The developer's Toolkit for OS2 Warp 4 has been updated to level CSD 4 you can
download it from:
http://service2.boulder.ibm.com/devcon/showcase/cat/catalog.htm
Hi,
http://rover.wiesbaden.netsurf.de/~meile/los2cl.html
LOS2CL has been updated.
Thank you for your help to improve the LOS2CL
After 18 months, I finally updated my OS/2 programming links page on EDM/2. The
URL has also changed, although the old URL will continue to work. The new URL is:
This page contains an organized collection of OS/2 programming resources on the
WWW. In this update, I've made only minor changes, mostly link clean-ups. I have
still have a huge list of updates that will make their way to the page in the coming
weeks.
Program URL: http://www2.southwind.net/~dwhawk
Available from: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu
in pub/os2/util/file
or pub/incoming
http:www.cdrom.com in /.1/os2/wpsutil
http://www.bmtmicro.com
Archive Filename: dhg_106.zip 394021 bytes
Shareware: $10.00 (US)
Registration covers all 1.xx releases of DH-Grep-PM. If you have registered DH-Grep-PM
*prior* to Febuary of 1999 and have not received an email notice of this update,
I need to update your email address in my mailing list. Send me a message with the
email address used with your original registration and your new email address and
I will update my mailing list.
Description of DH-Grep-PM:
This PM version of grep is designed as a user friendly application. The often
cryptic command line options have been replaced with easy to use menu selections.
The output of the search is sent to a PM window and the user has easy access to
all of the information that was found by the program. To reduce the overhead, the
results are buffered until the search is completed and then displayed in the PM
window.
New in DH-Grep-PM Version 1.06
Fixed bug that prevented the font selection made from the menu from being saved
as the new default font.
Added support for saving drag & drop color and font changes made to the information
area below the main window. This should make DH-Grep-PM easier to use for OS/2 users
with vision problems.
I just noticed that IBM updated the installation diskette for installing Warp
4 on Thinkpads as of 2/24/1999. Two diskettes, disk 1 and disk 2 are updated with
fixes for > 4.3GB and 8.4GB among other things.
PrjBld v1.01 is a programmers project folder creation tool for OS/2
Features:
Project folders allow you to jump from project to project, so that you can handle
tech support calls, or quickly locate all the files associated with old projects.
For a free demo, visit:
http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/prjbld.html
or to see screen shots and descriptions:
http://www.idk-inc.com/prjbld.htm
Some time ago I begun porting SpeakFreely (a Internet Voice chat package) from
Unix to OS/2. Now I've got some result, I can build almost everything, it just lacks
the needed sound-card interface (I built compression, communication, and internet
tools for it). Unfortunately I don't know the OS/2 mmedia subsystem and I don't
have the time to learn it now. So I'm releasing my work (the partial port) in the
hope someone will give it a look and complete the port. (I would be very happy :)
You can find the package/build instructions on my homepage (http://www.quasarbbs.com/Virusface
-> english -> projects section).
Alternatively you can get the sources from OS/2 Netlabs (www.netlabs.org).
To download from netlabs go to :
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming
(Maybe a SpeekFrealy/2 page will be added to Netlabs)
The Device Driver Pak has had some updates:
scrollms.exe (2/23/99) - For the mice with wheels
director.exe (2/18/99) - CardBus support
playwill.exe (2/15/99) - CardBus support
usbbasic.exe (2/18/99) - USB support
usbcomm.exe (2/18/99) - USB modems
usbkeybd.exe (2/18/99) - USB keyboards
usbmouse.exe (2/16/99) - USB mice
JUCS (Java Update Control System) was written entirely under OS/2, even though
it is Java, so it has been tested the most under OS/2, and OS/2ers should appreciate
the "OS/2 feel" it has. It works GREAT under OS/2 Java 1.1.7
JUCS allows you to easily update your released products using special "patching"
techniques. Your products will be able to automatically keep themselves at the latest
version, and you can publish your product's patches via FTP/WEB or JUCS' Built in
Patch Server. JUCS also allows you to create single Install.class files to deploy
your products with. Free, non-crippled, evaluation version available!
