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| Subject: | OS/2 News, Views & PRs 19/4/97 |
OS/2 News, Views & PRs 19/4/97
In this issue......
An OS2 user replies as requested
C++ TCPIP socket++ library is ported to OS2 and VisualAge C++
Clear & Simple DiskJockey maintenance
Club Argentino
CopyShop 2 printing
Easter Egg
Enhanced E update
Final AIX JDK 1.1 available now
Game Galaxy
HFS 2 Hierarchical File Sytem driver
Hobbes OS2 Archive at New Mexico State University
Hobbes Virtual Mirror
Sibyl Field Test available (Pascal Programming)
Kon now available on BMT Micro!
LARRY ELLISON TWEAKS BILL G'S NOSE AGAIN
MAY 97 OS2 CONNECT NEWSLETTER
MR 2 ICE v1.27 Released
MultiCAD Magazine
Need a Feature
Netrek for OS2
New encryption Software for OS2
NFTP 1.02 is available
ONG SoftWare is pround to announce that ONG Utilities
Operating Systems Survey -- update!
OS!2 Sexcess Story
oS2 Computing! latest issue READY
OS2 way of life
Pilot 4500 & 5000 under OS2
PM Shell for McAfee
R.S.M. NT beta
REXX Code Formatter2 Maintenance
Sslurp! 1.1, WWW mirroring tool
Talos FixPack
tcpdump 3.2.1 OS2 release b
Viper OS2 Site Updated - Viper OS2 News Page Released
VisualAge for Java
VOICE - Web Page Contest
Vote for Warp at Boot magazine survey!
Warp 5 FAQ - Updated and reorganized
Wellington OS2 User Group Meeting -- 16 Apr
World's Best OS2 Desktop Contest!
X-it for OStext!1
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Don't forget Sydney SIG this Monday: Domino
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Reader I/O:
An OS/2 user replies as requested
>In the MultiCad magazine, current issue (Vol.5 No.2) we found this letter:
>Why not warp to OS/2?
> As I am extremely enthusiastic about this platform, which seems to run
> faster and >more reliably than Windows 95 and Windows 3.11, and which
> seems to load >applications faster, I would like to hear from readers who
> actually use OS/2 themselves.
Sure and welcome to the club!
I am a relative newcomer to OS/2. Being an ex NSW public
servant I was a BTOS user when OS/2 got going around 1987. We
BTOS UG people at the time reflected on what an incredible
reinventing the wheel the creation of OS/2 was. BTOS was 10y
ahead of the rest of the world. That was my exposure to a good
OS and was thereafter permanently spoilt.
From 1990 - 94 we then went through a Xenix/Unix phase which
was dreadful overall. But notwithstanding I was exposed to the
world of Unix.
In 1994 I was retrenched ("retired"). Wanting a multi-tasking
environment like work I tried Unixware ver 1.1. I never liked
the flim flamness of Windows. Unixware was a disaster - its DOS
Merge only emulated the 8088 even though I bought a 486 and
worse the serial port only emulated the 8250 when the hardware
had 16550s. My strategy to use my computer as a fax machine for
my SOHO business strategy was crippled!
Around this time OS/2 Warp came along. The seemingly puny
effort starting it in 1987 had grown into a powerful offering
and BTOS had dropped away in viability due to Unisys's
incompetence in marketing. So I tried OS/2 Warp! I have no
experience of earlier versions
I soon became totally hooked! It was a satisfactory answer to
my computing strategy. The virtual DOS box was a full 486
implementation and the serial ports perform as the hardware
allows. It could run Windows programs as tasks like any other
native OS/2 ones. So you did not forego the Windows world. The
VDM (virtual DOS machines) had the virtue of virtual total
backward compatibility. To this day I still use MS Word 5,
dBase IV ver 1.1 and V for Windows mixed in with the more modern
FaxWorks Pro and the Describe WP.
Time has moved on and Win95 software won't run under OS/2.
However, Win95 offerings hardly attract because for me there are
sufficient OS/2 alternatives. In any case, the new stuff is
coming so thick and fast I can't even get interested in them.
They simply don't connect with what goes on in my late 20th
century skull!
