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UpdCD discussion group

An UpdCD discussion group has been started at eGroups. UpdCD is a tool which can be used to update the OS/2 installation CD. For more information please visit http://xenia.sote.hu/~kadzsol/rexx/sajat/updcd.htm.

http://www.egroups.com/messages/updcd

Ager's Socket Library - Release 3

Hi,

What is it:
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asl is a free socket (tcp/ip) library for Virtual Pascal v2.0+ (it supports both OS/2 and Win32). It includes classes to:

- use TCP and UDP sockets
- handle the SMTP, POP3 and NNTP protocols (as client)
- write servers (SMTP and POP3 already included)
- encode and decode using uu, xx or base64
 

Release 3 is mostly a bugfix release.

It is available on Hobbes as asl-r3.zip (currently in /pub/incoming should en up in /pub/os2/dev/pascal) or at my asl homepage: http://home10.inet.tele.dk/sag/asl.html

Greetings
Søren

* 01/18/2001
*
* Uploaded a new README.1ST file to correct wrong Build
* level and required CSF level in the original. This will
* still be wrong on the README.1ST that is included on
* FixPak Disk 1. Please replace that file with the one in
* this directory.

ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4.5warp/english-us/xr_e002/readme.1st

TNEF updated to 0.16

tnef unpacks those annoying Microsoft TNEF attachments. It is based upon Thomas Boll's original tnef.c

http://teamos2.ru/files/tnef-0.16-emx.zip

Are you one of many using either ServerConfig or any of the other applications that Dimitris Michelinakis are developing. Or have You just heard about the tools and wonder what they do? Well, here is the chance to read a bit more about the mentioned applications and about Dimitri in the latest interview at OS2 World.Com under the column "Developers around the World".

http://www.os2world.com/

Thanks to Irv Spalten, and the request of an OS/2 user in Usenet, IBM e-business and Software News Alert email news announcements now contains OS/2 related news. this is great news as for a long time these announcements contained mostly windoze and Linux related news.

In todays announcement from IBM:

"Operating Systems
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DOWNLOAD: OS/2 Warp FixPaks

http://ps.software.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/fixnews.html

Download FixPaks for IBM OS/2* Warp, including the latest releases -- Warp 4 FixPak 15, Warp Server for e-business FixPak 2, and Warp 4 kernels."

If you are interested in these announcements, here is the "How to Subscribe":

"When you subscribe to IBM e-business and Software News Alert via e-mail, you will receive it three times a month. You will receive no other e-mail from our subscription list, and we will not give or sell your address to any other mailing lists.

To subscribe, use the Web. Go to http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/subscribe.html and follow the appropriate instructions.

CDBFlite - Command line DBF Viewer and Editor

The CDBFlite program allows users to work with .DBF files format from command line. You can carry out various actions, which don't require user intervention, a batch mode.

Generally speaking, the program is high-grade command line DBF viewer and editor. If you are familiar with SQL language, you can notice some similar moments. As parameters are transferred into command line the syntax differs, but principles of work same.
UPDATE somefile.dbf SET name="John", age=30 where id=1000 CDBFlite somefile.dbf /filter:id=1000 /field:name="John",age=30 /update

CDBFlite supports all existing fields types and all memo-fields types. CDBFlite program can be applied on WEB-server. By the way, PERL or PHP do not have these opportunities which are given by CDBFlite, for working with .DBF.

http://www.whitetown.com/cdbflite/index.html

PTime/2 version 0.78 is available.

PTime/2 is a OS/2 program for reording and evaluating of project times. With PTime/2 you are able to record the time needed for projects or orders fast and easy. It gives you the opportunity to keep track even when dealing with several projects simultaneously.

Features of PTime/2:
- Time capturing via entering data into a chart
- Time capturing with reference to job description
- Print outs and preview of all evaluations and statistics
- Progress report
- Proof of working hours
- Monthly or annual overview of working hours
- Evaluation of project times for activities within a single project
- As many databases as you like

New in this version:
- Many improvements and bugfixes
- Englisch and German online help
- New calendar control
- Print and preview of all reports
- Copy to the clip board
- Immediate update of the statistics
- New evaluations for a single project

Web Site:
http://www.elosoft.de/en/product/ptime

Fixpack 15 Italian

Today IBM released Fixpack 15 in Italian.
It needs CSF 143 and brings the system to version 14.062.
 

ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/italian/xrim015/

Open Watcom Update

We would like to update you on the status of the Open Watcom effort:

PROJECT STATUS

Sybase's Watcom 11.0c source tree has been checked into a private section of the Open Watcom Perforce system and the core team is working (under NDA) to get it compiling in this new environment. Since the 11.0c source code received from Sybase did not compile initially, this task is taking longer that originally anticipated. The team also had a number of problems sorting out exactly which files in the build tree needed to be in version control. Work is progressing on getting 11.0c to compile correctly and it should be completed soon. The next phase is the 11.0c binary release and following that will be the first Open Watcom source code release (once all the proprietary third party source code is removed).

ITE REDESIGN

The Open Watcom web has been redesigned in anticipation of the forthcoming Open Watcom releases. Specifically, we have created a "Community" section where all those using Open Watcom tools will be able to congregate. Check it out at http://www.openwatcom.org

NEW MAILING LISTS AND NEWSGROUPS

Now you have the option of using either mailing lists or newsgroups to stay current with the Open Watcom community. All post to the newsgroups will automatically be sent to the corresponding mailing list and vice versa. There are four public Open Watcom mailing lists/newsgroups:

openwatcom.announce (official announcements only)
openwatcom.users.c_c++
openwatcom.users.fortran
openwatcom.contributors
 

Please see the Open Watcom Community page (http://www.openwatcom.org/community.html) for information about how to participate in the Open Watcom mailing lists and news groups.

PURCHASING WATCOM 11.0x

One of the most common questions we are asked is where people can purchase an existing Watcom 11.0 product. We have added a section to the FAQ (http://www.openwatcom.org/faq.html) listing sites that might still be selling Watcom products. We also recommend searching Ebay, since there have been frequent offers for Watcom 11.0 products recently.

SCITECH IS HIRING!

SciTech is looking for talented system-level software developers to work on its cutting edge cross-platform solutions. If this sounds like something you are interested in, please see the SciTech career page at: http://www.scitechsoft.com/employ.html

Thanks for your interest in the Open Watcom project!

-The Open Watcom Team

Where do you get it?
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You can download SciTech Display Doctor 7.0.5 for OS/2 BETA 38 from our ftp site using the following URL:

ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2/sdd-os2-7.0.5-b38.exe

What's new:
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. All remaining changes are now tracked on the web. Public changes are tracked at the following URL:

http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdd2_changes.txt

About SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2
-------------------------------------
 

SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 brings SciTech's proven universal device driver technologies to the OS/2 operating system. SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 incorporates the SciTech Nucleus Graphics Architecture, which is a cross platform device driver technology enabling the use of the same device drivers in all versions of SciTech Display Doctor. Sharing the drivers between platforms improves the quality and performance of device drivers for all supported operating systems.

For more detailed information about SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 (including the list of supported graphics chipsets) see the complete readme at:

ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2/readme.txt

--- END OF ANNOUNCEMENT ---

Yet a new article column at OS2 World!

Text: Martin Iturbide, an employe of IBM Ecuador post his first article about emulators for OS/2 . So if you share the interest of this topic together with Martin, follow the url and read the full article!

http://www.os2world.com

The January 2001 OS/2eZine is now online - http://www.os2ezine.com/

Christopher B. Wright gives his farewell message and introduces the new Editor-in-chief, Robert Basler.

Also in this issue, are reviews of "MIDI Station Sequencer for OS/2", and "PwICQ for OS/2". Also articles on "Running Your Own E-Mail Server With Weasel", "Match of the Century: eComStation vs. the Warp Convenience Pack" and the series "Into Java, Part 13"

gtowers-0.1/2

Warning: this is an xfree86/2 application. You cannot play this game unless you have xfree86/2 installed.

Gtowers is a simple game based on the classic Towers of Hanoi. The goal is to move a stack of stone rings from one peg to another in as few turns as possible.

http://teamos2.ru/files/gtowers-0.1-emx.zip

curl-7.5.1/2

curl is a tool for getting a file using URL syntax. It supports HTTP, FTP, DICT, TELNET, HTTPS,LDAP, FILE and GOPHER as well as HTTP-post, HTTP-put, cookies, FTP upload, passwords,portnumbers and proxies.

Note: HTTPS and LDAP not supported in this port

http://teamos2.ru/files/curl-7.5.1-emx.zip

sqmgrlog-2.12/2

sqmgrlog generates Squid utilization reports by userid or IP/hostname.

http://teamos2.ru/files/sqmgrlog-2.12-emx.zip

Xscorch-0.1.10/2

Note: this is xfree86/2 application. if you don't have xfree86/2 installed, you will not be able to run this game.

