Page 2 of the DOIP configuration settings, I left "your IP address,"
"destination IP address" and "Netmask" blank. Leaving them blank will
allow the dial-in server to assign them automatically. I kept the default
MRU size of 1500 and the already-checked VJ compression. Finally, I
inserted one of the domain nameserver addresses and my domain name. I left
the host name blank. I left the third page of the settings notebook blank
(I can configure those servers separately in my e-mail and news programs,
but I think they're necessary if you use Ultimail Lite and Newsreader/2).
Finally, I configured my modem on page 4.
When I tried to connect, everything connected up, but I couldn't access
anything. PMMail stalled on "Resolving Host Name," and Netscape stalled on
"looking up address." The problem was in my MPTN/ETC directory, where I
had an old version of the file entitled RESOLV. That simple text file
includes the name and IP address of the Domain Name Servers that your
internet connection will use, and I had some old, erroneous information in
there. I simply erased that RESOLV file and tried again. Lo and behold, I
was able to connect to the internet over my TV Cable system. Once I got
DOIP configured and running, I transferred those same settings to In-Joy
(which I like better than DOIP). I had to erase the 'RESOLV' file again,
but once I did that, In-Joy worked fine, too. I blew away Windows 95, and
my computer again became a (mostly) Micro$oft-free zone.
I'm making this sound easier than it was, since I've spared you all the
mistakes I made along the way. Still, even with mistakes, configuring
Win95 took about 1 or 2 hours, and configuring Warp didn't take longer
than about half a day. The whole project is a good 2 weekend bit of work
(or two consecutive days on a single weekend if you have the time)- one to
string the TV cable, and a second to set up Win95 and Warp.
While a telephone return is not as good as a full-cable hook up, I can
still get 40 kilobytes/second downloads. In fact, last night I downloaded
the 7 megs of beta/2 Netscape Communicator in a little less than 3
minutes. It would have taken at least ten times that long on with my 56k
modem connection, and that's assuming that the carrier didn't drop midway
through. The telephone return line on the cable hookup runs at 28.8k,
which I've found to be a lot more stable than the 56k connection I have
for my old internet provider.
Now that I've got Cable TV Internet hooked up, am I going to keep it? I
don't know. You quickly get spoiled on the speed, but my cable company
charges $25 per month for 10 hours of logon time. Unlimited access is $65
per month, plus the cost of the second phone line. That's a lot of money,
even for a rip-off artist like the Cable TV company. Bell Atlantic is
planning to bring ADSL into my area this fall. Depending on how far you
live from the switching station, you can get speeds at least as great, or
even greater than you get from the cable. The phone company is planning to
charge $60 per month for unlimited connect time, or $40 per month if you
want to continue using your old ISP (don't ask me how that works, I don't
know); because your computer is always logged in, unlimited time is the
only plan they offer. If my house is close enough to the switching
station, I may give that one a try as well to see which plan I like
better. Even if I don't, try ADSL, I'm hoping that a little competition
from Bell Atlantic will prompt the Cable Company to bring their rates down
to a more reasonable level. For the time being, I'm staying with the
economy cable access, and using it mainly to download large files such as
Warp Fixpacks. But for newsgroup lurking and web surfing, I'm staying with
my regular ISP. I get regular internet access from Pete Norloff, who runs
the world-famous OS/2 BBS. After all, by staying with Pete I'm doing my
bit to keep OS/2 alive and viable.
Mark Klebanoff is a home OS/2 user and medical researcher living in the
Washington DC area.
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"Some OS/2 users step over the line!"
By: Seth McFarland <ptackbar@vnet.net>
With the release of the first two betas of Netscape Communicator for OS/2,
I've become aware of a side of the OS/2 community that I never knew
existed (or refused to believe existed).
IBM finally comes through on its promise of bringing Communicator to OS/2
and to put the icing on the cake, two members of the IBM team working on
the project (Mike Kaply and Jeff Kobal) actually begin participating in
the OS/2 news groups giving us at least an inkling that there is someone
at Big Blue actually listening to the lowly home users. But are these
Communicator/2 programmers met with enthusiastic bug reports and "thank
you"s? No. Instead, they are slapped with vicious posts about the buggy
nature of the beta (yes, software defects in a BETA of all things),
unwanted features added since 2.02, lack of full WPS integration, and
threats of "dropping" Communicator/2 in favor of NS/2 2.02. It seems that
for many OS/2 users (at least those vociferous in the news groups) nothing
is good enough. Granted, NS/2 2.02 wasn't the best piece of software
written, and Communicator for OS/2 is obviously not flawless, but then
again what software is?
By no means am I trying to defend poorly written software. I realize that
many times in the past OS/2 has been the victim of quick and dirty ports
of software (Sim City 2000 comes to mind) which didn't deserve to have
ever come out of beta. It's ports like these that OS/2 users don't buy and
which confirm company's suspicions that OS/2 versions of their software
won't sell (when in fact any software on any platform written as poorly as
their OS/2 versions wouldn't sell). But back to Communicator for OS/2.
Have we forgotten what "beta" means? Beta software is expected to have
bugs which is why IBM released the Comm/2 betas publicly: to find the
glitches. Threats of not using the software and flames directed at the
development team are no way to help make a solid final product.
Many of these complaints do not concern actual problems with the
performance of Comm/2 but its lack of WPS integration. This is where I
think OS/2 users are placing a little too much pressure on the development
team. Sure, WPS integration is excellent and one of the many reasons we
use OS/2 but with the many and varying ports of Communicator on several
different platforms, integration with each and every OS to which the suite
is ported is just not feasible. The attention that OS/2 got with NS/2 2.02
and is now getting with Comm/2 in terms of OS integration is well beyond
the call of duty and should be appreciated by the OS/2 community. Several
vicious attacks on this subject have been directed at Mike Kaply and Jeff
Kobal. Disrespectful and personal attacks against the team bringing us a
cutting-edge browser and suite is not the way to perfect the software.
Constructive criticism and defect reporting is what is necessary and
expected of beta testers. Can't handle it? Too buggy for you? Don't test
the software, wait for the production version. Useless complaining and
badgering of the Comm/2 programmers not only takes time away from
development, during which they are responding to posts dealing with issues
that the porting team has no control over, but it also hurts our (read:
the home user's) relationship with one of our only active links to IBM.
I am by no means asking the OS/2 community to be content with buggy,
poorly written software. What I am asking for is a little respect for
those working on our "side" who take time out of their busy day (even time
at home) to keep us informed and who have been forced to post such
comments as this one from Jeff Kobal:
My "agenda" is to provide the best OS/2 product I possibly can, as it has
been in each of the various projects on which I've worked at IBM. I felt
that responding to certain questions/concerns/suggestions/reports in this
newsgroup would help me towards that end, and that certain responses I've
received have been a hindrance. Instead of just ignoring it, I tried to
politely explain the reasons behind certain decisions being made, and that
has snowballed into what you see here now.
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Just What Does "Network Computing" Mean, Anyway?
By: Tom Nadeau os2headquarters@mindspring.com
The term "Network Computing" has become one of those flexible, catch-all
terms that everybody adopts to describe whatever it is that they are
doing. IBM calls large server/thin client configurations Network
Computing. Microsoft calls bloated servers replicating NT consoles
Network Computing. Novell, of course, calls everything Network Computing
because that's what they've always made -- Networks.
The real meaning of IBM's version of Network Computing doesn't have
anything to do with a particular hardware configuration, though. Whatever
hardware setup saves money and makes system management simpler and more
reliable, that's where things should migrate. What Network Computing
really means is this: we must stop thinking about computer connections as
Point A to Point B, and start thinking about networks the way we think
about air.
Air, the atmosphere around us, is a pervasive conduit for information. We
exchange sound waves through it when we speak or listen, we exchange
information via radio and television waves and cell phones, we exchange
bacteria and viruses, odors, and numerous other forms of "data" via the
air. Air is everywhere; it is not conspicuous by its presence but rather
by its absence. We call an airtight package "hermetically sealed" because
its main attribute is that it is airless.
This is the way we need to start thinking about computing. Communication
is not from my computer to yours; it's through a marvelous, pervasive,
global "atmosphere" called the Internet. IBM's genius and vision was to
recognize that communication via the Internet would turn the tables on a
Point A to Point B infrastructure that was slowly becoming Redmondized.
Instead, everything will connect to everything else. The value-added will
become in keeping unwanted things *out* -- in other words, people won't
pay money to get connected, but rather to make sure that information
passage is selective, as if through a membrane. In the case of
ultra-secure systems, it will be the equivalent of "hermetically sealing"
them.
