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SciTech Software Inc. to Open Source ..
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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SciTech Software Inc.
530 894 8400
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http://www.scitechsoft.com/
SciTech Software Inc. to Open Source Its Proprietary Device Driver
Architecture
* SciTech Software Inc confirms Open Source plans, and offers two
licenses to accommodate the needs of developers and vendors.
Chico, Calif., August 27, 2002 -- SciTech Software, Inc. today announced
the intention to release the bulk of its proprietary device driver
development tools under a new dual license structure. SciTech has selected
the GNU General Public License (GPL) license to handle the needs of Open
Source developers along with a commercial software license for those
seeking to offer non-GPL solutions. By providing an Open Source license to
its powerful development tools SciTech is seeking to gain wider acceptance
of its unique SciTech SNAP device driver architecture. To date companies
such as IBM, and ATI have benefited from the binary compatibility that the
SciTech SNAP architecture provides. With this latest announcement embedded
and industrial developers will have the ability to utilize the same
architecture to further their own efforts.
Over the years I ve been asked to put up or shut up by some powerful
players in the Open Source community regarding this architecture; well I
guess the time has come to put up, said Kendall Bennett, founder/CEO of
SciTech Software Inc., adding the alternate OS community has suffered
long enough through the lack of a solid binary compatible device driver
architecture
SciTech s commercially available graphics driver pack, SciTech SNAP
Graphics, currently supports nearly 180 graphics chip sets on multiple
OS es with full 2D acceleration. Access to all existing SciTech SNAP
drivers will remain available under SciTech s commercial license and will
not be Open Sourced due to existing NDA s with chip vendors. However,
anyone choosing to utilize the SciTech SNAP development tools will have
the ability to study GPL samples of SciTech SNAP drivers in the DDK. The
dual license will allow developers the ability to quickly tap into this
fully plug-and-play support base with little effort.
We see this as an important step for the alternate OS space, said Andrew
Bloo, Director of Sales and Marketing for SciTech Software Inc. for the
first time OS vendors that service emerging markets get a true alternative
to the aging X11 driver model. SciTech SNAP provides complete 2D
acceleration, plug-and-play and a support base equal to anything available
regardless of OS including Windows .
By providing application developers, hardware and OS vendors the ability
to fully develop solutions free of charge, SciTech is providing real value
to emerging markets. Should developers decide to ship drivers and or
applications developed with SciTech s tools they can then decide to
release their source code under the terms of the GPL or easily change
their license to the commercial version and protect their proprietary
code.
About SciTech SciTech Software, Inc. is a leading supplier of PC graphics
utilities, drivers, and tools for the embedded, industrial and enterprise
markets. SciTech s products allow software developers to achieve maximum
performance from their systems graphics hardware. SciTech s products
include, SciTech SNAP Graphics, a fully accelerated binary compatible
graphic device driver solution, SciTech GLDirect, an OpenGL to Direct3D
driver and SciTech MGL, an Open Source, professional graphics library used
to develop some of today s most popular software programs. SciTech
products support the Windows, Linux, OS/2, DOS, QNX, and SMX operating
systems. Many major software companies and hardware companies license
portions of SciTech s technology for incorporation in their products.
SciTech is privately held and the company's web address is http://www.scitechsoft.com
VDMA v0.9b *BETA* RELEASEd
Hi everyone!
The original VDMA driver done by I.B.M. was fixed, patched and extended
for about 10 years. Still the DMA port emulation is not quite complete or
accurate and some things weren't done in a really efficient manner. DMA
in VDMs is mostly used for sound output of games and due to limits of the
original driver, games like Prince of Persia 2, Goblins 3 and Sam'n Max
didn't work at all or not right.
My replacement driver is 100% new. It contains a completely new logic for
emulating DMA transfers. It's half the size of the original driver,
definitely more accurate and is coded using about 80% assembly and 20%
Watcom C code.
Download from: http://ecomstation.ru/kiewitzsoft/vdd-vdma.php
Like always:
- This is a BETA version, do NOT use in productive environments - DO NOT
UPLOAD TO PUBLIC SERVERS (this means e.g. hobbes), Thank you.
cu, Kiewitz
Less then 2 weeks left for Warpstock early registration discount
Just a reminder that there are less then two weeks left to take advantage
of the Warpstock 2002 early registration discount. Time is running out on
our sale on Registration at the Warpstock Store on BAMart (Bank of America
eStores). You only have less than 2 weeks to register at the reduced
rate! Don't Delay, Register Today!
