Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education
The next meeting of the Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG) will be next
Saturday, Mar. 20, at 9:00 AM PST, at the IBM offices located in Plaza Tower, 600
Anton Blvd., Costa Mesa, on the 2nd floor.
Elections Mix with WiseManager
First, get ready to vote by reading the candidate's statements (located at http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1999/scoug903.2.elections.html)
and listening to their speeches. That's right, along with a presentation we'll hear
from each of the candidates for SCOUG's Board of Directors. And, of course, we'll
elect our favorites.
Along with the elections, Kim Cheung of Serenity Systems (http://www.serenity-systems.com)
will astound you with his presentation of WiseManager, a must-see application that
blows away all preconceptions about network installation and management. WiseManager
is a utility package for managing diskless PC's. All the PC's boot from the server
and operate under Warp 4 - using the same applications as they do in regular OS/2.
Most OS/2, Windows 3.1, DOS, and Java applications can run without any modifications
to the base package. You can find out more about it by reading Kim's article about
WiseManager on the VOICE web site:
http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0299H/vnewsf4.htm
Then it's on to Q&A, when you'll have an opportunity to get those pesky computer
problems resolved. The raffle will follow, and, last but not least, come the Saturday
SIG meetings:
General Interest Group - may look at the new Netscape release.
Programming SIG - will begin its' look at REXX as a tool with OS/2 applications.
They'll start by using REXX to "glue" two applications together. Then
in a subsequent meeting, they'll look at what is involved in adding REXX support
to your own application.
Afterwards: Continue talking about the wonders of OS/2 over lunch.
Monday, Mar. 22, 7 PM PST meetings:
The Networking SIG and the OS/2 Help Desk will meet at Heritage Christian High
School in Anaheim. This month the Network SIG will assist our new meeting location
host update his classroom lab's OS/2 Warp Connect peer network to the current fixpak
level. They'll also set-up and execute a remote attended update and discuss how
to do a CID update. In another room, the OS/2 Help Desk will work with folks to
solve hardware and software problems.
When, where, and how to get there:
SCOUG will be meeting on Saturday, March 20, at 9:00 AM (PST) at the IBM offices
located in Plaza Tower, 600 Anton Bl., Costa Mesa, CA, on the 2nd floor. From I-405,
exit onto Bristol northbound (one exit NW of the I-405/Hwy 55 interchange). Turn
right on Anton Blvd (the first signal north of I-405). Go east 2 signals and turn
right (you will see a TGI Fridays' on your right). Park in the open-air lot to your
left. Plaza Tower is on a diagonal from the open-air parking lot.
For the Networking SIG & the OS/2 Help Desk on Mar. 22:
The Heritage Christian High School in Anaheim is at 2530 W. La Palma Ave. It
is on the south side of La Palma Ave. (about 200 ft. E of Magnolia) on the property
of Grace Baptist Church. There is a 2-story office building close to La Palma Ave.
with the address of 2528 up near the roof. Turn in (south) there. Drive all the
way to the back and park along the chain-link fence.
NOTE: There is a lot of freeway construction north of the school on I-5 and the
91 freeways; some on/off ramps may be closed and/or have detours. Check the SCOUG
web site for updates, and leave yourself plenty of time to find our new SIG meeting
location. Further information (including driving directions) can be found on the
SCOUG web site at http://www.scoug.com. The driving
directions also include maps for the general meeting that you can print off as needed.
We hope to see you there!
Starting this month, the Atlanta OS/2 User's Group is going to be meeting at
a different location at the IBM location!
Classroom 3-B is located in the Hillside Building, located adjacent to the first
bank of elevators.
Sign in at the same location as now (Lakeside) Up to the 3rd floor, across the
breezeway to Hillside Near the elevators is Classroom 3-B
There will be signs and/or people to point out the way.
The Belgian HCC OS/2 User Group will be holding its monthly meeting on March
12th, 1999 at the usual location : Gemeenschapscentrum "De Kam" Beekstraat
172 1970 Wezenbeek-oppem
(detailed driving instructions found on our website : www.os2ugbe.org)
The meeting starts around 20u30 cet, with a presentation of the most informative,
useful and not so useful OS/2 related sites on the internet. Tonight, you'll find
out where to look for those OS/2 applications, supported hardware and drivers and
where to buy all that stuff. You'll find out how to use the internet to keep up-to-date
with the latest news about OS/2 and the OS/2 community.
As always, following the main presentation there will be a workshop, so we invite
everyone to bring his/her PC.
Also, we hope to meet again some of the people who visited our booth last week
at the Antwerp "HMC-dagen"!
