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March 2002 |
New Amouse 2.0 Beta (updated version: 08. Feb. 2002)
New beta of Amouse driver @ http://www.nbsoftware.de/ Amouse is a driver
for mice with single wheel.
ttp://www.nbsoftware.de/amou20ub.zip
Text Converter 0.9.2
Text Converter is freeware OS/2 PM program to convert text files between
various platforms and code pages. Supported are code pages used on DOS,
OS/2, Internet/Unix, Macintosh, and Windows.
Files to be converted may reside in a disk file or in the clipboard, and
must be plain (unformatted) text. Word processor, spreadsheet, ... file
formats are NOT supported.
Language support:
English, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Russian, Slovenian,
Swedish.
Features:
- more than 50 supported code pages
- add new, change or delete code pages
- use file or clipboard as source and target
- conversion between dos - mac - unix file format
- transliteration
- use "dummy" character for non-translatable characters
- convert multiple files
- write Rexx script and EPM macro for conversion
To download Text Converter 0.9.2 visit:
http://www.os2world.com/goran/
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/textc092.zip
Later it will be placed in:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/convert/textc092.zip
GSView 4.2
Russell Lang has released GSView 4.2
GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript under MS-Windows or OS/2.
Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript page description
language used by laser printers. For documents following the Adobe
PostScript Document Structuring Conventions, GSview allows selected
pages to be viewed or printed. GSview requires AFPL Ghostscript 7.03-7.99.
Features include:
Display and print PostScript and PDF files.
View pages in arbitrary order (Next, Previous, Goto)
Page size and Orientation are automatically selected from DSC
comments or can be selected using the menu.
Print selected pages using Ghostscript.
Convert pages to bitmap, PDF or PostScript.
Selectable display resolution, depth, alpha.
Single button zoom.
Extract selected pages to another file.
Copy display bitmap to clipboard.
Save clipboard bitmap as BMP file.
Add bitmap or user preview to EPS file (Interchange, TIFF or Windows
Metafile)
Graphically select and show bounding box for EPS file.
Extract bitmap preview or PostScript from DOS EPS file.
Extract text or search for text.
Can read gzip and bzip2 compressed PostScript and PDF files.
On-line help.
Win32, OS/2 and Linux/X11 executables. Older versions support Win16.
Can be run directly off a CD-ROM.
English, Dutch (incomplete) French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish
and Swedish languages.
Per user initialisation files for Windows.
Includes setup program.
Free (Aladdin Free Public Licence).
Works with AFPL Ghostscript 7.03 - 7.99 (GSview checks the
Ghostscript version number). There are older versions of GSview that
will work with Ghostscript 4.03 - 7.00.
Changes in version 4.2:
Works with GS 7.04 security update.
Added Swedish translation.
Fixes lockup on Mac PostScript files.
Pstoedit is not included. You will need to download this separately.
Several minor bug fixes.
ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/ghostgum/
ZxMail 1.1.1 released
This fixed a bug in the external Mailbox dialog that caused some problems
in v1.1.0.
New in this release:
Added unlimited Alias.
Added external Rexx interface.
New registration key engine, so if you have a registered
copy you will need a new key before installing this version,
just contact me to get this key.
Fixed a nasty intermittent Bug in the CRAM-MD5 module for SMTP and POP3
AUTH command, the bug cause the CPU to go to 90% usage, this occurred in
some rare instance.
ZxMail is a Full POP3 and SMTP server that supports SMTP authentification
to block spammers. Support unlimited domain, unlimited Alias, the only
limit is the number of mailbox, the basic version gives you 2 mailbox and
it is free :-).
Enjoy
Eric Lavoie
Zeryx Software Inc.
http://www.zeryx.com
GoOCR 0.35
Franz Bakan has ported GoOCR 0.35 to OS/2
GOCR is an optical character recognition program, released under the GNU
General Public License. It reads images in many formats (pnm, pbm, pgm,
ppm, some pcx and tga image files (or PNM from stdin); if pnm-tools
installed and running linux-like system you can also use pnm.gz, pnm.bz2,
png, jpg, tiff,gif, bmp and others) and outputs a text file.
Note: the standard output of Sane (Scanner Acces Now Easy which is alo
ported by Franz Bakan to OS/2) is pnm.
