VOICE Newsletter 03/2003

Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education

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March 2003

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February 15

Daniela's driver update - daniatapi0314 and danis506r162

IBM1S506 replacement, supports Intel, VIA, Ali, SiS, CMD, Promise, Cyrix, HPT, AMD, Artop, SMSC, ServerWorks, Opti, Nvidia, NatSemi and SiliconImage, SerialATA, disk capacities up to 2TiB, V1.6.2

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/danis506r162.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=danis506r162.zip

ATAPI filter driver, V0.3.14

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/daniatapi0314.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=daniatapi0314.zip

February 15

Analog Devices AD1881/AD1881A/AD1885/AD1887 (SoundMax) audio driver

Analog Devices AD1881/AD1881A/AD1885/AD1887 (SoundMax) Integrated Digital Audio Driver ver.3.1.4 (11/21/2002)

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ad188xos2_314.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=ad188xos2_314.zip

February 15

Maul Publisher V2.23 for OS/2

This version of Maul Publisher fixes a lot of the bugs that have crept into previous versions.

URL - http://www.manglais.com

New rectangle fill mode. Twain support (untested, I don't have an OS/2 scanner...;-)

A request
========

It seems people have been trained by Linux projects to never ask for support or help. You know the sort of thing:- "Don't hassle us unless you have read the _entire_ faq, visited all the user groups, read our fine 10,000 page manual (in greek), and have the very latest system build...".

This means that people have simply not reported bugs at all. Yet it's the only way to know if the app works on all systems. Maul support maul@manglais.com is there to answer questions, to receive suggestions as to how to improve the product, and to report bugs. You will usually receive a response within 48 hours.

If you want good quality OS/2 software:- Please report bugs!

Yours
Peter.

February 13

Last Call for scanner support in Tame 0.96

As there had been very,very little response from US/EN (other countries gave much more feedback) I ask a last time for scanner settings.

If you have a scanner working with Sane (Scanner access now easy), please send me the output of 'scanimage -d device -h >device.txt' (device has to be replaced by the used sane backend e.g. epson) I need additionally the exact scanner model and the used sane version. Please send your data to staedtler-przyborski@web.de not this list.

With this informations I can add your scanner to the Tame database, so every user of the same scanner profits from your informations.

Tame 0.96 is a PM-Frontend for Sane. It is integrated into MMOS/2 (uses mmiocodecs, Lighttable), has preview and many other possibilities. Apple would call it due to it's look iScan (it is skinnable, so you can change it to your preferred style if you don't like the default theme).

Tame 0.96 will be a _complete_ scanning package (yes it will contain sane 1.0.10 so installation should be quite easy), and as soon the remaining bugs in the Sane USB version have been ironed out there will be a TameUSB version containing a Sane USB version too.

Tame is free, a previous version (0.94, very outdated don't send bug-reports anymore) can be found here (when it comes back to live): http://www.os2world.com/goran/

Some responses from Tame 0.96 beta testers (unfortunately I can't post a very, very impressive screenshot showing Tame 0.96beta using a USB-scanner with a scanned image in the preview window) [moderator note: I have seen it and it is cool to see TAME/2 with scan output from what I'm told was an Epson USB scanner.]:

> Overall I am quite impressed so far.

> I appreciate Tame/2 application.

> First of all: I'm very impressed

February 13

Take this quiz to find out which OS most matches your personality

You need to answer all the questions to get an accurate result.

http://bbspot.com/News/2003/01/os_quiz.php

February 13

LSI Logic SCSI driver version 1.01.00 (2003/01/30)

The LSIMPT.ADD device driver for OS/2 Warp Server for eBusiness supports these features:

o Supports 320 Mbytes/s parallel SCSI transfers
o Supports PCI and PCI-X bus protocols
o Supports LSI Logic Fusion-MPT common software interface
o Supports multiple host adapters
o Supports multiple Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs)
o Disconnect/Reselect
o Supports Scatter-Gather
o Tagged command queuing
o Target-initiated negotiation
o Allow up to 8 host adapters
o Command line options and configuraton through Bios Configuration utility
o Higher performance by requiring only one interrupt per multiple I/O's
o Auto request sense

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lsi_logic_fusion-mpt.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=lsi_logic_fusion-mpt.zip

February 13

news.consultron.ca news server update

Hi folks!

