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November 12, 1998

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For Information Contact:
Howard Wood
Director of Marketing
Indelible Blue
919.878.9700
howard@indelible-blue.com

INDELIBLE BLUE ANNOUNCES NEW SERVICE

Phone-based technical support solves OS/2 and Workspace On Demand problems

Raleigh, NC, November 12, 1998 -- Indelible Blue, a leading IBM and Lotus reseller, has added phone-based technical support to its already broad offering of hardware and software solutions. OS/2, WorkSpace on Demand, and Warp Server are currently supported at a rate of $75 per half hour. No long-term contracts or pre-paid packages are required. All support questions and charges will be handled on an individual basis.

The support service was created out of customer demand, but any individual or organization with an OS/2-related question may call Indelible Blue's toll-free number (1-800-776-8284), Monday through Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm (eastern time), and speak to an account representative. Indelible Blue support will then call the customer in four hours or less. No charges will be billed if the support issue cannot be resolved by Indelible Blue personnel.

"We have built an impressive amount of OS/2 and OS/2-related knowledge through the years and have been informally offering support since our inception," said Buck Bohac, Indelible Blue president. "We decided, based on customer inquiry volumes, to formalize the service."

Indelible Blue, based in Raleigh, NC, is a leading reseller of IBM/Lotus solutions with expertise in volume licensing. The company also provides a broad selection of software and hardware products for NT, OS/2, Java, Linux, and PalmPilot, as well as custom hardware systems. The company can be contacted at 1-800-776-8284 or www.indelible-blue.com.


November 11, 1998

John Fairhurst released the next generation of the Netscape browser, nglayout is the new Netscape 5.0 and the OS/2 port is currently the most advanced of all non supported platforms, and ironically even more advanced then some SUPORTED ones...

If anyone wants to see a screenshot, one is available at:
http://yuggoth.ucam.org/~mjf35/warpzilla/nglayout/xpfe1.gif,

or if instead you want a binary you can get it on hobbes.


November 11, 1998

NetLookout for OS/2 & Windows has been updated to 2.09b. This version fixes a few more bugs.

Get it from:
http://www.frugalsoft.com/lookout


November 11, 1998

Master of the Empire is shipped on a CD.

ScreenShots:
http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~crh/MOTE

Ordering Page:
https://secure.falcon-net.net/BMT/order1271.html

Description:

Master of the Empire is a game of conquest, economic struggles, and resource control. The random world generator provides an infinite number of worlds to conquer. Your objective is to brutally exterminate all opposition to your regime and unite the world under your banner! To accomplish this you must destroy or control all of the cities on the planet.

There are many ways to achieve this, through deceptive military tactics or even economic strangleholds on your enemies are possible! Master of the Empire also provides the ability to load in custom built worlds as well as full blown campaigns. Campaigns are a series of linked battles, that could take place on the same world or on foreign planets!

Features:


November 11, 1998

Java 1.1.6 runtime, samples and toolkit has been updated and can be downloaded at:
ftp.hursley.ibm.com/pub/java/fixes/os2/11/116/

Java for OS/2 fixes list


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     Build     | Defect |  APAR  |                 Description                |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------´
|                                 Syslevel                                     |
|                                                                              |
|       RUNTIME = XR04007      TOOLKIT = XR04007      SAMPLES = XR04007        |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980605 |        |        |First release                               |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980622 |   5840 | IC21275|Printing - wrong background color for labels|
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980703 |   6041 | IC21350|Multi thread JNI prog will fail on SMP      |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980703 |   6167 | IC21352|Modal dialog closing when hidden            |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980704 |   6271 | IC21361|Cannot set icon on frame - icon garbled     |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980709 |   6184 | IC21397|Entire image not rendered with ImageSource  |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980709 |   6278 | IC21423|Cannot debug applications that use swing    |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980717 |   6281 | IC21474|Suspending AWT threads in java app hangs os2|
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980728 |   6279 | IC21539|Include alloc_cache.h header for JNI apps   |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980728 |   6170 |        |Add three new codepage aliases              |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980728 |   6500 | IC21535|Trap in javar.dll with Netscape             |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980728 |   6213 | IC21540|Modal dialogs not always displayed          |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980730 |   6562 | IC21566|setCaretPosition on DBCS fails              |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980804 |   6321 | IC21597|Oracle applet fails with JIT                |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980804 |   6371 | IC21598|Fixes to AWT font caching algorithm         |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980805 |   6595 | IC21611|Font width error on DBCS                    |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980807 |   6544 | IC21543|Reverse video image not rendered            |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980807 |   6642 | IC21620|Tidy up JNI thread termination              |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980826 |   6688 | IC21781|JDB does not exit after "quit"              |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980826 |   6759 | IC21611|GPI Trap FontHandle/FontMetrics memory leak |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980827 |   6926 |        |Possible security exposure                  |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980908 |   7065 | IC22167|Memory leak through sleep lock on thread trm|
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980911 |   6654 | IC21566|Fix for select with /r on DBCS              |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980924 |   6709 | IC22032|Correct length for Unicode-ASCII translation|
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980924 |   6721 | IC22033|Small storage leak when printing text       |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19980924 |   6813 | IC22034|Possible handle leaks                       |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19981001 |   7356 | IC22167|Font peer changes                           |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19981002 |   7386 | IC22167|Memory leak in AWT font code                |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19981009 |   7396 | IC22166|RELEASE_KEY event for enter - no key id     |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19981014 |   7532 | IC22206|Fix desktop HDC sharing problem             |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19981105 |   7508 |        |Fix for JIT problem with bad class          |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19981105 |   7784 |        |Further fix for 6926 in JIT                 |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19981106 |   6622 | IC22344|Fixed window move causing complete repaint  |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------´
| o116-19981107 |   7594 | IC22422|Mouse Msg lost from modal dialog            |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

