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I have just updated my Config.sys Documentation Project. You will find a lot
of new and updated descriptions about Config.sys entries. There are now more than
250 descriptions online.
http://www.online.de/home/os2/csdp/about.htm
ANNOUNCEMENT
I'm very proud to present you a new version of my well-known and oftenly used
currency calculator tool "PM-Euro".
PM-Euro version 1.41 provides improvements regarding calculation of very big
amounts (values bigger than 1.000.000.000).
PM-Euro is a very nice PM-application which allows you to convert between different
currencies (EURO currencies like German Marks or Dutch Gulden as well as foreign
currencies like US or Canadian Dollars) and provides some nice features make this
software easy-to-use and very helpful for your daily work.
PM-Euro is freeware!
Come on, and download it from my "Warphouse Software" Homepage. Please
note, that my homepage has moved. You find it now using the following URL:
Rover Pack(tm) Joins the Sundial Systems Family
It's time to a add a canine companion to your OS/2 desktop
April 23, 1999, Seal Beach, CA - Sundial Systems Corporation and Orange Hill
Software today announced that Sundial Systems has begun shipping the Rover Pack
for OS/2.
The Rover Pack is a collection of tools for navigating and managing an OS/2 Workplace
Shell desktop in a useful and even fun way. Rover, the desktop retriever, is the
star of the show. Rover tries to stay close at hand and ready to open the desktop
objects (programs, folders, etc.) that you use. He takes the form of a little window
that "roves" around your desktop trying to stay in "empty space"
-- available, yet out of your way. And like a good companion, he keeps track of
the objects he fetches for you... ready to open them again if the need should arise.
The Rover Pack is based on a unique set of technologies, pioneered by Orange
Hill, to provide this type of Workplace Shell enhancement in a way that is highly
unlikely to conflict with other desktop enhancement products or Workplace Shell
extensions.
For further information on the Rover Pack and Sundial Systems, visit the Sundial
Systems web site at http://www.sundialsystems.com
or contact Carla Hanzlik, Vice President of Sundial Systems, at (562) 596-5121 or
(562) 596-5366.
Power ListViewer 99 is designed to allow easy reading of mailing list messages
in an easy to follow, subject-threaded format. Power ListViewer 99 is able to read
both digest files and regular e-mail files, and present the messages in an easy
to follow subject-based threaded format.
For more information go to:
http://www.bigfoot.com/~PowerListviewer
[Assistant Editor's Note: Power ListViewer is available in both Win32 and OS/2
versions.]
For the record.....
Just got word that OS/2 Warp Server for eBusiness (Aurora) "went" Golden
Master this week. Release is due RSN.
10 copies of Warp Server V4 are being auctioned on Ebay under "OS/2 Warp"
Anyone in need should check it out, Auction ends 4/26.
Latest News From The mSQL PC Home Page (Apr, 22)
================================================
http://www.blnet.com/msqlpc
mSQL 2.0.9 build #1 for OS/2 released!
Yuri Dario is keeping the OS/2 port of mSQL in sync with the Unix version. Again
he released the OS/2 port just a few days after Hughes released a new version. By
the way, Yuri's home page has a new address: http://www.quasarbbs.com/yuri
I'd like to announce the release of ServerConfig/2 version 0.8
ServerConfig/2 is a PM configuration util for Apache and the InetPowerServer/2.
It also allows you to remote configure any unix/linux Apache. It includes a daemon
that can be compiled under any gcc and thus allows ServerConfig/2 to receive and
save configurations remotely, all from OS/2 :)
IPS is now fully supported. Services and users can be changed via individual
containers per service/user.
homepage: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dm898/sc/
First, I have redesigned the home page of my website at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/4301
The menu items on the page are JPEG files created with GIMP 1.01.
Second, this site got its first review on January 8 1999.
That review can be found by going to:
Then click on "Links and Downloads", then click on the links to "Kool
Sites", then click on "Computing" and then "OS/2 in Focus"
to see the review.
The OS/2 Starter Kit is supposed to be a CD for an ONE-STEP installation of Drivers,
Fixpacks, Java, Main-Apps, usefull Tools ... But it will also include a Disk1 creator
for a proper Installation, How-To's, OS/2-Tricks, OS/2-Link-Collection ... The finished
CD is supposed to be hole and partly (e.g. want a Trick-Collection for you Homepage?)
free I think this is a big goal, so I could need some help.
Here are the ways how everybody can help:
- send me your favorite Tricks, Progs (Links is enough(should be free software)),
OS/2-Links
- or come and join, there is a lot to do: creating installers (REXX), testing apps
and helping to setup the directory-tree, Bookmarks and Trick-collection
The Homepage is:
http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~vogelbuc
My eMail is: Christoph.Vogelbusch@bigfoot.com
There is a new IndOS2 Project: PMCDrec V 0.01beta
You can find this cdwriter frontend on:
http://en.os2.org/projects/indos2/
To do list:
- file mounting via TVFS.
