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Event: Warpdoctor Mtg cancelled

20 Nov 2004 19:55:20


From: "W F Metcalf"

The Warpdoctor meeting scheduled for Sunday 21 November 2004 is hereby
cancelled.

An announcement for next Warpdoctor meeting will be posted in the usual
news sources.



"The objective of WarpDoctor is to support the information, software, and
hardware needs of the OS/2 Community.

WarpDoctor will provide a support facility with the goal of assisting the
OS/2 Community in efforts to resolve problems and provide guidance on
system operation, tuning and selection. Everyone is welcome!"

Everyone is welcome!

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Event: BayWarp meeting November 23

19 Nov 2004 08:49:39


From: "Neil Waldhauer"

Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Time: 7:00 - 10:00 PM
Place: Help Desk Computers (WTW Group), 1456 Pollard Road, Los Gatos, CA
95032

Come join us in our monthly meeting. We are OS/2 and eComStation users,
and we meet every month to show off our latest software and hardware. We
bring laptops, network cables and power, and we often do live
troubleshooting of systems during our meetings.

Hint: It's between the Mexican Restaurant and the Japanese Restaurant in
the corner (Safeway is on the far right). $5.00 per person to be collected
for help with the munchies.

Topics:
* Making a program supporting USB Digital Cameras with Rexx/DW

Rexx/DW is a GUI development package that makes it possible to make a
small to mid-size GUI program using Rexx. This package is still in beta,
but it works well enough to make a reasonable camera program. Attendees
are encouraged to bring any USB digital cameras they may have.

* OS/2 question and answer

Web Page <http://www.baywarp.org/>

Contact Info
Paul Lazaga
Neil Waldhauer

Neil Waldhauer neilDESPAM@blondeguy.com www.blondeguy.com
Expert consulting for OS/2 and eComStation


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Event: VOICE General Meeting Cancelled

18 Nov 2004 10:47:09


From: "John Edwards"

The VOICE General Meeting for Saturday, November 20, 2004 has been
cancelled.

The next VOICE General Meeting will be held in December.

An announcement will be made closer to that date.






=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
John W. Edwards secretary@os2voice.org
Secretary, V.O.I.C.E,




Thanks!

Walter F. Metcalf
Warpdoctor Co-ordinator
walter.os2@rogers.com




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Event: PASUG Mtg: Thurs, Nov 18th

16 Nov 2004 18:35:16


From: "Larry Lavins"

.. PHILADELPHIA ALTERNATE SYSTEMS USER GROUP
.. http://www.phillyos2.org
The Philadelphia Alternate Systems User Group (PASUG) invites all
interested computer users to attend the November meeting. .
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18th, 2004 7:00-10:00PM
Bryn Mawr Community Center, 9 S. Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr,PA

.. *** THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18th MEETING AGENDA ***
.. -- NEW RELEASE: eComStation v.1.2 --

The November meeting presentation by PASUG member Doug Leach will feature
the new release of eComStation 1.2 from Serenity Systems. We'll quickly go
through an installation to a clean partition and review some of the
features and choices. eCS 1.2 is fundamentally MCP2 with Fixpak 4, plus
networking and device driver updates. Additionally, Serenity has
incorporated a new installer which was easy and trouble-free on Doug's
system.

In addition to the base OS, eCS bundles a number of applications and other
software into the installation. These include versions of the desktop
enhancements from XWorkplace and Styler/2 folder, and title bar
enhancements. Although some may see it as eye candy, the functionality
provided by these utilities was enough to give up almost all of Object
Desktop. Also included in the default install are Mozilla 1.7, Adobe
Acrobat Reader, Innotek Runtime Environment (required for new Mozillas),
Innotek Java 1.4.2, a version of RSJ CD Writer, Macromedia Flash 5
(unfortunately not Flash 7) and the Escape GL screensaver.

Lastly the eCS Maintenance Tool (MT) is also installed for system updates.
For those who haven't seen it, eCS MT is sort of Windows Update (without
IE of course!) superseding the old WarpUP CD's formerly created and sold
by Indelible Blue. That said, it's also true that most features included
in eCS 1.2 are available from other sources, including device driver
updates and fixpaks if you have a Software Choice or Passport Advantage
subscription. If you have a system with MCP2 and Fixpack 4 on it, you may
not want or need this upgrade. But for a fresh install, it was found to be
most appealing to have almost everything up to date.

Other November agenda items include announcements, news & new software
releases, Q&A session as time may permit, and possible 50/50 raffle. Soft
drinks, pretzels & chips will be available.