November 10, 1998 Source: Ulrich Moeller (ulrich.moeller@rz.hu-berlin.de)

I have just uploaded a new INF to HTML translator (INF2HTML) to my homepage at:
http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0444vnd/os2.htm

INF2HTML is a small utility which will take any INF or HLP file as an input and produce a set of HTML files, each containing one page ("panel") of the input file.

INF2HTML automatically creates links between the files so that you can view the HTML ouput with any browser in a way similar to VIEW.EXE.

As always with my software (see XFolder), INF2HTML comes with the full source under the GPL.

Known limitations:

-- There are problems with codepages. INF2HTML simply writes out the text as it comes in the INF file, so certain special characters might turn out to be displayed wrong. This applies especially to INF tables. These are implemented using pre-formatted text with ASCII graphics characters, which browsers do not display correctly.

-- Bitmap mode ("-b" option) is not working. Bitmaps are produced, but contain garbage only.

If anybody knows anything about the wicked bitmap compression in INF files, please let me know. Peter Childs says in EDM/2, vol. 3 no. 8, that INF uses LZW compression, but I've tried all kinds of algorithms, and nothing works.

Thanks, and have fun using this utility.


November 10, 1998 Source: Henk Kelder (hkelder@capgemini.nl)

Just found a problem related with PARTFILT that some of you might have encountered.

If partfilt is used the /P 1B (= hidden FAT32 partition) this will not work. Partfilt will virtualize the partition, but will still show it as a FAT32 partition while infact it should have been a IFS partition.

The quick fix is to always specify both partition types: the hidden AND the normal (e.g. /P 1B,0B)

This will be fixed in the next release (0.83) at:
http://www.os2ss.com/information/kelder/

Also this version will no longer use a separate translate table for international characters, but will use the native NLS support from OS/2 to load a OS/2 codepage to UNICODE translate table on system startup.


November 10, 1998 Source: Jason Malstrom (malstrom@oitunix.oit.umass.edu)

While Hobbes watchers have already seen most of this, my web page MP3 Software for OS/2 has been updated. It can be found at:
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~malstrom/mp3.html


November 10, 1998

There is a new version of StWTV available:
http://home.t-online.de/home/stefan.milcke/stwtv_en.htm

Now with GRADD autodetection and station preview.

StWTV is a TV application for the WinTV/PCI with free definable station buttons, movie recording, REXX-API and more.


November 10, 1998

<<< New Star Trek Insurrection Logo for Escape GL >>>

Calgary, Canada, 10 November 1998 -- A Flaming 3D Star Trek Insurrection Logo Screen Saver for OS/2!!! Need we say more ? :) All Escape GL V2.2 for OS/2 users may download it free of charge at:

Snow Storm Software
Calgary, Canada
Contact: Juanita Tavares
Marketing Manager
(403) 547 0669
snowstm@ibm.net
http://www.snowstormsoftware.com


November 9, 1998 Source: Mark Dodel, VOICE Editor (editor@os2voice.org

From IBM's NCS Support News Site:
http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/fixnews.html#LAN8525

Lan Fixpak IP08525 withdrawn from distribution

IBM has removed Lan Server Fixpak IP08525 from distribution. This fixpak was released and then later found to not include the following 4 APAR solutions which the readme said were included:

IC21503 - PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT IN SELECT PACK IP_8508 POTENTIALLY CAUSES FILESYSTEM CORRUPTION

IC20590 - TRAP 0E IN HPFS386.IFS DUE TO HEAP CORRUPTION

IC21218 - NAMED PIPE FUNCTIONALITY APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN

IC21226 - NET3182 ERRORS LOGGED WHEN DASD LIMITS EXCEEDED

This fixpak was functionally correct, but did not contain an important HPFS386 data corruption fix (IC21503) that was initially distributed in IP08508 and was still present in IP08525. In order to not further distribute this HPFS386 data corruption problem, IBM has replaced this fixpak with IP08528, which contains the correct solution for the corruption problem, as well as the other missing solutions.

