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| Subject: | OS/2 News, Views and PRs 29-9-97 |
OS/2 News, Views and PRs 29-9-97
Index (partial)
Domino
LogoArt
NeoN 3D
WorkPad
Graham Utilities
TechQueries
MoneyTree
RSM OS/2 Win32
and more.....
some latest specials:
NeoN 3D (finally in stock) OS/2 and Win95/NT now only A$365.
NeoN 3D Lite (OS/2 only) now only A$75.
ColorWorks 2 CD only A$49, CD + Book A$99.
LogoArt $A110
Please explain
The original Notes server run only on OS/2. Subsequent versions added
several other supported platforms, so when you purchased Notes you can
install it on your choice of platform. When Lotus (an IBM company) launched
Notes Domino Starter Pack, like the stand-alone server, all platforms were
included. Now that Lotus is embarking on aggressive marketing campaign for
Domino, Domino Starter Pack was 're-manufactured' and includes only an NT
server, the OS/2 server is gone.
cc:Mail
System requirements for cc:Mail
OS/2 client 11MB Window client 65MB
is it really 6x better ? Considering the OS/2 version mail-enables the
entire desktop & system, with any physical object mailable via RMB pop-up,
as well as drag'n'drop, I wonder what does the Win version do.
IBM WorkPad
Did they read about it here ? We may never know, but IBM has just announced
IBM WorkPad, a re-badged USR-3COM PalmPilotPro. I guess that means we'll
never see OS/2 software for the Pilot.
Software Choice is a 2-year subscription program that delivers fully
tested, application-style features to extend the function of your operating
system without compromising the stability and reliability of your
installation. You select the features that fit your needs, then download
them via the internet! Software Choice also entitles you to product
upgrades released within your contract period.
$410 OS/2 Warp 4 SW Choice Pkg
$820 OS/2 Warp Svr 4 SW Choice Pkg
$1150 OS/2 Warp Svr Adv SW Choice Pk
.........................Sydney PC Users Group..........................
...................... .......................
......................OS/2 Special Interest Group.......................
........................... ............................
...........................September Meeting............................
Topic: CAD, featuring MicroStation/2.
When: Monday 15th September
Starts: 6pm
Where: Level 10, IBM Building, Corner of Market and Sussex Streets
Sydney
Other features: Door prizes, Q&A, all sorts of fun.
See you there!
Chris Halliday
OS/2 SIG Leader
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LogoArt V.1.12 now available!
****Only A$109*****
A new update for LogoArt, the vector graphics editor for OS/2 is now
available.
NEW in Version 1.12!
- A new version of KVEC 1.91 is available. KVEC converts between the
various vector formats or vectorizes bitmaps into the LogoArt format. Full
details are given in the kvec.txt file.
- minor bugfixing for the bitmap editing operations.
- help in German has been added
An update plus more information is available at our web site
www.worklab.com or by ftp from ftp://ftp.worklab.com/pub/update . An
English (upd112e.zip) and a German (upd110d.zip) version are available for
download.
To install refer to the read.me file.
Also available is a tutorial file covering the new bitmap operations. The
file is available online for browsing at
http://www.worklab.com/Logoart/workshop/workshop.html or for download at
ftp://ftp.worklab.com/pub/golden/workshop.zip .
Enjoy!
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Reply-to: grobin@iname.com (Gary L. Robinson)
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Filename: stats102.zip
Filesize: 94756 bytes
web page: http://www.coax.net/people/grobin
Registration: $15.00
Available at :
ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/stats102.zip
http://www.coax.net/people/grobin
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming
and eventually : ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/system
Stats is a 32 bit fully integrated program that makes it easier to see the
data for your files, folders, and directory trees in easy to use popup dialog
boxes. Instead of searching through notebook pages over and over - instead of
having to go to the dreaded command line - USE STATS! Easily see the
important file dates, size, and attributes at a single click. See complete
file size stats for folders and directory trees. Stats also supports folder
statistics in the titlebar of every folder. Customizable, fast, and
efficient! Get the Stats today and stop clicking that poor mouse and key
board of yours into an early grave!
Requirements : OS/2 Warp 3.x or 4.x
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Gary L. Robinson
Author of ZipZap, Stats, NetChat for OS/2-Win95,
Desktop Wizard, Little Digital talking Clock, MailRun,
PadHD, CmdHere, Prompt, and other OS/2 programs!
OS/2 Utility Web Page : http://www.coax.net/people/grobin
NetChat Support Page : http://cud.cow-net.com/badams/index.htm
e-mail : grobin@iname.com e-mail : grobin@coax.net
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ONG Software is a developer of quality OS/2 Software Tools designed to
increase your productivity and efficiency without depleting your budget. We
have now been dedicated to the OS/2 Shareware Community for over a year and
have great plans for the future.
The Complete OS/2 Links Page! is a listing of over 565 active and indexed(with
descriptions) OS/2 related links. It is offered freely to the OS/2 Community
by ONG SoftWare!
ONG SoftWare - http://www.ongsw.com
- Info@ongsw.com
The Complete
OS/2 Links Page! - http://www.ongsw.com/links/links.html
- WebMaster@ongsw.com
WHAT'S NEW:
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ONG SoftWare's Software Give-Away:
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ONG SoftWare is having another software give-away. For more information
come on by and click on the Software Give-Away link from the main page.
Under Development:
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We are running far behind schedule on everything, so please understand
we are trying our best and are doing our best to keep things updated and
moving towards the future.
ONG Utilities I: We plan another release within a month to fix a few
minor bugs and a couple of enhancements.
Web Organizer: This update is taking a little longer then expected. We
are trying to add a lot of enhancements you have been asking for. We
will release the newest version as soon as possible.
Other: We have some other projects in the works, but no definite plans
for any releases at the moment.
The Complete OS/2 Links Page!:
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"The Complete OS/2 Links Page!" has been updated, there are currently
over 565 active OS/2 links. Check it out, you will not be disappointed!
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
ONG SoftWare - info@ongsw.com
-= Creators of Web Organizer for OS/2 =-
HomePage: http://www.ongsw.com
[The Complete OS/2 Links Page! ]
http://www.ongsw.com/links/links.html
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Reply-to: bwardell@nospamme.stardock.com (Brad Wardell)
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Stardock Announces Its Next Generation Strategy Game -- Entrepreneur!
Entrepreneur shows just how much fun a real-time corporate
warfare game can be!
Livonia MI -- Stardock Systems announced its new strategy game Entrepreneur
today. Entrepreneur is a real-time, multi-player, strategy game set in the
real world of business. It is not a business simulator. Nor is it a
shoot-em-up game. In essence, the idea behind Entrepreneur is that every day,
corporate CEOs as at companies like Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Time Warner, and
TCI are all waging all out war on each other.
"Why should the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs of the world get to do this sort of
cool stuff? Now everyone can try to crush their enemies in business too!"said
Brad Wardell, President, Stardock Systems, Inc.
In Entrepreneur, players start a company and choose a market to conquer. The
game ships with the computer market, other markets will become available later
on from Stardock and third parties.
The player begins with a single site and a sales executive. The site provides
a location to build the marketing, research, sales, manufacturing and
recreational buildings that make up the backbone of every corporate empire.
The sales executive makes sure your company is represented in the region of
the world it is in.
Moreover, each region has different desires and through research and
development, you must try to engineer your products to meet their demands.
