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June 06

New WarpVision wvgui20030606

URL: http://os2.kiev.ua/en/wv.php

"The goal of the WarpVision project is to create an OS/2 multimedia player that supports the latest formats, as well as the latest hardware features."

Latest changes:

PLEASE! Remove VIDEO2.INI first!

06.06.2003
 More strong checks for mp3 streams (fixes some slo-mo and outsynced videos)
 Fixed adding to playlist some mpeg video
 Fixed back from telecine (ntsc->pal) in mpeg2 streams. Coused desync about 0.5 sec on some DVDs
 RealMedia seek reworked

Download: http://www.laemmlin.net/mirror/wvgui/wvgui20030606.zip


June 06

WSIEVER 1.1

A.Y.DAYO released WSIEVER 1.1.

WSIEVER is a tool to monitor your favorite web pages and notify you if they have updated. There is only Japanese readme included. WSIEVER and Installer (inst.exe) work as English programs in non-Japanese environments.

http://my.vector.co.jp/servlet/System.FileDownload/download/http/0/281918/pack/os2/net/www/wsiev110.lzh


June 06

coolfm beta 8

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coolfm beta 8

coolfm supports a wide range of USB, BT8xx PCI and ISA based FM-tuners; Don't use it as sound recorder!;)

What's new:
- Quick startup
- New skin 'e-Girl' which indicates fm-station logo
- Compatibility with system tray widget for XCenter
http://ecomstation.ru/apecs.php?action=item&id=719
- 30 fixes and improvements

Useful links:
- How to connect an FM radio to NTL cable --
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/altisuk/fm/
- USB fm-tuner for your notebook -- http://www.eps-elektronik.de/
(Angebote)

http://ecomstation.ru/coolfm
Eugene Gorbunoff


June 06

Tucows awards PMView Pro 5 cow rating

I don't know if anyone has reported this yet, but the Tucows software library http://www.tucows.com just gave the new PMView 3.0 http://www.pmview.com/ their highest 5 Cow rating for both the OS/2 and Win32 versions.


June 06

New versions of SANE and XSane for OS/2 available

There are new binary packages for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)backends and frontends available. Backends-Version is now 1.0.12 and Frontends-Version 1.0.11

The problem with TRAPs that had been reported by some users should be solved now.

http://home.tiscalinet.de/fbakan/


June 05

OS/2 Port of Xerces-C Version 2.2.0

Apparently something went wrong while producing the binary for this Version. Some parts of the used source-files were not of Version 2_2_0 but of Version 2_0_0. So it might be possible, that this distribution is not working well.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. I'm going to upload the right Version shortly.... [Moderator's note: Though he doesn't say so I assume he means "upload to hobbes" as Joachim had uploaded the subject version to hobbes last week.]


June 05

The Little Business Helper has been updated (v0.596)

Little Business Helper is a business tool to create and print invoice and order-forms. It has it's own adress and stock manager.

Only available in German for now.

http://andreas.schoesser.org


June 05

Tim's Warped Bargains: More Wireless, Security Advice, Free Ethernet, IBM Calculator

Dear Bargain Hunters:

Still looking to connect your eComStation or OS/2 Warp system(s) wirelessly? I'm a big fan of the platform-neutral ethernet-to-wireless converters that work with any operating system that speaks TCP/IP. It's really the only viable choice for wirelessly connecting eCom/Warp desktops, in fact. And these devices work for printers that have ethernet ports, too, not to mention Sony Playstations. There's a terrific bargain going right now on just such a device.

PC Mall has the SMC 2670W ethernet-to-wireless (802.11b) box for a mere $59.99 plus shipping (about 10 bucks, it looks like).

http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=753019

That beats my last mention of a similar device by about 25 bucks. Setup couldn't be simpler. Just plug in any ethernet device, use the built-in web-based configuration program (if needed), and you're wirelessly connected

The Speedstream 2623 wireless router I mentioned in one of my last updates is still available from Tigerdirect.com, although the USR brand router with the same features is sold out now. The Speedstream is only $39.99 plus shipping there, and that includes the parallel printer port and serial port (for backup external dial-up modem connection if you wish), as I mentioned earlier.