MEETING FORMAT & TIME SCHEDULE (Subject to change)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. 7:00 - 7:30 Meeting start, announcements, etc.
.. 7:30 - 8:15 Presentation Part 1: eCS 1.2 Installation
.. 8:15 - 8:30 Meeting break: refreshments, raffle, etc.
.. 8:30 - 9:50 Presentation Part 2: eCS 1.2 features, etc.
.. 9:50 Close-down, pack-up & exit building by 10:00pm
- - - - -
Mark the date and time: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18th at 7:00pm.
PASUG meetings are open and free for all users, their guests
and others interested in learning about OS/2, Linux & their
associated technologies. Please try to be on time promptly by 7:00pm to
avoid missing earlier parts of the meeting.

ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT
A group dinner party is being planned for December, in lieu of a regular
monthly meeting, similar to the December 2003 event. Details will be
announced in the near future.

.. ** WE SUPPORT OPEN STANDARDS **

PASUG meetings are held at the Bryn Mawr Community Center, next to
Ludington Library, at the corner of Lancaster and Bryn Mawr Avenues, Bryn
Mawr, PA. on the 4th Thursdays of Jan to Oct, and the 3rd Thursdays in Nov
and Dec.

Directions to the Bryn Mawr Community Center (BMCC) and other useful
information about the PASUG activities may be found on our web site at
http://www.phillyos2.org; or contact U/G Leader Larry Lavins:
llavinsDESPAM@ucwphilly.rr.com, or phone (215) 878-9608.




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Event: Warpdoctor Meeting Sunday at 3:00pm EST (20:00 GMT)

07 Nov 2004 10:36:11


From: "W F Metcalf"

There will be a WarpDoctor chat meeting on Sunday, 7 Nov 2004 at 3:00p EST
(20:00 GMT). Visit http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc for
timezone help.

To find the server closest to you, go to http://irc.fyrelizard.com/ .

#warpdoctor can be found on any of these servers.

You can use any of those server addresses to initialize your IRC client,
or alternatively, click on the link at the bottom of the page, and load a
Java IRC applet to immediately start your chat session. I have tried this
applet, and it is remarkably quick, and simple to use.


Agenda
++++++

1. Check/update current status of new Warpdoctor software
2. Discussion re: fewer IRC sessions and using the WD mailing list more.



"The objective of WarpDoctor is to support the information, software, and
hardware needs of the OS/2 Community.

WarpDoctor will provide a support facility with the goal of assisting the
OS/2 Community in efforts to resolve problems and provide guidance on
system operation, tuning and selection. Everyone is welcome!"

Everyone is welcome!


Thanks!

Walter F. Metcalf
Warpdoctor Co-ordinator
walter.os2DESPAM@rogers.com




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Event: K-W OS/2 November Users Group Meeting

04 Nov 2004 16:33:51


From: "Walter F. Metcalf"

KW/2
K-W OS/2 Users Group

Serving Kitchener-Waterloo and area OS/2 Users

November 2004 Meeting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DATE: Tuesday, November 9, 2004

TIME: From 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Room DC1316, Davis Centre, University of Waterloo

Meeting facilities provided courtesy of Institute for Computer Research.

Everyone is Welcome to Attend!

