Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education
Hello gamers!
I just released the latest version of Mastermind/2, v1.3. This is the implementation
of the classic logic-game for OS/2. The main features are:
If you are interested in the game, please visit the Mastermind/2 homepage at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Port/4718/
You may download the game, learn more about it or view some screenshots. I also
included some links related to software development and gaming.
Have fun,
Rene
Pretty Pop Software released The Wall 3.26, today.
The Wall changes background images and/or color at user-set intervals. You can
configure each image file in such as *.BMP/ *.GIF/ *.JPG/ *.TIF/ *.TGA/ *.PCX/ *.DIB
in the Wall. Choose TILE, SIZED or NORMAL during configuration. The Wall writes
an extended attribute for each and displays the .BMP as configured.
Update topics are...
Version 3.26 (12.Feb.99)
[Bug Fix]
a.Maitained minor inconveniences and designs.
Little update ;-)
You can get a copy from...
http://member.nifty.ne.jp/prettypop/
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qw6k-knst/
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qw6k-knst/software/
This OS/2 application requires Watcom VX-REXX runtime module (VROBJ.DLL).
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Pretty Pop Music and Software
http://member.nifty.ne.jp/prettypop/
Designers, artists, and CGI, Perl, PHP3 and MySQL programmers: we invite you
to participate in the Russian OS/2 "Russian/2" site creation. Our URL:
http://www.os2.ru
We appreciate all who have a wish to publish any OS/2 related materials on our
web site.
Contact us on:
site design (art and design as well) - NASKL@usa.net
System components: MySQL,PHP3,etc. - sysadmin@os2.ru
Konstantin Y. Okounkov,
Coordinator of "Russian/2" Site.
email: admin@os2.ru
After having been referenced for months on IBM's Fixpak FAQ, FixTool version
1.40 has at last been released:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/rsu/csf140.zip
The Netscape products for OS/2 Warp have been refreshed on Software Choice:
http://www.ibm.com/software/swchoice/
- Netscape Communicator 4.04 for OS/2 Warp
- Netscape Communicator 4.04 for OS/2 Warp with Strong Encryption
- OS/2 Plug-In Pack V.2.1
Also, please note:
Netscape Communicator for OS/2 Warp Plug-in Programmer's Toolkit is _not_ being
refreshed (available at
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/netscape)
The refreshed Comm 4.04 includes:
-- support for OS/2 Warp Developer Kit for Java Edition Version 1.1.7 (downloadable
on Software Choice)
-- 16 color support for OS/2 Warp Servers and older devices
-- fixes for defects.
The user will be able to differentiate the refresh by selecting Help from the
action bar, select About Communicator... and the title bar will display 'Netscape
- Version 4.04 (language) - 990212'. The date indicates the refresh is installed.
(The first release of Comm 4.04 was dated '980928'.)
Thank you for your support and good luck to you all!
http://www.OS2.org/ is back. The formerly known
http://www.OS-2.de/ provides now german and ENGLISH pages (all of them!).
We had main hardware failures. We cannot afford a redundant system, but we stay
without clickbanners that way.
If you find something inconvienient do not hesitate to write an email to webteam@OS2.org.
If you have news items which are not shown on the server please send them directly
to news@OS2.org. Please allow some hours for the
timeshift and we are always in need to translate the articles also. We go further
..
From the Southern California OS/2 User Group:
The February "Webfoot, The Duck" OS/2 column is now online at
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1999/scoug902.2.webfoot.html
This month, Webfoot covers:
Each monthly "Webfoot, The Duck" column includes:
Sponsored by the Southern California OS/2 User Group (http://www.scoug.com).
Symantec has issued a press release concerning the release of Norton AntiVirus
for OS/2. The full press release is avaialbe at:
http://www.symantec.com/press/1999/n990209.html
Denmark - February 10, 1999 -- F/X Communications announced today the release
of a new and highly anticipated Internet Firewall product for OS/2.
The InJoy Firewall runs on the computer with the Internet connection and acts
as a gateway for the other computers on your network. The product is designed for
LAN-to-LAN configurations, including the many new Cable Modem and xDSL installations.
More information is available at the InJoy Firewall product page:
Like other F/X products, the InJoy Firewall is millennium proof, scalar and UNBELIEVABLY
fast. It has been carefully designed to provide the robustness needed by consumers,
small businesses and even large enterprises.