I've got into computing consulting as a small personal
business and now I'm trying out promoting OS/2 at local "trash &
treasure" computer markets to drum up business with a "product
differentiation" approach from the vast majority of vendors who
only know about Windows. The effort is also partly an
irresistable curiosity to see what the marketing scope is when
OS/2 is promoted thoroughly enough and with the requisite
"customer focus" (not technical focus which I think has been the
mistake of past efforts) given IBM's inability to promote it to
individual users (individual users as a class make the largest
sector, but an elephant like IBM can't cope with the dispersal
of tens or more thousands of separate users). I'm trying for
three marketing occasions, held at roughly 6 weeks intervals.
If I start making money I'll continue longer. Attached is a
Word 6 format file of the leaflet we hand out at the markets.
(I have another basis for interest but it's too big a subject
for mention here).
However, from my eyes, I can't help wondering if history
will repeat itself. I certainly hope it doesn't. Will IBM and
OS/2 go the way of Unisys and BTOS by 2004? Top exec like John
Soyring say that won't happen but top execs in Unisys said
similar things in 1987! Further, other things IBM are saying
and doing are uncomfortably reminiscient to what I heard and saw
about 10y ago!
Victor Bien
VCB Computing
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Corections, fixes and un-do's:
I have been wrongly saying CopyShop/2 will ONLY print to a PCL printer:
Since v2.0 of 10-15-96 CS/2 prints to all OS/2 printers including network
attached ones when PCL5+ mode is turned OFF. However, PCL mode is *much*
faster (like 10 times faster)
- Paul Balme, CopyShop/2
The OS/2 Copier for ScanJets
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If you are using PMfax/FaxWorks with Intel/PureData Satisfaxtion cards:
there is a problem in release 3.00.05, and unfortunately the current PMfax
CD contains this flaw:
download from www.kellergroup.com US_30005.EXE with corrected fax.adp and
isdll.dll, or contact us.
Updated printer and modem files are also available for download from Keller
web pages, should you be experiencing any problems.
I have said it here and elsewhere, and I keep saying:
If for no other reason, fax, email and comms software "forces" me
to keep using OS/2. Amongst these, PMfax/FaxWorks is one of several unsung
heroes.
Recently an Adelaide client purchased a LAN version, and we received
following email from him:
"Thank you for selling us PMfax/Voice LAN. I believe it will make our office
lot more productive"
BUT it not just me and OS/2 users who think so highly of PMfax, in a recent
discussion on CANOPUS (CI$) forum under heading "Best fax for NT", the
NT Power Users concluded: "all of these NT fax offerings are rather crude
compared to PMfax/FaxWorks"
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In the press:
ARN interviewed Lotus's Papows:
"Where does OS/2 fit in these days?"
Declining . It's there - if you actually look at the customer base , it's
very large . The first server Notes shipped on was OS/2 , so we had a couple
hundred thousand servers in the market before we shipped on anything else .
So if you look at the customer base , OS/2 probably represents 25 to 30 per
cent of the servers .
"What's your assessment of the future of OS/2 ? "
It continues to be a very technically sound server platform - it's very
network centric . Obviously as a client operating system at the Desktop
level its fractional But the best kept secret and there's a piece of stealth
marketing here is that there's still a reasonably serious amount of this
stuff that ships every year . For all the things you can legitimately say
about OS/2 's general relevance to the marketplace , I bet there's four or
five million Desktop copies that ship every year . So it's as pertinent as
Apple but you don't tend to think about it statistically in that same
ballpark But it probably has more share .
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Not many people know that , but Lotus had some fantastic OS/2 technology.
Sadly and unfortunately Lotus kept that technology a well guarded secret.
cc:Mail for WorkPlaceShell was and is a truly remarkable piece of software
engineering, unlike Lotus's other OS/2 offerings. cc:Mail WPS and
Symantec's FastBack/2 were two of the earlier native OS/2 apps, and, in my
opinion these '93 vintage apps are still state-of-the-art technology today,
taking advantage of OS/2, multi-threading and WPS like few others.
Greg White who designed cc:Mail WPS left Lotus some time ago, Sarah Groark,
the co-designer also left, both are now developing Internet multimedia for
Win at Narrative Inc.
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from an ad: Gateway 2000 are looking for technical support technicians .
Must have comprehensive knowledge of DOS , WinDOS , WinDOS4W and WinDOS95 .
Knowledge of OS/2 Warp will be considered an advantage .
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ClubOS/2 Argentina's OS/2 User group home page available
eply-to: rrs1001@ibm.net
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On April 7, we have implemented our home page at:
www.ftc.com.ar/ftc/clubos2
All are welcome.
