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The location for Warpstock 99 has been announced. After judging two very good
bids from the Southern California OS/2 Users Group and the Atlanta Team, a very
close vote by the Warpstock Board awarded the hosting to the Atlanta Team. See you
in Atlanta!
Lexmark has released the replacement for the 5700 in the Z51. It has an OS/2
driver! http://www.lexmark.com The printer
prints 10ppm black, 5 ppm color and has the 5xxx series Accu-feed paper handling
system.
Memory Watcher updated
New in this 1.2.00 version:
Fix for swapper.dat on root directory
Shows the installed memory in detail view
Option for Short description
Option to hide menu and title bar
Search for the ini file in the program directory
-s commandline parameter, with this Memory Watcher produce a print out of the memory
status. This is usefull if one wants to Telnet to another OS/2 machine and get it's
memory status.
Easier installation
What's new!
mpg123.dll 1.05
- 12kHz MPEG 2.5 Layer 3 files now play.
- Added fix for new Xing encoded MP3s from mpg123 0.59q
- Added read ahead header check. This should make ALL valid MP3s even with borked
headers work, and should not identify anything else than MPEG audio files as MPEG
audio files such as bitmaps lying around in your MP3 directories.
- Added fix for Aurora from dink.
http://www.cam.org/~guardia/pm123.html
Continuing its support of OS/2, Sundial Systems has released DBExpert version
2.0.7. This is a "maintenance release" which does not explicitly add functionality
to the product. Rather, it fixes several problems, including memory leaks, errors
in the find function, and some user interface issues. Thus, Sundial Systems encourages
all DBExpert users to upgrade to version 2.0.7.
DBExpert is a relational database and application builder for OS/2 that is fully
object-oriented in its design and interface. It gives you all the advantages of
rapid database application development through the integrated use of Tables, Forms,
Reports, Queries and Macros. There's real power behind the interface - internally
it's SQL which you can even edit directly. For more demanding situations, you can
use REXX macros to process your data. To really bring things together, you can call
your REXX macros from inside SQL queries. No other product gives you this powerful
combination.
In addition to all of the power of SQL, REXX, and point and click, DBExpert supports
a wide range of database engines and formats. Instead of using some proprietary
database format, DBExpert uses the database format you prefer. Converting data from
one format to another is virtually automatic. Better yet, you can mix database formats
in a single DBExpert application.
For users of DBExpert version 2, this is a free upgrade. It can be downloaded
as an update from CompuServe's OS2AVEN forum or Sundial System's web site at http://www.sundialsystems.com/dbexpert/update.
There are separate 2.0.7 updates for both the full version of DBExpert and the Runtime
version. Users of DBExpert version 1 should contact Sundial Systems for upgrade
pricing.
For more information, visit Sundial's web site at http://www.sundialsystems.com.
Or, contact Sundial via email to dbexpert@sundialsystems.com, phone 562-596-5121,
FAX 562-596-7825, or mail to 909 Electric Ave., Suite 204, Seal Beach, CA 90740
USA.
CDRecord/2 V1.8a19 is avaiable!
New with V1.8a19:
-DAO with some recorders
-Wildcard support
-Bugfixes
CDRecord/2 is a port of the cd-burning program cdrecord from *nix. You can burn
singlesession-, multisession- or audio-cds. CDRecord/2 comes as a textmode application.
CDRecord/2 only supports SCSI-recorders. The application is released under the GPL.
Get further information at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/index.html
WiseManager function is being expanded to include traditional OS/2 "fat"
clients".
WiseManager was developed as part of a model to manage OS/2 RIPL clients as part
of a Managed Client model. In response to requests from existing OS/2 users, additional
support features are being written into the product to support traditional fat clients
running OS/2.
While the feature set would not be as expansive as those available for RIPL clients,
it would allow for automatic distribution of software updates, including fixpacks,
applications, and upgrades.
For more information, conact Bob St.John at Serenity Systems, 888 299-6483, ext
101, 972 966-8072, ext 101, BStJohn@Serenity-Systems.com
Link Guard Solutions has released SafeFire Firewall 1.0 for OS/2. SafeFire Firewall
1.0 is a Network Address Translation / Firewall solution for OS/2. It is designed
to work with any type of LAN-to-LAN connection:
xDSL
Cable modems
Ordinary LAN
SafeFire Firewall provides following features:
Easy installation
Flexible configuration
Network Address Translation (masquerading)
Full support for FTP and IRC connections, including built-in IDENT server
Port Mapping (static NAT)
Packet Filter/Firewall
Unlimited number of users
High performance
Tested for 7d/24h operation under high load 'on-the-fly' configuration
Number of supported simultaneous connections limited only by OS/2 TCP/IP stack
Up to 65534 packet filter rules
Aurora (Warp Server for e-business) ready
More details about SafeFire Firewall 1.0 are available at http://www.lgs.kiev.ua.
