TarGzipPm has been updated again. This version now supports unarchiving of all
Tar and gzip files unarchiving of zip files (limited support) Auto-extraction of
Tar files in zip files Creates *.Tar.gz
This version includes many fixes and now includes lots of Object Rexx coding,
it will not run under T-Rexx
available from
http://users.powernet.co.uk/vpub
please note this site is being re-construced!
NUT/2, the nice nutritional database that contains 5976 foods, has been updated!
In this new port, based on version 4 for Unix, I included an installation script
and I solved some little bugs.Now even users with XFree86/2 installed can run NUT/2
without problems!
New build is smaller than previous (520Kb vs 1.1Mb) so you'll download it faster
;-)
NUT/2 is Free-Cardware, so you don't have to pay to use it. Don't forget to write
me to suggest any kind of change!
The NUT/2 homepage (ONLY in ITALIAN at the moment) is at:
http://www.quasarbbs.com/michele
and you can download new distribution from : QuasarBBS
or from Hobbes archive (now in /incoming)
Enjoy NUT/2 !
FP9 broke HPLJ6L printing (as well as others) from os/2 (but not win-os/2) programs
e.g. wordpro.
A work around appeared: back out to FP8's pmmerge.dll, pmviop.dll, and pmviop.sym.
This works on my system. Thanks To Steen Kleis Sorensen for the post to bugs
newsgroup.
You are invited to join a growing group of OS/2 users interested in the internet.
We meet every Tuesday at 7-8 PM PST. This is an online chat session on the #scoug
channel of webbnet.
For more information, see the web site at:
http://users.deltanet.com/users/dwatson/meeting.html
Sponsored by SCOUG, VOICE and Webbnet.
A new version of my TV-viewing software StWTV is out.
http://home.t-online.de/home/stefan.milcke/homepage.htm
Now with:
wcast driver version 1.016D or 1.030H and higher recommended.
My Company (several thousand employees worldwide) is one of the bigger names
in the business of IT Consulting. We are looking for german-speaking skilled OO
developers with experience in either GUI design, databases (ODBC,JDBC) or CORBA/RMI.
If your knowlegdge of Java is only basic, it is no knock-out item - we'll make you
an expert! Development platforms are Windows NT, Linux as well as OS/2 !!! ;-)),
the focus is on platform-independence of our applications.
Anyone interested should contact me (joaschneider@metronet.de).
I will then forward it to our HR department!
This is quite an opportunity for OS/2 as well as the OS/2 community, especially
in Germany!
This is my OS/2 version of the XSokoban Unix game available on the Internet.
Sokoban is an addictive puzzle game, where Sokoban (japanese for 'warehouse man')
must move all the boxes in a Maze into their storage areas, preferably in the least
number of moves and pushes. There are around 350 Mazes of varying levels of difficulty
to solve!
This Sokoban for OS/2 (v1.01) is freeware and can be obtained by visiting:
http://www.xylo.freeserve.co.uk/sokoban.htm
Pretty Pop Software released The Wall 3.25, today.
The Wall changes background images and/or color at user-set intervals. You can
configure each image file in such as *.BMP/ *.GIF/ *.JPG/ *.TIF/ *.TGA/ *.PCX/ *.DIB
in the Wall. Choose TILE, SIZED or NORMAL during configuration. The Wall writes
an extended attribute for each and displays the .BMP as configured.
You can get a copy from...
http://member.nifty.ne.jp/prettypop/
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qw6k-knst/
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qw6k-knst/software/
This OS/2 application requires Watcom VX-REXX runtime module (VROBJ.DLL).
http://rover.wiesbaden.netsurf.de/~meile/los2cl.html
The Large OS/2 Client's List has been updated.
ource: IBM - Peter E. Greulich - Technical Sales Specialist - pgreulic@us.ibm.com
IBM and Vinca have announced a relationship for IBM to resell Vinca's Standby
Server for Warp Server. They will have an additional release this year to get to
CoStandbyServer for Warp Server. This is our strategic way of delivering clustering
support for Warp Server.
References will be available soon.
Contact your IBM rep for more information.
Below is the way to get support from Vinca -
We are pleased to announce Vinca's new web-based technical support system. http://support.vinca.com will take you to the
Vinca Technical Services information page, or allow you to open a new support incident
directly from this page.
When accessing the new, web-based technical support system, you need a logon
id and password. If you don't currently have one, please e-mail your request to
support@vinca.com. In your e-mail, please
indicate what logon id and password you want to use. We'll activate those in the
system and acknowledge back to you via e-mail that your access is now active.