SaludOS/2 (Greetings)
PD: It is in Spanish...English translation will come soon.
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Enhanced E update
Reply-to: psoft@tech-center.com (Wayne Swanson)
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The PillarSoft Enhanced E and the Enhanced EE Editors are now in Beta
version .16
NEW in this release;
Drag & drop functions extended
Removed redundant code
Changed a couple hot keys to OS/2 standard
More system calls renamed to avoid conflict with other apps using the same
calls
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Enhanced E - "FREE" clone of the OS/2 "E" System Editor Looks and acts the
same as the "E" but gives you some things the "E" doesn't such as...
Printing
Print Selected Text
Popup Menus
Time Insert
Date Insert
HTML stripping
Multiple Language support
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Enhanced EE - SHAREWARE clone of the "Enhanced E" Editor with many more
features that make it a valuable addition to your desktop such as...
Printing
Print Selected Text
Printer setups
Popup Menus
Time Insert
Date Insert
Name Insert
Signature File Insert
Toolbar
Configurable AutoSave
File history
Find by line #
Save Selected Text to temp file
Multiple language support
Presentation Mode
HTML stripping
Bubble help
and more...
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Both editors are contained in one 310k file and are available at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/3512/psoft.html
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Fm: The TEAMIBM Network 72370,250
Speaking of Martin Warnett, he's in the "authors" Easter Egg.
For anyone who hasn't found them, try these 3:
(*) In the browser, select Help --> About Netscape...
Then click on the large Netscape logo on the page.
(Or, just enter about:authors as a URL)
(*) Enter about:mozilla as a URL
(*) While online, hit CTRL-ALT-F
Don Hills Product Support Services IBM Australia/New Zealand
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Reply-to: lzs@mirage.irdu.nus.sg (Lai Zit Seng)
lzs
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00index.txt Index with descriptions and dates, sorted by name
There was a bit of a demand for having a 'sorted by date' option in both FTP
I'd like to see the *ahem* other site have such a powerful interface, by the
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MAY 97 OS/2 CONNECT NEWSLETTER
Reply-to: TimB1557@aol.com
Includes new "OS/2 Suggestion Box" to input customer ideas.
PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA (April 14, 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 README.TXT file is attached to the .ZIP file explaining how to install and
OS/2 CONNECT is distributed electronically to the following:
World Wide Web:
OS/2 CONNECT home page (HTML) http://www.tbos2cla.com/connect
- the zipped HTML files for downloading can be found at:
OS/2 Supersite - http://www.os2ss.com
Warp Center (World Systems Ltd.)
IN BRAZIL
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:
MR/2 ICE v1.27 Released
Reply-to: nick@secant.com
MR/2 ICE v1.27 has been released and is already on some of the larger OS/2
http://nick.secant.com/mr2ice.htm
or just get the file directly:
http://www.apk.net/secant/nick/mr2i127.zip (960k)
NOTE that the banner and X-Mailer line will report version 1.27c. This is
Summary list of changes in this release:
o Phrases
Questions and comments welcome.
Nick
Visit the Requirements Home Page at
When you fill out this online form, bear in mind that IBM would like you to
Timothy F. Sipples
Netrek for OS/2 (freeware)
Reply-to: hsuc@enteract.com
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/unix/games/netrek10.zip (eventually)
Introduction
The game has fairly simple graphics (not Pong-like, mind you, but it's not
Requirements
Since this is my first attempt at distributing a netrek client for OS/2, I
Both EMX and XFree86 are available at your favorite OS/2 FTP sites
Further Info
Fairly outdated, but lots of information:
Netrek FAQ in HTML
Home page for one of the Netrek servers
Chun Hsu
NFTP 1.02 is available
Reply-to: asv@sai.msu.su (Sergey Ayukov)
NFTP is an interactive textmode FTP client for OS/2. It comes in English,
I had hard drive failure 26 Feb 1997 which thrown me at pre-1.00 level; after
Version 1.02 is shareware, so you have to pay for it to transfer files larger
Key features of version 1.02:
- fully scrollable view of remote directory;
Requirements:
- OS/2 2.x, 3.x, 4.x with TCP/IP protocol stack (TCP/IP 2.0,
Where to get it:
- Apr 16 it was uploaded into incoming directories of hobbes.nmsu.edu,
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OS/2 Sexcess Story Fm: Larry Finkelstein 76702,1354
>From the March 3, 1997 issue of Inter@ctive week ...