I'd like to announce the release of the ServerConfig/2 version 0.7.
ServerConfig/2 is a PM configuration util for Apache and the InetPowerServer/2.
It also allows you to remote configure any unix/linux Apache. It includes a daemon
that can be compiled under any gcc and thus allows ServerConfig/2 to receive and
save configurations remotely, all from OS/2 :)
homepage:
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dm898/sc
FTP Software is now a subsidiary of NetManage, Inc.
Hence the URL for all former FTP Software products has moved from ftpsoftware.com
to http://www.netmanage.com/products/.
FTP Software makes PC/TCP for OS/2, a 16-bit tcp/ip stack and tools (nfs client
is included) which works in OS/2 versions as old as v1.2 (and higher).
The new URL for this product is:
http://www.netmanage.com/products/pctcp-os2/
For information about the level of support available for this product check http://www.ftp.com/techsup/supported.html.
The MGA Millennium/Mystique/MGA-G100/MGA-G200 OS/2 PM Display Driver Version
2.23.082 is out. You can download it from Matrox ftp site at:
ftp://ftp.matrox.com:21/pub/mga/unified/os2/os2_223.zip
You can join a new international project called GNOME/2 at:
http://www.os2.spb.ru/technology/gnome2
The project is aimed towards porting GNOME (http://www.gnome.org)
applications to XFree86/2.
XFolder has been updated to version 0.85. You can download it here:
http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0444vnd/xfldr.htm
A second release of DreckBak (DrekBak3.zip) has been uploaded to Hobbes and is
also available, with screen shots at the developers site at....
http://weismer.virtualave.net/DreckBak.html
DreckBak is a collection of files and utilities to help you set up a reliable
system to back up your hard drive to any device seen by OS/2 as a drive letter.
It's well suited for use with removable media drives, or even your Hard Disk (Space
permitting) The package includes everything you need with the exception of Zip and
Unzip by Info-Zip. All CMD files, utilities, a scheduler, and installer are included.
Someone has uploaded to Hobbes (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu)
some updated display drivers.
ATI RagePro v5.35b6 (atirage.zip)
S3 Vision864/964/868/968/Trio32/Trio64/64V+/64V2 v3.03.29 (s3_trio.zip)
NeoMagic 128 / 256 v4.24.94 (neomagic.zip)
Currently they are in the /pub/new/ directory.
IBM has released a Y2K update for TCPIP V. 4.1. It can be downloaded at:
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/tcpip/fixes/v4.1os2/un01001/english-us/
Hello;
I uploaded PopCD! ver.2.05, today. Please get a copy and try!
Update topics are...
You can get a copy from... http://member.nifty.ne.jp/prettypop/
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qw6k-knst/
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qw6k-knst/software/
Just a quick note to let everyone know that we will indeed be releasing an OS/2
version of MainActor version 3.0. We currently expect it to be ready by the end
of April.
Just noticed that PMView 1.05 was released the other day and it appears to fix
the bug I reported in 1.04 (warping images when resizing to one of the fixed choices).
Get the latest at http://www.pmview.com/
VMware, Inc (http://www.vmware.com/) announced Virtual Platform Technology that
allows Intel-compatible PC and workstation users to run multiple operating systems
concurrently on one machine. And the sad news is that VMware does not currently
have any plans to support OS/2 as either a guest or a host operating system. Probably
a well organized campaign from OS/2 community will force VMvare to change their
mind.
Warp3 FixPak 38 for Japanese has been released.
ftp://service.japan.ibm.co.jp/pub/ps/fixpak/systemsw/os2/v30/wx03807/
Okay, I know TP's update is getting a little frequent... :) But I felt that the
improvement will help people, so there you have it... :) The basic I/O core is still
the same as V1.18, but the shell for the core is improved to make unattended operation
easier and faster...
New ThermoProtect V1.20 is available on ThermoProtect Homepage at http://www.pcenduser.com/ThermoProtect
Also available on:
hobbes.mnsu.edu/pub/incoming/tp-120.zip
and later it will be moved to:
hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/mboard/tp-120.zip
Freeware now and forever! :)
New Version Highlight :
@ThermoProtect now will not output a single byte of text to the screen when running
in the /file mode, this is to clear up the screen and save a bit or two of resource...
