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OS/2 - eComStation News - March, 2006Browse - March 2006: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 2006: January February 2005: August September October November December Net: "IBM will not use Windows Vista - but will move to Linux desktops" SW: DVD Author 0.6.11 Release 2 Event: RexxLA "early-bird" rate runs till March,31st Event: KW/2 Users' Group March Meeting SW: Pronews/2 v1.58 released SW: VCD Imager 0.7.23 for OS/2 & eComStation SW: RexxMail build 20060311.110902 released. SW: GBM.DLL 1.35, GBM command line tools, GBMV2 Bitmap View/Editor SW: List of scanner working with Tame 1.03 updated Mag: VOICE Newsletter 02/2006 German issue completed Net: Week of widescreen Thinkpads Net: Articles Wanted for 2nd OS2eCS eZine SW: Tame v1.03a SW: Doodle's Screen Saver v1.6 has been released Net: netlabs newsletter #4 SW: wvgui 1.0 rc3 available on netlabs SW: RexxMail build 20060315.092415 released. SW: Weasel version 1.76 released SW: OS/2 Java Corner has been updated SW: RSJ CD Writer Filesystem for OS/2 Release 6.00
2006-03-09 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Mark Dodel http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/5436/ "IBM will not use Windows Vista - but will move to Linux desktops William Henning - Monday, March 6th, 2006 | 1:13PM (PST) IBM switching to Linux destops in Germany according to a Linux Forum 2006 presentation by their head of open source and Linux sales in Germany." OS/2 is mentioned several times in the reader comments. No mention of eComStation though. Some of the comments about OS/2 are pretty inaccurate. This very brief story is based on a report from LinuxForum 2006 concerning IBM's Andreas Pleschek presentation on "IBM vs. Open Source, Friend or Foe" http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060305214231974 Top
2006-03-09 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley Hi All, I've just uploaded release 2 of DVD Author 0.6.11 to http://smedley.info/os2ports.html. This is based on the same source as my earlier port from June 2005, but has been rebuilt using the GA version of libc06, which can be downlaoded from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.0-ga2.zip Updating to the GA version of libc06 fixes some sys1808 errors in spumux.exe (Thanks for the report Alex). I've used ffmpeg successfully to convert video to dvd format, then write to DVD as follows: ffmpeg -i dvdauthor -o dvdauthor -T -o cd mkisofs2 -dvdvideo -o image.iso -r . dvddao image.iso ffmpeg is available from: http://smedley.info/os2ports.html mkisofs2 is available from: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=cdrtools2&stype=all&sort=date&dir=%2F dvddao is available from: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=dvddao&stype=all&sort=date&dir=%2F Cheers, Paul Smedley paulDESPAM@DESPAMsmedley.info 10th March, 2006 Top
2006-03-09 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Lee Peedin (Posted on comp.lang.rexx) Don't forget that the Symposium "early-bird" rate runs till March 31st; HOWEVER, the special group rate by the Omni Southpark expires on March 19th. See announcement at <http://www.rexxla.org/Symposium/2006/announcement.html> "The 2006 International Rexx Symposium 10 - 13 April 2006 Austin, Texas, USA" I made my hotel & flight reservations on Wed. and had no problem, but remember, this is the week before Easter and flights are filling up fast - I'm sure the hotel will as well. Lee Peedin VP RexxLA Top
2006-03-10 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Walter F. Metcalf KW/2 K-W OS/2 Users Group Serving Kitchener-Waterloo and south-western Ontario area OS/2 and eComstation Users March 2006 Meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DATE: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 TIME: From 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. LOCATION: Room DC1316, Davis Centre, University of Waterloo Meeting facilities provided courtesy of Institute for Computer Research. Everyone is Welcome to Attend! Topic Under Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Topics of discussion for this monthly meeting are still under development. OS/2 User Forum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Sharing OS/2 Ideas)(Bring Your Questions) (What's New with OS/2)(Announcements) As a courtesy to our presenter, please plan to arrive by 7:00 p.m. For up-to-date information check our homepage at: http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug/ For directions to get to the meeting check: http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug/directon.html Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 ***************************************** Walter F. Metcalf VOICE Vice-President Warpdoctor Co-ordinator walter dot os2 at rogers dot com ***************************************** Top