Online Technologies, of East Setauket, N.Y. runs nearly 100 adult sites,
"It's probably the most powerful piece of BBS software ever invented," said
Current BBS software from industry leaders eSoft Inc. and Galacticomm Inc.
LBF
OS/2 way of life
Reply-to: fxleroy@mail.dotcom.fr (Frangois-xavier Leroy)
Help with Logitech PageScan Color, HP LaserJet 5L, Iomega Jaz, Matrox
Come see the page of a French OS/2 user !
PM Shell for McAfee OS/2 antivirus Scan
Reply-to: franacve@eui.upv.es (Francisco Javier Nacher)
The program is a easy to use front-end for the McAfee anti-virus.
http://www.polyex.com/downloads.html
It fixes that damn beeping on the Dive version!
Also any further fixpacks will appear on that page as well.
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tcpdump 3.2.1 OS/2 release b (Internet/network tool)
Reply-to: seawood@mail.very.priv.at (Peter Meerwald)
Description: tcpdump is packet filter/analyzer which dumps traffic on a
promiscuous mode is now supported, many thanks to Edgar Buerkle for his
Peter Meerwald Schieastandstr. 3
"Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. He is at
VOICE - Web Page Contest
Reply-to: mandie1@mail.oeonline.com
Brought to you by VOICE, Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education, the
Design guidelines:
1. Minimal homepage graphics (leave space for our logo). We want fast
2. Easy return mail for comments on the site, comments about IBM, comments
3. Separate fora for FAQ, new user help, technical support questions,
Points will be awarded for ease-of-use and convenient organization of this
4. Compatible with Netscape 2.02 for OS/2 and preferably for IBM Web Explorer
All entries become the property of VOICE, and will not be returned. VOICE
Please prepare your entries for the contest no later than April 24, 1997.
Thank
Tom Nadeau
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VOICE conducts a weekly IRC (Internet Relay Chat) session at
I've located a site that has time conversion:
There is also the Promote OS/2 forum that is used to post suggestions,
Hope to see you all soon!
Judy McDermott
Sb: XIT 2.4 now released
NEW RELEASE Apr 14, 1997 X-IT Version 2.4
X-it gives you a single click to many common actions that normally take a
NEW FEATURES:
added "remove Warp 4 close button" option
AND THE STANDARD FEATURES:
Multiple user defined titlebar buttons - assign a predefined action to
X-it was #2 in BMT Micro's Top 10 Shareware Sellers for March and from May to
Product: X-it for OS/2
Look for XIT24.ZIP at these sites:
http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/xit/xit.html (web)
C++ TCP/IP socket++ library is ported to OS/2 and VisualAge C++
Reply-to: paul.elliott@hrnowl.lonestar.org (Paul Elliott)
The port is not source code compatible with the UNIX version of SOCKET++ by
If you are working on UNIX see:
The differences for OS/2 are mostly how you would construct a sockstream or
This software basically allows a TCP/IP network connection to be treated as
In addition, there is an interface to OS/2 unnamed pipes which is sort of a
This is a pre-pre-release of this software and may contain bugs.
If you find any, please email paul.elliott@hrnowl.lonestar.org.
Please do not upload this software to public FTP sites or other public
When it is stable, I will upload it to ftp.cdrom.com.
For now, get the software from:
http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/socket/readme.html
To use this software you must read the documentation.
socket++.texi (a texinfo file).
The inf file and the HTML file contain additional graphics, so use them if
Permission is granted to use at your own risk and distribute this software
Gnanasekaran Swaminathan holds the copyright on this file. And he deserves
Version: 19Feb1997 1.11-OS/2 mod version 1.0
Paul Elliott Telephone: 1-713-781-4543
Clear & Simple DiskJockey maintenance 1.04b released
Reply-to: anthony@nospam.clear-simple.com
A new maintenance is available for the DiskJockey file manager. This is a
I would recommend that all users of DiskJockey download this fix from our
Anyone interested in trying this _fantastic_ file manager can download a
Good Day,
Anthony Pereira
Clear & Simple, Inc. The OS/2 Performance Experts
Please remove the "nospam" from Reply-To address to send E-mail.