However, different parts of the world have very different demands. For
example, one player may dominate North America through their leadership in
reliability while the buyers in Europe may demand performance and thus be a
minor player there to companies who are ahead of you in performance.
To offset this, Entrepreneur lets people see just how powerful marketing is.
As the player's company grows, they can build up their marketing
infrastructure. Soon, they=92ll be creating all types of different marketing
campaigns ranging from TV campaigns all the way down to good old FUD (Fear,
Uncertainty and Doubt). Marketing campaigns act as movable units on the map,
so players can move those units to places they think they can do the most
damage.
On top of all this, certain regions have special resources. If the player is
the market leader in a region with a special resource he or she gets access to
it. The resources types are political, scientific, labor, criminal, and
media. If the player has enough of these resources, Direct Action Cards that
are available will begin to light up. Players receive a random Direct Action
Card at the beginning of each game year.
Direct Action Cards are the great equalizer of Entrepreneur and their powers
can vary between insignificant to helping clinch the game. Have enough
political resources? Then use your clout with the government to shut out a
competitor from a target region. Hold enough labor resources? Lure away an
enemy sales executive or incite a labor strike at a target region. There are
many dozens of cards in Entrepreneur to choose from and they really do stir
things up.
The game is won when any player has achieved a basic monopoly share of the
market (you don't necessarily drive your opponents out of business but keep
them around for anti-trust purposes -- like say giving them $200 million to
keep them afloat...).
While many games that have multi-player support have poor AI, Stardock takes
its computer players seriously. The AI in Entrepreneur was developed by the
same team that created the AI for Galactic Civilizations (the 1995 game of the
year from the Internet Top 100). Each computer player has a unique
personality, so that one computer player that makes a mistake may not be found
in a different one.
Multi-player play is pretty much expected today and Entrepreneur may have the
best Internet performance of any game currently available. Players can play
people from around the world and Entrepreneur can handle latency times as
great as 5 seconds or more without missing a beat (most games can't handle
more than .5 seconds). With STARDOCK.NET, players can visit other players in
a chat forum right from within the game and join their games easily -- no
searching around for someone to play.
Another unique feature to STARDOCK.NET is its hall of fame. The top 100
scores are kept track of so players can get an idea of who is the best at it.
Imagine Quakeworld or Battle.net where players can keep track of number of
"frags" and thus be recognized for their...ruthlessness.
Entrepreneur will be generally available from select retailers starting
October 10. It will also be available directly from Stardock at
1-888-STARDOCK. Entrepreneur=92s list price is $49.95. Stardock Systems,
Inc. Can be reached at (313)762-0687 or via fax (313)762-0690. Its email
address is info@stardock.com. Stardock=92s web site is
http://www.stardock.com. The game requires a high end 486 PC or better
running Windows 95, Windows NT, or OS/2 Warp 3 or later, and a CD-ROM drive.
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Reply-to: grobin@iname.com (Gary L. Robinson)
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Filename: zz125.zip
Filesize: 432509 bytes
web page: http://www.coax.net/people/grobin
Registration: $25.00
Available at :
ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/zz125.zip
http://www.coax.net/people/grobin
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming
and eventually : ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/archiver
ZipZap is a 32bit program that makes handling ZIP files easier than it has
ever been before! ZipZap is fast and efficient because it is integrated into
OS/2 and allows you to use popup menus, drag and drop, template objects, and
more to take all the work out of managing your ever growing mass of archived
files and relegates it to a few clicks of the mouse or the keyboard. Create
new ZIP files with a single click or drag and drop, view, add to, unzip, and
customize without worrying about command line syntax.
Requirements : OS/2 Warp 3.x or 4.x and the latest version
of ZIP/UNZIP from InfoZip (free)
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Gary L. Robinson
Author of ZipZap, Stats, NetChat for OS/2-Win95,
Desktop Wizard, Little Digital talking Clock, MailRun,
PadHD, CmdHere, Prompt, and other OS/2 programs!
OS/2 Utility Web Page : http://www.coax.net/people/grobin
NetChat Support Page : http://cud.cow-net.com/badams/index.htm
e-mail : grobin@iname.com e-mail : grobin@coax.net
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Reply-to: lroger@clear.net.nz (Lyndsay Roger)
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In the last year I have been working to improve my skills in Java and I have
been unable to do any development work on CD in a Box so I have decided to
release the source code in the hope some one else may continue work or it may
be useful to anyone wanting to learn about OS/2 development.
May I also say a big thanks to all the people who sent me postcards, maps and
email messages. I have enjoyed getting them all :-))
You can download the source code from my web page at
http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/lroger/cdbox.html
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Submitted by: Leal@nuxnet.com.br (Marcel Leal Marcel)
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I put some of my info about OS/2 in a site called Warp Xperience, where I tell
I hope that can help those in need of more info on OS/2.
Warp Xperience, http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2999
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NEW-INFO.TXT - The latest build information - mods, additions etc.
To retrieve and install this CSD you have a number of options
The manual method involves downloading the CSD zip file,
To retrive the file, you have a number of options and methods available
To use FTP, log on using the following details:
Host ftp.warpspeed.com.au
Make sure that your transfer mode is set to BINARY and then GET the
To Use Gopher, you can connect using one of two ports (70 or 77).
Gopher -p 70 -h updates.warpspeed.com.au
or
Gopher -p 77 -h updates.warpspeed.com.au
The telnet methods allows you to log onto the BBS. Enter:
Telnet bbs.warpspeed.com.au
The automatic method is to use the retrieve software updates program
Update -h updates.warpspeed.com.au -t C:\GU20
(assuming that C:\GU20 was where you installed the utilities).
If you are using Warp 4, IBM did not supply the Update.Exe program,
Further instructions and information on RSU (and links to the IBM page
http://www.warpspeed.com.au/updates.htm
(These pages also have FTP links as well).
-Chris 16/9/97
WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
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Please be advised that today we have released the October 1997
NOTE: If you would like to be removed from this mailing list,
OS/2 CONNECT is THE authoritative source for contact information
The newsletter is implemented as a web page at:
It is also available as a set of HTML files suitable for use with standard
1. Commercial Networks:
A. America Online
In Computing; "OS/2 Forum" - under "OS/2 Newsletters"
NOTE: You can also access our Web site through AOL's
B. CompuServe
In the "IBM OS/2 Users+" Forum (GO OS2USER), go to the
2. On the Internet:
FTP Sites: hobbes.nmsu.edu (/pub/os2/info/newsltr/connect) or
World Wide Web Sites:
OS/2 CONNECT home page (HTML)
- the zipped HTML files for downloading can be found at:
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The OS/2 CONNECT HTML files can be distributed free of charge.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RE-DISTRIBUTE THIS NOTICE ACCORDINGLY.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
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>>I start Netscape, it load either (my) home page or whatever page. When I
Try cleaning out your disk cache ... > options, > netscape network
Joel Rosenblatt - Joel@columbia.edu (Columbia University)
*** and it WORKED***
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I have just got FP3 installed and would like to pass on a few points.
1) There has been a lot of comment in the OS2.BUGS news group about
The problem was that I installed my CDROM on an the secondary IDE port with
2) As a result of all of the above, my OS2 environment was not very well. I
If you can afford some time I highly recommend doing the above. I am
Brian
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September 1997
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* Full WPS integration:
* Account ledgers for:
* All ledgers support reconciliation, transfers between accounts, split
* Create as many ledgers as you need and put them where ever you want.