You can pay with your VISA or MasterCard online at our secure web store
site: http://www.bamart.com/warpstockinc
If you prefer to pay by check made payable to "Warpstock, Inc." with
"WARPSTOCK" written on the memo field) please mail it to:
Warpstock 2001 - C/O Stan Sidlov
187 Hilltop Court
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 07442
United States of America
Please see http://www.warpstock.org/2002/registration/registration.html
for a downloadable copy of the registration form which must be included
with your check. Cut-off date for mail-in registrations is September 7,
2002.
Time is also running out on reserving a room at the 4 Star Renaissance in
Austin. Our reserved block of rooms and discounted Warpstock 2002 room
rate is only assured until Sept 13. The hotel is expected to be
completely booked that weekend, make sure that you have a room so that you
can enjoy all the after-hours discussions that are as much a part of
Warpstock as the presentations and giveaway session. For a list of
currently scheduled presentations please see the Warpstock web site:
http://www.warpstock.org/2002/presentations.html
To complete your reservations at the Austin Renaissance Hotel:
On the web: http://www.warpstock.org/2002/location/hotel_info.html
By phone :
512-343-2626
1-800-HOTELS-1
1-800-228-9290
By fax : 512-346-7953
Please be sure to mention "Warpstock 2002" to get the show room rate.
To learn the latest information about OS/2 and eComstation, come to
Warpstock 2002, which this year is taking place in the home of OS/2
development. Warpstock will take place the weekend of October 5-6, 2002
in Austin, Texas at the Renaissance Austin Hotel. You can find the
complete presentation schedule as well as event registration and hotel
reservation information at our web site: http://www.warpstock.org.
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
ImageJ 1.28
ImageJ is a public domain Java image processing program inspired by NIH
Image for the Macintosh. It runs, either as an online applet or as a
downloadable application, on any computer with a Java 1.1 or later virtual
machine.
It can display, edit, analyze, process, save and print 8-bit, 16-bit and
32-bit images. It can read many image formats including TIFF, GIF, JPEG,
BMP, DICOM, FITS and "raw". It supports "stacks", a series of images that
share a single window. It is multithreaded, so time-consuming operations
such as image file reading can be performed in parallel with other
operations.
It can calculate area and pixel value statistics of user-defined
selections. It can measure distances and angles. It can create density
histograms and line profile plots. It supports standard image processing
functions such as contrast manipulation, sharpening, smoothing, edge
detection and median filtering.
It does geometric transformations such as scaling, rotation and flips.
Image can be zoomed up to 32:1 and down to 1:32. All analysis and
processing functions are available at any magnification factor. The
program supports any number of windows (images) simultaneously, limited
only by available memory.
Spatial calibration is available to provide real world dimensional
measurements in units such as millimeters. Density or gray scale
calibration is also available.
ImageJ was designed with an open architecture that provides extensibility
via Java plugins. Custom acquisition, analysis and processing plugins can
be developed using ImageJ's built in editor and Java compiler.
User-written plugins make it possible to solve almost any image processing
or analysis problem.
ImageJ is being developed on Mac OS X using its built in editor and Java
compiler, plus the BBEdit editor and the Ant build tool. The source code
is freely available. The author, Wayne Rasband (wayne@codon.nih.gov), is
at the Research Services Branch, National Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Mozilla 1.1 re-released
Mozilla 1.1 has been reposted http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ and an
additional fix has also been posted. Here's the announcement from Mike
Kaply (IBM):
==-==-==-==-==-==-==
First off, I fixed one more bug and put it into the fix zip wh is
at:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/warpzilla/mozilla-os2-vacpp-1.1.fix.zip
The fix is to wdgtos2.dll and it fixes traps using the file dialog.
Secondly, the new mozilla 1.1 zip is up at mozilla.org as well.
Sorry for the hassle.
I'll test better next time, I swear.
Mike
==-==-==-==-==-==-==
MMIOMP3 0.4.1 & MMIOVorbis 0.3
Russell O'Connor has released upfated MMIO Codecs for MP3 and OggVorbis
After installation, MP3s and Ogg Vorbii can be played in any OS/2 player.
* Files can play by double-clicking on the file’s icon.
* Files can play in any Rexx program by using Multimedia calls.
* Files can be played with the Rexx program PLAY.CMD.
* Files can be converted to any audio format that OS/2 can ReadWrite,
such as RIFF WAVE, by using Convert to in the context menu.
* Files can be streamed over the Internet.
Also included is convertToOgg which is a little program to convert any
MMOS/2 readable format into a Ogg Vorbis (some restrictions apply).
MMIOMP3
* Changes from 0.4 to 0.4.1 (2002-08-28)
o Fixed some minor bugs such as context-menu convert.
o Added uninstaller.
