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Developer workshop 2007
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OS/2 - eComStation News - April, 2007
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2005: August September October November December
SW: Bridge2-Hi V1. 4 released!
SW: Thunderbird 2 Release Candidate 1
Event: SCOUG-Announce: SCOUG meeting for April 21, 2007
Net: Last Call for Warpstock 2007 Bids
HW: Scanner special and DVD-RAM Drive/disks now come with CSS WS
SW: Beta version of Cameraderie v1.5b
Net: Warpstock Europe websites concept and discussion
SW: New fast VESA video driver for eComStation
Event: BayWarp meeting, Tuesday, Apr 24
SW: Thunderbird 2
SW: Beta version of Cameraderie v1.5 beta 3
SW: WPIView Version 1.0.4
SW: Reporting problems for Mozilla apps.
SW: M.A.M.E. SDL Release
Net: netlabs.org newsletter #33 [FM/2, NewView, EDM/2, Sane2Twain,
| SW: Bridge2-Hi V1. 4 released! |
2007-04-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Chen, Biao
Big5 encoding is support in this version.
Bridge2 - Hi (Hi is the abbreviation of Hanzi Input) is an Input-Method
software for Chinese characters. 'Hanzi' is the written pronunciation of
"Chinese character". You can use Bridge2-Hi to input Hanzi into any PM
application (java applications) running on the OS/2 - eCS platform.
Bridge2-Hi is a Shareware, it's written in pascal language and compiled by
Virtual Pascal.
Url: http://www.bridge2.cn
Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com
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| SW: Thunderbird 2 Release Candidate 1 |
2007-04-17
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
[Moderator note: Please send all comments and problem reports to the news
group news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2 ]
"Thunderbird 2 RC 1 is the next generation release of the award-winning
Thunderbird email client from Mozilla."
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/
April 16, 2007 Thunderbird 2 Release Candidate 1 has been released.
Zipfile:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/2.0.0.0rc1/contrib/thunderbird-2.0.0.0rc1.en-US.os2.zip
Release Notes: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/2.0.0.0/releasenotes/
Requires a libc0.5.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
http://www.innotek.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=2
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| Event: SCOUG-Announce: SCOUG meeting for April 21, 2007 |
2007-04-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Tom Brown
OS/2 is always the highlight of our monthly meetings.
* Find out something you didn't know before.
* Got issues you can't resolve? Bring your questions for our systems
experts.
* The Programming SIG wants you to get involved in the details.
* Enjoy the free coffee and donuts while you converse with friendly folk.
Be there on Saturday, April 21!
Room 326 of the Eastside Christian School
at the Grace Ministries Complex
1645 W Valencia Dr. in Fullerton
For additional information and directions, see:
http://www.scoug.com/meetings.html
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| Net: Last Call for Warpstock 2007 Bids |
2007-04-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Andy Willis
The Board of Directors of Warpstock Corporation is still accepting bids
from groups or individuals wishing to host Warpstock 2007.
Although there has been some discussion about various locations to hold
Warpstock 2007, the Board desires to get the process in motion by setting
May 10th, 2007 as the final date that we will accept formal proposals.
Teams wishing to bid on hosting Warpstock 2007 should submit a letter of
their intent to host this event to: bids AT warpstock DOT org.
The workload of the Event team has been reduced by the Board taking on the
responsibility of getting presenters and speakers, and the primary
responsibility of an event team is arranging for and coordinating the
physical facilities.
This proposal should contain a list of the individuals involved, the city
or area in which the event would be held, and the suggested date for the
event. It should also include the benefits of holding the event in their
suggested location. The letter of intent may contain any additional
information about the proposed bid that the team wishes to share. This
letter does not need to be in great detail about the proposed event, but
rather, a commitment from the group about entering into the bid process.
The Board of Directors will remain in close contact with the Teams
throughout the entire bid process, including final site selection.