* Sophisticated query and report modules:
* Easy to use Budgeting:
* Financial analysis using "What If" scenerios:
* Import from Quicken QIF files
* unlimited Money Tree objects of any type
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OS/2 Warp 3 Fixpak 17 or later
OR
OS/2 Warp 4 Fixpak 2 or earlier
12 meg free disk space
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Money Tree can be downloaded from:
Mount Baker Software web site at:
http://www.mount-baker.com/download.htm
Filenames:
OR
MTDem1.zip through MTDem6.zip
Hobbes FTP site at:
currently in the pub/incoming directory,
It is available as one zip archive, MTDemo.zip, approximately 8 meg in size,
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Reply-to: pierre@datarescue.com (Pierre Vandevenne)
IDA Pro is a multi-operating system, multi-processor, auto commenting,
New features in 3.7 include
- functional color highlighting
Upgrade Policy
IDA Pro 3.7 is available free of charge to all IDA 3.5 or above users.
Pricing Policy
Native DOS, OS/2 and Win32 versions are available.
Single User Licenses are available at 199 USD. Site license discounts
Please contact info@datarescue.com for more information
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Reply-to: ivaes@hr.nl (Illya Vaes)
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I have uploaded the first public beta (5) of my native OS/2 port of Tk 4.1 and
NB: I have mistakenly linked the executables with /PACK:2, so these will not
This has been/is a private effort which has no connection with my employer.
My home address:
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MD+F Marauder 3 is an image database, search, and browsing tool designed to
Image Browsers - To examine contents of directories, virtual directories
Image Choosers and Slideshow - To examine and filter images to be kept or
Image Attributes - To assign attributes to images. By assigning attributes
Quick Search - To search your drives or M3's database for images based on
Comprehensive Search - To search your drives or M3's database for images
Drive Management - To use more meaningful names for drives, such as ZIP:
Media Management - To distinguish storage media from each other. Instead of
And MD+F M3 has been designed not to interfere with how you handle your
MD+F M3 also includes other common SX features such as basic image
You can get current information about the MD+F M3 from Modular Dreams at
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PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA (September 15, 1997) - M. Bryce & Associates, Inc. (MBA)
OS/2 CONNECT is THE authoritative source for contact information in the
The newsletter is implemented as a web page at:
Title & Publisher
A 1README.TXT file is attached to the .ZIP file explaining how to install and
OS/2 CONNECT is distributed electronically to the following:
FTP Sites: hobbes.nmsu.edu (/pub/os2/info/newsltr/connect) or (/pub/incoming)
World Wide Web:
OS/2 CONNECT home page (HTML) http://www.os2ss.com/connect/
- the zipped HTML files for downloading can be found at:
IN BRAZIL
IN DENMARK
3. Bulletin Boards:
The OS/2 CONNECT HTML files may be distributed free of charge.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact:
Tim Bryce Editor, OS/2 CONNECT
The new issue of OS/2 Computing! Magazine is out! This is a very
This months issue: (a slimmer issue than usual)
Editorial: This is probably the most important editorial the editor has ever
Please read it and see where we are heading.
Letters to the Editor
Commentary
Networks: Ask Timmy
Beginners' Luck (for the beginner in all of us)
**** Please be aware that this issue is the FINAL ISSUE of OS/2
We will, in fact, be one of the few, if not the only publication, to
We would like to thank all of our faithful readers for staying with us in
Note: I will not be responding to any flames from COOA... : - )
Ty Shrake
Reply-to: cepayne@uoguelph.ca (Chris Payne)
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Available at ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/pwws110.zip and
Short Description:
PlanetWide v1.10 is a powerful, multithreaded, 32-bit OS/2 HTTP Web Server. It
As the webmaster, you require an HTTP server that is lean on the system
There is also a lot of important information available to you in the log file,
The server configuration is very simple, and you should be up and running in
FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE:
Reply-To: jd@gelnhausen.net
This is my OS/2 port of DOC++ 3.01. I have used the famous GNU-C
DOC++ is a documentation system for C/C++ and Java generating both, LaTeX
o hierarchically structured documentation
DOC++ is free software; it is redistributed under the terms of the GNU General
At this time, I would like to thanks Eberhard Mattes for his EMX compiler and
DOC++ is (c) Copyright by Malte Z=F6ckler and Roland Wunderling. The original
The home of the OS/2 port is:
Joerg Desch
- Team OS/2 Germany (#1082) -
Bye,
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===== EDM/2 Announces registration for the online C course
The URL is http://www.edm2.com/
EDM/2 is proud to announce the immediate availability of an introductory C
The general idea is that students will help each other out by answering each
The required text for the course is the famous "The C Programming Language,
Once the C course completes, more courses will be offered, including C++, Java
The cost is $25 US, which can be paid online.
Find more info at http://www.edm2.com/ and register soon!
The deadline is September 22nd, and the course starts that date too.
===== Background
The EDM/2 Web site URL is: http://www.edm2.com/
EDM/2 is currently in its fifth straight year of publishing OS/2 development
EDM/2 is the home of both "Timur Tabi's Developer Links" and "The OS/2 API
You can download EDM/2 straight from the site, or you can read any
Carsten Whimster
Reply-to: tsipple@us.ibm.com (Timothy Sipples)
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Even if you have contacted Lotus Development in the past, you should visit
Nominations will be accepted until October 19, 1997. A limited number of
All participants are expected to install the beta applications they agreed
Customers selected to participate in the Beta program who only have access
To participate, customers must have available a non-production OS/2 Warp 4
(but will we see it before Sydney Olympics ?)
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Reply-to: editor@os2ezine.com (Trevor @ OS/2 e-Zine!)
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This message is to notify you that OS/2 e-Zine! vol. 2, no. 9
and available for download in zipped format from the "Off-line
This issue features:
Reviews of:
* Web Animation Kit for OS/2
** The OS/2 Debate: Will Java Help OS/2 End-users?
** the OS/2 e-Zine! Reader Survey: Results and a new survey!
** the Beta File, Answers from e-Zine!, Graphics Tips, First Looks &
** The top selling commercial software and shareware lists
and more!
OS/2 e-Zine! is a monthly OS/2 magazine published free of charge since 1995 on
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I've recently setup a number of new forums on apcmag.com to provide an area
One of the forums is, of course, OS/2. If you could let all your contacts
Regards,
Ashton
// I went to check your forum, Ashtom, and the first mssg I saw was a
Subject: OS/2 Coverage Category: General Feedback Author: Antonio Lam
Dear Editor,
I always aware that most PC magazines do not provide sufficient coverage of
Thanks,
**********************************************
and how come it's apcmag.com and NOT apcmag.com.au ?
