Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education
John Fairhurst and the Warpzilla team have released a new build of Warpzilla,
version 0.006.
You can download Warpzilla from
http://www.innotek.de/warpzilla0006.zip
This version is not fully functional and tested; it is only provided as a preview
to the OS/2 community. You can test it on your machine but it might cause problems
and not all sites will be displayed correctely.
Warpzilla 0.006 is only a very rudimentary browser. It can layout HTML 4 very
nicely but it does not support most of the features that a browser needs. No toolbar,
no links, no forms...
Note that this is only a technology demo, future versions of Warpzilla will be
based on a new technology that will make up Netscape Communicator 6.006.
You can share your experiences with this version with other users by joining
the Warpzilla mailing list or posting to the appropriate os2 newsgroup at news://news.mozilla.org
Please note that the current Warpzilla architecture will be abandoned so submitting
bugs will not help with future versions of Warpzilla.
For further information, please refer to http://www.mozilla.org
I am a technical recruiter for a Midwest regional firm. We currently have an
opening for an OS/2 Administrator to manage the OS/2 servers and current LAN. Must
be familiar with hardware and software configuration and installation, as well as
LAN Administration, OS/2 Server Administration, NT 4.0 Server and Win 95 workstations.
WPTools has been updated to version 2.4. WPTools is a collection of OS/2 specific
tools. Some tools in the archive are:
You can download a copy from http://www.os2ss.com/information/kelder/
Truespectra Inc. has updated its outstanding product Photo>Graphics Professional
to version 2.02.
Upgrade and demo are available to download at the following URL:
http://www.truespectra.com/downloads/photographics-samplers.html
New features/fixes in this release:
We have released version 1.30 of WebMirror.
This version has only a couple of fixes for problems that appeared in the OS/2
version, but should also be more stable on the Windows version.
Here are the changes made in this version:
The update can be downloaded from our web site:
http://www.maccasoft.com and from http://www.bmtmicro.com
WebMirror is an advanced off-line browsing tool that allows you to re-create
sections of the World Wide Web directly on your hard drive or local network. You
can save particular pages, complete with text, links and graphics. Once the Web
pages are saved to your hard drive (that is, once you have "captured"
them), you can refer back to the information at any time, without an online connection
and additional connection charges.
PowerDale IT, http://www.yoursite.co.uk/ , have set up a new Helpdesk resource
on the internet. It's to be a Helpdesk come Q&A come FAQ come Automatic Notifier
for problem resolution.
It can be found at:
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/helpdesk/
It is still undergoing some final interface testing, but we feel it's important
that it's avaliable.Please put this resource on your "visit regularly"
list, even if you don't have a problem, as you could solve someone elses.
We plan to shortly add an improvement to automatically email people who nominate
they are interested in a selected application when a call is logged. Currently,
it automatically emails the solution to the person who logged the call.
Also, the following other relocations have occured.
AWE page has moved to:
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/awe/
Win32-OS/2 Compatibility page has moved to:
http://www.yoursite.co.uk/os/2/win32os2/
A new PMfax/FaxWorks printer driver which fixes the printing issue for Lotus
123 is now released and available on the Keller Group web site. Download the UF_30103.EXE
file from http://www.kellergroup.com/doc/download.htm
or install the 3.01.03 maintenance release to get the fix.
Keller Group remains committed to OS/2 fax/voice software. Customers who purchased
PMfax version 3 from Keller Group continue to have access to version 3 maintenance
releases using the product web page, passwords and enabling codes which were provided
to them.
Customers who purchased FaxWorks Pro for OS/2 version 3 from Global Village (developed
by Keller Group) can get maintenance releases and support from Keller Group by purchasing
an inexpensive support plan from Keller Group.
See http://www.kellergroup.com for details.
Best regards, Mark
Mark Ahlstrom
Pres., Keller Group Inc.
The following is some news from Brad Wardell
(bwardell@stardock.com).
Well, with summer coming near an end, I figured now would be a good time to let
OS/2 users know what Stardock is working on, has been working on, and will be working
on.
