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May 30

Mozilla 1.4 RC1 for OS/2 available

The VACPP release of Mozilla 1.4 RC1 is available at the official site.

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4rc1/mozilla-os2-vacpp-1.4rc1-installer.exe

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4rc1/mozilla-os2-vacpp-1.4rc1.zip


May 30

Call for Presenters (Warpstock 2003)

Warpstock is coming, Warpstock is coming!

Now the location planning is solidifying, we are preparing the Presentation Schedules. We want to know what YOU the attendees and presenters want!

If you are interested in presenting at Warpstock, please do the following:

1) Check the website http://www.warpstock.org/ and take a look at the current presentation schedule information. If you see a seminar that you would like to present, contact me at robert-kuropkat@attbi.com and let me know.

2) If you would like to present a seminar that is NOT listed, send a brief title for the presentation, as well as a paragraph describing the seminar, to me at robert-kuropkat@attbi.com. I will place the presentation information on the website and cement you in place as the presenter.

If you are looking for a certain type of presentation to be given:

1) Check the website http://www.warpstock.org/ presentation schedule.

2) If it is not listed, send the suggested title for the presentation, a brief paragraph describing what the presentation should cover, target audience and (if possible) a suggested presenter (preferably with contact info).

Send this information to me at robert-kuropkat@attbi.com and I will contact your potential presenter, and inquire as to their interest and availability.

3) If it is listed and there is no presenter listed, feel free to contact a potential presenter yourself and let them know about Warpstock. Have them contact me at robert-kuropkat@attbi.com if they are interested in presenting!

Sincerely,
Robert Kuropkat
Speaker Coordinator, Warpstock 2003, San Francisco


May 30

eCSoft/2 site has moved

The new URL of eCSoft/2 is

http://www.ecomstation.it/ecsoft2/


May 30

Weasel version 1.64 released

The Weasel mail server has been upgraded to version 1.64. You can obtain it from

http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/os2/weasel.html
or
ftp://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/weasel/weasel164.zip

LIST OF CHANGES

Version 1.64
Fixed error in verifying a POP login.
You can now specify how many threads will handle outbound mail (range 1..99, although too high a value will probably cause "out of memory" problems).
Added option of a log file (SMTPOUT.LOG) for outgoing mail.
Updated LoadINI and DumpINI to handle options that have been added in recent changes.
Fixed: recipient list passed to a filter could contain remote addresses resulting from an alias expansion.
Clear all 'LOCK.!!!' files at startup. (Previously this was being done only for the single-domain case.)

http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au


May 29

New WarpVision wvgui20030529

http://os2.kiev.ua/en/wv.php

"The goal of the WarpVision project is to create an OS/2 multimedia player that supports the latest formats, as well as the latest hardware features."

Latest changes:

PLEASE! Remove VIDEO2.INI first!

29.05.2003
 Added max number of audio channels selection. "Maximum" means maximum number, currently supported by DART. For now, useful 4-x channel mode or Maximum for CMedia audio cards users
 Normalize disabled for PCM audio streams

27.05.2003
 GUIENG: some skin engine improvments/fixes
 Fixed RealAudio DNET codec detection

26.05.2003
 Fixed distortion of control window after some time of usage
 Fixed VCD playback
 Fixed seek rejects
 Fixed MOV files detection, that looks like MPEG H264 streams

Download: http://www.laemmlin.net/mirror/wvgui/wvgui20030529.zip


May 29

Streaming LPR Port Driver for OS/2

IBM has released a new LPR driver for OS/2 at the Device Driver Pak for OS/2. You will need Software Choice to access it though.

This is the link

http://www7.software.ibm.com/2bcprod.nsf/4eddaa42e99c19e186256a700058020a/4aa28e81f2ff3c3187256b20006208dd?OpenDocument#swc

The following is a listing for it.


Streaming LPR Port Driver for OS/2
IBM Special Edition
General Availability Release GM2
Updated 05/28/2003

Overview

Streaming Line PRinter (SLPR) is a streaming port driver (SLPR.PDR) used to connect your computer to a printer or print server via a TCP/IP connection. The driver uses Line Printer Daemon (LPD) protocol as specified in RFC 1179. This protocol is an almost universal way to send print data to printers and servers. It is meant to be used as a alternative to the \PIPE\LPD0 (henceforth LPD0) port driver which is shipped with OS/2.

Features

Features

- Faster Thruput: Data can be sent to the printer almost as soon as it is generated as compared to the LPD0 driver which needs to wait until all the printer job is generated before it is sent.
- Simpler Setup: The LPD0 driver requires a separate program (LPD.EXE) be up and running before it will work. Since the LPD program is communicating with the printer directly it has the status - not the spooler.
- Better Error Handling: With LPD0 any problems are reported via LPD program and not the spooler. With SLPR there is a direct interaction with the spooler so error recovery is more intelligent.
- User Specified Time-outs: With LPD the default is to wait indefinitely so out of paper or printer jams are not noticed for a long time. With SLPR any waits longer than the user specified time-out generates an easy to see pop-up notification.
- More Ports: SLPR can have up to 64.


May 29

Warp Community Update Workshop II/2003 - Call for Presentations

Enterprise Warp & WorkSpace Services IBM e-business Center Heidelberg

Dear Warp Community,

in response to the great feedback we received on our Workshop in February this year, we want to adapt the agenda to our business needs more closely.

The next Warp Community Update Workshop is scheduled 09-22-2003 to 09-26-2003, starting Monday 1:00 pm and ending Friday 1:00 pm.

