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BayWarp meeting Jan. 24
BayWarp (OS/2 Bay Area User Group) Meeting Announcement
Date: Tuesday Jan. 27, 2004
Time: 7:00 - 10:00 PM
Place: Help Desk Computers (WTW Group), 1456 Pollard Road, Los Gatos, CA
95032
Come join us in our monthly meeting. We are OS/2 and eComStation users,
and we meet every month to show off our latest software and hardware. We
bring laptops, network cables and power, and we often do live
troubleshooting of systems during our meetings.
Hint: It's between the Mexican Restaurant and the Chinese Restaurant in
the corner (Safeway is on the far right). $5.00 per person to be collected
for help with the munchies.
Topics:
* Open Office .org demo
* Palm Pilot software review
* OS/2 question and answer
Web Page http://www.baywarp.org/
Contact Info
Paul Lazaga paul@wtwgroup.com
Neil Waldhauer neil@blondeguy.com
WarpDoctor Mtg
There will be a WarpDoctor chat meeting this Sunday, 25 January at 3:00
EST (20:00 GMT). Visit http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc for timezone help.
To find the server most convenient for you, go to http://www.webbnet.info/.
The #warpdoctor channel can be found on any of these servers.
You can use any of those server addresses to initialize your IRC client,
or alternatively, click on the link at the bottom of the page, and load a
Java IRC applet to immediately start your chat session. I have tried this
applet, and it is remarkably quick, and simple to use.
The agenda for the meeting can be found at http://www.warpdoctor.org/Agendas/warpdoc_2004-01-25.html.
Please review this agenda so you will be ready for the meeting.
"The objective of WarpDoctor is to support the information, software, and
hardware needs of the OS/2 Community.
WarpDoctor will provide a support facility with the goal of assisting the
OS/2 Community in efforts to resolve problems and provide guidance on
system operation, tuning and selection. Everyone is welcome!"
VOICE Business Mtg
There will be a VOICE business meeting this Saturday, 24 January 2004 EST
(20:00 GMT) in the #voice chatroom. Visit http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc for timezone help.
To find the server closest to you, go to http://www.webbnet.info/.
#voice can be found on any of these servers.
You can use any of those server addresses to initialize your IRC client,
or alternatively, click on the link at the bottom of the page, and load a
Java IRC applet to immediately start your chat session. I have tried this
applet, and it is remarkably quick, and simple to use.
Please read the agenda at http://www.os2voic
e.org/Agendas/voice_2004-01-24.html
"VOICE is an organization dedicated to the promotion of OS/2 Warp to the
general consumer through various activities as providing current and
factual information about OS/2 Warp and OS/2 related products, conducting
IRC meetings twice a month, and sponsoring OS/2 promotion related projects
among providing many other services."
PASUG Mtg: Thurs, Jan 22nd
For the first meeting of year 2004, I'm pleased to announce that our guest
speaker, Paul Curtis, an OS2/eCS user and developer, will conduct a
presentation/demo of his new CSSDIR v.2.0 release, a command-line based,
directory/file sifting tool for OS/2 & eCS.
The standard DIR command has changed very little since the birth of OS/2
in the late 1980's, when most work was being done with floppies, and
program files were minimal in number. But today, we typically deal with
many hundreds or thousands of files, and the DIR capability is too limited
to sift through this many files.
CSSDIR's requirements are very minimal. It may be invoked on a freshly
booted OS/2 or eCS system via Alt-F1. It's not dependent on the PMSHELL
being available, nor on any non-standard DLL's.
A partial list of CSSDIR's many powerful features includes:
- Over 75 user controllable options "CANable" via ini file
- Save frequently used options for easy reuse
- Baseline snapshots for later comparisons & system differences
- Filter files by a size range and an EAsize range
- Duplicate file detection, even named differently!
- Unique files filter over multiple directory trees
- Can apply a set of wildcards over base directories
- Control depth of subDirectory searches
- Reading search requests from batch input files
- Excluding files/directories from searches
- Case sensitive/insensitive text strings searches
- User control over all file fields to display
- Sorting by relative paths amongst multiple requests
- Combining multiple requests into one integrated listing
- Different sorted listings in one pass and invocation
- Computes CRCs on files data and even EAs
- Output can be easily parsed from REXX
- HUGE gathering/sorting requests monitorable even over a LAN
- Summary only report
Paul is a software engineer consultant with 20 years experience, focused
on real time embedded systems. Paul lives in the Scranton area, but has
been associated with our user group for many years. He can be reached at: http://www.curtisSystemsSoftware.co
m.