For me, and in this case I can speak for everyone at Stardock, OS/2 support is
a lot more than words, deeds are far more important than words and in 1998, Stardock's
deeds have clearly shown that no other ISV supports OS/2 more than Stardock does.
This morning we and Southsoft released the new PMINews 2.0 beta. PMINews is a
powerful news reader for OS/2 that basically takes all of the beefs we and others
have had with typical news readers and try to address them. If you have PMINews
1.x, going to 2.0 is absolutely FREE. When PMINews 2.0 ships (target date is around
Warpstock) we hope OS/2 users who don't already have it will look carefully at upgrading
to it. We will offer a great deal of upgrade deals from other news readers.
Later today, we expect to release the first update to the Object Desktop 2.0
Early Experience Program. Hopefully most of you are familiar with Object Desktop.
We release Object Desktop Professional 1.5 back just before OS/2 Warp 4's launch
(1996). It's a desktop environment that integrates into OS/2 a lot of cool new features.
It was inspired by the OS/2 wishlists (we essentially read the lists of new features
people wanted in OS/2 and made a product ouf ot it). It's always been a very popular
product. Our goal with Object Desktop 2.0 is pretty ambitious, since IBM hasn't
released a new version of OS/2 since 1996 (other than Fixpacks which OS/2 detractors
should be aware does constitute real support from IBM), Object Desktop 2.0 essentially
acts as a third party upgrade for OS/2 users. It'll run on OS/2 Warp 3 (without
Fixpacks) all the way up to Warp 4 FP7 and beyond but it adds more real features
that the typical user would notice than Windows 98 added to Windows 95. You can
still join the Early Experience program but we expect to close entry to it in about
a week or two (you can go to http://www.stardock.com
to join it). We also have a Windows version in beta right now. If you're an OS/2
user who is stuck using Windows a lot, OD comes with a WindowFX, an OS personality
component that lets you make Windows look a lot like OS/2.
On Monday, Stardock will be releasing an update to Entrepreneur (v1.31). Entrepreneur
is a strategy game in which you start your own company and must conquer the world.
It's like a SimBillGates. :) It too runs on OS/2 and I'm proud to say that it is
probably the only OS/2 game you can find at most software retailers. We also will
be releasing Entrepreneur: Corporate Expansion, an expansion pack for Entrepreneur
next week (go to http://www.stardock.com to
order it).
In about a week, we expect to release a new beta of Stellar Frontier (with Solar
Systems) which will hopefully have the new network engine in it so that anyone with
a modem can play on-line with silky smooth performance. Stellar Frontier takes place
in the Galactic Civilizations universe. You get to join the humans, the Torians,
or the Drengin Empire. It plays a lot like Star Control Melee. More news on this
will show up when the beta goes out.
And these are just the things we're doing for OS/2 in this next week. Real products
that users and userse (2 games, 2 apps). In 1998, we've also released Galactic Civilizations
Gold, made a bundle of OS/2 Essentials V2 and Process Commander that is only $69,
made the popular Links golf game available on OS/2 on the commerce server for only
$20, and we have more things for OS/2 in the pipeline.
In October, Warpstock (http://www.warpstock.org)
will be the place we officially launch Object Desktop 2.0. If you're on the fence
about going to Warpstock, I highly recommend it. It was a total blast last year
and it's really nice being around other users who enjoy using OS/2 and you don't
have to defend it or make excuses why you use it. Warpstock is on October 17-18
in Chicago.
More information on Stardock can be found at http://www.stardock.com.
