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OS/2 - eComStation News - August, 2005Browse - August 2005: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Event: Warpstock Europe 2005 - Accommodation Information SW: Serious problem with Norman Virus Control for OS/2 Mag: English issue of VOICE Newsletter 08/2005 available SW: Stella Vision for OS/2 v1.60-775 SW: 20050808 kernels on testcase SW: Update: Fix for Norman Virus Control problem Mag: VOICE Newsletter 08/2005 available SW: 20050811 kernels on testcase Misc: IE Only at U.S. Copyright Office? Net: Diehards refuse to bury OS/2 SW: Smart Development Environment 3.0 for Eclipse(20050624e) released Event: Warpdoctor Meeting at Sunday 14 August 2005 at 3:00pm EST (19:00 GMT) SW: The GIMP 2.2.8 for OS/2
2005-08-08 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: infoDESPAM@DESPAMwarpstock.net Warpstock Europe 2005, the event for OS/2 and eComStation users in Europe, will take place in the city of Dresden, Germany. The three day event will be held from November 18th to 20th at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW). Today we would like to draw your attention to a list of accommodation recommendations for Warpstock Europe 2005. If you already know that you want to attend Warpstock Europe in November in Dresden, it is a good idea to reserve your hotel room as early as possible. The homepage of Warpstock Europe 2005 has a list of nice hotels in Dresden. URL: http://warpstock.net/WSE2005/Location/Accomodation/index.html Dresden is very popular with tourists! In November, the advent season is just around the corner and people are coming to Dresden to visit the famous Striezelmarkt (24.11. - 24.12.2005). In addition, the Dresdner Frauenkirche will be consecrated on October 30th 2005. This is a huge attraction and hotels are already booked up since months for that event! We have also reserved a number of rooms at the University Guest House. The Guest House is a normal 3 star hotel. We have reserved those rooms for people that are on a tight budget, students or people from eastern Europe, or/and would like to share the room with one other person! If you want to share rooms to save money, or if you are simply looking for a cheap accommodation let us know and we will give you the required information. If you want to stay informed about the latest news on Warpstock Europe 2005, please visit the homepage of Warpstock Europe - http://www.warpstock.net or install the Warpstock Europe 2005 screen saver module for Doodle's Screen Saver. If you would like to read more about accommodation, please visit our accommodation section at the homepage - http://warpstock.net/WSE2005/Location/Accomodation/index.html. If you want to contact us, you can do that by sending an eMail to: infoDESPAM@DESPAMwarpstock.net. References: Warpstock Europe 2005 http://warpstock.net/WSE2005/index.html Warpstock Europe Screen Saver Module ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/dssaver/Modules/dssaver_module_WSE2005.zip Warpstock Accommodation Information http://warpstock.net/WSE2005/Location/Accomodation/index.html Mensys Online Shop http://shop.mensys.nl/catalogue/mns_WarpStockEurope2005.html Url: http://warpstock.net/WSE2005/Location/Accomodation/index.html From: Robert Henschel (infoDESPAM@DESPAMwarpstock.net) Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2005-08-09 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: eamDESPAM@DESPAMnorman.no Source: http://www.norman.com/Support/Knowledge_bases/Norman_Virus_Control/OS_2/24256/en One of the main components in Norman Virus Control is Zanda. Zanda is among other things responsible for installing all new updates, including new virus definition files. Due to an internal timer error in Zanda, it will no longer install updates to NVC after August 6 2005. This will have the following implications: - Attempting to install NVC for OS/2 will fail. The installation will never complete. - Attempting to update NVC for OS/2 will fail. The updates will be downloaded, but not installed. We are working with top priority to solve this issue. For the time being the only workaround/solution for the problem is to revert the system date to any date before 2005/08/05 while installing or updating NVC for OS/2 installations. This article will be updated as soon a solution is available. Url: http://www.norman.com/Support/Knowledge_bases/Norman_Virus_Control/OS_2/24256/en From: Eirik Amundsen (eamDESPAM@DESPAMnorman.no) Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2005-08-09 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "Christian Hennecke" The English August issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now available online. The German issue will follow as soon as possible. For online reading: English - http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html For download: English (HTML) - http://www.os2voice.org/files/vnl0805h.zip English (INF) - http://www.os2voice.org/files/vnl0805i.zip In the latest issue you find: o Maybe you can get a little blood from a stone! -- by Mark Dodel o Translate <-> Vertalen -- by Jacques van Leeuwen o OS/2 enters the living room -- by Lutz Wagner o FotoGet/2: Camera