Other agenda items include announcements, news & new software releases,
Q&A session, and 50/50 raffle. Paul also plans to donate a copy of his new
CSSDIR release for raffle. And you
will also enjoy fresh hot pizza, delivered to our meeting.
MEETING FORMAT & TIME SCHEDULE (Subject to minor changes)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
. 7:00 - 7:20 Mtg start: announcements/news/new releases, etc. . 7:20 -
8:00 Q&A session
. 8:00 - 8:20 Pizza break & raffle
. 8:20 - 9:50 CSSDIR presentation/demo by Paul Curtis
. 9:50 -10:00 Close-down, pack-up & exit
- - - - -
Mark the date and time: THURSDAY, JANUARY 22nd at 7:00pm.
PASUG meetings are open and free for all users, their guests and others
interested in learning about OS/2, Linux and associated technologies. We
have a very full agenda and tight schedule which will be enforced. Please
be on time promptly by 7:00pm to avoid missing earlier parts of the
meeting.
. ** WE SUPPORT OPEN STANDARDS **
PASUG meetings are held at the Bryn Mawr Community Center, next to
Ludington Library, at the corner of Lancaster and Bryn Mawr Avenues, Bryn
Mawr, PA. on the 4th Thursdays of Jan to Oct, and the 3rd Thursdays of Nov
and Dec.
Directions to the Bryn Mawr Community Center (BMCC) and other useful
information about the PASUG activities may be found on our web site at http://www.phillyos2.org, or contact U/G Leader Larry Lavins: llavins@earthlink.net, or phone (215) 878-9608. - -
WarpDoctor Mtg
There will be a WarpDoctor chat meeting this Sunday, 18 January at 3:00
EST (20:00 GMT). Visit http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
To find the server most convenient for you, go to http://www.webbnet.info/.
The #warpdoctor channel can be found on any of these servers.
You can use any of those server addresses to initialize your IRC client,
or alternatively, click on the link at the bottom of the page, and load a
Java IRC applet to immediately start your chat session. I have tried this
applet, and it is remarkably quick, and simple to use.
The agenda for the meeting can be found at
http://www.warpdoctor.org/Agendas/warpdoc_2004-01-18.html
Please review this agenda so you will be ready for the meeting.
Everyone is welcome!
SCOUG meeting Jan. 17 2004: InnoTek OpenOffice for OS/2
The next meeting of the Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG) will
be this Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 10:00 AM PST, at the Fountain Valley
Library, 17635 Los Alamos, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (note that we are
meeting at a new location).
InnoTek Open Office Review by Jerry Rash
Jerry will show us what this office suite can do. There's a lot to the
suite, and there are some surprising features.
Programming SIG: REXX Parsing by Bob Blair
This one statement can do a lot!
Help Desk chats are on Wednesday evenings at 7 PM PST. If you've got a
problem with hardware or software, join the chat and ask for help. Info is
at http://www.scoug.com/chat/index.html.
OS/2 Live Help Desk, February 1st, 2004, 2 PM PST, Chapman University in
Orange:
At the live OS/2 Help Desk, volunteers will give you hands-on assistance
solving your hardware and software problems. It is usually held the first
Sunday of the month in cooperation with the OS/2 SIG of the North Orange
County Computer Club.
Come to Hashinger Hall Science Building, room 203. It's on the second
floor, and there's an elevator to bring up your equipment. Bring your
system and all related hardware and software, along with a detailed
explanation of your problem.
How to get to the Fountain Valley Library:
From the I-405 freeway, exit Brookhurst St. and go north. Turn right on
Slater Ave. Turn right on Los Alamos St.; the library is 1/2 block south
of Slater Ave. Or you can get a map at http://www.ocpl.org/25map.asp.
How to get to Chapman University:
There are two ways to get directions:
1) Go to http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest/sitemap.html
2) Go to http://www.mapquest.com/ and enter the address 400 N. Center
Street, Orange, CA.
You can park in any of the University lots for free on Sundays. The lot
off Center near the football field will usually have open spaces. The lot
off Walnut is larger, but there's some construction going on. If you park
on the street, be careful --- it's illegal to park on the residential side
of the streets without a permit.
Please join us! Visit us at http://www.scoug.com/.
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