Location is IBM Hannover, Room 216, Laatzener Straße 1, 30539 Hannover

You will receive a separate announcement with the next NewsFlash.

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First, we want to call for presentations.
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Please give us feedback about what you want to see at the workshop, or better, what you want to show to the Community. If there is any product, whether from IBM or not, that might be interesting for forthcoming OS/2 related projects, please let us know.

The current agenda plannings include
Updates on OS/2, including latest device driver news
OS/2 Hardware news
VirtualServer and OS/2
OS/2 and Linux
Migration Scenarios

As always, the workshop itself will be at no charge, all attendants will bear their travel expenses. To apply for the workshop, sent a email to emeawarp@de.ibm.com with your Company Name and your Name. You will then get a reply with confirmation.

Enterprise Warp & WorkSpace Services
The best place to start with OS/2 in EMEA
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Vangerowstrasse 18 69115 Heidelberg Germany
http://www.ibm.com/services/de/ewws
emeawarp@de.ibm.com


May 29

UpdCD fix 2.32 has been released

UpdCD 2.32 fix release has been released. It contains the following changes:

fix: fixed problem with unpacking German update files (ecs)
fix: German TCP/IP fixpak was not detected (cp)
fix: old multipt.exe from base fixpak gives PM error (cp)
fix: dbtags.dat errors in combination with Warp 3 or Korean Warp 4
fix: old os2ldr.msg was used for Korean Warp 4
fix: minor fix in VFAT driver installation script (warp 4)

Furthermore, the Warp Update Kit has been dramatically redesigned. It supports now Warp 3, Warp 4, WSEB, MCP and ACP. Be sure to check out the UpdCD homepage!

-> URL: http://xenia.sote.hu/~kadzsol/rexx/sajat/updcd.htm
-> Hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=n/a
-> FTP-Search: http://download.lycos.com/swadv/AdvResults.asp?query=n/a


May 29

Gotcha! 1.75 out now!

Gotcha! is a (not so small anymore :-) utility for OS/2 which allows to easily capture windows, window interiors, parts of the screen or the whole desktop and save them to disk or clipboard as a picture.

In v1.73 the Multimedia library has been linked in a way that it was automatically loaded when Gotcha! started and Gotcha! therefore would not run on systems without MMIO. This has been fixed in v1.75.

Gotcha! is free software under the GPL.

-> URL: http://www.teamos2.ipcon.de/~thielen/programs/gotcha/
-> Hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=/pub/os2/apps/graphics/scrncapt


May 29

DirDiff 2.05

From ws it-service, Wolfram Schmid (w.schmidDESPAM@ws-it.de) a updated version of DirDiff is available. DirDiff 2.x is a OS/2 PM directory compare and analysis program.

New in DirDiff 2.05:
- The program blocked the WPS if it was terminated during a file scan. This is now fixed.
- Now all colors in selected rows are visible.

Web Site (english):
http://www.ws-it.de/en/product/ddiff


May 29

Minnesota Map Server for OS/2 & eComstation V3.6.5

This is a new release of Minnesota Map server for OS/2 & eComstation

You can donwload in Download section of Postgres site.

http://www.ecomstation.it/postgres/


May 29

XSane 0.90

There is a new version of XSane (X scanner ACCESS Now Easy), front-ends for SANE. Since this is an x-application, an X server, e.g. XFree86/2 or HOB X11 is needed.

http://home.tiscalinet.de/fbakan/xsane-os2.htm


May 29

LogView 1.12

ws it-service, Wolfram Schmid w.schmidDESPAM@ws-it.de updated LogView, a text and log file viewer program for OS/2 and eCS. LogView can trace files in realtime and is very quick. It can be used during program development to disply debug output or to show any other text file or logfile created by any arbitrary program.

New in this version:
- Search Next/Previous scrolls to the char position if it is outside the visible range. Even in the multi column view.
- Improvements of the list control.

Web Site (english):
http://www.ws-it.de/en/product/logview


May 29

Migrating from Warp 4 to MCP 2

During some testing I have been doing for eComStation I have been wondering why you need to install MCP 1 first and THEN MCP 2 if you want to migrate your Warp 4 installation. Where is the difference between MCP 1 and MCP 2 installer. As far as I could tell NONE! I did the test. I installed a Warp 4 (fresh installation) and started with MCP 2 refresh. It did not work.

So what is it checking on that its stopping during installation ? Just copy from an MCP 1 system the \\os2\\install\\syslevel.os2 file. Copy this in your Warp 4 system in \\os2\\install and overwrite the Warp 4 version. I was able to painlessly migration from.

Please note, you use this advise on your own risk. Always make a backup before doing these kind of experiments.

Let me know how it works for you.

Roderick Klein

rwklein@wanadoo.nl


May 29

Version 1.06 of Program Control (PGMCNTRL) now available

PGMCNTRL is a small vio utility that allows you to perform actions like kill and query and window functions like close, minimize, maximize, restore and hide on _every_ process in the system.

Extensions compared to V1.04:

- modified parameter /POS to accept also x,y coordinates only in order to move a window without sizing it.

- introduced parameter /WAIT[:sec] to allow waiting for a program

You can download PGMCNTRL via ftp from The Hobbes File Archive

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pgmcn106

http://www.clanganke.de


May 29

Capitel is Freeware

The ISDN-answering machine Capitel for OS/2 and WINxx is now freeware. Capitel can be found at http://www.2tec.com.



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