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The three days of OS/2 sessions at WarpTech 2000 are now completely scheduled,
and a more-sessions-than-timeslots situation may force WarpTech to expand.
"We're looking at adding more meeting rooms" reports Craig Greenwood,
the WarpTech Captain. "We planned for three full days and the schedule is already
full."
The WarpTech Sessions page is at:
http://www.warptech.org/WTSessions.html
"We may add evening sessions," suggests Esther Schindler, the WarpTech
Program Chair for the show. "Participants will be able to attend more sessions
if we start earlier and end later each day.
The Exhibitor Hall hours would also be lengthened "with an after-dinner
hour," adds Craig Greenwood. "That would give some extra time for attendees
and vendors to be together."
Three expanded days of OS/2. Come to WarpTech!
- - -
WarpTech 2000 is a 3-day OS/2 technical conference taking place May 26-28 at
a pristine 463-acre desert resort in the beautiful Southwest. Come to Phoenix, Arizona
USA for three full days of OS/2 -- the biggest OS/2 conference ever held.
Visit the WarpTech web site at:
To volunteer or just to watch the goings-on, subscribe to the WarpTech 2000 planning
list by sending mail to steward@bitranch.com with the following text in the body
(not subject!) of the message: subscribe w2k
Hosted by the Phoenix OS/2 Society, Inc.
CrossTec Corporation will be releasing the newest version of NetOp Remote Control
v6.5 at Spring Comdex next week in Chicago. Since the release of v6.0 last April
NetOp has won several awards and has found itself repeatedly on the "short
list" of remote control products mentioned in tech pubs and being evaluated
and used by corporations.
For NetOp 6.5 the developers have added support for Windows (NT) Security, GDI
hooking for fast Windows 2000 control and a new software deployment option. File
Transfers are now up to 30% faster and NetOp v6.5 has some additional support provider
and help desk features.
For NetOp 6.5 the developers have added support for Windows (NT) Security, GDI
hooking for fast Windows 2000 control and a new software deployment option. File
Transfers are now up to 30% faster and NetOp v6.5 has some additional support provider
and help desk features.
If you are going to Comdex I hope you can stop by booth 2944 and see NetOp v6.5
in action. If you are not going to Chicago this year and would like a review copy
or some additional information please email me at doug@crossteccorp.com or call
800-675-0729.
I hope to see you next week.
NEWS RELEASE - Spring Comdex 2000
CrossTec to release new version of NetOp Remote Control at Spring Comdex
CrossTec to release new version of NetOp Remote Control at Spring Comdex
Full Windows 2000 support, tight integration with Windows security, and easy
software deployment via push technology added to award winning remote control tool
Comdex - Booth 2944 -- Chicago, IL (April, 18, 2000) - CrossTec Corporation has
released the latest version of Danware Data's NetOp Remote Control v6.5, which adds
full support for Windows 2000 PC's in addition to support for Windows NT, 98/95,
Windows 3.1x, DOS and OS/2. NetOp Remote Control v6.5 continues to improve on the
product's position as a leading corporate remote control solution by adding integration
with Windows security management and a new two-tier push technology for fast and
easy software deployment and distribution to target PCs. The new version also provides
additional remote connectivity options and a marker mode enabling a user to 'draw'
on the remote PC to highlight items or for training purposes.
Developed by Copenhagen, Denmark based Danware Data A/S as a network support
tool in 1987, the award winning NetOp Remote Control continues to provide extremely
fast and stable remote control and problem management solutions for distant workers,
network administrators and support professionals world-wide. NetOp enables secure
cross-platform control or monitoring of multiple Windows, DOS and OS/2 machines
over networks, modems and the Internet. With NetOp, authorized users can view the
remote PC's screen and control its keyboard and mouse just as if they were seated
in front of the distant PC.
Along with supporting both GDI Hooks and Bitmap graphics modes for Microsoft's
new Windows 2000 operating system, NetOp Remote Control v6.5 features tight integration
with Windows security management also known as Windows NT Security. NetOp v6.5 takes
advantage of Windows security management to validate passwords, provide access rights
to groups and safeguard servers.
NetOp Remote Control v6.5 provides several new remote connectivity options including
the ability to connect over the UDP or TCP protocol for faster and more flexible
TCP/IP Internet communication. NetOp Remote Control v6.5 also introduces the ability
to connect to a specific distant PC by name or user. Traditionally, remote control
software enables a user to connect to a specific PC but now NetOp offers the ability
to connect to the PC where a certain person may be logged-in as a Windows user.