- automatic SCSI detection
- show status
- information about CDs
- burn options before burning
- show burn volume
- burn via pipes
Hexen/2 updated
Better SFX support, the sfx volume setting now works.
Loading during game start up is done in a seperate thread.
Credits is given in the "About" window.
Setting window is provided for the OS/2 command line parameters. This means that
you are able to change the OS/2 releated settings during game play, you do not have
to re-start the game. Settings are saved in the hexos2.ini file where hexos2.exe
resides. Note that the command line parameters overide the ini file settings.
Better mouse grabbing, if you have turned on mouse grabbing you will not be able
to access the menu unless you have paused the game, either by pressing [Num Lock]
or [Esc] key.
OS/2 Product Marketing/Sales Position Available ASAP
Rate: Negotiable, Based on Experience
Utah, Utah County 801
OS/2 Product Marketing/Sales Position
This position will have both a product marketing and sales aspect to it. Functions
of each are described below.
Product Marketing
- Overall responsibility for OS/2 product line including business cases, ROI
and product road maps. Currently, this includes the following products.
- StandbyServer for OS/2 Warp
- Co-StandbyServer for OS/2 Warp
- Co-StandbyServer for Warp Server for E-Business (Aurora)
- Primary contact for development and business managers from IBM NCSD, Austin,
TX.
- Responsible for marketing material content, PowerPoint presentations, white
papers and data sheets.
- Work closely with engineering to determine product feature sets, publish development
schedules and set product strategies.
- Capable of discovering additional product/relationship opportunities with IBM
NCSD.
- Comfortable with participating in product specific press announcements and
activities.
Sales
Note: Client OS/2 sales are typically larger, more complex sales that are often
better served by being coordinated using resources from the company.
Field sales managers play a key roll in helping to identify and qualify potential
customers. Corporate resources are used to provide product explanation, assist in
pilot or proof of concept activities and resolve technical issues. To this end the
following sales characteristics are desirable.
- Strong knowledge of our client's OS/2 products and of general network design
and concepts.
- Good customer presence.
- Knowledge/experience with a formal sales process - identify, qualify, present,
resolve issues, close.
- Good communication skills - written/verbal
This position is open to US Citizens and Greencard holders only. Sponsorship
is not available and third party candidates will not be considered.
The Real Audio player was updated to version 0.02. Now it can play data from
stdin thus making Real Audio streaming possible with a help of WGET.
For more information and download please visit:
http://www.freebyte.ml.org/~boga/OS2Programs.html
rxGPIB is now available at:
http://home.att.net/~ASchw/induapps.html
rxGPIB is a REXX DLL to access GPIB (IEEE488) functions. With rxGPIB you can
easily control instruments and perform data acquisition using REXX. rxGPIB is ideal
for prototyping GPIB software and control instruments such as multimeters, oscilloscopes
and frequency generators.
Pretty Pop Software released PopCD! 2.15, today. PopCD! is a `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 the object into shredder.
Update topics are... Version 2.15 (21.Apr.1999)
a.Tune up.
b.Add `Internal CD Player Always on Top' function.
c.Add `Enable/Disable Folder View Mode' function.
d.Also fixed other minor inconveniences and designs.
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 (0.9c or higher).
This week's edition of Focus on OS/2 is now online.
Topic: Laying Out Your New OS/2 System
This week we continue the Primer on Installing and Setting Up and New OS/2 system.
The new feature can be accessed at:
http://os2.miningco.com/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm
In addition to this feature a variety of new links have added including several
on how to network other operating systems to Warp and how to solve a variety of
networking problems.
The Focus on OS/2 site now contains 49 categories and 860 links.
This site as a whole can be accessed at http://os2.miningco.com.
I've just ported Amiga Real Audio decoder and attached DART playback to it.
For more information and download please visit http://www.freebyte.ml.org/~boga/OS2Programs.html
Seems to be a very good week regarding streaming technologies on OS/2 :-)
As mentioned in another mail there is an Amiga and a DOS-Version of a RealAudio
Player. I think it should be possible to port this one to OS/2.
The URL to this page is http://csc.smsu.edu/~strauser/RA.html
(Thanks to Fernando Cassia for the link)
Apple today also released the Quicktime Streaming Server, they call the OpenSource
version "Darwin Streaming Server".
The sourcecode is available at http://www.publicsource.apple.com/
You have to register (for free), that's all.
If you are working on a port, please let me know (ktk@netlabs.org).
I can offer http, ftp and *finally* also CVS access at OS/2 Netlabs.
(BTW: The other projects at OS/2 Netlabs will get CVS access in about two weeks)
Adrian Gschwend
@ OS/2 Netlabs
http://www.netlabs.org
If you are developing a Java application and are interested in keeping your OS/2
application current, with respect to the IBM Network Computing Strategy, then we
would like to hear from you directly.