Win95key has been released. This allows you to use the three Windows keys in
OS/2 (OS/2 Warp Smartcenter menu, Task List, Desktop menu) Fully WPS integrated,
some features added. You can download a copy from: hobbes.nmsu.edu
IBM has released RSUINST v1.74. This is the program that allows you to install
FixPaks over the web. You can download a copy from:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/rsu/rsuinstn.exe
StarDivision has updated their US web site with new information regarding the
soon to be released StarOffice v5.0. You can visit their web site at:
http://www.stardiv.com
For anyone in the Stardock Object Desktop 2.0 Early Experience program, the 2nd
beta is now available for download at:
http://www.stardock.com/update/update_od20.html
new goodie in hobbes /incoming:
SRMJPG10.ZIP
Short Description: Motion-JPEG CODEC for OS/2
Long Description: It is a DLL for decoding Motion-JPEG (Movie-JPEG, MJPEG, MJPG)
coded AVI's under OS2
Proposed directory for placement: /pub/os2/apps/mmedia/misc
http://www.stardock.com/update/update_pmi.html
PlusPak: PMINews 2.0 beta#3 is now available! We feel that we are very close
to making 2.0 go gold with the exception of doing some rework on the Decode Engine.
Since we want to go Gold with 2.0 at the End of September it is very important that
you provide us with Detailed Descriptions of any Problems that you may encounter.
This beta expires on September 30, 1998)
New features and bug fixes list is at:
http://www.southsoft.com/suppmihist.html
Announcing Task Manager for OS/2 Warp
Developer Chris Graham, from Warp Speed Computers (Australia, USA and Germany),
famous author of The Graham Utilities, creates now The Task Manager for OS/2. This
Task Manager, like the similar one from Windows NT, improves control of all processes.
This feature is in the Eleventh CSD for The Graham Utilities for OS/2. The complete
and illustrated report about Task Manager for OS/2 Warp is running in my OS/2-Java
Site (http://macarlo.com)
OS/2 System Engineer Needed
Job Description:
TEKsystems is currently in need for a OS/2 Systems Engineer in NYC, with experience
working with OS/2 from version 2.1 all the way to Warp 4. Candidate will be supporting
both servers and workstations on a 3 month to indefinite assignment. Any experience
with NT and Novell servers is a plus. Salary rate is open and flexible. Anyone who
is interested please contact Phil Piper at TEKsystems at 888.256.9179x5911 and I
will be more than happy to speak with you about this opportunity. Any help would
be greatly appreciated. Thank You.
A new bugfix version of xDBView, a fast freeware VIO dbf viewer/editor for OS/2
is available for download from OGCs web site at:
http://www.ogcs.com/
xDBView v099a also implements a new 132 column mode to allow for improved browsing
of dbf files.
From our download page it's also possible to fetch a vital DLL which was sorely
missing from the original zip files. People who have downloaded the big all-in-one
zip file or the two split archives just need archive #3 to have xDBView run happily
along. Newcomers need to get either the single big DLL package or the three smaller
ones.
Our sincere apologies for being late in fixing this problem that many reported.
Just put the blame on summer vacations, xDBView was meant to be a simple gift to
the OS/2 community and we didn't take your average computer gremlins into account.
Work are currently underway for better (and customizable) HTML code.
Thanks for your patience and interest in xDBView.
Beta Testing on OS/2
Symantec is looking for beta testers for OS/2 to complete an application to beta
test with Symantec, (if you have not already done so), on our External Test application
web page at:
http://et.symantec.com/en/apply.html
Please write OS/2 in the Comments box, and on your NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement)
that needs to be faxed to us at 310 829-1028.
More details of the beta test will follow in the next few weeks.
Thank you for your interest and support. Sheelagh
Symantec Beta Coordinator
(soconnor@symantec.com)
This is a little bit old but any Sysops running OS/2 BBSes might be interested
in the following information on possible future versions of The Online Pub (TOP).
Currently TOP Version 3 (for Dos and Win32) is in development. The following was
posted on on the TOP website on March 8, 1998:
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Status of TOP for OS/2
At this time, there are several problems with TOP for OS/2 (TOP/2). These problems
will require a fair amount of work on my part to fix. In addition, testing of the
OS/2 version is difficult as it requires me to plug in an extra hard drive in order
to run OS/2 for testing. It is for these reasons that I am not currently planning
any further support for TOP/2.
However, I am willing to alter these plans if public support for TOP/2 is shown.
If you have an interest in seeing TOP/2 maintained, please contact me. I will also
need OS/2 beta testers (preferably running Maximus/2). If you might be able to help,
please indicate this. Only through public support will the OS/2 version survive.