WarpX page updated is updated with info about OS/2 code moved to secure server
so "outside vendor" can access it and about started development of "a
device driver to read and write(!) to a DVD drive. And a UDF (Universal Data File
System) FS driver).
WarpX pages are at: http://www.jmast.se/warpx/
The time is drawing near. Initial requests indicating your intent to bid for
Warpstock 99 are due by January 31, 1999. Completed bid proposals will be accepted
starting Feburary 1, 1999 until March 1, 1999.
A host city announcement date has not be determined. This will be dependent upon
the number of bids received so that time will be allowed to throughly review each
proposal.
Visit http://www.warpstock.org for full
details and request a bid form if interested in becoming the host city for the OS/2
event of the year, Warpsock 99.
We've received several requests for bid forms and really look forward to starting
the review process once the bid proposals are submitted !!!
Thank you,
Warpstock, Inc.
President, Larry Finkelstein
Vice President, Judy McDermott
Secretary, Treasurer, Mark Abramowitz
Board Member, Paul Hethmon
Board Member, Rollin White
Board Member, Tom Stevic
Board Member, John Ratti
SouthTrust Bank, a major U.S. bank with 650 branches in 7 southern states, has
decided to standardize on IBM OS/2 Warp 4.0 for all branches. This upgrade will
be rolled out over the next six months as part of SouthTrust's ongoing Y2K compliance
program.
Update AV30CV published on January 22, 1999
The updates are now on the Symantec web site:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ibm/index.html
But for those of you who have good ol' http://www.av.ibm.com firmly engrained
in your mind, just go there and click on "Latest Updates" and they'll
navigate you straight to the appropriate Symantec page.
Tripplite has updated their OS/2 PowerAlert software for their line of UPS devices.
The new version is 10.1. Don't be thrown off by the web page which says OS/2 is
not included. When you get to the download page, it's there in the list and available.
Btw, according to the webpage, it will control any ups by any manufacturer.
The OS/2 software can be found at:
http://www.tripplite.com/software/update.html
Since I read the thought-provoking article "Will Digital Sound Speakers
make sound boards obsolete?" at:
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,7292,00.html
I wondered if this type of hardware would ever be supported by OS/2.
Well, it is!. You can now have high-quality sound _without_ a sound card by purchasing
just a set of USB speakers that convert digital audio data sent over the usb bus
to analog sound.
IBM quietly (as usual) released drivers for USB "Digital Speakers".
The drivers are available at:
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/os_2comp/labtec/index.htm
These drivers require the base usb support, downloadable from:
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/os_2comp/usbbasic/index.htm
Those OS/2 users on a multi-platform network who need to access and run Win32,
Unix or Mac applications from OS/2 now have a 100% FREE, open solution: VNC developed
by Oracle at the ORL laboratory in the U.K., and released with full source code
under the GNU General Public License.
VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is a FREE, multi-platform remote
display system which allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment from anywhere
on a TCP/IP network (your local lan, an intranet, or even the global Internet),
and from a wide variety of machine architectures.
What makes VNC different from other commercial solutions is:
-It is small and simple. The Win32 viewer, for example, is about 150K in size
and can be run directly from a floppy. No installation needed.
-It is truly platform-independent. A desktop running on a Linux or Windows 95
machine may be displayed on an OS/2 PC. Or a Solaris machine. Or any number of other
architectures. There is also a Java viewer.
-It is sharable. One desktop can be displayed and used by several viewers at
once.
VNC Servers and clients for win32, unix and macintosh have been available for
some time from the official VNC homepage at:
The news is that an OS/2 user from Japan has ported the VNC client to OS/2 PM.
Download it from the VNC Viewer for OS/2 PM homepage at:
http://www.sra.co.jp/people/akira/os2/vnc-pm/index.html
Current version is third alpha (alpha 0.03) of VNC viewer for PM.
I encourage everyone to try this, and also those brave enough to attempt to port
the VNC _server_ to OS/2 too. (Which would give us a _free_ remote control solution
of an os/2 desktop from another os/2 system, and also of OS/2 from Mac/Win32/Unix).
The author of this os/2 port is Akira Hatakeyama from Japan and reacheable at
akira@sra.co.jp.
Last note: A really good introduction to VNC in RealVideo format is available
at http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/videos.html
Abbottsbury Software updated their WinCast OS/2 driver for Hauppage WinTV and
Wincast PCI cards to version 1.030H on january 25, 1999:
The download URL is:
http://www.wdi.co.uk/os2tv/download.htm
Having supported CFGINFO in the last year I'm now proud to announce a new FREE
application named CFGMAINT which hopefully has no more the bugs CFGINFO has. CFGMAINT
was developed by Kai Evers, well known for mINI, IPT and other free programs. CFGMAINT
has an updated database written by myself with all the new entries (e.g. JFS.IFS,
USB-Drivers, and lots more) I've found or who have been mailed to me since the last
months by users of CFGINFO.
