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June 14

UpdCD 2.34 fix has been released

UpdCD 2.34 fix has been released.

Changes:

fix: incorporating mpts fix 8706 might break install (error 1600)
fix: directories should be created using upper case names
fix: npconfig.exe /uninstall might crash if updated cd-rom is not inserted
fix: pmupdcd.exe might crash if no older version was installed previously
fix: incorrect message number (msg.200 -> msg.0200) was used (wseb)

new: improved warp 3 blue support
new: added partially translated German language file (thanks for warpbinks)
new: added script (testmsg.cmd) to test translated message files

http://xenia.sote.hu/~kadzsol/rexx/sajat/updcd.htm


June 14

What is Your Main Operating System?

Please click here to read the article:

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3775


June 14

XWP italian version homepage changed

The new URL for the Italian NLS version of XWorkplace is:

http://www.ecomstation.it/xwp/

The old one on http://www.quasarbbs.net/ is dead; please update your bookmarks.


June 14

CADware's BlueCad 1.06 for OS/2

After having read the article about BlueCAD 1.0 in OS/2-ezine http://www.os2ezine.com/20030516/page_2.html I asked CADware about the chances to to make BlueCAD freely available to the OS/2 community, since it is no business any more for them and they only offer the latest fix to level 1.010 in different languages, but not the base product any more for download.

I was told, that they currently "are building new version of http://www.cadware.it site , and one discussion is whether make BlueCAD 1.0 for OS/2 downloadable for free or not."

So I don't know if it might be helpful for this decision finding process, if more people are asking for it or or even be contra productive :-\

I was told, that they currently "are building new version of http://www.cadware.it site site, and one discussion is whether make BlueCAD 1.0 for OS/2 downloadable for free or not."

So I don't know if it might be helpful for this decision finding process, if more people are asking for it or or even be contra productive :-\

It really would be great, if another famous OS/2 softpiece could be saved from disappearing into the huge black NUL device of economics for ever and a shame, if exactly this would happen.

I just thought, I let you know.


June 14

NewsFlash EWWS - issue May 2003

IBM Enterprise Warp & WorkSpace Services IBM Global Services Central Region

Dear all,

this is your latest EWWS NewsFlash.

This issue covers:
- a) New release of SNAP se (GM14)
- b) Thinkpad T40 Video workaround
- c) GoldenCode Java 1.41 Beta 2
- d) Innotek Java 1.41 RC 3
- e) Warpstock US announcement
- f) List of Modems for OS/3
- g) Updated LPR driver
- h) Scitech update of SNAP to 2.1.5
- i) New printer drivers from IBM
- j) Innotek FontEngine
- k) JSyncManager 3.0
- l) Apache 2.0.46 for OS/2 released

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a) New release of SNAP se (GM14)

IBM released an updated version of the SNAP Special Edition. Major enhancement is the support of the Intel i865 Springdale-G chipset.

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b) Thinkpad T40 Video workaround

As the T40 is meant to be supported with OS/2, here's a little tricks to make SNAP work better:

> One thing you can try is running "gaoption agpfwrite off" and then
> rebooting - after that, it will probably work correctly. ATI has bugs
> in their AGP FastWrite when using suspend.

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c) GoldenCode Java 1.41 Beta 2

The Golden Code J2SE 1.4.1 for OS/2, Beta 2 release is now available. This drop includes significantly faster performance and many defect fixes, including fixes for non-U.S. keyboard processing. This release has been certified Java Compatible (TM) on both the German NLS edition of OS/2 (MCP2) and the U.S. English edition.

You can download the latest code via your existing FTP account at ftp.goldencode.com. f you don't have an account information, please contact info@goldencode.com

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d) Innotek Java 1.41 RC 3

The OS/2 Kit for Java consists of an integrated toolset to allow deploying the original Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, Runtime Environment 1.4.1_02 or the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition 1.4.1_02 on the OS/2 platform. This also includes future versions of the Sun Java platform, once supported by the OS/2 Kit for Java

2003-06-10 OS/2 Kit for Java Release Candidate 3 available.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ e) Warpstock US announcement


The Warpstock Board of Directors is very pleased to announce that Warpstock 2003, the seventh edition of the annual Warpstock event, will be held near San Francisco, California, October 18th and 19th, 2003 at the Doubletree Hotel, San Francisco Airport.

We have arranged a special show room rate of $85 per night Single/Double that will be available for up to 3 days before and 3 days after Warpstock (based on availability). We will have more information about the San Francisco area on the web site at http://www.warpstock.org soon.

