Past News 1999
December, 1999| Thursday, December 16, 1999 |
- Membership Meeting and a SpeakUp with Peter Nielsen
Date: Monday December 20, 1999
Time: 7:00PM EST (0:00GMT)
VOICE is proud to present a dynamic duo! A membership meeting and a SpeakUp with special guest Peter Nielsen of PMView fame! So be sure to flip on over to #VOICE Monday night December 20, 1999 and get the latest view from Peter Nielsen.
Note the special time for the meeting! It's 7pm EST. This is to accomodate the timezone difference for our Special guest!
For information on attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps check out the Meeting Info page.
| Tuesday, December 14, 1999 |
- The December edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- OS/2 Warp, the operating system for 2000 and beyond?
- WarpDoctor: An OS/2 Watershed Event
- ViewAbel
- Crystal Clear: A PCI Sound Card for OS/2
- Kidstuff for OS/2
- Classic Video Games for OS/2
- OS/2 Tips
- Letters to VOICE, addendums, Errata
- View from the End (User): IBM Quietly Readies "Merced" OS
| Saturday, December 4, 1999 |
- The log from the December 6 SpeakUp with Sundial Systems is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Saturday, December 4, 1999 |
- The log from the November 22 SpeakUp with the Warpstock Board of Directors is now available on the Transcripts page.
- SpeakUp with Sundial Systems
Topic: Relish
Date: Monday December 6, 1999
Time: 8:00PM EST (1:00GMT)
Just in time for Christmas! The Sundial Systemes Team has another exciting Speakup scheduled on the WEBBnet! (irc.us.webbnet.org) Flip on over to #VOICE Monday night December 6, 1999. The Sundial Team has a topic in mind and it's not Football!! It's RELISH.
A web interface can be found at http://www.webbnet.org/server.html ... It's as easy as clicking on either on of two "Live Chat" circles.
"Relish provides a convenient and easy way to manage your time. Your calendar, to do list, and phone book are fully integrated to give you total reliability. At the same time they are also independent which gives you the maximum in flexibility."
As quoted from http://www.sundialsystems.com/relish/index.html one can easily see Sundial Systems makes it easy for you to RELISH your time!
VOICE invites EVERYONE to attend. Bop on over to the WEBBnet join #VOICE where you can RELISH your leisure time and SPEAKUP to the folks that made it possible.
Should you need more information on using the webbnet and IRC, assistance is available at http://www.os2voice.org/meetinginfo.html 24hrs a day. For information about Sundial Systems visit: http://www.sundialsystems.com/
November, 1999
| Friday, November 19, 1999 |
- VOICE will host a SpekaUp on Monday, November 22, 1999 @8pm EST [01:00GMT] with the new members of Warpstock Board of Directors!
VOICE Liason officer Judy McDermott reports the Board is excited and intent at the prospect of providing the International OS/2 Community a rather unique and informative session with the following Topics:
1. Introduction of the new Warpstock Board of Directors
2. Warpstock 99 wrap up
3. Discussion of Warpstock 2000 bid process
Check out the Meeting Info page for information on attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps.
| Monday, November 15, 1999 |
- The November edition of the VOICE Nesletter is now available!
Features:- Warpstock 99 ... A View from the Top.
- ViewAbel - Warpstock 99, from my perspective
- ACECAT III Pen Tablet from ACECAD, Inc.
- USB AND OS/2
- "Doh! IBM's Sibling Rivalry Does It Again"
- For a Change, a Dose of Reality
- Wayne's World hits Atlanta
- OS/2 Tips
- View from the End (User)
October, 1999
| Wednesday, October 27, 1999 |
- The log from our Warpstock '99 Wrap-Up meeting is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Wednesday, October 13, 1999 |
- The October edition of the VOICE Nesletter is now available!
Features:- The Revised Young Person's Guide to Hacking the Stardock Object Desktop 2.0 Windows 95 LNF, 2nd Edition
- "Back side of the Moon"
- One Man And One Step At A Time: Worldwide Communication At Warp Expo West
- Warpstock Europe 99
- Installing Warp on a Toshiba 2545XCDT Laptop
- OS/2 Tips and more...
| Monday, October 11, 1999 |
- Thanks to OS/2 Central we now have a new VOICE mirror at http://www.os2central.com/os2voice/!
