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| Date: | Fri, 11 Sep 1998 16:12:11 EST |
| From: | SBT Information Systems <sbtaus@ibm.net > |
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| To: | 32bits@sbt.net.au |
| Subject: | OS/2 News, Views and PRs 11-7-97 |
OS/2 News, Views and PRs 11-7-97
I have been telling Robert to try OS/2 for a while. I tried to reason:
Robert, would you drive your souped-up GTi with half the spark plugs out ?
I tried to bribe, coerce, all to no avail.
But, finally, after a continual barrage of "OS/2 News & Views", Robert
succumbed to the temptation and tried OS/2:
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"For the record, I'm using OS/2 Warp 3.0 at ISSC, and the thing that I
find most appealing is the depth of utility applets that are thrown in
(sorry, loosely integrated). Like that hard disk monitor that you
mentioned several newsletters ago, and the network utilities, the TCP/IP
utes etc etc. Much better than Windoze 95. And this isn't even the
latest version; must see if we can afford an upgrade.
As always, these thoughts are my own and do not represent those of IBM
or its subsidiaries...;-)"
Robert.
General Mail:colnago@ibm.net
Webbed at: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~colnago
http://www.apic.net/~rob
//BTW, Robert, you do know all the TCP/IP stuff can also run from command
prompt, as well as the WPS objects ? Now, you're comparing ver.3 against
today's Win95 - just think, I have been using this since '90, and full-time
since '92 (2.1 pre-release) ! Welcome to the Club, Robert !//
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Found this on IBM's site
http://ps.software.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/webhndbk.html
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The IBM Commitment
We believe that having your business is both a privilege and a
responsibility. We hope to maintain that business by providing you with
solutions to your information technology problems. We also recognize that
in order to enable you to concentrate on your core business issues, it is
crucial that IBM provide world class information technology services that
complement our information system solutions. By combining our information
technology with a wide range of services available through our software
support structure, we are committed to helping you solve your business
problems.
IBM Software Support is committed to:
providing a panorama of services that complement your information
technology satisfying your service requirements helping you to achieve
the levels of system availability that your business requires enabling
you to achieve the system productivity required to meet your business
objectives providing a clear, consistent, and comprehensive structure to
meet your software support needs continuously improving our service
processes
Cheers,
Phil
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//from Reseller News//
Network Operating Systems represenatation in the Australian Market:
MS Win NT: 47%
Novell 34%
LANTastic 10%
Unix 6%
AppleTalk 3%
//as this adds to 100, I guess OS/2 has 0% ?//
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Cult warning: (did Jim Jones use a Pilot?)
"First there were Mac zealots. Then came OS/2 users. Now Palm Pilot
aficionandos are all are too eager to evangelise their technology of
choice."
//still from Reseller News//
//talking about PalmPilot, we have a special Pilot offer, more soon//
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PMFAX FOR OS/2 ADDS MORE VOICE FEATURES SHIPS MULTIPLE MAILBOX VOICE/FAX
SYSTEM
White Bear Lake, Minnesota -- July 9, 1997 -- Keller Group, developer of
the OS/2 fax software sold as FaxWorks for OS/2 and PMfax, is now shipping
PMfax version 3.01 with enhanced voice features and a new multiple mailbox
voice mail system. Many additional voice/fax modems are supported, new
voice options are available for enhanced voice quality, and standalone
PMfax users can now run an advanced multiple mailbox system for faxes and
voice messages.
In addition to supporting Brooktrout boards and voice/fax modems based on
the popular Rockwell chipset, PMfax 3.01 includes settings for the U.S.
Robotics Sportster Voice modems, ZyXEL OMNI modems, and modems based on the
new Cirrus Logic MD3452 chipset with IS-101 voice. For optimal voice
quality and performance, these modems can be used in a new "native voice
format" mode and support for playing and recording the voice messages
through the modem's speaker, microphone and handset jacks is provided.
