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Call for Warpstock 2004 bids

It has been about 4 months since we last sent out a notice looking to see if there is any interest from any group to make a bid for hosting Warpstock 2004. To date we have had a few questions about the hosting process, but no one has actually stated an interest in submitting a bid. The deadline for submitting an interest in making a bid is December 31, 2003. Actual completed bids are due by February 28, 2004. So if you are thinking about doing so, now is the time to let us know.

Warpstock 2003 was a success, so we feel there is still sufficient interest to keep the event going, but we can't do that without the help of a dedicated local group of OS/2-eComStation users.

Every year some people complain that the location is too far or too expensive for them to attend. Or people think we are doing the entire event wrong and should do it more inexpensively (youth hostels/University setting?) or more professionally, or just different. Here is your chance to determine the location, the structure and the cost. So if you are interested in making a bid please send a letter outlining your ideas to madodel@ptdprolog.net. See the Bid Proposal page http://www.warpstock.org/about/bid_proposal.html for more information.

Warpstock 1997 - Diamond Bar, California
Warpstock 1998 - Chicago, Illinois
Warpstock 1999 - Atlanta, Georgia
Warpstock 2000 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Warpstock 2001 - Toronto, Canada
Warpstock 2002 - Austin, Texas
Warpstock 2003 - San Francisco, California
Warpstock 2004 - That's up to you. :-)

Warpstock, Inc., is a North Carolina 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

Warp 4 fixpack 17 is available

https://www3.software.ibm.com/cgi-bin/asd/priv/rsudl/images/xr_m017

Requires Software Choice or Passport Advantage.

Innotek Font Engine Updated 12-16-2003

InnoTek Font Engine for OS/2 Version 2.10 Preview 1 available.
To download, click on the following link:
InnoTek_FT2LIB_210_Preview1.zip (350KB)
Works until Feb 2004
http://download.innotek.de/ft2lib/InnoTek_FT2LIB_210_Preview1.zip

"The InnoTek Font Engine for OS/2 (powered by Freetype 2) is a port of the Freetype 2 font engine to the OS/2 Warp platform which provides a tight integration with the OS/2 graphics subsystem. It is designed to be able to replace the OS/2 font rendering subsystem for selected (tested) applications."

Url: http://www.innotek.de/products_e.html

UpdCD 2.40 has been released

UpdCD 2.40 has been released. This is a full release which should not be installed on top of an existing UpdCD 2.3x installation.

Major changes since version 2.30:

- National language support (English, French, Russian, German (not finished), Hungarian)
- Support for no emulation boot method
- Support for eCS 1.1 as target OS

UpdCD can be used to create an updated OS/2 Warp 3/4, WSeB, CP 1/2 or eCS 1.x installation CD-ROM.

Url: http://xenia.sote.hu/~kadzsol/rexx/sajat/updcd.htm

RSJ CD Writer for OS/2 5.05

RSJ has released an update to their CD/DVD writer software for OS/2. In case people weren't aware, starting with 5.0 RSJ now supports writing to DVD media.

URL: http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/cdwriter/cd_os2.asp

Download: http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/download/downos2.asp

Changes RSJ CD Writer for OS/2
5.05

* freedb: added missing "classical" category
* freedb: allow changing category for updated freedb entries

LEDPanel 0.8.0 bitmap font

LEDPanel is an OS/2 bitmap font resembling the digits (and letters) of a LED display. While there are Type 1 and TrueType fonts out there on the net, they all suffer from the bad font rendering on OS/2.

The LEDPanel font comes for 96dpi and 120dpi system and 3 different faces: Bold, Condensed and Normal.

Its primary purpose is to be used on digital clocks on the e/xCenter and other kinds of panels, providing a sharp and neat display in different styles..

Hobbes Incoming: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ledpanel080.zip
Hobbes Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=ledpanel

New wvgui 20031218

Download: ftp://ftp.os2.kiev.ua/wvgui/wvgui20031218.zip

Web site: http://os2.kiev.ua/en/wv.php
Support Forum: http://os2.kiev.ua/en/forum.list.php?f=1

"The program is representing GUI for WarpVision created by Alex Strelnikov It is not "launcher" for WV CLI, but includes latest WV CLI features In future, these sparated projects will be combined in one

plays video media formats: mpeg1/2, avi, asf, mov, mp3 audio, wav
audio codecs support (pcm, mp3, ac3, wma1, wma2, ms adpcm, mp4)
HWENDIVE/WarpOverlay support (color in YUV422)
autodetecting color scheme (not always works correctly)
fullscreen and windowed mode
aspect ratio on and off in windowed mode
skin support
playlist support
plays last played file (from stop place)
VCD support
basic DVD support (uncrypted)
DVD subtitles support
OSD support (On Screen Display)
reading and writing playlists in WinAmp format
drag'n'drop to playlist and control window (files and directories)
play loop for files and lists
basic (due lack of drivers which support > 2 channels except Ruediger "Rudi" Ihle CMedia drivers) multichannel audio support
PNG support for skins (thanks to Igor Saveliev aka gorynych)
pipe interface
Remote control support (Using Remote control daemon from TVSHOW project)
Single copy running: when wv already running, second wv just exit if second wv have file name as parameter, wv pass it to first copy, which start play it immedeately
Video snapshots"

Changelog:

PLEASE! Remove VIDEO2.INI first!

