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Warpstock shirts and mugs now available for pre-order

Are you looking for more OS/2 merchandise? Perhaps your wardrobe selection is looking somewhat stale, or maybe you need something new to hold your beverages? Either way, Warpstock 2001 has what you need.

The Warpstock teams are pleased to announce that Warpstock 2001 shirts and coffee mugs are now available for pre-order. The black shirts are available in six sizes for $30 (US$), and the coffee mugs are $12.50. You can either pick up your purchases at WS 2001, or they can be shipped to you for $5 S/H each.

More information, including pictures and ordering instructions, are available at http:http://www.warpstock.org/merchandise.html. Payments can be made online using the convenient PayPal system. or our eBay store : http://www.ebaystores.com/warpstock2001

The 5th annual Warpstock conference will be held October 6-8, 2001, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is produced by Warpstock, Inc., a North Carolina non-profit corporation. The Warpstock annual conference is a gathering of OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available at the Warpstock 2001 website, http://www.warpstock.org or its mirror http://warpstock.os2voice.org

From: Luc Van Bogaert luc.vanbogaert@pandora.be

RSJ feature request

Hi!

This is part of a posting from a rsj newsgroup. A user was asking about CDDB and MP3 support.

From: Markus Mueller support@rsj.de

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Please send feature requests and the like to info@rsj.de or survey@rsj.de - this way, there is a better chance that it reaches the right people. If I pass it over, it's just another of my countless tries to convince them of adding these features to the OS/2 version... :)
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I think it would help, if all of us who want RSJ to become even better, would mail their feature requests to info@rsj.de (they speak english, too)

Audio/Data-CD Creator V0.48

New in this version :

Image creation failed if WPS-object title contained carriage returns

Writing several CDs and image creation at the same time possible.

CD-size check when writing DAO audio always used the default device not the selected one.

void CWDataFolder::cwEnableMultiSessionCntrls(HWND hwnd, BOOL bEnable) removed

Autodetermination if the first or additional sessions are to be written in multisession mode.

Window position are saved for the PM-helpers

MP3-decoding frontend for z! (http://dink.org) added

New setup strings

Default templates are no longer created in addition to those created by the installer.

Toolbar improved&colon. objects may be placed freely.

1:1 CD-Copy drive selection fixed

Removed flickering when resizing folders

Have fun!

http://www.os2world.com/cdwriting/creator/creatormain.htm

MyVoldep

New release of MyVolDep. Freeware.

MyVolDep is a VIO stock manager, but it's only available in german. Others may use it, too, but currently I don't plan to translate it. Sorry.

Requires MySQL db-server and WGet ... see readmes for more details.

Check http://tam.belchenstuermer.de/ section 'Software' to download it.

DFSee version 4.01 released

For those of you that don't know DFSee yet, it is an FDISK, display, analysis and recovery tool for disks and filesystems.

DFSee is a command-line and text-only utility (no GUI). This allows usage from simple boot-diskettes for recovery. The package includes an OS/2, Win-NT and DOS version.

DFSee can be downloaded from my web-site, but after evaluation, and for all real use you are required to get a registration. It can be purchased from the Mensys online shop for about US $17.

Details can be found at: http://www.fsys.demon.nl/dfsee.htm

Version 4.01 updates and fixes:
- Fixed trap on FAT32 partitions with a wrong system-type (like 06)
- Added QUERY items for disk-nr and partition-nr validation, version and registration details. (usefull from scripts)
- Enhanced DFSUNFD script to allow an all-sector scan and use of a specified custom geometry when BIOS defaults are incorrect.

Registering DFSee will give you the right to use all 4.xx versions and get support plus a reasonable amount of assistance by email.

But even more important, it enables further development of DFSee!

