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The next meeting of the Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG) will be next
Saturday, January 15, 2000 at 9:00 AM PST, at the IBM offices located in Plaza Tower,
600 Anton Blvd., Costa Mesa, on the 2nd floor.
CDS to Demo new Back Again/2000!
Computer Data Strategies' Brent Bowlby will be on hand to show to SCOUG the newly-released
Back Again/2000, the successor to their popular Back Again/2 line of products.
Back Again/2000 is the newest OS/2 data protection application and continues
CDS' committment to the OS/2 Warp and Warp Server platforms. Designed to be easy
to use and an easy transition from Back Again/2, Back Again/2000 is an all-new application
with many advanced features.
For those of you who weren't lucky enough to see Brent's presentation last year
at SCOUG, descriptions of his presentation varied from "phenominal" to
"outstanding" to "excellent". We expect a full house at Brent's
presentation, so come early for a good seat.
Meanwhile, for those of you thirsting for more information on Back Again/2000
prior to the meeting, visit the CDS website at:
http://www.cds-inc.com/prodinfo/ba2000.html
Two SIGs meet after the general meeting on Saturday:
Programming SIG: Steven Levine will lead the group, looking at Y2K problems which
actually occurred after the century changed, what management and design errors might
have led to these problems not being corrected beforehand, and other global computer
problems similar to Y2K that programmers may soon be called on to resolve.
General Interest Group: The topic will be a Y2K Redux. They'll cover problems
anyone is having with the hardware, operating system, or specific programs under
OS/2. They'll also set up the SIG meeting schedule/topics for the rest of the year.
Afterwards: No-host lunch and friendly chat at TGI Friday's across the street
or another local restaurant.
Internet SIG chats happen several times each week. Join them! (For further info,
go to http://www.scoug.com/chat/index.html).
Monday, January 17, 7 PM PST meetings:
The OS/2 Help Desk will have volunteers giving you hands-on assistance solving
your hardware and software problems.
The Networking SIG will continue setting up a new network. Come help and find
out what it all takes. (For further information, go to http://www.scoug.com/netsig.html)
Thursday, January 20, 7 PM PST meetings:
The Sundial SIG will be looking at the Clearlook word processor, specifically
how it's used to produce SCOUG's monthly newsletter, OS/2 For You. They'll work
with templates, graphics, varied width columns, fixed size text areas, footers,
and more to create a polished newsletter.
When, where, and how to get there:
SCOUG will be meeting on Saturday, January 15, at 9:00 AM (PST) at the IBM offices
located in Plaza Tower, 600 Anton Bl., Costa Mesa, CA, on the 2nd floor. From I-405,
exit onto Bristol northbound (one exit NW of the I-405/Hwy 55 interchange). Turn
right on Anton Blvd (the first signal north of I-405). Go east 2 signals and turn
right (you will see a TGI Fridays' on your right, where our after-meeting lunch
will be at).
Park in the multi-level garage behind TGI Fridays' across Anton Bl. from IBM;
the open-air lot on a diagonal from IBM may be unavailable due to construction.
For the OS/2 Help Desk and Networking SIG on January 17, and the Sundial SIG
on January 20:
The Eastside Christian School, Heritage Campus, is at 2530 W. La Palma Ave. in
Anaheim. It is on the south side of La Palma Ave. (about 200 ft. E of Magnolia)
on the property of Grace Baptist Church. There is a 2-story office building close
to La Palma Ave. with the address of 2528 up near the roof. Turn in (south) there.
Drive all the way to the back and park along the chain-link fence.
NOTE: There is a lot of freeway construction north of the school on I-5 and the
91 freeways; some on/off ramps may be closed and/or have detours. Check the SCOUG
web site for updates, and leave yourself plenty of time to find our SIG meeting
location.
Further information (including driving directions) can be found on the SCOUG
web site at http://www.scoug.com. The driving directions (http://www.scoug.com/directions.html)
also include maps for the general meeting and the Help Desk/Networking SIG that
you can print off as needed. Come and join us!