And this is where IBM intends to make money. The average person won't
spend money to keep people out. Banks and other necessarily secure
enterprises will pay, however. For a bank, connecting and transferring
data pervasively will be necessary for survival and prosperity, but ten
times as critical in terms of security. The value of information that is
secret and sensitive will dictate how much people will pay to keep the
access to that information selective. Joe's Hardware Store will never pay
for the level of security that Wells Fargo Bank will.
Network Computing via OS/2 is simply the smartest, safest, most reliable,
and most cost-effective way of doing it. Network Computing exposes
computer architectures to tests of stability and security that simple
Point A to Point B data transfer does not. This new paradigm also carries
a very important "secret weapon:" it means that it now *costs money* to
exclude OS/2 users from the mainstream. Without open Internet standards,
people could previously exclude OS/2 on the basis that it was "just
another platform that costs money to develop for." Now it's quite the
opposite: excluding OS/2 users from communicating and collaborating is
becoming more and more difficult and more and more expensive.
Really, the number one issue left in this whole paradigm shift is this:
What ever are we going to do about Microsoft Office file formats? It's
basically come down to this.
Tom Nadeau
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Interview with an OS/2 User
This month VOICE interviews two business OS/2 users and a home OS/2 user.
Our first interview is with Dave Cull, "a private individual, Canadian
citizen, information manager, writer and activist."
VOICE > What kind of business are you involved in?
Dave > Property management, Promotion and distribution of industrial hemp
products, Research and development of industrial hemp resources for the
construction industry.
VOICE > Can you please describe your current use of OS/2 in your
workplace? What kind of hardware and software are you using for OS/2?
Approximately how many pc's are running OS/2 at your site?
OS/2 is my primary operating system . I run a desktop (Cyrix P200, Matrox
Millenium, Warp4, FP7) and a TP 385xd for mobile use. A zip drive and a
Mictotek E3 scanner are available from both machines. I use ODPro,
Netscape 2.02 with PMStripper and WebXOrg as add ons, InJoy and I-Link as
dialup programs. Impos/2 V2.1 and PMView for graphics and Snappy in a
Win-OS/2 session for single frame video capture from a cam corder.
FaxWorks Pro on both machines. I have Lotus SS/2 loaded on both machines,
but still use DeScribe. WordPro has some very nice features, but Organizer
conflicts with the RMB 'cut, copy and paste' provided by NPS WPS that I
use between the net and my legacy PIM (a venerable DOS program called
InfoSelect). I also look after a couple of other pcs running OS/2 for
friends and family.
VOICE > How did you decide to use OS/2? What features were considered
important for this project(s)? What previous experience was there with
OS/2 and other operating systems?
Dave > I decided to try OS/2 after many years of struggling with Dos and
Windoze memory management problems, etc. (at one point I actually had
Ventura running on a 286, sort of)
VOICE >What other operating systems if any were under consideration or are
used for your business? If you use OS/2 in conjunction with other OSes in
any form of a network, how well does OS/2 work with these other systems?
Dave > Not a consideration.
VOICE > Do you foresee continued/increasing use of OS/2 in this fashion?
Dave > no
VOICE > Are there any changes that you would like to see to OS/2 that
would facilitate your continued use or expanded use of OS/2?
Dave > I'd like to see continued support for hardware and software
developments. Win32 support would be a big help.
VOICE > How have IBM's statements that they are targeting the medium to
large business sector affected your work or your decision to continue
using OS/2 for this/these task(s)?
Dave > So far it hasn't really been a problem. There seems to be enough
shareware and other software development to keep things working.
VOICE > If IBM licensed another company to sell the OS/2 client to
home/SOHO users, would it affect your usage of OS/2 (would you use more
OS/2 clients for your work, etc)? If this company could add features, what
features would you like to see added?
Dave > Win32 support
VOICE >Would you be interested in a refreshed version of OS/2 Warp 4.0,
that is a new install package that included all fixes and new enhancements
as well as new harware support since the original release?
Dave > Yes. I've already signed up at the web site as a potential
purchaser.
VOICE >Has your business been contacted by IBM about the potential use of
Work Space on Demand? Do you see any use for that product in your
business?
Dave > No contact. At this point, no use for WSOD. Nice to know its a
possibility if I need it though.
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Interview with an OS/2 User
Our next interview is with Wolfgang Becker, who was born, raised and
educated in Germany, where he still lives.
VOICE> What kind of business are you involved in?
I'm a freelance translator and most of my work involves technical texts
from various areas, for example paper machines, transmissions,
electronics, electrical engineering. I _only_ translate from German into
English and vice versa.
VOICE> Can you please describe your current use of OS/2 in your workplace?
What kind of hardware and software are you using for OS/2? Approximately
how many pc's are running OS/2 at your site?
Wolfgang> Simple. I'm a typical SOHO user. Most applications I use are
directly related to my work - I use different word processors, most are
Windows 3.1 programs, unfortunately, because none of my clients use native
OS/2 apps. Hardware I use: Pentium II 266 MMX, Adaptec 2940 UW, SCSI HDD,
CD-ROM, JAZ and ZIP drives for backups, SB 64 AWE for the noise, external
ISDN adapter, Matrox Mystique (to be replaced by an ELSA card, Philips 20"
monitor. Other software I use includes Object Desktop, Process Commander,
Photo>Graphics for the occasional image processings tasks, StarOffice,
Lotus SmartSuite for Warp4. OS/2 is run both on my primary machine (the
other one runs Linux) and on my son's machine.
VOICE> How did you decide to use OS/2? What features were considered
important for this project(s)? What previous experience was there with
OS/2 and other operating systems?
Wolfgang> It was a very fortunate accident. I happened to complain to a
friend about frequent GPFs under Windows 3.1 (which had just cost me a
whole week of work). He offered to 'lend' me his floppies of OS/2 2.0, I
accepted and installed OS/2. I never looked back. Why did I stick with
OS/2? Stability of the OS, the possibility to run Windows 3.1 apps and get
rid of those GPFs. At the time I was already toying with Linux - but there
are even fewer applications (that _I_ need) for Linux than there are for
OS/2, so for the foreseeable future, OS/2 will remain to be my primary OS.
VOICE> What other operating systems if any were under consideration or are
used for your business? If you use OS/2 in conjunction with other OSes in
any form of a network, how well does OS/2 work with these other systems?
Wolfgang> See above. Lately, I was forced to install Win95 so that I can
handle specific files from a specific client. No, I don't have a network.
VOICE> Do you foresee continued/increasing use of OS/2 in this fashion?
Right now, there is no reason for me to give up on OS/2. I'll continue
using it as long as I can.
VOICE> Are there any changes that you would like to see to OS/2 that would
facilitate your continued use or expanded use of OS/2?
Wolfgang> As far as I can tell, the base OS is pretty near perfect.
However, it is certainly desirable that drivers for new hardware be
developed a little faster.
VOICE> How have IBM's statements that they are targeting the medium to
large business sector affected your work or your decision to continue
using OS/2 for this/these task(s)?
Wolfgang> This is making me uneasy and causes me to look to Linux more and
more, otherwise, no there has not been any noticeable effect as yet.
VOICE> If IBM licensed another company to sell the OS/2 client to
home/SOHO users, would it affect your usage of OS/2 (would you use more
OS/2 clients for your work, etc)? If this company could add features,
what features would you like to see added?
Wolfgang> This would depend on the licensee and the license agreement, but
it would not affect my usage of OS/2 per se. If the licensee is allowed to
make changes to the OS, I would like to see drive letters to disappear,
for example, I would also like to see devices and file systems mountable
at runtime. If the licensee was allowed to do this, I would like to see
something like the final result of Timur Tabi's project included in OS/2,
so that I would _never_ have to boot that other OS.
VOICE> Would you be interested in a refreshed version of OS/2 Warp 4.0,
that is a new install package that included all fixes and new enhancements
as well as new harware support since the original release?
Wolfgang> Definitely.
VOICE> Has your business been contacted by IBM about the potential use of
Work Space on Demand? Do you see any use for that product in your
business?
Wolfgang> No and no.
VOICE> Do you know of any other sites using OS/2 in your industry?
Wolfgang> No.
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Interview with an OS/2 User
Our third and final interview of the month is with Duaine Hechler, who has
been using PC's since the 2nd original IBM PC with 640K and two floppy
drives. Duane has been a Systems Programmer for 14 years supporting VSE
for 14 years and VM/VSE for 8 years.
