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The Notebook/2 site, the greatest and maybe only resource on OS/2 in the notebook computer arena, has further been updated over the last weeks. Some new top end models have been included from IBM to work well with OS/2, even though IBM does not officially support OS/2 on these models. Other info like installation guides can be useful for people who do not work with a notebook computer, too.

Have a look at:

http://www.os2ss.com/users/DrMartinus/notebook.htm

The Warpstock Europe Team is asking you for feedback. What did you like in particular and what not? Do you have any suggestions for improvements? Constructive criticism is always welcome.

Please use our online-forum at the Warpstock Europe home page at:

http://warpstock.os2.org/en/forum/

to submit your comments.

Please provide some details. Of course we also like to hear comments like "Simply great!", but they won't help us much in improving things for next year.

We are also collecting photos for publishing on the Warpstock Europe home page. Please submit thumbnails of the best ones or URLs to access them to: christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de. (Please DO NOT send photos in their original size!)

Brian Smith released the first beta version of HandyFTP 1.0 for OS/2, a Win32 binary will follow soon. You can get the first version at OS/2 Netlabs as well as the source which is available at our CVS server.

HandyFTP is an Internet FTP and FXP file transfer application for OS/2 PM, Win32 and Linux/Unix.

http://handyftp.netlabs.org

Chris Wohlgemuth released CandyBarZ 1.40 Beta 1. This version contains some very nice new features like transparency (see project page for screenshots). Note that this version is still beta and will have some bugs in it. If you want to help or if you want to write a converter for WindowBlinds or Linux Themes join the CandyBarZ mailing list!

With CandyBarZ you can replace almost every OS/2 control including tilebar, buttons, checkboxes and so on.

http://candybarz.netlabs.org

There is a new, official support and discussion mailing list for PMMail/2, PMMail 2000 and PMMail 2000 Professional. This list is hosted by Blueprint Software Works, Inc., the producers of PMMail.

To subscribe to the list, send a message to:

mdaemon@bmtmicro.com

with the first line of the message body being:

SUBSCRIBE pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com

You should then receive a verification message and then a welcome message with posting and unsubscribe directions.

PMNapster 2.5 Release 3 available in hobbes incoming. This is a replace to PMNapster 2.x versions.

Available at:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/misc/pmnapster25r3.zip

This update corrects the "Logon Error" when connecting to servers with PMNapster 2.5 Release 2.

Updates:

- Logon error corrected;
- Updated "Default" function in Config;
- Default download path corrected;
- Other bug corrections.

After an unannounced web server upgrade by my web host, my account has been re-established and the EmuOS/2 homepage (home of the MAME, Retrocade, and SNES9x for OS/2 projects) has been reinstated.

The new address is:

http://www.vintagegaming.com/hosted/emuos2/

Eventually, I'll get my own domain name again with a different URL, but the above URL should continue to work after this happens, so you shouldn't have to go swapping around your bookmarks again.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

New version 0.1.6 of JCDRead2 has been released.

JCDRead2 is best solution for CD-DA grabbing especially on 'bad' CD-drives.

Main features:
+ corrections for synchronization problems
+ corrections for jitters
+ pipe transfer support
+ highly configurable
+ freeware (always)

It can be downloaded from Hobbes:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/cd/grabber/JCDread2-0.1.6.zip

Nice OS/2 Enhancer, the well-known free utility for improving the OS/2 Presentation Manager, was updated to version 4.3.

Forced compatibility with:
Fix #1 for Aurora - no wallpaper in Rooms (internal security) Lotus WordPro - flicker when printing (very annoying bug) HOBLink X-Server - no "Close window" button (don't know why) lSwitcher - Rooms feature turned OFF (my curve hands)

No new features were added, so program works as stable as possible :-)

You can download version 4.3 (850 KB) from Hobbes:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/nice-os2-v43.zip

Eventually:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/nice-os2-v43.zip

Program URL with more information:

http://os2.boom.ru

The Nice OS/2 Enhancer adds new features to the OS/2 operating system such as the ability to:

Move an image into all windows by means of mouse or keys,
Change frames for all windows,
Extend your workplace by new "Rooms" around the Desktop,
Define keys to perform various actions,
Attach any network drive or FTP folder from file dialogs,
Manage the priority for some applications,
Remove items from the Window list,
Arrange text, WPS and Java windows by center of the screen,
Hold "Num Lock" always "ON" or "OFF",
...and more.

