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Version 3.07 of C-side is now online at:

http://inet.uni2.dk/~kimfoder/C-SIDE.HTM

and within a couple of days it will also be at Hobbes in /incoming (later in /pub/os2/apps/mmedia/cd/cd-r).

In version 3.07 some errors have been corrected, and some new features have been added.

For full descriptions see the read.me file.

For those who don't know, C-Side is a CD label and cover designer, with a multitude of functions, and more are coming!

Kim Foder
kimfoder@inet.uni2.dk
Homepage : http://inet.uni2.dk/~kimfoder/

Member of team OS/2
Member of IACT

I'm glad to introduce CoolFM/2 (by Eugene Gorbunoff) - the most powerful fm-radio tuner control program for OS/2, compatible with most popular fm-tuners for PC.
CooLFM is designed with consideration of all your demands: - Support of most popular fm-tuners - Ready for use as radio broadcasting center (internet integration) - Quick tuning (use tuning manager) - Friendly ~convenient user interface, aesthetic beauty of the application on desktop (continually growing skins library) - Record of radio broadcasting - Alarm-clock

CoolFM is a commercial software (17$ for non-Russian residents) and can be purchased in BMTMicro.

https://secure.bmtmicro.com/ECommerce-OnSite/66001.html

http://os2.ru/projects/coolfm

Ghostgum has released Version 3.5 of its well-known Ghostscript front-end:

ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/ghost/ghostgum/gsv35os2.zip

For more information about Ghostview and Ghostscript go to:

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

Most old Sierra games work, but without Soundblaster sound. The drivers were extremly buggy, so I wrote a patcher for them.

This patcher has some IQ routine, which has the ability to patch almost ANY Sierra Realmode Soundblaster driver. Games work (after patching) under DOS and OS/2 with 100% Soundblaster sound.

Call it under (M)-DOS on command-line and use the driver's name as parameter.

Feedback appreciated

Download it under:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/gosierra.zip

or later using:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gosierra.zip

Peter Nielsen - With The Award Winning Application!

Many of us has been using PMView for many years. So when looking around for graphics viewers for other operating systems, most of us has been using PMView as THE standard regarding graphics viewers.

Also this year PMView was awarded as the best non-commercial application for OS/2.

Read the full interview at OS2 World.Com!

http://www.os2world.com/devel_ww_show.shtml#976567157

Well thanks go to everyone who complained, bug-reported and thanked me. ;) SG is now at 0.6.1 level -- many OS/2 corrections, including terminal bug. Please read install docs.

Original SG pages: http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net

Our central site is , http://birdy.hpage.net but until Chris can get files himself :) you can get them from:

ftp://ftp.os2.ru/incoming/f%3a%5cdistrib%5cscigraphica061emx.zip

http://www.os2.spb.ru

UpdCD version 1.2 has been released. It supports the following new components: XFree86, LVM, JFS, OS/2 Commander.

Added PM interface. Support for compressing files on the installation disks. Add-on components are selectable during install.

To see the complete list of supported components please visit the Update CD homepage. If you ordered a Warp Update Kit with UpdCD version 1.0 or 1.1 please read the UpdCD FAQ (Q13) to see how to upgrade it to this version. Brazilian version of the WUK will be available soon

UpdCD can be used to integrate IBM fixpaks, updates and various third party components with the OS/2 installation CD-ROM in order to produce an up-to-date installation CD.

http://xenia.sote.hu/~kadzsol/rexx/sajat/updcd.htm
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=updcd12.zip

A new X-chat has been released by Platon. X-chat is a Xfree86OS/2 IRC program, that needs a X-Server like Xfree86OS/2 or HOBLink X11 to run. It also requires Gnome/Gtk to work.

We also need people who would like to create WarpIN packages for GNOME stuff and people who could write how to's etc. If you could do this mail:

Christoph.Vogelbusch@bigfoot.com

http://Birdy.hpage.net

On December 13, Ray Gwinn has made a new beta of his COM port driver available on his home page.

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http://www.gwinn.com

Focus on OS/2 News for This Week:
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New Article:
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GETTING DSL INSTALLED IN OS/2 by Richard M. Rollo Guest article describing the challenges faced by a non-techie in installing DSL, and how he finally overcame them and got a working system.
http://os2.about.com/library/weekly/ucdslos2a.htm

News and Links:
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PCI041VK.ZIP

New Program with a huge database for identifying PCI/AGP devices in your PC. Seems very complete, although the documentation is a little disorganized.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=pci041vk.zip

NDFSV102.ZIP

NetDrive for OS/2 is a virtual file system which allows to create a virtual volume and mount various resources to the volume. Current version of NetDrive for OS/2 supports local, network and FTP resources.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&key=ndfsv

For News and Links, see:

http://os2.about.com/library/blnews.htm

Walter F Metcalf
http://os2.about.com
os2.guide@about.com

This might be of interest for all OS/2 users that have a Dawicontrol DC2976UW SCSI Controller and plan to either apply FP14 or install WSeB / eCS...:

If you get a TRAP C after applying FP14 (using the native driver DC2976.ADD) try using Symbios' drivers for the SYM53C875 Chipset ("SYMC8XX.ADD"). If this gives you intermittent hangs on the SCSI bus, try using JJSCDROM.DMD instead of OS2CDROM.DMD. This finally solved the problem for my system.

According to DawiControl's helpline the TRAP C is a known problem with the aurora kernel, but due to a forthcoming U160+ controller deployment they have no resources left to fix this right now.

A German bank has KICKED OUT win NT to install 300,000 Warp 4.5/FP14 clients amd 1,000 WSeB servrs... see:

http://www.os2world.com/cgi-bin/news/archives.cgi?category=2&view=12-00

for details. Oh, IBM appear to be SUPPORTING it well, too.

My fifth article on remote-booting diskless Windows workstations from OS/2 Warp Server is available at

http://www.matem.unam.mx/~micho/ripl5.html

The article describes new class of Windows RIPL requesters, based on a bootable virtual 16MB superfloppy that holds the whole Windows nucleus (GUI+32-bit networking). The nucleus is used to boot the client and connect to the OS/2 Server in 32-bit mode.

The sixth RIPL article (which is in preparation) will deal with diskless systems booting Windows Millennium from OS/2 Warp Server. For now,

http://www.matem.unam.mx/~micho/ripl6.html

explains in detail how to enable real-mode DOS support in WinME. This is a very important step in setting up diskless WinME requesters RIPLing from OS/2 Server, but I think this simple and elegant procedure has an independent interest...

It looks like Symantec has posted another set of updates to IBMAV (av30gg.zip, 9 Dec 00) at:

ftp://ftp.symantec.com//public/english_us_canada/antivirus_definitions/ibmav/

There may be a problem with the links.Wget needed:

ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/antivirus_definitions/ibmav/av30gg.zip

to retrieve it.