:) And as well, the initializing time have been cut by 3/4. :)
!The file output option was originally implemented as a stop-gap measure, thus
the text output wasn't quite 100% standard. Now it should conform to the stadnard
with CR, EOL and EOF charactors in the proper places.
!Spelling mistake on the display screen... :)
Slashdot (http://slashdot.org) is a news and information site with the headline,
"News for nerds. Stuff that matters." Although Slashdot includes lots
of interesting news items for technical people, it has always had a heavy slant
towards Linux (and a heavy slant away from OS/2) because all of the webmasters are
Linux users.
Recently, Slashdot has implemented a filter and portal system, where not only
can you filter out certain articles and authors, but they also offer a "window"
to several other news sites, including Warpcast and Loren's News and Rumors site
(http://www.os2ss.com/news/).
With the appropriate filters and OS/2 portals enabled, Slashdot becomes more
much acceptable to OS/2 users. If more OS/2 users read Slashdot regularly, add comments,
and submit major OS/2 news items (the announced location of Warpstock would qualify),
it will become even better.
A kind soul has uploaded two new refreshes of the ViRGE series driver (now 1.03.20)
and the Trio3D (4.10.00). Both are sitting in /pub/incoming at Hobbes
(http://hobbes.nmsu.edu) (could also be in /pub/new by now).
Should be noted that these are for english users. I don't know if DBCS versions
will be uploaded here or not.
The Free configinfo successor ConfigMaint/2 Ver. 0.98 has been released.
some bugfixes
os2cfg.dat rewritten
basedevs with individual entries
ifs with individual entries
many enhancements and corrections (e.g. XFree86)
howto's separated into howto.dat
to download at:
http://www1.stuttgart.netsurf.de/~kevers/warp.html
http://www.buntspecht.de/cfgmaint/
(as soon it's updated)
http://hobbes.mnsu.edu/pub/os2/util/config/
(as soon it's being moved from the hobbes/incoming directory)
This week's edition of Focus on OS/2 is now online.
The feature in this edition concludes the series on "How to make your OS/2
system Y2K compatible?" This feature concentrates on BIOS, hardware, and test
software available to ensure these components are Y2K compliant.
In addition the "What's New?" page contains a number of new links including
the announcement of the Norton antivirus for OS/2 client, and some amazing examples
of Microsoft tap-dancing during recent trial appearances and internal communications.
All the material can be accessed at http://os2.miningco.com.
I released a new beta of z! v2.4 which fixes some problems with the Aurora (Warp
Server 5) beta OS. Several other bugs were also fixed, and some new code was added
to skip over the "junk" that most win32 mp3 encoders add to the beginning
of the mp3s. You can get the latest version @ http://dink.org!
File Browser is a file manager with integrated web browsing support, graphic
viewer, Netscape plug-in and WPS support.
Download at:
http://en.os2.org/Projects/indos2/Systemtools/FileBrowser/
It's a IndOS/2 Project.
http://en.os2.org/Projects/indos2/
The latest (981027) version of the Adaptec driver has 2 problems:
1. It is zipped in win32 format.
2. Does not work very well with the 3940UW card.(locks up my scanner and slows down
CHKDSK to a crawl)
I have had to reinstall the GA version. This is doubly a problem since this is
the version shipped with FP10 for Warp 4.0.
http-analyze is a fast log analyzer for web servers. It analyzes logfiles and
creates a detailed summary of the server's access load in tabular, graphical and
three-dimensional form.
The OS/2 Port of version 2.2 is available now from the web site at:
http://www.SteffenSiebert.de/ports/http-analyze.html
The original source is available from the web site at:
http://www.netstore.de/Supply/http-analyze/
Please send questions regarding the OS/2 port to ports@SteffenSiebert.de
New ThermoProtect V1.19 is available on the ThermoProtect Homepage at:
http://www.pcenduser.com/ThermoProtect
Also available on:
hobbes.mnsu.edu/pub/incoming/tp-119.zip
and later it will be moved to:
hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/mboard/tp-119.zip
Freeware now and forever! :)
New Version Highlights :
!Bug fix for fan's lowest speed register, now it will correctly show the lowest
speed when the ThermoAlarm is triggered. Instead of displaying 0RPM for lowest fan
speed.
REQUESTS!
If anyone know what's going on with Gigabyte 6BXE's weird negtive voltage reading
(-12V shows up as -2.xxxV, and -5V shows up as -1.xxxV... very weird...), please
let me know...