Registration amounts have been set and are as follows:

Registration: $119
Early Registration: $99
At the Door: $140
One Day: $90
Vendor: $400

And introducing a new way to contribute to the ongoing wonder that is Warpstock: upporting Memberships for $48. Supporting Members will be entitled to the same registration package as all other attendees. If it later appears the Supporting Member can in fact attend, the membership can be upgraded from "supporting" to "attending" for the difference in cost.

If you are interested in giving a presentation at Warpstock 2003, please contact our speaker coordinator, Robert Kuropkat robert-kuropkat@attbi.com with a synopsis of your presentation and any requirements. If you have suggestions for presentations, send them as well and we will try to find someone knowledgeable on the subject who is interested.

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f) List of Modems for OS/2

This website covers hundreds of modems with OS/2 support and their proper settings. We, of course, cannot garantuee for working configurations, but testing few of them was always successful.

http://www3.telus.net/public/bissett1/Modems.html

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g) Updated LPR driver

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 include:
* 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.

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

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h) Scitech update of SNAP to 2.1.5

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i) New printer drivers from IBM

IBM released a new set of printer drivers:
http://www7.software.ibm.com/2bcprod.nsf/WebCatMod?OpenView&Start=1&Count=300&Expand=3.2#3.2

Printers added to LASERJET support:
Brother HL-5040
Brother HL-5050
Brother HL-5070N
HP LaserJet 2300
HP LaserJet 9000L MFP
OKI B4300
OKI B4300n
OKI B6100n

Printers added to OMNI support:
Canon i550
Canon i850
Okidata ML-420
Okidata ML-421

Printers added to Postscript:
Brother HL-5050 BR-Script3
Brother HL-5070N BR-Script3
HP LaserJet 2300
HP LaserJet 2300L
HP LaserJet 9000L MFP
Kyocera Mita FS-6020
Kyocera Mita FS-C8008N
OKI B4300(PS)
OKI B4300n(PS)
OKI B6100n
Minolta-QMS Magicolor 2350


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j) Innotek FontEngine

The InnoTek Font Engine for OS/2 (powered by Freetype 2) is a port of the Freetype 2 font engine to the OS/2 Warp platform which provides a tight integration with the OS/2 graphics subsystem. It is designed to be able to replace the OS/2 font rendering subsystem for selected (tested) applications.

http://www.innotek.de/products/ft2lib/ft2libgeneral_e.html

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k) JSyncManager 3.0

The jSyncManager is a open source, Java implementation of a HotSync-compatible protocol stack, set of data abstraction objects, development tools, and applications allowing developers and end-users to synchronize Palm devices with any Java based system.

USERS: Looking for a single data synchronization solution for your PalmOS-based handhelds that will run on all your organizations systems? The jSyncManager will run on Linux, OS/2, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris, MacOS, and any other Java enabled platform.

DEVELOPERS: Want to provide PalmOS-based handheld data synchronization support to your application? Looking to build your own data synchronization application based on the jSyncManager engine? Looking to write a platform-neutral conduit for your databases that will work on any platform? The jSyncManager can help.

http://jsyncmanager.sourceforge.net/

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l) Apache 2.0.46 for OS/2 released

The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows NT. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards. WebSite http://httpd.apache.org/

http://apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/os2/httpd-2.0.46-os2.zip

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That's it for now. Stay tuned for the next NewsFlash.
Warm regards.

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June 13

USB digital camera software

Hi All

I recently uploaded Nicki's USBCamera-To-HardDisk-Thingy V0.3 to hobbes.

In brief, this is an application to access USB Cameras that work as Removable Mass Storage Devices. This application has a "PreView Images" option and the capability to extract Exposure Information from some EXIF format files.

Anyone interested in giving it a try should find it either here:-

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=ncthdt_v03.zip

or here:-

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/graphics/ncthdt_v03.zip

Regards

Pete


June 11

new InnoTek Font Engine for OS/2 Technology Preview 2

Theres an update to the AA font lib @
http://www.innotek.de/products/ft2lib/ft2libgeneral_e.html

this new version has several bug fixes and a new feature to not AA render fonts that are too small (woohoo!).


June 11

Printer drivers updated on Software Choice

Omni/LaserJet/PostScript/Plotters printer driver for all language (Worldwide, Brazilian, Simplified Chinese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese and Traditional Chines) seems refreshed. All packages are free to download.

Go to http://www7.software.ibm.com/2bcprod.nsf/WebCat?OpenView then select "Print Support" -> "Printer Drivers".


June 10

Galactic Civilizations: Post Mortem

"The original Galactic Civilizations attracted a huge cult following on the OS/2 platform, where its classic turn-based gameplay and extraordinarily robust AI marked it for greatness...."

Designer Brad Wardell takes us through the development of Galactic Civilizations noting what went right and what went wrong.