I would very much like to hear about experiences you have with DFSee, either positive or negative. Contact: dfsee@fsys.demon.nl

New payment method available for Warpstock 2001

Have you tried to register for Warpstock 2001 or purchase some merchandise, but had problems with the PayPal system? Perhaps you live outside the U.S. and were deterred by the 30-day verification delay? If so, then there is a solution. Registering for Warpstock 2001 and buying Warpstock merchandise can be now be done through our eBay store! The URL is http://www.ebaystores.com/warpstock2001

The Warpstock 2001 eBay store lets you purchase the same items at the same price as with PayPal. It's just another method for OS/2 users to buy Warpstock tickets and merchandise. Some people prefer PayPal, others will prefer the eBay store. The choice is yours, and after all, isn't that what OS/2 is all about?

The key difference between the PayPal system and the eBay store is that the eBay store does not require you to verify your account with your bank or credit - a process which can take a month with Paypal for people outside the U.S. With the eBay store, payments can be made immediately, via MasterCard, Visa, Discover, or electronic checks drawn directly from a U.S.-based bank account.

Until September 1, the registration price for Warpstock 2001 is $90 per person for the entire weekend. The exhibitor registration fee is $500. The Saturday night social event is $50. You can also pre-purchase Warpstock shirts and coffee mugs, which can be either picked up at Warpstock 2001 or delivered to you.

The Warpstock Board of Directors and the Warpstock 2001 Event Team look forward to welcoming the OS/2 community to Toronto for the greatest Warpstock experience ever.

The 5th annual Warpstock conference will be held October 6-8, 2001, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is produced by Warpstock, Inc., a North Carolina non-profit corporation. The Warpstock annual conference is a gathering of OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available at the Warpstock 2001 website, http://www.warpstock.org or its mirror site: http://warpstock.os2voice.org

Packet filter paper updated

Some new rules to protect broadcast/multicast/network addresses, minor corrections, acknowledgements, bibliography.

http://emil.alarmix.org/kofa/articles/firewall/fw_eng.html

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End of eCS Promotional Pricing, September 30, 2001

Lewisville, TX, July 31, 2001: Serenity Systems announces the end of eCS promotional pricing, effective September 30, 2001. The new pricing, which takes effect on October 1, 2001, as follows (all prices are Suggested Retail Pricing in US dollars):

Product                          until Sept 30        effective Oct 1 

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eCS upgrade from IBM SWC              $ 99                   $189

eCS upgrade from Warp 4               $139                   $239

eCS new user                          $279                   $359

eCS SMP feature                       $110                   $130

eCS Pro upgrade from Warp4            $249                   $369

eCS Pro new user                      $389                   $489

eCS Upgrade Protection (12 mos)       $ 69                   $ 89

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http://www.Serenity-Systems.com

Randomizer 4.0 Released

After exactly one year in stasis, Don Eitner has released Randomizer 4.0.

Randomizer is a lightweight database built with the specific intention of selecting random items from lists (fields, arrays, etc). The Randomizer.cmd script is accompanied by DataInput.cmd which acts as the database creation and editing tool. Other front-ends could be easily coupled with DataInput.cmd but thus far no others are known to exist.

This could be useful for many things such as developing quick characters for a story or role playing game, the basis of a lottery number picker, or theoretically scientific work involving random data.

Primary download location: http://freiheit.syntheticdimension.net/os2-myapps.shtml

Randomizer 4.0 is powered by Pun Technology. "Pun is a play on words()." To make a long story short, Pun Technology is a replacement for OS/2's Rexx words(), word(), and delword() functions which allows Randomizer 4.0 to use non-space characters as field delimiters in the data file. This allows more effective handling of fields which contain spaces without the need for special place holder characters as in previous versions of Randomizer.

Randomizer 4.0 is donation-ware. If you like it you are asked to send $5 to encourage further development. If you don't like it, let me know what you don't like about it and maybe I can make it better.

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Don "Freiheit" Eitner

* Developer of The 13th Floor website (http://freiheit.syntheticdimension.net)
* Official redhead admirer
* Using OS/2 because I want to, not because I "have to".