"Workspace on Demand" is our product that offers OS/2 customers an
introduction into Network Computing. Simple code changes will allow your application
to run efficiently on with Workspace on Demand.
We also offer a variety of Java development tools for most popular platforms.
Any interested parties can contact me at my email address - nickyh@us.ibm.com or
call me at (512) 838-4549 directly.
I look forward to working with all of you.
Finally: The Team Trier Collection Vol.4 CDROM for OS/2 is now available!
For only DM 10 it includes (among lots of other share- & freeware, demos,
etc.):
- Fixpak 10 for Warp 4 in English & German
- Fixpak 38 for Warp 3 in German
- Fixpak 40 for Warp 3 in English
- Xfree86 3.3.3.1, the most recent release of the free X-Window server with all
fixes
- Netscape Communicator 4.04 (February'99 refresh)
- Java 1.1.7a (with the most recent fixes)
- Ghostscript 5.50
- EMX 0.9d, the new release of the well-known C(++) compiler for OS/2
- OS2TeX (the current release from December/January 98/99)
- PMBackup for free!
- Exclusive Early Preview of MusicBase/2!
- OptimizeOCR for only DM 15,-! (instead of DM 25,-)
Two comfortable menu-systems, a HTML interface that can be used with any web
browser and a PM program, developed specially for the TTC, support you at selecting
and installing the programs.
The Fixpaks and (new!) XFree86/OS2 may be most easily installed directly from
the CD!
For more information and the complete list of contents see the Webpages of Team
OS/2 Region Trier e.V. at http://www.teamos2.ipcon.de
(Note: This CDROM may be of interest only to German-speaking or at least European
customers: The documentation and the installation-programs on the CD are in German
and shipping charges may get really steep outside of Europe ...)
QuoteGrabber 2 is a Java/Swing based online stock quote displayer that has an
OS/2 installable version on their webpage. Real time quotes from Datek are also
available with QuoteGrabber 2.
See http://www.aparima.com/quote/
At the recent OS/2 Users Group meeting here in San Diego I did a presentation
on what the X Window system is and how to install it. For the installation, I put
together a simple script to do most of the work and requires only 2 lines added
to the config.sys. One for the XFree86OS2 support driver and the other for the Toronto
Virtual Filesystem. All required environment settings are in a script that is used
to launch XFree86OS2 so removal or concern of system stablility is simplified/reduced.
Steve was good enough to polish up my instructions and put them on the web site.
You can find it at:
http://home.san.rr.com/cq/sdos2ug/
Almost every user out there has tried or read about the docs to make RealAudio
player v3.0 work in a winos2 session (and lately also RealPlayer 5.0).
However the overhead of loading a winos2 session JUST for playing audio could
be avoided if we had a native player for .ra files...
Well this dream of a native os/2 player is nearer now... since a group of Amiga
programmers released a native player of RealAudio files for their platform.
I hope some OS/2 audio gurus out there can take a look at the source and come
up with an OS/2 player (or Netscape helper application).
The URL to get the source code is:
HTTP://csc.smsu.edu/~strauser/RA.html
- - - - -
Related to the previous notice of RealAudio player sources for Amiga, I have
also found a MS-DOS based player for realaudio files which also includes source
code of the player!
http://members.tripod.com/~ladsoft/ra.htm
This player should work ok in OS/2 as a Netscape helper application since it
is a real-mode program. The sources could also be used to create native OS/2 ports.
Styler/2, previously known as Smart Windows, is an OS/2 user interface enhancer
with both aesthetic and functional features.
The program DLL and the installer have been updated. Since the registrable version
is not yet ready this new DLL will extend the trial time of further 90 days. Besides
that the Smooth horizontal movements feature in the Sizing/moving page now works.
This feature allows to move anywindow horizontally in steps of 1 pixel instead of
the default 8 pixel steps. When this feature is enabled another new experimental
feature will work: the Snap to screen edge feature.
more details on : http://acsoft.ghostbbs.cx
the file smw082b.zip is available at:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/smw082b.zip
or
ftp://ftp.ghostbbs.cx/pub/os2/os2team/alcant/smw082b.zip
Mozilla is the name of the "open source" version of Netscape Navigator
and is available for Windows, Unix, OS/2, and the Mac. This message was recently
posted to the Mozilla newsgroups:
My fellow collegues and I have finished our documentation on building Mozilla
under OS/2, Linux and Windows platforms. This documentation is the result of weeks
of hard work and we hope we can now all enjoy the fruits of our labour.
I encourage you all to catch a glimpse of our documentation, available at http://alcor.concordia.ca/~c_berry/mozilla.html
and integrate it into your current documentation (by providing links to the above
page or by incorporating our work into your own). Please give proper credit where
it's due.
The page will undergo "cosmetic fixups" within the next couple of days
but should be finalized within the week's end. With that in mind, I'd like to congradulate
everyone on a job well done. Keep up the good work!
Gili Tzabari