Available at: http://members.xoom.com/jucs7/
Program URL: http://www2.southwind.net/~dwhawk
Available from: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu
in pub/os2/apps/internet/www/util
or pub/incoming
http:www.cdrom.com in /.1/os2/wpsutil
http://www.bmtmicro.com
Archive Filename: pms_120.zip 374337 bytes
Shareware: $9.95 (US)
Registration covers all 1.xx releases of PMStripper. If you have registered PMStripper
prior to Febuary of 1999 and have not received an email notice of this update, I
need to update your email address in my mailing list. Send me a message with the
email address used with your original registration and your new email address and
I will update my mailing list.
Discription of PMStripper:
This PM utility strips HTML codes from Web pages, leaving only the text and optionally
the URLs. While the layout of tables and lists is lost during stripping, data is
sorted to separate lines for legibility.
Install PMStripper as the HTML source viewer in WebX instead of the OS/2 system
editor E, and you can use the Ctrl+V keystroke combination to load the web page
source directectly into PMStripper. This will make it easier to cut and paste information
or URLs from web pages. It can also be installed as the document source viewer in
Netscape. There are instructions for using PMStripper with Netscape 4.04 on my web
page and included in the shareware distribution zip file.
Registered users of PMStripper will have access to two additional executable
files that were compiled with the 486 and 586 compiler options. These versions will
offer some performance improvement for users with 468 , Pentium, or equivalent CPUs.
New in PMStripper 1.21:
Fixed bug that prevented the font selection made from the menu from being saved
as the new default font.
Added support for saving drag and drop color and font changes made to the information
area below the main window. This should make PMStripper easier to use for OS/2 users
with vision problems.
Added a "Save Marked Text To File" option under "File" on
the menubar.
Greetings from Yokohama, Japan.
I released new version of VNC viewer for OS/2 PM. Now it has all features and
has reached beta level (beta 0.04).
Get the new version at:
http://www.sra.co.jp/people/akira/os2/index-e.html
or directly,
http://www.sra.co.jp/people/akira/os2/vnc-pm/index.html
[WarpCast Moderator's note: VNC is an application that lets you control the desktop
of one machine from another. For more details see http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/]
As of today - http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/fixnews.html#fp10
Fixpak 10 for OS/2 Warp 4
On February 26, 1999 IBM OS/2 Fix Distribution released FixPak 10.
Diskette images can be found at ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/
Select the country you are interested in then the Fixpak 10 (XR?M010) entry.
If there is none then Fixpak 10 is not available for that Country.
Software Updates enabled versions (RSU) can be found at http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/softupd.html
Also from Duane Chamblee the following:
In case you haven't heard. Fixpak10 is out...
I just installed it and had a few problems....
1. IMPORTANT!
If you have ESS Audio, download the latest ESS package from the DD Pak and update
the ESxxxxDD.SYS driver BEFORE installing the fixpak. Otherwise the machine will
trap at boot!
2. After the two reboots the "REIPL=ON" at the end of CONFIG.SYS did
not get removed, so the machine kept rebooting! An ALT+F1 command line boot will
allow you to remove this line using TEDIT.
Let me know if you do or don't have the same problems.
Stardock has released 0.93 beta of Stellar Frontier:
http://www.stardock.com/update/update_sf.html
On Hobbes I finally found what makes me consider my last year's decision to buy
a VIA MVP3 base socket-7 motherboard a lot less problematic than I thought until
now. The file is called danis506.zip and contains a busmaster IDE driver for recent
VIA chipsets. By the way, it's neither been done by IBM nor by VIA - the author,
Daniela Engert, says in the readme she was discontent with her system's performance,
and since IBM does not support it and the VIA efforts were too buggy she decided
to write her own driver. It works well in my Tyan Trinity 100AT based machine and
boosts SysBench performance of my Seagate 9 GB disk from 6.4/6.4 MB/s cache/transfer
to 21/11 MB respectively.
The sixth beta version of Moneydance is now available for download at http://seanreilly.com/java/moneydance/
Changes since beta 5 include:
This will be the last beta version before 2.0 final.
Moneydance is a personal finance manager written completely in Java. It includes
transaction auto-completion, graphing, reporting, a reconciliation tool, running
cleared vs uncleared balances, transaction sorting, double-entry, multiple currencies,
scheduled transactions, multiple accounts and more. Moneydance runs on OS/2, Linux,
Windows, Mac, and any platform with a compliant java 1.1 virtual machine.
We have very good news for all of our users on two different topics. First, we
have reached verbal agreement with CheckFree Corporation such that CheckFree suport
of InCharge will continue for the foreseeable future. We are now working out the
details for a modified contract. It appears our suit against CheckFree will not
have to go to court.