- VOICE, in a continuing effort to support the OS/2 community will be online during Warpstock 99! Hookup to the Webbnet and Speakup in #VOICE. We plan to bring a unique view of the festivities in Atlanta live! We will encourage attendee interaction and provide local detail for those who will be distance challenged.
Should you need more information on using the webbnet and IRC assistance is available at http://www.os2voice.org/meetinginfo.html.
From the Exhibition Hall at GICC, VOICE will have four systems online for attendees, booth managers and special guests to bring the world Live information from the Premier Event of the OS/2 community. Webbnet #voice is the place to Speakup so join VOICE all day Saturday and all day Sunday for Real-Time updates and Live information on the festivities at Warpstock 99!
Join VOICE today! Make VOICE a part of your Community! Meet VOICE in IRC on Saturday and Sunday during Warpstock 99! Hookup and Speakup!
| Saturday, October 9, 1999 |
- The log from last Monday's SpeakUp with Sundial Systems is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Friday, October 8, 1999 |
- The log from last Saturday's Warpdoctor SpeakUp is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Friday, October 1, 1999 |
- VOICE will be hosting a SpeakUp Saturday, October 2 at 1:00pm EDT (17:00GMT). The topic will be the Warpdoctor project.
Check out the Meeting Info page for details on how to attend a VOICE SpeakUp.
September, 1999
| Wednesday, September 22, 1999 |
- The SpeakUp with the IBM Netscape for OS/2 Development Team from Monday is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Friday, September 17, 1999 |
- On Monday, September 20th at 8:00PM EDT (00:00 GMT), VOICE will host a Speakup session in WEBBnet IRC, #voice channel, with Mike Kaply and Jeffrey Kobal of the IBM Netscape for OS/2 Development Team.
Topic of this Speakup will be "Netscape 4.61 for OS/2".
As of this posting, there have been 2 BETA drops of Netscape 4.61 for OS/2, and it's now in very limited GAMMA testing. Many improvements have been made since the release of Netscape 4.04, and many problems have been solved during this BETA testing cycle, building up to a (hopefully) soon-to-be-released GA version.
Join us for this Live IRC event and chat with the developers.
| Wednesday, September 15, 1999 |
- The September edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- Preparing for and Installing OS/2 on an IBM Aptiva
- Editorial: Myth versus reality
- Warp Expo West
- Warpstock Europe 99
- Warpstock 99
- Choosing a Laptop for OS/2
- A Proposal, Not a Promise
- View from the End (User): The Best Things in Life Are Free
- OS/2 Tips
| Tuesday, September 14, 1999 |
- The log from Monday's SpeakUp with the Warp Expo West team is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Friday, September 10, 1999 |
- VOICE is proud to announce a SpeakUp with guests from the Warp Expo West team. The team will discuss how the Expo is being put together and what it will include. This SpeakUp will be held in #VOICE on the webbnet Monday September 13 at 8pm EDT(0:00GMT).
- Learn more about Warp Expo West
| Wednesday, September 8, 1999 |
- The log from Monday's General VOICE Meeting is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Tuesday, September 7, 1999 |
- The log from Saturday's SpeakUp concerning OS2.org is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Friday, September 3, 1999 |
- Reminder: SpeakUp Saturday, September 4th at 1:00pm EDT (17:00 GMT) #VOICE on WEBBnet. The topic for this Speak-up session is "OS2.org what can it do for OS/2 and its users?"
To attend a VOICE SpeakUp you'll either need an IRC client or you may use the web interface provided by WEBBnet: click on either on of two "Live Chat" circles below the WarpStock banner (Java required).
Check out the Meeting Info section of our site for more information.
August, 1999
| Monday, August 30, 1999 |
- The Log from Saturday's SpeakUp with Lynn Maxson (Topic: "Know the Enemey") is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Friday, August 27, 1999 |
- We will hold a SpeakUp Saturday, August 28 at 1:00pm EDT (17:00 GMT) with Lynn H. Maxson. The topic is outlined in Lynn's article, "Know the Enemy," in the August VOICE Newsletter.
| Monday, August 23, 1999 |
- The log from last Monday's General VOICE Meeting is now available.
| Sunday, August 15, 1999 |
| Monday, August 9, 1999 |
- The log from Saturday's SpeakUp with Brian Smith covering Netlab's EverBlue project is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Wednesday, August 4, 1999 |
- The log from Monday's SpeakUp with Sundial Systems is now available on the Transcripts page.