By the way, for those of you who bought the USR wireless router I mentioned (USR268011 a.k.a. just model 8011), rest assured that you can print fine from eComStation or OS/2 Warp, or any other operating system (Linux included), as long as you have the regular printer driver -- despite what USR's documentation says. Just configure an LPD-style port (using the new streaming LPD port driver ideally). For the USR box you'll use a print server address of 192.168.123.254 (the router's address) and a printer name of simply "lp" (the default for UNIX-style printing). I'm doing that with my own USR box, and it works like a champ with my HP LaserJet 4L, both wired and wirelessly.

Also, be sure to turn on as much wireless security as you can. (Granted, it's still not perfect, but it's better than nothing.) In particular, turn on

1. 128-bit WEP encryption.
2. Change the SSID to something that meets good password rules.
3. Tell the router not to broadcast the SSID. (The sold out USR box doesn't have this setting, as far as I can tell. Some routers do, some don't.)
4. Use MAC address "locking." Make sure the router will only assign a connection to devices with a specific MAC address, such as your PC.
5. Use "shared key" WEP authentication, not "open key."
6. Change your WEP key every week or so on both your wireless client and wireless router. At least choose a WEP key that's truly random.

All that won't encrypt your networking once it leaves your router and goes over the Internet. Keep using SSL, PGP, and other encryption software for sensitive communications. But these steps should help prevent someone from "borrowing" your bandwidth without your consent.

By the way, do you need a free PCI ethernet adapter as part of your networking solution? Well, check this out:

http://fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=187827

Officemax has one from June 8th through 14th that's free after rebate. That D-Link ethernet adapter uses the Realtek RTL8139 chipset, and you can find the driver for that. There's also a 50-pack of CD-R disks free after rebate which looks nice.

And I've got another IBM bargain to pass along. Staples has a $13.90 IBM printing calculator here:

http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/Sku.asp?PageType=1&Sku=383441

I didn't know you could still buy an IBM calculator, but evidently you can, at least for now. Rely on IBM to add up all the savings you get in reading Tim's Warped Bargains.

I have no affiliation with any of these companies, except IBM. I really wish you would buy everything you can from us. But if you must buy from another supplier, at least have the decency to pay absurdly low prices to deny our competitors all possible profit. :-)

- - - - -
Timothy F. Sipples
PGP Public Key:


June 04

New WarpVision wvgui20030604

URL: http://os2.kiev.ua/en/wv.php

"The goal of the WarpVision project is to create an OS/2 multimedia player that supports the latest formats, as well as the latest hardware features."

Latest changes:

PLEASE! Remove VIDEO2.INI first!

04.06.2003
 Added Zooming for video (WO DIVE modes) Ctrl-Grey+ ZoomIn, Ctrl-Grey- ZoomOut. Zoom scale factor stays the same at runtime. Useful for cropping videos with gray stripes at top and bottom of video. Quality in WO modes very depend from video chip (R)
 Added build date in settings and logs
 Added option for DIVE dithering. Checking it off should save a couple %% of CPU load
 Some other small fixes

Download: http://www.laemmlin.net/mirror/wvgui/wvgui20030604.zip


June 04

ZeroToaster::MTA 2.14

20/1 Informationssysteme GmbH http://www.zwanzigeins.de released ZeroToaster::MTA 2.14, a very fast, responsive POP3 and SMTP mailserver with all the features an ISP, Small Office/ Home Office (SOHO) or Individual user requires.

New feature(s):
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The Mailmanager displays some statistics about the mails. Faster mailprocessing on T1 and T2 leased lines and slow servers. Some minor improvments in the GUI.

Fixed bug(s)/changes:
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We fixed a lot of bugs and minor issues since 2.09. Please refer to the read.me or the online documentation on the website.

