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20040116 kernels
Scott has released updated kernels on IBM's Testcase FTP server today.
Download from ftp://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/ps/fromibm/os2/
"This contains fixes since xr_e002/xr_m015/mcp/acp. Important note: If you
use the OS/2 SES facility, you need a new sesdd32.sys dated April 2001 or
later to use this kernel. Also, a matching dump formatter (df_ret.exe),
provided separately, is required, if you want to analyze a dump from this
kernel. Finally, note that os2ldr is only required for the >64mb memory
detection mentioned below."
As always these are not officially supported by IBM unless they tell you
to use them.
**** Please send any followup to comp.os.os2.bugs on usenet. ****
Also note that files are only on IBM's testcase for 2-3 days, so if you
want to try these get them now. Make certain you back up any files
replaced and don't try these on a production system. Read any readme file
before applying any changes. If your system is working well, and you have
no problems addressed by these updates, do yourself a favour and don't
mess with this. You have been warned.
The UNI and SMP files are for WSeB/ACP/eCS Pro (SMP kernel) and the W4
files are for post FP15/MCP versions, including eComStation. Only use the
SMP kernel on a machine with more then one CPU.]
From the readme file
Fixes to problems that exist in released code:
20040116 14.097d
- the code lock stuff seems to be working well, so it's no longer
"experimental."
- possible DosConnectNmPipe regression test fix
- Support for loading pure 32 bit code and data objects in DLLs above
the 512mb line. More details on that to come separately.
OS/2 e-Zine: January 2004 Issue on-line
The January 2004 issue should be on-line now. As usual, please notify me
of any problems. Though less articles (due to holidays) than usual, this
issue is a heavier than normal (sorry dial-ups!) due to some rather large
graphics and a lengthy review (which may take a while to load and render
in your browser).
Contents:
--------
- Compared: 3 Home Finance Softwares for OS/2.
- A Mesa application: complete salesbook accounting solution all in Mesa!
(sample Mesa sheet included)
- A look at using PMPDF
- Some more artwork submissions
Thanks to all the authors for all the submissions. Please consider
contributing! OS/2 e-Zine cannot live on without you.
RexxMail build 20040116.155027 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
Changes:
Pruning: combined Forward and Reply routines.
Bugfix: DateTime... produced silly month name results for non-ISO
settings.
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.
Mike3SKN.INF version 1.45
Mike3SKN.INF version 1.45 is an English hypertext file in the native INF
format, offering a detailed overview of 400 perfect skins for PM123. In
practice, it is an accurate catalog of all skins with order numbers from -
801 to 1200. Mike3SKN.INF is a part of the NEPTUNE project, which contains
-- 2,800 skins !
New features:
- Simple Calculator (Some useful tools)
- 1 new skin (Albaaa.skn)
- Neptune-CD Cover (necd2800.sda)
Direct download link (6.95 MB) --
http://www.os2ecs.net/neptune/mike3skn.zip
Url: http://www.os2ecs.net/neptune/downloa4.shtml
RexxMail build 20040114.162927 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
Changes:
- Added ForwardText and ReplyText settings:
Customized intro texts in forwarded and reply messages.
- Added RunReceived setting:
Run an external command when a message is collected from the server.
- Removed SignalJunkMail and SignalVirus settings:
The redirection mechanism can do this kind of thing, and better.
- Changed JunkMailHeader and VirusMailHeader settings:
Multiple entries allow multiple spam/virus filter programs to be used.
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.
TCP/IP Config Utilty
A Program that should replace the IBM tcpcfg2 java prog for configurating
the lan interfaces.
Url: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=tcpconfig
new udf driver 2.1.3 on IBM SWC
SWC has a new udf driver dated 11/26/03 despite the page showing last
update on 9/26/03.
http://www7.software.ibm.com/2bcprod.nsf/186d96ebef23e6438625689c007ac1ef/4b2e6f2261265d6d86256a810069fe2b?OpenDocument
1.0 Introduction
----------------
This software package contains UDF Installable File System version 2.1.3.