- Reminder: VOICE will host an IRC speakup session with Brian Smith who will discuss the EverBlue Project on Saturday, August 7, 1999 at 1:00 p.m. EDT (17:00 GMT).
The EverBlue project is the Netlabs project to port XLib to OS/2 PM thus allowing XWindows apps like Gimp to run under PM instead of requiring XFree/86. For full details, visit http://www.netlabs.org/everblue/.
| Wednesday, July 28, 1999 |
- The log from Monday's Warpstock Kickoff SpeakUp is now available on the Transcripts page.
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W a r p s t o c k ' 9 9 V o l u n t e e r s N e e d e d ! We need volunteers for the VOICE booth at Warpstock 99. All volunteers contributing a few hours of their time should receive a free VOICE t-shirt. Once the Warpstock schedule is posted we will work out a schedule for our volunteers so that there will be no conflict with the presentations they would like to attend. The volunteers will only be needed for a few hours a day for two days. To volunteer, contact Dan Casey at abraxas@os2voice.org.
| Monday, July 19, 1999 |
- On Saturday, July 24th at 1:00PM (EDT), VOICE will host a Speakup, in WEBBnet IRC #voice channel, with the Local Atlanta Warpstock Team and the Warpstock, Inc. Board of Directors.
There should be a quite a few announcements out of Atlanta regarding finalization of plans, Hotel booking info and Travel Info during this meeting.
If you are planning on attending Warpstock 99 in Atlanta, do NOT miss this Speakup. Special date and time to accomodate our members outside of the USA.
One lucky VOICE member will win an Event Pass, 1 night in the Official Warpstock Hotel and 1 Ticket to the Saturday Evening Social Event (party) during this meeting.
Can't make it to Warpstock this year? .... Fear not .... we will have other prizes to give away. Most notably, a full copy (with documentation) of OS/2 Warp Server Advanced (SMP) Version 4.0 (compliments of Timothy Sipples and IBM). I have it in hand, and have been assured that there will be no problems with shipping this package out of North America.
NOTES: Members ONLY are eligible for the prizes, though anyone interested is welcome to attend the Speakup.
VOICE Board of Directors members are NOT eligible any of the prizes.
We are still looking for volunteers to assist with the VOICE exhibition booth at Warpstock 99. If you are planning on attending WS99, and would like to donate an hour or two of your time, contact the Event Coordinator, Bob Wagstaff, at:
abraxas@os2voice.org
As always, Thanks for supporting VOICE, and Thanks for supporting Warpstock.
| Thursday, July 15, 1999 |
- The July edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- RSJ CD Writer for OS/2
- Yamaha 4416SX CDR/W Drive
- Enter the ORB
- Show your Support; Warpstock 99
- Form Letter Alert
- View from the End (User): Learning REXX The Photo>Graphics Way
- New Department: EZ Reference, a new addition to the VOICE website, gives helpful information such as Fixpak installation from hard drive, AWE 64 support, and Netscape tips.
| Wednesday, July 14, 1999 |
- The log from Monday's Warpicity SpeakUp with Lynn Maxson is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Friday, July 9, 1999 |
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W a r p i c i t y S p e a k u p : 0 7 / 1 2 / 1 9 9 9 @ 8 : 0 0 E D T We are pleased to announce along with Larry Finkelstein and the Compuserve OS2 Central Forum a SpeakUp about Warpicity on Monday, July 12, 1999 at 8:00PM Eastern (0:00GMT). The session will take place on Compuserve which doesn't use IRC protocols, so please pay special attention to instructions on how to attend this very special event!
Warpicity itself is a thoughtful and interesting approach to software development and distribution. Lynn Maxson's article in the June 1999 VOICE Newsletter regarding Warpicity can be found here: http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0699H/vnewsf2.htm
How to get there:
Compuserve conferencing functions are available to nonmembers running either Netscape 2.02 or Communicator/2 provided Java 1.1.6 or higher is installed and correctly configured.
From http://go.compuserve.com/os2central the server will redirect your browser to a page that serves as the entrance to the OS2Central Forum (The precise URL may vary depending on your location and method of connection.) From, there, click on the "Chat" button to load the Java applet. The Warpicity Speak-up session will be held in conference room 20.
To get there, select 20 Warpicity from the room list and then click Enter to bring up a chat window that will look reasonably familiar.
