Past News
December, 2000| Tuesday, December 19, 2000 |
- The log from last Friday's SpeakUp with Serenity Systems and Mensys is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Wednesday, December 13, 2000 |
- VOICE is pleased to announce a SpeakUp with Bob St. John from Serenity Systems and Joachim Benjamins and David J. van Enckevort from Mensys, on Friday, December 15, 2000 at 1 p.m. EST.
Visit Serenity Systems for full details at http://www.touchvoicecorp.com/eComStation.html
Here's information for those not familiar with IRC, http://www.os2voice.org/meetinginfo.html.
For assistance with converting the time to your local timezone, visit http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc.
| Friday, December 8, 2000 |
- The log from Monday's SpeakUp with Sundial Systems is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Friday, December 1, 2000 |
- The December edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- Trouble Right Here in Usenet City
- IBM ScrollPoint Pro Mouse
- PM Timer
- Adventures in Adaptec U160+ Land
- Hard Drive Geometry and OS/2
- eComStation (eCS) Preview - 1 Month Later
- Copying and archiving (SOHO, part 2)
- OS/2 Tips
- Letters to VOICE, addendums, Errata...
- The log from Monday's SpeakUp with Serenity Systems is now available on the Transcripts page.
- Date: Monday, December 4, 2000
Time: 8 p.m. EST (01:00GMT)
Place: #voice IRC Channel on the WebbNet IRC network
Event: Sundial's Christmas In December VOICE Speakup
Sundial Systems, developers of Clearlook, DBExpert, JunkSpy, Mesa2, Relish and RoverPack will be our guests and they have planned a night of fun and prizes!!!
It's time to put on those thinking caps and get ready for a chance to win valuable prizes and discounts on Sundial products -- just in time for the holiday gift giving season!
The entire chat will focus on a series 15 questions (some from past Warped Jeopardy events, some from past VOICE chats, some entirely new) related to OS/2, VOICE, Sundial Systems, and other timely topics. Everyone will have a chance to earn points by entering the correct answers on Sundial's website during the event. It promises to be lots of fun and by the end you'll know a little more about OS/2 (and what you've won as well).
So please be sure to join us for one of the last, and most exciting VOICE Speakups of the year 2000. As always everyone is invited. If you are new to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) then check out the VOICE Meeting Information page which gives links to some help for some OS/2 IRC clients, and a link to a web interface for WEBBNet.
We will be trying to get the show started on time, so try to comeg early and get a good seat. We wouldn't want you to miss any of the prize point opportunities. For a quick way to convert times on this page to your local time zone, try http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
November, 2000
| Monday, November 20, 2000 |
- VOICE has three exciting SpeakUps just around the corner:
- SpeakUp [Part I] with Serenity Systems (Topic: eComStation): Friday, 11/24/2000 at 3 p.m. EST
- SpeakUp [Part II] with Serenity Systems (Topic: eComStation): Monday, 11/27/2000 at 8 p.m. EST
- SpeakUp with Sundial Systems (Topic: TBD): Monday, 12/04/2000 at 8 p.m. EST
More Information:
VOICE is pleased to announce a SpeakUp with Bob St. John from Serenity Systems on Friday, November 24, 2000 at 3 p.m. EST and Monday, November 27, 2000 at 8 p.m. EST.
Anyone care to guess the "Topic" of the SpeakUp? ... You're right! eComStation!!! The SuperClient for the I'net Generation!
Now that the beta of eComStation has been out for a few weeks, we thought we'd take this opportunity to have a real-time IRC chat session with Bob St. John and invite those that are now using the beta and those that are just plain curious as to what all this excitement is about to join us.
Here's an excerpt from the article in the November issue of the VOICE newsletter, "eComStation (eCS) First Look, The Preview Edition", written by VOICE's President, Dan Casey.
"eCS (eComStation) is essentially a new Operating System. New in the sense that it's put together and marketed by Serenity Systems. However, it is based on the Convenience Pak version of OS/2 Warp (Warp 4, Fixpak 15 level)."
What's Wisemanager (r)?
What's DeskTop On-Call?
What's JFS?
What's LVM?
Learn about all of the above and more .... Ask questions, make suggestions, share your experiences with our guests or just drop by and say hi!
*Virtual* Door Prize!
