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Update: OS/2 Groups a live again on IBM News Server
>There are several OS/2 focused news groups reactivated on IBM's public
>news server recently:
>
>News server is news.software.ibm.com
I would like to add one more available group to this list -
ibm.networking.tcpip.os2
With best regards,
Timur Kazimirov
Multinote beta 8
A new beta of MultiNote has just been released. MultiNote is a document manager
for text and text files.
The eComStation/OS2 version is more or less the same as the previous beta though
the database drivers has been updated. A windows version is also included.
http://www.jma.se/
Hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=mnoteb08
OS/2 Groups a live again on IBM News Server
There are several OS/2 focused news groups reactivated on IBM's public news server
recently:
News server is news://news.software.ibm.com
Groups:
ibm.software.os2.lan
ibm.software.os2.misc
ibm.software.os2.rexx
ibm.software.os2.warp
So before IBM decides to shut them down for lack of use (and lack of promotion)
let's show IBM there are still some OS/2 users out there who appreciate information
forums devoted to OS/2.
Warpstock Europe is not for OS!2 users only
Warpstock Europe 2001 is for everyone with a healthy interest in computers. Being
an OS/2 or eComStation user is absolutely no requirement for attending the event.
Even if you are running Linux, Windows, MacOS or something else, you will still
be able to learn about new and exciting things at Warpstock Europe. No matter what
computing environment you are working in, the three-day presentation schedule contains
several sessions that will surely be of interest to you.
IT professionals and System Administrators will benefit greatly from several
lectures on LAN management in a heterogeneous environment. Alain Rykaert's presentation
on LAN Server Management Tools, discusses a number of self written REXX procedures
for LAN management, based on many years of experience in the field. Likewise, as
IBM's WorkSpace On-Demand now supports more platforms than ever, Oliver Mark's overview
of this product should certainly be of interest to you. Starfire Titan also offers
cross-platform administration for enterprise networked systems. Come to Warpstock
Europe to discover all these products.
Programmers are in for a real treat at Warpstock Europe 2001. Serenity Systems'
own Kim Cheung will be there to talk about C to REXX interface technology and how
it can be applied in all kinds of commercial packages. Rony Flatscher will be talking
about Object REXX and how it can become a powerful development tool not only for
OS/2, but in a multiplatform environment as well, as it has been made available
for AIX, Linux and Windows. Another one of Rony's presentations, which should interest
Java programmers, discusses Java Bean scripting using REXX. Finally, Stefan Schwarzer
will introduce Python as another cross-platform high level scripting language that
is gaining popularity.
As the USB hardware interface is extremely popular nowadays, you should come
to Warpstock Europe for a general introduction about the way USB works. In addition,
programmers who want to exploit the benefits of USB will actually learn how to develop
their own USB drivers.
Users of the excellent image manipulation program "The Gimp", running
on Linux, Windows or OS/2 will definitely learn a few new tricks during Gerrit Schoenmaker's
and Onno Tabak's session about font installation and graphic tips and tricks.
If you have been thinking about trying OS/2 or eComStation, without giving up
the ability to run your Windows applications, you should definitely attend the "Odin
- update, tips and tricks" session, where you will be astounded by the number
of Windows programs that can be run seamlessly on the OS/2 Desktop today. Moreover,
the introduction of "Virtual PC for OS/2" by Innotek should be enough
reason to attend Warpstock Europe and discover this exciting new product that will
extend your use of OS/2 and eComStation by letting you run even more applications
than you ever thought possible.
The Warpstock Europe 2001 Conference will be held on November 2-4, 2001 at the
'KH Limburg' College in Diepenbeek (Hasselt), Belgium. Warpstock Europe is an annual
gathering of developers, vendors and users of the OS/2 and eComStation operating
systems, for the purpose of education, providing information and support to everyone
with an interest in these operating systems or related technology. More information
is available at the Warpstock Europe web site http://warpstock.os2.org
New builds of Dialog Enhancer for Warp4/Aurora and eCS
New beta builds of Dialog Enhancer for both Warp4/Aurora and eCS are now available
from the Dialog Enhancer website at http://www.dialogenhancer.com/beta_dl.html
The following is from the DE website describing DE. It's almost too good to believe....
Dialog Enhancer '99 provides the answer to the problem of the inconsistent look
of the dialogs on your OS/2 Warp, Aurora or eComStation system. The system is overhauled
during a sophisticated graphical installation, and is active immediately after reboot.
Your desktop finally will look complete, dialogs will no longer be a mismatch of
different fonts, icons have been tweaked and much, much more.