SVISTA
~~~~~~~~~~
We will take a look at Serenity Virtual Station (SVISTA) 2004. How to
install and set up SVISTA for running a guest operating system.


OS/2 User Forum
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Sharing OS/2 Ideas)(Bring Your Questions)
(What's New with OS/2)(Announcements)

As a courtesy to our presenter, please plan to arrive by 7:00 p.m.

For up-to-date information check our homepage at:
http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug/

For directions to get to the meeting check:
http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug/directon.html

Next Meeting: Tuesday, December 14, 2004

*****************************************
Walter F. Metcalf
VOICE Vice-President
Warpdoctor Co-ordinator
walter dot os2 at rogers dot com
*****************************************



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Event: No VOICE meeting on the 1st of January.

28 Dec 2004 18:05:12

From: "Roderick Klein"

Hello,

There will NO VOICE business meeting on the 1st of January of the next
year. Not realy a convient time when you maybe want to visit friends and
family or just want to pickup on some sleep after the long night.

In 2005 you will hear more from VOICE with projects!

Have a good and healthy 2005.
2005 has more improvements for OS/2 and eComStation waiting for us.

Roderick Klein
President VOICE



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Event: Warpdoctor meetings cancelled over Christmas holidays

26 Dec 2004 18:22:24


From: "Walter F. Metcalf"

To all Warpdoctor participants.

Regular Warpdoctor meetings will be suspended until after the
Christmas-New Year holidays. I'll send out an announcement with an agenda
early in 2005.

At this time, plans are to restart the meetings on 9 January 2005. A
confirmation announcement will be sent out well in advance along with an
agenda.

Thank you very much,




*****************************************
Walter F. Metcalf
VOICE Vice-President
Warpdoctor Co-ordinator
walter dot os2 at rogers dot com
*****************************************



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Event: Warpdoctor Meeting Sunday at 3:00pm EST (20:00 GMT)

19 Dec 2004 10:08:29

From: "W F Metcalf"

There will be a WarpDoctor chat meeting on Sunday, 19 December 2004 at
3:00p EST (20:00 GMT). Visit
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc for timezone help.

To find the server closest to you, go to http://www.webbnet.info .

#warpdoctor can be found on any of these servers.

You can use any of those server addresses to initialize your IRC client,
or alternatively, click on the link at the bottom of the page, and load a
Java IRC applet to immediately start your chat session. I have tried this
applet, and it is remarkably quick, and simple to use.


Agenda
++++++

1. Current Status of WD status/plugin.
2. Status of inputting test data.
3. Is it too late?


"The objective of WarpDoctor is to support the information, software, and
hardware needs of the OS/2 Community.

WarpDoctor will provide a support facility with the goal of assisting the
OS/2 Community in efforts to resolve problems and provide guidance on
system operation, tuning and selection. Everyone is welcome!"

Everyone is welcome!


Thanks!

Walter F. Metcalf
Warpdoctor Co-ordinator
walter.os2DESPAM@rogers.com




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Event: VOICE General Meeting

17 Dec 2004 17:35:50


From: "John Edwards"

There will be a VOICE business meeting this Saturday, December 18 at 20:00
GMT (3:00 PM EST) in the #voice chatroom.

Visit http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc for timezone help.

To find the server closest to you, go to http://www.webbnet.info/ .

Channel #voice can be found on any of these servers.

If you don't have a IRC client. You can use a web browser to get on the
IRC VOICE channel. If you use the Mozilla web browser use the following
link:

irc://irc.fyrelizard.com/voice

If you don't use Mozilla (Opera or the IBM web browser for instance) use
the following link http://www.webbnet.info/ (requires JAVA)

"VOICE is an organization dedicated to the promotion of OS/2 Warp and
eComStation to the general consumer through various activities as
providing current and factual information about OS/2 Warp and OS/2 related
products, conducting IRC meetings twice a month, and
sponsoring OS/2 promotion related projects among providing many other
services."

Everyone is welcome!

An agenda will be available at the meeting.










=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
John W. Edwards secretaryDESPAM@os2voice.org Secretary,
V.O.I.C.E,



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Event: K-W OS/2 Users Group December 2004 Meeting

11 Dec 2004 15:51:18


From: "Walter F. Metcalf"

KW/2
K-W OS/2 Users Group

Serving Kitchener-Waterloo and area OS/2 Users

December 2004 Meeting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DATE: Tuesday, December 14, 2004

TIME: From 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Room DC1316, Davis Centre, University of Waterloo

Meeting facilities provided courtesy of Institute for Computer Research.

Everyone is Welcome to Attend!

To Be Announced
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The topic of
discussion for this monthly meeting is still under development.


OS/2 User Forum
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Sharing OS/2 Ideas)(Bring Your Questions)
(What's New with OS/2)(Announcements)

As a courtesy to our presenter, please plan to arrive by 7:00 p.m.

For up-to-date information check our homepage at:
http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug/

For directions to get to the meeting check:
http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug/directon.html

Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 11, 2005


