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May 06

PMFAX fix available for FP13

Please see URL

http://ps.software.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/fixnews.html#fp13 for details. Also posted a work-around for creating Utility diskettes that should work, or at least it did for me, YMMV. Still working on the code, but once fixed, the workaround will not be needed. Please note, the need to edit the CONFIG.SYS to be able to boot the diskettes could be deep rooted within the code and may delay the fix until FP 14. I will remove the suggested work around if too many people have problems with the resultant diskettes, I'm not sure it will work for everyone. Worth a try for those that are willing and knowledgeable.

Irv

May 06

There were already some discussions about the interview with John Soyring in the German c't Magazine. Now the original *German* article is online. You can read it at:

http://www.heise.de/ct/00/10/058/

May 06

Have you seen IBM Personal Translator for Windows? Yes, fine. Do you like to see the OS/2 Version? Yes, better. Truth behind this story is that, development of this "English-German" bi-directional translation tool is completely done on OS/2. Why do I know this? Because, I've seen it and even more, I have it. Only problem, you need IBM Prolog Runtime for OS/2 to run it. And I dont have it. So, if anybody has it, this might be a product soon.

**Moderator's Note: For more information, see:

http://www.de.ibm.com/pressroom/1998/981124b.html

May 06

NOTE: Beta 25 was removed due to registration problems that have now been fixed in beta 26. There are also a few other changes, so check the web for details.

Where do you get it?

You can download SciTech Display Doctor 7.0 for OS/2 BETA 26 from our ftp site using the following URL:

ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2/sdd-os2-7.0.0-b26.exe

What's new:

. All remaining changes are now tracked on the web. Public changes are tracked at the following URL:

http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdd2_changes.txt

What is SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2?

SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 brings SciTech's proven DOS and Windows device support technologies to the OS/2 Operating System. Although one of the core features of our DOS and Windows products is the support for the VESA VBE/Core standard, the OS/2 version has nothing at all to do with VESA services. Rather SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 incorporates the new SciTech Nucleus, Graphics Architecture device driver technology to bring SciTech's device support to the OS/2 platform.

SciTech Nucleus is a binary portable, OS neutral, device driver architecture. As binary portable drivers, SciTech can fully develop and test the core device drivers in the DOS and Windows environments, while being able to target any Intel x86 based OS as the runtime environment (such as OS/2). This essentially allows the OS/2 product to utilise the same SciTech binary device drivers as the DOS and Windows versions of the product, improving the quality and performance of the drivers for all supported operating systems.

Runtime Requirements

SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 requires a version of OS/2 Warp 3 or OS/2 Warp 4 in order to run. More imporantly, it requires at least Warp 3 with fixpack 35, or Warp 4 with fixpack 5 installed. If you have a version with earlier fixpacks installed, SciTech Display Doctor will refuse to install.

List of all certified chipsets:

This is a complete list of the various graphics chipsets that have been certified to work correctly with this version of SciTech Display Doctor. Please note that this list refers to the actual chips being used, not a board-level implementation. Thus you will not see any products from Hercules or STB on the list, but their products are supported because they use S3, Cirrus, Tseng, etc. chips. Also, any card with less than 512KB of memory cannot be supported by SciTech Display Doctor.

Note: Please check the separate list of supported laptop chipsets for more information if you are using this product on a laptop. All laptop chipsets are still listed here as many laptop chipset can also be used in regular PCI/AGP boards.