Brush up on your OS/2 trivia...you could be the winner of eComStation!!!
As always the session is held in #voice on the WEBBnet IRC network. If you are new to IRC or to WEBBnet, please see the VOICE Meeting Information page for details and a list of OS/2 IRC clients.
| Friday, November 3, 2000 |
- The November edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- The Editors of VOICE speak out: Spirits Up?
- Installing and Running OS/2 on a Macintosh
- OS/2 on a MAC FAQ
- Short Introduction to LVM and JFS
- LVM, FDISK and Partition Magic
- eComStation (eCS) First Look, The Preview Edition
- Warpstock Europe: On stage - Backstage
- The Free Files, Little helpers for your office (SOHO)
- OS/2 Tips
- Letters to VOICE, addendums, Errata...
| Wednesday, November 1, 2000 |
- The VOICE Newsletter, normally available on the 1st of every month, will be delayed a day or two. The Newsletter will be available by November 3 at the latest.
October, 2000
| Sunday, October 8, 2000 |
- The log from yesterday's Warpstock 2000 SpeakUp is now available on the Transcripts page!
| Tuesday, October 3, 2000 |
- The log from last night's SpeakUp with Sundial Systems is now available on the Transcripts page!
| Sunday, October 1, 2000 |
- The October edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- The Editors of VOICE speak out: Our Choices
- VOICE LINE ( how to share it )
- How to Supercharge OS/2 Warp, Part 5
- Installing OS/2 with FAT32 around
- Peace, Love and OS/2
- A True Revolution for OS/2 - eComStation
- Warpstock 2000 Wrapup
- The Future of OS/2
- OS/2 Tips
- Letters to VOICE, addendums, Errata...
- On October 2nd at 8PM EDT (00:00GMT), VOICE welcomes back Sundial Systems for an IRC Speakup session. They will be talking about their new help forums. In addition, if anyone has questions on any of their line of OS/2 productivity products, they will try to provide answers. Sundial Systems is the developer of the Mesa 2 spreadsheet, the Relish time manager, the Clearlook word processor, Junk Spy, DBExpert and Rover Pack.
As always the session is held in #voice on the WEBBnet IRC network. If you are new to IRC or to WEBBnet, please see the VOICE Meeting Information page for details and a list of OS/2 IRC clients.
September, 2000
| Saturday, September 9, 2000 |
- Warpstock 2000 begins this morning, September 8th, at 9:00AM, and once again VOICE will be hosting IRC sessions all day Saturday and all day Sunday from the exhibit floor.
And, assuming everything works correctly, this year we'll have "Roving IRC" available from the show.
Join us in WEBBnet IRC, #voice channel all weekend for news, updates and chats with some of the attendees and presenters at Warpstock 2000.
Information on IRC can be found in the Meeting Info page.
| Friday, September 1, 2000 |
- The September edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available! Starting with the September issue the Newsletter will also be available in German thanks to Christian Hennecke!
A note from the translator:
Bitte beachten Sie, daß die VOICE Homepage selbst nicht in einer Übersetzung vorliegt. Dies ist für die Zukunft geplant, es wird jedoch eine gewisse Zeit in Anspruch nehmen.
Features:- Spreading the News(letter)
- Lexmark Optra E312 Laser Printer
- How to Supercharge OS/2 Warp, Part 4
- How I Installed OS/2 on a Large IDE Disk (40GB)
- Canon FB1200S - a (newly) affordable scanner for OS/2
- NewView, An Alternate .inf Viewer
- The Free Files, Characters and Fonts
- OS/2 Tips
August, 2000
| Sunday, August 13, 2000 |
- The log from Saturday's SpeakUp with the Warpstock Event Team is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Monday, August 7, 2000 |
- The log from last night's SpeakUp with Sundial Systems is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Monday, August 7, 2000 |
- VOICE is pleased to sponsor a chat session on IRC with the Warpstock event team. The event will be held this coming Saturday, August 12th, at 4PM EDT (20:00 GMT). Warpstock is only 5 weeks away so if you have any questions about Warpstock 2000, this is the place to get the answers.