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OS/2's Java VM Picks Up Speed
The OS/2 Java VM's performance in four of the five most important
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VER 1.09 Rev. 1028
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* Built-in hexeditor. Switchable between ASCII and hex anytime. Hex
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http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/1827
Kon can also be downloaded and registered at BMT Micro:
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Industry Press Points
ZDNet AnchorDesk, "How the Web was Won" by Annette Hamilton, August
Press Points
PC Week, OS/2's Java Virtual Machine picks up speed by Michael Caton,
PC Week, IBM Bolsters OS/2 Warp by Michael Moeller, September 1, 1997
PC Week, A Newer, Bluer OS/2 by Sebastian Rupley, August 15, 1997
InformationWeek, Thin Clients for PC Users -- IBM's answer for Zero
Newsbytes, Workspace On Demand From IBM Canada by Grant Buckler,
PCWeek Asias, OS/2 rides on Java to surf the Netwave by Nancy Ho,
IBM Java Update
IBM has recently distributed the first issue of IBM Java Update. This
The Latest Performance Information
The most recent addition to the collection of performance papers on
"Java 1.1 on OS/2 Warp" presents a detailed explanation of the latest
An audit report on Lotus Notes Server performance sponsored by IBM
The aptly titled white paper, "IBM OS/2 Warp Server and Microsoft
Back Issues of OS/2 WARP FM are available on-line at http://
For additional information visit the OS/2 Warp Home Page at:
From: Phil Long
Sent to: Lynne More
** Reply to note from Lynne More
Thought I'd drop you a line regarding my last Email. I have not had a
Where is voice recognition going to go in the future of OS/2? Your company
If IBM wishes to dump customers like us, let us know. I would appreciate an
So so many promises and no care or commitment, just vapour.
I would like a sensible response to my first Email as apposed to a wofting
Regards,
Phil Long
From: Lynne More
Dear Mr. Long,
Lou Gerstner has asked us to respond to your recent e-mail
IBM's strategies for OS/2 and speech are optimized for different
OS/2 is an ideal platform for medium to large size businesses
At this time it is not in our current development plan to provide
Thank you for expressing your interest in our continued development
We made the decision last year to focus on the enterprise
We are committed to making functional enhancements to OS/2
IBM remains firmly dedicated to the future of OS/2 and the millions
Sincerely,
Lynne
Lynne_More@austin.ibm.com@aussmtp
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Canton MI ( Stardock Systems, Inc. A leading independent OS/2 software
The utility suite comes with Stardock's essential utilities as well as a
The utilities include SDS Screen Saver Pro, a powerful screen saver that
Another popular utility is DirMaster Pro which is a powerful file manager
New to OS/2 Essentials Version 2 is SDS Benchmark. While other benchmarks
One of the most unique and useful utilities included is SDS FileGraph/PM
As if these features alone don't justify the $49.95 price, Stardock has
"We felt that the shareware community, which has always been a major force
Numerous fixpacks to OS/2 itself along with Visual Age and third party
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Partial listing of other things that come on OS/2 Essentials Version 2:
The GA version of Adobe Acrobat Reader!
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By the way, System Commander (from V Communications) ranked #1 just ahead
Reply-to: lmcrae@interlog.com
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Some of the features of VRML/2 are:
Visit http://www.interlog.com/~lmcrae for details. The archive can be found
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Public beta (1.99w) test for
PC/2 - Program Commander/2 Version 2.00 for
Version 2.00 Draft
My name is Roman Stangl, and I'm asking you to join the public
You can download the beta 1.99w (about 531kB) from my site by
You can get in depth information from my homepage, but for the
Any e-mail (comments/suggestions/bug reports/...) is welcome!
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Best regards
Mikhael Bahmed
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Lyndsay Roger,
http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/lroger/
Invercargill, New Zealand
I've been using OS/2 Warp for some time, since 3.0.
about how I use the system, what are my favorite programs and apps, some
tricks, new programs, etc...
Marcel Leal - http://nuxnet.com.br/marcel/mar-eng.htm
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The sixth CSD for The Graham Utilities for OS/2, V2 has been made
available. These CSD's are cumulative, ie you only need to download
and keep the last one.
at your disposal. There are two methods of installation: manual and
automatic.
extracting it and then running the CSDInst.Exe program. The zip file
also has a CMD file in it to do this for you (UPDINST.CMD).
to you. They are FTP, Gopher or Telnet.
User ID Updates
Password Updates
appropriate file.
For example:
provided by IBM. There are two different versions of the retrieve
software updates program. The first which was supplied with Warp 3
(not Warp 4), used a gopher server on port 77. If you are using Warp 3
then enter:
instead they have created another program RSUInst.Exe (Remote Software
Updates). Using this method, you open a web page and select a RSU file
by clicking on it. This downloads a small .RSU file to your browser,
and if your web browser is correctly configured to recognise the MIME
type "application/rsu", passes it onto RSUInst.Exe which then logs via
FTP onto a specified server, downloads the file(s) and then runs any
specified installation program.
to get it all) can be found on the WarpSpeed Computers Updates page
that can be accessed via the following URL:
Voice: +61-3-9384-1060 PO Box 212 FidoNet: 3:632/344
FAX: +61-3-9386-9979 Brunswick Internet: chrisg@warpspeed.com.au
BBS: +61-3-9386-3104 VIC 3056 CompuServe: 100250,1645
300-28,800 N,8,1 ANSI Australia Web Pages:
http://www.netins.net/showcase/spectre
http://www.warpspeed.com.au
OS/2 CONNECT - October 1997
issue of the OS/2 CONNECT newsletter.
simply send an e-mail reply of REMOVE.
in the universe of IBM's OS/2 32-bit operating system.
http://www.os2ss.com/connect/ <--NOTE: NEW ADDRESS!!!
web browsers, such as the Netscape Navigator or IBM's WebExplorer. The file
is named CON1097.ZIP which includes a 1README.TXT file describing the
newsletter and how to install it. The newsletter is being distributed
through the following channels:
"OS/2 on the 'Net" section in the OS/2 Forum;
select "OS/2 Publications Websites."
Library & Browse the "Documentation" section.
(/pub/incoming)
ftp-os2.cdrom.com (/pub/os2/incoming) or (/pub/os2/newsltr)
http://www.os2ss.com/connect/ <--NOTE: NEW ADDRESS!!!
http://www.os2ss.com/connect/purpose.htm
http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2.shtml
http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2_eng.shtml (in English).
http://www.zitech.dk/userwebs/ericjohs/Teamnet.htm
ABSOLUT(e)LY TEMPORARY (Las Vegas, NV) 702/254-8601
Clarion BBS (Tampa, FL) 813/832-3851
IBM OS/2 BBS Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia) +386-61-1253464
Interactive BBS (India) +91-11-7104973
The Lighthouse OS/2 Support BBS/HUGO (Netherlands) +31-183-402427
MBA's The "PRIDE" Network (Palm Harbor, FL) 813/786-4864
NightCall (Odense, Denmark) +45-6312-1074
OS/2 Home BBS (Zlin, Czech Rebulic) +420-67-523247
OS/2 Shareware;Pete Norloff's BBS (Fairfax, VA) 703/242-4482
Status Indiagate (New Delhi, India) +91-11-6985111, 6993111
Status Kalptaru Net (Nagpur,M.S,India)+91-712-744323,745946,745715
Viper OS/2 (Enschede, The Netherlands) +31-53-4780086
Virtual Dream BBS (Palermo, Italy) +39-91-489642
Xanadu OS/2 BBS (Stockholm, Sweden) +46-8-918390
Tim Bryce
Editor, OS/2 CONNECT
M. Bryce & Associates, Inc. (MBA)
777 Alderman Road
Palm Harbor, FL 34683
United States
Tel: 813/786-4567
Fax: 813/786-4765
BBS: 813/786-4864
E-Mail: TimB1557@aol.com
CompuServe: 76235,2364
WWW: http://www.os2ss.com/connect/
MBA: Developers of the "PRIDE" Information Factory(R)
and Batch Manager
Since 1971: "Software for the finest computer - the Mind"
Netscape/2 goes 100% CPU....
