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OS/2 - eComStation News - June, 2008
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Event: Warpstock travel tip
SW: WPWidgets 0.7.1 unofficial released
SW: Preview of CUPS 1.3.7
SW: Bind updated to v 9.5.0
SW: Squid v3.0.stable6
SW: Why CUPS is important to eComStation's future and why I should
SW: Iron Spring PL/I Compiler Alpha version 0.6a
SW: XWorkplace 1.0.8 Italian NLS
SW: XWorkplace 1.0.8: German NLS released
Net: Warpstock 2008 logo announcement
Net: eCS Blog Article on Digg.com
| Event: Warpstock travel tip |
2008-06-08
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Neil Waldhauer
Due to the soaring cost of fuel, many airlines are imposing additional fees
for checked baggage. Some of these new fees kick in for flights booked
after June 15, so register for Warpstock 2008 early, and book your flights
as soon as possible.
Here are some of the airline policies as reported by American Express:
http://www.warpstock.org/article.php?story=baggage_fees
Neil Waldhauer, neilDESPAM@DESPAMblondeguy.com
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| SW: WPWidgets 0.7.1 unofficial released |
2008-06-08
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Gregg Young
XWPWidgets 0.7.2 has been released. This fixes the F1 crash that occurs
with some applications(PMView) when the REXX widget dlls are loaded. It
also includes two new REXX widgets (found in the source largely untested).
This release is unofficial the source is included.
You can find it in on Hobbes:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/xwpwidgets_0_7_1.zip
moving to:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwpwidgets_0_7_1.zip
I don't have access to Netlabs FTP to upload it to the correct place,
however it is in the /incoming directory:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/xwpwidgets_0_7_1.zip
and in the fullness of time it should move to:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/xwpwidgets_0_7_1.zip
Please report *reproducible* bugs on the bugtracker at:
http://xtracker.xworkplace.org
Gregg
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| SW: Preview of CUPS 1.3.7 |
2008-06-08
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
According to Paul Smedley's UNIX ports for OS/2 and eComStation website
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/
CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) has been updated again to a preview of
1.3.7. Also includes GPL Ghostscript 8.62 and Gutenprint 5.1.98.2 which
were the same in the last release. More information can be found at
http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/wiki/CupsPort
The main CUPS site (non-OS/2) is http://www.cups.org/
"CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX®-based operating systems.
It was developed by Easy Software Products and is now owned and maintained
by Apple Inc. to promote a standard printing solution. It is the standard
printing system in Mac OS® X and most Linux® distributions.
CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the basis for managing
print jobs and queues and adds network printer browsing and PostScript
Printer Description ("PPD") based printing options to support real-world
printing."
DOWNLOAD [Note: This is a 51 MB file. And at that it only includes the
language Gutenprint ppd files.]
http://download.smedley.info/cups-1.3.7-gplgs-8.62-gutenprint-5.1.98.2-os2-20080608.zip
There is also a much smaller download of just the files (7.5 MB) that have
changed since the last release
http://download.smedley.info/cups-1.3.7-os2-20080608.zip
REQUIREMENTS:
Ghostscript and Gutenprint require the LIBC 0.6.3 runtime dll from
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
CUPS is built using a custom libc064x.dll - a copy of which can be
downloaded from http://download.smedley.info/libc064x.zip
CHANGES since the last release:
1) Updated to CUPS 1.3.7
2) Fixed a problem in pstops.exe that prevented the last page of OS/2
generated postscript printing
There is a eCups mailing list at Netlabs which can be viewed via Gmane at
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.ecups.devel
Please, please post feedback. A list of printers that Gutenprint supports
can be found at http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php3
Further details on using CUPS on OS/2 or eComStation can be found at
http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups or in the readme.os2 file in the download package.
If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/
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| SW: Bind updated to v 9.5.0 |
2008-06-10
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=bind
"BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the Domain
Name System (DNS) protocols and provides an openly redistributable
reference implementation of the major components of the Domain Name System,
including:
* a Domain Name System server (named)
* a Domain Name System resolver library
* tools for verifying the proper operation of the DNS server
The BIND DNS Server is used on the vast majority of name serving machines
on the Internet, providing a robust and stable architecture on top of which
an organization's naming architecture can be built. The resolver library
included in the BIND distribution provides the standard APIs for
translation between domain names and Internet addresses and is intended to
be linked with applications requiring name service."
DOWNLOAD: Bind (DNS Server) v9.5.0 - updated 20080608 -
http://download.smedley.info/bind-9.5.0-os2-20080608.zip
REQUIRES: libc063.dll - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/
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| SW: Squid v3.0.stable6 |
2008-06-10
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=squid
"Squid is...
* a full-featured Web proxy cache
* free, open-source software
* the result of many contributions by unpaid (and paid) volunteers
Squid supports...
* proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other URLs
* proxying for SSL
* cache hierarchies
* ICP, HTCP, CARP, Cache Digests
* WCCP (Squid v2.3 and above)
* extensive access controls
* HTTP server acceleration
* SNMP
* caching of DNS lookups
More information including documentation is available from
http://www.squid-cache.org/ "
DOWNLOAD: OS/2 & eComStation build: Squid v3.0.stable6 - updated 20080609 -
http://download.smedley.info/squid-3.0.stable6-os2-20080609.zip
REQUIRES: libc063.dll - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.
If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/
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| SW: Why CUPS is important to eComStation's future and why I should |
2008-06-11
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
So far I've received only a handful of reports on people's experiences with
CUPS on OS/2 which I find somewhat surprising and frustrating given how
critical this is to making our beloved platform viable into the future in
terms of printing support.
I thought I'd try and answer a few questions that i'm guessing people might
have.
What is CUPS? Cups Is basically a framework that translates postscript data
into a printers native format using Gutenprint and Ghostscript then sends
it to the printer. It is the printing system used on Mac OSX and most linux
distros. [Moderator note: CUPS is so important to Apple that they actually
bought the rights to it and not only pay to maintain it now, but have kept
it open source.]
Why is it important for OS/2? IBM used to update the omni drivers to
support 'consumer' types printers but these updates stopped some years ago.
it is now near impossible to find an affordable printer that will work with
OS/2 or eCS.
Can I print from native applications? Not yet! But this will be the next
focus once the foundation has proven to be solid.
Why do I need to print using a lpd port when my printer used usb? Printing
directly to a usb printer is planned - this will most likely happen after
printing from OS/2 apps is working as its really not that hard to install lpd.
Why should I test when it doesn't even let me print yet? firstly, it helps
validate that the framework works on a range of systems and printers.
Secondly, providing feedback helps let the people working on the project
know that people are interested and provides encouragement to continue
working on the project.
Thanks in advance,
Paul.
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| SW: Iron Spring PL/I Compiler Alpha version 0.6a |
2008-06-11
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Iron Spring Software
09 Jun, 2008:
A new ALPHA version of the Iron Spring PL/I compiler for OS/2 is now
available for free download at: http://www.iron-spring.com
This is the sixth alpha version. It is still missing many features, but is
working well enough to compile itself and its runtime library. The
"release notes" included in the package document some, but not all, of the
current restrictions. The 1.0 release is expected to be roughly a "Subset
G" compiler. Eventually the compiler will handle the full PL/I language
plus extensions from other compilers.
Following the OS/2 version a Linux version is planned.
Version 0.6a implements the %REPLACE preprocessor statement, adds the
'FROMALIEN' procedure option to allow calls to PL/I from other languages,
and packages the runtime library as a DLL and import library in addition to
the previously distributed static object library.
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| SW: XWorkplace 1.0.8 Italian NLS |
2008-06-12
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Gabriele Gamba has uploaded XWorkplace 1.0.8 Italian NLS to hobbes.
Download Incoming: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/new/xwp-1-0-8_nls-it.exe
Eventual placement:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-8_nls-it.exe
Requires: XWorkplace v1.0.8, WarpIN
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| SW: XWorkplace 1.0.8: German NLS released |
2008-06-13
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Christian Hennecke
Christian Hennecke has released the German NLS package for XWorkplace
1.0.8, the most feature-rich, free, and GPLed enhancer for the OS/2 and
eComStation Workplace Shell.
Changes:
- Added translations for GUI and online help of new features.
- Some improvements and fixes for typos
Christian no longer has access to Netlabs FTP to upload it to the correct
place, however it is in the /incoming directory:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/xwp-1-0-8_nls-de.exe
and in the fullness of time it should move to:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/nls/xwp-1-0-8_nls-de.exe
Please report *reproducible* bugs on the bugtracker at:
http://xtracker.xworkplace.org
If you would like to help support the author's work for OS/2 and
eComStation, please see "Support" at http://www.os2world.com/os2files or
the included LIESMICH.NLS file. You can access it from the
"XWorkplace-Installation" folder.
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| Net: Warpstock 2008 logo announcement |
2008-06-14
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Andy Willis
Warpstock is pleased to announce the selection of the 2008 Warpstock Logo.
The logo is available to webmasters to display their support for
Warpstock 2008. Please link the logo to:
http://www.warpstock.org/staticpages/index.php?page=ws2008_home
The large size logo is here:
http://www.warpstock.org/filemgmt/visit.php?lid=105
And the small size logo is here:
http://www.warpstock.org/filemgmt/visit.php?lid=104
Logo items are available here:
http://www.cafepress.com/warpstock
Warpstock Corporation is a Virginia corporation. The Warpstock annual
conference is a gathering of eCS/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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| Net: eCS Blog Article on Digg.com |
2008-06-15
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Gene Alexander
Someone put our web log article "Multiboot PC for FreeDOS, Linux and
eComStation" on Digg.com and it already has several "Diggs". If any of you
have a Digg.com account go help raise the score so we can get more folks to
look at it. Maybe we can get some new people interested in eComStation.
Here is the Digg.com URL:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Multiboot_PC_for_FreeDOS_Linux_and_eComStation
Gene Alexander
ERA Computers & Consulting
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