Les Utilisateurs d'OS/2 de Montreal
The Montreal OS/2 Users Group
Ordre du jour de la reunion du 17 mars 1999
Agenda of meeting of March 17th, 1999
19:00 Ouverture de l'assemblee / Meeting opening
avec / with Gilbert Daigle
19:15 Comment amener Warp 4.0 a passer l'An 2000 /
How to bring Warp 4.0 to be Y2K compliant
avec / with Philippe Bonneville
19:45 Smack, Etiquettage sous OS/2 /
Smack, Labelling under OS/2
avec / with Raymond Dagenais
20:00 Pause-sante / Coffee break
20:45 Trucs et Techniques OS/2 /
OS/2 Tips and Technics
avec / with Les Membres du C.A.
21:30 Levee de l'assemblee et tirages / End of meeting and drawings
P.S. La contribution d'entree est de 5.00$ par personne /
Entrance contribution is $5.00 per person
La reunion aura lieu a la / meeting's address
TOUR IBM/MARATHON
1250 Rene Levesque Ouest
7ieme etage / 7th floor
Montreal
N.B. N'oubliez pas de rapporter votre disquette d'enregistrement /
Don't forget to bring back your registration diskette.
Disquette d'enregistrement remise aux nouveaux membres /
New comers receive a registration diskette.
Notre site sur Internet / Our Web site on Internet
http://www.contact.net/os2/
Courriel / Internet E-Mail
os2user@contact.net
OS/2 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
PHILADELPHIA AREA COMPUTER SOCIETY
http://www.phillyos2.org
The OS/2 SIG of the Philadelphia Area Computer Society invites
all interested computer users to attend the February meeting:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1999 7:00 - 10:00 PM
The Episcopal Academy, 376 N. Latches Lane, Merion, PA
*** FEBRUARY FEATURE PRESENTATION ***
-- BASICS OF WEB SITE CREATION --
February's main presentation will focus on web site creation.
John Davey, Webmaster of the Philadelphia OS/2 SIG, will discuss
the basics of web authoring and will demonstrate the use of the
HomePage Publisher 2.1 for OS/2 to create and publish web sites.
HomePage Publisher is the premier WYSIWYG web editor for OS/2 and
is used by many of the major OS/2 sites on the web, including our
own Philadelphia OS/2 SIG website. John will highlight the new
features added to HPP since it was last demonstrated it two years
ago, such as the Smart Publishing feature which makes on the fly
changes to a site fast and easy.
John will also discuss the way to get a web site up and running
inexpensively, based on his recent "Frugal Webmaster" series of
articles in the PACS DataBus newsletter.
If you ever wondered how a web site gets started and developed,
be sure to join us on February 24.
Other agenda items include SIG business matters, OS/2 news and new
product announcements, a brief "How-To" or "Neat Feature" member
presentation, Q&A session, software raffle, etc. An OS/2 system
will be on hand for demos of OS/2, Java, Internet, etc., as time
may permit. Free light refreshments will also be available.
Mark the date and time: Wednesday, February 24, at 7:00pm. If you
want to hear about all the new and exciting developments, or have
questions about OS/2 Warp and Java, this is the place to see OS/2
in action and get all the answers to your questions. OS/2 SIG
meetings are open & free for all OS/2 users and guests, and all
others interested in learning about OS/2.
WE SUPPORT THE JAVA LOBBY: http://www.javalobby.org
Further information, directions to Episcopal Academy, and other
useful information about the OS/2 SIG activities may be found on
our web site at http://www.phillyos2.org, or contact SIG Leader,
Larry Lavins: Tel: (215) 878-9609 or Internet: llavins@erols.com
Two big chat sessions every week! See the latest details at http://users.deltanet.com/users/dwatson/irc/
- Mondays, 7PM PST, we have an online help desk. Connect to discuss your problems,
or share your experiences with others who may have found a problem you already solved.
- Tuesdays, 7PM EST, the Internet Special Interest Group discusses hot internet
topics. Feb 16: professional sites, internet investing.
The Philadelphia OS/2 SIG web site at http://www.phillyos2.org
has just been updated with these new features:
FEBRUARY MEETING PREVIEW
Information on the February 24 meeting featuring Web Site creation with HomePage
Publisher for OS/2
FEBRUARY DATABUS
Larry Lavins' February 1999 PACS Databus OS/2 article posted
JANUARY MEETING REPORT
Report on the January meeting of the SIG
There is a meeting this coming Tuesday night.
Description
This month we'll be taking a look at IGATE, and how to use a single internet
connection on more than one computer, providing access for more than one family
member. See you at the meeting!
Agenda
1. IGATE for SOHO Use
- Setup and configuration
- Why?
- How much?
2. Announcements and News
3. Borrello's Top Ten
Regards,
Roger Borrello
Atlanta OS/2 User's Group Secretary
Eddress: rfb@GoldenCode.com
http://www.goldencode.com/atlos2/atlos2.html