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.


November 9, 1998 Source: Mark Dodel, VOICE Editor (editor@os2voice.org

I'm sure most folks have heard that IBM pulled FixPack 9 for Warp 4.0 from their ftp site. I have not installed FP9, so I have not tried their fix. If you want to know the official reason and the manual fix for those that have applied FP9:
http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/fixnews.html#FP9prob

IBM has discovered a problem in PMWP.DLL that could cause the Workplace Shell to hang. We have withdrawn the FixPak to correct this problem. The FixPak will be reposted soon, and when it is, this News update will be removed and there will be a new date on the FP 9 release news flash.

To resolve the problem we will place the Fixpak 8 level of PMWP.DLL in Fixpak 9.

This means the following APARs are no longer fixed in Fixpak 9 and will be fixed in Fixpak 10 or later.

APAR= JR12483 OS2.INI FILE GROWS LARGE IN SIZE AND CONTAIN INVALID ENTRIES. SYSTEM TRAPS WITH SYS3175.

APAR= JR11852 SYSTEM HANGS WHEN FILE SAVE IN DIRECTORY OF ASSOCIATED PROGRAM.

APAR= JR12294 DRIVE OBJECT NOTEBOOK DETAILS PAGE AND SHELL ARCHIVING BOTH SHOW TOO LITTLE DRIVE SPACE.

If you have already installed Fixpak 9, you can install the 2nd release over it which will replace just PMWP.DLL or you can manually replace this file with PMWP.DLL from Fixpak 8.

To do the manual replacement, download PMWP.ZIP via this link:
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/english-us/xr_m009/pmwp.zip

Unzip the file (use PKUNZIP or UNZIP), then:

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.


November 9, 1998 Source: Don Eitner, VOICE Secretary (secretary@os2voice.org)

On Monday, November 16, 1998, VOICE will present a SpeakUp Session on IRC with Wayne Swanson of PillarSoft (and Vice President of VOICE)! The topic for discussion will be the recently released WarpZip program, a full-featured archiver/unarchiver for the OS/2 Workplace Shell. This is a "must have" utility for OS/2 users everywhere, so don't miss this important discussion.

For detailed information on VOICE meetings, time, and IRC client software, visit our website at http://www.os2voice.org/


November 9, 1998 Source: Jim Larson (jwlarson@jvlnet.com)

I have created a web page which will allow anyone to add a link to an OS/2 related site. The links are catagorized into ten general groups. The page is located at:
http://www.jvlnet.com/~jwlarson/links/os2links.html

Please feel free to add links to your favorite OS/2 pages.


November 8, 1998 Source: Leif-Erik Larsen (leifel@online.no)

The Larsen Commander program has reached its first public release. Point your browser to:
http://home.sol.no/~leilarse/lcmd/index.html

if you are interested in taking a look or download it.

Larsen Commander is an ongoing development project of mine. I am trying to make this one of the best File Managers in the universe, for both OS/2 and Windows. The basics are finished and works well by now.

Some facts:
~~~~~~~~~~~


November 8, 1998 Source: Francesco Cipriani (f.cipriani@usa.net)

As of today I've released CheckUrl 1.0 beta.

It is REXX program that checks automatically the existence of a list of urls (FTP and HTTP). Rxftp and Rxsock dlls needed (see http://village.flashnet.it/~rm03703/programs for details).

CheckUrl is released as freeware.

You can download CheckUrl from Hobbes:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/chkurl1b.zip

and eventually going to:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/www/util/chkurl1b.zip

or from my homepage:
http://village.flashnet.it/~rm03703/programs/chkurl1b.zip


November 8, 1998 Source: Adrian Gschwend (ktk@netlabs.org)

There are some news about the next version of the best image viewer for OS/2 available.

There is a very interesting option for OS/2 Users: All registered 1.x users will get a LIFETIME license of PMView, this means that you will get all new versions of PMView for free! (2.x, 3.x...!)

As soon as PMView 2.0 is available, there will be no more lifetime licenses available, if you haven't bought PMView until now this is THE time to do it!

Get more information at http://www.pmview.com/us/future.html.

If you don't know PMView you can get a shareware version at:
http://www.pmview.com.


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