What's NEW in 1.1:
InJoy Gateway FEATURES:
FUTURE PLANS:
I have just uploaded TarGzipPm v1.3 both to Hobbes
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming
as well as to my own site
http://users.powernet.co.uk/vpub
in the local download section... I have also uploaded a new epm tool bar for
html editing, which also includes a couple of macros for
1) Starting Netscape
2) Highlighting
3) starting Gismo etc
Both in the project section
Please note that TarGzippm 1.3 needs OS/2 Warp 3+ Object Rexx installed or it
will not work or install, unzip (Nov 98 version), Tar and Gzip on the path
Regards
Adrian Suri
A new release of ScanPCI for OS/2 has been uploaded on Hobbes.
It features an updated database, revision id checking and a couple of bugfixes.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ScanPCI.zip
should be moved to:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/system/ScanPCI.zip
Pretty Pop Software released PopCD! 2.01, today. PopCD! is `Pop Up CD-ROM/Removable
media/Audio CD Object' Utility. When you insert CD-ROM/Removable media/Audio CD,
PopCD! creates its object on desktop and open/play. And PopCD! ejects CD-ROM/Removable
Media/Audio CD when you drag and drop object into shredder.
Update topics are...
Version 2.00 (11.Feb.1999)
a.Automaticaly search CD-ROM Media (FileSystem:CDFS)
b.Support more than 2(two) CD-ROM Drives.
c.Support Other (Removable) Media (Optical Disk, etc).
d.Support Audio CD.
e.Become to select default folder view mode and set some parameters.
f.Add tiny Audio CD Player function.
g.Support External CD Player.
h.Become to Shareware.
Version 2.01 (11.Feb.1999)
a.Fiexed the inconveniences occures when check `Audio CD' check box.
You can get a copy from...
http://member.nifty.ne.jp/prettypop/
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qw6k-knst/
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qw6k-knst/software/
This OS/2 application requires Watcom VX-REXX runtime module (VROBJ.DLL) and
EMX runtime modules.
Title: Solution Technology to deliver Y2K Imaging System to Upstate Medicare
Division of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York
Date: February 9, 1999
Contact: Leon D. Zetekoff, N.C.E.
561-241-3210, Fax: 561-997-6518
E-Mail: solution@stiscan.com
WWW: http://www.stiscan.com
Boca Raton, Florida Solution Technology, Inc. (STi) has been awarded a contract
by the Upstate Medicare Division of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (UMD)
to replace a non Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant DOS/Windows/NetWare imaging system with
a fully Year 2000 compliant OS/2 based imaging system.
Solution Technology will be delivering the award winning Image Edition for OS/2
to be hosted on a quad processor OS/2 Warp Server. OS/2 Warp clients will be on
user workstations. STi's solution will preserve UMD's existing investment in scanners
and optical jukebox through enhancements to be installed in Q1 1999. Image Edition
supports high speed scanning with their existing Fujitsu scanners through STi's
TWAIN for OS/2 drivers. Additionally, Image Edition is being enhanced to permit
hosting Image Edition's optical indexing databases on IBM's DB2 Universal Database
(UDB). This will permit UMD to directly access imaging information from other applications.
Finally STi is crafting a migration/reuse strategy to be able to use already imaged
data from the existing non-Y2K system without requiring rescanning. The new system
is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of the first quarter of 1999.
"STi was sensitive to our implementation time table and met all of our requirements
for our solution," said Roger Perkins, Team Leader, Systems Programming for
UMD.
"We worked closely with the Upstate Medicare Division to preserve their
existing hardware investments and to provide a complete OS/2 and Y2K compliant solution
within the time frame they requested." said Kent Swan, President of Solution
Technology.
Solution Technology, Inc. is a leading supplier of components for image analysis,
data-entry and document management applications. Other barcode, forms reading, image
data-entry, and departmental document management products for OS/2 and NT are available
for use in the transportation, banking, distribution, and insurance industries among
others. Product and pricing information can be requested by calling (561) 241-3210
or by visiting STi's web site at http://www.stiscan.com.
TWAIN for OS/2 is a servicemark of Solution Technology, Inc. Image Edition is
a trademark of Ovation Data Services. OS/2, Warp, and DB2 are trademarks of IBM
Corporation. Other marks are owned by their respective companies.
I've uploaded an updated version of my recently announced ReplText/2 utility
(repltext.zip, dated 10-Feb-99) to Hobbes (in incoming, to replace the original
version, dated 08-Feb-99, in /pub/os2/util/misc), which now includes the missing
kbdvio32.dll runtime, and shows the correct version number as well, which has grown
to be v1.01.