Now is the time to get your proposals in! The deadline for receipt of
proposals is May 10, 2007. The Board will be making a decision about the
Warpstock 2007 event on May 12, 2007.
Warpstock Corporation is a Virginia corporation. The Warpstock annual
conference is a gathering of OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from
around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More
information is available at the Warpstock web site:
http://www.warpstock.org
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| HW: Scanner special and DVD-RAM Drive/disks now come with CSS WS |
2007-04-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Paul Curtis
Curtis Systems Software P.C.,
http://www.curtisSystemsSoftware.com
Apr 18, 2007, CSS WS news and SPECIALS!!
CSS WSs now ship with tested DVD-RAM drives with 22GB
rewritable/erasable/reusable/removable media, - five DVD-RAM discs, Also
for a limited time great prices on USB scanner ($99) and additional DVD-RAM
media , And more!
Preloading your favorite operating system, eComStation 1.2R, on quality
hardware, with other key software installed, tested and carefully configured.
Also preloading Beta 4 of eCS 2.0 on a separate partition.
INVEST in a REAL COMPUTER from CSS today!
preloadsAnnounce (AT) curtisSystemsSoftware (dot) com
submitted by
paul curtis
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| SW: Beta version of Cameraderie v1.5b |
2007-04-19
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: VOICE News
Rich Walsh has released a beta update to his Cameraderie photo
organizer/downloader utility.
From: comp.os.os2..apps:
"I've just added support for mass-storage-device cameras and flash cards to
Cameraderie, my digital camera downloader & "pre-organizer". Now, I need
some help testing it out. If you're interested, try:
http://e-vertise.com/misc/cam15b2.zip (195k)
All of Cameraderie's features are available:
- a unified display that lets you view every photo on the device
in a single window, either as thumbnails or as a detailed listing
- versatile sorting and renaming features so that every photo
can be saved in the directory you want with the name you want
- automatic rotation that ensures your photos will always be
viewed and saved right-side up
It offers NLS support for German, Dutch, French, & English, and its readme
describes every feature in detail (French & English only).
I've done extensive testing using a fairly unreliable flash card and
reader, so I'm pretty sure it's solid but I'd like to confirm that. I'm
particularly interested in finding out whether:
- MSD cameras are recognized when connected directly
- flash cards are recognized when used in PCMCIA or ATAPI readers
- using LVM (if available) to automatically mount drives causes
any issues
FYI... Because Cameraderie is not (yet) a general-purpose photo viewer, it
will only work with drives that "look like cameras", i.e. removable drives
with a 'DCIM' subdirectory in the root. All others will be ignored.
Thanks for your help...
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| Net: Warpstock Europe websites concept and discussion |
2007-04-19
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Christian Hennecke
Over the last years, organizers of Warpstock Europe events each had to
start from scratch in terms of web sites and gathering required
information. After Warpstock Europe 2006 in Cologne, Germany, the
organizers Thomas Klein and Roland Schmalenberg and a few others had a
discussion on how to improve the situation for future event teams.
The resulting concept for two web sites is available for discussion at
http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Warpstock_Europe_Websites. Feel free to
comment and/or add information.
To use the Netlabs Wiki, you need an account that can be applied for by
sending an e-mail to Robert Henschel (os2infoDESPAM at gmx dot de).
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| SW: New fast VESA video driver for eComStation |
2007-04-19
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Eugene Gorbunoff
eCo Software and Mensys BV have reached an agreement to create a generic
VESA driver for eComStation.
This driver is called "Panorama VESA", and supports all VESA 2.0 compatible
video adapters, which then can be used with the eComStation operating
system. Until now some modern chipsets were not properly supported by the
Scitech SNAP driver that is included with eComStation.
The driver is currently under active development. The goal is to achieve
maximum performance, support multi-core computers, allow users to work
normally with their web-browser, watch DVD and to generally use their PC
for everyday work.
How to obtain this driver
An early preview of this driver is available via the eComStation BetaZone
to customers who have an active Software Subscription Services.
