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Update: USB update on SWChoice
It may be mentionable also that "EHCI" according to the referenced URL is
for USB 2.0! Here's a quote from the referenced URL:
"The USB Basic Device Support Package provides the basic OS/2 support
required for USB devices that meets the USB 1.0 OHCI, USB 1.1 UHCI, or USB
2.0 EHCI specifications."
Apple's Open-Source Streaming Media Server?
Has anyone looked at porting Darwin Streaming Server (Apple's open source
streaming media server software, supporting QuickTime, MP3, etc.) to OS/2
Warp?
The homepage for this project is here:
http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming
and there's a link to download the source code.
Darwin Streaming Server is already available for Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD,
and Windows.
There's a Frequently Asked Questions list which explains the
platform-specific portions of the source code. Apple says the following:
- OSThread, OSCond, OSMutex: Implements threads, mutexes, and condition
variables. The implementations provided work on MacOS X as well as any
platform that supports pthreads.
- OS: Includes some platform-specific code for getting the current time.
Implementations provided work on MacOS X as well as any platform that
supports gettimeofday.
- Socket: This class is C++ wrapper for the sockets API. On MacOS X, this
class uses a set of APIs collectively called the Event Queue for receiving
events from sockets in non-blocking mode. For other platforms, an
implementation of the Event Queue APIs using select() has been provided in
ev.cpp. For more details on the Event Queue, see "What is the Event
Queue?" in the FAQ section.
USB update on SWChoice
IBM has updated...
OS/2 Component Updates, Universal Serial Bus (USB)
USB Basic Device Support
USB Basic Device Support Package (OHCI/UHCI/EHCI)
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username/password.]
August OS/2 eZine is out
IN THIS ISSUE:
From The Editor
Robert Basler - eComStation 1.1 first peek and Java 2 SE 1.4 for OS/2.
Editorial
What is natural to you?
Simon Gronlund considers possibilities for improving file organization.
OS/2 is Boring
Bas Heijermans has a humourous suggestion.
Reviews
DVD Comes to OS/2
Robert Basler looks at the first publically available DVD player for OS/2.
Virtual PC 4.3.2 for OS/2
Robert Basler - improvement is good.
Comparing Terminal Applications
Brent R. Scott looks at four of the available choices.
Little Business Helper
John Bijnens looks at a tool for OS/2 entrepreneurs.
Articles
The Art Department
Cool desktops for you.
Forums
Ask John & Rob
John Bijnens and Robert Basler answer your OS/2 questions in this ongoing
forum.
August Forums
Questions for the authors? Disagree with us? Take it to the forums.
IBM SciTech Display Drivers
New release of the IBM SciTech Display Drivers... SDDSE710
[moderator's note: This requires a Software Choice subscription
username/password.]
New WarpVision GUI
Changes:
16.08.2002
+ OSD (On Screen Display) in DIVE mode
15.08.2002
GUI engine:
* slider: fixed some posts to parent
* back rewind did not refreshed counter
+ OSD (On Screen Display) in HWVIDEO mode
Ctrl-P whows current position. Press Ctrl-P again to turn it off.
13.08.2002
+ plays by list in FS does not switch to window mode when next track
*
Alt-xx switched off in FS mode
12.08.2002
* default image does not refresh after play finished
03.08.2002
* last file plays twice in playlist
02.08.2002
* bright set "on fly"
* HWVIDEO attributes set "on fly"
01.08.2002
+ Added HWVIDEO attributes support
31.07.2002
* popup menu was broken when use DIVE mode in Movie window
Program URL: http://www.os2.kiev.ua/
http://www.laemmlin.net/mirror/wvgui/wvgui20020816.zip
PPWizard, Free generic preprocessor (html/rexx/ipf/inf/ipfc)
Generic preprocessor with specific support for HTML and rexx. Includes
external files and supplies usual #define, #include, #if, #ifdef etc as
well as many others such as #import to import data from databases. Can
import SQL. Text to HTML. Its syntax is very simple yet the tool is very
powerful. It is extendable using rexx, for example "#if GetEnv("FRED") ==
substr(Var, 2)". Macros support parameters and conditional logic. Create
FTP like pages from dir trees (or WPS URL objects), validate generated
HTML or rexx, automatically create thumbnails, photo albums. Spell check.
HTML example inclusion from file with automatic tagging. As this tool is
basically a "Super SSI" there is a "SSI" add-available which simplifies
migration to PPWIZARD. "OL_DOC.DH" header for creation of IPF/HTML from
common source. Looks to be handy as a XML, XSL and DTD preprocessor. Also
runs in Windows, DOS, Unix and Mac OS X.
Program URL: http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~dbareis/ppwizard.htm
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ppwizard.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=ppwizard.zip
C-Media 8738 Audio Driver, Beta 0.1.9
Audio driver for C-Media 8x38 PCI chips.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/cmedia019.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=cmedia019.zi
WarpZip Update
WarpZip is now online with version 3.6
WarpZip is the latest in Zip and OS/2 "Packed" file management for the
OS/2 Warp family. Beneath WarpZip's stunning interface lie revolutionary
and powerful functions that will save both time and effort and boost your
productivity.