. 3DLabs Permedia, Permedia 2, Permedia 2V
. 3dfx Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3
. ATI Mach64 GX, Mach64 CX, Mach64 CT, Mach64 VT, 3D Rage, Mach64 VTB
. ATI 3D Rage II, 3D Rage II+, Mach64 VT4, 3D Rage IIC, 3D Rage Pro
. ATI 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility, Rage XL, Rage 128, Rage 128 Pro
. Alliance ProMotion 6422, ProMotion AT24, ProMotion AT25
. Alliance ProMotion AT3D
. Chips ~Technologies 65550, 65554, 65555, 69000
. Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434, CL-GD5440, CL-GD5436, CL-GD5446
. Cirrus Logic CL-GD7555 LCD, Laguna 5462, Laguna 5464, Laguna 5465
. InteGraphics CyberPro 2000, CyberPro 2010
. Intel i740, i740 PCI
. Matrox MGA Millennium, MGA Millennium II, MGA Mystique
. Matrox MGA Mystique 220, MGA-G100, MGA-G200, MGA-G400
. NVIDIA RIVA-128, RIVA-128ZX, RIVA-TNT, RIVA-TNT2, RIVA-TNT2 M64
. NVIDIA RIVA-TNT2 Vanta, RIVA-TNT2 Ultra
. NeoMagic MagicGraph 128, MagicGraph 128XD, MagicGraph 256AV
. Number Nine Imagine 128, Imagine 128 II, Imagine 128 II VRAM
. Number Nine Imagine 128 II DRAM, Ticket 2 Ride WRAM
. Number Nine Ticket 2 Ride SGRAM, Ticket 2 Ride IV
. Philips 9710
. S3 Trio32, Trio64, Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Trio64V2/DX, Vision 864
. S3 Vision 964, Vision 868, Vision 968, Virge, Virge/DX/GX, Virge/VX
. S3 Virge/GX2, Trio3D, Trio3D/2X, Savage3D, Savage4
. SiS 6202, 6205, 6215, 6326, 5595/530, 5595/620
. Sigma Designs RealMagic 64 GX
. Trident TGUI9440, TGUI9440-R2, TGUI9680, ProVidia 9682
. Trident ProVidia 9685
. Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p, ET6000, ET6100
. VESA VBE 1.2, VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0

List of all non-Certified chipsets:

This is a list of the various graphics chipsets that have native drivers developed for SciTech Display Doctor, but have yet to be completed and pass certification. The drivers should work relatively well, but as they have not been fully certified problems could arise if you use one of these chipsets. Please do not report problems related to uncertified drivers!

. Cyrix Media GX, Media GXm
. InteGraphics IGS 1680, IGS 1682, IGS 1683
. Macronix 86250, 86251
. NVIDIA GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro
. NeoMagic MagicGraph 128V, MagicGraph 128ZV, MagicGraph 128ZV+
. OAK Spitfire 64107, Spitfire 64111, Eon 64017, Eon 64217, Warp 5
. Philips 9712
. Rendition Verite V1000, Verite V2200
. S3 Virge/MX, Savage2000
. SiS 5597/5598, 300
. Trident 3DImage 975, 3DImage 985, Blade 3D
. Weitek P9000, P9100

List of all supported laptop chips:

The following is a complete list of the various laptop graphics chipsets that we support in this version of SciTech Display Doctor. Please note that this list refers to the actual chips being used, not the laptop brand or model itself. Thus you will not see any products from Gateway or Dell on the list, but their products are supported because they use NeoMagic, ATI, Cirrus etc. chips.

. ATI 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility
. Chips ~Technologies 65550, 65554, 65555, 69000
. Cirrus Logic CL-GD7555 LCD
. NeoMagic MagicGraph 128, MagicGraph 128V, MagicGraph 128ZV
. NeoMagic MagicGraph 128ZV+, MagicGraph 128XD, MagicGraph 256AV
. VESA VBE 1.2, VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0

May 06

Build your resume and skills with IBM Professional Certification education and testing.

This program is designed for technical professionals who need an instantly recognized professional credential. Customers, business partners, and colleagues will appreciate and respect your IBM certification. This important credential demonstrates your substantial expertise in specific technical areas.

Now IBM's Warp Server for e-business certification roadmap is available, along with many other technology areas. Visit the IBM Professional Certification web site at:

http://www.ibm.com/education/certify

and use the pull-down menu at the top of the page to choose your preferred certification roadmap.

May 06

A new version of Gimp/2 has been released.

Gimp/2 is a powerful pixel graphic program that runs under Xfree86OS/2 and is part of the GNOME/2 project. Gimp/2 is able to work with layers&channels, has a big bunch of Filters and it's know Script language Fu-Script, with a lot of useful examples. Together with X-Scanimage and SANE you also can directly scan into Gimp/2.