17.12.2003

 Fixed crash in Mozilla plugin
 Fixed crash when pause audio only media
 Added local files support from browser

Interview with Richard Seibt

http://www-1.ibm.com/linux/linuxline/dec03/seibt.shtml

Richard Seibt, CEO of SUSE LINUX, was formerly incharge of the OS/2 group a few years back so there is a connection here. For those that remember him as a great supporter of OS/2, and might be interested in how he's doing these days, this is a discussion about the proposed merger between Novell and SUSE LINUX.

New uniaud 20031216

Web site: http://os2.kiev.ua/en/uniaud.php
Download: ftp://ftp.os2.kiev.ua/uniaud/uniaud20031216.zip
Support Forum: http://os2.kiev.ua/en/forum.list.php?f=6

16-12-2003
Vladest: Fixed Ensoniq 1371
Vladest: Fixed Yamaha 744 cards
zuko: Workaround for IRQ sharing bug in kernel
froloff: Fixed PC BEEP on some AC'97 codecs
Vladest: Updates to latest ALSA level
Vladest: From now, default driver is non-kee

"Purpose
The goal of the UniAud project is creation of universal audio driver based on ALSA project. Authors NOT undertake to add new cards that are lacking to support in ALSA project, but as far as possible is going to refresh UniAud with latest ALSA sources. Bugfixes for hardware specific code will do correspond with ALSA fixes. Also, it's possible some nuances, but in most cases we are going to do in this way. Authors plane to create new and unique API for enable to use all resources and features of modern audio cards. It's API will use neither DART no other exists OS/2's audio subsystems.

Project Status
The UniAud is currently undergoing development, but in the interim you can download the beta versions. All of the work on this project is done in spare time and is distributed under GNU licensing guidelines. If you know of some new features that you'd like to see implemented, or even if you'd just like to do something nice for the authors, you can always make a financial contribution! To find out how you can help the UniAud Team, please mail us at ua2@os2.kiev.ua. Also you can make your donation to UniAud on BMT Micro site.

Current Features

* PCI sound cards support (see. soundcards page)
* Digital Controllers support (for AC'97 codec)
* AC'97 codecs support
* auto detect of installed audio card "

New wvgui 20031216

Download: ftp://ftp.os2.kiev.ua/wvgui/wvgui20031216.zip

Web site: http://os2.kiev.ua/en/wv.php
Support Forum: http://os2.kiev.ua/en/forum.list.php?f=1

"The program is representing GUI for WarpVision created by Alex Strelnikov It is not "launcher" for WV CLI, but includes latest WV CLI features In future, these sparated projects will be combined in one

plays video media formats: mpeg1/2, avi, asf, mov, mp3 audio, wav
audio codecs support (pcm, mp3, ac3, wma1, wma2, ms adpcm, mp4)
HWENDIVE/WarpOverlay support (color in YUV422)
autodetecting color scheme (not always works correctly) fullscreen and windowed mode

aspect ratio on and off in windowed mode
skin support
playlist support
plays last played file (from stop place)
VCD support
basic DVD support (uncrypted)
DVD subtitles support
OSD support (On Screen Display)
reading and writing playlists in WinAmp format
drag'n'drop to playlist and control window (files and directories)
play loop for files and lists
basic (due lack of drivers which support > 2 channels except Ruediger "Rudi" Ihle CMedia drivers) multichannel audio support
PNG support for skins (thanks to Igor Saveliev aka gorynych)
pipe interface
Remote control support (Using Remote control daemon from TVSHOW project)
Single copy running: when wv already running, second wv just exit if second wv have file name as parameter, wv pass it to first copy, which start play it immedeately
Video snapshots"

Changelog:

PLEASE! Remove VIDEO2.INI first!

16.12.2003

 Recompiled Mozilla plugin with VAC. Should help to mozilla users < 1.5

 Fixed |< and >| with CDDA
 Fixed too fast disappeared subtitles
 Added ASX (WMV playlists) support
 Fixed 3175 on rtsp streams
 Fixed mms streams to avoid PM hang
 Now loading media doesnt stops current playing if nothing selected
 Fixed APM support
 Other small fixes

OS/2 e-Zine December Issue now on-line

December 2003 issue of OS/2 e-Zine is now up.