VOICE> Can you please describe your current use of OS/2 at home? What kind
of hardware and software are you using for OS/2? Do you run DOS/Windows
apps under OS/2?
Duaine> I use OS/2 for just about ** everthing **. Publishing family
newsletter; neighbor's business flyers, labels, brochures; personal taxes;
started on a family tree; flyers/brochures for family members, our church;
resumes; all letter correspondences; phone book of technical numbers;
Netscape; desktop publishing (my mother's 3 poetry books); video tape
labels, cassette tape labels; plus all the items below and many others I
can't think of right now.
I run several DOS apps under OS/2.
* AMTAX - Personal Federal & State Tax software (They refuse to write a
windows version)
* BASIC Compiler 1.0 (1983) for some of the software that I wrote many
years ago. (My favorite is my Player Piano Player (1986) that draws a
Player Piano on the screen, scrolls down the player piano roll, plays the
notes, read from the screen, to the PC speaker and moves the appropiate
keys up and down with the notes)
* Computer Associates' BPI Accounting II for my neighbor's business.
* DOS based mainframe training programs
* PFS: First Publisher (1990) - Published family reunion newsletters
(converted to OS/2), also, just, recently, I used it for the necessary
drawings for a patent I am working on.
* GW-BASIC - some old file conversion utilities that I still use but not
very often
* DOS version of KEDIT by Mansfield software (equivalent to VM's XEDIT)
* PC-FILE - to keep compatible with friends' simple Name & Address
database
I run NO windows apps under OS/2 (I have had to re-install OS/2 too many
times)
VOICE> How and when did you decide to use OS/2? What features attracted
you to try OS/2? What previous experience did you have with other
operating systems?
Duaine> This one is easy. I decided to start running OS/2 at home when I
was forced to use Windows 3.1 at work. I started running OS/2 at Version
2.1.
It wasn't really any particular feature that attracted me to OS/2, it was
the stability and that it seemed to use a lot of concepts from the
mainframe OS's especially VM (ie. each OS/2 "window" was like it's own
virtual machine so OS/2 had it's own crash protection that Windows 3.1
lacked.
I've had experience with Win 3.1 (user and installer) and now at work with
Win NT (user).
VOICE> What other operating systems if any do you use and if they are
networked, how well does OS/2 work with these other systems? What
percentage of your time is spent running OS/2?
Duaine> I am not on any kind of a network. I have Windows 3.1 for my sons'
games (Monopoly, etc) and PrintMaster. I spend about 99.99999% using OS/2
VOICE> Do you think you will continue to use OS/2 at home, or move to
another platform in the future?
Duaine> I will use OS/2 until it dies or until I'm forced into using
something else. Ex. I have dozens of old 78's that I want to put on CD's
but I need a software package to perform the recording BUT to
AUTOMATICALLY take out the hissing, pops, scratch noise, etc. I have
recently found one that only runs under Win NT.
However, I'm finding it harder and harder to stay with OS/2 only !
VOICE> Are there any changes that you would like to see to OS/2 that would
facilitate your continued use or expanded use of OS/2?
Duaine> First, JAVA and all the internet utilities can go to @#!$@%^#.
Don't get me wrong, other people can use them BUT they are not helping me
at all. I need "core" apps for Desktop Publishing (like PageMaker), family
tree (non-shareware version that I can count on *being* there 10 years
from now), PrintMaster look-alike, etc.
Secondly, I've already sent this idea into IBM and got their canned
response back that "that's not our direction" BUT maybe it should be !!!
My idea was to make OS/2 Server like VM's CP and OS/2 Client like
VM's CMS. Basically, build OS/2 into a VM for the PC/Server that would
allow you to install and run, concurrently, any major OS that's on the
market today. IBM wins by developing something that *everybody* will want
and use. We win by keeping OS/2 client alive.
VOICE> How have IBM's statements that they are targeting the medium to
large business sector affected your decision to continue using OS/2?
Duaine> This is a very interesting question, because about 3 years ago, I
tried to start my own business promoting OS/2 for the home users and small
businesses desktop of choice. I WAS GETTING NOWHERE. All I got was, where
is the OS/2 version of Word, etc. "I'm not changing", etc.
I officialy gave up my business venture when IBM finally admitted they
lost the war with the home user OS.
As I stated above, I will stay with OS/2 until it dies or until I'm forced
to use something else (ex. Win 3.1 for "popular" games like Monopoly).
VOICE> If IBM licensed another company to sell the OS/2 client to
home/SOHO users, would you support this product?
Duaine> Let's put it this way, I would probably try and start my business
up again -- trying to get home/SOHO to switch to OS/2.
VOICE> Have you tried to use OS/2 in your workplace? If so, what problems
did you encounter that led you to stop using OS/2 or to fail to get OS/2
running in your business?
Duaine> At ONE of my jobs, I was allowed to put OS/2 on my PC while the
rest of the business was Win 3.1. And, that was because, there was one
small server, in the corner of the shop floor, running an application that
only ran on OS/2 at that time and they need someone to take over that
server.
I tried everything to get OS/2 in the rest of the business including
anonymously publishing to upper management "crash" stats between Win 3.1
and OS/2. I got the same answer back everytime -- "Where is IBM's
support?" and "Outside of you, where are the OS/2 trained personnel we can
hire?"
In closing, until "we" (as in, dedicated OS/2 user community) can get the
marketing, the "core" apps (Word, Excel, etc look-alikes for OS/2) and the
placement on the store shelves, we are fighting a loosing battle.
Examples,
* In my business venture, I was constantly told "I don't want to switch
from Word to Smartsuite (or Excel to Lotus 1-2-3). I want a version of
Word (or Excel) for OS/2".
* A little over a year ago, I was in my local COMP USA and, supprise, they
had no place on the shelves for OS/2. I asked them were is the base OS/2
system package boxes, they answered "We don't carry it anymore, it's
special order". I sent an email to Lou's mailbox stating this and I got an
interesting reply from IBM. They asked me to send them the phone number
and address of the store and they would contact them to be sure they do
carry OS/2. About a month later, I went back in and, magically, there were
6 boxes of OS/2 (but on the bottom shelf and on the shelf above was Win 95
boxes).
* COMP USA only stocks Lotus Notes and Smartsuite for Windows and not for
OS/2. I even asked the salemen "Where's the OS/2 version?". He said "OS/2,
what's that, never heard of it!". Then he said, "Well.... if it's not on
the shelves, then we don't carry it and it would have to be special
ordered"
* Aside, COMP USA is even cutting down on the MAC software shelves.
These are the kind of things "we" have to overcome, if "we're" ever going
to get OS/2 recognized and getting people to switch.
I know, someone start a chain of software stores for OS/2 only ! ! !
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Getting started on IRC
By: Wayne Swanson, Psoft@Tech-Center.com
Organizations are formed for a reason. Some are to set rules and standards
for an activity, some are are merely social in nature or, they may be set
up as watchdogs for others. VOICE was formed to provide help and
promotional assistance to the "home" or SOHO OS/2 user.
An organization of people distributed worldwide, in the not-to-distant
past, would have been almost impossible to operate in real time. Today,
things have changed. Through the computing power brought to us by all
those that have gone before, we are able to meet on a regular basis with
people that share our interests and correspond with them in real time.
VOICE has chosen IRC (Internet Relay Chat) as it's avenue of
communication. Our membership is growing very nicely but we haven't been
able to see that reflected in our online sessions. Many of you will
already be familiar with IRC but for those of you that have just stared at
the word "IRC" and have never actually tried it yet, we will attempt to
make it a little easier for you.
OS/2 based IRC clients are available as freeware and shareware. This
article is to answer a few questions and get you started with IRC. We
aren't here to sell you a client, although there are some very nice ones
available for OS/2, but to get you started with a good freeware client
that will serve your needs and help you become an active part of VOICE.
First timer questions
Q) I was going to do it but it was too confusing to setup for the right
servers and the meetings:
A) We have built a script that will automatically set up the freeware
EZirc client from Roger Bess to start, log onto the proper servers and
join the #VOICE channel for you. You will need to install EZirc and then
run our script in the EZirc directory. At that point you should be able to
start EZirc anytime you are online and it will connect to the proper
server and go directly to the #VOICE channel.
Q) I don't know any commands:
A) You can join in any meeting and take part without knowing any commands.
All you really have to do if you want to say something is type it and hit
the <Enter> key. There are plenty of commands to learn if you want to
spend the time but for most users, most of the time, there just a few
basic commands.