So without knowing exactly which PC the user is working on, an administrator can
monitor that PC or establish a remote control, chat or file transfer session with
the user.
Another new remote connectivity option in NetOp Remote Control v6.5 is support
for Infrared (IrDA) communication. Communication over Infrared offers up to 4MB
connection speed between two computers, which is faster and easier to use than connecting
two computers over parallel or serial cables. Infrared is ideal for synchronizing
files between two PCs or for an on-site support person who needs to connect to network
PCs but can not hook their Laptop physically up to the LAN. Using Infrared, the
Laptop communicates with the NetOp Gateway module, which will route the remote control
session between the Laptop and any networked PC running TCP/IP, NetBios or IPX.
NetOp Remote Control v6.5 dramatically improves the speed of file transfers.
The NetOp File Manager, which is up to 30% faster then previous versions, offers
users fast and easy drag and drop file transfers with a split screen view, copy
and move options, synchronization of directories, crash recovery, session history
and an advanced delta file transfer option, ensuring that only file changes are
transferred. NetOp also includes a powerful scripting tool for automated file transfers
and program launching. The Scripting tool enables users to schedule and define tasks
based on a batch type language. Programmers can also use popular languages such
as Visual Basic to create more powerful scripts via Active X controls.
NetOp Remote Control uses minimal system resources, allowing it to be fully loaded
at all times. This enables authorized persons easy access to mission critical resources
from the desktop, home or anywhere else via modem, networks or the Internet. NetOp
also provides a "Stealth Mode" which means the host portion of the program
can be loaded on a PC without the user knowing it is there. The stealth mode is
ideal for monitoring servers, employees, stand-alone kiosks or students.
NetOp is available in combined guest/host packages starting at $165 US or as
stand-alone modules for maximum flexibility. Reseller pricing, combo packs and site-licensing
pricing are available. NetOp products, along with personalized pre and post sale
support, are available from CrossTec or authorized resellers. For a free fully functional
evaluation copy and additional information visit the CrossTec web site at http://www.CrossTecCorp.com
or call 800-675-0729.
For more information or a review copy contact: Doug Taylor
CrossTec Corporation, Booth 2944
(800) 675-0729 or (561) 391-6560
doug@crossteccorp.com
500 NE Spanish River Blvd., Suite 201
Boca Raton, FL 33431
A summary of the new IBM version of OS/2 Warp 4.0 has been posted at OS/2 Headquarters:
The article is under "Special Reports" and is entitled "The New
OS/2: Warp 4 Convenience Packs".
ZDnet coverage of yesterday's IBM announcement:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2535405,00.html?chkpt=p1bn
with a "story to follow" comment.
Larsen Commander is upgraded to version 1.1.4. You can download it and find more
information at
http://home.sol.no/~leilarse/lcmd/index.html
This is a minor upgrade that fixes the bug in 1.1.3 that caused a program crash
when the options dialog was being opened. With this fix, 1.1.4 is hopefully extremely
stable.
For a complete list of fixed bugs and new features since previous versions, take
a look at:
http://home.sol.no/~leilarse/lcmd/history.html
Larsen Commander is a powerful GUI File Manager and Command Processor that has
a look and feel like the classic Norton Commander. The most notable difference is
that the Larsen Commander is pure GUI. Still it has a built in command line and
a scrollable console monitor.
Larsen Commander combines the very best of two very different worlds;
- the command line and the file management panels. Both available at the same
time, and even in parallel while commands are running in the background!
Best regards
Leif-Erik Larsen
Version 1.70 of the AT&T Global Network Dialer for OS/2 is now generally
available for download. It can be downloaded by clicking Services->Update/Re-Install
Software in your Dialer, or manually downloaded from the AT&T Business Internet
Services web site from either of the following:
ftp://ftp.attglobal.net/pub/client/os2/install.exe
http://www.attbusiness.net/softctr/software.html
This version is a re-branding of the IBM Dialer to AT&T, and includes some
enhancements and fixes.
AT&T Dialer for OS/2 - Version 1.70.0 - Mar 31, 2000
System Requirements:
- For OS/2 Warp 3, OS/2 FixPak 42 should be installed.
- For OS/2 Warp 4, OS/2 FixPak 11 should be installed.
Enhancements and Modifications:
- Re-branded the Dialer to AT&T.