Xscorch is a clone of the classic DOS game "Scorched Earth". The basic goal is to annihilate enemy tanks using overpowered guns. Players can purchase weapons and accessories to defend their tank, and they can attack enemy tanks by adjusting the angle of the tank's turret and the firing power. Xscorch supports gameplay with humans and computer AIs, and network gameplay is in development.

Changes: This release features more updates to the networking code, and minor bugfixes.

http://teamos2.ru/files/xscorch-0.1.10-emx.zip

xlHtml-0.2.8/2

xlHtml converts an Excel spreadsheet file (.xls) into highly-optimized HTML. The program currently supports string, blank, boolean, err, integer, Floating Point, and formula cells.

Changes: This update includes some important xlHtml bug fixes and improved support for Power Point files.

http://teamos2.ru/files/xlhtml-0.2.8-emx.zip

wv-0.6.3/2

wv (formerly known as MSWordView) is a library that understands the Microsoft Word 2000, 97, 95 and 6 file formats and is able to convert Word documents into HTML, which can then be read with a browser. It also allows other programs access to word documents for the purpose of converting them to other formats and is currently being used by Abiword as its word importer.

Changes: A bunch of minor changes and bugfixes, and an alpha version of wvRTF is also available.

http://teamos2.ru/files/wv-0.6.3-emx.zip

I'm working with the distributors on how we might repackage this for the benefit of eCS users. In my original packaging, I included a two year subscription to IBM's Software Choice (SWC). I've come to believe that is overkill. We will continue to offer SWC through our distributors. But I think we have crafted an exciting option for the eCS users.

This is my proposal to the distributors. The new eCS Upgrade Protection program will be for 12 months. It will not include SWC. However, it will include the next MCP, due out the end of the year.

This means eCS users get the SWC features as a package, not as a subscription. Rembember, it will still be possible to purchase SWC from eCS distributors and from other sources. But I'm repackaging the program because I think we can do better this way.

The new eCS UP will be 12 months, not 24. The distributors will determine the actual pricing, but the SRP will be USD $69. And it will include the MCP2, due out around the end of this year.

So the new packaging provides a shorter time frame, 12 months .. a bit more "tactical" and focused. At the same time, it significantly reduces the cost to the user.

First question, what happens at the end of the 12 months? For one thing, all of us will have a better view of things in 12 months. But even if the eCS UP price doubled (and that is a very, very big "if" .. see next para), it would still cost slightly less money than the current package and pricing ... eCS users are still better off.

But by now, I think eCS users should have come to understand that Serenity Systems works hard to protect the investment made by our users. Any increase in pricing would be more than matched by an increase in the value proposition.

The next question is, what features would an eCS user miss out on if they don't have SWC. Well, registered eCS users will already have access to fixes and drivers. OS/2 users need SWC to access these features.

The immediate feature which may come to mind is the new browser. This browser will be available on SWC with the IBM brand. It will also be available for download from other sources. So, I'm not inclined to suggest that a user purchase a subscription just to get the browser.

The point is, once you have the MCP, how much more do you get in SWC and what is it worth?

IMO, asking an eCS user to buy SWC is asking them to pay twice for the same set of features. So, Serenity Systems can and will make SWC available at competitive pricing through the resellers. But .. eCS users will also have the option of getting a refreshed eCS at the end of the year, which will include the next Convenience Pack from IBM.

eCS users who do not purchase the Upgrade Protection package will be able to upgrade to the refresh product when it becomes available. I'm not going to put a price on that option today. The only thing I will say is that it can be expected to cost more than the eCS UPP.

This a plan ... a proposal to the distributors. But I will come your input and feedback as well.

Regards,
Bob

Bob St.John, Director
New Business Development
Serenity Systems International

214 222-3414, ext 101
888 299-6483, ext 101

GO XFree86/OS2 !!!!

A new article had been posted at OS2world.com.

This great article was wrote by Christian Hennecke about XFree86/OS2 programs and compatibility.

Just get into http://www.os2world.com and check the article at the top of the page.

Unzip 5.42 released

GENERAL INFO
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UnZip is an extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format (also called "zipfiles"). Although highly compatible both with PKWARE's PKZIP and PKUNZIP utilities for MS-DOS and with Info-ZIP's own Zip program, our primary objectives have been portability and non-MSDOS functionality.