EZirc Commands
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ΓöéCommand ΓöéParameter(s) ΓöéDescription of command Γöé
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Γöé/msg Γöénickname Γöéto send a private message to a nickname. Γöé
Γöé ΓöéMessage Γöé Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé/me ΓöéMessage ΓöéSpecifies an action. Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé/whois Γöénickname Γöéquery a nicknames additional data. (or use the Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöépulldown window) Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé/who Γöéchannel Γöélist the users on a channel. (or use the pulldown Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöéwindow) Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé/nick Γöénewnickname ΓöéTo change your nickname. Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé/join Γöéchannel Γöéjoins a channel. Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé/part Γöéchannel Γöéleave a channel. Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé/quit ΓöéMessage ΓöéAllows you to QUIT the server, and supply a Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöémessage if you want. Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé/away ΓöéMessage ΓöéThe AWAY message is used either with one parameterΓöé
Γöé Γöé Γöé(to set an AWAY message) or with no parameters (toΓöé
Γöé Γöé Γöéremove the AWAY message). Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
EZirc has an html document that delves a bit deeper into some of the
common commands.
Q) I don't want to type or talk to anyone:
A) You certainly don't have to talk to anyone but that will take all the
fun out of it. There are a lot of people that will join a channel and just
watch what is happening. That is what is called "Lurking". It's not bad...
that's just what they call it and you are welcome either way. This is what
most folks do when they are new to IRC.
Q) What's in it for me?
A) For the most part, we want your input, we want your support, your help
and your ideas. We are part of this organization because we want to do
something positive. Without you, we are are starved of your contribution,
whatever it may be, and that makes us weaker as a whole. Your Voice makes
our Voice stronger collectively.
Of course, there are benefits too. We have given away some nice prizes at
some of the meetings. Among them, some great programs donated by their
authors and a night at the Wyndham in Chicago for WarpStock.
Installing EZirc
At this writing the EZirc archive is called EZIRC12O.ZIP and available at
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/irc/client/ezirc12o.zip
Unzip EZIRC120.ZIP into a temporary directory and start the "Setup.cmd"
file. You will be presented with following four options that are user
adjustable.
1) Install Path : H:\TMP\EZIRC12O
2) Your User ID : yourID
3) Your Realname : Your Realname String
4) Your NickName : YourNick
1) Set the path to your liking without the trailing backslash. For
example, I might set mine to h:\tcpip\bin\irc\ezirc
2) Set "Your User ID" to your ID on your ISP. (just the first part
preceding the @) If you have a "SET USER" statement in your config.sys,
EZirc will use it.
3) Set "Your Realname" to whatever you want. Many people do not put
anything meaningful in this entry.
4) Set "Your NickName" to whatever you want also. This is the name you
will be known as on IRC. If you call yourself "Superman", that is how
people will address you as they have no other ID on you for the most part.
Be aware that anyone calling themselves Superman might get a little bit of
ribbing about it though. Nicknames can be a maximum of 9 characters in
length and cannot contain any spaces. Roger Bess mentions also that it is
unwise to use the "|" char either as it is used in scripts and could cause
problems.
When you have made the changes that you want just hit the <Enter> key to
finish the installation. A folder will be created on your desktop with the
EZirc program icon and the help files.
Once EZirc is installed you can place the EZVoice.cmd file in the base
directory (the one with "ezirc.ini" in it) and run the cmd file. In a
second or so you are all set.
Dial up your internet provider and once connected, start EZirc from the
icon. It should automatically log onto a server and then join the #Voice
channel. Unless it is a meeting night, there may not be anyone but the
bots on the channel but at least you'll know that it works for the next
time we meet.
Conclusion
For those of you that are old enough to remember the CB radio craze. You
may feel that your first time on IRC will be as nerve-racking as when you
first keyed the CB mic and asked for a 10-36. (I think that was... "What
time is it?") IRC is really much easier. You can get online and watch what
is happening and when you feel comfortable, join in the conversation.
VOICE will be live on IRC at Warpstock, so here is your chance to be a
part of this great OS/2 event, even if you can't make it to Chicago. So
join us in #voice October 17-18 to get the earliest reports of the success
of this year's Warpstock event!
Author Information
Wayne Swanson, VOICE V.P.
email: Psoft@Tech-Center.com
PillarSoft: http://fm-net.com/pillarsoft
Developer of WarpZip, ShowTime/2 and the Enhanced E Editors
Editor's note: For more on OS/2 IRC clients you can check out Judy's
Warped World IRC client page
http://www.gt-online.com/~bri/irc_clients.html and you might like to read
Don Eitner's review of GammaTech IRC 3.0 in the December, 1997 issue of
the VOICE newsletter
http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL1297H/VNEWSF.HTM#END. GTIRC is
available to VOICE members at a sizable discount
http://www.os2voice.org/info_for_members.html.
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September 9, 1998 From Jon Saxton on the Team OS/2 Help Desk List this
long but rather neat trick for deleting files using OS/2's cut/paste in a
command window.
I've never seen this mentioned in on-line help or anywhere else and I
thought it so amazingly cool I thought I'd share it with the group ...
I was cleaning up some old archives and, in a directory listing, had a
string of consecutive files and directories I wanted to delete. Using rm,
I could have typed
for %f in (dir1 dir2 dir3 file1 file2 dir4 junk1) do rm -rf %f
but I found a better way.
For a non-destructive experience, try this in a command window.
Find a directory with a plethora of files. In my case, my "new" directory
has a bunch of such stuff in it and a partial directory listing is
reproduced below:
14-02-97 1:59p 114,549 0 a--- agrep332.zip
10-04-98 4:50p 516,359 0 a--- angband-283-os2.zip
14-02-97 10:54a 8,782 0 a--- AofF_14.mid
14-02-97 10:54a 8,819 0 a--- AofF_15.mid
14-02-97 10:54a 9,504 0 a--- AofF_16.mid
14-02-97 10:54a 6,175 0 a--- AofF_17.mid
28-07-97 1:55p 261,863 0 a--- apcodec6.zip
14-07-97 4:02p 38,548 0 a--- assoed04.zip
Using the mouse, mark the block of file names - just the file names, not
the preceding gumpf so what you highlight is, in my example:-
agrep332.zip
angband-283-os2.zip
AofF_14.mid
AofF_15.mid
AofF_16.mid
AofF_17.mid
apcodec6.zip
assoed04.zip
Then press button 2 and select copy. You now have that block of file names
in the clipboard. Now for the cool part.
1. Type the following command:
for %f in (
That's all. Press enter. You should see a prompt
More?
2. Chord MB1 and MB2. All the file names (and any directory names) you
highlighted in the preparatory stage will be entered one at a time, each
on a separate line preceded by More? .
3. Press enter. You'll get the More? prompt again.
4. Complete the command:
) do echo %f
and be amazed.
You've just executed a command for each of a list of files and/or
directories pasted from a directory listing without having to redirect the
output to a file and edit that file. What is more, if your directory
listing is paged, you can repeat the process using the command recall
functions. Select another bunch of names and copy them as in the
preparatory stage described above. Then ...
5. Type "for", press F1 and then enter
6. Chord MB1 and MB2 again to paste as before
7. Press enter
8. Press the up-arrow key to get the command completion line, then enter.
Be amazed again. Of course there is nothing stopping you from revisiting
the directory listing and copying/pasting into as single command block but
using the command recall facility means there is less to redo if you stuff
it up.
If you like this sort of thing then I'd suggest getting npswps
(npswp182.zip) from Hobbes and installing that. The ONLY feature I
activate is the quick text copy function but that alone is truly
wonderful.
September 5, 1998 from Keith Gorham on the NS4OS2 List this tip on a
Communicator for OS/2 beta command line option:
To start certain profile you have to put the profile name in quotes right
after the -P without a space between them. I think the profile name is
case sensitive also.
September 4, 1998 Bob Wittig on Team OS/2 Help Desk List offers this
tidbit for anyone running an Adaptec 1505A scsi controller:
Since I usually leave my PC on, I didn't want to have to reboot every time
just to use the scanner (which stays off to save wear and tear on it).
But, I found this nifty switch that seems to allow me to turn on and use
the scanner any time, regardless of the power state of the scanner at boot
time.
So if you are using an Adaptec SCSI card, you may also be able to use this
switch in your config.sys file:
BASEDEV=AHA152X.ADD /v /F:6
/F:x - Force the target SCSI ID x exist. Host adapter will assume
that the target SCSI ID x is connected to SCSI bus.