>try to follow a link or load another page, CPU goes solid 100%, and nothing
>happens. After a CtlrEsc, Win list comes up with great delay, then, again
>very S L O W L Y I can select N and it will accept Close, after that, back
>to normal.
>
preferences, Clean Disk Cache. you can also clean out the c:\netscape\
cache directory. Netscape seems to loop sometime on bad cache entries
This happens on all of the versions of netscape (OS/2, win95, winnt).
Mgr VM Systems and Team OS/2 member - http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~joel
612 W 115th St.,N.Y. N.Y. 10025,711 WATSON,(212) 854-3033
IBM1S506.ADD. Most are saying the using the /!BM option does not seem to
help. They are correct. I am currently running with no options set all.
no jumpers set. As soon as I put a jumper across the Master pins all was
well.
attempted to do a recovery from a backup but I was not happy with that so I
decided to reinstall. Installed off the Vanilla Warp4 CDROM. Then decided
to skip FP1 and went straight to FP3. Best decision I ever made. The system
is running just like a bought one.
getting spectacular results out of Injoy now, more on Injoy later.
RAPT Co-ordinator
Per Ardua Ad Astrum
-35.32194 149.00623 768M
MONEY TREE PREVIEW
Money Tree Personal Financial Package
Preview Release
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Mount Baker Software is pleased to announce the preview release of
Money Tree, a personal financial package for OS/2. You are being notified
via email because you signed up at our web site, participated as a beta
tester or otherwise expressed interest in being notified of it's impending
release.
FEATURES of Money Tree Preview Release
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Use Drag and drop to create new ledgers, reports, printers
Place Money Tree objects anywhere; desktop, folders or launchpads
Smooth, fast and easy-to-use interface
Datatree for managing categories and portfolios
Checking
Cash
Savings
Loans
Credit Cards
transactions, calculator and calendar functions, filtering of categories
based on transaction type, printed checks, easy access toolbars.
Custom Querys using point and click selections
Cash Flow to review your income and expenses
Net Worth to analyse your assets and liabilities
Display or print results as a table or a graph
Auto budget based on previous financial history
Budgeting periods of Weekly, Bi-Weekly, 2xMonth, Monthly and Yearly
Display and print as a table or a graph
Present Value determines a contribution amount based on a fixed future value
Future Value determines a future value based on a fixed contribution
Loan Amortization to help you look at your loan costs
Credit Card Payoff can compare different payoff strategies
Annual Yield calculates the yield on a loan or investment
LIMITATIONS of this Money Tree Preview Release
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This Preview Release of Money Tree is fully functional in all ways with the
exception of being restricted to the manual entry of 12 transactions per
ledger. You may still import, display and use an unlimited number of
transactions for testing purposes, but you cannot enter more than 12 new
transactions manually.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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16 meg ram
DOWNLOAD INFORMATION
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MTDemo.zip - Contains entire program
soon to be moved to /pub/os2/apps/money.
or as six smaller zip files MTDem1.zip through MTDem6.zip. Instructions for
installation are included in the readme.txt file within the archive.
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DataRescue announces the availability of IDA Pro version 3.7
( http://www.datarescue.com/ida.htm )
interactive disassembler. Our unique FLIRT Technology (
http://www.datarescue.com/flirt.htm ) recognizes compiler library calls and
dramatically speeds the disassembly process.
- stack variables
- symbolic constants (enums) support
- C++ demangled names (Borland, MicroSoft,Watcom)
- ELF format files
- compressed NLMs support
- unicode strings
- new processors : 6301, 6809
- configurable multi-pass analysis
are available.
Pierre Vandevenne, MD - http://www.datarescue.com
IDA Pro 3.7 adds multi pass analysis, stack variables, symbolic constants,
unicode, ELF support, color highlighting, C++ name demangling to compiler
library recognition - IDA Pro 3.7 : a stunning disassembler !
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OS/2 port of Tk 4.1/Tcl 7.5 available on HOBBES.
Tcl 7.5 (see http://www.sunscript.com/TclTkCore for info) to HOBBES, and it
has been moved to its final destination:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/tcl/tk41b5.zip
For the moment, only binaries are provided, but on release the source will be
included. The port requires EMX 0.9b or higher.
run on OS/2 2.x. Versions linked with /PACK are of course available on request
(I'm hoping not many people using beta software are using versions before Warp
3).
People ecstatic about this software might contemplate sending me a postcard
with a train or tram on it; people not content with it are invited to tell me
why by email.
Illya Vaes
Martin Luther Kingstate 23
NL-6716 NA Ede
Illya Vaes (ivaes@hr.nl) "Do...or do not, there is no try" - Yoda
Holland Railconsult BV, Railtraffic Systems, Control Systems
Postbus 2855, 3500 GW Utrecht
Reply-to: mdf@bix.com (mdf)
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August 25, 1997 - Modular Dreams Incorporated today announces the release
of MD+F Marauder 3 (MD+F M3), their second SX based internet graphics
application for IBM OS/2 Warp.
handle chaotic image collections which can result by downloading images
from Internet or the World Wide Web. Features of M3 are:
(catalogs), or other groupings of images.
disposed of.
in different categories, you can make if easier to find specific images
when you have to.
their name.
based on their name, description, or attributes. You can specify wildcards
as well as logical operations when searching by file name and you may
search for images based on them having a certain attributes, not having a
certain attributes, or being indifferent about it.
instead of the DOS drive letter I:.
using DOS drive names like I: for each Zip diskette, you can assign them
unique names such as ZIPDISK1: or ZIPDISK2:. M3 even lets you search and
browse contents of removable media when not inserted into the drive.
image files. You are fully free to move them around or delete them anyway
you wish. It will learn and upgrade its database to match the changes as it
encounters them.
processing operations, Collapse and Resurrect, and C++ Scripting.
their website located at http://www.modulardreams.com. The website also
contains usage information, screen shots, and a demo version of the
product.
OCTOBER 97 OS/2 CONNECT NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER "OS/2 CONNECT" NEWSLETTER RELEASED
today announced the release of the October issue of OS/2 CONNECT, a freeware
newsletter distributed through the various computer networks and bulletin
boards.
universe of IBM's OS/2 32-bit operating system.
http://www.tbos2cla.com/connect/ . Its HTML files are also available for
downloading and viewing locally. The file is named CON1097.ZIP. The
newsletter includes the following sections:
What's New in this Issue?
Sound Off!
Editorial Page
World Reports (Denmark, Netherlands,
South Africa, and Switzerland)
Calendar of Events
Bulletin Boards
Internet Addresses & Locations
Telephone & Fax Numbers
Team OS/2
OS/2 User Groups
Who's Who of OS/2
Publications
- Books
- Periodicals
- Videos
News & Press Releases
Graphic of the Month
OS/2 Tips, Tricks & Keys
Software Shopper
Products & Services
view the newsletter using stanard web browsers, such as the Netscape Navigator
or the WebExplorer.
1. Commercial Networks:
A. America Online
In the OS/2 Forum (Ctrl+K, "os2"), under "OS/2 News Magazines."
NOTE: You can also access our Web site through AOL's "OS/2 on the
'Net" section in the OS/2 Forum; select "OS/2 Publications Websites."
B. CompuServe
In the "IBM OS/2 Users+" Forum (GO OS2USER), go to the Library &
Browse the "Documentation" section.