Requirements
Panorama VESA may be installed over GENGRAD, SDDGRAD or SNAP. To get
maximum performance on a Core 2 Duo or AMD X2 based computer, the ACPI
subsystem should be installed. ACPI can be obtained seperately from the
eComStation BetaZone but is also an install option with eComStation 2.0
(beta 2 and higher).
More information
Homepage of the Panorama video drivers -- http://ecomstation.ru/panorama
Software Subscription Services: http://www.ecomstation.com/subscription/
About Mensys BV
Mensys started out in 1993 with filling the gap that IBM left open with
regard to OS/2 software. Developers had great difficulty making their OS/2
product visible on the market. Mensys started to contact OS/2 resellers and
distributors worldwide and built an extensive distribution network. Mensys
has obtained worldwide distribution rights to eComStation and is actively
supporting it's further development.
About eCo Software
eCo Software is a small group of professional developers creating drivers,
WPS applications and system utilities for eComStation.
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| Event: BayWarp meeting, Tuesday, Apr 24 |
2007-04-19
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Neil Waldhauer
Date: Tuesday, April 24
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Place: Le Boulanger, 1875 S. Bascom Ave. 440, Campbell, CA 95008
Come join us in our monthly meeting. We are OS/2 and eComStation users, and
we meet every month to show off our latest software and hardware.
Hint: Le Boulanger is located in the outdoor mall called the Pruneyard.
http://www.thepruneyard.com/directory.html
Phone: (408) 369-1820
Parking is available in the parking garage on the map above. WiFi is
available at the restaurant.
Note: the BayWarp e-mail list is temporarily unavailable.
Topics:
* Web site and mailing list changes
* Survey of recent Flash animation
* OS/2 Question & Answer
Web Page http://www.baywarp.org/
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| SW: Thunderbird 2 |
2007-04-20
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
[Moderator note: Please send all comments and problem reports to the news
group news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2 ]
"Thunderbird 2 RC 1 is the next generation release of the award-winning
Thunderbird email client from Mozilla."
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/
April 19, 2007 Thunderbird 2 has been released.
Zipfile:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/2.0.0.0/contrib/thunderbird-2.0.0.0.en-US.os2.zip
Release Notes: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/2.0.0.0/releasenotes/
Requires a libc0.5.1 based version of the GCC runtime library.
http://www.innotek.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=2
Note: This is EXACTLY the same build as Thunderbird 2 Release Candidate
1. If you installed that build, you do not need to upgrade.
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| SW: Beta version of Cameraderie v1.5 beta 3 |
2007-04-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: VOICE News
Rich Walsh has released a new beta update to his Cameraderie photo
organizer/downloader utility.
From: comp.os.os2..apps:
"I've just posted a new version of the Cameraderie v1.5 beta (b3)
which fixes a crash encountered by a user with an HP camera.
It also adds an Eject button to the Open dialog to make switching
MSD cameras or flash cards easier. You can get it from:
http://e-vertise.com/misc/cam15b3.zip (196k)
For those who missed the original announcement:
Cameraderie is a digital camera downloader & "pre-organizer" that
now supports both PTP & Mass Storage Device cameras. It features:
- a unified display that lets you view every photo on the device
in a single window, either as thumbnails or as a detailed listing
- versatile sorting and renaming features so that every photo
can be saved in the directory you want with the name you want
- automatic rotation that ensures your photos will always be
viewed and saved right-side up
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| SW: WPIView Version 1.0.4 |
2007-04-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: herwig.bauernfeindDESPAM@DESPAMaon.at
The purpose of this program is to provide a simple tool for all those
WarpIN skeptics out there. WPIView enables the user to find out what is in
a WPI package and what this package is going to do to the system before it
is installed.
Latest changes/additions are:
+Added: Disable menu item and buttons in case no valid WPI archive is loaded
+Added: "Are you sure?" before executing code from within an archive.
*Changed: Enhanced icon (by David Graser, thank you!)