Just power on the scanner, wait until the "ready" light comes on, then
start your scanner software. Works for me!
With this and IMPOS/2's REXX DLL for scripting scanner commands, I am one
happy camper!
I highly recommend Impos/2 too. Excellent tool!
Bob
September 4, 1998 Patrick Ash on Team OS/2 Help Desk List has this tip for
anyone having problems installing the "Thinkpad Utilities":
You must install The System Management Driver before you install any of
the TP utilities. You can do this by one fo the following methods:
First, use the device driver install that is in your system setup folder,
under install/remove. Second, the easier way, I believe, is just to copy
the driver to \os2\boot, and then add the line:
BASEDEV=AODBSMD.SYS
to your config.sys. Mine was added at the bottom, so I don't think that
position in the file is critical.
You might also want to take a look at the unofficial Warped thinkpad page:
http://www.tpwarper.com
September 1, 1998 From Steve Wendt on the NS4OS2 Mail List:
I've created a page with some basic info on Comm/2, as well as a table
listing some of the problems with it. It certainly is incomplete,
especially in the area of mail/news, since I don't use those. I could use
everyone's help in identifying the *reproducible* problems that I have
missed.
http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Communicator.html
When these bugs are fixed, then I might change it into a list of OS/2
specific features we want. Alternatively, if there is demand, I may add
that now in a separate table...
Please give me feedback... i.e. this sucks, get rid of it, this is cool,
this could be better if you did xyz... whatever!
September 1, 1998
Still trying to figure out how to drag a URL from the new Communicator
beta to the desktop? On the Toolbar next to the Bookmarks Icon is a little
icon that looks like a noodle or some indecipherable item. Click the Right
Mouse Button on this and drag it to the desktop. Currently you can't drag
it anywhere else except to the Personal Toolbar. If you do place it in the
Personal Toolbar and then decide you want to getrid of it you have to open
up the Bookmarks (Ctrl-B), and then delete it in there.
Another customization feature of the toolbars is that you can drag any of
the 3 toolbars with the left mouse button held, to re-arrange their
sequence.
August 28, 1998 For all you folks wondering how to install Warp on a
laptop with only a swappable CD-ROM and Floppy, but you do have another PC
with OS/2 already installed, here is an excellent pointer from Jon Saxton
on the Team OS/2 Help Desk List:
You invoke the "Remote Install" process in your Install/Remove folder.
There are some things that might escape notice.
1. You need to have NetBIOS protocol installed on the code server. If you
installed File and Print Services then you have it already. It may work
with NetBIOS over TCP/IP but I can't vouch for that. If you don't have
F&PS installed then you can get away with simply installing the protocol
using MPTS. That'll get you through the install process but it won't
provide resource sharing afterwards so you are better off installing F&PS
up front.
2. If you don't have a regular network adaptor on your laptop and you are
going to use a parallel cable then for a network adaptor you need to
choose SSW Parallel port NIC-less adaptor This has to be done on the code
server PC and of course F&PS has to be directed to that "adaptor".
3. The parallel cable you use is not a "straight through" thing. It is a
"Turbo Laplink" cable which is the parallel equivalent of a null modem
cable. You can build one if you have the parts or you can buy one for
about six dollars.
4. If anything goes wrong, it is probably a faulty cable. Really. The
whole thing is so smooth and trouble-free ... This is the wiring I used.
There are some specifications on the 'net for cables with fewer
connections but I can't vouch for them.
25 pin 25 pin
====== ======
pin 01 <----> pin 01
pin 02 < > pin 15
pin 03 < > pin 13
pin 04 < > pin 12
pin 05 < > pin 10
pin 06 < > pin 11
pin 10 < > pin 05
pin 11 < > pin 06
pin 12 < > pin 04
pin 13 < > pin 03
pin 14 <----> pin 14
pin 15 < > pin 02
pin 16 <----> pin 16
pin 17 <----> pin 17
pin 25 <----> pin 25 (Grd---Grd)
Jon Saxton <triton@ibm.net> OS/2 software developer
U.S. agent for Triton Technologies International Ltd
August 28, 1998 - From Clark Tompsett in comp.os.os2.misc who has this
keeper on getting pc cards to work in some laptops under OS/2:
I have used OS/2 on an Nec versa 2400 and now a winbook xl. No problems.
You will probably need to have as the first line in the config.sys
Basedev=reserve.sys /mem:ca00,2000
to force the socket driver off of a rom. (pc cards are seen as memory only
with out the above lline.) For the ir support, you have to add the port
number and irq to the irdd.sys line (this little item is not documented
anywhere)
Clark
August 26, 1998 - From RILINDO FOSTER on the NS4OS2 list:
For those who are interesting in trying out the Wallpaper feature in
Netscape, try this site:
http://www.mikebonnell.com
August 23, 1998 - Sande Francis on the TeamOS/2 Help List:
Recently I asked how the drives object might be recreated. several folks
told me to copy it from a recent archive, some recommended a program
called ORC. i didnt have a copy anywhere, so could do the copy from
archive thing and ORC wouldnt do it either.
So i asked Kari Jackson(of Innoval), and she gave me the answer, which I
thought I would share:
make a rexx file with this in it:
/* program to create a Drives object */
call rxfuncadd "SysCreateObject","RexxUtil","SysCreateObject" call
SysCreateObject
'WPDrives','Drives','<WP_OS2SYS>','ObjectID=<WP_DRIVES>;','R'
I have no idea what it means, but it worked!! :)
August 22, 1998 - From: Robert Deed (eyerewl@fcc.net)
As you all know RSJ hides the cdr drive letter from you and makes it
unaccessable right? Well not quite. In an email from RSJ I was made aware
of how to unhide the cdr... in order to do it you must do this:
If you are using RSJ CD Writer 2.59 or above you may change
the CONFIG.SYS line
BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD
to
BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD /ALL
After booting your machine, the recorder will be usable as standard CDROM
drive, and you will be nevertheless be able to attach the CD to our
filesystem. But please ensure that you're not using the CDROM drive letter
at the same time when the CDR is attached to RSJ's filesystem, otherwise
this will result in errors.
August 19, 1998 - Mark Klebanoff on comp.os.os2.beta gave this suggestion
to anyone having a problem trying to turn on 128bit encryption in
Communicator for OS/2 using Fotify but getting an "Unable to access file
as file is in use" error:
1) making a copy of netscape.exe to a different directory
2) fortifying that copy
3) booting from floppies and replacing the original netscape.exe with the
fortified one.
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August 16, 1998 -
Just read your news, with the piece on clickware.
Thanks for the Plug...
Incidentally, we have another exciting project, we're taking on Spammers.
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/antispam/
(and)
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/antispam/test6.html
it's in dev at the moment ... not working yet.. but I'd like your comments
James
OS/2 Software @ yoursite.co.uk
We try to please
August 17, 1998 -
To whom it may concern.
I do have a prayer to all who write Websites.
In many cases it is necessary to keep a documentation for a given program
to use it as a reference during installation. Often Websites contain
important information that is written in HTML that wastes half a sheet of
paper.
I usually print such information on my black and white Canon printer, and
find many websites are written with large areas of background or border
frames that print all in black on the inkjet machine. This is waste of
costly ink.
Johannes Lomholt
August 31, 1998 - The following letter is in response to Don Eitner's
review of the Lexmark Color Inkjet 5700 printer in the August VOICE
Newsletter.
There are six different colors that can print in each printed pixel, three
from each cartridge. And, they can overprint each other, so we can't just
use three bits and say "print color 0, or color 1, or ... color 5". We
need six bits for each pixel so we can use any combination of those six
colors. I generalized to one byte (eight bits) because that's what a
hardware designer would typically do. Then, in the firmware, for each
nozzle the firmware can just scan that particular bit of the appropriate
byte and decide whether or not to print its color.
That's why it should only be one byte per pixel, not three. I explained
that when scanning you'd need three bytes for 24-bit color, but when
printing you only have 64 possible colors: each color can be on or off
(you can't control the size of the ink drop), so you have 2^6 possible
colors, or 64 possible colors. It's dithering that gives you the
gradients, and a higher dpi gives you a less-obvious dither so the image
looks better.
There are only six nozzles per printed pixel. There are more nozzles on
the ink cartridge, of course, but they don't overlap. Each nozzle is
dedicated to a certain subset of the printed pixels. That speeds up the
printing (you could make an ink cartridge with only one nozzle, but then
you could only advance the paper 1/1200" on each pass, and it would print
very slowly).