The Speakup with the Warpstock 2000 Event Team will be held in the #voice channel on the WEBBNet IRC network. See the Meeting Info page for information concerning attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps. - Reminder: Tonight, August 7th at 8PM EDT (00:00GMT), VOICE welcomes back Sundial Systems for an IRC Speakup session. No specific topic is yet announced, but a special "guest" may be joining us. If you have any questions or suggestions about Sundial products such as Relish, Mesa 2, DBExpert, Rover, Junk Spy or Clearlook stop by. Randell and Rollin will be glad to try to help.
As always the session is held in #voice on the WEBBnet IRC network. If you are new to IRC or to WEBBnet, please see the VOICE Meeting Information page for details and a list of OS/2 IRC clients.
Check out the Events Calendar for information on upcoming VOICE events and the Meeting Info page for information on attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps.
| Tuesday, August 1, 2000 |
- The August edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- Choices to make!
- Warpzilla Today
- How to Supercharge OS/2 Warp, Part 3
- The IWill SIDE-Pro 66 Ultra ATA66IDE Controller Card
- RSJ CD-Writer for OS/2 3.05
- OS/2 Tips
- On August 7th at 8PM EDT (00:00GMT), VOICE welcomes back Sundial Systems for an IRC SpeakUp session. No specific topic is yet announced, but a special "guest" may be joining us. If you have any questions or suggestions about Sundial products such as Relish, Mesa 2, DBExpert, Rover, Junk Spy or Clearlook stop by. Randell and Rollin will be glad to try to help.
Check out the Events Calendar for information on upcoming VOICE events and the Meeting Info page for information on attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps.
July, 2000
| Thursday, July 13, 2000 |
- The log from Monday's SpeakUp with Bob St. John of Serenity Systems (Topic: eComStation) is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Tuesday, July 4, 2000 |
- The log from yesterday's SpeakUp with Bob St. John of Serenity Systems (Topic: eComStation) is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Saturday, July 1, 2000 |
- The July edition of the Voice Newsletter is now available!
Features:- How to create an OS/2 system bootable off a CD-ROM
- How to Supercharge OS/2 Warp, Part 2
- HauppaugeWinTV GO card
- Chris McGill's Experience with SBLive Beta Drivers
- Ramblings on WarpTech
- The Best OS/2 Software Money Can't Buy
- VOICE TO HOST TWO SERENITY SYSTEMS SPEAKUPS!
Date 1: Monday, July 3rd 1pm EDT, 17:00 GMT
Date 2: Monday, July 10th 8pm EDT, 0:00 GMT
Location: WEBBnet IRC #voice channel
In the continuing effort to provide education and service to the International OS/2 Community VOICE is proud to present two, that's right you saw it, TWO, speakups with Mr. Bob St.John!
Come and join VOICE and Mr. St.John as we delve into the inner- workings of at least one of Serenity Sytems' Premier Offerings "eComStation" <tm>! VOICE is pleased that we are able to hold TWO Speakups with Serenity System's President.
VOICE will have a Monday afternoon session on July 3rd at 1pm EDT, 17:00 GMT. We have chosen that time to better accommodate users on the other side of the globe.
Mr. St.John has graciously agreed to visit a second time on Monday July 10th at 8pm EDST, 0:00 GMT. This is our normal timeslot for VOICE Speakups.
Check out the Events Calendar for information on upcoming VOICE events and the Meeting Info page for information on attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps.
June, 2000
| Wednesday, June 14, 2000 |
- The June edition of the Voice Newsletter is now available!
* Note: Starting in July, the VOICE Newsletter will be available on the first of every month instead of the 15th.
Features:- Creating PostScript and PDF documents with VTeX/2
- How to Supercharge OS/2 Warp
- Better Hardware Means.... Worse Software?
- IBM Wireless LAN Kit
- Report from WarpTech 2000
- OS/2 Tips
- CD Grabbing For The Masses
| Tuesday, June 6, 2000 |
- The log from last night's SpeakUp with Sundial Systems (Topic: WarpTech 2000 WrapUp) is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Monday, June 5, 2000 |
- On Monday, June 5th at 8:00PM EDT (0:00 GMT), VOICE will host a Live Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Chat Session (Speakup) with Sundial Systems. The topic for this Speakup will be "Warptech 2000 Wrapup".
Sundial Systems exhibited and presented at the Warptech 2000 OS/2 Conference in Phoenix, AZ last weekend.