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
KW/2 kw2DESPAM@sentex.net K-W OS/2
Users Group Host group for Warpstock 2001




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VOICE: More details on the Norman offer for VOICE members

10 Dec 2004 11:53:07


From: "Gordon Snider"

To answer some questions for those who are buying a Norman license through
VOICE for the first time I am explaining the process in a bit more
detail.

The Norman Anti-Virus Program offer works like this. VOICE has a deal
with the Norman representative here. Because VOICE is a non profit
group, and because we are buying a group purchase, i.e. more than 50
users, he will sell licenses to us at $14.00 US each. So every VOICE
member who pays $14.00 US per license by the 12 December (or AT LEAST
sends me an email saying "My check is the mail"), will be on the list. I
will total up the number of checks I have received, and the number of
MEMBERS who have told me a check (or money order) is in the mail, and the
number of people who have paid to Mensys by credit card and buy that
number of licenses from Norman. Then I will distribute them by email to
the VOICE members who have paid already (or when their check arrives).
There have been enough current VOICE members pay, and enough new members
join VOICE to get this offer, to push the number of licenses well over
50.

Mensys is merely collecting names and money. Mensys is not distributing
licenses. I will be emailing the licenses (and recording who has them)
after I buy the number needed.

So send your $14.00 US per license in now to get on the list. [Moderator
note: This deal is only available if you are a member of VOICE.]


Gordon Snider
Treasurer - VOICE





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VOICE: Norman Anti-Virus group purchase

07 Dec 2004 12:29:37

From: "Gordon Snider"

OS/2-eCS User,

VOICE will soon be purchasing a group license for the Norman Anti-Virus
program. BUT YOU MUST BE A VOICE MEMBER TO GET THIS DEAL.

Some of you already have Norman Anti-Virus and those licenses either have
expired or will shortly.

The system works this way: You download (from the Norman website) the
program that searches your hard drive for viruses, and install it.

It is a demo version until you plug in a license number. It can be
downloaded from here.

http://www.norman.com/Download/Full_versions/nvc/en
Scroll down the page to the OS/2 section.

and this one for the manual:
http://www.norman.com/manuals.shtml

A license entitles the customer to product updates, enhancements and virus
definition files throughout the two-year license period.

You may download the latest of the virus signature files as they are
issued for that two year period.

If you had to purchase a license as a single user Norman's price for a 2
year license is 80.00. (** All prices are US dollars.**) But you get a
price break through VOICE. Because VOICE would be buying a group license
and because VOICE is a non-profit group the cost can be much lower. For a
2 year license, in US dollars the price is $14.00

There will be a limited number of Norman licences available and these will
only be available to NEW members who join before the 12 December, 2004.
The cost to join VOICE is $25.00 US for an annual individual membership or
$10.00 US for an annual student/senior membership.

You can join VOICE here to take advantage of this offer:
www.os2voice.org/application.html

You can pay the membership dues by any of the three methods mentioned
there.

After you have joined VOICE, to get this Norman Anti-Virus program offer
send an email to treasurer@os2voice.org





Gordon Snider
Treasurer - VOICE


Gordon Snider
Treasurer - VOICE



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Event: VOICE business meeting this Saturday, 4th December at 3:00 PM(New york time)

03 Dec 2004 20:24:41


From: "Roderick Klein"


There will be a VOICE business meeting this Saturday, 4th December at 3:00
PM EDT (19:00 GMT) (21:00 Paris time) in the #voice chatroom. Visit
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc for timezone help.

To find the server closest to you, go to http://www.webbnet.info/ .

Channel #voice can be found on any of these servers.

If you don't have a IRC client. You can use a web browser to get on the
IRC VOICE channel. If you use the Mozilla web browser use the following
link:

irc://irc.fyrelizard.com/voice

If you don't use Mozilla (Opera or the IBM web browser for instance) use
the following link http://www.webbnet.info/ (requires JAVA)

"VOICE is an organization dedicated to the promotion of OS/2 Warp and
eComStation to the general consumer through various activities as
providing current and factual information about OS/2 Warp and OS/2 related
products, conducting IRC meetings twice a month, and sponsoring OS/2
promotion related projects among providing many other services."


Everyone is welcome!

Thank you.

Roderick Klein
VOICE President
rwkleinDESPAM@cistron.nl
(Remove "DESPAM" from email address)

The agenda for this meeting:

Agenda for General VOICE Mtg:4th December 2004

Chairman of the meeting Roderick Klein

Call the meeting to order.

1. Annoucement


2. Old Business

*IRC meetings VOICE busines meeting, replace with mailing list /web forum?
Freed up slots. 2 tech support time slots a month and 2 Saturdays one
speakups
(Roderick)

*Attrack members. (Roderick)
*Lottery idea (some else find it out sponsors, except Mensys)
*Voice news letters for members in in PDF file (Christiaan Hennecke)
* How should VOICE attract new YOUNG members. (Roderick)

3) New Business.

*Payment Warpstock, status ?

*Renewal Norman license (Gordon)

*Collect money for VOICE Norman renewals.

4. Other Business

Speak up, speak freely or wait for the next meeting :-)

5. Adjournment




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