New:
minor and major fixes (string\0 bugs)
memory leak fixes by Duncan Edwards
layout analysis or zoning (-m 4) improved,
now it detects pictures and columns much better
the behavior of setting threshold (-l) is slightly changed
wcsdup defined for non-gnu-systems (BSD), further Problems?
better context correction for 10 (IO,lO)
Fixes for S.Koledin examples "GlS"
Euro-currency-sign detection added
better pitch estimation for proportional font (needs to be
improved)
make install DESTDIR= instead configure --prefix= (better?)
use wchar_t by default, more simple code and -f works with
nonLinuxOS
line detection more robust against vertical glued chars (js)
-f UTF8 added (usefull for xterm -u8), should be default?
handle vertical glued boxes (ex: g over T)
http://home1.tiscalinet.de/fbakan/gocr-os2-035.htm
Bookmark splitter
This program produces a set of html pages from a netscape 4.xx bookmark
file. Use the generated myindex.htm as the default browser homepage and
you always have quick access to your bookmarks.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/mkndx21.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=mkndx21.zip
Correction on Crystal sound drivers for CS4614, CS4624,CS4280 (ver 2311)
In a news message from Voice news this was reported:
" Since some IBM Thinkpads have Crystal soundchips the drivers have been
developed further by IBM. "
This is not correct. I know the lastest release of the Crystal PCI OS/2
driver was updated by Crystal... (part of Cirrus Logic). IBM has not taken
over development.... There is also a new release of the AC 97 driver that
does not allocate your serial port....
BTW both the Crystal drivers: PCI driver version 3.11 and 5.02 for AC 97
are on the German CD 3 of eComStation.
ZxMail Email server for OS/2 version 1.1.0
it is a Full multi domain POP3 and SMTP server, it also acts as a client
to fetch mail from external POP3 accounts to redistribute to a domain or
specific users. It gives the greatest flexibility for Soho's ZxMail was
previously distributed to private clients, ZxMail was designed has a
Native OS2 Server to create the best POP3 and SMTP server running on OS2.
Also available at no cost are programmers library for C, Vispro Rexx,
Vispro C and C++
Program URL: http://www.zeryx.com
Additional requirements: Warpin to install, 32 bit tcpip stack to run it,
i.e 4.0y, 4.1 and up
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/zxmail.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=zxmail.zip
Lanscan 1.5
Olek Zhukov has released Lanscan 1.5
LanScan is a tool for the network administrator. It allows to get the
"instant list" for the all working devices of Ethernet network which have
an IP-address with issuing ARP-requests.
LanScan can be used in any class TCP/IP networks/subnetworks and allows to
set scanning interval.
Additionally LanScan can:
save results of scanning,
discover TCP/IP and NetBIOS node names,
discover network cards manufacturers,
execute user's procedure after scanning.
http://en.ecomstation.ru/lanscan/
Normal Player 5.Feb release
Normal Player is an audio and video player for OS/2. It supports any
format supported by MMOS/2. Unlike most players these days, the interface
resembles a standard OS/2 application. It is currently in the early stages
of creation, so it of limited use, but it can actually play files.
Update on the Feb 5th. Display Option dialog works and preferences and
colors now saved.
http://www.reamined.on.ca/doconnor/nplay/
IBM Desktop On-call 4 for sale
I don't know if this was posted before. Since dec 14 2001 Desktop On-Call
4 for OS/2 is available from electronic buy from US and Canada
The Desktop On-Call 4 price for Digital Delivery from US is 44.95
Check: http://www-6.ibm.com/jp/pspjinfo/javadesk/english/
You can download an enaluation copy from http://www-6.ibm.com/jp/pspjinfo/javadesk/download.html
Also a better link to buy it from in the U.S. is http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=1826745&cntrfnbr=1&cgmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US
Crystal sound drivers for CS4614, CS4624,CS4280 (ver 2311)
Sound drivers for Crystal PCI sound chips BETA
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/cwos2311.zip
There are more recent versions available, but not from the Crystal
website. Since some IBM Thinkpads have Crystal soundchips the drivers have
been develeoped further by IBM. You can get the most recent official
version from here (v 3.10 file name: aftpitos.exe): http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4ENRG5.html?lang=en_US&page=brand&brand=root&doctype=&subtype=Cat
In December 2001 a version 3.11 appeared for a short time on IBM testcase.
I am using this version with OS/2 4 fixpack 12 so far without any
problems. Since it is no longer available from testcase, I have uploaded
it to Hobbes incoming. So, hurry up !
Sane 1.07 released
Franz Bakan has ported Scanner Access Now Easy (Sane) 1.07 to OS/2
SANE is a universal scanner interface. The value of such a universal
interface is that it allows writing just one driver per image acquisition
device rather than one driver for each device and application.
http://home.tiscalinet.de/fbakan/sane107.htm
This version should work for Epson, some Mustek and some Microtek scanners
(others are untested). USB -Scanners are not supported under OS/2.