MMIOVorbis
* Changes from 0.2 to 0.3 (2002-08-28)
o Added uninstaller.
o Added limited use-at-own-risk Ogg Vorbis encoder.
o Updated from 1.0rc2 ogg and vorbis libraries to 1.0.
http://math.berkeley.edu/~roconnor/MMIOMP3/
BTW. : for better WPS -Integration and additionally features you may want
to install the CW-MM Classes too.
http://www.os2world.com/cdwriting/
Mozilla version 1.1
Mozilla 1.1 has been released !
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What's New in Mozilla 1.1
+ Improved application and layout performance
+ Improved stability
+ Improved Web site compatibility
+ Improved CSS, DOM and HTML standards support
+ Distinct window icons for the different Mozilla applications (artwork
contributed by Grayrest).
+ Mozilla can now trigger MS DUN when started
without a connection.
+ Fullscreen mode for Mozilla on Linux (press F11).
+ Browser tabs now close left to right (they used to close right to left).
+ The tab bar now has a button for creating new tabs.
+ All Search entry points now use your default search engine.
+ Download
Manager has been enabled as the default download view (with many
improvements)
+ Autocomplete in the location bar has more intelligent
completion.
+ The Linux File Picker has improved filtering and a new
directory button.
+ File extensions more accurately handled in downloads
and we save the correct files when saving complete Web pages
+ Drag and
drop support has been greatly improved.
+ View selection source: Context clicking on a selection now lets you view
the HTML source for the selected area.
+ Page info displays more page
info with improved General and Media tab content.
+ MathML is now enabled
for Mozilla on Macintosh (it was already available on Windows and Linux).
+ Better Bi-Di Arabic and Hebrew support including improved layout of
Arabic pages on Linux and other platforms without their own Arabic shaping
support.
+ We have new layout performance enhancements targeted at DHTML.
+ Mozilla now has support for the display of XBM images.
+ Image and plug-in blocking for Mail & News
+ Mozilla allows you to view HTML mail messages as plain text.
+ You can
now quote the current message in a Mail compose window with Quote Original
under the options menu.
+ The JavaScript Debugger has gone through a
major development cycle. It now sports a palette of nine views which can
be rearranged within the main window or docked in separate floating
windows. It is also possible to create user-defined views and commands
directly with JavaScript. More details are available in the FAQ,
newsgroup, or IRC channel.
+ Chatzilla has improved tab completion and
can now join channels with Japanese names.
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For more information see:
Mozilla release information: http://www.mozilla.org/releases/
OS/2 port Url: http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/
OS/2 port of 1.1 Milestione:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.1/mozilla-os2-vacpp-1.1.zip
Latest OS/2 nightly build:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/mozilla-os2.zip
ISO Software Submissions for the 2002 VOICE CD
OS/2 VOICE is looking for Shareware and Freeware for the VOICE 2002 CD -
North American Edition, which will be released at Warpstock in Austin,
TX.. Submissions of Shareware and non-GPL/OSS software may only be made
by the authors themselves. Submissions of GPL/OSS software may be made
by
any individual, license permitting. Inclusion of software in the CD will
be on a first come - first serve basis. The window for submissions is
open immediately and will be closed on 20 September.
Submitters must provide a copy of the software or an authorized download
site. Submitters may, at their discretion, submit an introductory page
for their software in HTML format to be included in the CD index.
Please contact Jason R Stefanovich at stefanj@gte.net or editor@os2voice.org for more information.
Privoxy (originally Junkbuster) 3.0.0 for OS/2 released
This is the first stable (non-beta) release of Privoxy.
Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting
privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access,
and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk.
Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit
individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone
systems and multi-user networks.
Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).
At present, Privoxy is known to run on Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000, XP),
Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Conectiva, Gentoo), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS,
BeOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, and many more flavors of Unix.
In addition to the traditional features of Internet Junkbuster, such as ad
and banner blocking, cookie management/protection, and HTTP header
manipulation, Privoxy adds many enhancements and new features in the same
vein.
* Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at http://
config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/). Browser-based tracing of
rule
and filter effects. Remote toggling.
* Web page content filtering (removes banners based on size, invisible
"web-bugs", JavaScript and HTML annoyances, pop-up windows, etc.)
* Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and user
settings to reside in separate files, so that installing updated
actions
files won't overwrite individual user settings.
* HTTP/1.1 compliant (but not all optional 1.1 features are supported).
* Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration
files,
and generally a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax
over
previous versions.
* Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies).
* GIF de-animation.
* Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
* Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).
* User-customizable HTML templates for all proxy-generated pages (e.g.
"blocked" page).
* Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
* Improved signal handling, and a true daemon mode (Unix).
* Every feature now controllable on a per-site or per-location basis,
configuration more powerful and versatile over-all.
* Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed, and
security
holes fixed.
Download location:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118
Home Page:
http://www.privoxy.org/
Privoxy Developers developers@privoxy.org
Pronews/2 v1,52 build cp012 now available
Pronews/2 v1.52 build cp012 is now available for download from ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pn2152cp012.zip and its mirrors. It's
destination is ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/news/reader/pn2152cp012.zip
Pronews/2 is an internet news reader for OS/2!
1) Attempt to load a URL that spanned multiple lines would fail due to
only partial URL being passed to Netscape. Also change max URL length to
512.
2) We'd attempt to retrieve "autolimit" headers rather than the number of
messages in the group when "prompt over" was set.
3) CR not added to lines ending in LF when autowrap is OFF !!!
4) "Use Group Defaults" ignored on Posting page of settings note book for
each group.
5) Add groupname to a couple of messages in the log
6) Add Cancel and Catchup to commands saved at shutdown
7) Modify check for "group rebuilt on server" to only spring into action
if new "highnum" is less than old "lownum" to stop false detection and
retrieval of all articles.
8) Handle headers containing only tab characters correctly when emls
formatting is requested. Stops following header lines from appearing as
part of the body of the article.
9) Amend Save Queue to save only specific commands not everything except
posts.
10) Fix crash when attempting to spellcheck a message
11) Handle "Prompt if over" and "Automatically limit to" and upper limit
of maxheaders in prompt dialogs
12) Append to file dialog box was incorrectly titled Save as...
13) Fixed bug that stopped cancel posts being issued from any group other
than "Sent Messages".
14) Added PNMAXHEADERS support to 'Retrieve all headers' code section.
Previously only worked for 'get new headers'.
15) Fixed erroneous popup about number of messages in group exceeding
threshold when there are 0 articles.
16) Semicolon added to list of allowable characters in http[s] URLs.
17) QP encoded articles received from connection now correctly have
trailing = signs on lines removed before article is written to disk.
18) Translated all C source files to CPP for better typing and casting
support.
19) Subject field is now always QP encoded if it contains 8BIT
characters. Ignores the newsgroup posting settings.
20) Sender email address was in MIME when quoted in the "On such and
such, so and so wrote:" line in replies.
21) Corrected "Not enough space" popup error message to include amount of
space required correctly (not 0 any more!)
22) Allowed posting and decoding of multipart articles in up to 2048
parts now.
23) Added debug code to let me trace what gets called most often and then
tuned the top 10 or so callees. I feel the need for speed :-)
24) Fixed an error that occurred when the server high message number was
lower than the local high message number for a group. Ths happens when a
newsgroup is rebuilt on the server and before, it would not be
noticeable, just no new messages would show up. Now Pronews will
automatically adjust the local high message number to the server hmn and
subsequent fetches will pick up new articles.
25) Added % character as a valid URL character
26) Added support for https:// links
27) Email address local parts containing the / and + character
incorrectly mangled even though it's a valid RFC822 char.
28) Servers incorrectly go offline even with tasks still queued when "Go
offline when queue is empty" is set on.
29) Correct incomplete data displayed when editing an article in the post
queue. Data after the first blank line was omitted from the editor window
previously.
30) Correct double-decode of quoted printable articles that lost
characters from them. Decode only once on receipt of article from server,
not again when displaying it locally.
31) Correct crash when retrieving headers that contain a malformed date.
32) Two too many articles being retrieved when max headers was being
reached.
33) Speeded up various functions by eliminating a call to put offline
servers that were already offline!
34) Changed log functions to add fractions of a second to log output to
aid in performance debugging
35) Correct a problem with groups containing over 32767 headers where the
scrollbar behaved weirdly. Scrolling was erratic
to say the least! Aha! This will be the "Scrolling bug when more than 32k
articles in a group" listed as fixed in ia119 by Panacea.
36) Add log debug message when maximum headers dialog window is issued.
Groupname can be too long to be seen so this at
least lets you find out what group it is.
37) Enhancement: if an environment variable PNMAXHEADERS is set set to a
number then that will become the largest number of headers allowed in a
newsgroup. Default: 100000.
38) Enhancement: if an environment variable PNNOOFASFILEPART is set to any
value then PN2 will not treat "x of y" as file part numbers in multipart
decodes, only (x/y) will work.
39) Enhancement to display missing article part numbers when a multipart
decode is requested. Makes requesting reposts easier.
40) Check for dates with year > 2037 and set to 2001 to stop crash in
strftime(). Validity check all date fields!
Mike123.INF version 1.2
Michal Pohorelsky has released Mike123.INF ! Mike123.INF is a hypertext
file in the natural INF format, comprising 123 complete articles in Czech
language.
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