The new multiple mailbox script supports an unlimited number of user
mailboxes for both voice mail and faxes. Each user can call the system and
enter a personal password to remotely retrieve their voice messages and
faxes, change their password, record their personal mailbox greeting, or
retrieve items from the fax log using fax-on-demand. "The new script works
with all supported voice/fax hardware," says Mark Ahlstrom, President of
Keller Group, "and since it requires just the PMfax version 3.01 software,
this is easily the most cost effective voice/fax system for the OS/2
platform and quite likely the most powerful such system on any computing
platform." PMfax version 3 is a $A95 upgrade for users of FaxWorks Lite
that comes free in the OS/2 BonusPak.
Keller's Web page (http://www.kellergroup.com) has complete details on the
latest products, features and program updates.
//PMFax/Voice products are distributed by us here //
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IBM abandons OS/2 as a voice platform.
A voice system that recognizes real-time, continuous speech was unveiled
recently. MedSpeak/Radiology is the first such system, and it's only from
IBM, and only for Windows.
The new continuous speech versions will not be available on OS/2. For those
who insists on using OS/2 Voice Type Dictation will not be immediately
discontinued.
some users comments:
David Blair 72113,3026
Dunno if you saw it, but on ABC News a few nights ago they had this feature
about the Brave New World coming up where we could talk to our PCs now, and
they could, in turn, read handwriting! Wow! New technology! (Duhh.......)
Steve Weeks 70541,646
This morning Bill Gates was on Nickleodeon's "Nick for Kids" ... or
Steve Weeks [Speech Advantage]
//Ironic that to join the original speech beta, you had to have OS/2.//
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Dumping NT--back to Warp
Jeffrey Simon 72274,2514
I used to say "I like all operating systems." I have been using Unix,
Now its more like "I like to hate" or even "I hate to like" any operating
While it seems that "the world is going to NT" (why? because everyone says
My customer base is mostly OS/2, Win95 and WinNT, with the future
jeffrey [TEAM OS/2] "Today's problems were yesterday's solutions."
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"NT not all it's cracked up to- Vodafone has backed away from an NT
that article highlights a number of users who said: NT ? NoThanks!
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Warpstock '97 Location Finalized
OS/2 Community to Convene in Los Angeles, CA
Oklahoma City, June 26, 1997 -- At a highly charged internet IRC meeting
"I'm quite pleased to announce the details of Warpstock '97 at this time.
"We've worked hard to make this event affordable for everyone, while
800-414-4268 - Voice / USA-Canada 910-350-2937 - Voice / Outside North
800-346-1672 - Fax / USA-Canada 910-350-2937 - Fax / Outside North America
internet: http://www.bmtmicro.com or
All attendee registrations received prior to September 1st will
The Warpstock '97 planning committee is negotiating with AQMD to provide
Warpstock 97, a major conference for OS/2 small office/home office (SOHO)
Discussion about the event is ongoing on the internet's comp.os.os2.misc
Further announcements about Warpstock will be forthcoming as planning for
Felix Cruz
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World Book, the world's best selling encyclopeadie now on CD ROM.
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You can download this maintenance release from the web-site
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There are many excellent tutorials on TCP/IP on the Web:
Try http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/105/index.shtml
Try http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/pc_conn/tcpip/intro/
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/swchoice/
Interetsting...
Cheers, Alex.
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Although I live in the US, I am Australian. I have just installed the UK
Jon Saxton OS/2 software developer
//and he offered to dictate more info for us. thanks, Jon//
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Congratulations to the author of PM View, and to the many fine OS/2
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I don't know how many of the os2-isps and wannabes (like me) have sound
I wish all OS/2 driver installs were as nice as this one.
Find the file at the "Unofficial AWE32 and OS/2 Warp Homepage"
Fernando
Author of the 'OS/2 Warp and HP CD Writers F.A.Q.'