Second we are very happy to announce immediate availablity of a whole new Internet
home for InCharge. This new home will provide an enhanced www web site with all
of the problems of the current site resolved, a fully integrated FTP site for file
downloads, and a new e-mail address for customer support. We have made this major
investment to show our continued support for the OS/2 market and the new Win95/98/NT
market. The details are as follows:
NEW WEB SITE: Our new web site URL is "http://www.spitfiresoftware.com".
The advantages of the new site are:
NEW FTP SITE: We now have our own FTP site where all versions of InCharge can
be quickly and easily downloaded using an FTP program. The details are:
NEW SPITFIRE E-MAILL ADDRESS: Our new address is customer-care@spitfiresoftware.com.
The old address is, and will remain valid.
MORE GOOD NEWS: On March 1st, a major new web retail site will be launched focusing
on 32 bit platforms and software. We will be involved and over time you will be
able to oder not only new InCharge packages there, but also upgrades, electronic
subscription services, and new updated printed manuals. We will have more information
on this on March 1st.
Solution Technology, Inc.
1101 South Rogers Circle, Suite 14
Boca Raton, FL 33487
561-241-3210
Fax: 561-997-6518
E-mail: solution@stiscan.com
WWW: http://www.stiscan.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: February 25, 1999
Contact: Leon D. Zetekoff, N.C.E.
561-241-3210, Fax: 561-997-6518
E-Mail: solution@stiscan.com
WWW: http://www.stiscan.com
Industrial Services Selects Solution Technology Y2K Imaging System
Boca Raton, Florida Solution Technology, Inc. (STi) has been awarded a contract
by the Industrial Services of Mobile (Industrial) to implement a fully Year 2000
compliant OS/2 based imaging system.
Solution Technology will be delivering the award winning Image Edition for OS/2
to be hosted on a single processor OS/2 Warp Server. OS/2 Warp clients will be on
user workstations. STi's solution will preserve Industrial's existing investment
in hardware to be installed in Q1 1999. Image Edition supports high speed scanning
with their Fujitsu and EPSON scanners through STi's TWAIN for OS/2 drivers. Additionally,
Image Edition is being enhanced to permit hosting Image Edition's optical indexing
databases on IBM's DB2 Universal Database (UDB). This will permit Industrial Services
to directly access imaging information from other applications.
"The implementation of Image Edition will enable us to maintain our stable
OS/2 Warp Server and client environment while at the same time give us imaging and
document management capabilities. The Image Edition product will give us the capability
to manage and easily retrieve tens of thousands of documents from both our main
office and remote field locations. This will ultimately save time while providing
critical information to our remote locations faster, particularly when compared
to our existing manual system of storage and paper distribution.", said David
Scroggins, Secretary/Treasurer of Industrial Systems.
"We worked closely with Industrial Services to preserve their existing hardware
investments and to provide a complete OS/2 and Y2K compliant solution within the
time frame they requested." said Kent Swan, President of Solution Technology.
Solution Technology, Inc. is a leading supplier of components for image analysis,
data-entry and document management applications. Other barcode, forms reading, image
data-entry, and departmental document management products for OS/2 and NT are available
for use in the transportation, banking, distribution, and insurance industries among
others. Product and pricing information can be requested by calling (561) 241-3210
or by visiting STi's web site at http://www.stiscan.com.
TWAIN for OS/2 is a servicemark of Solution Technology, Inc. Image Edition is
a trademark of Ovation Data Services. OS/2, Warp, and DB2 are trademarks of IBM
Corporation. Other marks are owned by their respective companies.
Solution Technology, Inc.
1101 South Rogers Circle, Suite 14
Boca Raton, FL 33487
561-241-3210
Fax: 561-997-6518
E-mail: solution@stiscan.com
WWW: http://www.stiscan.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: February 25, 1999
Contact: Leon D. Zetekoff, N.C.E. (solution@stiscan.com)
561-241-3210, Fax: 561-997-6518
E-Mail: solution@stiscan.com
WWW: http://www.stiscan.com
Solution Technology Offers a Low Cost OS/2 Scanning Bundle
Boca Raton, Florida Solution Technology developer of TWAIN for OS/2 , is now
offering a high performance EPSON color scanner and software bundle for OS/2 users.