2006-03-10 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Trevor Hemsley I'm pleased to announce the release of Pronews/2 v1.58 Pronews/2 is a multithreaded NNTP Newsreader program for OS/2. If you are upgrading from a release prior to 1.54 then you are strongly urged to backup your existing filter files as the files have a different on-disk format from 1.54 onwards. Failure to backup files *.FLT in \pronews and \pronews\headers will mean it will be impossible to use your filters if you should need to revert to a release prior to 1.54. You should also read the readme.txt file installed in the \pronews directory as this covers changes and new features from prior releases as well as tips for making Pronews/2 quicker. You can find Pronews/2 1.58 on ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming (later to be ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/news/reader) as pn2v158.zip. Pronews/2 is shareware and all profits from its sale are donated to the charity Save the Children. Pronews/2 v1.58 is a relatively small update with a few bugs fixed and one new feature - the ability to send email through servers that require a userid/password. Authenication mechanisms CRAM-MD5, LOGIN and PLAIN are supported. Other fixes include 4 bugs that caused crashes, filters not liking embedded % characters and one fix that stops garbage being posted if you post with autowrap off. More information about all changes and installation instructions can be found in the readme file after (or during) the install. Hobbes Download: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pn2v158.zip Hobbes Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pn2v158.zip Top
2006-03-11 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley Hi All, I've just uploaded vcimager v0.7.23 to http://smedley.info/os2ports.html GNU VCDImager is a full-featured mastering suite for authoring, disassembling and analyzing Video CD's and Super Video CD's. The core functionality consists of directly making Video CD BIN/CUE-style CD images from mpeg files, which (after being written to CDR(W) media) can be played on standalone VCD players or DVD players and on computers running GNU/Linux, MacOS, Win32 or any other OS capable of accessing VCD's. BIN/CUE images can be burned with [cdrdao] (please use a recent version, since older ones do not support BIN/CUE-style cuesheets) under GNU/Linux (and other supported platforms by cdrdao, e.g. freeBSD, Irix, Solaris and even win32) I've compiled it with Innotek GCC v0.6 GA version and thus it requires libc06.dll from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.0-ga2.zip Program homepages is http://www.vcdimager.org/ Not tested much - but I have created one videocd successfully using vcdimager. Any feedback is appreciated - even if it's just to say you find this port useful. Donations to support continued development can be made via the link at http://smedley.info/os2ports.html Cheers, Paul Smedley Adelaide, Australia 11th March 2006. Top
2006-03-11 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Marcus de Geus A new build of RexxMail is available from my web site: <http://www.degeus.com/rexxmail/> RexxMail is an object-oriented WPS e-mail client, written in REXX, which uses the standard WPS user interface. It features an extensive range of functions and options with full command-line access. New in this release: - Bugfix: Last header line failed to get interpreted when collecting mail. - Added message byte count to mail logging. Best regards, Marcus de Geus Top
2006-03-11 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: HeikoDOTNitzscheDESPAM@DESPAMgmx.de GBM.DLL 1.35 and GBM command line tools --------------------------------------- (Public Domain) GBM (Generalised Bitmap Module) is a library for handling many different bitmap file formats. In this version, extended PNG, TIF and PPM support is additionally included. PNG and TIF supports also 32, 48, 64 bpp colour depths with/without alpha channel. PPM supports also 48 bpp colour depth. It comes with a useful set of command line bitmap manipulation programs. Get package gbmos2_135_bin.zip from Hobbes. Enhanced GBMV2 Version 1.22 --------------------------- (Public Domain) GBMV2 is a fast and simple bitmap viewer and editor for the OS/2 Presentation Manager. Enhanced release of the GBMV2-Viewer from the GBMOS2PM package: * An English and a German version of GBMV2 is included. * An English and a German version of the GBM file dialog is included. GBMDLG.DLL has been extended by: * Bitmap preview