Url: http://www.gamespy.com/articles/may03/galcivpostmortempc/index.shtml


June 10

OS/2 Kit for Java Release Candidate 3 available!

InnoTek has updated its OS/2 Kit for Java product to the Release Candidate 3 (RC3) level. It can be downloaded for free individual use at
http://www.innotek.de/products/javaos2.

Among the many improvements of RC32 are the following highlights:

* updated to the latest 1.4.1_03 level (including Java Web Start 1.2.0_03)
* added disk space check in installer
* increased maximum thread limit and improved out of threads condition handling
* various bugfixes based on user feedback

For more information on InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java, please contact InnoTek at java@innotek.de.


June 10

NEPTUNE2 - Biggest INF file upon this planet !!

NEPTUNE2.INF version 1.41 is an English hypertext file in the native INF format, offering a detailed overview of 1,900 perfect skins for PM123 !! In practice, it is an accurate catalog of all skins with order numbers from - 001 to 1,900. NEPTUNE2.INF is a part of the NEPTUNE project, which contains -- 1,900 skins !

Direct download link (30.01 MB)
http://www.os2ecs.net/neptune/neptune2.zip

See - http://www.os2ecs.net/neptune/downloa4.shtml
See - http://www.os2ecs.net/neptune/skincd4.shtml


June 10

JPhotoBrush Pro Image Editing application released

JPhotoBrush Pro , the improved version of JPhotoBrush has been released. It got some important new features. Check it out at:
http://tanveer.freeservers.com/JPhotoBrushPro.htm

I like the new text feature and the selection tool. That was very much absent in the earlier version. BTW, It got installation for OS/2 too.

"JPhotoBrush Pro is an Award Winning Multi-Platform Image Editing/ Enhancement/ Retouch Application written in Java providing various filters, effects and transformation with user friendly interface. "


June 10

Warpstock announces EZPay registration payment plan for 2003

Warpstock wants everyone to attend this year's event in San Francisco. So we are making it even easier for you to do so by giving you the option of extended payments with our Bank of America Merchant Store. Now, instead of having to come up with the Early Bird Pricing of $99 on your next credit card bill, you can split that payment into 4 $25 payments over the next four months.

People often say that they never manage to put the money away to pay the Warpstock admission, so now we have a small monthly payment that will get you into Warpstock for two days of our great presentations. For the simple fee of $1.00, which covers our additional transaction expenses, you can spread out the cost of your admission without interest charges on your VISA or MasterCard. EZ Pay 4 payment plan will be available for the months of June and July so that we can stop billing you prior to the Xmas shopping season. A three payment and a two payment plan are also available. You will receive e-mail notification prior to your being billed on the first of each month, so please give us your correct and working e-mail address, so that we can send notifications and acknowledgement of your purchases.

The Easy Payment Plan is only available to credit card users via our web site. No fax or snail mail requests for Easy Pay will be accepted. Register for Warpstock using our EZ Payment Plan -
http://bamart.com/Store.asp?m=Warpstockinc&n=10&k=100757&s=EZ+Pay+Registration

While you are at the Warpstock online store, take a moment to purchase one of our great golf shirts from last year's event. The shirts are on sale and summer is coming. Who doesn't need another white or (for the first time available to the general public) burgundy golf shirt? We've sold out of our overrun of grey shirts. These 100% cotton shirts are fully sized and preshrunk. They have the Warpstock 2002 logo proudly embroidered on the left breast and the Warpstock URL stitched onto the left sleeve cuff. These have been great wearing shirts and are easy to remove stains from. We have reduced the pricing on these shirts, because there aren't that many left and some sizes may be sold out. Get your's while they are available! We ship via Priority US Mail so that you can have your shirt as soon as possible. Foreign orders are shipped 'first class letter. Buy a Warpstock shirt -
http://bamart.com/Store.asp?m=Warpstockinc&n=10&k=72419&s=Merchandise

Warpstock 2003 will be at the Doubletree Airport in San Francisco. You can place your reservation via the web : Online hotel reservation - https://secure.hilton.com/en/dt/res/choose_dates.jhtml?&hotel=SFOAODT&spec_plan_desc=Warpstock&spec_plan=CDTWRS This link will give you our special rate plan of $85 a night, which will available for 5 days prior and after Warpstock, so make your plans to visit San Francisco, the City by the Bay.

Warpstock, Inc., is a North Carolina corporation. The Warpstock annual conference is a gathering of OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available at the Warpstock web site : http://www.warpstock.org


June 10

New WarpVision GUI 20030610

URL: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!