The STi package contains an EPSON SCSI ES-1000C color scanner AND STi's TWAIN enabled
Applause Image Utility for OS/2. This bundle allows the OS/2 user to scan black
and white, gray scale or 24 bit color images with photographic quality. Applause
for OS/2 allows the scans to be prepared for printing, inserting into documents
or for use on the web.
"EPSON is excited about Solutin Technology's software support of our scanners
and peripherals within the OS/2 environment. We look forward to extending our product
offering into the OS/2 community.", said Dwight Nichols, VAR Territory Manager
of EPSON America.
"We are pleased that we were able to work with EPSON to bring this special
scanner bundle to the OS/2 user community. The high quality of EPSON scanners gives
the OS/2 user very high flexibility at a very attractive price.", said Leon
Zetekoff, Product Manager of Solution Technology.
STi is supplying EPSON ES-1000C scanners from EPSONs "B" stock inventory.
EPSON "B" stock scanners are the result of newer scanners coming to market.
These scanners are either new or are EPSON refurbished units. All scanners have
undergone complete EPSON quality assurance and come with a one year limited warranty
from EPSON America. An Adaptec SCSI card and SCSI cable are included.
This Applause/ES-1000C OS/2 bundle is being offered for the astoundingly low
price of $169 (USD) prepaid plus shipping and sales tax where required. Due to the
limited quantities, orders are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Returns
only for DOA. Shipping costs are additional and depend on the shipping method the
purchaser desires. Florida purchasers will be charged 6% sales tax. At this time,
deliveries can only be shipped to addresses in North America. Please call for additional
information.
STi is a major manufacturer of production level OS/2 and NT based image, barcode,
and forms processing products including BarCode Anywhere , Genie Forms Express ,
and Image Edition for OS/2 . In addition, the company is a principal supplier of
accessory imaging support subsystems for IBM's ImagePlus and VisualInfo product
line.
Haven't seen this on Warpcast yet, so maybe it's still news. IBM has posted an
update to the RSU files as of February 22, 1999 - http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/softupd.html#newrsu
Perhaps they are getting ready for a new Warp 4 fix pack :-)
From the README.TXT:
January 28, 1999
Version 1.90 of RSUINST.EXE is a VisPro/Rexx 3.1 generated program to replace
previous versions of RSUINST.EXE.
<Snip> change log prior to 1.89
1.89 Set RC=0 if not updating rsuinst.exe in loop.
1.90 Handle FTP DIR response of 6 words (Leon's server).
Feb 15, 1999 -- MaxBase v2 has been released to the public.
Effe-Elle System s.r.l. announces the general availability of MaxBase v2, the
new release of the lightweight Java database product whose first version was rated
as "Cool" technology by Gamelan and "Top 5%" by JARS.
The MaxBase package contains several Java applications for creation, population,
administration of local and remote database tables in a proprietary format (conversion
utilities for DB III, CSV, QIF files are provided), design and printing of reports
and forms, creation of HTML tables for use in web pages; on top of these, classes
and Beans for Java and NetRexx developers are provided in the package. The product,
tested internally on Linux, OS/2 and Windows 95/98/NT but running also on other
platforms is specifically aimed at users, consultants and developers that need an
easy, affordable and lightweight solution for everyday database tasks; Effe-Elle
System, an european software firm, uses the product to build its own vertical software
and this ensures that the product is both improving and battle-proven for the tasks
it was created for.
Following the trend set by similar products, MaxBase is distributed exclusively
on the internet on the main MaxBase web page, http://www.flsystem.it/eng/Software/MaxBase/MaxBase.html
and the extended edition can be purchased with a secure transaction on the web;
the standard edition of the product, however, is downloadable for free at the above
URL and provides the same set of features as the extended edition, but is limited
in the number of the connections a MaxBase server can accept at once (two) and cannot
be re-sold or used to build commercial products.
Effe-Elle System s.r.l. would like to invite everyone interested in such a product
to stop by their web site, try out and use the package, available in several formats
(including a self-installing Win32 exe file).
The MaxBase project appeared for the first time some three years ago, developed
as a shareware by Massimiliano Marsiglietti, when Java was still in its infancy
and has gone through several important upgrades as the Java platform itself improved.
Mr.Marsiglietti has now joined Effe-Elle System s.r.l. and the development of the
product continues in the new corporate environment with the same enthusiasm as before.
Effe-Elle System s.r.l., founded in 1993, is a European software firm (the main
offices are at Casalgrande, RE, Italy) that also provides other computer-related
services such as network and hardware consulting.