HFS/2 Hierarchical File Sytem driver
Reply-to: Marcus.Better@abc.se (Marcus Better)
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What is HFS/2
This program is in an early, experimental stage, and may still have many
HFS/2 currently works with 1.44MB diskettes and CD-ROMs.
Where to get it
Major changes in version 0.10
* HFS/2 now uses Robert Leslie's HFS implementation, and is covered
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Voytek Eymont
Return to [ 11 |
September |
1998 ]
(Speaking from IBM, not for IBM)
Hobbes Virtual Mirror
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The HOBBES Virtual Mirror on SunSITE Singapore has been restored and back in
service (it has been broken for a while...). Newly added is a link to a local
NUS mirror of the HOBBES OS/2 Archive. This should benefit local and regional
users tremendously. The URL is:
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Hobbes OS/2 Archive at New Mexico State University
I have just changed the formats of the 00*.txt files on HOBBES. Now the four
00*.txt files are as such:
00indexd.txt Index with descriptions and dates, sorted by date
00global.txt Index with descriptions and dates, sorted by name, recursive
00globald.txt Index with descriptions and dates, sorted by date, recursive
and the search engine/browser, and there was no purpose in having a 00*.txt
file specifically without file dates in it, especially from the web end of
things (where we are still trying to get people to go). Additionally, instead
of adding two or four more 00*.txt files for sorted by date, hence doubling
the database size, I, as well as everyone else involved, felt it preferable to
simply do away with the dateless 00*.txt files.
way. :) (They don't even have a *simple* search engine... and look at their
file structure. Yuck! :)
Joshua Shagam, Hobbes OS/2 Archive Maintainer
archiver@hobbes.nmsu.edu
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu
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MAY "OS/2 CONNECT" NEWSLETTER RELEASED
today announced the release of the May 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 CON0597.ZIP. The
newsletter includes the following sections:
What's New in this Issue?
OS/2 Suggestion Box <---NEW!!
Sound Off!
Editorial Page
World Reports (Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, 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 standard 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 Links and Web Sites" 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 Sites: hobbes.nmsu.edu (/pub/os2/info/newsltr/connect) or (/pub/incoming)
ftp-os2.cdrom.com (/pub/os2/incoming) or (/pub/os2/newsltr)
http://www.tbos2cla.com/connect/purpose.htm
(mirror) http://algol.falcon-net.com/connect/
http://www.wsl-media.com/warpcenter/os2connect.html
http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2.shtml
http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2_eng.shtml (in English).
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
Mid-Atlantic OS/2 BBS (Virginia Beach, VA) 757/422-8462
New England Online (Boston, MA) 617/961-7870
NightCall (Odense, Denmark) +45-6312-1074
OS/2 Shareware; Pete Norloff's BBS (Fairfax, VA) 703/385-4325
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
Tim Bryce Editor, OS/2 CONNECT 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.tbos2cla.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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[Followups to comp.os.os2.mail-news]
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MR/2 ICE v1.27 Released - 04/15/97
FTP sites. It is also available from Pete Norloff's OS/2 Shareware BBS
(vmodem to os2bbs.com or web browse to www.os2bbs.com). See the MR/2 ICE
home page for more details:
correct.
o Compression/archiving of folders
o Command line /O and /Q options enhanced
o Keyboard handler improvements
o Multiple account navigation improved slightly
o New INSERT menu options (includes phrases)
o Bug fixes and smaller enhancements
o MR2I.EXE is now only 10k!
--
Posted with MR/2 ICE News beta, still shareware, still uncrippled; voted the
best OS/2 E-Mail client in the OS/2 eZine Readers' Choice Awards.
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Nick Knight
Senior Software Engineer
Secant Technologies, Inc. http://www.secant.com
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PGP Public Key: finger nick.secant.com
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Need a Feature?
Reply-to: tsipple@us.ibm.com (Timothy Sipples)
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I'm often asked, "How do I let IBM's Personal Software development labs know I
need a certain feature in the next release?" Now you can let IBM know your
needs through the Internet.
http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/pspform.html. There you can submit requests
for enhancements to OS/2 Warp, OS/2 Warp Server, and PC-DOS.
provide as much information as possible. In particular, we're very focused on
network computing, and we'd like to know how your request helps foster network
computing. What's the impact of *not* satisfying your request? How would you
rank the importance of this request? How many systems could take advantage of
this enhancement (both directly and indirectly)?