CHANGES AND NEW FEATURES
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The 5.42 maintance release fixes more bugs and cleans up the redistribution conditions

- removal of unreduce.c and amiga/timelib.c code to get rid of the last distribution restrictions beyond the BSD-like Info-ZIP LICENSE
- new generic timelib replacement (currently used by AMIGA port)
- more reasonable mapping rules of UNIX "leading-dot" filenames to the DOS 8.3 name convention
- repaired screensize detection in MORE paging code (was broken for DOS/OS2/WIN32 in 5.41)
 

ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/archiver/unzip542.exe

According to a special report in the January issue of the magazine LANline (http://www.lanline.de) - (see articles on page 16, but it is in German only), the company NSM STORAGE (http://www.NSMStorage.de) recently added a CD/DVD-ROM LIBRARY SERVER. With these devices it is possible to make available up to 250 CDROM's virtually in the network. The CD'S are copied in addition on the server, the data can then be networked with support for Windows systems (3.11/95/98/NT/2000), OS/2, Unix/Linux, Novell and MacOS.

Dirk Terrell has created a new mailing list at:

http://www.egroups.com/group/seti-warp

to take the place of the one at os2ss that seems to have disappeared.

Oh yes, the new 3.03 client has been sent to SSL and should show up shortly.

Dialer/2 1.9 beta2 in english released

Denis Tazetdinov has released a new beta of his dialer. This time also in english not only in russian :-). Thanks.

Dialer/2 - a nice Phone Dialer for OS/2 Presentation Manager. It has some useful features like: phone-book, autodial. I hope it has very simple interface, so you can use it without any help. The only thing I want to mention - Dialer/2 should be used when no other programs are accessing com-port. Otherwise, Dialer/2 may not see modem answers, like "BUSY" or "NO CARRIER", so audodial feature will not work.

http://www.os2.spb.ru/software/projects/pmdialer/dial2en.zip

Audio/Data-CD-Creator V0.45 ready for download

Audio/Data-CD-Creator is a set of folder classes to write CD-R/RW via drag and drop. CDRecord/2 and cdrdao/2 are used to actually burn the CD. The classes are released under the GPL so full source is avaiable. This is mainly a maintenance release to fix some annoying bugs.

Features:

-Fully integrated into the WPS
-Use shadows for creating a virtual tree of files or putting together an audio sampler -Creation of TAO and DAO Audio CDs
-DAO for audio CDs using cdrdao/2 with dynamic priority control -Writing of MP3 files
-Support for grabbers
-Creation of single- and multisession data CDs
-On the fly writing
-Boot CD support
-Cover creation
-...
 

Visit the home page for further information:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/creator/creatormain.htm

-Data-CD-Creator: optional use only files with archive bit
-Audio-CD-Creator: Display format of tracks in confirm dialog by doubleclicking -CD-Copy: overflow of disk sizes fixed
-Setup string bug fixed which prevented successful installation -Missing toolbar bitmaps fixed (really? please report)
-Use WarpSans on Warp 4 and above

New with V0.45:

dmoz.org needs Editor for the OS/2 Category

Checking up the web I found dmoz.org. A web search engine and Portal

They had an OS/2 category there (computer->Operating_Systems ->OS/2) .and they need an editor, it's not a job or something paid of what I had seen.

This is what it says:

" As the web grows, automated search engines and directories with small editorial staffs will be unable to cope with the volume of sites.

The Open Directory Project's goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web by relying on a vast army of volunteer editors. The Open Directory Project is an online community. Thus, it is important to have the ability to work well with other editors, in addition to having a critical eye for organization.

The goal of editors should be to produce useful resources for the web public. We do not bar editors with business affiliations, since those editors with their own sites usually know their competition and related sites better than anyone. This knowledge can be ideal for helping build an authoritative directory. However, we will not tolerate editors who only add their own sites, or maliciously interfere with others'

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/OS2/

Norton Virus Definitions

The Norton Antivirus 5 virus definitions for OS/2 had been updated. (12 Feb 2001)

check:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/cgi-bin/navsarc.cgi

The OS/2 PDD mailing list (pdd@os2ss.com) was a mailing list for discussion of OS/2 device driver development. Unfortunately, all of the mailing list servers on os2ss.com have died, so I've decided to resurrect the mailing list on eGroups.com.

To subscribe to this mailing list, please visit:

http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/os2ddprog

I will be adding as many of the subscribers of the old list to this one. Everyone who is added by me will be get an email saying so. Feel free to unsubscribe yourself if you want. I know I'm taking an "opt-out" policy, but it's the only way to get the mailing list going again in a timely manner.