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See PMFax Professional at Warpstock '99
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We have all seen Faxworks, many of us use it, many of us have also wondered why
we should upgrade to the professional version.
Keller Group Inc. will have PMFax at Warpstock '99 to answer that question. PMFax
builds on the solid performance of the lite version that is shipped with the OS/2
bonuspak by adding:
See the full list at http://www.kellergroup.com
Once you see the professional package in action, you will wonder how you ever
got by with out this full Fax/Data/Voice call control system.
Visit Warpstock '99 (http://www.warpstock.org)
for a very special deal on the best Fax package available.
As Hurricane Floyd Approaches the Raleigh, NC area it appears that it will still
be packing a significant punch this far inland. I do expect significant damage to
power lines and many lightning strikes. As a result I will shut down this web site
as a precautionary measure sometime Wednesday afternoon or evening. We will be back
on line as soon as the storm has passed and power has been restored.
I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. Thanks for your
understanding and patience.
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Millennium Technology - http://www.millennium-technology.com
Home of the DataBook(TM) for OS/2 Warp
On September 16th, IBM executives will be meeting for the monthly IPMT meeting.
At this meeting they are supposed to talk about the future of the OS/2 client and
the feasibility of a client published by a third party.
We are supposed to hear back later that day or on Friday (the 17th) about what
decisions they come to.
This means that we expect to be able to provide users with additional information
as to the status of the OS/2 client whether from IBM or from a third party such
as Stardock.
So stay tuned. The wait may be almost over. ;)
Hi All,
SciTech is currently looking to fill a fulltime OS/2 developer position within
the company. The responsibilities of the position would include development of SciTech
Display Doctor for OS/2, wxWindows for OS/2 (a core component of the SDD 7.0 user
interface) and SciTech MGL for OS/2. The position will require relocation to our
offices in Chico, California (about 1.5 hours north of Sacramento).
If you are interested in this position, please mail/fax your resume to SciTech
at:
Attn: Kendall Bennett
SciTech Software, Inc.
505 Wall Street
Chico, CA 95928
Fax: (530) 894 9069
If you wish to email me (KendallB@scitechsoft.com)
resumes, make sure they are either word documents or adobe acrobat files so that
I can print them and add them to our files. I won't accept text file resumes.
For more information about SciTech Software and the products we developer, see
our web site at:
Live Video Internet Feed From Warp Expo West
Warp Expo West announces something very special - a live video feed over the
Internet from the show floor.
You'll be able to watch the video on your Netscape browser.
The continuous broadcasts will begin when Warp Expo West opens it doors on Saturday.
At this time we aren't exactly sure how many channels of video we will deliver.
The system itself can supply four different channels and we hope to have all four
up and running. There are multiple T1 lines in place to deliver these four video
channels to the Internet backbone.
There are some technical issues that still need to be worked out. The audio feed
is one we're still working on, and fine tuning the HTML code for your Netscape browser
is another.
Still, the video system worked fine in tests on both Saturday and Sunday and
we're confident we can deliver live video to you on "show day" this coming
Saturday. There will be a special link on the Warp Expo West web pages and you won't
need anything but your Netscape browser.
This is not a "webcam". This is full-motion video, just like you see
on your television.
Even with the multiple T1 lines there are some bandwidth issues and we may have
to reduce the image size, increase the compression level or restrict the number
of simultaneous users depending on how many people choose to "tune in".
A lot depends on the average bandwidth of viewers like yourself, since cable modems
and DSL lines will load our video system more than 56K modems. Consider this a part
of OS/2 history, as we take a "first shot" at sending full-motion video
to your computer screen.
The idea for the live video feed belongs to Tim Katz of Demand Systems. (Demand
Systems is an OS/2 preinstaller and an exhibitor at Warp Expo West.)
Tim Katz did the engineering design work, lined up the equipment and first tested
the fully completed system on the Demand Systems network last Saturday. He and Steve
Schiffman, the Network and Facilities Director for Warp Expo West, then tested the
system at the show site on Sunday.
There was plenty of preparation for the final test. "I had to ensure that
our supplier network was capable of supplying the bandwidth required," said
Schiffman, "and that meant checking on each segment of the uplink. We'll have
cameras in the lecture rooms and in the exhibitor area, and we'll supply a combination
of live video feeds and repeat broadcasts of the most popular lectures."
Tim Katz had to work out some last-minute connections and spent part of the testing
time working on the HTML. "Netscape supports live video, but Internet Explorer
requires a special add-on which we won't support," said Katz. "The Netscape
HTML is coded in a certain way and it took a bit of experimentation to get it right."
And Tim McCoy, owner of Demand Systems and present during the tests, was very
pleased. "We like to come up with a solution no matter what the problem, and
live video on the Internet is in everyone's future for seminars, trade shows, even
family events such as weddings and any gathering of people. It's cost effective."
Rollin White, Chairman of Warp Expo West, said that "watching live video
over the Internet is a great demonstration of why OS/2 is a leading technology platform."
And Terry Warren, President of The Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG),
the show's sponsoring organization, said "This is the technology of the future
and we're pleased that SCOUG can bring this new benefit to OS/2 users via Warp Expo
West."
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Warp Expo West is free, free, free. The show will be held on September 18 near
Disneyland in sunny Southern California. All the info is at
http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest
Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.
Sorry for this late update, but due to service problems, I was rather quickly
weened off my last internet service provider.