within the file dialog * Redesign to fit eComStation file dialog style Both parts got new resources that better fit to the Warp 4 and eComStation look & feel. The package comes with resources for fonts 8.Helv and 9.WarpSans for both, German and English. Several extensions for keyboard shortcuts have been added. Get package gbmos2pm122_bin.zip from Hobbes. The new homepage of GBM for OS/2 and eCS ---------------------------------------- I have set up a new home for GBM and GBMV2 on my homepage. It's still work in progress... http://heikon.home.tlink.de It does/will provide: - reworked documentation - developer tutorials on how to use GBM libs in your own programs - download of all sources and binaries What's new ---------- - reading OS/2 bitmaps with RLE24 compression is now supported - gbmhdr can now list details about all pages in multipage bitmap files for BMP, GIF, TIF, PPM, SPR. - a WarpIN installation package for binaries is now available For developers: - GBMOS2 and GBMOS2PM has been ported to OpenWatcom 1.4, -> binaries can now be build with both, IBM VAC++ 3.08 and OW 1.4 -> GBM.DLL and GBMDLG.DLL are binary backward compatible to existing applications. - API enhancements and changes due to OpenWatcom support (see change log for details) Download from Hobbes -------------------- http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2_135_bin http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm122_bin WarpIN installation package (GBM.DLL, GBM command line tools, GBMV2): http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm122_gbm135_bin_wpi Full source code: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm122_gbmos2_135_src All binaries are now optimized for Pentium or compatible processors but they should run on earlier 32bit processors as well (untested). Have fun, Heiko Nitzsche (Germany) Top
2006-03-11 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley Hi All, I just updated the list of scanners known to be working with my builds of Sane & Tame at http://smedley.info/sane.html If your scanner works with my builds and isn't on the list, I'd appreciate it if you could send me the details of the scanner so I can update the list. Thanks! Paul. Top
2006-03-12 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Christian Hennecke The German version of the February issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now complete. Nethertheless, we still need more translators. For online reading: English - http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html German - http://de.os2voice.org/newsletters.html For download: English (HTML) - http://www.os2voice.org/files/vnl0206h.zip English (INF) - http://www.os2voice.org/files/vnl0206i.zip German (HTML) - http://de.os2voice.org/files/vnl0206h_de.zip German (INF) - http://de.os2voice.org/files/vnl0206i_de.zip In this issue you find: o News from the tailor's workroom -- by Christian Hennecke o A new Future for eComStation -- by Jeroen Besse o Warpstock Europe 2005 in Dresden - eAMPT - the one click install of a CMS for eComStation is here! -- by Niels Jensen o Warpstock 2005 - An outsider's impression -- by Chuck Pettus o SigmaMD5 - A program to check message digests -- by Keith Merrington o How to create a database using Lotus Smartsuite -- by Arthur van Egmond o Time to think about Warpstock Europe 2006 -- by Robert Henschel o And of course letters, addenda, and tips! Top
2006-03-12 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Eugene Gorbunoff The eleventh week of 2006 is dedicated to collection of info about Widescreen IBM Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks (Z60, X40, etc). Our database contains 124 records only (http://ecomstation.ru/hardware.php?action=category§ion=brand) Major part of the models are not manufactured anymore. Post new reports using the web-form (http://ecomstation.ru/hardware.php?action=new) Please, inform us, does your notebook have COM-ports, or not; Does SNAP support default widescreen mode or not. If possible, run the utility (http://ecomstation.ru/projects/acpitools/download/acpitest20060206.zip) which collects information about ACPI and send its output (packed to .zip) to e-mail: support at ecomstation dot ru (The utility works without ACPI driver loaded). Attention! The developers of solutions are interested to know the list of unsupported notebooks. Top
