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MiniSQL is a small and fast SQL server. It is available for OS/2.
MiniSQL 2.0.10 for OS/2 has been released. It is the latest release and should have fixed most problems.
It can be downloaded from
http:://www.quasarbbs.com/yuri
At the same place, you can find a new Tips&Tricks section for BlueCAD. The first trick is about unknown file formats.
Wired magazine posted an article regarding IBM and Microsoft's disagreements over OS/2. Read it for yourself:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/19921.html
The WiseManager evaluation kit, now available from Serenity Systems, has completed successful testing with Warp Server for e-business. Testing revealed some defective DLLs. However, problems have been resolved. Warp Server for e-business is proving to be a superior Managed Client(tm) environment.
Successful testing was also completed with the IBM Network Station 2800, announced on May 25 and demonstrated at recent LI and NYC user group meetings.
For more information regarding the evaluation kit availability, e.mail info@serenity-systems.com
Apparently Palm Computing took over the CoPilot source code and made it an official development tool, called POSE (Palm OS Emulator). Currently there are Winblows, MacOS and UNIX versions, all with source code.
It's available at:
http://www.palm.com/devzone/pose/seed.html
Anyone interested in porting it?
The June edition of "The Warped Perspective" has been posted at OS/2 Headquarters (http://www.os2hq.com/), along with some additional articles in the Archives (Classic Articles) section. This month's Perspective marshalls the troops to smoke out IBM.
Latest News from The mSQL PC Home Page
mSQL 2.0.10 build #1 for OS/2 released!
As Hughes goes on releasing new versions of mSQL every month, Yuri Dario keeps the OS/2 port of
mSQL in sync. Now it seems the build number of the OS/2 version can never again become greater
than one. ;-)
The status of WarpSeeMe/2 project has been updated, for further information go to:
[WarpCast Moderator's Note: WarpSeeMe/2 is a project to create video conferencing software for OS/2.)
There is now a Local PC Vender that will build systems to meet the Needs of the OS/2 Community in Bay Area, To include a link to a Local Desktop Publisher.
Also a link to the OS/2 Server Video's and the New Bamba for OS/2.....
http://trss.webjump.com
email Cjeffii@home.com
SLRN 0.9.5.6 is available at http://village.flashnet.it/~rm03703/programs/slrn or at http://www.quasarbbs.com/francesco/slrn
SLRN is a nice text newsreader distributed under the Gnu Public License, ported from linux using the EMX library.
Snow Storm Software has made available the Star Wars logo in 3D for use under Escape GL. Check it out in the Snow Storm Software Gallery at:
http://www.snowstormsoftware.com/gallery.html
http://www.cam.org/~guardia/pm123.html
What's new!
Download URL: ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/wnote181.zip
Developer Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/rodeodrive/2048/warpnote.html
Secure Order URL: https://secure.bmtmicro.com/order0343.html
Product Description:
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 (birthday-reminder included as an example
script). A Blowfish encryption interface ensures that
private data is stored in a secure way.
New in this Release:
Added CLIPBOARD command to WNCOMM.EXE to enable easier
creation of new notes that contain text from the
clipboard.Fixed a bug that messed up the notes list in some
cases.
I have just updated The OS/2 Alternative (http://www.tstonramp.com/~freiheit/os2apps.shtml) and added to it my own set of REXX scripts for TrueSpectra's now defunct Photo>Graphics Pro for OS/2 vector graphics program.
PGPro Scripts v1.2 creates simple "3D shadows" of selected objects in any of four directions (down and left, down and right, up and left, up and right) and can be downloaded from:
http://www.tstonramp.com/~freiheit/PGPro_Scripts_12.zip
These scripts are provided as free, open-source (obviously) code and as such you are free to modify them to suit your needs. They have been released solely on the hope that they may be useful to someone else and there is no warranty of any kind.
SETI@home is a scientific experiment that will harness the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Anyone can participate by running a program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.
The OS/2 version of this program isn't available yet, but that hasn't stopped me from creating a team for OS/2 Warp! If you're interested in joining this team, point your browser to:
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/cgi?cmd=team_show&id=1331
Of course, you don't need to be running the OS/2 client (even when it's available) to join the team. In fact, I have an SMP NT box at work and a Mac at home running the SETI@Home software.