- Changed copyright and legal agreement to AT&T.
- Added a 'setup wizard' for initial setup of required fields. The setup is also
accessible in the 'Network' menu of the the main Dialer window.
- Redesigned and enhanced the 'Select a phone number to call' window to:
- Display a phone number selection list based on the values chosen in the 'Current
Location' window.
- Allows the 'Number to dial' field to be edited and the modified number can be
saved to a custom phone number file.
- Removed the 'Add to custom phone list' button. When the 'Number to dial' is modified,
and 'OK' button clicked, a pop-up message asks if you want to save the custom number.
- Added a 'Remove' button that is enabled when a Custom phone number is selected.
You can remove the entry from the Custom phone number file.
- Added a 'Current Location' button to display the 'Current Location' window.
- Added a 'Show ISDN numbers' checkbox to show only ISDN number for the selected
country or region.
- For the 'Number of retries' spinbutton, added the selection choice of '0'.
- The 'State' entry field has been renamed to 'Region'.
- Fixed the 'Country' and 'Region' entry fields to no longer be editable.
- The default Protocol was changed to PPP.
- Improved performance in loading the country and phone lists.
- On the 'Phone' page of the 'Settings Notebook':
- If only one location profile is defined, grayed out the dropdown listbox.
- Added a 'Remove Secondary' button to delete the selected backup phone number.
- Removed the 'Do not apply Location data to access number' checkbox.
- Fixed the problem where if a city contained a hyphen, the city was displayed without
the hyphen, and the hyphen appeared on the end of the phone number.
- On the 'Current Location' window:
- If only one location profile is defined, grayed out the dropdown listbox.
- Added a checkbox and entry field to store a calling card number. Data in this
field will be added to the phone number in the selection list on the 'Select a phone
number to call' window.
- If the 'call waiting' checkbox is checked, the 'local' and 'long distance' prefix
entry fields are no longer blanked out.
- If the country selected is the United States and the area code field is blank,
a warning message box is now display to enter the area code.
- Added a new command line parameter to choose the identity profile. The new parameter,-f=######,
will override the selected identity profile in the 'Setting Notebook'.
- For Internet users who check "Update Netscape Options" on the 'Behavior'
page of the 'Settings Notebook, the Dialer will now also update the 'Email Address'
and the 'Home Page' fields. This update feature now also supports Netscape for OS/2
Versions 4.04 and 4.61.
- Added function to verify the phone number to be dialed still exists in the phone
list. If it doesn't, the user cannot dial that number until a number from the phone
list is selected.
- Fixed problem where you can't authenticate or access the Internet with a socksified
TCP/IP stack.
- Fixed the Modem Autodetection function to check for a long distance prefix on
the 'Current Location' window for the 1-800 test phone number.
- Removed the limit of 3 failed password tries and the dialer hangs up. The dialer
will now keep retrying until the entered password is accepted or an error message
is received from the gateway.
- On 'Identity' page of the 'Settings Notebook', if only one profile is defined,
the dropdown listbox and the 'Remove' button are grayed out.
- Fixed problem where in some versions of TCP/IP, the Dialer's help file was installed
in a non-pathed MPTN\HELP subdirectory, rendering it unaccessible.
- Fixed problem where the Dialer would keep retrying to dial if 'busy' instead of
hanging up after the selected number of retries.
- Fixed problem of not properly handling the modem 'NO CARRIER' response.
- On 'Login' window, changed the 'Location access number' field from editable to
read only.
- On the 'Customer Assistance' window, fixed the country entry field to be read
only. Also added country and phone lists dates.
- On the dropdown list for the 'Help' menu on the main Dialer window, the 'Product
Information' selection has been renamed to 'About this Dialer...'. And when you
click on this selection, a popup dialog box is now display instead of Help text.
The product information has been removed from the Help text.
- On the 'Identity' page of the 'Settings Notebook', fixed the problem where more
than 10 profiles could be created which affected the tenth profile.
- If a user changes the account ID or the UserID for an Identity profile, the password
is now deleted on the 'Login' window.
- Removed the license agreement section from the Help text.
- Removed displaying DosWaitChild and PoundSlipOrPPP messages in main Dialer window.
- Occasionally, users would see the message 'The AgentConfigServer returned an Error
TCA2019E' displayed. A description of the error will now also be displayed.