Randell Flint, gave us these hints as to some of the topics of discussion:Certainly one highlight was Steven King's overview of the future of OS/2... which had lots of positive points but which, interestingly, people seemed to view as "negative", "neutral", or "positive" depending on what you wanted to hear.
The biggest "news" what Serenity's talk about eComStation... but they asked everyone not to talk about it publically since their deal with IBM hasn't been signed yet.
I didn't get a chance to see it but, apparently the Odin demo was *very* impressive and they have come a long way... my understanding was that they actually showed MS Word running...
Bill Schindler's new REXX book -- Down To Earth REXX -- was also newly available at the show. It's being published by Perfect Niche software.
On the Sundial front, the major news was that we shipped Mesa 2 Version 2.3. People at the show could buy it or get their free upgrade -- it will be available on our website later this week.
But the *best* news is that Wayne Swanson (representing VOICE) pulled off a stunning victory in the Final round of Warped Jeopardy -- beating out Steve Schiffman (representing SCOUG) and Bill Schindler (representing POSSI) -- to claim bragging rights for VOICE in our Year 2000 User Group edition.
Join us Monday night in WEBBnet IRC, #VOICE channel and hear about Warptech 2000.
For information on attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps visit our Meeting Info page.
May, 2000
| Monday, May 22, 2000 |
- The log from last Monday's SpeakUp with Ulli Ramps (R.O.M. Logicware, Topic: Papyrus 8) is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Monday, May 15, 2000 |
- The May edition of the Voice Newsletter is now available!
Features:- The IBM Two Step
- MindTerm 1.2 SSH Client Review
- TeXnical stuff for OS/2 - First steps
- The Borland/Inprise "Dance of Death"
- RealPlayer 7 and Odin
- OS/2 Tips
- Letters to VOICE, addendums, Errata
- The Search for Quality Audio in OS/2
- VOICE is pleased to announce a SpeakUp with Ulli Ramps of R.O.M. Logicware. The topic of this Speakup will be Papyrus 8, English version.
Date: Monday, May 15th
Time: 8:00PM EDT (0:00 GMT)
Where: WEBBnet IRC, #VOICE Channel
Guest: Ulli Ramps (R.O.M. Logicware)
Topic: Papyrus 8
Papyrus is a Word processor and Office Suite for OS/2. The German version has been available for some time, now, and the English version should be released by the time the Chat Session starts.
For information on attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps visit our Meeting Info page.
April, 2000
| Sunday, April 30, 2000 |
- The log from our SpeakUp with Sundial Systems (Topic: Mesa 2) is now available on the Transcripts page.
- Reminder: We will hold a General Meeting on Monday, May 1st at 8:00PM EDT (00:00 GMT) in WEBBnet IRC, #voice Channel.
We have not scheduled a Guest Speaker for this meeting, so we'll be discussing many different topics:- Warpstock 2000
- How the DoJ decision might affect OS/2 Users
- Which direction is IBM *REALLY* heading in?
- New developments within VOICE
- And whatever you'd like to discuss.
As always, this is an Open Meeting ... you do not have to be a member of VOICE to join the meeting, or join in the discussion.
For information on attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps visit our Meeting Info page.
| Wednesday, April 19, 2000 |
- SpeakUp with Sundial Systems
Date: Monday, April 24, 2000
Time: 8:00PM EDT (00:00GMT)
Topic: Mesa 2
We are proud to host a SpeakUp with special guests from Sundial Systems. This event is was originally scheduled for April 3rd but has been rescheduled for April 24. So be sure to flip on over to #VOICE Monday night and SpeakUp with the Sundial team.
For information on attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps visit our Meeting Info page.
| Saturday, April 15, 2000 |
- The April edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- Put your Home LAN on the Internet (Part 1) - Linksys Cable/DSL Router
- The Doctor Is In
- Bit-hacking WebOrg
- ADSL on OS/2
- KRFTech WinDriver for OS/2 Beta
- View from the End (User): "The Operating System/2 Version is 4.50"
| Wednesday, April 12, 2000 |
- VOICE has once again signed on to sponsor and organize the Warpstock Social dinner in Philly this year and we would like your input as to the final selection. After reviewing the information regarding the Warpstock 2000 social please send an email with your opinion on where you would like to see the Warpstock 2000 Social held, to VOICE President, Dan Casey.