Users entering through the applet will show up as {Guests}, and will not be able to change their names. For Compuserve members only, this limitation can be overcome by logging into the conference via OS2-CIM, which is bundled in the BonusPak of every edition of Warp 3 or higher. Compuserve membership is not required to simply attend the conference.
This means that this Speakup will not take place on Webbnet! However, VOICE members will be multitasking from our usual Webbnet location to assist with help and realtime instructions on how to access the Compuserve forum.
We recommend that users not familiar with the technology visit the conference site ahead of time briefly to get familiar with the medium.
OS/2 Warp System Requirements:- OS/2 Warp 3 with IAK or OS/2 Warp 4
- Java 1.1.6 runtime correctly configured or higher. (The Java version 1.0.2 provided with the base Warp 4 installation that installs by default into \JAVAOS2 will definitely not work.)
- Netscape Navigator 2.02 or Netscape Communicator 4.04
- Minimum Fixpak 5 for Warp 4
- Minimum Fixpak 37 for Warp 3
We hope everyone interested will attend. Not only would a large attendance encourage Compuserve overall to take greater notice of their OS/2 support efforts, but it also builds stronger links between our community and our friends and counterparts at OS2Central. We'll see you there.
The Speakup will be held on Monday, July 12, 1999 at 8:00PM Eastern (0:00GMT).
| Tuesday, July 6, 1999 |
- The log from Monday's General Meeting is available on the Transcripts page.
| Wednseday, June 23, 1999 |
- The Mailing Lists page has been updated with the new PMMail mailing list as well as other updates.
- The log from Monday's General Meeting is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Tuesday, June 15, 1999 |
- The log from last night's SpeakUp with Brad Wardell of Stardock is now available!
- The June edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- The Warpicity Proposal
- The Warpicity Proposal, One More Time
- Epson ES-1000C Scanner with CFM Twain ~PMView 2.0 (BETA)
- ET: Phone Home
- USB (universal serial bus) communications in Warp 4.0
- Good Year Without the Blimp - Revisite
- View from the End (User) "The Dirty Deals: IBM/Microsoft Killing OS/2"
| Friday, June 11, 1999 |
- On Monday, June 14th at 8:00PM (EDT) we will host a Speakup session with Brad Wardell of Stardock Systems in WEBBnet IRC, #voice channel. The topic of this Speakup is ..... well, we don't know, yet (But we think it has something to do with the rumoured Warp 5 client). Join us June 14th and find out! Unless Brad requests otherwise (or unless the channel gets too noisy), this will be an un-moderated Speakup.
As always, this Speakup is open to anyone wishing to join, ask questions or simply "lurk". If you can't make it live, we'll post the complete logfile to the VOICE website within 24 hours of the end of the meeting. Also if you can't make it and have a question for Brad, send it to editor@os2voice.org and we will try to get it asked, if time permits.
| Wednesday, June 9, 1999 |
- The log from Monday's SpeakUp with Sundial Systems is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Tuesday, June 1, 1999 |
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A M e s s a g e F r o m P i l l a r s o f t
The promotion and support of OS/2 is important to us at Pillarsoft. Our primary goal as a company naturally would be to receive a return on our investment of time and resources but we also realize the importance of our involvement in the community of people that make up the OS/2 user base.
To show our support in a way that we believe is helpful to the OS/2 community at large, we will be offering what we hope will be a nice incentive to all users of OS/2 to take an active part in it's destiny.
The talk of a new client has been bandied about lately and personally, I believe it will become a reality. I also believe that one thing we must do as a community is to bolster the support system for new users and possibly for those who may be returning.
My personal involvement with VOICE has led me to believe that it can be a very important cog in that wheel. VOICE, in cooperation with Dirk Terrell/Falcon Networking is attempting the resurrection and extending the usefulness of what was once known as the Warp Pharmacy. VOICE has also been active in setting software authors up online for Q&A sessions with OS/2 users and many other projects helpful toward the promotion and support of OS/2. It is a great organization that I believe will become stronger with your participation.
Rather than stand at the pulpit and preach the merits of active membership, we will attempt to do something of substance for anyone willing to become an active part of VOICE. For the month of June, we will be giving a free registration of DeskTop Backup to every new or renewing member of VOICE. There are two prerequisites:- You must join or renew your VOICE membership between the dates of June 1, 1999 and June 30, 1999. VOICE membership is $25 at BMT Micro
- Attend a scheduled VOICE virtual meeting on IRC and notify any VOICE officer that you are there and have joined or have renewed your membership during the month of June.