IBM Personal 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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I have ported/compiled an OS/2 version of the Netrek game. It is now
available at:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/netrek10.zip (temporarily)
ftp://ftp.enteract.com/users/hsuc/netrek10.zip (temporarily)
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Netrek is a graphical X-windows game with up to 16 players playing
simultaneously on either of two teams. The game is played in a space
environment with each team "owning" several planets. The goal of the
game is to take over the other teams planets by killing other players and
dropping armies on the opponents planets.
Quake either). However, the ability to play in real-time with so many
other people results in some pretty serious team strategy. If you get
bored or decide to be a jerk, it can be pretty fun to just mill around and
blow up your enemies as well.
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- EMX 0.9c or higher
- XFree86 3.2 (resolution of 1024x768 or better)
- OS/2 Warp 4.0
can't say for sure if it will work on anyone else's machine. It seems to
work on mine. Also, the requirements above indicate the software that I
have installed on my box. It may or may not work if you don't have those
versions of OS/2, XFree, and EMX. Note that this Netrek client works best
at a resolution of 1024x768 or better.
including hobbes.nmsu.edu, wuarchive.wustl.edu, and ftp.cdrom.com.
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The Netrek newsgroup.
rec.games.netrek
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/jch/netrek/README.html
http://shell3.ba.best.com/~doosh/netrek/netrekFAQ.html
http://continuum.real-time.com/
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Version 1.02 of NFTP is available.
Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Hungarian, German, Danish, Japanese, Norwegian,
Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, French, Bulgarian and Russian versions.
If you want to help author to create version in your language, check out
http://crydee.sai.msu.su/nftp/index.html#nls
much pain the source code was mostly restored however. Version 1.02 contains
mostly small bugfixes and improvements since 1.00. I have skipped 1.01 version
which was in limited distribution before hard drive failure.
than 500KB. The registration fee is $20; the fastest and safest way to
register for now is via BMT Micro (http://www.bmtmicro.com).
- remembering contents of browsed directories during FTP session: you will
never re-read remote dirs;
- one-keystroke viewing remote files (via downloading and launching a text
viewer of your choice or using fast internal viewer); viewed files are
cached in memory and need not to be retrieved again when viewed again;
- marking files for download/upload: you don't need to type filenames at all;
you can mark files in multiple directories and transfer them in one pass;
- marking files by template (eg, '*.txt')
- bookmarking: you may store your favourite places in a small database and go
to them in a few keystrokes;
- transfer progress indicator;
- reget (continuing aborted downloads);
- ability to skip files during transfer or stop download/upload
- automatic anonymous logins: you don't have to type the word
'anonymous' and your e-mail address;
- comprehensive logging of transfers;
- sorting remote directories by name, extension, size,
date/time;
- brief built-in help;
- complete firewalling support.
Internet Access Kit, Warp 3.0 Connect, Warp 4.0);
- EMX runtime package;
- HPFS-formatted disk to be able to download files which are not
8.3-compliant.
ftp-os2.cdrom.com and ftp.leo.org. Filename is 'nftp102.zip'.
- home of nftp:
ftp: ftp.sai.msu.su:/pub/os2/internet/ftp
www: http://crydee.sai.msu.su/nftp/
Dr. Sergey Ayukov Sternberg Astronomical Institute
http://crydee.sai.msu.su Moscow
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including its flagship membership bulletin board called Lifestyle.com. The
company developed its own OS/2 based software that allows Lifestyle.com to
run on a single Pentium 150 PC with 126 ports open. It currently handles 500
simultaneous sessions using a combination of modem and telnet connections
and has the capacity to scale up to 9,000 ports on a single PC.
Online Technologies President Marc Kraft, who prefers using a pseudonym.
can handle 96 and 256 ports respectively.
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http://wwwperso.hol.fr/~fxleroy/
Millenium, a selection of good OS/2 shareware, some links.