2. On the Internet:
ftp-os2.cdrom.com (/pub/os2/incoming) or (/pub/os2/newsltr)
http://www.os2ss.com/connect/purpose.htm
http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2.shtml
http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2_eng.shtml (in English).
http://www.zitech.dk/userwebs/ericjohs/Teamnet.htm
The 42nd Street BBS (Northern Ireland, UK) +44-(0)1247-270883
ABSOLUT(e)LY TEMPORARY (Las Vegas, NV) 702/254-8601
Clarion BBS (Tampa, FL) 813/832-3851
IBM OS/2 BBS Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia) +386-61-1253464
Interactive BBS (India) +91-11-7104973
The Lighthouse OS/2 Support BBS/HUGO (Netherlands) +31-183-402427
NightCall (Odense, Denmark) +45-6312-1074
OS/2 Home BBS (Zlin, Czech Rebulic) +420-67-523247
OS/2 Shareware; Pete Norloff's BBS (Fairfax, VA) 703/242-4482
The "PRIDE" Network, MBA's BBS (Palm Harbor, FL) 813/786-4864
Status Indiagate (New Delhi, India) +91-11-6985111, 6993111
Status Kalptaru Net (Nagpur,M.S,India)+91-712-744323,745946,745715
Viper OS/2 (Enschede, The Netherlands) +31-53-4780086
Virtual Dream BBS (Palermo, Italy) +39-91-489642
Xanadu OS/2 BBS (Stockholm, Sweden) +46-8-918390
M. Bryce & Associates, Inc. (MBA) 777 Alderman Road Palm Harbor, FL 34683
Tel: 813/786-4567 Fax: 813/786-4765
BBS: 813/786-4864 E-Mail: TimB1557@aol.com
CompuServe: 76235,2364 WWW: http://www.os2ss.com/connect/
MBA: Developers of the "PRIDE" Information Factory(R)
and Batch Manager
Since 1971: "Software for the finest computer - the Mind"
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tshrake@mindspring.com (Ty Shrake)
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Hi Folks!
important month for us as we have an important announcement to make regarding
the future of the magazine.
written.
Reviews: Links/2 for OS/2 (Feature)
NcFTP (Freeware!)
Insider info on PMINews
Programming: Programming with Style in C++ (No. 8)
Introduction to TCP/IP (part 2)
Computing! Magazine!! We are changing our format and will become 32 Bits
Online. We are NOT, I repeat, NOT abandoning OS/2!!!! We will continue to
give OS/2 the same coverage as we always have. We are simply spreading our
wings a bit to include other 32 bit platforms, including Win95/NT and Linux.
We will also be focusing on Java. This will give everyone a bit more variety,
but we will never abandon our roots as an OS/2 publication.
showcase OS/2 next to these other platforms, showing it side by side, on a
regular basis. We want to give the reader some balance and show that OS/2
is, in fact, the equal if not superior platform. Anyone reading 32 Bits
Online will see that OS/2 is just as capable and important as the Microsoft
platforms. It is our hope that this will elevate the stature of OS/2 in the
minds of the reading public and hopefully attract more people to OS/2.
the past and sticking with us in this time of transition. Thanks!!!
Contributing Editor/ Marketing Manager
OS/2 Computing! Magazine (http://www.os2computing.com/magazine)
Team OS/2
tshrake@mindspring.com
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New Product: PlanetWide Web Server
Filename: pwws110.zip
Filesize: 320k
Registration: $45 US / 83 DM / 30 Sterling
later today at http://www.bmtmicro.com
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was developed to serve high volumes of data from the OS/2 Warp platform, and
do it efficiently!
resources, and still performs. PlanetWide was written with a text-based
interface, preserving precious memory and virtual swap space.
and in the text window. Further explanation is available; (see: log file ).
just a few minutes. Enjoy.
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* Configurable maximum number of connections
* Configurable maximum packet size (BLOCKSIZE).
* Support for a large number of simultaneous connections.
* Full reverse DNS lookup per connection.
* Complete logging of all incoming connections including
* Number of threads in use at the time.
- Peak threads.
- Client IP address or domain name (DNS lookup).
- File delivered.
- File requested even if file is nonexistent or the
user does not have permission to receive it.
* Built-in NCSA imagemap support (RECT, CIRCLE, POLY, and DEFAULT).
* CGI interface for running external EXE and CMD files (GET and POST).
* Allow/disallow any IP number, range, or subnet on a per directory
basis.
* Directory and file security on a per directory basis.
* Configurable remote server kill from your web browser.
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DOC++ v3.01 -- OS/2 port release 0.2 1. SEPT 1997
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EMX 0.9c (fix03).
output for high quality hard copies and HTML output for sophisticated online
browsing of your documentation. The documentation is extracted directly from
the C++ header or Java class files (like javadoc). Here is a list of
highlights:
o automatic class graph generation (as Java applets for HTML)
o cross references
o high end formatting support including typesetting of equations
Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
Roland Wunderling / Malte Z=F6ckler for DOC++!
sources are located at
http://www.zib.de/Visual/software/doc++/index.html
http://home.t-online.de/home/Joerg.Desch/index.html
jd@gelnhausen.net
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Joerg
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EMail: jd@gelnhausen.net (PGP key on demand!)
Joerg.Desch@T-Online.de
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course, for which registration can be done at the web site. The C course will
be aimed at people who want to learn C, but who have some idea about
programming in general. The format is that of a mailing list with an
instructor setting the pace of reading, and setting exercises for students to
complete.
others questions, and that the instructor will be there as a tie-breaker, and
general guru, answering questions that others cannot.
ANSI edition", Kernighan and Ritchie. This book can be purchased through EDM/2,
by following the bookstore link on the front page.
and much more.
and technical material over the Internet for free, and has a diverse set of
columns, as well as many other interesting technical, power-user, graphics,
and developer articles, written by everyone from students and authors of
shareware to high-ranking IBM officials. Recently, EDM/2 has added an online
bookstore and online courses to its long list of developer-related services.
Project", as well as a growing section called "Code Snippets & Tips".
issue online.
carsten@edm2.com
EDM/2 Editor-in-chief
================================================
The Electronic Developer Magazine for OS/2
http://www.edm2.com/
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Lotus is now accepting applications to the beta program for the new Lotus
Smartsuite for OS/2 Warp Version 4. Visit the Lotus beta application
homepage at http://beta.lotus.com/warpbeta to participate.
this web site and complete a Beta Nomination Form. Beta participants will
be selected based only on information provided on the form.
beta participants will be selected during the week of October 20th.
Additional beta participants will be selected the first week of November,
and beta feedback will be accepted until December 8. Those selected for the
beta program will be notified by e-mail by October 31. Participants should
receive a beta CD-ROM no later than November 14.
to test within three days of receipt of the CD-ROM and to begin providing
feedback within five days. The beta will only be available in "Global
English" (a combined North American and International English edition). IBM
will supply a required "Special Edition" FixPak for OS/2 Warp 4, designed
for installation on a North American English edition of OS/2 Warp 4.
to a non-North American English edition of OS/2 Warp 4 should be able to
install the FixPak by replacing the SYSLEVEL.OS2 file on their OS/2 system
with a SYSLEVEL.OS2 file we plan to provide with the Beta; however,
installing this FixPak on a non-North American English edition of OS/2 Warp
4 will create a system which is unsupported.
system running on a Pentium 90 or higher processor with 32 Mb or more of
Random Access Memory (RAM). Disk space requirements are provided at the Web
site. Lotus reserves the right to limit participation in this beta program.