You say it's a CMY (actually, CMYK since black is stripped out) image
going to the printer. I don't think so; as I said, that eliminates many of
your screening options and only allows what's in the firmware. And that's
unlikely, since then you couldn't do smooth curves (such as when drawing a
circle) because the circle would be screened. The firmware has to allow
for nozzle control.
Take another think on this. The translation must be done in the software
driver. Three bytes for the image pixel become one byte for the printed
pixel. Only in a thermal transfer printer, where each printed dot can be
made any size you want (by changing the heat), would you have three bytes
per printed pixel.
Your tremendous swap file might have been caused (I'm guessing here) by
the translation of the source image size, not by its color depth. For
example, if an image that's 2500 pixels wide must be printed on a page in
a rectangle that's 3333 pixels wide then there's a lot of interpolation
that must be done. The interpolation uses a lot of memory, but that's not
a printer driver problem because if the image is the correct pixel size to
begin with then no interpolation is required.
Of course, the printer driver could have some poor coding in it, such as
using 32-bit values to hold the 6 bits for each "printed pixel". If you
have an information file for the Lexmark with its printer command set, I
could take a look at it and see exactly what the format is for its input
files (PCL is in hexadecimal character, which doubles the file size right
there).
Certainly, if I'm wrong please correct me. I'm always trying to learn, and
I like to ask questions.
- Peter Skye (pskye@peterskye.com)
Reply from Don Eitner, the author of the review of the Lexmark Color
Inkjet 5700 printer
The Editors of the VOICE Newsletter would like to thank Mr. Skye for his
contribution to making the VOICE Newsletter as accurate as possible. We
appreciate the efforts of OS/2 users who are active in their support.
Peter Skye is a frequent contributor to the SCOUG web site
(http://www.scoug.com) including his most recent article "A Future Vision
Warpstock is the Tomorrow of OS/2" -
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/scoug809.2.warped.html.
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Of Launchpads and Toolbars
By: Don K. Eitner (freiheit@tstonramp.com)
http://www.tstonramp.com/~freiheit/
The General Public License has spawned many wonderful software products
over the years including the Linux operating system, Apache web server,
and quite a number of system and file utilities for Linux, OS/2, and
WinDOS platforms. Recently it spawned one such utility -- Bubblepad --
which is an enhancement to the OS/2 Warp 3.0 Launchpad or 4.0 Toolbar
(same thing, just different names).
Bubblepad is a small utility which, after registering itself with the WPS,
provides not only popup text for Launchpad buttons, but also allows you to
reduce the border or the Launchpad and specify the number of pixels to
place between the buttons. With this, you can create a very compact
Launchpad without losing any functionality or you can create a very large
Launchpad. The popup text displays the object name (such as Shutdown or
Shredder or System Editor) and its font and background color can be
changed through the updated Launchpad Properties Notebook.
For those of us dealing with vision problems or those who simply like to
have text on their Launchpad -- which makes it easier to differentiate
those too-similar icons for OS/2 window vs full screen, etc -- BubblePad
is dream come true. We get to have a smaller Launchpad and yet still have
our text in popup (or fly-out, as the author describes it) fashion.
Installation consisted of unzipping the downloaded file to its own
directory and running the INSTALL.EXE file. You are presented with a
choice of English or Deutsch. The next screen gives information on the
author and tells you to press Return to continue. You are then given the
options of Install, Deinstall, and Exit. Install will ask you for the
directory where you wish the BUBBLEPD.DLL file to be placed -- I chose
c:\utils\bubblepad which is where I unzipped the files. This is safe
because it will not be copying the file onto itself -- the file it needs
to copy is coming from either the Deutsch or English subdirectory. You are
then prompted to reboot the system, but if you're using XFOLDER or some
other program which can close and restart the WPS, this is all that's
needed to get Bubblepad running.
My initial tests with Bubblepad v1.00 showed a few glitches -- popup text
would sometimes hang on the desktop (refuse to disappear or allow new
popup text to display) after an object was opened and the Launchpad drawer
automatically closed as per my settings. However the author (Chris
Wohlgemuth) was very friendly in dealing with this and released a modified
DLL within 24 hours!
Just a few short days later, Bubblepad v1.01 was released with what ought
to be the final fixes to a few reported bugs in the v1.00 code. Thus far
I've seen no problems with v1.01 and it even seem to switch popup text
(when moving the mouse from one Launchpad button to another) faster than
v1.00 did.
Overall I'm very impressed with this little piece of usability
enhancement. The price (free) is also unbeatable, and since it was placed
under the General Public License, full source code is available if you
wish to modify it or port it to, let's say, XFree86-OS/2.
It's quality utilities such as this that make me shout, "Long live free
source code software! Long live OS/2!"
BubblePad v1.01
Download: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/bubblepd.htm
License: General Public License / free
About The Author
Don Eitner has been an OS/2 user since 1995 and has maintained The 13th
Floor website since 1996. There he keeps an ongoing list of as many
currently available native OS/2 applications as he can find
(http://www.tstonramp.com/~freiheit/os2apps.shtml) which was awarded 3 A
ratings, including an A+, from SCOUG
(http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/scoug806.2.webfoot.html). He has been
writing monthly articles for the VOICE Newsletter since June, 1997 and was
elected as Secretary on the Board of Directors of VOICE in April, 1998.
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I am VOICE, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore!
VOICE is a nonprofit, virtual user group, devoted to the education and
marketing of the OS/2 operating system. VOICE was formed by a small group
of OS/2 users who felt they could do something to advance knowledge of the
OS/2 operating system, and is comprised of other OS/2 users who feel that
something needed to be done with getting OS/2 more widely recognized.
VOICE is not affiliated with International Business Machines (IBM).
*Mission Statement*
Representing OS/2 to I.B.M. and the industry, as well as marketing OS/2 to
users and professionals worldwide.
*VOICE Objectives*
1. Serve as a "virtual", on-line user group for OS/2 users, without a
local user group, and to any other OS/2 users interested in VOICE.
2. Promote OS/2 to the SOHO [small office/home office] consumer and to
general computer users.
3. Provide an effective communication channel between members, user
groups, ISV's [independent software vendors], and IBM.
4. To help OS/2 User Groups organize and promote their activities.
*Virtual Meetings*
Weekly IRC [Internet Relay Chat] meetings are held on WEBBnet in the
channel #VOICE. Meetings are now held on the first and third Mondday
of each month at 20:00 EST (01:00 GMT).
For a list of current WEBBnet IRC servers please refer to
http://www.suntrix.com/ibbs/server.html
If you're unfamiliar with IRC, visit IRC Clients
(http://www.gt-online.com/~bri). There is a list of available IRC
clients, with descriptions, and a link to a chart that compares
features of each. If you need further assistance e-mail Judy
McDermott (mailto:judymc@ameritech.net).
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There are Seven Officers presiding over VOICE affairs. They are common
OS/2 users, voted into office by the membership of VOICE, and act solely
to carry the VOICE of our members to the rest of the world. They are:
Voice Board
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VOICE Home Page: http://www.os2voice.org
To become a member of VOICE, you must agree to abide by the bylaws and
code of ethics of VOICE, and send in a check or money order to cover the
dues for a one year membership. The dues are listed below.
____________________________________________
1 Year Membership Dues for VOICE
Student Membership................................. $10.00
Individual Membership............................. $25.00
Corporate Membership........................... $100.00
All monies must be in United States Currency. Make out your check or money
order to:
VOICE
60 Starling Street
Kitimat BC V8C 1K5
Canada
Secure credit card payment for VOICE membership and sponsorship
is now available
through BMT Micro. https://secure.falcon-net.net/BMT/order0308.html
Please review the VOICE Bylaws and Code of Ethics and then fill out the
membership application form and enclose it with your membership dues.
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.1. VOICE Newsletter - VOICE Bylaws ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Virtual OS/2 International
Consumer Education
Bylaws
VOICE Home Page: http://www.os2voice.org
Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education (VOICE) ENACTED APRIL 2,
1997
Revised July 21, 1997
ARTICLE I
NAME
Section A
The name of this organization shall be the "Virtual OS/2
International Consumer Education," hereinafter called VOICE. OS/2 is
defined as a computer operating system marketed by IBM. ISV is
defined as Independent Software Vendor. SOHO is defined as Small
Office/Home Office. IOTA is defined as International OS/2 Trade
Association. OS/2 and IBM are the registered trademarks of the
International Business Machines Corporation.