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(c) COPYRIGHT White SW Computer Law 1997
//who said that:
Please find enclosed more infomiations about CFM TWAIN for OS/2. This list
BELL+HOWELL 500OF
Try this quick trick:
hold SHIFT whilst opening a sub-folder, data file, or starting an app from
Voytek Eymont
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whatever it's called ... the show Linda Ellerbe (sp?) does as a news show
for kids. "Speech" technology was one of his main topics about the
_future_. They showed some demo clips, which were pretty bad. The
text-to-speech included was a poor quality, "sounds like a computer"
example of the type that was available years ago. The talking face was
ghoulish
Dictation) was ......... dismally ....... slow. The only cool shot was
"Petey the parrot" speaking (easier to sound like a bird than a human
in an interactive session with a user who asked something like "What do you
have from Madonna" in which Petey replied "How about xxxxx?" ... note that
V-Trex could do this kind of query now, including playing it.
Is NT the answer to our prayers ?
MS-DOS, Win31, OS/2, Win95, WinNT, as well as numerous mainframe OSes in
the dim past I'd rather not remember just now.
system. I'm just looking for an OS that is stable and that I can be
productive with.
so...), it seems that for my personal use it is a poor choice. For future
business, yes, everyone is getting on the bandwagon, so don't be left in
the dust. It _is_ stable. But it is hard to work with (compared to Warp)
and does not do well what I need to do now (mostly DOS and 16-bit apps).
Warp does these well.
definitely going to NT. Warp may be going away for my customers, but for
me, Warp is not yet going away.
from July Network World:
rollout. You have to hand it to MS marketing machine. Once again, it has
succsefully managed to create the perception that NT is the be-all and
end-all. "
Warpstock website: http://www.warpstock.org 405 947-8085 405 947-8169 (fax)
last week, the Warpstock event steering committee selected southern
California's South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to be the
host of the 1997 OS/2 Warpstock convention. Commonly known as Warpstock
'97, the inaugural event will be held October 25-26, 1997, in Diamond Bar,
California. The event kicks off promptly at 8:30am Saturday and ends Sunday
at 6:00pm. Over 50 events in multiple tracks are scheduled for the SOHO
user, the individual OS/2 user, and for officers of OS/2 user groups.
Presentation modules are also scheduled for OS/2 developers and those users
interested in programming applications for OS/2. Hardware vendors, OS/2
ISVs, OS/2 user group officers, and IBM representatives will all be on hand
to help OS/2 users get the most out of their investment in OS/2 software
applications.
We've been swamped with requests for information ever since Warpstock '97
was conceived and announced in April" said Paul Hethmon, president and CEO
of Hethmon Brothers, an internet tools provider and chairman of the
Warpstock steering committee. "We hope to address the most critical
questions regarding dates, location, and registration fees with this
announcement", Hethmon added.
packing the event with as much usable information as a multitasking,
multithreaded OS/2 user can take" said Judy McDermott, a Warpstock steering
committee member and head of volunteer registrations and assignments. "At
the same time, we recognize 'All work and no play' make OS/2 users go
banannas, so we're planning tours of local attractions which the whole
family can enjoy", McDermott said.
America
https://secure.falcon-net.net/BMT/order0262.html (case sensitive; secure
browser required)
automatically be entered into a special drawing for attractive "Early Bird"
prizes.
child care facilities during the event. AQMD is conveniently located near a
wide variety of amusement parks and other family oriented attractions, so
OS/2 users are invited to bring the whole family and make a vacation around
Warpstock '97.
and individual end-users, is an excellent opportunity for OS/2 SOHO and
individual users and OS/2 vendors to identify this market segment's product
requirements and to exchange ideas. The idea of an "OS/2 love-fest" was
conceived as one result of The OS/2 Marketplace, a highly successful OS/2
vendors conference held recently in Phoenix.
newsgroup, on commerical on-line services, and with centralized discussion
on an Internet mail list. For more information, visit
http://www.warpstock.org and join the Warpstock listserv. To subscribe to
the Warpstock listserv, send an email to warpstock-request@warpstock.org
with no subject and the words "subscribe" in the message body.
the event continues; updates will be posted to the Warpstock '97 home page.