This version includes the following features:
o LOCK.EXE and UNLOCK.EXE have been added to the package.
o Low-level format canceling is now supported for some drives.
o DVD-RW and DVD+RW media are supported.
o /BM the Bit Map Spacing parameter for the FORMAT command is supported.
o Double Density CD media (DDCD-ROM, DDCD-R, DDCD-RW) is now supported.
This media can be used only with Double Density CD-R/RW Drives.
Double Density CD media is not compatible with CD and DVD drives.
Open Watcom 1.2 Now Available
Open Watcom 1.2 Now Available
-----------------------------
Open Watcom 1.2 has been released. This update includes a number of
eagerly anticipated fixes and enhancements and can be downloaded, free of
charge, from the Open Watcom web site at:
Open Watcom can also be purchased on CD, which includes all of the source
code, as well as SciTech s installers for OS/2 and Windows. Support for
the update will be handled exclusively through the Open Watcom newsgroup
and Bugzilla.
This latest release marks the second official update to Open Watcom since
the projects inception, and sets the stage for future
development. SciTech has stated in the past that the goal of the project
is to offer regular stable product releases on a more frequent basis and
looks to the growing community of developers to assist in making this
goal a reality. To further drive the project, SciTech is currently
funding a feasibility study on porting Open Watcom for use on Linux, with
the goal of being able to provide an alternate compiler option as well as
a commercial quality debugger for Linux and BSD developers.
What's new in Open Watcom 1.2
-----------------------------
* The C compiler now performs stricter checking on function
prototypes and pointer operations. This may lead to previously
undiagnosed warnings/errors appearing when compiling incorrect or
ambiguous code.
* The C compiler diagnostic messages have been improved to print more
information, making it easier to isolate the problem.
* A new warning (W130) has been added to the C compiler to diagnose
possible precision loss on assignment operations. This warning is never on
by default and must be enabled through '#pragma enable_message(130)' or
'-wce=130' switch.
* Support for C99 style variable argument macros (and __VA_ARGS__) has
been added to the C and C++ compilers.
* Added support for the __func__ symbol (name of the current
function) which is equivalent to the already existing __FUNCTION__ symbol.
* Better C99 style support for "long long" type is now available in
the C and C++ compilers. LL, ULL and LLU suffixes are recognized for
constants. "long long int" is now also recognized.
* Added C99 style *LLONG_MIN/MAX defines to limits.h.
* The C++ compiler has been fixed to properly accept source files
where a template was the last item in a namespace or an external linkage.
* Several new -adxx options have been added to the C and C++
compilers to support automatic generation of 'make' style dependency
files.
* The C compiler has been fixed to correctly diagnose illegal union
assignments.
* The C compiler now issues warnings on operations involving pointers
to different but compatible unions.
* The C and C++ compilers now ensure word alignment of wide character
string literals to satisfy Win32 API restrictions.
* The __UNIX__ macro is now supported in C and C++ compilers, wmake
and wasm. It is currently defined for QNX and Linux targets.
* Default windowing support has been re-enabled for Win16 and Win386
runtime libraries.
* Since default windowing is no longer supported on most platforms,
the Programmer's Guide and IDE tutorial have been updated to reflect that
fact.
* The Win32 GUI tools now support the Windows XP look and feel.
* AutoCAD and MFC targets have been removed from the IDE, the bw
switch (default windowing) is no longer available in the IDE for OS/2 and
Win32 targets.
* Manual for the CauseWay DOS extender has been added.
* The dmpobj tool has been added. This utility dumps the contents of
OMF object files and can be useful to developers.
* Several system definitions have been added to wlink: os2_pm (16-
bit OS/2 Presentation Manager executable), os2_dll (16-bit OS/2 DLL) and
os2v2_dll (32-bit OS/2 DLL).
* The linker has been fixed to read "AR" style archives produced by
third party tools.
* The linker has been fixed to prevent crashes when linking with COFF
files providing uninitialised COMDAT entries
* Several linker crashes related to ELF object files and executables
have been resolved.
* Updated wlink to call wlib with the -c (case sensitive) option when
creating import libraries. This fixes problems with DLLs that export
symbols differring only in case.
* The C runtime library has been optimized to produce smaller
executables.
* The printf() function now supports the "ll" format specifier for
"long long" integers.
* The printf() function has been enhanced to support %b format
specifier for bitfields.