[WarpCast Moderator's note: The OS/2 command line version of the SETI@home client is in final testing and should be available later this week.]
Abbotsbury Software Ltd. has updated their driver for the Hauppauge WinCast/TV PCI card. The current version is 1.041L. New in this release is:
Audio Support for boards that use the MSP34XX Sound Processor. Finally your TV won't be silent! This support is for all boards except for UK models that have a "PAL BG/I tuner. Support for these models will be added shortly.
We have added support for more tuners. If you were able to see composite video but your tuner wasn't working properly, this driver should solve the problem.
VideoIN support. Tim has out done himself!!! With this release of the driver, you should be able to capture video to your hard disk for playback, editing or video conferencing. Your performance will vary depending on your CPU and available memory.
SVideo Support.
Still missing is "clipping support". If you are using GRADD, the video window will occlude any window located in it's display area, regardless of Z-order. This is quite obnoxious and will be corrected. The latest driver can be downloaded from the Abbotsbury Site:
http://www.wdi.co.uk/os2tv/download.htm
IBM has promised delivery of their WarpTV application, however the project is being worked on as time permits. Since they offered us a very attractive license, I can't yell and scream too loudly to hurry things along. However progress is being made and we should all benefit from their effort. In the mean time, I encourage you to check out other 3rd party TV application offerings:
http://home.t-online.de/home/stefan.milcke/homepage.htm
http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~lsunley
I'd like to announce the release of ServerConfig/2 version 1.0.
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. Also comments and extra lines are not lost.
Version 1.0 has more than 50 new features and changes. Good luck :)
homepage:
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dm898/sc/
After reading the OS/2 VOICE on line chat text with Joe Nord of Crystal, I asked Crystal about the updated drivers he mentioned.
Sure enough, looking at:-
http://www.cirrus.com/drivers/audiodrv/os2.html
reveals new ISA drivers at v2.08, and new PCI drivers at v3.03.
I don't know if there are any Crystal-based PCI cards on the market yet, but ISA cards certainly are :-)
From MURC (http://www.matroxusers.com/news.html) News:
Matrox have posted a new feedback form on their website for users to make suggestions on features they would like to see in future drivers.
See http://www.matrox.com/mga/drivers/drvsugg.htm
This is just a message in response to the NVidia RIVA TNT2 graphics card having OS/2 Warp drivers, another rival company S3, and their new chipset the Savage4 will also have OS/2 Warp graphics drivers (which I've also got confirmation via e-mail that they will exist from S3) as can be seen in thier Savage4 data sheet file at:
http://www.s3.com/savage4/savage4ds.pdf
Just a short note to let you know that I've created a new version of the OS/2 Switchboard website at URL:
http://home.worldonline.nl/~jhockx
This new version uses frames and some JavaScript, but there is also a simple index available when these features are not supported by your browser. Besides the website's new 'looks' I've also added a new page for 'hardware related topics'. Here you can find several links to information and drivers to use your (new) hardware with OS/2.
Have a look at the OS/2 Switchboard and let me know what you think about the 'look and feel' of this new version.
StarDivision has released StarOffice 5.1 for OS/2 (and other platforms). Information can be found at:
The file is roughly 90MB and includes the March, 1999 refresh of Java 1.1.7 (which is about 17MB of that size).
Perfect Niche Software, Inc., http://www.perfectniche.com, has done it again! We have redesigned our Web site and added some new features for users of SMACK! 1.01 and for those awaiting the soon to be released SMACK! v 2.0.
SMACK! 2.0 is scheduled to be released during the second quarter of 1999. To keep you updated on the latest enhancements to be included in SMACK! 2.0, we have provided a email notification request at http://www.perfectniche.com/html/smack__2_0_preview.html. Once signed up, you will receive notification each time the SMACK! 2.0 page is updated.
A "SMACK! Users" page is going to be a new addition to the Perfect Niche site. Notify the webmaster@moon-scape.com to have your name added. For the users that have a home page, a SMACK! graphic has been provided that may be downloaded and placed on your home page with a link to the SMACK! page. This will inform your fellow OS/2 users that there IS a native labeling program exclusively written for OS/2.
We appreciate your support and look forward to the new release of SMACK! 2.0.
Robert Rosenwald, President
Perfect Niche Software, Inc.
http://www.perfectniche.com