*Changed: WPIView can be minimized/closed/whatever as soon as WarpIN.EXE
is launched for Installation
*Changed: WPIview executes executable WPI archives directly
*Changed: "Debug" option is now official
!Fixed: Made the script decoding logic more flexible
!Fixed: Remembering the directory across sessions still did not work
properly
!Fixed: Restore window before closing (otherwise maximized size is saved)
Links:
http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/os2.html
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=wpiview&stype=all&sort=type&dir=%2F
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| SW: Reporting problems for Mozilla apps. |
2007-04-22
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Peter Weilbacher, who is the current builder of official Mozilla for OS/2
releases, reports that any problem reports concerning the Mozilla based
applications for (FireFox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey and others) should be
entered at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org
"Problem posts to the newsgroup get forgotten and are hardly ever fixed.
For my enhanced products I take care to log them but for the official
releases they should go directly into Bugzilla."
If you just have a question or a comment about these applications or jus
twant to participate in a discussion on them then use the News group
news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2
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| SW: M.A.M.E. SDL Release |
2007-04-23
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Sander Nyman <2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
KO Myung-Hun has released the SDL version of M.A.M.E. 0.114u2 for OS/2.
M.A.M.E., also known as Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. It is capable of
running many Arcade games. You need arcade machine ROMs to run with it.
Google is friend. :-)
Be sure to use the -multithreading option. READ the SDLMAME.os2 file in
the archive!
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/sdlmame0114u2_os2.zip
You need InnoTek LIBC061 installed. If you are using Firefox 2.x (The
BEST, most stable OS/2 browser EVER!) or some of Paul's ports then you
already have this. If you have been living under a rock, then you can get
it here:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
The source has also been made available:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/sdlmame0114u2_os2_src.zip
NOTE: Obviously, the links for these files are to the Incoming directory
of Hobbes at the moment. If you are a lazy, worthless, procrastinator,
then you will have to search Hobbes yourself.
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| Net: netlabs.org newsletter #33 [FM/2, NewView, EDM/2, Sane2Twain, |
2007-04-23
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: netlabs.org team
This is the latest edition of the bi-weekly netlabs.org newsletter. The
newsletter can be read on the web at the following URL:
http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter
News from netlabs.org:
16. April - 22. April
* FM/2
o Lot of work done, additions, defect fixes, changes.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* kBuild
o A lot of hacking around...
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* kLibC
o Many, many updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
* NewView
o Bug #19 fixed
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/newview/timeline
* EDM/2
o 'Booting several operating systems' article multiple updates.
o See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Booting_several_operating_systems
o 'Dual Boot' article updated as well.
o See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Dual_Boot
9. April - 15. April
* Sane2Twain
o Alpha prototype of an open source twain dsm
o This will enable programs like PMView and Maul Publisher to acquire
images from your scanner
o Requires a recent SANE build from Paul Smedley
o For configuration and setting up a working environment a recent build
of TAME/2 from Paul Smedley is needed as well
o Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/sanetwaina01.zip
o SANE/TAME: http://smedley.info/sane.html
* FM/2
o Drag and drop fixes
o Check INI header
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* kBuild
o Some interesting observations
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* kLibC
o Too much to mention!
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
* NewView
o Some fixes
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/newview/timeline
* Qt/3
o DBCS input/output fixed
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline
* Samba
o Samba 3.0.25rc1 has been released.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
* Voyager Desktop
o Some license stuff for updates and a correction
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/v_desktop/timeline
* xATA
o A fix to allow multi mode with more than 16 sectors
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/xata/timeline
Netlabs.org relies on your support as well, we hire developers to have
better progress on projects. For sure this costs money so any sponsoring is
very welcome! You can support netlabs.org via netlabs.org sponsoring units:
http://www.mensys.net/NETLABS/
Thanks for your support!
We can be reached at: newsDESPAM@DESPAMnetlabs.org
Greetings,
netlabs.org team
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