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Contact: Rollin White (Rollin@scoug.com)
1-562-596-5121 office
Friday, July 23, 1999
IBM Sending Head Development Manager
To Speak At Warp Expo West
Steven King, Development Manager for IBM's OS/2 Warp Server For e-Business and
WorkSpace On-Demand products, is now a scheduled lecturer at Warp Expo West.
King is leading the IBM team that will showcase their new and existing e-Business
products, all based on the OS/2 platform. The team will both present seminars on
these products and demonstrate the products in the exhibit area of the show.
"OS/2 Warp Server For e-Business and WorkSpace On-Demand are very key elements
of the overall e-business solutions for our customers," said King during a
phone conversation from his office in Austin, Texas. "With that base platform
in place, we can then build a very robust e-business solution by adding additional
IBM products such as our Lotus Domino server family, IBM WebSphere for web-based
applications, our extremely powerful DB2 database products, our security offerings,
IBM's advanced Java technology and, of course, network computing. I'll be showing
all of this in the presentations."
Rollin White, Chairman of Warp Expo West, called IBM's presence "a perfect
fit" with the show's audience. "Warp Expo West guests want and need business
solutions that will do exactly what IBM can deliver," said White, "and
at Warp Expo West they'll be able to see these products in action, learn how to
get them installed and running, and ask questions and discuss solutions directly
with members of the IBM development team."
"We're developing a fully-featured web site right now for fourth-quarter
rollout," said one southern California entrepreneur in the finance industry.
"We're using several IBM VisualAge products plus their DB2 database, and Warp
Expo will hit at a perfect time for us because our developers will be ready at that
point to put all the pieces together. Having IBM right there in front of you and
giving you the direct answers you need will probably save us several weeks of development
time."
And Terry Warren, President of The Southern California OS/2 User Group which
sponsors Warp Expo West, was also pleased that show attendees would have this opportunity
to meet and speak with King. "IBM continues to add value to the OS/2 platform,
the platform we have all found to be the most stable, flexible and robust of anything
in the marketplace," said Warren. "With Steven's and IBM's presence at
Warp Expo West, our guests will now be able to see the IBM e-business solutions
that run on top of OS/2."
Warp Expo West is the free international OS/2 expo being held on September 18
in southern California. The web site is at http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest
Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.
Here is a an unfortunate article to read by one of IBM's leaders. Look towards
the bottom to see the words discussing the OS/2 client future. Not a happy read.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990722S0005
I have added the "InfoColl" program to my website. This is a REXX program
that searches one or more system drives for HLP and INF files, and for each file
found, creates a VIEW.EXE program object in a designated folder. It provides a simple
way of collecting a central list of references to every HLP and INF file on a system.
http://www.degeus.com/rexx_programs/index_english.html
Or, if you prefer Dutch:
http://www.degeus.com/rexx_programs/index.html
WarpUP! Client Volume 1 Issue 2 is now available.
The release was delayed in hope that a new Netscape would be available. Since
that turned out to be a new beta, WarpUP! still uses Communicator 4.04 as the recommended
Netscape client. (Comm. 4.61 is included on the CD as an "extra")
This release of the WarpUP! CD has added ...
- newer IBM fixpaks (Fixpak 11, Peer 8412, etc)
- automatic application of some, previously, manual fixes.
- Updated OS/2 installation diskettes
- various device drivers
Check out the full list of what's included here: http://www.indelible-blue.com/product/IBI202
The Server CD will be available in two weeks.
I have modified the OS2CDROM.DMD driver based on the source of the Developer
Connection Device Driver Kit (http://service.software.ibm.com/ddk/).
I have made the following modifications:
You will find additional information why I have done this and the modified driver
on http://sites.netscape.net/efueloep/cdromnew/index.html
If you are only interested in the Plextor CDROM fix than I suggest you use the
updated official OS2CDROM.DMD. IBM has recently added this fix to it. You can find
the official new version of OS2CDROM.DMD on the OS/2 Device Driver Pak On-Line (http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/cdromdri/os_2cdro/index.htm)
It is part of IDEDASD.EXE.
According to IBM's Java Porting Plan:
http://www.ibm.com/java/jdk/other/portingplans.html
JDK 1.2 (Java 2) for OS/2 will be in preview in 4Q99, and GA in "Early 2000"
Stellar Frontier 0.98 OS/2 Updated 7/20/99:
http://www.stardock.com/update/update_sf.html
Another Java 1.1.7 update has been released (7/20/99):
ftp://ftp.hursley.ibm.com/pub/java/fixes/os2/11/117/
You will find three little freeware utilities for OS/2 at my homepage :
URL : http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs0ad
I have updated the "InfoColl", "KeybUSBR", and "RexxComm"
programs on my website. I mistakenly assumed that a running system would also have
the REXX utilities library loaded (actually, I'm so used to them being automatically
loaded at boot time, I simply forgot all about them). Running the old versions of
the REXX programs will result in an error on a system on which the REXX utilities
are not loaded beforehand. This has now been corrected.
http://www.degeus.com/rexx_programs/index_english.html
Or, if you prefer Dutch:
http://www.degeus.com/rexx_programs/index.html
Master of the Empire for OS/2 is now on SALE!
You can get your own personal copy of this classic conquest game from BMT Micro,
for only $10 + shipping!
What is Master of the Empire?
Master of the Empire is a game of conquest, economic struggles, and resource
control. The random world generator provides an infinite number of worlds to conquer.
Your objective is to brutally exterminate all opposition to your regime and unite
the world under your banner! To accomplish this you must destroy or control all
of the cities on the planet. There are many ways to achieve this, through deceptive
military tactics or even economic strangleholds on your enemies are possible!
For information, screenshots and ordering info follow the links below.
Thanks,
Michael Ramsey
Trilliun Software Products
MOTE Ordering: http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mote.html
MOTE Info: http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~crh/MOTE/
THE WARPED WORLD OF OS/2
Vol. 1, No. 24
21 July 1999
Greetings!
Welcome to the 24th issue of the WARPED WORLD OF OS/2!
WARPED WORLD OF OS/2 is being published weekly on a trial basis until the end
of the summer; at which time, a decision will be made whether or not to continue
publishingly weekly on an indefinite basis or return to the previous schedule.
Note about Forums
Several of you have written about difficulties finding or posting to the new Delphi
Forums. I have found it is often more reliable to go directly to the Delphi Login
Page at http://www.delphi.com/ab-os2/start/
than to use the "Forum" link at the top of the site pages. You'll find
more info at http://os2.about.com/mpremail.htm.
Happy Posting!
New Feature
INSTALL FIXPAK 11 WITHOUT DISKETTES!
How to Install Fixpak 11 for Warp 4, fast, safely, without diskettes, and without
3rd party software. http://os2.about.com/library/weekly/aa072199.htm
News
IBM JOINS WARP EXPO WEST IN FORCE!
IBM will be at Warp Expo West both as a presenter and as an exhibitor. "This
shows IBM's commitment to OS/2," said Paul Wirtz, Vice President of SCOUG.
http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm#news
NETSCAPE COMM. 4.61 FOR OS/2 PREVIEW
Preview version of Netscape Communicator 4.61 now available. Requires Java 1.1.7.
Preview supports only 56 bit encryption. Registration required. http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm#news
Links
WARPTV
Television application for OS/2 Warp. Requires DIVE. Supports Hauppage and Wincast
drivers. http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm#links
ODIN PROJECT
Win32-OS/2 project rises from the ashes and given a new name. (Apr 1999) http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm#links
Remember this is only a tiny fraction of the total material available on the
entire site.
The Links and News is located at http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm.
The total material can be found at http://os2.about.com
...................................
Walter Metcalf
About.com Guide to OS/2
http://os2.about.com
email: os2.guide@about.com
...................................
I have added the "Keyboard US/BR274" program to my website. This is
a tiny REXX program that switches between the US and BR274 keyboard definitions
(and vice versa) and updates its own program object icon to reflect the new keyboard
state. I use it as a toggle button on the OS/2 task bar (Launchpad). An installation
program is included.
http://www.degeus.com/rexx_programs/index_english.html
Or, if you prefer Dutch:
http://www.degeus.com/rexx_programs/index.html
I'm happy to announce that Moneydance 2.0.3 is now available.
Please check it out at http://seanreilly.com/java/moneydance/
Version 2.0.3 includes new features such as check printing, and a new Income/Expense
report. In addition, clicking on column headers now sorts transactions, currency
fields now accept math expressions, the home-page now includes a total value of
all accounts in the base currency, and many minor improvements and bug fixes have
been made. Functions involving printing should work much better on OS/2 now, working
around a bug in OS/2 Java where all text is printed in an extremely small font.
[WarpCast Moderator's Note: Moneydcance is a personal finance application written
in Java.]
Got IRC? Like the milk ads, it's not everything, but it is an important addition
to many of our activities. Warp users are getting spread thin, we can't all get
together to discuss our needs and successes. With IRC Chat, we can!
SCOUG and Webbnet host several scheduled events every week. Mondays we have a
Warp Help Desk. If you have problems, we can help. If you have solutions, we'll
appreciate your support. Wednesdays we have an Internet Special Interest Group.
Saturdays we have a new group we call Warp Systems, where we talk about technical
topics relating to the management and evolution of Warp based systems.
We hope you can join us! Find out how, and read details about these and other
IRC opportunities on our web site at http://www.scoug.com/chat.
We also work closely with the pioneers of OS/2-based chat at VOICE (http://www.os2voice.org).
They're hosting a get-together this Saturday. Hope you can join in that very important
discussion, too.
Chat is simple yet powerful, and it can give us the means to pool our understanding
of this system, and to develop ideas for its future. We hope to see you there!
Some time ago I created a little C program to solve some problems that I was
having with Auto Wget Daemon. Well, I was developing it with the help of some friends,
and the result was a good program called AutoGet/2. It is like an "enhanced"
Auto Wget Daemon, and I invite you to try it.
Unfortunately, I lost the source code, and so I'll not be able to support it,
BUT I have been using it for 6 months and I had no problems.
Hope you all like it. It is available to download on
http://www.os2brasil.com.br/novidades/autoget.shtml
If you like it, please, tell me!
Just noticed that Symantec has updated the IBMAV update AV30DZ.ZIP that they
had posted on July 11th. It is about 4Kb bigger and dated July 19th. You can download
from:
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/antivirus_definitions/ibmav
Juan Manuel Vuletich has released a current Squeak ported for OS2. Get it at:
http://www.sugarweb.com/squeak/ports/os2native/os2english.htm
Squeak is the open source smalltalk. It comes with, or rather is, an entire development
environment with many surprises. Squeak applications run bit-identical on just about
every OS and hardware architecture in common (and not so common) use.
Juan's port includes full network access and handles native sound and uses DIVE
for fast video. This latest version of Squeak comes with Midi support, a web browser
and server, an email application, shockwave support, a 3D animation system, remote
update and authoring, and more. By the way, Squeak is written in itself - you can
inspect, change and extend any part of the language, application, or even the virtual
machine, while it is running.
Smalltalk is a pure OO language that been around for a long time. Squeak is a
dialect that is highly compatible with Smalltalk-80 (the historical standard). The
team behind Squeak includes the original authors of Smalltalk (including Alan Kay
of PARC fame). They mostly hide out at Disney (after living at Apple for a few years).
Squeak is evolving rapidly.
Squeak should be of special interest to the OS2 community. This is a this is
a state-of-the-art cross-platform language and development system. It deserves a
careful look by everyone interested in OO programming. It is also way more fun.
(WARNING: this stuff is addictive).
Check out more on Smalltalk and Squeak at:
http://www.smalltalk.org
http://www.squeak.org
AUGUST 99 "OS/2 CONNECT" NEWSLETTER RELEASED
PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA (July 19, 1999) - M. Bryce & Associates (MBA) today
announced the release of the August issue of OS/2 CONNECT, a freeware newsletter
distributed through the various computer networks and bulletin boards. OS/2 CONNECT
is THE authoritative source for contact information in the universe of IBM's OS/2
32-bit operating system.
The newsletter is implemented as a web page at: http://www.os2ss.com/connect/.
Its HTML files are also available for downloading and viewing locally. The file
is named CON0899.ZIP and can also be obtained at:
Hobbes - ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/
(ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/info/newsltr/connect/con0899.zip)
or (ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/con0899.zip),
Walnut Creek - ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/
(ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/newsltr/con0899.zip)
or (ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming/con0899.zip),
America Online and various Bulletin Boards.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact:
Contact: Rollin White (Rollin@scoug.com)
1-562-596-5121 office
IBM Joins Warp Expo West !!
"We are extremely pleased to announce that IBM will be both a presenter
and an exhibitor at Warp Expo West," said Rollin White, Warp Expo West Chairman,
to a delighted OS/2 crowd of businessmen, network engineers, software vendors and
other OS/2 enthusiasts attending the recent general meeting of the Southern California
OS/2 User Group.
"IBM will be sending members of their national team to give our Warp Expo
West guests more information on both new and existing IBM products for the OS/2
platform," continued White, "and we shall do everything we can to make
sure that these OS/2 products and IBM's representatives are an integral part of
Warp Expo West."
The Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG) is the sponsoring organization
for this September's "A Warpfest Of OS/2 Excitement - Warp Expo West".
Following the announcement, the audience was elated that IBM would be present
in such force. "This shows IBM's commitment to OS/2," said Paul Wirtz,
Vice President of SCOUG. "I am personally very excited."
"I've installed OS/2 on so many office machines and networks over the years
that I can do it in my sleep," said one audience member during a break. "It
simply never fails. It's Y2K compliant. There's a brand new version out. And IBM
will be there with their OS/2 people. I'm going to suggest very strongly that my
entire department attend this show."
Steve Schiffman, Facilities Coordinator for Warp Expo West, was also thrilled.
"IBM's presence will certainly attract both more attendees and more vendors,"
said Schiffman, "and we will add as many additional rooms as necessary to ensure
that all guests and exhibitors are accommodated in a comfortable, professional manner."
Warp Expo West is the free international OS/2 expo being held near Disneyland
in southern California. The web site is at http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest
"This is our third annual OS/2 show," said Terry Warren, President
of SCOUG, "and we've expanded it every year to keep pace with new developments
in OS/2 software products, including the many new offerings from IBM. Each time
IBM adds OS/2 products or increases the functionality of existing ones, we get technologically
farther and farther ahead of the competition. We have the Y2K readiness that other
platforms don't; we have IBM's outstanding development tools; we have their robust
server and database products. The stability of OS/2 and its associated products
has shown time and again that it's both a better solution and less costly to maintain,
and we look forward to seeing OS/2 users and IBM join together this September for
a view of the future, an OS/2 and IBM future, at Warp Expo West."
Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.
T&V HappyPlayer is a PM application that operates TV cards built on the Brooktree
BT848 chip. The homepage of this project (English version) is hosted by RU/2 site:
http://www.os2.spb.ru/russian/projects/happyplayer/index_e.html
Future versions of T&V HappyPlayer will be uploaded to ftp://ftp.os2.spb.ru/pub/mmedia/
(tvh_xxxx.zip).