The system uses techniques used by no other enhancer utility to create the new
look and feel. Unlike any other WPS enhancer available, there is no underlying application
hogging CPU time, no slowing of your system due to a mass of registered replacement
classes, no random system crashes due to dodgy system hooks, no wasted memory (Dialog
Enhancer actually reduces the memory required by the operating system.), and no
danger of system corruption due to an advanced installer/uninstaller application
which makes many system checks before applying the changes to over 60 files.
contact/2 - Preview available
The Preview of the address manager "contact/2 " is now available. Contact/2
is PM program for the administration of addresses, telephone numbers and appropriate
information. It has some interfaces to other programs, e.g. Webbrowser and Email
clients clients can be integrated.
There is further information on http://www.subsys.de/contact/contactinfo.htm
Contact/2 is Shareware. The Preview is however usable with the exception some
export and import filters are not working. For developers of free software for OS/2
or eCS licencing is free.
[Moderator's note: Currently only the German version is available, but the web
page is in English. The site states that the English version will be available around
the end 2001.]
ThirdEye update (1.51)
ThirdEye is still under active development. We introduced support for: Ricoh,
Canon, Fuji, Casio, Kodak (25, 3200) digital cameras in October. Use these cameras
with REXX library and NetDrive plugin. PM-version is delayed one more time.
Homepage: http://ecomstation.ru/thirdeye/
Forum: http://ecomstation.ru/thirdeye/forum.php
e-mail: thirdeye@ecomstation.ru
Cool and free printable OS/2 Calendar for 2002
Visit OS/2.cz on http://www.os2.cz, check section
"Download" and you can download and print the new, and I hope cool, OS/2
calendar for the year 2002. In ZIP archive, you will find PDF document for easy
printing...
From: Filip Molcan molcanf@os2.cz
Shareware and Non Commercial Exhibits at Warpstock Europe
2001
Come to Warpstock Europe 2001 to see demonstrations of new OS/2 and eComStation
shareware software and to meet the developers of these applications in person. Many
OS/2 User Groups and other noncommercial organizations will be exhibiting at the
event to help and assist attendees with their questions about the OS/2 and eComStation
operating systems.
If you want to see and try out new shareware for OS/2 and eComStation, Warpstock
Europe is the place to be. Many shareware developers will be at the event to show
off the results of their hard work. Among the applications that will be demonstrated
are Peter Koller's Maul Publisher for OS/2, Dimitri Michelinakis' WebMail/2 web
mail interface system, the notorious disk partitioning tool DFSee from Jan van Wijk,
Vincenzo Venuto's Postgress/SQL database port for OS/2, the ISDNPM Internet dialer
and much more.
embers of the OS/2 Netlabs (http://www.netlabs.org)
will be present at Warpstock Europe to demonstrate their popular projects such as
Odin and to give a number of lectures about interesting software programs, including
the Opera for OS/2 web browser, and Ulrich Moeller's WarpIN and XWorkplace. At the
event, you will also see The Gimp image manipulation program at work, running seamlessly
on an eComStation Desktop using Hoblink X11.
At the VOICE booth (http://www.os2voice.org)
attendees will be able to obtain information material, join VOICE or renew their
membership, chat about OS/2 and eComStation, and see some programs demoed. VOICE
will be offering a CD with the complete archive of the Newsletter for sale at a
price of about 5 Euro or 200 BEF. Also on offer will be printed versions of some
VOICE Newsletter issues.
Of course, a fair number of user groups will also be exhibiting at Warpstock
Europe. Visit their booth to learn about their activities, find help and assistance
with your questions about OS/2 or even become a member of such a user group and
join our beloved OS/2 community.
The Warpstock Europe 2001 Conference will be held on November 2-4, 2001 at the
'KH Limburg' College in Diepenbeek (Hasselt), Belgium. Warpstock Europe is an annual
gathering of developers, vendors and users of the OS/2 and eComStation operating
systems, for the purpose of education, providing information and support to everyone
with an interest in these operating systems or related technology. More information
is available at the Warpstock Europe web site http://warpstock.os2.org
1026 kernels and JFS now on IBM ftp site
Thanks to a pointer from Oliver Rick on the ecomstation.support.smp news group.