ARTICLE II
PURPOSE
Section A
Mission Statement:
Representing OS/2 users to IBM and the industry as well as marketing
OS/2 to users and professionals worldwide.
Section B
The objectives of VOICE shall be:
1. To serve as a "virtual", on-line user group for OS/2 users
without a local user group and any other OS/2 users interested
in VOICE.
2. To promote OS/2 to the SOHO consumer, to general computer users,
and to any other users most likely to be receptive.
3. To provide an effective communications channel between members,
User Groups, ISVs, and IBM.
4. To help OS/2 related User Groups organize and promote their
activities.
Section C
Achievement of the objectives of VOICE shall be accomplished by:
5. Planning and conducting regular meetings of VOICE.
6. Developing and maintaining a web site to facilitate the exchange
of ideas and foster communication between members. The web site
will also serve as a central collection point of OS/2 related
information for use by both new and experienced OS/2 users.
a. Use of such the above web site and any other electronic
service is made available to the Internet community on a
strictly voluntary basis and at their own risk. VOICE and the
Executive Board will not be responsible for any direct,
indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages
including, for example, loss of profits resulting from the use
of the web site service or software obtained from the service,
even if VOICE has been advised of the possibility of damages.
7. Promoting VOICE and OS/2 through various means, such as on-line
and off-line advertising and voluntary participation in OS/2
promotional activities (i.e. seminars, demonstrations, etc).
8. Working with existing OS/2 support structures, such as existing
web sites and newsletters, to improve communication and form a
cohesive relationship between all OS/2 users, ISVs, User Groups,
and IBM.
a. Contacting ISVs directly and via IOTA to keep abreast of OS/2
news and development in addition to providing feedback on ISV
products.
b. Contacting OS/2 user groups to keep them informed about OS/2
related news and events.
9. Developing and maintaining a list of VOICE members.
10. Developing and maintaining a reference library of VOICE related
documentation (i.e., minutes of meetings, committee reports,
membership lists, etc).
ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP
Section A
Classes of Membership:
1. There will be several classes of membership: Corporate
membership, Individual membership, and Student/Senior
membership.
2. Each Corporate member is entitled to five (5) votes.
3. Each Individual member is entitled to one (1) vote.
4. Each Student/Senior member is entitled to one (1) vote. A
Student member is considered to be a member who is currently
enrolled in an educational institution working towards a degree.
A Senior member is considered to be a member who is over the age
of 65.
Section B
Qualification:
5. A membership may be held by any company, organization, or
individual with an interest in OS/2.
6. Qualification for membership shall be automatic unless the
Executive Board believes this membership would not be in the
best interests of VOICE.
Section C
Application:
7. Application for membership must be made by writing to the
Secretary of VOICE.
8. The application for Corporate Membership shall designate an
individual to serve as that corporation's voting delegate. The
member corporation may designate its delegate at any time by
written notice to the Secretary.
9. The Executive Board shall promptly act to accept or reject an
application for membership and will inform the applicant of its
decision as soon as possible.
Section D
Fees:
10. An annual membership fee will be established by the Executive
Board to cover the operating expenses of VOICE. The membership
fee is payable to the Treasurer at the time of applying for
membership. If membership application is rejected, the fee will
be returned to the applicant.
Section E
Termination of Membership:
11. Membership terminates when qualification for membership ceases
to exist.
12. A membership may be terminated by notification in writing to the
Secretary from the corporate delegate of a Corporate membership,
or an individual for an Individual or Student/Senior membership.
13. Membership of a Corporate, Individual, or Student/Senior
membership may be terminated by the Executive Board at any time
if the Board rules that the member is not acting in the best
interests of VOICE, as defined by this document and the Code of
Ethics.
14. Membership shall expire after 12 months from the date the
application was submitted, unless the member's annual fee is
received by the Treasurer prior to that date.
15. The Secretary will notify the member by letter that such
termination has occurred. Re-instatement may be requested by
letter to the President.
ARTICLE IV
GOVERNMENT
Section A
Executive Board of Directors:
1. Executive Board - The government of VOICE shall be vested in the
Executive Board, which shall consist of eight members.
2. Executive Board Officers - The executive officers shall be:
President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Legal
Assistant, Liaison Chairperson, and two Marketing and Public
Relations Chairpersons.
3. The tenure of an officer or Executive Board member shall
terminate if the incumbent becomes ineligible to hold office.
4. New positions may be added to the Executive Board when deemed
necessary by a majority rule of the Board.
5. A majority rule of the Board can result in the removal of an
officer from his/her position if the Board rules that the
officer is not fullfilling his/her duties or is not abiding to
the by-laws of this document as well as the Code of Ethics.
Section B
The President shall:
6. Be the principal executive officer.
7. Participate as an executive officer of the Executive Board of
VOICE.
8. Provide for committees as described in Article VII.
9. Preside over all formal meetings and Executive Board meetings of
VOICE.
10. Be ex officio a member of all committees.
11. Provide for the discharge, pro tempore, of necessary functions
in the event of the absence or incapacity of a member.
12. Call all Executive Board meetings.
Section C
The Vice-President shall:
13. Participate as an executive officer of the Executive Board of
VOICE.
14. Be of official service to the President.
15. Perform the duties, pro tempore, of the President in case of
Presidential absence.
16. Act as Chairman of the Program Committee.
Section D
The Secretary shall:
17. Participate as an executive officer of the Executive Board of
VOICE.
18. Publish and maintain the minutes of Executive Board meetings.
19. Be responsible for all official publications of VOICE, except
those published by the Marketing and Public Relations
Chairpersons.
20. Maintain the membership roster.
21. In conjunction with the Liaison Chairperson and Marketing &
Public Relations Chairpersons, form and maintain a healthy
relationship with User Groups, ISVs, IOTA, and IBM.
22. In addition to the Liaison Chairperson, be responsible for all
official correspondence with ISVs, User Groups, IBM, and any
other organization.
Section E
The Treasurer shall:
23. Participate as an executive officer of the Executive Board of
VOICE.
24. Be responsible for all monies of VOICE.
25. Maintain all accounts and handle all financial transactions of
VOICE and prepare and issue to each member an annual financial
statement.
26. Prepare and maintain an operating budget by fiscal year for
VOICE. An approval of the budget by the Executive Board is
required.
27. Arrange for an annual audit of the financial accounts of VOICE.
An Audit Committee consisting of at least three (3) members of
VOICE will be appointed by the President. Said committee will
review their findings with the Executive Board for approval.
28. Collect all fees pertaining to membership. The Treasurer may
appoint a member to collect fees in the event of his/her
absence.
Section F
The Legal Assistant shall:
29. Participate as an executive officer of the Executive Board of
VOICE.
30. Be responsible for all legal matters involving VOICE.
31. Be responsible for handling the incorporation of VOICE and
maintaining the legal status of VOICE.
32. Be available for consultation by the Executive Board regarding
legal issues as needed.
Section G
The Liaison Chairperson shall:
33. Participate as an executive officer of the Executive Board of
VOICE.
34. In conjunction with the Secretary and Marketing & Public
Relations Chairpersons, form and maintain a healthy relationship
with User Groups, ISVs, IOTA, the press, and IBM.
35. Maintain a list of User Group, ISV, IOTA, press, and IBM
contacts and be the contact point for Executive Board or members
wishing to reach User Groups, ISVs, IOTA, the press, and IBM.
36. In addition to the Secretary, be responsible for all official
correspondence with ISVs, User Groups, IBM, and any other
organization.
Section H
The Marketing and Public Relations Chairpersons shall:
37. Participate as executive officers of the Executive Board of
VOICE.
38. Be responsible for the marketing and public relations of VOICE
with, but not limited to, User Groups, ISVs, IOTA, the press,
and IBM.
39. Issue press releases, as necessary, for VOICE, ISV, and User
Group news and events.
40. Write articles for both on-line and paper magazines promoting
VOICE news and events.
41. In conjunction with the Secretary and Marketing & Public
Relations Chairpersons, form and maintain a healthy relationship
with User Groups, ISVs, IOTA, the press, and IBM.
42. Inform and provide the Secretary with copies of any official
publications and press releases written and distributed by the
Marketing and Public Relations Chairpersons.
Section I
Scope of Duties:
The duties of the Executive Board and the officers shall include
but not be restricted to those named in this article.
ARTICLE V
Nomination and Election
Section A
1. The Nominating Committee shall present a slate of candidates for
each office at the last scheduled public meeting of VOICE. This
committee will be chaired either by the Past President or a
delegate member appointed by the President.