software for eComstation -- by Menno Tillema o Warpstock 2005, The sweetest one yet! -- by Mark Dodel, president, Warpstock, Inc. o Some questions and answers about the OS/2 community -- by Mark Dodel o And of course letters, addenda, tips, and the compiled news of the previous month! Older issues can be found at http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html, or http://de.os2voice.org/newsletters.html, and the Hobbes archive as well. As always a big thank you to our authors, editors, and translators without whom there would be no VOICE Newsletter. Please consider helping with the translation or writing an article for the Newsletter. Guidelines for submissions to the VOICE Newsletter are available at http://www.os2voice.org/newsletter_submission.html, including some suggestions for topics. Christian Hennecke Editor in Chief, VOICE Newsletter http://www.os2voice.org Top
2005-08-10 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: sassyos2DESPAM@DESPAMnifty.ne.jp Stella Vision for OS/2 v1.60-775 has been released.(7/26/2005) http://www.stellacorp.co.jp/user/vision/download_e.htm Stella Vision is the CAD/CAM system. JPCA show 2005 http://www.jpcashow.com/index-english.html Url: http://www.stellacorp.co.jp/en/index.html From: Sassy (sassyos2DESPAM@DESPAMnifty.ne.jp) Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2005-08-10 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: madodelDESPAM@DESPAMptdprolog.net [Moderator note: As always these are not officially supported by IBM unless they tell you to use them. Download from <ftp://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/ps/fromibm/os2/> **** Please send any followup to comp.os.os2.bugs on usenet. **** Also note that files are only on IBM's testcase for 2-3 days, so if you want to try these get them now. Make certain you back up any files replaced and don't try these on a production system. Read any readme file before applying any changes. If your system is working well, and you have no problems addressed by these updates, do yourself a favour and don't mess with this. You have been warned. The UNI and SMP files are for WSeB/ACP/eCS Pro (SMP kernel) and the W4 files are for post FP15/MCP versions, including eComStation. Only use the SMP kernel on a machine with more then one CPU.] This kernel package actually contains a build from 20050708. Scott has just re-released it today with the correct readme file, which was left out when released 08/08/2005. From the readme file: 200507808 14.104 Basically, a re-build of the above from an "official" build machine. *This build is safe for Pentium Pros. Note: 486SX CPUs are (and have always been) safe ONLY on the W4 kernel. Top
2005-08-11 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: heidDESPAM@DESPAMnorman.no A patch has been issued for the problem where Norman Virus Control for OS/2 and eComStation would no longer update after August 6th, 2005. SYSTEMS THAT SHOULD INSTALL THE PATCH: All OS/2 or eComStation systems running NVC v5.7 that was installed before August 11th, 2005, should install the patch. Without installing the patch NVC will not be able to install any updates, including updated definition files. The patch can be found here: http://www.norman.com/Support/Knowledge_bases/Norman_Virus_Control/OS_2/24256 If you have recently downloaded Norman Virus Control and had problems installing it, please download new installers at this location: http://www.norman.com/Download/Full_versions/nvc/en Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused by this issue. Harald Eilertsen Software Developer Norman ASA Url: http://www.norman.com/Support/Knowledge_bases/Norman_Virus_Control/OS_2/24256 From: Harald Eilertsen (heiDESPAM@DESPAMnorman.no) Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2005-08-11 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "Christian Hennecke" The August issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now available online in both languages. For online reading: English - http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html German - http://de.os2voice.org/newsletters.html For download: English (HTML) - http://www.os2voice.org/files/vnl0805h.zip English (INF) - http://www.os2voice.org/files/vnl0805i.zip German (HTML) - http://de.os2voice.org/files/vnl0805h_de.zip German (INF) - http://de.os2voice.org/files/vnl0805i_de.zip In the latest issue you find: o Maybe you can get a little blood from a stone! -- by Mark Dodel o Translate <-> Vertalen -- by Jacques van Leeuwen o OS/2 enters the living room -- by Lutz Wagner o FotoGet/2: Camera software for eComstation -- by Menno Tillema o Warpstock 2005, The sweetest one yet! -- by Mark Dodel, president, Warpstock, Inc. o Some questions and answers about the OS/2 community -- by Mark Dodel o And of course letters, addenda, tips, and the compiled news of the previous month! Older issues can be found at http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html, or http://de.os2voice.org/newsletters.html, and the Hobbes archive as well. As always a big thank you to our authors, editors, and translators without whom there would be no VOICE Newsletter. Please consider helping with the translation or writing an article for the Newsletter. Guidelines for submissions to the VOICE Newsletter are available at http://www.os2voice.org/newsletter_submission.html, including some suggestions for topics. Christian Hennecke Editor in Chief, VOICE Newsletter http://www.os2voice.org Top