Gimp/2 is OpenSource, that means free for everyone to use and free for us to continue porting it.

http://birdy.hpage.net

May 06

I released a new version of PMPDF: 0.1.11

There are a lot of changes, but 2 are the most important:
1) requires GhostScript 6.x 2) installers available in 2 flavors

Look at the PMPDF home page for more info:

http://pmpdf.netlabs.org

PMPDF, Poor Mans PDF, is a utility which brings the capabilities of Adobe Acrobat Distiller to the OS/2 platform, with the use of GhostScript you are now able to create PDFs from every OS/2 application which supports the standard OS/2 PM Printer interface.

May 06

The fantastic OS/2 CD Writing software, RSJ CD-Writer, has been updated again to version 3.02 at:

http://www.rsj.de/

The changes in v3.01 to v3.02 are:
* Keyfile handling in installer improved
* New CDDRV.INF
* Now supports Warp Server for E-Business
* Certain in Version 3.00 and 3.01 as writer classified CD-ROMs are now CD-ROMS again

v3.00 to v3.01 included:
* Wrong keyfiles in English and French version corrected
* Keyfilehandling in installer improved
* Writing speed in filesystem can now be set higher than 4x

v2.85 to v3.00 included:
* Dynamic detection of new, CDMMC or CDATAPI compatible drive types
* Copy wizard for simple copies of complete CDs
* New compression algorithm for installer
* Installer support OS/2 2.1 again
* Improved CONFIG.SYS parser in installer
* CDWPOPUP has Hide button again
* Improved stability for LOCKCDR on ATAPI only systems
* New DANI version included

There is also currently special pricing on RSJ CD-Writer from RSJ Software http://www.rsj.de or from Joshua Communications http://www.joshua-com.de/order-us.htm, an authorised RSJ reseller, for the full Internet version, and for the Internet upgrade from v2.85.

May 05

PDPSIINF is an INF version of the PDPSI docs supplied in the FixPaks. I haven't changed anything but the information is a bit more accessible in the INF format.

I have uploaded PDPSIINF to Hobbes at:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pdpsiinf.zip

It will arrive in:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/info/pdpsiinf.zip

after processing.

May 04

Don't miss Warp City Columnist Karen L. Mansbridge-Wood's latest article entitled "OS/2 Is Rescued By The Internet". Karen translates important points of the interview from German to English and tells us what John Soyring is really saying about such topics like the concept of a 'thin client', whether or not IBM themselves use OS/2, does IBM consider OS/2 important and much more.

Visit Karen's Korner today:

http://warpcity.com/karenskorner

May 04

Tyra/2 the Config.sys analyzer and editor is now available in version 1.91

News:

- This program is now maintenanted by Joerg Sievers and also the 'config.sys documentation project' has been moved to:

http://www.warpsite.de

- The registration fee will be given to the two important projects for the OS/2-community: The Netl@bs and OS2.org

The following bugs were fixed:
- Tyra/2 shows a incorrect fixpack and version number with fixpack 13 on Warp 4. Please note that IBM has changed the OS/2 version number with fixpack 13 to OS/2 Warp 4.50! - The "Load order" function has sorted the Device before the Ifs statements, OS/2 loads as they are in the config.sys. - The CDFS page has had too great upper limits for the Cachesize and Filesectors.

New Features:
- Mpu401.sys-description updated - Theseus5.sys added

Tyra/2 is shareware and you will have 31 days to test it. If you are an author of a piece of OS/2 Freeware you can get a key for free.

You can download the newest version of Tyra/2 from these sites:
German version = Tyra191g.zip English version = Tyra191e.zip

http://www.warpsite.de/

ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/tyra191e.zip

will be moved in the next time to:

ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/config/tyra191e.zip

And in the next days at:

http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/tyra2.html

If you have any ideas for new features, enhancements or want have something changed in Tyra/2, than now is the best time to do it. To help me with the config.sys documentation you can send me your config.sys file (maybe with a short list of your installed hardware and software). You have every month the chance to win here one of two Tyra/2 lifetime keys.

May 04

PMNapster 1.2 update (release 2) is available at Hobbes:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/napster_12_beta1_r2.zip

It will eventually move to:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/misc/napster_12_beta1_r2.zip

This version includes:

- Correction in Connect function;
- Refresh in Library(Save folder);
- Other corrections.