The web page is http://home.ivm.de/~schroeder/os2, and I can be contacted by
sending mail to rob@schroeder.net.
As of today, IBM released:
- Corrective Service utility version 1.40 (supercedes all previous versions).
Adds several enhancements for FixPak installation without diskettes.
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixtool/english-us/cs_140.exe
- English-US Warp 3 FixPak 40. List of bugs (README2 file)looks interesting...
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v3.0warp/english-us/xr_w040
(also available in RSU format)
- Arabic Warp 3 FixPak 38.
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v3.0warp/arabic/xraw038
(also available in RSU format)
In a post in support newsgroup, people from SciTech annonuced that they are taking
pre-orders for SDD/2 now, since next Alpha is not ready yet and the first one is
about to expire. They also posted a list of what is changed and improved in their
current build:
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Dear OS/2 Beta Tester,
We have been working very hard on getting the next beta release of SciTech Display
Doctor completed, and ready for testing. However the next release probably won't
be ready for a week or so we are in the process of running our QA tests on all our
new chipset drivers. Many of you who have been testing the product from the start,
probably know that the 21-day trial period is about to expire. Until we get the
next beta out, you will have to uninstall the product and revert back to your original
display drivers.
However there is another option. Later in the week we will be opening our online
store for taking pre-orders of the OS/2 version of the product. You can also order
the product starting tomorrow if you email/fax/phone in your order using the OS/2
order forms. You can download the order
forms from:
ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/order-os2.txt
ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/order-os2.wri
Due to popular demand from our international customers, we have changed the pricing
structure for the OS/2 product so that you can order an electronic only version
for $36.95, or order the version with disk and manual for $39.95. If you order the
disk and manual, you will be sent a registration code immediately, followed by the
disk and manual for the GA release of the product.
So, why not show your support for SciTech's OS/2 products and pre-order your
copy of SDD/2 today!
New News:
Some of you are probably wondering what have we been working on, and what stuff
has been fixed in the coming beta. Well the following partial list should satisfy
your curiosity:
We're looking for a "few" developers that would like to try a self-extracting
installer. If your needs are basic and this looks like something that would be useful
to your situation, please let us know. We will only let a few of these out for now
so this will not be a widespread test.
The setup tool will:
The installer is based on the same installer used for WarpZip. It leads your
user through the installation page by page. Dare I say "Wizard style"
It installs your app and cleans up back to it's original file. It will:
It will not:
(I can do these things but just haven't yet)
If these are not limitations that concern you then let us know. We will be selecting
only a few people to work with it for now. If you are a freeware author please do
let us know. We are very much interested in your feedback too.
We do have, what I would consider to be, a pretty novel idea on how this thing
will be made available when it is ready.
Wayne Swanson
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email: Psoft@Tech-Center.com
PillarSoft: http://fm-net.com/pillarsoft
Developers of WarpZip, ShowTime/2 and the Enhanced E Editors
Vice President, V.O.I.C.E. (Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education)
VOICE: http://www.os2voice.org
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Sorry to all beeing too late.
But as fax102.lzh - the free command line communication solutions fax, answer,
pcm2wav and PMfaxview - had over 600 downloads in only 3 days the developer Dr.Pollack
has pulled fax102.lzh from his ftp-site.
This has to be done cause Dr.Pollack has to pay for every download (about 50
cents) to his provider and he isn't that rich to pay the success of his Freeware.
I'll hope he will find a solution for offering fax*.lzh for free again.
The following is a direct quote from the IBM OS/2 FM newsletter....
Refreshes Planned for February via Software Choice
The following Netscape products for OS/2 Warp are planned for a refresh on Software Choice sometime in mid-February:
Netscape Communicator 4.04 for OS/2 Warp
Netscape Communicator 4.04 for OS/2 Warp with Strong Encryption
OS/2 Plug-In Pack V.2.1.
The intent of this refresh is to fix many of the non-severe but annoying defects that users have encountered. It will also include support for 16 colors to accommodate older hardware and servers.
I'd like to announce that I've just uploaded to Hobbes (/incoming, to be placed
in /os2/util/misc) my simple and small command line string replacing utility called
ReplText/2, which I've boastingly labeled version 1.0. I use it myself in conjunction
with Kai Uwe Rommel's powerful 'forall' utility (until I've implemented this functionality
myself) to apply the same changes to a set of files (like all the files for a website).
This version of ReplText/2 is freeware. I'll probably add version with a graphical
PM interface soon.
I've put up a web page at http://home.ivm.de/~schroeder/os2
for this and future OS/2 apps I might develop, one of them being a simple directory
replication scheduler (early screenshot about to follow shortly).
I'd just like to say that my free PPWIZARD program has had some major enhancements
and a bug fix to the reordering of database fields facility (from comma/tab delimited
files etc).
For those that don't as yet know PPWIZARD is a generic preprocessor, although
most people use it only for HTML. It is also great for rexx code, you can now create
header files contain code which you can if you wish conditionally generate (maybe
you require different error handling for a particular common routine). It is generic
in that it can be used to process any "text" files in any languages, if
PPWIZARD's default processing gets in the way then there are many #Option's to change
it.
For more information (and to see online examples) on PPWIZARD have a look at:
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~dbareis/ppwizard.htm
Some of PPWIZARD's commands are #include, #define, #import, #if, #ifdef, #evaluate,
#AsIs, #AutoTag. When using #define or in other areas where PPWIZARD wants a name
these names can use international characters such as those that European languages
use.
Example of importing a comma delimited file into a html table (the default action),
using all defaults. This example will use a filter to remove a record and we want
the first first name to be in upper case: #define IMPORT_RECORD_FILTER
\
if Column.1 = "Wendy" then
\
Remove='This is "Wendy" record'; ;;Don't want
this record \
else
\
Column.1 = translate(Column.1); ;;Make column
#1 upper case
#import ImportMe.CMA CMA "" "First
Name" "Surname" "Job"
Some of the recent changes are:
For more information on the changes, have a look at:
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~dbareis/ppwizard/changehistory.htm
Due to a switch in Internet Service Providers, my personal Website (The Home
of Abraxas) has moved. The new location, which still contains the instructions for
applying, committing and backing out Fixpaks from files on your Hard Drive, is:
http://members.iquest.net/~dcasey
You can also find the REXX script for removing the white lines in Comm/2 and
a mirror of the AWE64 site.
The old address (http://www.ameritech.net/users/dcasey/index.html) will stay
up for at least another month, but the only thing there is a redirect message.
Please update your bookmarks as the old site will cease to function once I've
canceled that service.
Dan Casey
President, V.O.I.C.E.
Abraxas on IRC
dcasey@iquest.net
Due to the closing of ml.org, the Software Developers Guild (SDG), makers
of WarpAMP, have had to change our address. We can now be found at http://www.sdg.os2.nu
and our new email is info@sdg.os2.nu.
PM-Euro, the Euro-capable currency converter/calculator for OS/2, has been
released in new version 1.4.
New features include:
PM-Euro 1.4 is freeware and ready for download from
Developers Homepage:
http://www.hamburg.roses.de/~carsten.mueller
Hobbes:
and CompuServe's A Vendor Forum:
GO OS2AVEN, Section "Warphouse Software"
Optimize OCR 0.91 has been released.
It's a PM-tool that optimizes the results of Faxworks/PRO OCR-Engine regarding
german customer's needs.
It corrects commen errors in Faxworks/PRO OCR results as well as inserts correct
german umlaut characters into the OCR results.
Please note: Optimize OCR is only of value for german text documents and it's
only available with german language user interface.
The new demo version of Optimize OCR is ready for download at the following
sites:
Developers Homepage:
http://www.hamburg.roses.de/~carsten.mueller
BT Software Homepage:
and CompuServe's A Vendor Forum:
GO OS2AVEN, Section "Warphouse Software"
MusicBase/2 is a full-featured Music archiver for collections of Compact Discs,
12", 10", 7" discs, MiniDiscs, DAT-Tapes, Tapes and more.
It's based on dBase file format and includes a wide range of search features,
import and export functions as well as large cddb.com support.
MusicBase/2 has lots of great features and an impressive, easy-to-use user
interface.
See, what MusicBase/2 has to offer for music fans and music collectors. And
watch out for MusicBase/2's availability later this first quarter 1999.
Check out the MusicBase/2 homepage (currently only in german language, english
web page will follow soon) at:
http://www.hamburg.roses.de/~carsten.mueller
For ideas, information, suggestions, wishes, please feel free to contact the
authors by mail:
Version 1.7 of WarpNote has been released. Again, the program has been refined
to meet user's needs as close as possible while still small in size and compatible
with each and any system extension one might have installed.
WarpNote replaces the "hardware" sticky notes that many computer
users still use by offering "software" sticky notes on the OS/2 desktop.