2005-08-11 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: madodelDESPAM@DESPAMptdprolog.net Scott G. posted the following on comp.os.os2.bugs: These replace all previous kernels -- especially 0808, which introduced a "small" regression. :-( These kernels are usable on all CPUs > 386 (except 486sx which requires the W4 kernel), since I left in all CPU errata workarounds for the P-Pro CPUs. [Moderator note: As always these are not officially supported by IBM unless they tell you to use them. Download from <ftp://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/ps/fromibm/os2/> **** Please send any followup to comp.os.os2.bugs on usenet. **** Also note that files are only on IBM's testcase for 2-3 days, so if you want to try these get them now. Make certain you back up any files replaced and don't try these on a production system. Read any readme file before applying any changes. If your system is working well, and you have no problems addressed by these updates, do yourself a favour and don't mess with this. You have been warned. The UNI and SMP files are for WSeB/ACP/eCS Pro (SMP kernel) and the W4 files are for post FP15/MCP versions, including eComStation. Only use the SMP kernel on a machine with more then one CPU.] From the readme file: 200507808 14.104a - fixed problem in 14.104 (only) that caused (at least) some VDM applications (such as COPY) to fail. Top
2005-08-11 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "R. Geoffrey Newbury" On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:42:27 -0400, Kenn Yuill wrote: >http://dw.com.com/redir?lop=redirTest&destcat=Alert&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fnews%2Ezdnet%2Ecom%2F2100-9588_22-5827627.html?tag=zdnn.alert And this is the government in action: You will note that you will need to deliver 6 copies of any comment, on paper.. There is no facility for electronic delivery *EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT ACCESS TO AN ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM! AND you cannot use an overnight courier service....apparently because they find it inconvenient.... Geoff Today's notice seeks information as to whether persons filing the electronic-only preregistration form prescribed by the Copyright Office will experience difficulties if it is necessary to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser in order to preregister a work. DATES: Comments are due no later than August 22, 2005. Reply comments are due no later than September 7, 2005. ADDRESSES: If hand delivered by a private party, an original and five copies of any comment should be brought to Room LM-401 of the James Madison Memorial Building between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and the envelope should be addressed as follows: Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office, James Madison Memorial Building, Room LM-401, 101 Independence Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20559-6000. If hand delivered by a commercial courier, an original and five copies of any comment must be delivered to the Congressional Courier Acceptance Site located at Second and D Streets, NE., Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. The envelope should be addressed as follows: Copyright Office General Counsel, Room LM-403, James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Avenue, SE., Washington, DC. If sent by mail, an original and five copies of any comment should be addressed to: Copyright GC/ I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Southwest Station, Washington, DC 20024-0400. Comments may not be delivered by means of overnight delivery services such as Federal Express, United Parcel Service, etc., due to delays in processing receipt of such deliveries. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David O. Carson, General Counsel, or Charlotte Douglass, Principal Legal Advisor, P.O. Box 70400, Washington, DC 20024-0400, Telephone (202) 707-8380. Telefax: (202) 707-8366. R. Geoffrey Newbury newburyDESPAM@DESPAMmandamus.org Barrister and Solicitor Telephone: 905-271-9600 Mississauga,Ontario, Canada Facsimile: 905-271-1638 Top