CFGMAINT is in ver 0.92, does what CFGINFO has done and some more (e.g. sort
config.sys, edit bootscreen, generate configuration files for boot options ...)
and can be downloaded at:
http://www.buntspecht.de/cfgmaint
Thanks to all users of CFGINFO (and hopefully new users of CFGMAINT), and all
who mailed me the bugs they had with CFGINFO for their patience.
Klaus Staedtler
The team [RC5-64 cracking Team Warped] has stepped up to fourth place overall
in the rankings:
http://rc5stats.distributed.net/tm_top100.html
We are gaining on 3rd place but we are also being gained on by some of the other
teams.
======================================
Latest News From The mSQL PC Home Page
http://www.blnet.com/msqlpc
Jannuary 27, 1999
======================================
mSQL 2.0.4.1 for Win32 alpha #9 released!
Joshua Dinerstein Released the 9th build of mSQL 2.0.4.1 for Win32, correcting
a number of bugs on the mmap implementation. But do not take me wrong, Joshua's
port was already very stable and funcional even on the previous build.
Another release of mSQL Admin for OS/2
Wolfgang Draxler released another version of his GUI Administrator for mSQL under
OS/2.
New in this Version:
Fix for msql.h from mSQL 2.0.6
Bambi released a fixed msql.h header file for people having problems compiling
msql clients (such as PHP) for the latest release of mSQL.
News on the Mac port of mSQL API
Not really news, but many may like to know that there is a port of the mSQL client
API for the MacIntosh.
Hexen for OS/2 is available at http://www.powerutilities.no/files/hexen/hexen.html
Hexen is a DOS game developed by Raven and Activision, also known for 3DWolf,
DOOM, and more...
The Command line Clipboard Access (CCA) programs are a set of shareware programs
that allow the OS/2 user to access the OS/2 clipboard from the command line in a
full screen or windowed OS/2 session.
These programs do not make any changes to the OS/2 INI files or create any additional
files on your hard drives. To install them, just copy the two executable files to
a directory in your OS/2 search path.
The shareware version of these programs are fully functional, but they add an
identification line to the clipboard text.
New in Command line Clipboard Access 1.1
The functions of PMClip2.exe and Fclip2.exe have been combined into one program
that is also called Fclip2.exe.
This should improve performance when getting data from the OS/2 clipboard.
http://www2.southwind.net/~dwhawk
I recently released latest version 1.3 of the Euro-capable currency converter/calculator
PM-EURO.
There are some improvements in behaviour of the software and some new functions
in this new version.
The new feature "Auto-Copy" is very useful to copy the result of your
convert into the OS/2 clipboard (to use it in other applications).
PM-Euro 1.3 is freeware and available on the author's homepage:
http://www.hamburg.roses.de/~carsten.mueller
as well as on CompuServe: GO OS2AVEN (Sec. Warphouse) and on hobbes.nmsu.edu
and ftp.leo.org
The Swedish and Czech NLS (National Language Support) packages for the FREEWARE
WPS-enhancer XFolder is now available for download at Ulrich Moellers homepage:
http://www2.hu-berlin.de/~h0444vnd/xfldr.htm
XFolder was earlier translated to German, Japanese and Polish. Dutch, Chinese,
Italian, Spanish and Russian translations are in progress.
XFolder has been awarded "Runner-up" in the "Workplace Shell Utility"
category in the OS/2 e-Zine! 1998 Reader's Choice Awards. It was only behind Object
Desktop in this category.
The FPK Pascal excutables have been updated to version 0.99.10 and can be downloaded
from:
http://www.brain.uni-freiburg.de/~klaus/fpc/
If you download the new IBMKEYB.EXE from the IBM Device driver pack (http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html)
you can set the undocumented switch /NUMLOCK, this turns numlock steadily to ON.
Since Fixpack 8 (or even earlier) you can aslo select the dvorak keyboard layout
in your keyboard configuration settings (in the systemconfiguration folder).
(Added January 30, 1999)
Dear users of OS/2: I've reported some days ago that the undocumented switch
/NUMLOCK enables the number pad with the newest ibmkbd.sys (ver. 10.011) available
at the os/2 driver pack. This message contains two errors.
1. the switch must be /NUMON, the other undocumented switches are /NONE and /NUMOFF.