Needless to say, this broke a good number of links to my OS/2 related cartoons.
I now have a new home at: http://www.vcnet.com/~harry/
The Widget Box cartoon is published about once a month using P>G Pro for OS/2.
Now that I have additional web space, I will repost all the orginal OS/2oons and
the latest Widget Box.
In addition, I will post the GDO files on request for those OS/2 users who wish
to make enlargements of the cartoons without getting all them jaggies.
Harry Martin
Cartooninst for The Widget Box
harry@vcnet.com
A new Edition of Focus on OS/2 is now Online!
Topic:
LPTOOL: FAST, RELIABLE TRANSFER
An inexpensive method of file transfer that's also surprisingly fast and reliable.
http://os2.about.com/library/weekly/aa090899.htm
New Links and News:
BUSINESS USERS ADVISED TO GET OFF WINDOWS.
"Windows users are looking down the gun barrel at upgrading to Office 2000
and Windows 2000, which may mean replacing the computers....enormous expenses".
Bob St. John. Source: PR NewsWire. http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm#news
Entire site contains 1034 links, and may be accessed at http://os2.about.com.
We finally started another survey at OS2.org. VMware emailed all interested OS/2
users some questions, asking how they would like VMware to support OS/2. We now
took all these questions and created a short survey at http://en.OS2.org/.
Everybody is invited to take part, so we hopefully get OS/2 supported one day!
We also started a new serie of guest editorials at OS2.org. Holger Veit, porter
of XFree86/2, started with "OSnux or Li/2?". Each month another very interesting
guest writer will be presented.
Enjoy it.
New Improved Map To Warp Expo West
We've just added an extra map with the parking details and walkway directions
at the show facilities. We've designed it for easy printing (hint, hint). An extra
map never hurts - see it at:
http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest/sitemap.html
And with just one week to go before show day, we know some of you will rush off
and forget to print our Travel page. That's the page with the maps showing you how
to get here. See them at:
http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest/travel.html
(Maps courtesy of MapQuest, http://www.mapquest.com/ - if you want to make your
own map, use 333 N. Glassell Street, Orange, CA.)
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Warp Expo West is free. The show will be held on September 18 near Disneyland
in sunny Southern California. All the info is at
http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest
Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.
32bits Online (http://www.32bitsonline.com)
is running a poll for site visitors. If you are developing a mission critical application,
you may indicate which OS is the target. So far, Linux has 65%, NT just over 10%
and OS/2 just under 10% with 275 respondents.
This is not an advocacy poll. But, if the shoe fits ... developers should participate
so an accurate representation of OS/2 as a mission critical platform can be .. projected.
The Crystal Space project now has OS/2 executables available:
http://crystal.linuxgames.com/dl14_co1.html
Crystal Space is an open source 3D engine which can be compiled for multiple
platforms.
Check out the following URL for news on WarpStock in Europe from CNN Interactive!
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/09/euro.warp.stock.idg/index.html
OS/2 Programming At Warp Expo West
There's plenty about programming at Warp Expo West!
Attend the Java Introduction lecture if you're just starting with this language,
and Java In The Real World for a broader view and bigger development lessons for
your new projects.
REXX Programming Potpourri covers a number of REXX programming tricks, and Using
REXX And C Together, Parts 1 and 2 passes along example after example of the C-to-REXX
programming interface in OS/2 Warp.
Two XML lectures will bring you up to speed on new technology for your web pages.
Technology Overview: Why XML Is Important and An Introduction To XML Basics show
you everything needed to write web pages in this new language of the Internet.
Database programming needs solid design, and Thinking Relationally introduces
database design techniques for your next relational database effort.
Warpicity: An Overview And Update is a new idea for software development. The
Developer's Assistant, the actual proposal, the Methodology, and the Project are
all eye-openers for any programmer.
And if you want to get started in Workplace Shell programming, have a seat in
the audience for How To Write A Workplace Shell Class. The Shell is object oriented;
you'll learn how to subclass existing desktop objects and some development and debugging
techniques.
You'll learn plenty about programming when you attend Warp Expo West!
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Warp Expo West is free, free, free. The show will be held on September 18 near
Disneyland in sunny Southern California. All the info is at
http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest
Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.
BMT Micro, Inc. is proud to announce that we will be attending Warpstock '99
in Atlanta. Attendance for us was a close call given the changes and expansion we've
experienced during the last 6 months.
Working 80-90 hours per week the past month and having Warpstock coincide with
my wedding anniversary literally put me in the position of choosing between my wife
and Warpstock. Fortunately, Jennifer has volunteered to attend and perhaps an additional
team member will accompany her so that you can put names and faces together one
of my favorite part of the show
There will be additional announcements released over the next few weeks announcing
personnel changes and additions, hardware and software upgrades, our plans for the
upcoming year (and beyond) And of course we'll want to assure everyone that we are
as committed to OS/2 as we were 4 years ago and that this will _not_ change. We're also in the process of increasing our staff by 50% More to be revealed
as it unfolds. ;) On a personal note I would like to apologize for my lack of presence over the
past few months if anyone has been wondering where I've been. It has been both a
challenging and busy time for BMT Micro, Inc. All in all it's been quite a heady
experience and it couldn't have happened without _you_ for which we are very grateful. Sincerely,
Thomas Bradford
BMT Micro, Inc.
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