WarpZip comes fully functional for your evaluation. The installation
program lets you decide where files go and writes it's own uninstallation
script for you at that time. It will not leave files behind after an
uninstall unless you want it to.
The new WarpZip v3.6 is available for download and evaluation from the
PillarSoft website.
OTHER NOTES
We have had quite a bit of trouble with our website and email delivery
since our providers server changes a few months ago. After a lengthy
battle with Network Solutions, we have finally gotten our other
nameserver updated and it appears that the website is working for the
half of the world that couldn't access it before. We are getting the
other half of our mail again too!
Please excuse us for any inconvenience you may have suffered in the
interim and rest assured that we are still here. :-)
We have updated the PillarSoft Suite archive with the latest version of
WarpZip (short announcement preceded this one) as well so feel free to
update from the PillarSoft website. WarpZip and most of the programs
contained in the PillarSoft Suite are available for evaluation purposes
and may be purchased via BMTMicro.com.
For more information:
WarpZip: http://www.pillarsoft.net/warpzip.html
PillarSoft Suite: http://www.pillarsoft.net/suite.html
Java 1.4 and Mozilla for OS/2
August 14, 2002 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Golden Code Development today
announced a comprehensive service solution, which includes a new, OS/2
port of the Java 2 Standard Edition ("J2SE") platform, release 1.4, and
ongoing development and support for the the Mozilla Web Browser under
OS/2.
For additional information, please visit http://www.goldencode.com
PHP for OS/2 with a large number of modules
This is a port of PHP4 v4.2.2 as an OS/2 EXE.
This refresh build of PHP4 contains the optional modules:
- XML v2.4.23
- PostgreSQL client v7.2.1
- PDF Library v4.0.1
- OPENSSL v0.9.6a
- ODBC v3.0.1
- MySQL client v3.23.39
- Ming SWF Library v0.2a
- ICONV Library v1.8
- GMP Math Library v4.1
- GD v1.8.4
- BZip2 v1.0.2
- Zlib v1.1.4
And has the following optional features enabled:
- WDDX Session Serializer
- TOKENIZER
- STANDARD
- SESSION
- POSIX Revision 1.42.2.2
- PCRE Library v3.4
- PCNTL
- MBSTRING Multibyte with Japanese support
- HYPERWAVE v7.17
- FTP
- FILEPRO
- EXIF v1.2 (jpeg,tiff)
- DOMXML v2.4.23 (XPath,XPointer)
- DIO
- DBX v1.0.0 (MySQL,Odbc,PostgreSQL,FrontBase,Oracle8,Sybase-CT,MS SQL
Server
- DBASE
- DBA (gdbm,ndbm)
- CTYPE
Comments and bug reports are welcome.
Vincenzo Venuto
Thanks to:
Brian Havard
bjh@apache.org
http://venuto.monrif.net/Download/download.html
phpMyAdmin 2.30
Main changes/improvements for version 2.3.0: (ChangeLog)
Special note: all the configuration variables are now specified using a
new format, so if you want to use the new features, please start from the
new distributed file.
Some improvements:
* smaller pages, with menu, for table and db properties
* centralized db for support tables
* can specify a different charset for MySQL and HTML
* utf-8 charset support
* syntax coloring of SQL statements
* schema output in PDF format
* operators in field selection
* translation feedback page
* print view for SQL results
* EXPLAIN support
* generate PHP code from a query
* full database search
* IP-based Allow/Deny
* foreign table display field
* support for some MyISAM table options
* XML export
* query-by-example: automatic joins
* faster table delete under MySQL 4
* a new SQL parser has been merged, and will be used gradually to kill
some bugs and improve the whole project consistency
* interface to Mimer SQL Validator
* new languages: albanian, slovenian, afrikaans, hindi
Some fixes:
* CURDATE did not work in the function list
* javascript error with Mozilla and Opera
* a mysql error when dropping fields
* alter table was not working on a replicate
* bookmark error when the table no longer exists
* bad limit of the number of characters for numeric fields
* problem with headers in Apache 2
WarpVision skins page created
Now you can download skins for WarpVision movie player @ Kiev Elephant
website.
German NLS for XWP 0.9.20 available
Hi all.
The German NLS for XWorkplace 0.9.20 is now available as WarpIN package.
http://www.os2world.com/os2files/files/xwp-0-9-20_nls-de.exe
Sorry, still no context help and with the latest giant rework it's going
to take even longer. *hint, hint*
Christian Hennecke
WarpIN and XWorkplace 0.9.20 are out
WarpIN and XWorkplace have both been updated to V0.9.19.
1. WarpIN V0.9.20 has been released.
WarpIN is intended to become the new universal OS/2
installer. It is becoming more and more popular among
OS/2 developers because of its flexibility and ease of
use. It has full system configuration (CONFIG.SYS,
WPS classes, WPS objects) and can fully undo all the
changes to your system again.
V0.9.20 fixes a few bugs that were still in V0.9.19,
such as the XShadow breakage. In addition, this is
my first attempt at getting WarpIN to do proper CID
installs from the command line.