For more information about Sane see the Sane homepage:
For easier usage their exist several frontends:
e.g. XSane 0.84 (which needs XFree86) http://home.tiscalinet.de/fbakan/xsane-os2.htm
or Tame 0.94 (a PM application) http://www.os2world.com/goran/tame.htm
and others which you can find on hobbes
For questions about using Sane for OS/2 consult the Sane-OS/2 yahoo-group
VTeX/2 v7.530 - the VTeX distribution for OS/2
What is VTeX/2 ?
VTeX/2 is a TeX program for OS/2, which can generate PDF or PostScript
output immediately from the TeX source file.
VTeX/2 comes with a comprehensive LaTeX system, including many additional
fonts and macro packages, as well as the Bibtex and Makeindex programs. A
basic plain TeX system is provided, too.
In contrast to pdfTeX, VTeX supports inclusion of PostScript images (EPS),
as well as inline PostScript programming, even when generating PDF output.
Packages such as PStricks, PSfrag and draftcopy can be used with VTeX. For
more information on the built-in PostScript interpreter (GeX), see the GeX
page.
In contrast to traditional TeX systems, no intermediate DVI files are
generated, no "dvi driver programs" are required, and there is no need to
care for their sometimes fussy setup. The common PostScript and PDF
viewers Ghostscript and Acrobat Reader are to be used for (pre)viewing and
printing.
VTeX's output is immediately suitable for public distribution, e.g., over
the WWW, since PDF and PostScript are standardized document formats. PDF
files generated by VTeX version 7.30 and above do not conflict with
Acrobat Reader 5.
Actually, VTeX/2 is a partial port of the VTeX/Win TeX compiler by
MicroPress Inc. It does not include the shell and/or visual tools and does
not support HTML generation.
What is new ?
* Version 7.53 of the VTeX compiler,
* EC/TC fonts in Type 1 format,
* ArabTeX with related Arabic and Hebrew fonts in Type 1 format, * ...and
more, see the file NEWS.
http://www.micropress-inc.com/os2/
Mozilla 0.9.8
Latest Warpzilla milestone (0.9.8) ( the OS/2 version of the open source
Mozilla browser project.)
Direct download link: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla0.9.8/mozilla-os2-vacpp-0.9.8.zip
Outside to U.S. you may want to use a mirror for downloading 15MB http://www.mozilla.org/mirrors.html
WarpIN package of Python 2.2, with HTML docs
This is a WarpIN package of Python 2.2 for the EMX runtime. Included are
interpreter, library, and documentation in HTML format.
Program URL: http://www.andymac.org/python.html
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/python-2.2-emx-020204.wpi
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=python-2.2-emx-020204.wpi
NeoMagic 128/256 Series Display driver v4.28.11
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/neomagic42811.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=neomagic42811.zip
S3 Trio3D display driver v4.10.10
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/s3trio3d41010.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=s3trio3d41010.zip
WarpIN and XWorkplace 0.9.16 released
ENGLISH VERSION
==========================
After a long, long wait, WarpIN and XWorkplace have
both been updated to V0.9.16.
1. WarpIN V0.9.16 has been released.
WarpIN is intended to become the new universal OS/2
installer. It is becoming more and more popular among
OS/2 developers because of its flexibility and ease of
use. It has full system configuration (CONFIG.SYS,
WPS classes, WPS objects) and can fully undo all the
changes to your system again.
V0.9.16 hopefully fixes some problems many people
were having with V0.9.14.
2. XWorkplace V0.9.16 is out also.
XWorkplace is the most feature-rich freeware Workplace
Shell enhancer on the planet, and even better, it is
OpenSource. XWorkplace is the successor to my popular
XFolder utility and has become a Netlabs project.
For details, please refer to the download address
below.
V0.9.16 fixes a large number of bugs that people have
found in earlier versions. In addition, you get a
bunch of new features -- for example, "turbo folders",
which make all your folder populates much faster.
Note: To install XWorkplace V0.9.14, you also need
WarpIN V0.9.14 or higher, since XWorkplace now
comes as a self-installing executable. I recommend
using V0.9.16 to avoid the problem with your existing
XCenter disappearing on install.
To get the new WarpIN and XWorkplace, please go to:
WarpIN and XWorkplace are Netlabs projects, released under
the GNU General Public Licence. The source code is
available on the Netlabs CVS server. See
http://www.netlabs.org/nosa and the above address
for details.
We have created four mailing lists at groups.yahoo.com:
-- warpin-user
-- warpin-dev
-- xworkplace-user
-- xworkplace-dev
for WarpIn and XWorkplace users and developers,
respectively. HOWEVER, please note that I am currently
not able to answer a hundred messages per day. If you
want to report a bug, this is appreciated, but do not
be disappointed if you do not get an answer. And please
do not try either to mail me privately instead, that
won't change things either. Thanks for your patience.
Have fun!