Effe-Elle contacts
e-mail: info@flsystem.it Tel.: +39-0522996242 Fax: +39-0522846157 web: http://www.flsystem.it
The SECOND 1999 Release of ThermoProtect! :)
Now ThermoProtect V1.17 is available on http://hobbes.mnsu.edu/pub/incoming/tp-117.zip
and later it will be moved to http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/mboard/tp-117.zip
Freeware now and forever! :)
New Version Highlight :
This is a fairly massive update and bug fix, so please bear with me... :)
Since ThermoProtect is built with easy to upgrade code, I've decided to add support
for additional hardware to the program first, instead of making the GUI version.
And fear not, all the work done here will be translated to an even better GUI version...
<VBG>
*This version adds the ability to output to file, this feature does not allow
custom file name at this time.
*Well, now ThermoProtect is the FIRST (AFAIK) enviromental monitor that FULLY
SUPPORTS Winbond W83782D's output feature! Other program might be compatible with
it, but they do not exploit the extra feature that it provides! Yeah, one more thing
to brag about... <GR&D> ThermoProtect can now provide you with information
about information on your system's CMOS battery, helping you to identify mysterious
CMOS setting loss.
*False ThermoAlarm rejection added, Winbond's chip may sometimes gives you 0
RPM for fan speed, this problem with the hardware has been fixed by ThermoProtect's
internal false alarm rejection system. I'm surprised no one had mentioned about
this problem but it seems that some chips would give a fluke value once in a while
(seems like I'm reading the chip while it is updating the variables.).
@Now using CmdLin3 command line parameter processor, joint effort between Jim
Walsh, Kevin McCoy and ME! :) And numerous bugfix related to the newer CmdLin3's
value extraction problems.
!Chip detection bug fixed, now it should be able to accurately identify all known
chips.
!ThermoAlarm might indicate some inputs are protected even when they are NOT
PROTECTED. This bug has been corrected.
!The command line input for Fan #3's ThermoAlarm feature is now corrected. Now
incorrect command line input to ThermoAlarm will be detected properly.
!ThermoProtect may not write the proper value into the lowest fan speed variable
when it drops to zero or non existent. Now fixed.
REQUESTS!
If anyone knows what's going on with Gigabyte 6BXE's weird negative voltage reading
(-12V shows up as -2.xxxV, and -5V shows up as -1.xxxV... very weird...), please
let me know...
Error/Bug Reports:
If this program says that it can't identify the chip... please do the following...
*MAKE SURE you do have a enviromental monitoring chip of some kind.
*Check if the output from ThermoProtect is making sense or not (ie +5V entry
showing +8V is NOT making sense... :) )...
*Check your motherboard manual and record the model and the make of the monitoring
chip.
*E-Mail me the data... :)
Greetings. The new Epson Omni printer drivers available on the OS2DDPak On-Line
are *definitely* worth the download. The job properties box looks like a cross between
the familiar IBM OMNI driver and the current Windows Epson drivers. Photo output
is now excellent, and much faster than the drivers from Epson Germany (I tested
them with PMView 1.02).
Based on their graphics performance their text speed should still be way ahead
of the German drivers too. Looks like these may have been sourced from Epson USA
if I have interpreted what I saw on the DDPak web page correctly. Well Done!
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/printers/epsoname/index.htm
Javaworld magazine evaluated Java VM performance and scalability. It turns out
that... IBM's OS/2 Java VM running over OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business ('Aurora')
tops the speed tests!. It is faster than IBM's own Java VM for NT, faster than Microsoft's
Java VM, and faster than Redhat Linux!. It didnt get as high as solaris on the scalability
test but due to an acknowledged bug in the Aurora uniprocessor kernel (which IBM
says will be fixed).
A couple quotes:
Is it fast?
Each time I run a set of VolanoMark tests against the latest batch of Java virtual machines I find some surprises, and this time is no exception. IBM now dominates VolanoMark performance, whether on Windows NT 4.0 or on its new OS/2 Warp Server for e-business. IBM's Java virtual machine for Windows NT is a remarkable 20 percent faster than the alternatives from Microsoft and Sun. On OS/2 Warp Server it even beats Tower Technology's TowerJ static compiler, showing that it is possible for normal Java virtual machines to surpass native performance, even if that's not yet happening on the same operating system.