The secretary of VOICE will notify us when memberships and renewals are officially received and any officer can verify attendance at a meeting. The registrations will be sent out after both of these prerequisites are met.
We hope you will take advantage of this offer.
A b o u t D e s k T o p B a c k u p
DeskTop Backup is a simple tool that works with InfoZip's Zip (v2.2) and Unzipsfx to build a self-extracting zipfile containing your essential desktop and other configuration information. There is no magic or slight of hand concerning it's use and one can do the same work from the command line along with the InfoZip utilities. DeskTop Backup merely makes it a bit more automated and will also help you decide what files may be important to archive.
DTB will also help find and list important files on your drive so you are able to do a more detailed backup than the standard OS/2 system desktop archive will give you.
You may add to the "suggested" file listings or do a separate setup of your own important files and directories as well. Such as? Well... maybe you want to do an archive of business correspondence or maybe back up a development directory every so often. You can do them on demand or automatically as well.
Saving several distinctive backup setups to be performed on demand or automatically is easily handled by DTB. You can also scan the chosen drive for existence of suggested files whenever you feel an update of the information is needed (new files important to your desktop may have appeared since the last setup).
As usual, we try to stay away from cryptic scripts etc so "AutoStart" backups are simple point and click setups that update your situation automatically with just a mouse click. You can also save multiple archive setups and recall them at will as well as setting the scheduler to run automatically at startup to archive by "days between archives" or "day of the week."
More information and downloads are available at: http://www.pillarsoft.net
| Tuesday, May 18, 1999 |
- Last night's SpeakUp with Armin Schwarz is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Saturday, May 15, 1999 |
- The May edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- LS-120 drives and OS/2 Warp 4.0
- A review of WarpZip v2.2
- "A different perspective on Warp"
- View from the End (User)
- And of course letters, addendums, Tips and the compiled monthly OS/2 news!
- This Monday, May 17th at 8:00PM (EDT), VOICE will host a Speakup Session with Armin Schwarz, author of House/2, the Home Automation software used to control and program lighting and appliances in your home and/or business using X-10 modules.
As always, the session will be held in WEBBnet IRC, #voice channel, and is open to anyone.
| Wednesday, April 28, 1999 |
- The VOICE site has completed a host changeover from David Both's Millennium Technologies server to a new server hosted by the OS/2 Super Site. VOICE would like to thank Mr. Both for his years of hard work and support.
All URLs to the VOICE site remain the same with this switch, and VOICE remains under its existing leadership as a non-profit organization for the OS/2 community at large. Only the hosting server has changed. With this change comes a change to the hosting of the VOICE mailing lists too and you will notice some of these changes in the headers and footers of all messages sent and received through our lists.
| Thursday, April 19, 1999 |
- The April edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- X-10 Remote Control with HOUSE/2
- Accountingware or All Bark, No Bite
- Y2K and the Search for Scapegoats -- Part 3
- Installing SSH and SSHD for OS/2
- Sundial Systems' Rover Pack 2.7
- Second Look at PMView 2.0
- And of course letters, addendums, and the compiled monthly OS/2 news!
| Monday, April 5, 1999 |
- The log from last night's SpeakUp with Sundial Systems is now available!
| Sunday, April 4, 1999 |
- On April 5, 1999, VOICE will hold another IRC SpeakUp session with Sundial Systems. The topic of this discussion will be Sundial's latest product, the Rover Pack.
"Rover Pack -- our new desktop navigation and enhancement product. It's the result of bringing Orange Hill Software into the Sundial family and is based on their previous Workplace Solution (and Icon Central) products. It's got all the great tools of those products plus a whole new set of additional features.
Why "Rover" and what does that have to do with anything? Well, Rover, your trustly retriever, "fetches" desktop objects for you without you having to know where they are. And it takes the form of a small window that "roves" around your desktop to always be at your side... but not in the way of getting your work done.
Rover also provides a direct link to the other tools included in the product... so we've chosen to name the entire package after it -- the Rover Pack."