Ulrich Moeller
S3 Savage Series display driver v7.00.32
S3 Savage3D, Savage4, SavageMX, SavageIX and SuperSavage display driver
v7.00.32
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/s3savage70032.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=s3savage70032.zip
Jakesplace hardware upgrade completed!
The new scsi disk is in and working... everybody should see a noticeable
improvement in performance in the jakesplace.dhs.org news server.
This hardware upgrade was made possible by a donation from a user...
thanks to him everybody should see better response and bandwidth from the
news server. However, he has asked not to be named, so I can't tell you
who he is. Thank you, Anon.!
Jakesplace.dhs.org is the ultimate OS/2 news feed. Jakesplace carries a
wide variety of OS/2 related NNTP groups, both from public usenet and
various private servers.
If you subscribe to jakesplace.dhs.org, please subscribe to
jakesplace.announce so that you can read about filtering and expiry
policies. If you'd like to comment, commend, or condemn them, please post
to jakesplace.discussion.
Thanks again for your continued patronage!
Regards,
Jack Troughton
jakesplace.dhs.org news administrator
Replacement DLLs for Object Desktop 2.0
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/od20_archview_icons.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=od20_archview_icons.zip
[Moderator note: I have checked with the author of the above package and
he states that this version does not have the problems some people
experienced with the version posted on hobbes last week, at least no
problems were found by his testers.]
What Dial-Up program do you use?
We often receive letters from beginners with one question: 'What internet
dial-up software do you recommend?'. We started this survey for the
purpose of collecting a list of the most popular dialing software. Join
polls forum (http://ecomstation.ru/forums/poll.php) if you have public
comments. Don't discuss competition problems.
http://ecomstation.ru/poll.php?action=show&id=8
Smart Cache 0.66. HTTP proxy server, anonymizer and filter
Smart Cache 0.66. is full-featured proxy caching server with some (now 20)
SPECIAL features for faster, increasing privacy and offline web browsing.
Good replacement for badly designed browser's cache. This version supports
SSL and HTTP/1.1. Main features: URL filter (no adv. banners), download
files in background for later browsing, cookies filter, caching of
'noncachable' pages, multiple logs, can fake Referer, User-Agent and
Cookie headers, fast operation, very configurable garbage collection, data
can be compressed for diskspace saving, regexp support, download machine
support, marking pages offline for refresh or download, cached data can be
shared between OS/2, Linux, MacOs and Windows. Can be also used for web
forwarding or transparent proxy. If you have Java 1.1 installed, try it.
Program URL: http://home.worldonline.cz/~cz210552/
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/scache066.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=scache066.zip
SNES9x 1.39 OS/2 release 12 is available
SNES9x is a fast and accurate Super Nintendo emulator. The OS/2 port of
SNES9x has been updated with the following changes and enhancements:
* Better fix for Yoshi's Island. No command line switches should be
required and other games will run after running Yoshi's Island without
restarting the emulator.
* Fixed frame skip when using Timer0. Frame skip
did not previously occur at all with Timer0 enabled.
* Added the "FIG"
extension as a valid ROM file extension
* Fixed "Unholy Priority Boost"
option so that control of the system can be maintained even on slow
systems. Also fixed some sound choppiness caused by this option on slow
systems.
* New DualMode library included. Much faster custom blitters for
those of you that get the following message in your MGLSC_debug.Log file:
"Input format is not supported by DIVE. Using a custom blitter."
Ghostscript 7.04 released
Ghostscript is the name of a set of software that provides An interpreter
for the PostScript (TM) language, with the ability to convert PostScript
language files to many raster formats, view them on displays, and print
them on printers that don't have PostScript language capability built in;
An interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files, with the same
abilities; The ability to convert PostScript language files to PDF (with
some limitations) and vice versa; and A set of C procedures (the
Ghostscript library) that implement the graphics capabilities that appear
as primitive operations in the PostScript language.
For changes compared to 7.03 see (cause its much too big to post it
here) http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/7.04/Changes.htm
ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/AFPL/gs704/
fetchmail release 5.9.6 port to OS/2
Port of Fetchmail 5.9.6 to OS/2; fetch mail by POP or IMAP, forward by
SMTP to local system or elsewhere.
Program URL: http://zuko.mitm.ru/files/
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/fetchmail-5.9.6-os2.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=fetchmail-5.9.6-os2.zip
Translate and analyze Latin words
OS/2 port of William Whitaker's program which "decodes" inflected Latin
words. Shows all possible interpretations of a word, then for each
interpretation analyzes the inflected form and shows the dictionary
meaning(s). Text-mode program.
Program URL: http://users.erols.com/whitaker/words.htm
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/words-1.97-os2.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=words-1.97-os2.zip
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