Please, update your old PMNapster version.

Contact: rmayrink@mailbr.com.br
UIN: 3192979

May 04

The following appeared in comp.os.os2.bugs May 3:

IBM is pre-announcing FP 14 for Warp 4. FP 14 will be FP 13 with all the updates that are now individual downloads as well as the expected announced fixes that will still be made available as individual fixes.

Additional fixes above those mentioned at URL:

http://ps.software.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/fixnews.html

will be also included if available when FP 14 is produced. Although there is no strict date for the release of FP 14, it is expected to be available sometime in June if not earlier. Gating factors are the availability of fixes for FP 13 regressions (some may not get fixed immediately and have to wait for later FP's) as well as IBM resource availability.

It has also been determined that the fix for 486 and 386 machines that get a TRAP 6 on reboot after applying FP 13 was NOT included in the re-released FP. Users of such machines either must get that fix and apply it in order to boot, or should wait for FP 14.

For more information of the status of FP 13's fixes and FP 14, please see the above URL.

May 03

Tired of those yellow sticky notes that won't stick on your monitor? Here come the sticky notes that remain where you put them: On your OS/2 desktop. WarpNote gives you easy access to little yellow windows where you can note down everything you want. The program is simple and easy to use and consumes as little memory as possible. Each and any feature can be configured and adjusted to the user's needs. Extensive scripting capabilities give you unlimited possibilities (a birthday-reminder is included as an example script). A Blowfish encryption interface ensures that private data is stored in a secure way.

WarpNote is an ideal desktop companion, a fire-and-forget solution to keep all sorts of information - e.g. your shopping list or even confidential information like banking data, passwords or PIN numbers.

For complete info see the developer's web site at:

http://www.geocities.com/rodeodrive/2048/warpnote.html

or download directly from:

ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/wnote192.zip

The following changes have been made in this version:

* A French language module has been included in this release. Thanks to Guillaume Gay for the translation.
* Notes can float on top of all windows.

May 03

Where do you get it?

You can download SciTech Display Doctor 7.0 for OS/2 BETA 25 from our ftp site using the following URL:

ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2/sdd-os2-7.0.0-b25.exe

What's new:

. All remaining changes are now tracked on the web. Public changes are tracked at the following URL:

http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdd2_changes.txt

What is SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2?

SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 brings SciTech's proven DOS and Windows device support technologies to the OS/2 Operating System. Although one of the core features of our DOS and Windows products is the support for the VESA VBE/Core standard, the OS/2 version has nothing at all to do with VESA services. Rather SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 incorporates the new SciTech Nucleus, Graphics Architecture device driver technology to bring SciTech's device support to the OS/2 platform.

SciTech Nucleus is a binary portable, OS neutral, device driver architecture. As binary portable drivers, SciTech can fully develop and test the core device drivers in the DOS and Windows environments, while being able to target any Intel x86 based OS as the runtime environment (such as OS/2). This essentially allows the OS/2 product to utilise the same SciTech binary device drivers as the DOS and Windows versions of the product, improving the quality and performance of the drivers for all supported operating systems.

Runtime Requirements

SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 requires a version of OS/2 Warp 3 or OS/2 Warp 4 in order to run. More imporantly, it requires at least Warp 3 with fixpack 35, or Warp 4 with fixpack 5 installed. If you have a version with earlier fixpacks installed, SciTech Display Doctor will refuse to install.

List of all supported chips:

This is a complete list of the various graphics cards that this version of SciTech Display Doctor supports. Please note that this list refers to the actual chips being used, not a board-level implementation. Thus you will not see any products from Hercules or STB on the list, but their products are supported because they use S3, Cirrus, Tseng, etc. chips. Also, any card with less than 512KB of memory cannot be supported by SciTech Display Doctor.

Note: Please check the separate list of supported laptop chipsets for more information if you are using this product on a laptop. All laptop chipsets are still listed here as many laptop chipset can also be used in regular PCI/AGP boards.