This announcement is not intended to threaten OS/2 users. I would gladly support
the OS/2 version if it was easier for me to do so. Unfortunately, in my view the
effort required is just not worth it unless I know people are going to be using
the version.
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The Online Pub is a multi-featured chatroom door for multi-line BBSes such as
Maximus/2. More information can be found at:
http://members.home.net/paulsid/ismware/top/index.html
Good news! IBM is going to offer all existing registered customers of VisualAge
for Java Pro, 1.0 a no charge upgrade to VisualAge for Java, Professional Edition,
V2.0. If you have registered your Version 1.0 products as of October 31, 1998, you
will automatically receive a copy of the new Version 2.0 product That's right: registered
customers automatically get to take advantage of the great new features in VisualAge
for Java, Version 2.0.
This is in addition to the already announced upgrade for registered VisualAge
for Java, Enterprise customers that will receive a no charge upgrade to VisualAge
for Java, Enterprise Edition, v2.0.
Aureal has released their OS/2 driver set for their 8820 A3D chip. This chip
is used by Xitel, Turtle Beach, Diamond and others in their respective A3D PCI sound
cards. You can get a copy of the driver from:
http://www.aureal.com/tech/a3ddrivers.html
The PowerUtilities screen saver has been updated to version 1.1.00. The long
awaited "Preview" button has been added and a new secure registration
procedure has also been provided. You can download a copy from:
http://www.powerutilities.no
Henk Kelder has updated the beta (v0.81) of his FAT32 IFS (Installable File System).
This will allow you to access FAT32 partitions from OS/2. You can download a copy
from:
http://www.os2ss.com/information/kelder/
As you probably know, IBM has re-released their 4.04 beta version of Netscape
Communicator without altering any version identifiers. However, the modified file
size was stopping Fortify from idenitifying the "new" version.
Fortify has now been updated to version 1.2.7 to track this change and support
the new beta version. You can download your copy of Fortify for OS/2 from:
https://www.fortify.net/
Fortify is a program that provides world-wide, unconditional, full strength 128-bit
cryptography to users of Netscape Navigator (v3) and Communicator (v4). If you routinely
use Netscape's export-grade web browsers, (i.e. the ones you can download from the
Internet), then you need Fortify.
After a four weeks long and lovely holiday I've updated the OS/2 Switchboard
web site again. The OS/2 Switchboard is one of Holland's most comprehensive collections
of OS/2 related links. It now contains 670 links. Please check it out at URL:
http://home.worldonline.nl/~jhockx
A beta version of the Dialog Enhancer dialog pack file (Warp 4.0 only) has been
made available with additional support for:
Netscape Communicator 4.04
ZOC 3.08 Communications
An updated installer which now significantly reduces the pain of uninstallation
and re-installation by storing user selections, file locations and user registration
codes in the OS/2 Registry, is also available under beta test.
You can download the new updates from the Dialog
Enhancer (http://www-student.lboro.ac.uk/~mcrsc/ostrans.html) web site.
CSD 12 for the Graham Utilities
(http://www.warpspeed.com.au/graham.htm) for OS/2 has been released. You can
download a copy from:
http://www.warpspeed.com.au/u-warp.htm
fpart v1.0 has been released, this program is starting as a way to move bigger
files from one system to another on multiple floppies. Right now it splits files
into 1,400,000 byte chunks so you can simply copy them onto a floppy and recombine
them later on your other system Right now it also does not pause between disks so
you have to write the files to a hard drive first and then copy them to your floppies.
You can download a copy from http://www.eaglequest.com/~stanjenn/.
At OS-2.de there is a survey about stuff YOU would like to have, if there's a
chance to get it into OS/2...
http://www.os-2.de/en/other/survey/#1
There's also a small link to drop a mail to us, if you'd like to have the entire
site to be english (actually the survey is our first english part...)
I have just uploaded version 1.09B of TarGzipmag. This copy no longer needs a
pass to unzip it, it is available from my site in the project section at:
http://users.powernet.co.uk/vpub/projects.html
This copy has also been uploaded to hobbes, in the incoming directory:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/targzpm109b.zip
Eventually it will be in the OS2/achiver directory. It is still in a beta stage
of develepment, but is now stable enough for general release. People using this
program are encouraged to give feedback.