- On the 'Tracing' page of the 'Settings Notebook', the 'Enable complete diagnostics'
function required a file, dialdiag.cmd, to be installed. This file was missing from
the build and is now included.
- Fixed problem where if you click on 'Services->Update/Reinstall Software',
then click on 'Download Software', then click on 'Cancel' on the 'Download latest
software' window which returns you to the 'Update/Reinstall Software' window, the
'Help' button does not work.
- Updated the uninstall program, uninst.cmd, to remove additional files.
CDRecord/2 V1.8.1a05 is ready for download:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/cdrecord/cdrecordmain.htm
CDRecord/2 is a port of a freeware CDRW/CDR burning software application for
*nix. CDRecord/2 is released as freeware under the GPL.
New with this release:
-Updated version of the cdcopy package
-Bug fix: Cdda2wav does not cut off the last track when using -B anymore
-See AN* for more
The second MAMERun Developer Contest has just begun. Write a graphical frontend
for GCC and earn the respect and gratitude of OS/2 programmers around the world!
This is something that may really open the door for budding OS/2 developers and
make life a heck of a lot easier even for the old hacks.
For rules and other information check out:
http://home1.gte.net/stefanj/contest.htm
I am always looking for additional sponsors for this contest. If you would like
to contribute please go to:
http://home1.gte.net/stefanj/sponsor.htm
I want to thank Roderick Klein who is generously donating his time as the temporary
administrator of this contest while I am transitioning from Hawaii to Wash, D.C.
Please address all questions to Roderick at rwklein@mensys.nl
I can still be reached at Stefanj@gte.net
but I may not be able to reply.
Today, IBM finally made an official announcement that it will continue to support
OS/2. However, it is not too encouraging to end users. It basically says they will
make new offerings available through subscriptions, and that a "new version"
will be coming November 30th but it will be the current client plus FixPaks or WSeB
plus FixPaks.
Check it out at:
VOICE has once again signed on to sponsor and organize the Warpstock Social dinner
in Philly this year and we would like your input as to the final selection. After
reviewing the information at http://www.warpstock.org/2000/social.html
please send an email with your opinion on where you would like to see the Warpstock
2000 Social held, to abraxas@os2voice.org
Please also let us know if you know of anyone interested in helping to sponsor
the event. Sponsorship will help cut the cost of the dinner to attendees. All sponsors
will be acknowledged in the Warpstock Social signage, promotional announcements
and web site. Please send email to abraxas@os2voice.org
regarding sponsorship.
Hope to see you in Philly in September at Warpstock 2000.
The CDS, Inc., web site has an upgrade to the Back Again/2000 workstation software.
File ws210c.zip was posted April 5, 2000. It is an upgrade to BA/2000 versions 2.10a
and 2.10b and brings them up to version 2.10c. The upgrade page is at:
http://www.cds-inc.com/techsprt/ba2ktech.html#wks_latest
Documented fixes are:
A new scheduler corrects focus, shutdown problems.
Exception when cancelling backup at volume change prompt.
R.O.M. Logicware R.O.M.http://www.rom-logicware.com/
is about to release v8.11 of its Papyrus HyperOFFICE for OS/2 (and other platforms).
The English translation is complete and is currently being proof read. It will be
available for purchase at Mensys:
http://shop.mensys.nl/cgi-bin/db2www/mns_art2.d2w/report?artname=PAP10
ZDNet has an interesting articl advocating the mercy killing of OS/2:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2524115,00.html
WiseTalker(tm)/Developer's CD
Consultants, VARs, developers! You've always heard that CTI (Computer Telephony
Integration) is an exciting, high margin, vertical market. Each job is a custom
application with significant services dollars. And here the need is for a reliable,
responsive, multi-tasking system. Not using Windows is not an issue because these
are no "desktop" users. The operating system is simply the platform for
the CTI Application. In other words, here is an area where OS/2 is an advantage.
In fact, here is an area where OS/2 shines.
You have OS/2 skills! You like money! How can you benefit from this market?
Come to WarpTech and attend the presentation "Developing CTI Applications
in OS/2" by Kim Cheung, Marketing Director of the TouchVoice Corporation .
http://www.touchvoicecorp.com At the
end of the presentation, you will walk away with the skill needed to develop CTI
applications, project ideas, and most importantly, a copy of the newly created "WiseTalker/ApGen
- Developer's Edition CD" - at no additional cost to WarpTech attendees.