2006-03-12 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: BigWarpGuy (bigwarpguyDESPAM@DESPAMos2ecs.org) Articles are wanted for the next issue of eZine. The due date is March 26, 2006. Articles is to be submitted to ezine@os2ecs.org . related to OS/2 and/or eCS will be appreciated. Url: http://www.os2ecs.org Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2006-03-13 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley Hi All, Just a quick one to let people know that I've just refreshed Tame to include the latest Sane code from CVS. [Moderator note: Tame is a front end for the Sane scanner package (included in the distribution). It supports many SCSI scanners and a limited but growing set of USB scanners.] Tame v1.03a Warpin Installation Package - Updated 20060313 - now includes Sane 1.0.17-cvs & built with libc06.dll. The microtek2 backend is now also included (but is untested). Tame v1.03a can be downloaded from http://smedley.info/sane.html All feedback is appreciated, and can be sent to paulDESPAM@DESPAMsmedley.info Thanks, Paul. Top
2006-03-13 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Doodle (doodleDESPAM@DESPAMscenergy.dfmk.hu) Doodle's Screen Saver v1.6 has been released. This new screen saver integrates into the WPS, replaces the old Lockup Desktop facility, and can be extended with new screen saver modules. Some of the main changes of this version are: - Password protection customization - Fixes for Randomizer and Cairo Shapes modules - Three new modules: Matrix, Snow, Moving Text Please note that the Cairo modules require Cairo v1.0.3 Runtime to be installed first. It can be installed from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/Cairo/cairo-1.0.3-os2-bin.exe The new screen saver version can be downloaded from hobbes. http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dssaver_v16.zip Articles at EDM/2 about how to create modules for Doodle's Screen Saver: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Creating_modules_for_Doodle%27s_Screen_Saver_-_Part_1 http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Creating_modules_for_Doodle%27s_Screen_Saver_-_Part_2 Do you think you could do better skins for the Pretty Clock module? Here is the description for the skin file then: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Creating_modules_for_Doodle%27s_Screen_Saver_-_Part_3 WSE'2005 presentation about creating new modules using Cairo: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/dssaver/dssaver_and_cairo.zip Web Site:http://dssaver.netlabs.org Forum: http://www.os2world.com/cgi-bin/forum/UltraBoard.cgi?action=Headlines&BID=78 Url: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dssaver_v16.zip Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2006-03-13 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: netlabs.org team This is the latest edition of the bi-weekly netlabs.org newsletter. The newsletter can be read on the web at the following URL: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter News from netlabs.org: 06. - 12. March * QT3 Library News o QWidget::setMask() was implemented and a pixmaps bug was fixed o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3 * Updates to LibC o During Wintercamp, large changes were made to LibC o A new release of LibC will be released soon o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline * netlabs.org Wintercamp 2006 o See: http://about.netlabs.org/?detailcontentregions_id=2 o The yearly Wintercamp took place. As usual it was a week of great snowboarding and skiing, coding and talking about upcoming software projects o Voyager was one of the main topics of this Wintercamp. Details of the discussion will be presented at Developers Workshop 2006 o There was plenty of snow in the Swiss alps :) 27. - 28. February and 01. - 05. March * Updates to EDM/2 o the OS/2 API documentation had some small updates o See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/OS2_API o See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges * Updates to LibC o bugs have been fixed and a couple of new features have been introduced into LibC o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline Netlabs.org relies on your support as well, we hire developers to have better progress on projects. For sure this costs money so any sponsoring is very welcome! You can support netlabs.org via netlabs.org sponsoring units: http://www.mensys.net/NETLABS/ Thanks for your support! CU at http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Developers_Workshop_2006 We can be reached at: newsDESPAM@DESPAMnetlabs.org Greetings, netlabs.org team Top