I use it day by day and think that this is a great "run-time" Fix for OS/2 Warp.

WVware is a doc to HTML conversion tool.

In this version:

* Installation with WarpIn
* Included CMD script like aWGet.cmd for automatically converting and storing your files in preselected directory.

You can download it from:

http://teamos2.ru/files/wv061.wpi (~1300Kb)

I've compiled limited version mod_jk module from Jakarta Tomkat 3.2.

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/

I just remove load balancing and inprocess (JNI) worker support. This module work with Apache 1.3.12 or 1.3.14 for OS/2 but it was not tested and I don't going to test it here :-).

If anybody would like to try it just send me message.

Tucows has decided to restore their OS/2 software archive!

You will find the OS/2 section, now under the "Tucows Classic OS" section, along with ... Windows 3.1 (!!) at the following URL:

http://classic.tucows.com/os2soft.html

(Yes, they seem to think that our beloved 32-bits, multithreading since april 1992, object-oriented interface operating sytem is somehow comparable to microsoft's single-threading, cooperative multitasking windows 3.1 shell on top of MS-DOS).

This is a good start, however I'd like to see the OS/2 Tucows mirrored worldwide (like it was when the section was created) and listed along the "Java Tucows" and "BeOS Tucows" sections on the main page, not hidden in the back.

Imho, anyone who shares these concerns should politely write a "thank you" letter expressing our joy to see the OS/2 section restored (along with any constructive criticism) to feedback@tucows.com.

The October issue of OS/2 eZine (http://www.os2ezine.com), though late, is finally live... except for one article, which should be posted no later than Friday.

In this issue we take a look at some of the latest information concerning eComStation, how to create PDF files using GSView under OS/2, another Warpstock interview, and further installments in the "Hands on your home page" and "Into Java" columns.

OS/2 eZine: http://www.os2ezine.com

Installation script that replace installation program in scrollms.exe

http://digilander.iol.it/mircomir/os2/

Changes in V1.0

- fixed language selection using LANG environment
- added switch to update mouse.sys
- added uninstall switch
- now os2 default mouse object is deleted
- added switch to create original mouse object
- minor bug fixed

New USB device drivers has surfaced but at the moment it seems like only paying subscribers to IBM Software Choice will be able to download them.

http://service.boulder.ibm.com/asd-bin/doc/en_us/catalog.htm

The old USB device drivers has been deleted from Device Driver Pak On-Line and the new ones at IBM Software Choise is only downloadable with a correct username and password.

There are new version of Russian Apache web server (mod_charset) by Alex Tutubalin. This version based on Apache 1.3.14

More about mod_charset module you can read at Alex's web site:

http://apache.lexa.ru/english/

http://www.os2.spb.ru/software/internet/apache/

StockMarket/2 is a PM util which monitors stocks over the Internet.

http://www.michelinakis.gr/Dimitris/files/stockmarket18.zip

This new version adds all the features that users have requested:

- Resizable window.

- Stocks with zero values. (funds, pre IPO etc)

- Minor fixes.

Any comments/suggestions are welcome.

I wrote a rexx script to install correctly the scrollms.exe

Now my logitech cordless scroll mouse works! The current version 0.1 beta doesn't remove the old Mouse object.

http://digilander.iol.it/mircomir/os2/

Finally: The Team Trier Collection Vol.7 CDROM for OS/2 is now available!

For only DM 10/EUR 5 it includes (among lots of other share- & freeware, demos, etc.):

- Fixpak 14 for Warp 4 (German and English)
- Fixpak 4 for DB2
- SmartSuite 1.51 Update (German and English)
- StarOffice 5.1a Update
- CrystalSpace 0.17
- Virtual Pascal 2.1
- WSeB Fixpak 1
- The GIMP/2 1.1.25

Two comfortable menu-systems, a HTML interface that can be used with any web browser and a PM program, developed specially for the TTC, support you at selecting and installing the programs.

As always the FixPaks may be most easily installed directly from the CD.

For more information and the complete list of contents see the webpages of Team OS/2 Region Trier e.V. at:

http://www.teamos2.ipcon.de/

(Note: This CDROM may be of interest only to German-speaking or at least European customers: Though most of the documentation and the installation-programs on the CD are now also available in English the shipping charges may get really steep outside of Europe...)