-- Randell Flint, Sundial Systems
As always, the SpeakUp will be held on the WEBBnet IRC network in the #voice channel at 8pm US Eastern (5pm US Pacific, 0:00 GMT on Tuesday). Everyone is welcome to visit and encouraged to participate. For more detailed information on attending VOICE meetings, IRC client software to use and WEBBnet servers check out the Meeting Info page.
| Wednesday, March 31, 1999 |
- The log from Monday's SpeakUp with PMView author, Peter Nielsen is now available!
| Sunday, March 28, 1999 |
- The Events Calendar has been updated through April and May. Expect both months to fill up with exciting VOICE happenings soon.
| Tuesday, March 23, 1999 |
- We are happy to announce we have re-scheduled our SpeakUp session with Peter Nielsen, author of the PMView graphics program for OS/2 and now Win32. The new date and time is Monday, March 29, 1999 at 7pm US Eastern (00:00 GMT).
Everyone is welcome to join in on this SpeakUp session, so come and learn first-hand information about the forthcoming PMView 2.0 release for both OS/2 and Win32 systems.
VOICE SpeakUp sessions are held on the WEBBnet IRC network in the #voice channel. For complete details on how to attend, visit the Meeting Info page.
| Sunday, March 21, 1999 |
- The log from last night's special SpeakUp Session announcing the location of Warpstock '99 is now available! Check out the Transcripts page for logs of all previous SpeakUp sessions and general meetings.
| Tuesday, March 16, 1999 |
- The March issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
- Review of Sokoban (Japanese for "warehouse man") for OS/2
- Review of remote desktop access client for OS/2 (PM VNC Viewer)
- Y2K and the Search for Scapegoats part 2
- Review of PMView 2.0 (beta) for OS/2
- OS/2 tips, compiled monthly news, and more!
- Come to Warpstock '99 - Date and Location to be Announced on Saturday, March 20, 1999.
With two excellent bids, the Warpstock, Inc. Board of Directors was faced with a very difficult decision, but after almost a week of debate, a host city for the Warpstock 99 conference has been selected. The hotel and exhibit hall locations have been secured and we are now beginning to move forward on plans for Warpstock 99.
"VOICE has been extremely supportive of the Warpstock conference in the past, and we're counting on their continued support," said Larry B. Finkelstein, President of Warpstock, Inc., "We decided to give them the honor of hosting an IRC Speakup session to publicly announce the Warpstock 99 host city."
The VOICE Speakup session has been scheduled for Saturday, March 20, 1999, at 1 P.M. EST. This time was selected to accommodate the interested parties in Europe and the rest of the world. The host city will be announced and members of the 1999 host team, along with members of the 1998 host team and the Warpstock, Inc. Board of Directors, will be available to announce the plans and field questions from the audience. So get your questions and suggestions ready. This continues to be an event "by and for" the OS/2 community, so your input and valuable suggestions are always welcome.
The Voice IRC sessions may be accessed on the following WEBBnet servers:irc.webbnet.org ( ports 6660 thru 6669 )
irc.ca.webbnet.org:6667
irc.de.webbnet.org:6667
irc.se.webbnet.org:6667
irc.us.webbnet.org ( ports 6660 thru 6669 )
irc.calif2.webbnet.org:6667
irc.in2.webbnet.org:6667
irc.md2.webbnet.org:6667
irc.mi.webbnet.org:6667
irc.nc.webbnet.org:6667
irc.pa2.webbnet.org:6667
irc.tn.webbnet.org:6667
irc.tx.webbnet.org:6667
If further assistance is needed with IRC, please contact VOICE at help@os2voice.org.
| Tuesday, March 2, 1999 |
- The log from last night's OS/2 Gaming SpeakUp is now available!
| Monday, March 1, 1999 |
- We would like to remind everyone of our ongoing Monday night SpeakUp sessions through the month of March.
On March 1 the VOICE SpeakUp will feature Douglas Hendrix of Solar Systems Software and Mike Ramsey of Trilliun Software Products. The topic of discussion will be OS/2 Gaming (Stellar Frontier and Master of the Empire).
On March 15, our SpeakUp will feature PMView author Peter Nielsen who will answer your questions about the forthcoming PMView 2.0 graphics viewer/editor/scanner program for OS/2 and Windows.
SpeakUp sessions are held on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) on Monday evenings at 8pm US Eastern time (1:00 GMT early Tuesday morning). For information on IRC client software as well as a list of IRC servers to use for the meetings, please visit:
http://www.os2voice.org/meetinginfo.html
Also note that the VOICE Newsletter for March will be available at http://www.os2voice.org/ on March 15 and will contain a review of PMView 2.0 for OS/2 as well as numerous other feature articles, reviews, and editorials and the compiled OS/2 news for the past month.
| Monday, February 22, 1999 |
- The log from tonight's SpeakUp with Joe Nord of Crystal Semiconductor is now available!
| Monday, February 15, 1999 |
- The log from tonight's SpeakUp with PolyEx Software (Topic: Hopkins FBI) is now available!
- The February VOICE Newsletter is now available!
This month's features include:- Serenity Systems' WiseManager, managed client solution
- What is XFree86/OS2 and how to install it
- Installation of the AOpen AW37 Pro audio card in OS/2
- ExcelTax 98 for DOS/Windows review
- House/2 for controlling lighting fixtures
- "Y2K and the Search for Scapegoats -- Part 1"
- Star Office 5.0 - The saga continues
- Much, much more!
- Reminders:
Monday, February 15, 1999: The SpeakUp IBM Doesn't Want You to Know About -- OS/2 gaming is alive and well with Hopkins FBI.
SpeakUp with Adam Hall of Polyex Software
Topic: Hopkins FBI
Time: 8:00pm EST (1:00 GMT)
Monday February 22, 1999
SpeakUp with Joe Nord of Crystal Semiconductor
Topic: Crystal audio support for OS/2
Time: 8:00pm EST (1:00 GMT)
For this SpeakUp session, attendees are welcomed to post questions to Mr. Nord ahead of time to allow for more complete answers during the SpeakUp:
Joe Nord
Cirrus Logic Boca Design Center
3998 Florida Atlantic University Blvd, Suite #300M
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 391-5550 x3009
nord@crystal.cirrus.com
| Monday, February 8, 1999 |
- The log of tonight's SpeakUp with Tim Sipples is now available!
| Tuesday, February 2, 1999 |
- Congratulations to Peter Poznansky of Alberta Canada for winning a copy of Sundial Systems' Relish time management package at Monday night's VOICE SpeakUp Session.
- The complete log of last night's SpeakUp with Sundial Systems is now available!
| Sunday, January 31, 1999 |
- The log from Saturday night's Rexx SpeakUp is now available!
Don't forget to check out our Transcripts page which has logs from all previous SpeakUp Sessions and general meetings.
| Wednesday, January 27, 1999 |
- Saturday, January 30 marks the last VOICE SpeakUp Session for the month of January, 1999. This is a very special SpeakUp at a special time to accomodate our membership outside the US.
The SpeakUp topic will be the powerful REXX scripting/programming language and will feature Mike Cowlishaw (the "Father of REXX"), Dirk Terrell (of Falcon Networking), Wayne Swanson (of PillarSoft), and Chip Davis (President of the REXX Language Association). This session will begin at 1:00pm US Eastern time (18:00 GMT).
Check out Meeting Info for information on attending the SpeakUp.
| Friday, January 22, 1999 |
- The SciTech Display Doctor For OS/2 Mailing List has been added to our Mailing List archive.
| Tuesday, January 19, 1999 |
- We have rescheduled our SpeakUp Session with Tim Sipples (IBM networking guru) for February 8, 1999 at 8 p.m. US Eastern Standard Time (1:00 GMT)
- Monday night's SpeakUp was cancelled due scheduling problems w/ Tim Sipples. We are working on rescheduling. In the mean-time check out the Events Calendar and Announcments pages for information on upcoming IRC meetings and SpeakUps!
| Saturday, January 16, 1999 |
- The January VOICE Newsletter is now available!
| Thursday, January 14, 1999 |
- The log from Monday's SpeakUp with Scott Garfinkle is now available!
| Friday, January 1, 1999 |
- The Calendar of Events for VOICE in the month of January, 1999 contains 4 SpeakUp Sessions:
January 4, 1999: SpeakUp with Ulli Ramps (ROM Logicware) Topic: Papyrus Word Processor Time: 8:00pm EST (1:00 GMT).
January 11, 1999: SpeakUp with Scott Garfinkle (IBM) Topic: Fixpaks Time: 8:00pm EST (1:00 GMT).
January 18, 1999: SpeakUp with Tim Sipples (IBM) Topic: Networking OS/2 Time: 8:00pm EST (1:00 GMT).
January 30, 1999: Speakup with Wayne Swanson, Dirk Terrell, Chip Davis and Mike Cowlishaw (the "Father of REXX" [not confirmed]) Topic: REXX Time: 1:00pm EST (16:00 GMT).
If you need assistance attending our IRC meetings, please see "Meeting Info."