Warpstock '97 is an ALL-VOLUNTEER effort; anyone committed to promoting
OS/2 is invited to sign up and volunteer their time and skills to make
Warpstock '97 a success. Volunteers should join the listserv to obtain
information on available slots.
SofTouch Systems, Inc.
[01-Jul-97, 20:04]
Ask me about Warpstock 97
(more) New products from IBM:
Only from IBM. Only $89. ONLY FOR WINDOWS.
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LogoArt V1.0.55 Now Available
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at http://www.worklab.com/Logoart/updates.html or from the ftp site
ftp://ftp.worklab.com/pub/update . An English (upd1055e.zip)
and a German (upd1055d.zip) version are available for download.
Do you want to learn more about TCP/IP ?
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I stumbled across this this morning...
more on Voice/Speech:
edition of Warp 4.0 (which is not available here) and the difference in
VoiceType usability is nothing short of astounding.
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PMView won in the Best Graphics/Multimedia Program/Utility category!
shareware authors whose products were nominated for the Shareware Industry
Awards.
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Integrated sound driver install
cards installed on their systems, but, I've just discovered Colin
Hindinger's (he worked for Creative Labs on OS/2 support) excellent
SBINSTAL.ZIP package which installs the latest MMOS2 drivers, plus the
set of creative OS/2 utils (without DLL conflicts) in a neat single
step on all versions of Warp. (Tested on warp 4.0 FP2).
http://www.ionet.net/~colin/awe32.html
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
http://os2warp-cdr.home.ml.org
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** CAN YOU "BOMB" YOUR OWN SOFTWARE? **
In a US Appeal in April 1997,
Corcoran v Sullivan, Corcoran, a software developer, attempted to appeal
his criminal conviction for wilful destruction of computer data by relying
on copyright law. Cocoran was hired to develop a computer program. The
program purportedly had many bugs in it and Corcoran was concerned that he
was not going to be paid for the project. In order to seek revenge, should
he not be paid, Corcoran included a "bomb" in his software which, if
activated, would delete his program and all the company's data which had
been entered using his program. Corcoran maintained that copyright law
permitted him to destroy his software for which he was the copyright owner.
The Court rejected his appeal on the basis that the copyright law does not
permit the destruction of property owned by another party which is
intermingled with a copyright work. ie his customer's data Caution must be
taken with the inclusion of such "bombs" in software. If the "bomb" is
likely to effect any data other than your program, you may be civilly and
criminally liable. In cases when passwords or other keys are required to
use the software, your customer should be made aware of this requirement to
avoid loss or damages arising from a delay in being able to use the
software.
//I'll put your URL in next time, Steve...//
"So why was it, that any client who didn't pay us, used to telephone us
urgently EXACTLY 60 days after we set him up ??"
"We have NEVER, nor would we ever BOMB our software - however, we can NOT
be held responsible for errors on hard disk, can we ?"//
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CFM TWAIN for OS/2: due to ship soon, approx. A$150
includes all scanners which are supported by the CFM TWAIN for OS/2. Please
be shure that You have connected the Scanner to an ASPI compatible SCSI
Hostadapter. The Controllereard which came with the Scanner is not
functional with the CFM TWAIN for OS/2.
Mustek XES SF 6000 CX/CZ
Mustek XES SF 6000SP
Mustek XES SF 8000SP
Mustek XES SF I 20OOCX/CZ
Mustek XES SF12000SP
Hewlett Packard BP ScanJet I[P
Hewlett Packard BP ScanJet4P
Hewlett Packard BP ScanJet I[C CX
Hewlett Packard BP ScanJet 3C
Hewlett Packard BP ScanJet 4C
Ricoh FS 2
Ricoh IS420/430
Microtek ScanMaker 11, E, IIG, IISP, IEFIR, 3, E3 und E6
Linotype Hell: Saphir Serie, Jade
Many Umax Scanner: You have to add the SCSI devicename in the Files Scanner.REF
//any typos - blame the OCR//
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a folder.
SBT Information Systems Pty Ltd - Distributor of OS/2 software
fax 61-2 9310-1118 ph 61-2 9310-1214
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~sbt
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