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You can download the latest version of Scan Shell from:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/1372/index.html
*****************************************************
* Francisco Javier Nacher Verdeguer *
* franacve@eui.upv.es *
* Visit my web page : *
* http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/1372/index.html*
* Student at the Polytechnic University of Valencia *
* VALENCIA (SPAIN) *
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Vigilance On Talos V First Fixpack available
ply-to: polyex@mail.netsrq.com
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Fixpack #1 for Vigilance On Talos V is available at:
Adam Hall President, PolyEx Software
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tcpdump 3.2.1 (partly) ported to OS/2
network Requirements: EMX 0.9 fix 2, TCP/IP 3.x or TCP/IP 4.x, IpSpy 1.32
(ipspy132.zip) Location: ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/unix/tcpdumpb.zip Replaces:
tcpdumpa.zip Author: Peter Meerwald, seawood@very.priv.at
IpSpy library!
seawood@very.priv.at A-5061 Elsbethen/Austria
pmeerw@cosy.sbg.ac.at fon/fax 43-662-627509
Fidonet 2:315/11 cellular 43-664-1615108
best a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe and
not make messes in the house." -- from the notebooks of Lazarus Long
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Announcing.... a Web Page Design Contest!
new independent OS/2 promotions organization, the Web Page Contest gives you
the opportunity to showcase your Web talents to make a Home Page and related
web pages for VOICE. The winning entry garners a full 1-year membership to
VOICE, plus other great prizes.
loading & browsing of the home page; push graphics down to specific points
in the sub-pages.
about OS/2, and comments about a particular OS/2 application.
suggestions/experiences, opportunities (job openings, consulting wanted,
applications wanted to be written or ported, etc), device drivers, chat
forum, Schedule of Events, meeting attendance and transcripts, ISVs-new
apps-demos, OS/2-supported hardware list, Q&A, newsletter, companies that
support OS/2, etc.
information as well as ease of expansion of the various sub-pages.
and Lynx as well.
reserves the right to use and modify the entries freely. All decisions by
VOICE are final.
You may e-mail me here or at os2headquarters@greenheart.com when you have an
entry prepared.
you.
VOICE Marketing Director
We started out to Promote OS/2 and now we are VOICE!!
warpedworld.dyndns.com in the channel #VOICE. If you're unfamiliar with IRC,
visit http://oeonline.com/~mandie1/irc_clients. There is a list of available
native OS/2 IRC clients, with descriptions, and a link to a chart that
compares features of each. If you need further assistance feel free to email
me at mandie1@mail.oeonline.com . The chat session is held every Wednesday
at 20:00 EDT. I have a heck of a time trying to figure out the different
time zones, so
http://poisson.ecse.rpi.edu/cgi-bin/tzconvert. Just put the 20:00 in the
time field, then select From Time Zone: America/Detroit , To Time Zone: Your
location, it will convert the time to your local time. (Much easier than me
giving you the wrong time and you not being able to join us.)
ideas, goals, OS/2 news etc.The Promote OS/2 forum can be found at:
http://www.millennium-technology.com.
VOICE Liason Officer
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Fm: Michael Shillingfor 104077,3062
The One Button Zapper
large number of mouse movements and clicking.
added 4 new key assignments (left and right windows key, windows menu key)
added /Pnn command line option to pause "nn" seconds before loading Xit.
Helps prevent startup conflicts with certain apps
added Hungarian .dll, Portuguese .dll and readme
xit doubleclick fix for sys3175 errors when dbl clicking on command line window
fix for "ghost" entries in the xit task list (for dead processes)
fix for registration disappearing
xit popups are dismissed if action key is pressed a second time.
them or launch any PM, Dos or Windows program. Place them on the left
or the right side of the titlebar.
Over 30 useful predefined actions.
Window actions include close, rollup, next, previous, move, size, task list.
Edit actions include cut, copy, copy all, paste and clear. These actions
are available in any PM window or any command line window. Copy all
will copy the entire text in a PM multi-line entry field with a single click
- no need to mark it first! Copy from static text or the titlebar!
Folder actions include open parent, open parent and close, sort,
arrange and refresh.
User defined middle and right mouse buttons - assign them with the
same actions available for the titlebar buttons. Plus, you can assign the
right or left mouse button double click action to a single mouse button
or a key - never have to double click again!
Keyboard keys can also be assigned any predefined action.
User defined popup menus for edit and folder actions. Copy and paste
or sort a folder with almost no mouse movements.
Full OS/2 and Dos command window support, including font size and
full screen actions. Bypass that pesky "are you sure" dialog when closing a
command line window or doing a system shutdown.
Other available actions that can be assigned are X-it task list (single
click to another program), OS/2 task list, LaunchPad, and Help.
Titlebar clock, with date and/or time in your country format.
Language support for German, French, Danish, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish,
Norwegian, Finnish and English.