See for yourself the amazing results and charts at:
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-1999/jw-03-volanomark.html
A new beta version of the text-editor Kon is available on:
The version is 1.14 rev. 1075 BETA.
The new beta fixes a problem where Kon tried to save unexisting printer information
to the INI-file, in some cases creating a very large INI-file.
Info-text taken from last beta:
What is new in this version is mainly better printer support. Kon can now print
syntax highlighting, use different fonts, print two-column pages and also print
only odd or only even pages to allow double sided printing on a single-sided printer.
I would be happy for some feedback on the new printer support, and also some
information about how it works with different printers. (Mainly color printout).
Kon is shareware and the registration fee is US$20. To download and for more
information, point your browser to:
sitecopy is for easily maintaining remote web sites. The program will upload
files to the server which have changed locally, and delete files from the server
which have been removed locally, to keep the remote site synchronized with the local
site with a single command.
The OS/2 Port of version 0.4.0 is available now from the web site at:
http://www.SteffenSiebert.de/ports/sitecopy.html
This version brings:
Experimental new features which probably won't work at all for you:
Check the man page or README file for more information on new and old features.
A mailing list is available for sitecopy discussion - subscribe at:
http://www.lyra.org/mailman/listinfo/sitecopy/
or by e-mail to:
The original Unix source is available from the web site at:
Please send questions regarding the OS/2 port to (ports@SteffenSiebert.de
For other questions please use the mailing list at (sitecopy@lyra.org)
Thanks to Manfred Agne who has purchased the Bulgarian developer Rossen Assenov
a Sybil License, the RoboticsMessenger/2 is now in Version 0.70.
The RoboticsMessenger is for controlling the USRobotics Message Modems (Plus
and Pro) and the Faxmodem Pro.
You can change all settings, transfer the received messages, convert faxes to
TIFF-F, voices from gsm to WAV.
A Faxviewer by Dr.Pollack (out of fax102.lzh) and some other tools by Dr.Pollack
have also been added.
The RoboticsMessanger/2 is freeware and available at:
http://www.buntspecht.de/romes or
at
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/
(later it should be in /os2/apps/com)
I proudly announce, that www.os2-oss.de is online since 02/01/99.
os2-oss.de provides a search ebgine, that is OS/2 focused.
We use the latest *state of the art* search technology of IBM **Netquestion**.
Note: IBM uses this software to index their Intranet.
To get information on OS/2, please register your homepages with:
http://www.os2-oss.de/register_home.html
To see first results, have a look at:
http://www.os2-oss.de/search.html
Further on, we provide diskspace for programmers, as well as email - service.
We are proud that we can say that the whole thing is running on Warp server for
e-business.
Windows NT webmasters tired of the endless flow of security bugs and exploits,
or the direction MS is taking with NT 5.0 can now migrate to OS/2 :) and continue
running their web server's ASP scripts under Apache for OS/2 or any other OS/2 web
server.
'ASP anywhere' is what Halcyon promises in its announcement for "Instant
ASP", a Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) compatible framework that runs
almost anywhere: OS/2, Novell, Sun, Linux, MacOS, HPUX, SGI, SCO, DEC, RS/6000,
AS/400, S/390, and Windows.
"Instant ASP" supports all leading web servers such as Apache, Zeus,
Netscape FastTrack/Enterprise Server, Sun WebServer, IIS, IBM WebSphere, Lotus Domino,
and many others.
Interested OS/2 users can participate in the pre-release program by signing up
from the following URL:
http://halcyonsoft.com/asp/beta.htm
So, if you run a web server in os/2, join the beta!.
Well, here we go... Now there's finally a mailing list for ThermoProtect, Overclockers
AND OS/2 users!!! :)
ThermoProtect's User Mailing List is one such mailing list, the detail about
the mailing can be obtained by subscribing to the mailing list, and of course, you
can unsubscribe from the mailing list just as easily with a single E-Mail message...
To subscribe to the mailing list:
Send an E-Mail to:
and put the following in the message body:
subscribe tplist
or
subscribe tplist-digest
(for digest version, sent 1AM -8:00 GMT everyday)
That's all! :)
To unsubscribe, subsitute "subscribe" with "unsubscribe"
and you would be all set! :)
With the addition of more than a dozen new XFree86-OS/2 programs and utilities,
the OS/2 Alternative has passed the 1,200 mark of current, native OS/2 applications.
http://www.tstonramp.com/~freiheit/os2apps.shtml
As always, this fast-growing and free OS/2 resource continues to rely on the
assistance of OS/2 users and developers. Bad links require correct URLs. Applications
not already on the list need to be added. The assistance I have received has been
admirable, but it grows more difficult to maintain the links as more are added every
few days.