. 3DLabs Permedia, Permedia 2, Permedia 2V
. 3dfx Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3
. ATI Mach64 GX, Mach64 CX, Mach64 CT, Mach64 VT, 3D Rage, Mach64 VTB
. ATI 3D Rage II, 3D Rage II+, Mach64 VT4, 3D Rage IIC, 3D Rage Pro
. ATI 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility, Rage XL, Rage 128, Rage 128 Pro
. Alliance ProMotion 6422, ProMotion AT24, ProMotion AT25
. Alliance ProMotion AT3D
. Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434, CL-GD5440, CL-GD5436, CL-GD5446
. Cirrus Logic CL-GD7555 LCD, Laguna 5462, Laguna 5464, Laguna 5465
. Cyrix Media GX, Media GXi, Media GXm
. InteGraphics CyberPro 2000, CyberPro 2010
. Intel i740, i740 PCI
. Macronix 86250, 86251
. Matrox MGA Millennium, MGA Millennium II, MGA Mystique
. Matrox MGA Mystique 220, MGA-G100, MGA-G200, MGA-G400
. NVIDIA RIVA-128, RIVA-128ZX, RIVA-TNT, RIVA-TNT2, RIVA-TNT2 M64
. NVIDIA RIVA-TNT2 Vanta, RIVA-TNT2 Ultra
. NeoMagic MagicGraph 128, MagicGraph 128V, MagicGraph 128ZV
. NeoMagic MagicGraph 128ZV+, MagicGraph 128XD, MagicGraph 256AV
. Number Nine Imagine 128, Imagine 128 II, Ticket 2 Ride
. Number Nine Ticket 2 Ride IV
. Philips 9710, 9712
. Rendition Verite V1000, Verite V2200
. S3 Vision 864, Vision 964, Vision 868, Vision 968, Trio32, Trio64
. S3 Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Trio64V2/DX, Virge, Virge/DX/GX, Virge/VX
. S3 Virge/GX2, Trio3D, Trio3D/2X, Savage3D, Savage4, Savage2000
. SiS 6202, 6205, 6215, 5597/5598, 6326, 5595/530, 5595/620, 300
. Sigma Designs RealMagic 64 GX
. Trident TGUI9440, TGUI9440-R2, TGUI9660, TGUI9680, ProVidia 9682
. Trident ProVidia 9685, 3DImage 975, 3DImage 985, Blade 3D
. Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p, ET6000, ET6100
. VESA VBE 1.2, VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0

List of all supported laptop chips:

The following is a complete list of the various laptop graphics chipsets that we support in this version of SciTech Display Doctor. Please note that this list refers to the actual chips being used, not the laptop brand or model itself. Thus you will not see any products from Gateway or Dell on the list, but their products are supported because they use NeoMagic, ATI, Cirrus etc. chips.

. ATI 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility
. Cirrus Logic CL-GD7555 LCD
. NeoMagic MagicGraph 128, MagicGraph 128V, MagicGraph 128ZV
. NeoMagic MagicGraph 128ZV+, MagicGraph 128XD, MagicGraph 256AV
. Chips ~Technologies 65550, 65554, 65555, 69000
. VESA VBE 1.2, VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0

May 03

PMNapster 1.2 Beta 1 available to download in Hobbes:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/napster_12_beta1.zip

It will eventually move to:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/misc/napster_12_beta1.zip

This is a test version.

This versions includes corrections in download functions, server messages, New Library, add hotlist, firewall/Nat support, ignore list, upload limits and more...

Bugs/Informations: rmayrink@mailbr.com.br

May 03

Couple of days ago, I posted an invitation for the OS/2 community members to join me at:

http://www.egroups.com/group/ecomstation

regarding our effort to create a new Managed Client for eBusiness using components of WSeB.

An interesting issue came up as to whether it will help us if we were to create a new non-remote boot client - aka "traditional" client - as well.

My concern is: How many people still care? How many copies will I be able to sell? Are there enterprise customers that are willing to buy it from us IF this product has the blessing and support of IBM?

Join us. Let me know. I can't hear you if you don't speak up. Help spread the question around. Do you work for an enterprise company? How would your IT manager feel about it? Would they want to see an alternative to the W2K fat lady?