10.06.2003
 Fixed WMA seeking, decoding error. Caused abnormal termination of media, contains WMA streams
 Using CPU ticks instead of HW timer irq0 calls
 Added History feature. Contains last 10 loaded media. RMB on Control window.
 Some other small fixes

http://www.laemmlin.net/mirror/wvgui/wvgui20030610.zip


June 10

IBM announces software withdrawls - CICS Transaction Server for OS/2, others

Recommend iSource: Help your colleagues stay informed with all of the latest IBM news. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=recommend_isource

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Withdrawals
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_ 903107 Software Withdrawal: IBM CICS Transaction Server for OS/2 V4.1 (4.5KB)
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=903-107

_ 903109 Software Withdrawal and Service Discontinuance: IBM Geographic Facility Information Products -- Replacement Available (3.2KB)
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=903-109

_ 903119 Withdrawal and Service Discontinuance: Selected Features for IBM VisualAge Pacbase V2.5 and V3.0: OS/2, VSE/CICS, and Unisys 2200 Series Repository Platforms -- Replacements Available (2.2KB)
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=903-119

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June 10

Java Movie Database V1.2 released

We released a new version of our Java Movie Database (JMDB) on 2003-06-08.

Here are the main changes:
=======================
-search in a timeframe (because the database structure has been changed, you need do a new import)
-heavy update of the movie collections feature (multi lines per entry, sql statements can have more than one return value, sort by type ) You have to check your *.def files, because the line 'COLUMN = Rating... ; String ; ...' previously used "int" as column type and that's an error!
-you can select which files you want to import in the setup
-and other features

For a detailed list of changes look at the homepage (download section).

http://www.jmdb.de


June 10

OS/2-NetWare Users Mailing List is up!

After receiving poositive responses for most of today, the OS/2-NetWare Users mailing list is now up on my server. Topics of discussion should be limited to OS/2 clients and their use within Novell NetWare networks. Valid discussions would therefor include administering NetWare servers from OS/2, client connectivity issues, file & print concerns, and related Novell technologies (BorderManager, GroupWise, etc.) and how these impact upon OS/2 clients.

Archives will soon available on the web at:

http://www.2rosenthals.com/lists/os2-netware_users

Please note that as our web server is located on TCP port 81, you may have difficulty accessing the above link if you are behind a firewall which blocks HTTP transports on non-standard ports.

To subscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "subscribe os2-netware_users" in the body (omit the quotes & obviously remove the DESPAM from the address).

http://www.2rosenthal.com/


June 09

CARAVANINFOSHARE Yahoo Developer-User Group for CARAVAN 3.04 for OS/2, Linux and Windows - On-Line

I am pleased to announce the opening on the CARAVANINFOSHARE yahoo group.

Users and Developers are all welcome.

Join Here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/caravaninfoshare/

"Caravan is a platform for building applications for OS/2, Windows and Linux."

Download Here: http://www.response4u.com/os2.html

Platforms:
OS/2 i.e eComstation , eComserver.
Linux,
Windows

Current Version: 3.04

I hope this helps everyone in your ventures.

David Del Col


June 09

UPS Monitor for OS/2 has ben updated

"UPS Monitor is a utility program to monitor and log power line and battery status for a large number of Uninterruptible Power Sources (UPS). It shuts down OS/2 or eComStation safely by time or low battery signal. Fully supports UPS parameter settings, diagnostics and parameter measurements for models that support these options. Individual program versions are available and are optimized for each UPS interface type to keep computer resource usage to a minimum."

URL: http://home.att.net/~ASchw/upsmonitor.html


June 09

OS/2-NetWare Users Mailing List

I'd like to see who might be interested in an OS/2-NetWare Users mailing list. Novell has relegated OS/2 clients to their general newsgroup for discontinued products, which is completely unfocused. I'm sure that I'm not the only one of us left in the trenches these days, dealing with OS/2 clients in NetWare environments, particularly under the newer versions of the NetWare OS. If there is sufficient interest, I'll start a list on my server. Please contact me directly, and once I get a sufficient sampling (a small number would do), I'll set up the list.

Lewis

Url: http://www.2rosenthals.com

lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com


June 08

OS/2 and eCS modem site updated

Url: http://www3.telus.net/public/bissett1/Modems.html


June 08

Mike5SKN.INF version 1.41

Mike5SKN.INF version 1.41 is an English hypertext file in the native INF format, offering a detailed overview of 300 perfect skins for PM123. In practice, it is an accurate catalog of all skins with order numbers from - 1601 to 1900. Mike5SKN.INF is a part of the NEPTUNE project, which contains -- 1,900 skins !

New feature:
- REXX program to uninstall MIKE5SKN.INF

Direct download link -- http://www.os2ecs.net/neptune/mike5skn.zip Have a look at -- http://www.os2ecs.net/neptune/downloa4.shtml



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