No charge when updating from a previous 2.x version, and all your current
settings are preserved.
September,
1996, and has been in the top 10 since February, 1996.
X-IT was the #1 utility downloaded (1558 times) from Hobbes in January, 1996,
with PMJPEG in close second place (1529). And X-IT was the #3 download for all
of Hobbes files, following EMXRT (2351) and WIN32s (1655) files.
Product Info:
Filename: XIT24.ZIP. Language specific versions (XITDE*.ZIP) can be found
at the X-it web page (see below)
Type: Desktop enhancement utility, Shareware
Price: $25 US
CIS SWREG: #11263
Company: CodeSmith Software, RR 1, S-2, C-23, Fernie, BC, Canada V0B 1M0
Web: http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/xit/xit.html
Update notices via list server: email: majordomo@bmtmicro.com
body: SUBSCRIBE XIT-LIST
Email: mshill@elkvalley.net
USA Phone: 800-414-4268 (orders only),
910-791-7052 (orders or order inquires only)
Requirements: OS/2 2.0 or later. @240K RAM (X-its usage), 300K disk space
ftp.bmtmicro.com /bmtmicro (ftp)
hobbes.nmsu.edu /wpsutil (ftp)
ftp-os2.cdrom.com (ftp)
http://www.musthave.com (web)
GO OS2BVEN, OS/2 Shareware, Library #1 (Compuserve)
Brad and Mike's OS/2 BBS: 604-436-0321 (Canada)
IBM OS/2 BBS: 604-664-6464 (Canada)
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This is the README file for a port of Gnanasekaran Swaminathan's C++
SOCKET++ library to OS/2 using IBM's Visual Age C++ compiler and the TCP/IP
interface that comes with IBM's Toolkit version 4.00.1.
Gnanasekaran Swaminathan.
http://ganesh.mit.edu/sanjeev/drim/socket.html
sockinet object or an object derived therefrom.
an object which is an iostreams.
"popen" for iostreams. This unnamed pipe interface could be used
independently of the TCP/IP socket interface.
distribution sites at this time.
ftp://ftp.io.com/pub/usr/pelliott/socket.zip
It comes in several different forms, in the .zip file.
socket++.info (an info file that can be viewed by info or gnuemacs).
socket++.dvi (a TeX dvi file.)
socket++.ps ( a postscript file.)
socket.inf ( an OS/2 inf file that can be viewed with VIEW)
html\socket\Top.html
( an HTML file that can be viewed with WEB viewers)
it is also at http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/socket/Top.html
you can.
in source and binary forms provided the above copyright notice and this
paragraph are preserved on all copies. This software is provided "as is"
with no express or implied warranty.
most of the credit. Paul Elliott holds the copyright on this file as a
derived work. That is, Paul Elliott has the copyright on the changes to this
file that were made to make this software work under OS/2. Paul Elliott
probably deserves most of the blame. A copy of Gnanasekaran Swaminathan's
original unmodified file should appear elsewhere with the distribution.
Paul.Elliott@hrnowl.lonestar.org Address: 3987 South Gessner #224
Houston Texas 77063
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Hello All,
minor update and fixes only one annoying bug concerning copy/move/Unzip
operations where the target directory structure is identical to the from
directory - but on a different drive (only occurred when AutoReturn was ON).
This bug caused these operations to place the results in a different
directory than intended.
website's support page. http://www.clear-simple.com/support.shtml
free demo from our DiskJockey page:
http://www.clear-simple.com/diskjock.shtml
http://www.clear-simple.com anthony@clear-simple.com
voice (860) 658-1204 fax (860) 651-0354
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HFS/2 version 0.10 has been released.
=============
HFS/2 is a program which lets OS/2 users read and write files on media
formatted with the Hierarchical File System used on Macintosh computers.
bugs and problems.
===============
HFS/2 is free software, and is available from
http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~f96-bet/HFS
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by the GNU General Public License.
* HFS/2 can now format 1.44MB diskettes.
* It is no longer necessary to run SYNC before removing diskettes.
* Fixed a problem with the filter driver that interfered with removable
disk drives such as Zip drives.
Marcus Better
email: Marcus.Better@abc.se
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I think there is an updated Netscape (?), please check at:
http://home.netscape.com/people/mcw/index.html
SBT Information Systems Pty Ltd
44 Chippen Street, Chippendale NSW 2008
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~sbt
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