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SW:New eThemes, OS2eCS Calculator, and update on new hobbes

14 May 2005 22:41:19


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From: jksamphereDESPAM@DESPAMos2ecs.org

David Graser has released some new themes that are available on OS2eCS
Org. http://www.os2ecs.org/ethemes.html (New American, Braille, UBI Light
Controls, and eComStation(tm) Motif.)

An OS2eCS Org. Themed Calculator is available to OS2eCS Org. Members:
http://www.os2ecs.org/os2ecscalc.html

The new hobbes site is moving forward: http://hobbes.os2ecs.org (This is
still a work in progress. We hope to migrate the prototype software onto
the new hardware soon..in July. We are appreciative to all those who have
contributed towards this project. The goal of this project is to ensure
that "not all our eggs are in one basket". Feedback on this project is
welcomed: hobbes@os2ecs.org

Our management team at OS2eCS Org. will be a bit scarce for the next few
weeks, as I'll be on vaccation and some are away for awhile. If you should
need any assistance during this time, you may send your message to:
managers@os2ecs.org or stop in our channels on the Undernet IRC Network
(#os/2warp & #ecomstation)...our friendly & experienced OS/2 & eCS User
RedBill(our VP) is holding down the fort :D

I look forward to being refreshed and re-Engergized!(Think of the
"Energizer Bunny") :D Cheers!

Jeramie Samphere
President,
OS2eCS Org.

P.S. Our server may be offline latter in the week as I hope to complete
the hardware/software upgrade on our primary server
(http://www.os2ecs.org) before I leave.

Url: http://www.os2ecs.org

From: Jeramie Samphere (jksamphereDESPAM@DESPAMos2ecs.org)


Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php

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Net: Enhancements to Passport Advantage effective May 23

12 May 2005 08:41:14


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From: benji0001DESPAM@DESPAMcomcast.net

Apparently there is some enhancements to Passport Advantage. I'm not quite
sure what but here is the link and announcement I got from IBM.


Enhancements to Passport Advantage effective May 23
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=na5sw0344


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SW: Pine 4.63 is here

10 May 2005 19:42:05


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Forwarded message from "Dr. Ash" on Sat, 7
May 2005 10:36:16 UTC Posted on: comp.os.os2.mail-news

Hi all.

This is just the usual note to announce that I've uploaded Pine 4.63 for
OS/2 to Hobbes, including an OS/2 port of the University of Washington
mail servers.

Hobbes search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pine
Download:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/mail/reader/pine463.zip

All the details are available from the usual place:

http://www.zeta.org.au/~nps/software/pine/en/index.html

There are no OS/2-specific changes from 4.62. General changes can be found
at the University of Washington's site:

http://www.cac.washington.edu/pine/changes.html

Nick S.

"Pine is a well-known and well-loved text-based e-mail client. It can
access POP3 and IMAP mail servers, as well as act as a client for NNTP
news servers. It also comes with the simple text editor Pico and file
browser Pilot. The University of Washington also provides POP2, POP3 and
IMAP mail servers with its c-client software."

---END FORWARDED MESSAGE---


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SW: UpdCD 2.50 has been released

10 May 2005 18:53:50


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From: kadzsoldDESPAM@DESPAMxenia.sote.hu


UpdCD 2.50 has been released. This is a full release which should not be
installed on top of an existing UpdCD 2.4x installation.

Major changes since version 2.40:

* Aligned with latest fixpaks (MPTS, TCP/IP and Base OS)
* Added support for bootable DVD creation
* Improved GUI with a lot of new options (nologo, nodasd, noshield,
nosniff)
* Support for new 3rd party components (FireFox, XFree 4.5.0, OpenSSH)
* Install TCP/IP 4.3 without old Netscape and JAVA
* Preliminary support for eCS 1.2

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

From: Z. Kadar (kadzsolDESPAM@DESPAMxenia.sote.hu)


Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php

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HW: Tim's Warped Bargains: More on HP 2550L Color LaserJet

09 May 2005 09:04:15


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From: Timothy Sipples



Dear Bargain Hunters,

The $299.98 price is indeed excellent for the HP LaserJet 2550L color
printer, but I neglected to mention some more ways you can bring that
price down.

1. HP has a trade-in program if you have an older LaserJet printer. You
can get another $125 off the price of this printer. Details here:

http://www.hp.com/united-states/tradein/promo/laserjet/index.html?aoid=15536

It may be worth buying an old printer just to get the trade-in!

2. If you can order this printer from Staples online, you can visit
http://www.fatcash.com first then click through to Staples in order to get
a 3% rebate. (I'm not sure how fast Staples.com will sell out or if this
sale is available online.)

3. Alternatively, you can get 12% off by using the Customer Appreciation
Card:

http://www.staplescentral.com/customerAppreciation/customerappreciation.htm

Note that you will likely need to be a member of Staples Business
Advantage to take advantage of this offer. (If you work for a company
which can join or which is already a member, you're all set.)

So your final (pre-tax) price is approximately....

$299.98 - $ 9.00 ( 3% rebate)
(OR - $ 36.00 (12% rebate) )
- $125.00 ( HP rebate)
= $165.98 (OR $138.98)

Good luck!




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SW: DFSee 7.04 released, with USB prepared ISO

08 May 2005 19:41:51


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From: "Jan van Wijk"


DFSee version 7.04 has been released today, a minor update

A bug with commandline HISTORY and prefixes was solved as
well as some other small ones, and the distribution has
been updated with:

- Standard distribution available as dfsee7xx.zip AND dfsee704.zip

- The return of dfsee7xx_linux.tgz, a Linux TARBAL archive

- The CDR-ISO download is 'USB' ready, with the right USB drivers
(downloaded by YOU) and a special tool to insert these into the
ISO file, will allow access to USB drives and memory when booted
from the CDROM. Great for backups to USB 2.0 harddrives :-)


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/dfsee704.zip
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee7xx.zip
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee7xx_warpin.exe
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee704.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dfsee


Most important functional changes since 7.03:

- CLONE -!- option skips the main dialog (clone -!- -p:pid)
- DFSDISK Added 'pt -r' display to show all existing LVM info
- HISTORY prefixed history popup (F11) retrieval bugs fixed
- MENU Added Recover/Init LVM DLAT sector to LVM submenu
- MFT NTFS Fixed display bug after PART -r or RESTORE command
- IUSBISO utility to 'insert' USB drivers into downloaded ISO

The Diskette and CDR-ISO imagefiles are updated as well ...

Regards, JvW

Jan van Wijk, author of DFSee; http://www.dfsee.com
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SW: Security/2 SSES-0.4.3

08 May 2005 16:25:28


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From: "Mark Dodel"

"Security/2 is a multi-user system for OS/2. It provides controlled access
to files, drives, drivers and other OS/2 stuff, based on access control
list for each user. Security/2 has modular structure and can be easily (i
hope ;)) extended and provides a API for developers to enable their
applications be multi-user."

Web site: http://os2.kiev.ua/en/sses.php
Support forum: http://os2.kiev.ua/en/forum.list.php?f=5

Download: ftp://ftp.os2.kiev.ua/sses/sses-0.4.3.zip

From Changelog:

0.4.3

SHPM2 shell now loads environment variables from %HOME%\environment file
of
the following format:
VARIABLE1=VALUE1
VARIABLE2=VALUE2
...
Any existing environment variable could be overrided here except of
%HOME%,
%USER%,%USERSHELL%, %RUNWORKPLACE%.

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