Contents include:
- eZip
- Password protectors
- UML Designer
- C++ Lessons: Class Inheritance

Issue is available as a .ZIP file, and it works. :-)

I would like to encourage any submissions, especially "how-to" articles! You must be doing something with OS/2, let us know how you do it!

http://www.os2ezine.com

Note on Thunderbird 0.4 re-released

There's a critical bug, as reported thru Bugzilla: Can't run T'Bird at the same time as (I forgot which: Mozilla or Firebird). Just so OS/2 users know, and aren't frustrated to otherwise waste time checking numerous settings, dlls, etc.

NoteBook/2 announcement

Dated 2003/12/12, Dr. Martin Senftleben and os2warp.be reached an agreement concerning the future of the outdated NoteBook/2 web site, initially developped by Martin. The web site will be taken over by os2warp.be and will be given a new home at www.os2warp.be/notebook2, with the online publication during March 2004. The old web site will be updated completely. os2warp.be intends to continue the NB/2 initialive and we hope a lot of motivated OS/2 users report their feedback or write reviews about particular notebooks and OS/2 or eCS. The old NB/2 web site will be put offline soon and will then temporarily be hosted at os2warp.be until the renewed one is finished.

Url: http://www.os2warp.be/notebook2

Thunderbird 0.4 re-released

"Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. Our goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone mail application using the XUL user interface language."

http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/

"December 11, 2003 The Thunderbird 0.4 release was missing a patch for the customize crash. A new zip with the fix has been uploaded."

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/0.4/contrib/thunderbird-0.4-os2.zip

Note: Requires libc04fix1
http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc04fix1.zip

RexxMail build 20031215.161733 released.

A new build of RexxMail is available from my web site:

http://www.degeus.com/rexx/rexxmail_english.html
or
http://www.degeus.com/rexx/rexxmail_nederlands.html

The distribution ZIP file is also available from the Hobbes repository:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=rexxmail

This version incorporates a limited number of minor feature adjustments in order to control suboptimal behaviour under certain user-induced conditions.

In other words, a few bugfixes.

____________________________________________________________________________
RexxMail is an object-oriented WPS e-mail client, written in REXX, which uses the standard WPS user interface. It features an extensive range of functions and options with full command-line access.

RexxMail is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, see: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

RexxMail features include:

Standard WPS interface.
Full command-line access to all functions.
Send mail from any folder on your desktop.
Edit/view messages using your favourite editor/viewer.
Add addresses to messages using standard drag & drop methods.
Add attachments to messages using standard drag & drop methods.
Compatible with external junk mail filter software.
Message transmission status indicator/byte counter/progress bar.
Display message dates in RFC or ISO-sorted form.
Display message times as original, local system, or UTC times.
Calculates time zone offset using any RFC 868 time server.
User exits to run external programs before/after:
opening user folders;
collecting mail;
sending mail.
User exits to run external programs for collecting/sending mail.
User exits to run external programs for processing attachments.
Process/create/edit messages from the command line, a user script, or any other program with user exits.
Add attachments to messages from the command line, a user script, or any other program with user exits.
Automagically collect/delete/skip mail on a POP3 mail server, based on sender/recipients/subject or junk/virus mail flag.
Automagically move incoming mail to specific folders (or delete it), based on sender/recipients/subject or junk/virus mail flag.
Automagically move outgoing mail to specific folders (or delete it), based on sender/recipients/subject.
Collect mail from a POP3 server through an interactive interface to:
Collect a message and delete it from the server;
Collect a message and leave it on the server;
Delete a message from the server without collecting it;
Skip a message on the server for later processing.
User-customizable signals for:
Incoming messages;
Outgoing messages;
Incoming junk mail;
Incoming virus mail.
And more.

AE 1.5.1

[Moderator note: ae.exe is a replacement for E.EXE from Aaron Lawrence. "Fixes most of the annoying things about IBM E.EXE."]

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ae1_5_1.zip
later
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/misc/ae1_5_1.zip

1.5.1
NOTE! Translation files are now named ae_.lng
Added translations, thanks everyone
Guillame Gay (French)
Gabriele Gamba (Italian)
Simon Gronlund (Swedish)
Salvador Parra Camacho (Spanish)
Dieter ? (German)
D.J. van Enckevort (Dutch)
(also Frank Vos and Kris Steenhaut)
Fixed bug saving files > 64kB
Fixed specifying new file from command line
Display status changes (eg. clear modified after save)
Normal EXE size!

The delay was due to a trip to Athens, Greece :)

PMView translators needed

PMView is looking for translators, especially to Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandish, Spanish and Italian. This includes help files, menus and the reference manual.

Please contact Peter Nielsen at peter@pmview.com and he'll send you the files needed for the translation.

PMView 3.03

"PMView Pro, the Versatile, Fast Image Viewer and Converter"

Version 3.03 now Available - http://www.pmview.com/download.html

The following issues have been resolved in PMView v3.03

1. Printing: If none of the printer drivers installed is marked as the default printer driver, PMView will crash when trying to print.
2. General: Pressing SHIFT+F10 to bring up the context menu in the file open/save window folder tree list (left pane) does not work.

Url: http://www.pmview.com

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