J3 Computer Technologies
http://www.os2store.com
We have drastically updated our site, http://www.os2store.com , to include approximately
46,000 items, search capabiliites, RealTime UPS Shipping Charges, and RealTime Tax
(I know...) for California residents. We still have a few intrinsic items to take
care of but for the most part it is finished.
To be found on our new site is hardware and software for all operating systems,
we have not forgotten about OS/2 nor will we it's there too, at prices that should
appeal to all.
A MIDI player similar to the one promised in http://www.os2ss.com/warpcast/wc2005.html
but also including a PM version and support for multiple MIDI ports is available
for free at:
http://www.os2.spb.ru/russian/lbplay/lbply003.zip
Seems like the AntiVirus market for OS/2 is looking better since IBM stepped
out of the ring.
Not only will Symantec shortly have a beta available, but Kaspersky Labs (the
makers of the highly acclaimed AVP) have one available already.
For more about testing the OS/2 version of AVP, checkout:
http://www.avp.ru/english/news/eval.html
I'm in the process of developing a text-mode MIDI file player using the OS/2
RTMidi subsystem. I'm currently looking for alpha (and eventually beta) testers
for the program. Planned features include a real-time display of song position,
playlist support, system exclusive support, and support for MIDI karaoke files.
There are a few software requirements. The MIDI.SYS packaged with Warp 4.0 causes
my system to crash, so you need to have the latest MIDI.SYS driver (available at
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/index.htm)
and probably the latest RTMidi driver for your MIDI card.
I don't know if the program will work on Warp 3.0 (using newer drivers), but
if anyone is willing to give it a try, please contact me.
If you're interested (mind you, the program is currently in *alpha* state), please
contact me at henryso@panix.com. Since the
alpha/beta will be distributed via e-mail you need to have a mailer that supports
MIME encoded attachments.
The August issue of "INK - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform"
by Tony Butka, is now online at:
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/scoug808.2.ink.html
In his monthly column, Tony discusses OS/2 graphics with an emphasis on scanning
and printing.
This month, "INK" covers:
Tony is well known for turning out high-quality graphics images with inexpensive
equipment and materials. "Each month I'll be telling the readers about the
tricks I've learned, the equipment and software that works the best, and where to
get the compatible drivers for the highest quality output," says Tony. "OS/2
has a wealth of graphics products available that people just don't know about. I'll
take care of all these issues, right here, in INK."
Sponsored by the Southern California OS/2 User Group (http://www.scoug.com
The August "Webfoot, The Duck" OS/2 column is now online at:
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/scoug808.2.webfoot.html
This month, Webfoot covers:
Each monthly "Webfoot, The Duck" column includes:
IBM has just released AntiVirus updates today. AV30BX and OLD30BX.
See http://www.av.ibm.com/IBMAntiVirus/LatestUpdates/
Regarding the recent note in WarpCast about signing up for Symantec's beta of
NAV for OS/2 (http://www.os2ss.com/warpcast/wc1970.html), I received this reply
from Symantec:
Thank you for your note, we had to stop using the website for security reasons. If you are interested in beta testing Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 please write to our External Test email, etweb@symantec.com.
If you know anyone else interested, please advise the above.
CD2MP3 PM 1.0 is a WAV and CD to MP3 front end. A lot of things have changed
since 0.91. Features:
A new MPG123.DLL has been released fixing a couple of bugs with the player:
My main web page has also been updated today, take a look at it!
http://www.cam.org/~guardia
Minta 1.67 is out now!
The new release of Minta, the MP3 tagging, listing and information PM-utility
for OS/2 is out now. New features include ID3 v1.1 support, autorenaming function,
lots of additional configuration options, etc. More info at:
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/CIP/thielen/minta
IBM has released a new version of the GRADD video drivers ( v0.077 ) for OS/2
Warp v4.0. The supported adapters are as follows:
You can download a copy from ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/videopak/graddbb