The program is highly configurable, e.g. font and color settings can be set up for
each note, and allows the user to take notes at any time and come back to the text
written down with a single click on the mouse.
WarpNote comes with a complete set of scripting commands that allow automatic
operation for almost any purpose. A birthday reminder is included as an example
program.
See a review by Diane Gartner on her Land of Beyond site at:
http://www2.crosswinds.net/hartford/~os2/index.html
The WarpNote website is http://www.geocities.com/rodeodrive/2048/warpnote.html
The WarpNote package (only 85 kilobytes) can also be downloaded from the BMT
Micro ftp site at ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/wnote17.zip.
The results of the "Indelible Blue Query for a Aurora Client" is
now online. 3500 responses are reviewed and forwarded to IBM in Austin.
http://www.indelible-blue.com/datasheet/currentatib#aurora
I've made some updates to the OS/2 Netlabs Developer Corner
There are a lot of new things available, check it out at:
http://www.netlabs.org/devcorner/
For those of you who don't know it: The OS/2 Developer Corner has a lot of
informations and links about OS/2 programming.
The German Fixpack 9 has been released.
You can download it here:
http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/softupd.html
I have recently released version 1.1 of my CMDRUN WPS class.It can be found
on my homepage at:
http://home.clara.net/orac/prutil.htm
and on Hobbes:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/cmdrun11.zip
later moving to:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/cmdrun11.zip
OS/2 WPS replacement WPFolder/WPDisk classes which give the ability to start
command line sessions from any folder/disk with the current directory set to that
folder/disk. Also gives a Run menu option similar to that found in Windows, allowing
the starting of OS/2, DOS and Windows applications.
Contact:
Gwen L. Veneskey, Director
Marketing/Communications
(412) 488-9730 glvenes@ibm.net
Aviar, Inc. releases Ver. 1.01 of Oz., its voice-activated CMMS. Oz. works
under Aurora Pittsburgh, PA -- Aviar, parent company of Ounce of Prevention Software,
announced today that, it has released Ver. 1.01 of its Oz. of Prevention System
for the OS/2 platforms. Oz was fully tested and runs well under IBM's new Warp Server
for e-business (Aurora) with DB2 Universal 5.2.
Included in the new version are Barcoding capabilities. Using this feature
in Oz., the printed Work Order containing the Bar Code symbol for the WO Number
can be taken by the Maintenance workers to the Parts Room when requesting the needed
parts. There, the Parts Clerk can swipe the Bar Code symbol on the Work Order and
the Bar Code symbol on the Part label. The Parts Clerk can manually enter the quantity
of each part. The Bar Code device then can download a text file to the \Oz\BCFiles
folder at the end of the day.
When you run "Process Bar Code Files" program, the Parts Inventory
will be reduced by the quantity of each Part used. The Parts are automatically attached
to the Work Order, so the task of WO Completion becomes almost painless. The format
of the Bar Code files is customizable in the Oz "Preferences" section.
The new version also adds the Work Order Number to the Storeroom Request Screen.
When a WO Number is specified, all the information concerning the Equipment is filled
in automatically. Parts requested this way are reduced from Inventory instantly,
and the Parts are automatically added to the "Parts" section of the completed
WO. This makes the WO Completion process significantly easier.
Version 1.01 also provides an almost mind-boggling selection of Cost Reporting
options - 629,300 different reports. John Urbaniak, Aviar's President, was quoted
as saying: "No other CMMS on the market has such reporting power!"
Mr. Urbaniak further stated that he was pleased, after testing, to find that
Oz runs extremely well under Warp Server for e-business (Aurora). He said, "Aurora
is easy to install, fast and reliable. We believe our customers will benefit greatly
from the speed and power of Oz running on Aurora. One of the purposes of a CMMS
is to save companies money in their maintenance management operations. With Oz and
Aurora, they will also save time."
Oz. is featured on Aviar's webpage: (http://www.oops-web.com)
and is being sold both as a turnkey system and software-only directly through Aviar's
Sales Department.
Aviar, Inc. was founded in 1983 by Dr. Urbaniak to provide top-quality PC
software for commercial and industrial users. Aviar's OOPS! was first released more
than 10 years ago and is still in use by companies around the world. In recent years,
the company has placed most of its focus on development of speech-activated systems.
I am looking for an OS/2 technician to work in a great environment and earn
a great salary!!!!
If you are in the area and are interested in this wonderful opportunity within
an extrordinary financial institution, give me a call!