Error/Bug Reports:
If this program says that it can't identify the chip... please do the following...
*MAKE SURE you do have a enviromental monitoring chip of some kind.
*Check if the output from ThermoProtect is making sense or not (ie +5V entry
showing +8V is NOT making sense... :) )...
*Check your motherboard manual and record down the model and the make of the
monitoring chip.
*E-Mail me the data... :)
CheckUrl 1.4 is available at http://village.flashnet.it/~rm03703/programs.
CheckUrl is a Rexx program that checks urls for validity. It can check Netscape
bookmark file or any other html or text file containing urls. CheckUrl supports
http and ftp urls. Freeware with source included
What's new:
M modified
+ new
- deleted 1.4
+ Added the capability to check directly HTML files, such as
NetScape bookmark file. This should be really useful!
During HTML file parsing a url dupe checking is performed too.
+ Better error handling (some still to do)
+ Better output:
now there are three categories of messages
- ok - the url exist
- warning - the url is relocated
- error - url not found
+ Log to file - possibility to log only warning and errors
M Changed the method to check urls: now CheckUrl fetchs the first
bytes of an url as if it was a browser (for http urls), because some
www servers don't support the HEAD request (incredible, but true!)
M Commented "call SockDropFuncs" and "call FtpDropFuncs", because
such dlls could be used by other running programs.
M Better handling of "Moved temporarily" and "Moved Permanently"
return messages
MySQL/2 3.22.19b is being uploaded to Hobbes
(http://hobbes.nmsu.edu) and TCX.
Several bugs are fixed. A refresh may be uploaded within a week along with binaries
for alternate charsets.
I'd like to announce the release of the new version of ServerConfig/2 v0.6.
ServerConfig/2 is a PM configuration util for Apache and the InetPowerServer/2.
It also allows you to remote configure any unix/linux Apache. It includes a daemon
that can be compiled under any gcc and thus allows ServerConfig/2 to receive and
save configurations remotely, all from OS/2 :)
homepage:
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dm898/sc
MaccaSoft has updated its WebMirror to version 1.40. Here are the changes made
in this version:
This update is free of charge and can be downloaded from our web site at:
http://www.maccasoft.com
WebMirror is a web site mirroring and caching tool. It allows you to download
an entire web site, or even a portion of it, on your local hard drive. The site
can then be browsed offline with the built-in web proxy server, or can be exported
for CDROM delivering of viewing without the proxy server.
For more informations please visit our site at http://www.maccasoft.com or write
to support@maccasoft.com.
rsync is a replacement for rcp that has many more features.
rsync uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method
for bringing remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the differences
in the files across the link, without requiring that both sets of files are present
at one of the ends of the link beforehand. At first glance this may seem impossible
because the calculation of diffs between two files normally requires local access
to both files.
The OS/2 Port of version 2.2.1 is available now from the web site at:
http://www.SteffenSiebert.de/ports/rsync.html
The current port has several limitations:
1.You can receive files only on devices which support long filenames.
2.The rsync port does not work in daemon mode. Thus the --daemon option is not available.
3.The server mode seems to have bugs. I'm not sure whether these bugs can be fixed
in rsync since the problem might be the OS/2 rshd.
There is a mailing list for the discussion of rsync and its applications. It
is open to anyone to join. I will announce new versions on this list.
To join the mailing list send mail to listproc@samba.org
with no subject and a body of "subscribe rsync Your Name".
To send mail to everyone on the list send it to rsync@samba.org.
The original Unix source is available from the web site at:
http://rsync.samba.org/
Please send questions regarding the OS/2 port to ports@SteffenSiebert.de
For other questions please use the mailing list at rsync@samba.org
sitecopy is for easily maintaining remote web sites. The program will upload
files to the server which have changed locally, and delete files from the server
which have been removed locally, to keep the remote site synchronized with the local
site with a single command.
The OS/2 Port of version 0.4.6 is available now from the web site at:
http://www.SteffenSiebert.de/ports/sitecopy.html
If you currently use the first version of my port please download this update
since it fixes a major bug:
My apologies for any inconveniences these bugs may have caused!
Check the man page or README file for information on new and old features.
A mailing list is available for sitecopy discussion - subscribe at:
http://www.lyra.org/mailman/listinfo/sitecopy/
or by e-mail to:
sitecopy-request@lyra.org
The original Unix source is available from the web site at:
http://www.lyra.org/sitecopy/
Please send questions regarding the OS/2 port to ports@SteffenSiebert.de
For other questions please use the mailing list at sitecopy@lyra.org