May 03

IBM has announced a new line of ThinkPads to replace the 600 series. High end system with new Intel 700 Mhz Pentium III with SpeedStep technology for improved battery life. Check it out:

http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_100-116

May 03

CDRWizard 0.99 beta 13 is avaliable at my home site at the address:

http://www.quasarbbs.com/rocco

or

http://forosoftware.freeweb.org

Read the readme.cdr file for CHANGES information.

CDRWizard is a GUI Wizard interface to CDRECORD/2 for burning CD-R / CD-RW (data, audio, etc) discs.

May 03

Well, gee we ain't dead yet.

http://www.boston.com/
http://www.digitalmass.com/columns/software/0501.html

Nice feel good, OS/2 article with no real new news.

May 03

On my home page there is a new version of SecureDesktop available for download. This is a test-version and no password is needed - please do not put this package on other OS/2-pages!

SecureDesktop is a security system for OS/2. This package includes the following modules:
- serial multi-user desktop: every user has his own desktop with his own objects
- logon/logoff/lock-module

If this test is successful the other modules are ready for testing:
- file-access-control
- single-sign-on: one userid/password in the whole network
- administration of several multi-user-suitable applications: StarOffice 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, MySQL, Peer2Peer, and so on.

Important note:
This is a test version, so please send me a bug-report (look at my home page). This information is very important for me, so please help me...

My home page:

http://home.t-online.de/~Juergen.Dankoweit

May 03

Pretty Pop Software released Jasmine 2.80, today. Jasmine is the ftp front-end using of the OS/2 WARP jeniune part for FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for the maintainances of your Web Pages. And Jasmine can copy local files to destination directory with same functions of FTP Mode. Jasmine will put/copy the files and directories, only which are changed or altered from the last put/copy. You can also select if you want to put/copy this time such automatcically selected files and folders. You may record the logs of uploaded files by either daily or monthly, too. And you can remove remote files that uploaded/copied and managed by Jasmine.

Update topics are...

Version 2.90 (01.May.2000)
a.Add `Show Selected Status Window's Text at Context Menu' function.
b.Add `Select Files NOT Available at Local/Source Directory' function.
c.Other minor parts were also modified.

You can get a copy from...

http://prettypop.tsx.org/

This OS/2 application requires Watcom VX-REXX runtime module (VROBJ.DLL).

May 02

KRFTech Ltd. Changes Company Name to Jungo Ltd:

KRFTech Ltd. has changed the name of the company to Jungo Ltd. "Jungo" is a Latin term for joining, connecting, or bringing together. The new name reflects the simple way in which Jungo's products enable developers and system integrators to overcome bottlenecks in connecting software to hardware. This simplicity is the essence of Jungo's product lines.

The Jungo company name change does not effect the company's product line names - "WinDriver", "KernelDriver" and "Go Hot Swap", and does not change the commitment that Jungo has to its broad customer base.

"The company name change is a welcome change for us," said Ofer Vilenski, president of Jungo Ltd., "It reflects our vision of providing simple solutions to difficult problems".

Jungo Ltd. Announces New Products:
----------------------------------
1. Hot Swap Operating System Extension.
2. Remote Access WinDriver.
3. USB driver development kits for NT, CE and Linux.

1. Hot Swap Operating System Extension
=======================================

Up until today, implementing "Hot Swap" required the use of proprietary operating systems. Jungo's "Go Hot Swap" tools enable hardware vendors and system integrators to create "hot swappable" drivers from scratch, or add Hot Swap capabilities to existing PCI drivers. For more details, check out our CompactPCI page at http://www.jungo.com/cpci.html, or contact Mr. Amir Inbar amir@jungo.com

2. Remote Access WinDriver
===========================

Jungo has released the beta version of a revolutionary product, which enables remote access to ISA/ISA PnP/PCI/cPCI/USB/PCMCIA based hardware, through any network connection. This new technology can be used in conjunction with Jungo's successful driver tools, enabling developers to develop and debug drivers for remote hardware, or as a stand-alone product. The new technology enables ample range of implementations and uses, such as embedded system development, remote driver development, remote debugging, hardware inventory control, help desk services, theft prevention, e-support and others. The Remote Access Technology is implemented on all operating systems supported by Jungo: Windows 9x, NT,2000, CE, NT Embedded, Linux, Solaris, VxWorks and OS/2. For more information regarding the Remote Technology check out http://www.jungo.com/ra-agent.html. To join the Beta program, please contact Mr. Eyal Yoskovitz eyal@jungo.com