I'm adding some new newsgroups to the consultron.ca news server. They are very high traffic, so the server is going to be offline for a while... which is to say, that posts made to it will be stored, but not posted immediately.

Here is a list of the groups in question:

comp.lang.apl:
comp.lang.c:
comp.lang.c++:
comp.lang.cobol:
comp.lang.fortran:
comp.lang.java.3d:
comp.lang.java.advocacy:
comp.lang.java.announce:
comp.lang.java.beans:
comp.lang.java.corba:
comp.lang.java.databases:
comp.lang.java.gui:
comp.lang.java.help:
comp.lang.java.machine:
comp.lang.java.programmer:
comp.lang.java.security:
comp.lang.java.softwaretools:
comp.lang.javascript:
comp.lang.postscript:
comp.lang.php:

After these ones come in, I'll be adding some more language newsgroups to the server sometime in the future... but these will do to start:)

I'll post another message when the feed has finished coming in. This is going to take some hours, and perhaps even all the way into tomorrow to finish, as these newsgroups are going to make my newsbase eight times larger than it is currently.

Sorry for any inconvenience, and I hope people find the new newsgroups useful!

Regards,

Jack Troughton

February 13

socks daemon with portmaps and plugins

Native multithreaded socks daemon with tcp/udp portmaps, external plugins, http proxy support.

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/socksd-2.2-os2.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=socksd-2.2-os2.zip

February 12

wxWindows OS/2 port v2.4.0

The OS/2 port(Beta) of wxWindows, the foremost cross-platform, C++, GUI toolkit available today.

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/wxos2-2.4.0.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=wxos2-2.4.0.zip

February 12

Pointer Pack 1.1

This package contains:

- Amiga 1 by Andy Longton
- Amiga 2 by Andy Longton
- Arrows
- Big Bloddy by Juhapekka Tolvanen
- Cherub by Kyle Barrow
- Cigar by Eric Laffoon
- Cross Black
- Cross White
- Dancin' Bear by Ward Kaatz
- Euge Hand By Euge
- Evil Grey Alien by Mr. Zed
- Glasses by Kemi
- Glasses 2 colors by Kemi
- Globes 3
- Globes 2 by Rob McElrath
- Gray 3D - 2 by Christian Hennecke
- Gray 3D - 3 By Euge
- Hand with Stick By BGR
- Kupo by Pat Gunn
- Mouse By BGR
- Rodent by Robert Billing
- Solid by Martin H. Speiser
- StarTrek by Rob McElrath
- Sun By Kyle Barrow
- Transparent Blue By BGR
- Transparent by Tim Middleton
- Transparent Small by Tim Middleton
- Windows 95 by Brendon Baumgarter
- X - by Simon Pasieka

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pointerpak.wpi
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pointerpak.wpi

February 12

Warpstock 2003 bids update

Since a couple people have asked me about the status of Warpstock 2003 I thought I'd post a brief update.

We have received two notices of intent to submit a bid for Warpstock 2003. One on the West coast and one in Canada. So far neither has actually submitted a bid, but the deadline for that is February 28th. Hopefully we will have good news in 2-3 weeks. I will report more after that date.

Mark

February 12

REXX Function package for REXX based CGI scripts

Provides additional REXX functions for CGI scripts. Handles form processing (GET and POST methods) with data validation, supports file uploads, sending e-mail and attachments via SMTP, checking and retrieving POP3 mail, getting documents via HTTP, building PDF documents and a range of useful date, file and string functions.

Refer to readme.txt for build specific changes.