* Execution order of C library termination routines is now better
defined to prevent instances where temporary files created through
mktemp() could be left behind.
* [OS/2 32-bit] To prevent crashes, termination code is not run if
second instance of a DLL failed to load due to single DGROUP.
* [OS/2 32-bit] The __grow_handles() function was incorrectly adding
requested handles to existing limit instead of setting the limit to n.
* [OS/2 32-bit] Fixed a problem with _STACKLOW in multithreaded
programs and DLLs. This prevents crashes where Fortran DLLs would run out
of stack.
* [OS/2 16-bit] Fixed default math exception handler which wasn't
popping the FP status word off the stack and would therefore crash on
exit.
* The Win32 Image Editor has been enhanced with drag-and-drop
support.
* The IDE has been fixed to properly handle mixed case filenames.
* The Microsoft compatibility tools (NMAKE, CL) have been fixed to
better handle command line arguments.
* The Dialog Editor (wde) has been fixed to prevent occasional DDE
related crashes when run from inside the Resource Editor (wre).
* The 'Change font' option no longer crashes the GUI debugger (wdw).
* On OS/2, wdw now intercepts the F10 key instead of passing it on to
the system.
* The code generator now deletes object files if it was
interrupted.
* Previously zero-length invalid object files could be left behind,
interfering with make operation.
* The wasm assembler has been enhanced to generate file dependency
information usable by wmake.
* Numerous minor fixes have been made to wasm.
* Compatibility with MASM 6 has been improved with wasm.
* Support for sysenter and sysexit instructions has been added to wasm
and wdis.
* Disassembly of xchg and bound instructions has been fixed in wdi
(corrected order of operands).
* Several previously undocumented wmake directives have been
documented.
* A -sn ('noisy') option has been added to wmake to print all
commands that wmake executes, including silent ones.
* The w32api project has been updated to the latest version.
* The os2api project has been enhanced - added multimedia headers and
libraries and numerous fixes have been made to the header files.
* The debugger now supports the F7 key as a shortcut for "run to
cursor". This is consistent with CodeView.
* New internal variable dbg$ntid (next thread id) has been added to
the debugger. This permits automated iteration of all threads.
* The wsample tool has been updated to dynamically allocate storage
for command line, where previously the command line length was limited to
128 characters.
* The FORTRAN compiler has been changed to preserve case of symbols
with linkage other than FORTRAN. This is especially helpful when calling
OS API functions and using case sensitive link step (now default).
About Open Watcom
-----------------
The Watcom C/C++ and Fortran products are the first mass market,
proprietary compilers to be Open Sourced and, weighing in at nearly three
million lines of source code, represent one of the largest pools of
commercial source code of any type ever released under an Open Source
license. Sybase, Inc. developed the original Watcom code and SciTech
Software, Inc. is the official maintainer of the project. The Open Watcom
project has stirred tremendous interest among developers worldwide.
Thousands have already joined the Open Watcom community at
www.openwatcom.org in order to use Open Watcom and contribute to its
further development. Watcom supports software development in Windows, DOS,
OS/2, Netware, QNX, and other operating systems (a Linux version of Open
Watcom is planned). The Open Watcom web address is http://www.openwatcom.org.
About SciTech
-------------
SciTech Software, Inc. is a leading supplier of PC graphics utilities,
drivers, and tools for the embedded, industrial and enterprise markets.
SciTech's products include, SciTech SNAP Graphics, a fully accelerated
binary compatible graphic device driver solution, SciTech GLDirect, an
OpenGL to Direct3D driver and SciTech MGL, a professional graphics library
used to develop some of today's most popular software programs. SciTech
products support the Windows, Linux, OS/2, DOS, QNX, and SMX operating
systems. SciTech is privately held and the company's web address is http://www.scitechsoft.com
Spanish Version of the Voice Newsletter
Happy New Year. In the later days I've been asking to Christian Hennecke,
Editor in Chief of the VOICE Newsletter how to make a Spanish Version of
the Voice Newletter. According to the messages exchanged and the work of
Mr. Hennecke, people in VOICE are very interested in this project and are
willing to help us to make it possible. So, this is an invitation for any
Spanish-spoken OS/2 User willing to help in his/her spare time to reach
this objective. As many people could we gather, the faster we will make
it. Please send me an email to contact you, with your effort and the
indications of Mr. Hennecke and all the people of VOICE sure we will
succeed. Thanks in advance.