Please also let us know if you know of anyone interested in helping to sponsor the event. Sponsorship will help cut the cost of the dinner to attendees. All sponsors will be acknowledged in the Warpstock Social signage, promotional announcements and website. Please send email to Dan Casey regarding sponsorship.
March, 2000
| Thursday, March 23, 2000 |
- VOICE To Host Warpstock 2000 Social Event
Warpstock, Inc. (Internet)
Contact: David Ameiss, Secretary (david@ameissnet.com)
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, especially if Jack is an OS/2 user. But don't worry, Warpstock 2000 has the answer, and you're invited, too!
The Board of Directors of Warpstock, Inc. is pleased to announce that VOICE, Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education group, will be hosting the (in)famous Saturday night social event at Warpstock 2000.
Details for the event are not available at this time. VOICE members are scouring the neighborhood around the hotel for a suitable site and affordable pricing. We expect that it will be as popular and as exciting as last year's dinner and entertainment was. Watch for the details as soon as we get them.
[Due to the unknown nature of what VOICE is planning and exactly where the social will be held, we cannot either price or accept reservations for the event. We will give you plenty of time to register should seating be limited well before Warpstock 2000.]
If you have any suggestions or input for the social event, please email them to liaison@os2voice.org.
The 4th annual Warpstock conference will be held September 9-10, 2000, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is produced by Warpstock, Inc., a North Carolina non-profit corporation. The Warpstock annual conference is a gathering of OS/2 users and vendors from around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available at the Warpstock 2000 website, http://www.warpstock.org.
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David Ameiss [VOICE] [POSSI] [SCOUG]
Secretary, Warpstock Inc. - www.warpstock.org
david@ameissnet.com
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| Wednesday, March 15, 2000 |
- The March edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- The Editor of VOICE speaks out: Stealthy OS/2
- A Scanner that works in OS/2, The HP 6200 and 6250, SCSI version
- Papyrus Office 8.05 for OS/2
- Junk Spy 1.0, Part 2
- Ghostview 2.8/Ghostscript 6.0
- OS/2 Tips
- View from the End (User): The black plague was common, but it sure wasn't popular.
February, 2000
| Friday, February 18, 2000 |
- We are pleased to announce a SpeakUp with the WarpTech 2000 Team on Monday, February 21, 2000 at 8:00PM EST (01:00GMT).
For informaiton on attending SpeakUps, check out the Meeting Info page.
| Monday, February 14, 2000 |
- The February edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features:- Junk Spy version 1.0
- Success with Actiontec 56K PCI Call Waiting Modem
- Applying Service with .DSK files
- Epson Inkjet Printer Model Number and OS/2 Driver Version Cross Reference
- Die, Elephant, Die
- OS/2 Tips
- View from the End (User): PMView Goes Gold in 2000
- The log from last Wednesday's SpeakUp with the Warpstock 2000 Team is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Friday, February 11, 2000 |
- The log from Monday's SpeakUp with Sundial Systems (Topic: JunkSpy) is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Tuesday, February 8, 2000 |
- We are pleased to announce a Speakup with the Warpstock 2000 Team on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 at 8:00PM EST (01:00GMT)
. For information on attending VOICE meetings and SpeakUps see the Meeting Info page.
| Friday, February 4, 2000 |
- Reminder: Membership Meeting and SpeakUp with Sundial Monday, February 7, 2000 at 8:00PM EST (01:00GMT)
| Wednesday, January 19, 2000 |
- The log from Monday's General meeting is now available.
| Sunday, January 16, 2000 |
- The January edition of the VOICE Newsletter is now available!
Features- Arco DupliDisk IDE RAID 1 Controller and OS/2
- Freeware... a big deal? You bet!
- What is DSL?
- Moneydance 2.0.3
- Followup to the 64-Bit OS/2
- OS/2 Tips
- View from the End (User): The Year That Was and The Year That Could Be
| Tuesday, January 11, 2000 |
- Sorry for the delay, but the log from the December 20 SpeakUp with Peter Nielsen, author of PMView, is now available on the Transcripts page.
| Monday, January 3, 2000 |
- We have provided a list of OS/2 applications with Y2K issues so you are aware of any problems that may occur.