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/rxweb023.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=rxweb023.zip

February 12

FtpServer version 1.15 released

FtpServer, the FTP daemon for OS/2 and eCS that has virtual directories, has just been updated to version 1.15. You can get it at http://eepjm.newcastle. edu.au/os2/ftpserver.html or at ftp://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/software/ftpser115.zip

LIST OF CHANGES

Version 1.15
Added separate speed limit for uploads.
Fixed bug: IP filter incorrect in Setup.exe (mask problem)
Fixed minor bug in LogAnalysis: failure to recognise that '/' and '\' are equivalent in file names.
Added a NIL check to TaskControl.SuspendMe.
Extended anti-tagger criteria.
Added Migrate.cmd to the tools directory.
Extended watchdog task to handle sockets that refuse to be killed.

Note that Migrate.cmd is a new tool that allows you to migrate the user database (managed by the tcp/ip configuration notebook) from IBM's FTPD. Unfortunately you will still need to enter the passwords manually, because passwords are encrypted, and the two servers use different encryption methods.

February 11

Free Utilities from Pillarsoft

We have a few command line utilities knocking around here that could be useful and we have decided to document and release them. No legal mumbo-jumbo and no registration required.

Most are quite simple but I use them often for various reasons. We have other items that we may add in the future. The utilities packaged at this time are:

CRLF - Convert LF to CRLF or vice versa on any selected file.

DC - Directory Change changes directories at the command line (like cd) using aliases. This utility creates a data file and alias/directory pairs may be added directly from any target directory.

FF - Find Files by name (or wildcard) on any drive, tree or individual directory.

RT - Replace Text replaces any string with a new string in selected file(s). May use wildcards for file lists and do complex search and replace operations. (Including multiple line search and replace)

SLP - Search LibPath searches the LIBPATH for DLL files. Handy for dll loading order inquiries as well as finding duplicates.

SP - Search Path searches the SET PATH statement for file(s) as opposed to searching drives or directories. Handy for finding duplicates.

They can be found on the PillarSoft website under "Products" http://www.pillarsoft.net

Regards,
Wayne Swanson

February 11

Multiuser support for OS/2 SSES-Alpha-0.0.7

Multiuser support for OS/2. Enables work of several users in single OS/2 system with access and process control.

Program URL: http://ecomstation.ru/openssh

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/sses-alpha-0.0.7.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=sses-alpha-0.0.7.zip

February 11

GNU Chess

This is OS/2 port of latest release of world-famous GNU Chess program (without book file). It has plain terminal interface only, but supports XBoard and PMBoard.

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/new/gnuchess-os2-5.0.3-bin.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gnuchess-os2-5.0.3-bin.zip

February 11

CDRDao write CD-R/RW in Disc-At-Once mode

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/cdrdao2-1.1.6.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=cdrdao2-1.1.6.zip

February 11

GSView 4.31 Beta

As I've discovered today GSView 4.31beta (the ghostscript frontend) I contacted Russell Lang.

URL: ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/ghostgum/beta/gsv431os2.zip

He replied:

>Klaus,
>
>
>
>>> what a big surprise, after you wrote me last year that there won't be
>>> any updates for OS/2 I just found GSView 4.31 beta today for OS/2 too.
>>
>>
>
>I won't be writing GSview 5 for OS/2, but I will endeavour to
>keep 4.x running.

February 11

Nice-OS/2 Enhancer - powerful system tool. Freeware.

This application adds new features to the OS/2 shell: image scrolling in all windows using mouse or keyboard, window skinning for OS/2 and Win-OS/2 windows, workplace extension - four "Rooms" around the desktop, various keyboard and mouse actions, window arrangement on the screen, logon scripts and dialog enhancements, priority management and dynamic "float" priority, window list cleaning, text-mode window additions, various patches for OS/2 and Workplace Shell.

Program URL: http://www.ecomstation.ru/nice/

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/nice-os2-v50.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=nice-os2-v50.zip

February 11

Mozilla 1.3b for OS/2 Has Been Released

Note: You probably got a dozen notices, but (after reading your notice this morning) just in case, here's mine. :-) [Moderator note: Actually this is the only one so far.]

Mozilla 1.3b has been released, and is available in 2 flavors. That is, with installer, as a self extracting executable file, and without, as a .ZIP.

You can download them here:

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.3b/mozilla-os2-1.3b-installer.exe

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.3b/mozilla-os2-1.3b.zip

The Warpzilla home page: http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/

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