Thanks to Dave Shields of IBM's open source and Jikes development team, the NY
OS/2 Users Group is remaining at IBM's New York office at 590 Madison Avenue. We
have once again been saved in the 11th hour.
Therefore it gives me great pleasure to announce that...
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET ON THE 2nd WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, INCLUDING JANUARY
2000! Now on with the normally scheduled meeting announcement...
Topic: An Introduction to REXX
Date: January 12, 2000
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: IBM Building - 590 Madison
Avenue, New York, NY (S.W. corner of 57th Street & Madison Avenue)
* Directions via subway *
+ Take the 4,5,6 to 59th Street - walk two blocks south then two blocks west.
-or-
+ Take the N,R to 5th Avenue (@ 59th-60th Streets) - Walk two blocks south and one
block east.
Need more? Here's the MTA home page -
* Meeting Details *
We will have introduction to REXX, a batch file programming language that OS/2
uses extensively. REXX is also availble for IBM's AIX, OS/390; Micrsoft's Windows
9x/NT and there is a version for Linux. There are a few other versions out there
as well, like IBM's CICS.
Rexx is a mature language. This past March of 1999, REXX celebrated its 20th
birthday.
From:http://www.mindspring.com/~dave_martin/w
hat_is_rexx_.html
"REXX is a programming language designed by Michael Cowlishaw of IBM UK
Laboratories. In his own words: "REXX is a procedural language that allows
programs and algorithms to be ritten in a clear and structured way." REXX doesn't
look that different from any other procedural language."
If you would like to give yourself a quick primer before our formal (using the
term loosely) presentation, here are a few web sites...
+ REXX Lanuage Association - http://www.rexxla.org
+ IBM's REXX Page - http://www.ibm.com/rexx
+ Dave Martin's REXX FAX Site - http://www.mindspring.com/~dave_martin/RexxFAQ.html
All three sites have a lots of useful information.
****** RED ALERT ****** RED ALERT ****** RED ALERT ******
The countdown begins on 12/21... 10 days remain before Y2K!
You, me, and the mouse in my pocket all know that the 21st century starts 01/01/2001.
However, the really cool calendar change is coming up in a few weeks. What will
it mean to your computer systems?
Brian Hedges will be going over (for 1 last time) what you can do to protect
yourself from computer glitches. Are your OS/2 systems compliant? Find out where
to get those last second updates at the next Atlanta OS/2 User Group meeting.
Agenda:
Please plan on attending!
Regards,
Roger Borrello
Atlanta OS/2 User's Group Secretary
Eddress: rfb@GoldenCode.com
http://www.goldencode.com/atlos2/atlos2.html
The Philadelphia Area Computer Society OS/2 SIG web site at:
has just been updated. Stop in for these new features:
DECEMBER DATA BUS ARTICLE
SIG Leader Larry Lavins' December article for the PACS monthly publication Data
Bus is now on-line.
This month's article includes reports and links from the November meeting, a
how-to on setting up a scanner under OS/2, information on the December holiday party
celebrating OS/2's twelve birthday, and other news from the OS/2 world.
Membership Meeting and a SpeakUp with Peter Nielsen
Date : Monday December 20, 1999
Time: 7:00PM EST (0:00GMT)
VOICE is proud to present a dynamic duo! A membership meeting and a speakup with
special guest Peter Nielsen of PMView fame! This event is scheduled on the WEBBnet!
(irc.us.webbnet.org) So be sure to flip on over to #VOICE Monday night December
20, 1999 and get the latest view from Peter Nielsen.
A web interface can be found at:
http://www.webbnet.org/server.html
It's as easy as clicking on either one of two "Live Chat" circles.
Note the special time for the meeting! It's 7pm EST. This is to accomodate the
timezone difference for our Special guest!
VOICE invites EVERYONE to attend. Bop on over to the WEBBnet join #VOICE, take
a little refuge from the harried Christmas season and relax with Peter Nielsen and
the rest of the VOICE team!
Should you need more information on using the webbnet and IRC, assistance is
available at http://www.os2voice.org/meetinginfo.html
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Hookup and Speakup Monday December 20, 1999 7:00PM EST (0:00 GMT)
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