3. USB driver development kits for NT, CE and Linux
====================================================

Following the success of Jungo's USB driver development toolkit for Windows 98 and Windows 2000, Jungo has now released WinDriver USB for Windows CE and announced the upcoming launch of WinDriver USB for Windows NT, NT Embedded and Linux. WinDriver dramatically shortens the development cycle of device drivers for USB to only several hours. Jungo's "WinDriver USB for Windows NT" enables USB capabilities on Windows NT and NT Embedded, which were previously unavailable. By adding the support for USB on Windows NT, NTE, CE and Linux (to WinDriver's existing Windows 9x and 2000), Jungo powerful "WinDriver" product line will now completely support all major operating systems. The same USB driver code generated for any of the operating systems will run as-is on all of these operating systems. For more information regarding WinDriver USB, please contact Mr. Eyal Yoskovitz eyal@jungo.com

I will be happy to answer any question you may have regarding our driver development tools.

______________________________________
Ms. Michal Rutzky
Jungo Sales
Email: michal@jungo.com
Web: http://www.jungo.com
Phone: 1-877-514-0537(USA) +972-9-8859365(Worldwide), ext. 110
Fax: 1-877-514-0538(USA) +972-9-8859366(Worldwide)

May 01

From the desk of Craig Greenwood, WarpTech Captain

The WarpTech Travel Page and The Wigwam Resort's web site will both give you some good information on how to get to WarpTech and what you (and your family, if they're coming too) can take advantage of while you're there.

The Wigwam is one of the top resorts in the country. It began as the Goodyear Company's private lodge and it's much more than just a convention facility. There are exquisite dining facilities (the Arizona Kitchen, the Terrace Dining Room, and the Grill On The Greens Rotisserie), two swimming pools (one with a water slide), nine tennis courts, bicycle trails, three 18-hole championship golf courses (with 6 a.m. tee times), and plenty of other recreation facilities within its 463 acres.

http://www.wigwamresort.com
http://www.wigwamresort.com/news/news_index.html
http://www.wigwamresort.com/rec/rec_index.html
http://www.wigwamresort.com/dine/dine_index.html
http://www.wigwamresort.com/golf/golf_index.html

Add an extra day or two onto your trip and turn WarpTech into a personal holiday. Relax after each day of sessions in one of the resort pools and enjoy some refreshments from the Pool Cabana. Bring your tennis racket, your swimwear, your clubs and your bicycle!

Our own WarpTech Travel page gives you a complete airline summary including discount programs and "specials", plus links for trains (Amtrak) and buses (Greyhound).

http://www.warptech.org/WTTravel.html

And we've touched up the WarpTech Sessions page a bit, so if you haven't looked in a while you'll see a few new things at

http://www.warptech.org/WTSessions.html

Also, don't forget that Monday, May 1 is the last day of our Warp Server for e-Business contest. See

http://www.warptech.org/WTRegistration.html

The big three days of OS/2 are Friday to Sunday, May 26-28, and we'll see you there -- at WarpTech 2000!

- Captain Craig captain@warptech.org

April 30

Just noticed that SurplusAuction again has several of the following for Auction:

HP ScanJet 6200Cse 36-Bit Professional Color Flatbed Scanner for PC 34 unit(s) starting at $29

http://egghead2.m0.net/m/s.asp?H1176060614X664669

Current bid range is $94-$129, and the auction closes at Sat Apr 29, 2000 3:16 pm PDT Lot Number 2717463 Manufacturer's Part #: C6272AU

This item is Hewlett Packard Factory refurbished and requires a SCSI card.

This is the same scanner that was reviewed in the March VOICE Newsletter -

http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0300H/vnewsf2.htm

April 30

Version 3.23 of Electronic Teller was uploaded this afternoon (April 29, 2000).

Briefly, Electronic Teller is a native OS/2 financial management suite for home users. It does not yet include investment account support, but will eventually.

For additional information on Electronic Teller, including screen shots and download sites, visit:

http://members.home.net/phcaron

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