Feliz Año Nuevo. En los últimos d as he estado preguntando a Christhian
Hennecke, redactor en jefe del bolet n de noticias de VOICE c mo hacer una
versi n en español de dicho bolet n. De acuerdo con los mensajes
intercambiados y el trabajo del Sr. Hennecke, los miembros de VOICE estßn
muy interesados en este proyecto y estßn dispuestos a ayudarnos a hacerlo
posible. As pues, esto es una invitaci n para cualquier usuario de OS/2
hispanoparlante que quiera ayudar en su tiempo libre para alcanzar este
objetivo. Mientras mßs gente podamos reunir, mßs rßpidamente lo
lograremos. Por favor env eme un email para contactarlo, con su esfuerzo
y las indicaciones del Sr. Hennecke y toda la gente de VOICE seguramente
tendremos xito. Gracias por adelantado, Javier Orejarena
DFSee version 6.00 released, major improvements!
This is a MAJOR release of the DFSee program, it includes the complete
menu system with context sensitive help and a vastly improved IMAGING
subsystem that will do size-limited multiple files and better compression.
Upgrades are available from 5.xx as wel as 4.xx registrations.
A bootable FreeDOS diskette with DFSDOS 6.00 will be made
available later today, and an ISO-image for a bootable CD
will follow in a few days. (requires you to add a key!)
DFSee is the SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE for disk and filesystem problems. With
FDISK-like displays, analysis and recovery, FIX commands, UNDELETE for
HPFS/NTFS, imaging and cloning. More details at:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm
Direct download links:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee6xx.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/dfsee600.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee600.zip
Most important functional changes since 5.55:
- CLONE Do not show confusing store-numbers on confirmations
- CR MENU Freespace list in physical order and disknumber added
- CRITERR No DOS Abort, Retry, Ignore messages, but auto 'FAIL'
- DOS Fixed volume access from DFSDOS.EXE from bootable CD
- Dialogs Button colors set to Yellow-on-Grey for readability
- Dialogs F4 functionkey made equivalent to [OK], ending dialog
- EXPAND Error-message when maximum-size smaller than current
- FILEDLG Do not copy filename from list when just tabbing
- FILEDLG FileSaveAs now copies basename only, no extension
- FILEDLG FileSaveAs now starts with empty filename field
- FILEDLG Highlight title on focus for entryfield and volumelist
- FILEDLG Keep current-dir on volume-select, no change to root
- FILEDLG Support multi-letter quick-select on DIR/File lists
- FILEDLG and PART much faster now with disconnected LAN drives
- FIXHS Fix 'HiddenSectors' field in bootsec, match part-table
- MENU Added drive-letter & Pri/Log type to partition-menus
- MENU Add "Display from list" to FS menus; long descriptions
- MENU Added W2KBM command to FDISK menu 'Protect IBM BMGR'
- MENU AutoMenu does NOT drop pulldown, keeps screen visible
- MENU Add 'Recover from list' item to FAT/HPFS/NTFS menus
- MENU Added ZEROFREE to clear unused sectors in filesystem
- MENU Added 'change LVM diskname' to the Mode=FDISK menu
- MENU Added RESIZE and EXPAND items with size-prompt dialogs
- MENU Added 'change working directory' for saved files
- MENU Made menu-scrolling wrap-arround at first and last
- MENU New 'Allocation and SLT identify' item in list actions
- MENU New '-M:2' switch disables automatic open of pulldowns
- MENU New '-M:1' switch so right-arrow does not open submenus
- MENU Refresh volume submenu with F7-key (removable A: etc)
- MENU Support first-letter quick-key to select menu-headers
- PART Explicit WARNING when HiddenSectors field is incorrect
- PART xx Verbose message on HiddenSectors versus partitiontable
- RECOVER Esc from File-Dialog or Wildcard prompt now aborts cmd
- RESIZE Fixed FAT max-size (could result in 1 cyl freespace)
- SCRIPTS Added DFSQREXX.CMD example query script in REXX (OS2)
- SIM Added multi-file logic and DFSee specific headers
- SIM Added RLE compressed empty sectors, max 1:8000 ratio
- SIM Limited-size multiple file support with '-m:mb' option
- SIM Smart-use imaging with -S option, only in-use sectors
- SIM Support removable media changing with option '-Media'
- SPEED Command and menu-items for RO and RW speed measurement
- STORE Added partition-type value to description (for CLONE)
- WRIM Added DFSee-header recognition for multiple files
Check DFS*.TXT files for details, all changes listed in DFSHIST.TXT
Registering DFSee will give you the right to use all 6.xx versions and get
support plus a reasonable amount of assistance by email.