_____________________________________________________________________
Greetings from the staff and contributors of Haligonian Media and OS/2
e-Zine!.
(September 16, 1997) is now "live" at our WWW site:
Copies" link on our home page.
****
** Word Pro 96 for OS/2
* MainActor/2
* QuickMotion
** News from the OS/2 World and OS/2 Gaming News
Nifty Gadgets, the REXX Files, How Do I?, Networking with OS/2, and
Celebrity Corner with Brad Wardell
** HelpDesk and Harry Martin's OS/2oons
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the WWW (http://www.os2ezine.com/) and in zipped format to BBS's and FTP sites
worldwide. Its purpose is to encourage the use and discussion of OS/2 and its
native software. Every issue reaches over 36,000 readers and contains news,
reviews, tips and articles relevant to the novice and experienced OS/2 user.
where people can chat about their operating system, ask questions
(technical or otherwise) and receive feedback from other users or APC
staff.
know about the forum I would very much appreciate it. Depending on the type
of feedback we get, I'm hoping the forum might become a central area (if
only in a small way) where OS/2 users can discuss topics with other OS/2
users, get help on OS/2 or just keep in contact. The biggest benefit of the
forum on apcmag.com is its local relevance, rather than posting messages on
international groups (though, of course, this has its advantages too!).
complaint from a reader about lack of OS/2 coverage,....
Date: Wednesday, 20/08/97 10:23 ZE10
the IBM OS/2 Operation System. OS/2 is mentioned whenever NT is replacing
it, but not the vice versa. As the below press release pointed out, that
the research done by the Mentis Group shows that OS/2 Warp Server is
beating NT at least in the banking industry, and we should play the fair
game by telling your readers OS/2 does have some strong presence in the
world. I really really hope that you could say something about it.
Antonio
laman@accsoft.com.au
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Michael Caton of PC Week Labs reports that the new Java VM, which
became available in the OS/2 JDK 1.1.1 last month, improved
performance in all areas. And for the first time, the OS/2 Java VM
offers equal or better performance than Windows-based solutions in
several critical areas. Performance was tested using PC Magazine's
JMark 1.01, an applet that measures the performance of Java
applications based on tests of a variety of tasks, such as bit-block
transfers and reclaiming system memory.
tests was equal to or better than that of Java VMs in browsers such
as Netscape's Communicator 4.02 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer
3.02.
Reply-to: bjorn_and@geocities.com
NEW VERSION OF THE TEXT EDITOR KON
Kon is shareware ASCII/HEX editor with a lot of useful functions such as:
startup switch.
* Full control of the file you're editing, even in ASCII mode. No
codes are inserted in the document unless the ones you specify.
* Handles LF only linebreaks without converting the file
* Configurable syntax highlighting (C, C++, IPF and HTML built in!)
* Configurable keys (Borland/Wordstar by default)
* Configurable toolbar
* Macro support
* Undo/redo on all editor functions with configurable buffer
* Multi-threaded operation
* Column block
* Word wrap
* Highly configurable
* Opens up to 10 files in separate windows
* Window manager
* Usable as a file viewer in read-only mode.
* View files in file dialog before you open.
* Autosave
* Prints to printer or file
* Selectable code page
* ASCII table
* Jump to specified position at program startup
* Small and easy to use.
The latest version can always be downloaded from
from: OS/2 WARP FM Transmitting 100% Pure Java Energy
VOLUME 2 - OS/2 WARP FM InfoFlash - FLASH 34
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/warpfm
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25, 1997
This article quotes some pretty stunning statistics on the growth of
the Internet from some of the industry's most respected forecasters.
September 4, 1997
Mr. Moeller sees WorkSpace On-Demand as a shot in the arm for OS/2
Warp Server.
This article interpreted WorkSpace On-Demand as a repositioning of
OS/2 from a general purpose system to one focused on network
computing in the enterprise.
Admin in Windows by Stuart Johnson, September 1, 1997
InformationWeek sees WorkSpace On-Demand as IBM's answer to
Microsoft's Zero Administration Windows initiative.
September 2, 1997
This brief article simply stated the prices for the product and that
IBM Canada had announced WorkSpace On-Demand, which was the software
formerly known by the code-name Bluebird.
July 9, 1997
Staff writer, Nancy Ho, interviewed Donn Atkins, vice-president of
marketing for Personal Software Products at IBM about OS/2's role in
making Java a reality.
new monthly newsletter, similar in format to the IBM Software News
Alert, presents summaries of the latest Java news and articles
appearing on IBM's Java website, http://www.ibm.com/java.
the OS/2 Warp website, "WorkSpace On-Demand Remote IPL
Performance" explores how RIPL (Remote Initial Program Load) is best
employed in the emerging network computing environment. This
excellent planning tool for any organization implementing WorkSpace
On-Demand is available at:
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/workspace/wsodperf.html.
version's performance attributes. The big news is that the 1.1
release measures 1.44 times faster than 1.02 based on CaffeineMark
benchmarks. For the full scoop, check the paper out at:
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/performance/j11wpap.htm.
and Compaq concluded that IBM OS/2 Warp Server Advanced's efficient
use of hardware resources and Compaq ProLiant 800's
price/performance, together, provide a high capacity Notes server wit
h exceptional value. See the whole report at:
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/performance/nbench.htm.
Windows NT Server" reports the benchmark results comparing OS/2 Warp
and Windows NT servers. The measurements conducted by Workstation
Laboratories using ZiffDavis' performance tool, NetBench, indicated
that OS/2 Warp Server 4.0 has greater throughput capacity than Micros
oft NT Server 4.0 for uniprocessors. The SMP comparisons revealed
that OS/2 Warp Server had equivalent or better than NT throughput
capacity. The paper is located at:
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/performance/wslcomp.htm.
www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/warpfm.
http://www.software.ibm.com/os2warp/
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Suzette Minorini
06:06:37 -0400
Dear Lynne and Suzette,
reasonable response, as I call it, to my letter/Email to your office. I
would appreciate some sort of answer to my questions and/or comments.
Should we not receive a reasonable response we will have no alternative but
to abandon IBM. Should we do so we will in effect boycott all IBM software
as confidence in the supplier is a very important element. I do not
understand why IBM is so weak in their decision making. Does IBM still live
in the real world? Why does IBM not sell OS/2 to Microsoft!. They crawl to
him so much so that we do all wonder.
picked up quite a momentum with it's OS/2 sales last year, but then you
panic. We do not wish to change to Microsoft, however should I receive no
satisfactory response, we will simply stop recommending your products. At
present we have set up so many OS/2 machines. This was all done on the
promises made by IBM. Again we want our voice.
open and blatent comment from you. We will leave your domain. Forever. It
will be the same as many vendors and developers. Plus. IBM promised
Netscape 4 IBM promised 32 bit Smartsuite for OS/2. As yet where are they?
waste of words. PLEASE. I am quite angry with IBM. Our investments are
huge.
To:
Subject: Reply
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 06:06:37 -0400
regarding IBM's position on continued VoiceType support for OS/2.
customer segments. With IBM's recently announced speech
products, the Speech Business Unit is aggressively driving speech
into the consumer market. IBM is committed to making speech
an affordable and productive tool for a wide range of home and
small business users.
interested in a network computing solutions. IBM's OS/2 strategy
is to assist our customers in transitioning from a client server model
to a network computing environment with Java serving as the
catalyst of this strategy. It is our intention to design OS/2 as a
premier platform for Java-based computing for our target customers.