The next version of Minta, the well known, free MP3 tagging, listing and information
tool for OS/2, is going to be released end of March/beginning of April.
As Minta (since v2.00) supports national languages I am looking for people who
would like to do a translation of the program.
The language choice for the program has been seperated for the language choice
of the online help in the new version, so you can choose if you want to do a translation
of the program only (dialogs, menus and some messages) or a full translation (including
the online help; that I admit is a bit more work).
Full language support is availabe by now for english, german and dutch, so you
can also choose what "base" you want to use for the translation.
If you would like to help, please contact me at thth@gmx.net
You can get more information and your copy of the program at the Minta homepage:
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/CIP/thielen/minta/
I am looking forward to hearing from you!
The February 16, 1999 issue of the OS/2 e-Zine! is now available. In this issue:
You can read it at http://www.os2ezine.com/
Fortify has released and update for the new Netscape Communicator refresh.
http://www.fortify.net [WarpCast Moderator's
note: Fortify is a patch that enables Netscape browsers to use 128-bit encryption
for SSL transactions.]
I have created a website that details the procedures that I followed to setup
my cable modem to work under OS/2 Warp 4. It can be found at:
http://members.home.net/bhubley/cableintro.html
There is also a link to an article in OS/2 e-Zine that others should find very
useful. And if others wish to contribute their experiences in setting up a cable
modem with OS/2 I am willing to add to this site.
Albert Shan has released an update to his ramdisk program Super Virtual Disk,
unannounced and unheralded.
It is available on the BMT Micro web site at:
http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/svdisk.html
However unlike version 1.18 this update is no longer free and cost $8 for the
update and $40 for the full version.
New in the latest release:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2213263,00.html
Charles Lingo: Microsoft's worst enemy
The retired hospital maintenance engineer is mad as hell at Microsoft: Now it's
payback time.
By Patrick Houston, ZDNN
February 19, 1999 2:57 PM PT
As you know, Symantec (Norton Anti-Virus), purchased IBM Anti-Virus. As part
of that deal, Symantec agreed to maintain updates to previous IBM Anti-Virus versions.
However, if you go to the Symantec website, they have made it difficult to find
ANY information on updates to versions prior to 2.52, and of course even checking
that information urges you to upgrade to the new Norton Anti-Virus for OS/2. The
good news is that the updates for older versions 2.51 and below, ARE available.
They are on the Symantec FTP site. I found them at this URL:
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/antivirus_definitions/ibmav/
Bookmark this page when you get there. Remember that the naming convention for
versions 2.51 and below, begin with "old". As an example, the January
update is named OLD30CV.ZIP. The Feb. update is due shortly, or may even be there
by the time you download. It will be OLD30CW.ZIP.
Abbotsbury Software Ltd. has updated their driver for the Hauppauge WinCast/TV
PCI card. The current version is 1.040E. This version corrects a problem in the
Settings Notebook and properly sets up the brightness/saturation for GRADD users.
You will need to download the entire package, not just the .SYS file, and delete
your WinCast ini file (WCAST 1.INI).
I'm happy to announce that the driver is almost ready for general release. The
video quality is as good as that of our WinXX drivers. However, the driver still
does not support all Hauppauge hardware. Current omissions include FM Radio, Stereo,
Dolby and Teletext. Sound support is high on our list of priorities now that most
video issues have been cleared up.
IBM UK is currently working on their WarpTV Television application. The original
developer is making the changes needed to work with the new drivers and IBM has
given us the rights to distribute it. WarpTV is a quality PM application and I would
like to thank IBM UK, and the developer for updating it.
The driver set will be freely available to all non commercial users, however
we are asking that satisfied customers register their software for a cost of $30.
We are planning a CD that can be purchased for that price which will include the
drivers, a registered version of WarpTV, possibly the latest IBM FixPack and GRADD
drives plus whatever video related software we can find. This is being done primarily
for new WinCast users who haven't yet upgraded to the required FixPack and want
to get started as quickly as possible.
Java 1.1.7A has had another update, dated 2/18/99:
ftp://ftp.hursley.ibm.com/pub/java/fixes/os2/11/117/