But even more important, it enables further development of DFSee!
Fighting spam...
Hello,
I've read the Voice newsletter, Jan 2004, especially the article about
PostArmor.
I'd like to tell about the (native OS/2) script I've written to help
filter out spam: RBLcheck. Although it probably won't work with Mozilla or
Thunderbird (as they cannot invoke external programs as part of their
filtering), it works quite well for PMMail/2, and probably for other email
clients too.. The author of RexxMail told me he will make RexxMail able to
work with RBLcheck.
I very recently released RBLcheck version 1.0, you can read more about it
at http://os2.besse.nl/
ZeroToaster:MTA beta 2.20w9
20/1 Informationssysteme GmbH http://www.zwanzigeins.de released a new official beta of ZeroToaster::MTA (2.20w9)
ZeroToaster::MTA is a very fast, responsive POP3 and SMTP
mailserver with all the features an ISP, Small Office/Home
Office (SOHO) or individual user requires.
"Requirements
- Java 1.1.8 or later (Java2 is fine)
- A Filesystem which allows long filenames
- An operating system with a working TCP/IP stack
eg Windows, OS/2, Linux, Unix, OS/390...
- About 10 MB free RAM"
This beta requires a running ZeroToaster:MTA installation.
New feature(s):
---------------
RBL extension of the "Bayesian Filter" feature. Each user can have
individual settings for RBL support. The RBL feature is able to break down
the response codes and you can give each RBL and response code a different
weighting.
New application(s):
-------------------
ZeroToaster::MailView 1.00 (MV) for viewing and deleting the content of
your overcrowded spambin. This part of ZT is able to work as a standalone
application with almost every POP3 server (doesn't need ZT as backend).
Planned features are SPAMCOP support and redirecting "false alerts" to the
approved user.
Fixed bug(s)/changes:
---------------------
"X-Routed-IP" headers from other ZT installations in the path are removed
to avoid confusion.
You can download ZeroToaster::MTA from http://www.zerotoaster.net
New wvgui 20040109
Note the new download site.
Download: ftp://pilot-film.com/os2/WVGUI/wvgui/wvgui20040109.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!
09.01.2004
Added RealMedia playlists support
Removed application stream type from mozilla plugin
Fixed no audio in AC3 streams
Added FT2LIB support for antialiasing fonts for subtitles
A lot of other fixes and bugs
RAR 3.30 beta 5
The RAR archiver has been updated to version 3.30 beta 5. This is a
command-line compression utility, with tight general and multimedia
compression, recovery record option management of non-RAR archives, RCVT
aRchive ConVersion Tool, and more.
http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarx33b5.exe
GetIP alpha testers wanted...
Hi Folks!
I've written a small REXX script that allows you to retrieve the Internet
IP address that has been assigned to your host PC.
The twist here is that the script uses either a web echo server or your
router's built-in STATUS page if you have a router in your networking
setup.
Currently the script supports some LinkSys routers, but I would like to
support many others. So if you are interested in having your router
supported read the DOC file and send me the info.
I have uploaded the file to Hobbes in /pub/incoming, name : getip011.zip,
Hobbes Incoming: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/getip011.zip
Hobbes Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=getip011.zip
RBLcheck 1.0 released
Jeroen Besse released RBLcheck 1.0.
RBLcheck can help you filter out spam from your inbox.
The program was written for PMMail/2000, but might work with other email
programs that allow external programs to run as well.
RBLcheck checks incoming messages at some real-time blocklists and tags
them. It's configurable with mutiple RBL's and has a score system.
Url: http://os2.besse.nl/
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