With "WiseTalker/ApGen - Developer's Edition", no former telephony
knowledge or skill is needed. You don't even need to invest in CTI hardware. The
package works with a hardware simulator. But the application you develop will run
in a supported CTI system without modification.
TouchVoice has deployed telephony projects worldwide with system sizes ranging
from a few ports to several hundred T1/E1 lines. For the first time in the history
of OS/2, telephony technology of such grand scale is within reach to the average
OS/2 consultants, VARs, and developers.
So, hurry, make your reservation to attend the WarpTech Conference . http://www.warptech.org/WTRegistration.html
Generally an investment of thousands of dollars is required to evaluate CTI. Now,
you can get started when you attend WarpTech.
>
Disclaimer: Conference related fee not included in the price of the "WiseTalker/ApGen
- Developer's Edition". Void where prohibited by law. Please contact Serenity
Systems at Info@Serenity-Systems.com
for details.
Larsen Commander is upgraded to version 1.1.3. You can download it and find more
information at:
http://home.sol.no/~leilarse/lcmd/index.html
For a complete list of fixed bugs and new features, take a look at:
http://home.sol.no/~leilarse/lcmd/history.html
Larsen Commander is a powerful GUI File Manager and Command Processor that has
a look and feel like the classic Norton Commander. The most notable difference is
that the Larsen Commander is pure GUI. Still it has a built in command line and
a scrollable console monitor.
Larsen Commander combines the very best of two very different worlds; - the command
line and the file management panels. Both available at the same time, and even in
parallel while commands are running in the background!
Hi, OS/2 friends! :-)
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, but the international English version of
Papyrus for OS/2 (and other platforms) is NOT available via Mensys but only via
R.O.M. logicware, at the moment.
We only gave dealer rights to Mensys for a special Netherlands version in English
(till there is a Dutch version). So Mensys is NOT allowed to take orders for the
international English version.
We don't like to overdrive things, and the Mensys offer is against this philosophy,
beneath the situation that we can allow Mensys only to sell inside of the Netherlands,
because of already existing contacts to companies in other countries (beneath other
reasons).
Of course we expect Mensys to have a friendly feeling about us and Papyrus, as
we only feel in a respectful and friendly way about Mensys, as well as we had a
friendly first email contact with them, so we won't blame Mensys, but their askings
for dealer versions and selling rights clearly only have been for the Netherlands,
so we are sorry but we have to have things clear.
So first you have to wait till somewhere around the weekend (if things work fine),
and second you have to place your order directly via R.O.M. logicware:
Selling via distributors on the Internet will only be possible when we can deliver
1.) an available final release version and 2.) together with our promise of our
further development warranty for OS/2 (of course we have to make contracts with
our distributors for that also that every distributor clearly hold this warranty
for you, too - and we are not that far with Mensys (but we will be, I hope)).
Greetings
Ulli Ramps, pres. R.O.M. logicware, Berlin
Email: support@rom-logicware.com
WWW: http://www.rom-logicware.com
After some pain I discovered that KBDBASE.SYS (replaced by Process Commander
from Stardock Systems) will crash OS/2 badly at boot time if you don't disable it
by replacing it with the KBDBASE.SYS that comes with FixPak 13.
After some pain I discovered that KBDBASE.SYS (replaced by Process Commander
from Stardock Systems) will crash OS/2 badly at boot time if you don't disable it
by replacing it with the KBDBASE.SYS that comes with FixPak 13.
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/english-us/xr_m013/
Information on Process Commander can be found at:
http://www.stardock.com/pc.html
RU/2 site starts a new poll: do you use SciTech Display Doctor (SDD) for OS/2?
You can participate in this poll at:
http://www.os2.spb.ru/gbook/ru2survey.html
and view its results at:
http://www.os2.spb.ru/gbook/ru2v_res.phtml?lang=E
Eugen Kuleshov eu@uland.com has ported mod_caucho
module for Apache.
mod_caucho allows to use Apache for OS/2 with one of the fastest Java servlets
container Resin/1.1 http://www.caucho.com. If
you have been using JServ http://java.apache.com,
you may be interested in Resin/1.1 because it supports the newest SUN specifications
for Java Server Pages (JSP 1.1) with JavaScript support, XSLT 1.0, load balancing
for Apache, automatic Servlet and Bean compilation, open source.
mod_caucho is uploaded to Hobbes as:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/resin-1.1os2.zip
Proposal directory for its future placement is: