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Scheduled :

August 12th, 1999 at 7:00PM

Directions to Meeting :

The IBM Canada Building
3600 Steeles Ave. E. in the Auditorium See the TO/2 Web Site for more complete directions. http://www.to2.org

FREE ADMISSION FOR EVERYONE!

Here is the agenda for the August 12th, 1999 TO/2 Meeting :

7:00 - 7:30
Q&A on Hardware and Software Issues.

7:30 - 8:00
Announcements and OS/2 News.

8:00 - 8:45
Presentation of "Desktop on Call"

8:45 - 9:00
Break.

9:00 - 9:10
Draw for Prizes - If anyone has anything that they would like to give away and it is OS/2 related, please consider donating it for the Draw.

9:10 - 9:30
Demo of the new McAfee Virus Scan and Virus Shield 4.02 for OS/2.

9:30 - 10:00
Demo of Norton AntiVirus 5.0 for OS/2.

Hope to see you all there.

The next meeting of the Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG) will be next Saturday, August 21, at 9:00 AM PDT, at the IBM offices located in Plaza Tower, 600 Anton Blvd., Costa Mesa, on the 2nd floor.

Netscape 4.61 & CD-ROM burning software

The newest version of Netscape should be released for OS/2 soon. We'll take a special look at the new Netscape 4.61 preview. WARNING: This is not your father's Netscape!

The new Netscape not only provides web browsing capabilities and several other features, but in fact, now does a number of things quite well! Vice President Paul Wirtz will walk us through all of the new modules of Version 4.61. In addition to the traditional Netscape Navigator, we'll explore the features of Composer, the news reader, and Collabra components. Attend and you'll likely find out which utilities or applications you can now throw away.

Also at the meeting Programming SIG leader Rollin White will give an overview of the software that's available for burning your own CD-ROMs on OS/2.

After the presentations we'll have Q&A to get your computer problems resolved. Then a raffle and the Saturday SIG meetings:

General Interest Group - will look Warp Enhancer, a Workplace Shell extender; Enviro, a PC hardware monitoring tool, and some of the SMP features of Warp Server for e-Business.

Programming SIG - will examine Workplace Shell programming.

Afterwards: No-host lunch and friendly chat at TGI Fridays' across the street or another local restaurant.

Internet SIG chats: They happen several times each week. Join them! For further info, go to http://www.scoug.com/chat/index.html.

Monday, August 23, 7 PM PDT meetings at Heritage Christian High School in Anaheim:

At the OS/2 Help Desk, volunteers will give you hands-on assistance solving your hardware and software problems.

This month's Networking SIG activities will be centered around preparing for Warp Expo West's Server Madness. They will complete the SCOUG server's upgrade to Warp Server for e-Business GA-level code, complete the WiseManager client support and insure that the Java-based raffle entry program works across the network from multiple sign-in stations. They will also set up ZD Net's server and Web server benchmarking programs they hope to demonstrate at Warp Expo West. There is a lot to do, so plan to come early and stay late!

Thursday, August 26, 7 PM PDT meeting at Heritage Christian High School:

Join the Sundial SIG for a great hands-on learning experience with DBExpert. They'll continue to re-work their address book project. For more information about the Sundial SIG, contact SIG leader Sheridan George at sheridan@scoug.com.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Warp Expo West on Saturday, Sept. 18, 1999, from 9 AM to 6 PM (PDT), at Chapman University in Orange, CA. It's free for everyone. Go to http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest/index.html; some of the links include lists of exhibitors & presentations, location and travel information, as well as other important information.

When, where, and how to get there: SCOUG will be meeting on Saturday, August 21, at 9:00 AM (PDT) at the IBM offices located in Plaza Tower, 600 Anton Bl., Costa Mesa, CA, on the 2nd floor. From I-405, exit onto Bristol northbound (one exit NW of the I-405/Hwy 55 interchange). Turn right on Anton Blvd (the first signal north of I-405). Go east 2 signals and turn right (you will see a TGI Fridays' on your right). Park in the open-air lot to your left. Plaza Tower is on a diagonal from the open-air parking lot.

For the August 23rd and August 26th meetings:

The Heritage Christian High School in Anaheim is at 2530 W. La Palma Ave. It is on the south side of La Palma Ave. (about 200 ft. E of Magnolia) on the property of Grace Baptist Church. There is a 2-story office building close to La Palma Ave. with the address of 2528 up near the roof. Turn in (south) there. Drive all the way to the back and park along the chain-link fence. NOTE: There is a lot of freeway construction north of the school on I-5 and the 91 freeways; some on/off ramps may be closed and/or have detours. Check the SCOUG web site for updates, and leave yourself plenty of time to find our new SIG meeting location.

Further information (including driving directions) can be found on the SCOUG web site at http://www.scoug.com. The driving directions also include maps for the general meeting that you can print off as needed. Come and join us!

VOICE will host an IRC speakup session with Brian Smith who will discuss the EverBlue Project on Saturday, August 7, 1999 at 1:00 p.m. EDT (17:00 GMT).

The EverBlue project is the Netlabs project to port XLib to OS/2 PM thus allowing XWindows apps like Gimp to run under PM instead of requiring XFree/86. For full details, visit http://www.netlabs.org/everblue/.

VOICE meetings are held in #voice on the WEBBnet servers. For a complete list of servers, visit http://www.webbnet.org/server.html.

Visit http://www.gt-online.com/~bri/irc_clients.html for a list of IRC clients. For those new to IRC, there is an article that you may want to read "Getting started on IRC", http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0998H/vnewsf10.htm.

VOICE, Virtual OS/2 International Consumers Education, conducts IRC meetings on the first and third Monday of each month. From time to time we have speakups on Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. in an effort to accomodate our international members and guests. You may want to check the VOICE Event Calendar at http://www.os2voice.org/calendar.html for a complete listing of meeting times and dates.

VOICE meetings are open to everyone. You don't need to be a member of VOICE to attend. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Judy McDermott
VOICE Liaison
bri@gt-online.com

On Monday evening, August 2nd, 1999 at 8:00 PM EDT (0:00 GMT) VOICE will host a Speakup (Live Chat Session) with Sundial Systems in WEBBnet IRC, #voice channel.

The topic of this Speakup will be "Kiwi", the codename for a new application from Sundial Systems to help you deal with the growing amount of junk e-mail (aka SPAM) in your Inbox.

Information on IRC, including links to Freeware/Shareware/Demo versions of native OS/2 IRC clients and a complete lisiting of WEBBnet IRC servers can be found by visiting the VOICE Website at:

http://www.os2voice.org

And clicking on the link to Meeting Info.

VOICE and Sundial Systems will be at Warpstock 99 in Atlanta on October 16th and 17th, 1999. Stop by and visit us!

OS/2 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
PHILADELPHIA AREA COMPUTER SOCIETY
http://www.phillyos2.org

The OS/2 SIG of the Philadelphia Area Computer Society invites all interested computer users to attend the July meeting:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1999 7:00 - 10:00 PM
The Episcopal Academy, 376 N. Latches Lane, Merion, PA

*** JULY FEATURE PRESENTATION ***
-- BackAgain/2 Backup & Recovery Software for OS/2 --

The main feature at the July meeting will be a presentation and live demo of BackAgain/2 Professional by CDS rep Brent Bowlby, along with the latest tape drive technology on the market. Brad Benson, the BackAgain/2 main designer/developer, will be present to help answer all your questions about BackAgain/2.

A copy of BackAgain/2 Pro will be offered as a raffle prize, and a special user group discount will also be available for meeting attendees who wish to purchase BackAgain/2. Please visit the CDS web site at http://www.cds-inc.com for more information on CDS, BackAgain/2 and other CDS products.

Since 1994, CDS has been producing Back Again/2, the popular backup and disaster recovery software solution for OS/2. Since its introduction, BackAgain/2 has won numerous OS/2 industry awards and has grown to become the most widely used OS/2 backup solution. CDS also offers BackAgain II for Windows 95/98, NT and a complete line of tape drive/software bundles.

Other agenda items include SIG business matters, OS/2 news, new product announcements, a brief "How-To" or "Neat Feature" member presentation, Q&A session, software raffle, etc. An OS/2 system will be on hand for demos of OS/2, Java, Internet, etc., as time may permit. Free light refreshments will also be available.

Mark the date and time: Wednesday, July 28, at 7:00pm, to hear about all the new and exciting developments, or if you have questions about OS/2 Warp and Java. OS/2 SIG meetings are open and free for OS/2 users, their guests and all others interested in learning about OS/2 and associated Java technology.

WE SUPPORT THE JAVA LOBBY: http://www.javalobby.org

Further information, directions to Episcopal Academy, and other useful information about the OS/2 SIG activities may be found on our web site at http://www.phillyos2.org, or contact SIG Leader Larry Lavins: llavins@worldnet.att.net, or phone (215) 878-9609.

Larry Lavins
OS/2 SIG Leader, Philadelphia Area Computer Society

Official Announcement from OS/2VOICE
From the Office of the Secretary:
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The Warpstock99 Board of Directors and the Atlanta Warpstock Team will be our guests on Saturday, 24 July at 1 PM EDT for a specially scheduled OS/2 Voice Speakup taking place on Webbnet via IRC.

Our guests tell us that they are planning to use the occasion for quite a few announcements regarding finalization of plans, hotel booking and travel arrangements.

VOICE members only will be eligible to compete for the prize of 1 Event Pass, 1 night in the Official Warpstock Hotel and 1 Ticket to the Saturday Evening Social Event (party) during this meeting.

Everyone planning on attending Warpstock99 or following the event online is enthusiastically invited to attend.

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