OS/2 support for the newly announced IBM ViaVoice Product;
however, we are constantly monitoring and evaluating all our
customers needs and requirements. As customer needs dictate,
we will re-assess the need for future OS/2 support of ViaVoice.
of Speech for OS/2. We are interested in receiving your comments
and will take them into consideration as we plan our future
enhancements and releases to OS/2.
customers for OS/2. We left the OS/2 vs. Windows "debate"
behind and moved forward to reposition OS/2 into the network
computing world. One of the criticisms of OS/2 has been the
lack of applications. Rather than ask our customer and ISV
partners to continue dependency on Windows API's, we
incorporated Java. We believe this environment will yield
many new applications, will offer developers additional
opportunity, and provide customers more freedom in selecting
applications.
that we believe are essential in network computing environments,
and just as importantly, making these enhancements easily and
readily available to our customers. We will offer enhanced support
for Java and Java programming tools (including technology that
merges OpenDoc and Java), and increased functionality for
Intranet/Internet environments.
of customers around the world who have made it their platform of
choice. This commitment is evidenced by the number of major
enhancements we have made to OS/2 on both client and server.
We have fervent company-wide support for our initiatives, beginning
in Lou Gerstner's office, because IBM is aggressively moving into
network computing. The OS/2 platform fits into this overall direction
and will help bring our customers into the next phase of computing.
PSP, Customer Satisfaction Management
OS/2 Essentials Version 2 Generally Available
Stardock's premiere utility suite is packed full of goodies
vendor announced that OS/2 Essentials Version 2 is generally available
today.
host of shareware, freeware, demo software, and fixpacks.
uses Ssaver screen modules, Deskpic screen modules, supports green
monitors, and has built in security. This is easily the most feature rich
screen saver available for OS/2. Moreover, unlike OS/2's built in "lock-up"
feature, Screen Saver Pro does not reset thread priorities which cause
system performance to suffer. Screen Saver Pro 2.0 now offers multimedia
extensions and more screen saver modules than 1.1 did.
that has excellent performance and is very customizable.
are available for OS/2, SDS Benchmark is very easy to use -- a single click
to begin benchmarking all of a PC's hardware subsystems. Users who want to
submit the results of benchmarking their system for system comparisons can
email benchmark@stardock.com.
which graphically displays in bar-chart format where disk space is used.
This feature alone has made OS/2 Essentials a favorite with IS Managers and
power users. Another heavily updated feature of verison 2 is the WPS
Trashcan. With the trashcan installed, users have a robust and easy to use
undelete feature that works in an object-oriented fashion.
taken advantage of room given by distributing it on a CD-ROM. Also included
on the CD are a host of un-registered shareware ranging from PMMail to
PMView.
in the OS/2 market, kind of got left out of OS/2 Warp 4's demo CD." said
Brad Wardell, President, Stardock Systems, Inc. "Shareware authors that are
interested in getting their programs onto future versions of OS/2
Essentials can submit them to us for evaluation giving them a new marketing
channel that did not exist before."
programs also come on the CD. OS/2 Essentials requires OS/2 Warp 3 or later
(OS/2 Warp 3 users will need to obtain a special installation kit from
Stardock's website or via your local Stardock sales representative).
Fixpack #1 for OS/2 Warp 4(in several languages)
Fixpack 26 for OS/2 Warp 3
Corel Office for JAVA BETA
Ghostscript Postscript reader (with viewer)
JAVA 1.02 update
XFree86 OS/2 v3.3
Several programs ported to XFree86 OS/2(including Civilization for XFree86!)
Animated Pointers
Dragtext 2.0
Fontfolder 3.0A
NPSWPS 1.82
SpellGuard
XFile 1.1
Xit 2.4
Injoy dialer 1.1
MR/2 ICE Mailer 1.29
PMMail 1.92
NFTP FTP client
Web Page Grabber
FTPD Daemon
HTML syntax highlighting for EPM
HTML Editor
HTML Studio
David Barnes's Bitmap collection
Additional "cool" desktop bitmaps
Mixer for Sound Blaster cards
Bill Gates AVI ("OS/2 is the platform for the 90's")
OS/2 Bootup Logo Creation Utility
MPEG Audio Player for OS/2
PMView 1.0
QuickMotion 1.1 demo (Quicktime player)
TrueSpectra demo
Boot OS/2
CaffeineMark 2.5 JAVA Benchmark
Config.SYS info tool
GammaTech Utilities 3.0 DEMO
Graham Utilities 2.0 DEMO
Startup Folder Utilities
HPFS access from DOS
LXLite (EXE compression)
Memsize Utility
Phoenix/2 Undelete utility
RAR for OS/2
Unzip 5.3 for OS/2
WPTool 1.9 INI Maintainence
YAOS v1.81 (Yet Another OS/2 Shell)
ZIP 2.1 for OS/2
Demos of Galactic Civilizations, Object Desktop, Trials of Battle
Fixkits for all Stardock products
Reply-to: tsipple@us.ibm.com (Timothy Sipples)
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According to PC Data's list of the 10 best-selling business software titles
in June, IBM's Antivirus (#8) pulled ahead of McAfee Viruscan (#9) as the
top-selling antivirus software. The PC Data list is compiled from 42 retail
and mail order chains representing more than 70% of the U.S. market.
of DOS (#2). Red Hat Linux scored at #4. Obviously there's tremendous
interest (and tremendous sales) of non-Windows operating systems, a story
which perhaps should be more reported. (Neither Windows 95 nor Windows NT
appeared on the list.)
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Now Enterprises is pleased to announce the release of VRML/2. VRML/2 is the
first native OS/2 VRML 1.1 browser that uses OpenGL to render high quality
3D images. VRML stands for Virtual Reality Markup Language and is next step
towards cyberspace.
- Multithreaded.
- Drag and drop colors and font almost anywhere.
- Drag VRML files onto the main viewing area.
- Texture mapping.
- helper friendly for Netscape and others.
- gzip support.
- save snap shots of view (great for backgrounds).
both on nmsu.hobbes.edu and ftp.cdrom.com. The file is called vrml2_1.zip
and is currently in incoming.
Now Enterprise 'Developing for OS/2' |
Leigh McRae, |
lmcrae@interlog.com | http://www.interlog.com/~lmcrae
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Reply-to: rstangl@vnet.ibm.com
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Announcing
IBM OS/2 2.x, 3.x Presentation Manager
Copyright (C) by Roman Stangl August, 1997
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beta test for the soon to be released version 2.00 of the freeware
application PC/2.
following the PC/2 beta link at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/7885/
early birds of you:
PC/2 is a WPS enhancement or replacement, that features a program
Launcher, Virtual Desktops, Hotkey support, Sliding focus, Advanced
Marking, Dynamic Menu Selection, Environment Spaces, WIN95 key
support, QuickSwitch and SessionBar window, Hardware Panning
support, TitleBar Smarticons, Lockup and Password protection
support, Scheduler, WPS extraction, a Spooler Control Window (which
enables spooling even when running PC/2 as a WPS replacement) and
APM support.
Roman Stangl
rstangl@vnet.ibm.com
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Reply-to: mbahmed@iss2you.com (Mikhael Bahmed)
You can try our remote control software called Remote Services Management
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& 4.0. You will be able to take graphical remote control from OS/2 or
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