Posting this message the /NUMON turned falsly to /NUMLOCK I apologize for this error.
2. as this switch worked with my rather old (14 Years) keyboard I falsly thougt
that it then should work with every keyboard and not only with some. Kovacs Istvan
has mailed me some time ago that some hungarian users had told him that the switch
/NUMON works with some older ibmkbd.sys drivers and some codepages but there is
no rule if it works or not. With my old ibmkbd.sys out of the fixpaks the switch
didn't work, but when I've downloaded the new ibmkeyb.exe and installed it my numlock
led began to glow green during boot and stayed on, also the numberkeys are working.
Looking into the new ibmkbd.sys I've found the mentioned switches, so I falsly thought
that IBM has build in a general support for numlock via the /NUMON switch.
Sorry for my error, the rumour and the troubles you've might had.
Audio-CD-Creator V0.3 is avaiable
This release replaces Audio-CD-Creator V0.2.
It is a folder class for the WPS which works as a frontend for cdrecord/2 for
creating of Audio-CDs. Just put wavefiles or shadows of wavefiles into this folder
and press 'write'. Arbitrary ordering of files is possible via DnD. Full WPS aware.
New in version 0.3:
For your convenience the CDRTools executable V1.02 is also included. It supports
some common tasks like TOC reading or blanking.
Licence:
This package is provided 'as is' under the Gnu public Licence (GPL). All files must
be kept together. Read the file 'Copying' for further information.
Get it from:
http://ftp.leo.org (currently in incoming)
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/
This may or may not mean anything once FP40/FP10 are released but IBM has updated
their IBMKBD.SYS keyboard driver. It's about two months later than the one currently
in FP39/FP9. So if anyone is having problems with their keyboard perhaps you should
update the driver.
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak/ibmkeybd.exe
IBM have updated the Y2K package for TCP/IP 3.0 (Warp Connect). Dated Jan. 19,
1999.
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/tcpip/fixes/v3.0os2/year2000/v30y2k.exe
About 540,000+ bytes in size.
Omnioptions.com has been retained by a leading Internet/Entertainment firm within
New York that is currently on search for a senior level OS2 programmer. We are looking
for the following experience:
5 years business experience
Must be well versed in OS2
Creative problem solver with strong analytical skills
Must not wear suits
Please provide salary requirements and questions to deedee@omnioptions.com
Warpstock, Inc. is looking for a webmaster to take over the duties of maintaining
the warpstock web site.
The pay is pretty bad, but the job satisfaction is great.
If anyone is interested, please email me personally, and include a URL as a sample
of your work.
Tom Stevic
Warpstock, Inc.
I've been playing around with REXX and simple Internet tasks for a while, and
figure I might as well announce what I've done with it.
The utilities currently only number two:
ngfetch.cmd - get list of newsgroups
urlget.cmd - get files via HTTP or FTP by URL
The former will retrieve groups with or without article number information.
The latter is primarily useful for grabbing files, but it will also store whatever
information is sent from a HTTP URL, provided you give it a filename to store it
as (CGI scripts, default indexes, etc.) The FTP is accomplished via REXX Sockets,
not the REXX FTP library, so resumed transfers are supported.
Both utilties display transfer progress.
Object REXX is required, as is the RxSock.dll library.
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/rxiutl13.zip
When archived, it will be found at:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/suite/rxiutl13.zip
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 25 January 1999 -- Snow Storm Software has finished
implementing a new electronic software delivery system in cooperation with Digital
River. All Snow Storm Software products are now available for immediate purchase
and delivery via the internet using all popular credit cards. Simply visit the Snow
Storm Software web site and click on 'Orders' then select your products.
http://www.snowstormsoftware.com
As always Snow Storm products are also available from BMT Micro and Indelible
Blue for your convenience.
Snow Storm Software
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Contact: Juanita Tavares
Marketing Manager
(403) 547 0669
snowstm@ibm.net
www.snowstormsoftware.com
I would like to announce that we are withdrawing from market, the Pediatric History
and Physical Program for versions 1.0 through 3.5. However, we are pleased to announce
that we are close to finishing new enhancements to Version 5.0.
New features include Patient Health Provider Data, Immunization Records and CPT/ICD-9
Coding. We have filed application with the American Medical Association to obtain
licensing to incorporate the Physicians' Current Procedural Technology into our
database for use in the application. Please visit our Technical Status Update document
for a preview at URL:
http://www.PediatricNetwork.com/enhance/enhancements.htm
We are also in the prototyping phase for the following requirements:
Chart Summary Notebook - Standard Well Baby Visits
Master Problem List
Charge Summary Review and Edit
Another technical status update will be posted to solicit comments as we progress.