2. Additional nominations may be appended to the slate of officers
upon receipt by the Nominating Committee, before the close of
the meeting, of a petition signed by five (5) delegate members.
No delegate may sign more than one petition for the same office.
3. Elections shall occur during the course of that meeting.
4. Election shall be by open ballot cast by delegate members.
5. Absentee ballots are not permitted.
6. A candidate is elected upon receiving a majority of the votes
for the office. Should the first ballot fail to produce a
majority vote for any office(s), a run-off shall be held between
the two candidates receiving the highest and second highest
number of votes cast for the office(s).
7. The procedure for electing the remaining members of the
Executive Board shall be as follows. Each delegate member may
vote for as many candidates as there are vacancies to be filled.
Those candidates, equal in number to the actual number of
vacancies to be filled, receiving the highest number of votes
shall be declared elected to the Executive Board. In the case of
a tie which results in a conflict, a run-off between the tied
candidates shall be held to fill the vacancies remaining.
8. Elected officers and Board members shall assume their duties
upon adjournment of that meeting.
Section B
Vacancies:
9. In the event the office of President becomes vacant, the Vice
President shall succeed to the Presidency.
10. When any other office becomes vacant, the Executive Board shall
act to fill the office for the unexpired term. They shall use
such procedures for this as they deem advisable under the
circumstances, including if they wish, the holding of a special
election.
Section C
Eligibility:
11. Only member delegates are eligible to be Executive Board
members.
12. No restriction shall be placed on the number of times a person
may be re-elected to office.
13. No nomination shall be accepted unless the nominee has given
assurance of willingness to fulfill the responsibilities and
duties of the office for which he is nominated.
14. Employees and relatives of IBM and its subsidiaries are
ineligible to serve as officers or members of the Executive
Board. However, IBM can appoint an official non-voting
representative(s) to act as vendor liaison at Executive Board
meetings and committee meetings.
Section D
Duties of Officers:
15. The Executive Board shall:
16. Establish official policy for VOICE. This includes a Code of
Ethics and standard practices to be observed at all VOICE
functions.
17. Monitor and supervise all VOICE related activities.
18. Establish fees for membership.
19. Sanction special projects related to VOICE.
20. Control the distribution of VOICE membership roster to parties
internal and external to VOICE.
ARTICLE VI
MEETINGS
Section A Definitions for Meetings of VOICE:
1. A formal meeting is an event composed of one or more scheduled
sessions for the general membership of VOICE. The sessions may
be concurrent and/or contiguous for each day of the meeting. A
formal meeting is completed when adjourned 'sine die.'
2. The Executive Board will conduct separate meetings to conduct
the business of VOICE. Board meetings will be open to all
members.
3. Committees will conduct separate meetings to discuss pertinent
topics of interest. Committee meetings will be open to all
members.
Section B
Schedules:
4. Formal meetings will be conducted at least twice a month.
Locations for these meetings shall be selected by the Executive
Board based on the recommendations of the Program Committee.
5. Executive Board meetings will be conducted at least two times a
month. The President shall select the meeting location and time.
6. Committee meetings will be conducted periodically as determined
by the committee. The Committee Chairman shall select the
meeting location and time.
Section C
Meeting Preliminaries
7. The agenda and other particulars for a formal meeting shall be
distributed by the VOICE Secretary to the members at least 2
days prior to the opening day of the formal meeting.
8. The agenda and other particulars for a board meeting shall be
distributed by the VOICE President to the members of the
Executive Board at least 2 days prior to the opening day of the
board meeting.
9. The agenda and other particulars for a committee meeting shall
be distributed by the Committee Chairman to interested members
at least 2 days prior to the opening of the committee meeting.
Secton D
Attendance:
Attendance at all meetings is limited to members, guests invited
by the Executive Board, and other interested parties.
Section E
Proceedings:
A recording secretary shall be assigned for each meeting. For
formal meetings and board meetings, this will be the VOICE
Secretary. For committee meetings, the Chairman will appoint a
member to record the events in a fashion acceptable to the VOICE
Secretary.
Section F
Restriction:
10. No member or guest of VOICE shall engage in employment
recruiting and/or interviewing at and during any meeting.
11. Meetings of VOICE shall not be used as a vehicle for direct
solicitation of business. To clarify, the Executive Board or a
Committee Chairman may from time to time invite a vendor or
consultant to a meeting to describe their product and/or
service. In this event, the vendor/consultant can describe their
product/service and pricing structure to the general membership
in attendance, but must avoid direct solicitation for business
from individual members during the meeting.
Section G
Meetings:
The date and location of any meeting to be sponsored by VOICE or
by any of its committees must be coordinated with the Vice
President and/or Secretary before being formally scheduled or
announced.
ARTICLE VII
COMMITTEES
Section A
Establishment of Committees:
1. A committee and its charter are established by the President
with the approval of the Executive Board.
2. The Chairman is appointed by the President with the approval of
the Executive Board.
3. The Chairman appoints the members of the committee. However, a
committee may be as small as one (1) member.
4. The Chairman shall keep the Secretary informed, on a timely
basis, of the membership and activities of the committee.
5. A committee may be dissolved, or its charter modified, or its
chairman removed by the President with the approval of the
Executive Board.
ARTICLE VIII
COMMUNICATIONS
Section A
Distribution:
The official distribution of information to the members shall be
through the Secretary.
Section B
Nature of Material:
Material sent to the Secretary for distribution is considered
non-proprietary and unclassified. Material is unequivocally subject
by the Secretary and VOICE.
Section C
Library:
A library of material will be maintained by the Secretary in a manner
to be determined by the Executive Board.
Section D
Communication with the Vendor:
All official communications between VOICE and the OS/2 vendor, IBM,
about matters of VOICE business must be conducted through the VOICE
President, or through such individual(s) as he/she may designate.
ARTICLE IX
PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
Section A
"Robert's Rules of Order" shall prevail except that where they
conflict with these bylaws, the bylaws shall govern.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS
Section A
Proposals:
Amendments to the bylaws may be processed by action of the Executive
Board or by a petition to the Secretary of five (5) or more members.
Notice of a proposed amendment must be distributed to the membership
at least one week prior to the formal meeting at which discussion is
expected.
Section B
Voting Procedure:
Amendments to the by-laws shall be voted on at formal meetings. A
majority of the votes is required to carry the proposed amendment.
Section C
Restriction:
The VOICE Secretary or other members of the Executive Board may not
edit proposals for bylaw amendment.
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.2. VOICE Newsletter - VOICE Code of Ethics ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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Code of Ethics
VOICE Home Page: http://www.os2voice.org
The objective of the Code of Ethics is to declare and set forth the means
to enforce the minimum ethical conduct expected of all members as
professionals. They are the absolute minimum level of conduct required of
every member.
Be courteous and respectful to every person I [we] come in contact with
when representing VOICE.
Perform my professional activities with honesty and in a way that will
enhance my [our] reputation and the reputation of VOICE.
Not knowingly misrepresent VOICE nor will I [we] engage in dishonest or
illegal practices.
Build confidence and good will with the public by poise, self-restraint
and constructive cooperation.
Not misrepresent my [our] membership, nor assert or imply that VOICE
membership is evidence of accreditation or endorsement.
Not write, speak, or act in such a way as to lead another to believe that
I [we] officially represent VOICE, unless duly authorized to do so by the
officers, or Bylaws of VOICE.
I [we] have read, understand and accept the Code of Ethics as stated
Name: ______________________________________Date:_____________
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you have read and agree to the terms and conditions of VOICE, send the
signed membership form and check, (in US dollars) made payable to VOICE
User Group, to:
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Confirmation of receipt and membership number will be sent to your email
address as listed. If no e-mail address is supplied, receipt will be sent
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We would like to thank the following companies for supporting VOICE:
2Rud Software. http://www.netusa -
BMT Micro http://www.bmtmicro.com BMT Micro is a leading OS/2 software reseller
serving the entire OS/2 community with a wide
range of OS/2 software for every need.
GammaTech, Inc. http://www.gt-online.com -
Hethmon http://www.hethmon.com -
Brothers
InnoVal Systems http://www.innoval.com -
Solutions, Inc.
Maxmars http://www.ososoft -
Millennium http://www.millenniu -
Technology
Panacea http://www.panaceasoft.com -
Software
PillarSoft http://www.fm-net Developers of WarpZip, ShowTime/2 and the Enhanced
E Editors
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