You can download ZeroToaster::MTA from http://www.zerotoaster.net


June 03

Acrobat Reader 4.05 Release Candidate 4 available

OS/2 Kit for Acrobat Reader 4.05

The InnoTek OS/2 Platform Enablement Kit for Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05 ("OS/2 Kit for Acrobat Reader") is a software package designed to address the needs of enterprises still running the IBM OS/2 platform while requiring access to the latest PDF electronic document technology from Adobe Systems.

The OS/2 Kit for Acrobat Reader consists of an integrated toolset to allow deploying the original Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05 and future versions (once supported by InnoTek with the OS/2 Kit) for the Microsoft Windows platform on the OS/2 platform.

2003-06-04

OS/2 Kit for Acrobat Reader 4.05 Release Candidate 4 available. To download, click on the following link: OS/2 Kit for Acrobat Reader 4.05 RC4 (8MB), http://download.innotek.de/acrobatos2/rc4/install.exe
Note: this is an evaluation version which will expire on July, 31st 2003.


June 03

DFSee version 5.21 released

An unplanned release, triggered by the evaluation version that stopped working on the 1st of june ...
Biggest change: Use new IEC/IEEE units like MiB instead of Mb See DFSTERMS.TXT for some explanation ...

DFSee is the SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE for disk and filesystem problems. With FDISK-like displays, analysis and recovery, FIX commands, UNDELETE for HPFS/NTFS, imaging and cloning. More details at:

http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm

Direct download links:

http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee521.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/dfsee521.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee521.zip

Most important functional changes:

- PART Show non-LVM BMGR bootable with 0x05 (installable)
- Register Fixed expiration-at-end-of-month bug for evaluation
- LVM/PTE Updated the dialogs for MiB versus Mb usage
- PART -w Less alarming INT13 related warnings, single line now
- SIM Added compressed filesize reporting, error and finish
- Display Change all 4-digit values to float-point XiB type
- LVMinfo Fixed display after read-errors to see remaining info
- Display Changed all Kb/Mb/Gb to KiB/MiB/GiB (IEEE 1541 / IEC)
- VIRT Show new disk table after automatic prestore/import

Check DFS*.TXT files for details, all changes listed in DFSHIST.TXT

Registering DFSee will give you the right to use all 5.xx versions and get support plus a reasonable amount of assistance by email. Existing 4.xx registrations can be upgraded to 5.xx as well.

But even more important, it enables further development of DFSee!

Regards, Jan van Wijk


June 02

PMView Pro (v3.0) is now available

This is to announce the availability of PMView Pro (v3.0), the latest version of our fast image viewer/converter software for OS/2 and Windows.

PMView Pro has a total of 93 updates including more than 30 new features since the last public release (v2.32). Some of the highlights are:

-EXIF support
-Lossless JPEG rotate
-Scripted batch conversion
-Enhanced display resampling
-New file copy/move confirmation dialog with thumbnails

PMView Pro is shareware, with a registration fee of US$39.95.

PMView Pro can be found at our web site http://www.pmview.com

If you have any questions or comments about PMView, feel free to send us a note at support@pmview.com


June 02

win32prn testers needed.

Hello.

I need testers for win32prn project.
This project is for running win32 (MS Windows 2000 to be exact) printer drivers under OS/2. Requirements for testers:
1) You need a printer to test it on
2) You need living MS Windows 2000 to install drivers (to copy them to OS/2 after).
3) You need Odin to run this thing

Current limitations of the project:
1) B&W printing only.
2) All printer properties must be presetup on Win2K (you may have multiple sets of properties presetup and choosen on OS/2)

Current printers tested on: Canon LBP-810 (latest drivers from Canon)

Bye,

winprn32@gtech-ua.com


June 01

New CD - 1,000 perfect skins for PM123

NEPTUNE1.INF version 1.40 is an English hypertext file in the native INF format, offering a detailed overview of 1,000 perfect skins for PM123 !!

In practice, it is an accurate catalog of all skins with order numbers from - 001 to 1,000.

NEPTUNE1.INF is FREEWARE and is a part of the NEPTUNE project, which contains -- 1,900 skins !

http://www.os2ecs.net/neptune/downloa4.shtml



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