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/update-kernels/
The following files have been added to IBM's OS/2 update FTP directory:
w41026.zip - Warp 4 FP15 latest kernel files
w41026d.zip - debug version of the Warp 4 FP15 latest kernel files
uni1026.zip - MCP/ACP/WSeB FP2/eCS uniprocessor latest kernel files
uni1026d.zip - debug version of the MCP/ACP/WSeB FP2/eCS uniprocessor latest kernel
files
smp1026.zip - WSeB FP2/ACP/eCS Pro latest kernel files smp1026d.zip - debug version
of the WSeB/ACP/eCS Pro latest kernel files
ses1026.zip - latest SES files
df1026.zip - Dump Formatter files
jfs1026.zip - Newest release of JFS
Note: These appear to be the files that were on testcase last week. Please see
the readme files included in the kernel zip files for details on what has been fixed
and what enhacements have been added. Please send any followup to comp.os.os2.bugs
on usenet. Make certain you back up any files replaced. You have been warned.
HTMLtoPDF 1.0 released
HTMLtoPDF version 1.0 has been released. HTMLtoPDF is an OS/2 Presentation Manager
(PM) front-end for the htmldoc program which converts HTML files to Adobe PDF or
PostScript format. HTMLtoPDF simplifies the process of using htmldoc by providing
a point-and-click interface for many options as well as a direct command line for
more advanced users who already know the htmldoc parameters.
HTMLtoPDF 1.0 can be downloaded from Don Eitner's website at:
http://freiheit.syntheticdimension.net/os2-myapps.shtml
In order to use HTMLtoPDF you must have successfully installed the htmldoc program,
version 1.8.14 or later. I recommend Alexander Mai's port of htmldoc 1.8.15 which
can be downloaded from
http://homepages.tu-darmstadt.de/~st002279/os2/html/os2stuff.html#htmldoc
HTMLtoPDF was built for OS/2's Presentation Manager (PM) graphical user interface.
It is believed to operate on any PC running OS/2 version 2.x or higher (Warp 3,
Warp 4, eComStation, Warp Server for eBusiness, etc).
From: "Freiheit" freiheit@tstonramp.com
DECalc 3.3 released
DECalc, the multi-function OS/2 PM calculator, has been updated to version 3.3.
This is considered to be a singificant update for anyone using the base conversions
(DEC to HEX, BIN to DEC, etc) or computing entirely in non-decimal base systems
such as BIN, HEX and OCT.
New features and fixes in DECalc 3.3 are:
* Added option to auto-save memory values on exit
* Install.cmd can now install to a directory with spaces in its name
* Fixed conversion bug when calculating in BIN/HEX/OCT modes
* Conversion of negative DEC to BIN/HEX/OCT now uses absolute value, fixes crash
DECalc 3.3 can be downloaded from Don Eitner's website at:
http://freiheit.syntheticdimension.net/os2-myapps.shtml
DECalc was built for OS/2's Presentation Manager (PM) graphical user interface.
It is believed to operate on any PC running OS/2 version 2.x or higher (Warp 3,
Warp 4, eComStation, Warp Server for eBusiness, etc).
From: "Freiheit" freiheit@tstonramp.com
F version 4.60 (stable) released
On October 14th, Duy Nguyen and Michel Normand have released version 4.60 of
F, the "Swiss army knive" of file managers. F is a freeware text-mode
multi-platform application. Supported operating systems are OS/2, AIX, BSD, Linux,
and Win32.
F is not only a very configurable file manager, but also offers an FTP/FXP client,
an editor with syntax-highlighting, numerous tools for developers, simple e-mail
and news clients, as well as small HTTP and FTP servers. F comes with its own FFP
(F to F protocol) for file transfers and remote file execution, providing services
for remote administration. Note that the interface is keyboard-only.
This new stable release version contains all new features that were introduced
in the previous betas, like VFS support for several new formats without the need
for external helpers, plus several bug fixes.
Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes Unofficial Patch
Another unofficial patch :) This time for Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes.
I patched 2 bugs. First one is our beloved Soundblaster-bug, so SB-sound works
now. The other one was a nasty bug, that crashed the VDM. It was the programmers
fault. They had no idea of IRQ-processing handlers.
Now the game is 100% playable under OS/2 Warp / eCS. Have fun.
cu Kiewitz
P.S.: Page updates to OS2world are currently not possible.
http://www.os2world.com/games will be
updated soon.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/holmesfix.zip
eComStation songs
You can now download two songs dedicated to eComStation from our ftp server.
They are composed by members of the two groups that will perform during the Warpstock
Europe Social Event.
ftp://warpstock:ecs@celkunststoffen.khlim.be
Gnuplot 3.8g released
Petr Mikulik has released Gnuplot 3.8 patchlevel 0
gnuplot is a command-driven interactive function plotting program. It can be
used to plot functions and data points in both two- and three-dimensional plots
in many different formats, and will accommodate many of the needs of today's scientists
for graphic data representation. gnuplot is copyrighted, but freely distributable;
you don't have to pay for it.
http://www.sci.muni.cz/~mikulik/gnuplot/
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