Again, thanks for your interest and suggestions as we strive to improve healthcare
for children.
Sincerely,
John Wubbel
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The John Wubbel Consultancy, Inc.
jwubbel@www.PediatricNetwork.com
http://www.PediatricNetwork.com
The Italian fixpack 9 for Warp 4 is out, disk and rsu version.
disk:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/italian
rsu:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/rsu/xrim009
The webpages of Team OS/2 Region Trier e.V. are now, apart from German, available
in English too.
Of particular interest to foreign visitors may be:
You may visit our pages at http://www.teamos2.ipcon.de/en-index.html
(The pages are mirrored also at http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/CIP/thielen/teamos2/)
DH-Grep-PM 1.05 has been released.
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 1.05
Added 'Open Enter Search Parameters Immediately' option under 'Display'. This
option causes the 'Enter Search Parameters' window to open when DH-Grep-PM is loaded.
Added support for saving drag & drop color and font changes made to the menubar.
This should make DH-Grep-PM easier to use for OS/2 users with vision problems.
Made some minor changes to the online help and made a version of the online help
with larger type available. The user will be prompted by the installation routine
as to which version of the help file will be used. This should make DH-Grep-PM easier
to use for OS/2 users with vision problems.
Hi All,
I just wanted to make a few points:
This release of SDD for OS/2 was clearly marked as Alpha and was not released
publicly -- it was just released to those who formally signed up as testers.
As the announcement said, SciTech is very aware that there would be problems
with this release, but we wanted to get into the hands of those hardy souls that
would be interested in getting an early peek at the software.
Please post your comments about this pre-release product to the official channels.
The best place to discuss the product is on the newsgroup SciTech created for pre-release
versions:
news://news.scitechsoft.com/scitech.display.doctor.beta.
We're happy that there is so much interest in SDD for OS/2, but these public
posts should be tempered with the fact that this was not a public release of the
software. SciTech fully understands and expects that some users will encounter major
problems when running this Alpha release. This should not reflect anything about
the quality of the final release of the product.
Thanks to all those that are so interested in SDD for OS/2. Your patience will
be rewarded.
Regards,
Tom Ryan --
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Matrox has released new unified drivers for OS/2 (v2.22). The drivers support
the Mystique and Millennium series (including the G200), and Productiva G100. You
can download a copy from:
ftp://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/mystique/os2/1696_222.zip
There is a new release of the RAR/2 for OS/2, v2.50 Beta 2. RAR is a file compressor.
You can download a copy from:
Editor's Note: RAR 2.5 beta 2 for OS/2 can also be found on:
http://www.creabel.com/softronic/
Visual Age for Java Roll-up 2 has been released. Roll-up 2 contains all fixes
previously issued in Rollup 1, plus additional defect fixes, JDK 1.1.7A support
(including Euro currency capability), and JFC 1.0.3 support. You can download it
from:
http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/vajava/fixes.htm
Symantec has finally put Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 into GA. More information
can be found at:
http://www.symantec.com/nav/fs_nav5os-2.html
Aquila Technologies is proud to announce the release of GL-Cube v2.0. A Rubik's
cube type game, the player tries to solve the cube in the shortest amount of time
possible. Billions of wrong combinations but only one correct one! You can play
by yourself, against another person, or get the computer to solve automatically.
Features include:
Utilizing most every OpenGL feature, this program provides a great way to show
off your computers' 3D capabilities. Fullscreen display with computer auto-play
also makes a great screensaver! This is a free upgrade for all registered users
of GLCube v1.0.
For more information, see the Aquila Technologies website (http://webhome.idirect.com/~aquilat/).
Wanda is a program that allows you to create lots of little "sticky notes"
on your OS/2 desktop, in which you can write down all kinds of valuable (or not
so ...) information.
v0.75 is something of a pre-release which has still some small bugs and is also
still missing lots of features that I would like the program to have (e.g. good
documentation ;-)
Wanda is mailware.
Download it either from the homepage:
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/CIP/thielen/wanda/
or from Hobbes:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/incoming
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps
(later)
PU Monitor 2.04 (151) has been released. PU Monitor is system monitoring tool
for OS/2. Features include:
You can download a copy from http://www.naverex.kiev.ua/
I'm developing a game for OS/2 and Windows 95/98 called ERIC. It's a Boulder
Dash clone, and I would love to get some feedback on how it works on different OS/2
and Windows configurations. I currently have a beta available for download on my
website, which is located at:
http://www.bacchus.com.au/~ben/eric.html