2. XWorkplace V0.9.20 is out also.
XWorkplace is the most feature-rich freeware Workplace
Shell enhancer on the planet, and even better, it is
OpenSource. XWorkplace is the successor to my popular
XFolder utility and has become a Netlabs project.
For details, please refer to the download address
below.
Even though V0.9.19 was pretty well received, a few
bugs were still to be fixed for V0.9.20. In addition,
I added some new icon features like lazy icon loading,
icon sharing, and shadow icons. Besides, a bunch of
cosmetic changes were made.
As usual, be reminded that this is not guaranteed to
be stable (as the version number indicates anyway).
Note: To install XWorkplace, you also need
WarpIN V0.9.14 or higher, since XWorkplace now
comes as a self-installing executable. I recommend
using at least WarpIN V0.9.16 to avoid the problem
with your existing XCenter disappearing on install.
To get the new WarpIN and XWorkplace, please go to:
WarpIN and XWorkplace are Netlabs projects, released under
the GNU General Public Licence. The source code is
available on the Netlabs CVS server. See http://www.netlabs.org/nosa/ and the above address for details.
We have created four mailing lists at groups.yahoo.com:
-- warpin-user
-- warpin-dev
-- xworkplace-user
-- xworkplace-dev
for WarpIn and XWorkplace users and developers,
respectively. HOWEVER, please note that I am currently
not able to answer a hundred messages per day. If you
want to report a bug, this is appreciated, but do not
be disappointed if you do not get an answer. And please
do not try either to mail me privately instead, that
won't change things either. Thanks for your patience.
Have fun!
Ulrich Moeller
New version of PMRA released
I've released several bug-fixes for PMRA (Poor Mans Roaming Access).
http://www.catherders.com/w3f/mwc-enterprises/pmra05.zip
.41 - OS/2 version
Discovered that the relatively slow Mozilla 1.x/IBM Web Browser 1.x
browsers perform a rewrite and flush to disk of the bookmark file as
almost the last thing they do before exiting. Add the delay of the disk
cache to the already glacial execution speed of these versions and there's
a very good chance that the bookmark file won't be completely on the disk
by the time we upload it to the ftp server, which can cause all sorts of
peculiar issues. So I added a brute-force 30 second delay between the exit
of the browser and the start of the upload stage. When I get time I'll
see about doing something more elegant that takes less than 30 seconds,
but this will do for now.
.046W - Windows version
Same as above, plus several changes so that if windows should crash while
your browser is running there's a better chance that your bookmark file
won't be lost.
Mike-
Less then two months to Warpstock
There's just 30 days until the Early Bird Registration Ends. Register now
for Warpstock 2002 before the deadline! We've posted most of our speaker
schedule on line and we're scouring Austin for a great place to hang on
Saturday night. Visit our eStore http://bamart.com/Warpstockinc to use
your Visa/Mastercard to make a secure purchase without the extra fees that
Paypal or Billpoint can charge.
If you look at our schedule, http://www.warpstock.org/2002/presentations.html, you'll see that this
year's Warpstock has some surprises in store for you. What will "The
Miracle" actually be? A video DVD player? Extended service for the OS/2
user? A cell phone that runs OS/2 rather than Windows or Palm OS? OS/2's
Open Sourcing by IBM? Full compatibility with MS Office XP? OS/2 running
on a 64-bit processor? Whatever "The Miracle" is, Warpstock attendees will
be the first to know. If you don't believe in Miracles, then you should be
attending our other sessions where you will be able to see the latest
demonstrations of NetLabs and Innotek's products for OS/2, and other
great products for network and enterprise management from Golden Code and
Starfire. Use eCS? Kim and Bob are going to be telling us all about what's
in store for the next release of eCS.
Warpstock is the best place to find out what is going on with OS/2 and to
meet and talk with all the people you have only met online. If you have
not attended Warpstock in the past, this is the year you should make
every effort to attend.
Warpstock 2002 will be held the weekend of October 5th and 6th, at the
Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin Texas. Austin is the home of the IBM
OS/2 development group, so many of the people that work on and support
OS/2 will be in attendance and giving presentations this year.
A special conference rate of $129 for single/double room night is
available to those who use the "Warpstock 2002" event code when making
reservations. This rate is good for up to 3 days prior and 3 days after
the event weekend. The Warpstock room block is only guaranteed until
September 13th though, so please don't delay. You can make reservations
by calling 1-800-HOTELS-1 (1-800-228-9290) or direct at 1-512-343-2620.
Early registration for both days will be $70. This price is valid until 4
weeks prior to the event. After September 7th, registration will be $95
for the two day conference. A one day price of $70 is also available.
But by registering early you get both Warp packed days for the price of a
one day admission.
You can register online at http://bamart.com/Warpstockinc
or as in the past you can mail in your check (or even cheque) or
moneyorder payable to "Warpstock, Inc" at
Warpstock 2002 - C/O Stan Sidlov
187 Hilltop Court
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 07442
United States of America
For more on Warpstock 2002 please see our web page at http://www.warpstock.org where you can find more information about hotel
reservations and a preliminary list of scheduled sessions.
Warpstock, Inc., is a North Carolina 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 web site :
http://www.warpstock.org
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