2005-08-11 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Edgar Scrutton (Posted on: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Warpstock-public/ ) For those who may be interested: A recent article titled : Diehards refuse to bury OS/2 7/18/2005 5:00:00 PM - Almost 20 years after introducing a Windows alternative, IBM pulls the plug and urges clients to adopt Linux. Loyal users discuss its longevity -- and why they won't give up appeared at: http://itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=59517. and mentions Derek Keoughan and John Edwards (who will be presenting at Warpstock 2005 in Hershey P.A. Oct 6-9. and followed by a reader comment by : Gilbert Lefebvre : co-founder and latest president of the Montreal OS/2 user group. at: http://itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=59633 /by Shane Schick/ -- -- R. Edgar Scrutton Allison's Travel Agency Ltd <%3Chttp://www.allisonstravel.on.ca%3E> 167 Tecumseh Road West Windsor. Ontario. Canada. N8X 1E8 Phone: 519-258-5404 Fax: 519-258-4880 edgar.scruttonDESPAM@DESPAMallisonstravel.on.ca Running: IBM WARP (OS/2) aka: -EcomStation 1.2 <http://www.ecomstation.com/>, Learn about: Warpstock the Annual OS/2 User Conference <http://warpstock.org/index_2004.html> or; Mesa2.3 <http://www.sundialsystems.com/>, Lotus Smartsuite <http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/> ,Open Office Suite <http://www.openoffice.org/>, Mozilla Browser and Email <http://www.mozilla.org/>, Running Windows 2000 Pro.as a Guest only under Virtual PC Host on OS/2 Top
2005-08-12 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: stellaDESPAM@DESPAMvisual-paradigm.com Visual Paradigm Smart Development Environment 3.0 for Eclipse (SDE-EC) is a UML modeling plug-in for Eclipse. Being integrated to Eclipse, SDE-EC supports the model-driven development by providing a unified modeling environment and generating Java code from class diagram, reversing Java code to class diagram. It thus streamlines the software development life cycle transition by transition. SDE-EC not only supports the latest standards of Java notations, but also the latest and full UML 2.0 diagrams and notations. For more detailed information, please visit: http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/sde/ec/ Free evaluation is available for 30 days. You can get an evaluation copy at http://www.visual-paradigm.com/download/ and install SDE-EC from Visual Paradigm Suite. Source from: http://www.visual-paradigm.com/ Top
2005-08-12 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "W F Metcalf" I apologize for the incorrect Warpdoctor announcements issued in the past few weeks. This one is for real. Honest. There *will* be a WarpDoctor chat meeting on Sunday 14 August 2005 at the above time. Visit http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc for timezone help. To find the server closest to you, go to http://www.webbnet.info . #warpdoctor can be found on any of these servers. You can use any of those server addresses to initialize your IRC client, or alternatively, click on the link at the bottom of the page, and load a Java IRC applet to immediately start your chat session. I have tried this applet, and it is remarkably quick, and simple to use. Agenda ++++++ 1. New release of the browser plugin. 2. Discussion of the browser incompatibility issue. "The objective of WarpDoctor is to support the information, software, and hardware needs of the OS/2 Community. WarpDoctor will provide a support facility with the goal of assisting the OS/2 Community in efforts to resolve problems and provide guidance on system operation, tuning and selection. Everyone is welcome!" Everyone is welcome! Thanks! Walter F. Metcalf Warpdoctor Co-ordinator walter.os2DESPAM@DESPAMrogers.com Top
2005-08-12 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Jonesy ( Posted on comp.os.os2.apps ) I saw this yesterday in gmane.comp.video.gimp.user over on the gmane newsserver. I can't see that Michael posts in comp.os.os2... anymore (if ever.) coo* has lost a lot of good participants -- probably due to the low signal to pissing-contests ratio now found here. |From: Michael Schumacher |Newsgroups: gmane.comp.video.gimp.devel,gmane.comp.video.gimp.user |Subject: The GIMP 2.2.8 for OS/2 | |Some of you might still remember - or maybe even use - the |operating system of the future that was supposed to free the world |from such things as DOS or Microsoft Windows 3.x. | |Despite being a stable and technologically advanced platform, it |didn't succeed - partly because of its equally advanced hardware |requirements (8 megs of RAM was much in those days), partly |because one of its creators turned against it. | |Today, it's user base is mainly loclizced in certain parts of the |finance and touristic commerces, and only a few boxes remained |with individuals. And with IBM having announced "End of support" |for 2006, the number of OS/2 systems will most likely go down even |further. | |In this tragical situation, it is a good thing that some |individuals keep up the spirit of Free Software and provide |current applications for a platform that is now considered |"exotic" at best. For a long time, GIMP 1.2.2 was the latest |version of GIMP available for OS/2. | |Now, in once amazing quantum leap, this has changed - the current |stable version of GIMP for OS/2 is 2.2.8 - yes, like the current |stable version on the other platforms. | |Prebuilt binaries are available from |http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gimp&pushbutton=Search | |There are also the libs that are required (GTK+, Glib etc...) and |a XFree86 package. Kudos to Frank Geissler and Ralph Hannes, for |preparing the builds and posting to a german OS/2 newsgroup |respecively, where the article caught my eye. | |Michael Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | OS/2 __ 38.24N 104.55W | config.com | DM78rf | SK Top
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