2006-03-14 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Vlad this one adds WarpOverlay plugin Don't forget - bugreports supported only added in ticket system on netlabs (see readme) Regards, Vlad http://warpvision.netlabs.org/ "The goal of the WarpVision project is to create an OS/2 multimedia player that supports the latest formats, as well as the latest hardware features." Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/wvgui1.0rc3.zip WinCodecs: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/wincodecs Problem reports: http://svn.netlabs.org/wvgui Support mailing list: warpvision-user-subscribeDESPAM@DESPAMnetlabs.org Changelog: PLEASE! Remove VIDEO2.INI first! 14.03.2006 (v1.0RC3) - Fixed problems with MPEG2 artifacts - Fixed postprocess in DIVE mode - Added WO plugin - Added multiply files playing from command line - Fixed SNAP plugin in 16bpp video modes - Fixed various problems with APM - Added option for TVIN to work in full size resolution - Mozilla plugin slighly reworked for better DIVE support - Fixed media with FAAD codec - Fixed slowdown in 119.88 fps WMV9 media - Fixed wrong channel order in LIBA52 Top
2006-03-15 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Marcus de Geus A new build of RexxMail is available from my web site: <http://www.degeus.com/rexxmail/> RexxMail is an object-oriented WPS e-mail client, written in REXX, which uses the standard WPS user interface. It features an extensive range of functions and options with full command-line access. New in this release: - Improved text/HTML comparison to prevent double view content. - Changed configuration file reading to handle unnamed entries. Best regards, Marcus de Geus Top
2006-03-15 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Peter Moylan A new version of the Weasel mail server is finally available. You can find it at http://www.pmoylan.org/pages/os2/Weasel.html or from Hobbes at http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=weasel176.zip&stype=all&sort=type&dir=%2F Weasel is a shareware mail server supporting SMTP and POP3, with a number of extensions including the AUTH command for both POP and SMTP. It may be tuned for detailed control over which mail sources/destinations are permitted, and what sort of authentication is required. You can plug in your own filters (or use filters that others have contributed) for things like spam control. Blacklists are supported. An IMAP4 extension is under development, and in fact is working except for one serious outstanding bug in the fetching of large files. Registration is optional for single-domain use. To enable hosting of multiple domains, and/or IMAP support, registration is required. Because several intermediate versions were never released, the list of changes is fairly long. LIST OF CHANGES since version 1.73. Version 1.76 (15 Mar 2005) Allowed for longer names on registration page. Fixed: result of 16 from stage 0 filter was being ignored. Added new POP3 commands CAPA and AUTH. Fixed a bug in CRAM-MD5 implementation. Version 1.75 (8 Feb 2005) Internal changes to buffering and logging. Rule change: INI file is taken from working directory, instead of from program directory. Added German language file. Now use lower case instead of upper case 'a'..'f' as hex digits when representing an MD5 digest. This version not released because of a CRAM-MD5 bug. Version 1.74 (18 May 2005) Provision for a fourth service: a "message submission agent" service which is like SMTP but which is intended for messages initially entering the mail system, as distinct from those which are already in the system and are being relayed from one mail server to another. Very few mail clients understand this distinction, so you probably don't need to enable this service unless you are sure you have a need for it. Restored the "Synch" operation that was needed to work around a bug in Microsoft clients. Private build: this version not publicly released. Top
2006-03-15 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Roger Henson (javaos2DESPAM@DESPAMattglobal.net) Please send me any updates, comments or corrections. Url: http://www.os2world.com/java/ Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2006-03-15 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Mark Dodel http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/cdwriter/default2.asp "Using RSJ CD Writer you can create new CDs or copy data and audio CDs. RSJ CD View copies all kind of CDs in just a few steps. If you want to create a 1:1 copy of a CD, RSJ CD Copy Wizard offers the easiest solution. RSJ CD Writer integrates seamlessly into your operating system: * Copy files to CDs just by drag and drop - using your favourite file manager (i.e. Windows Explorer, WPS, ...). * RSJ CD Writer creates "on the fly copies". Thus the data is read in directly from the CD-ROM during the copying process - this saves time and does not require memory space on the harddisk. * Completely unattended, automated operation possible. * RSJ CD Writer supports about any current CD recorder. * and much more..." To order: https://www.rsj.de/stage/en/order/orderos2.asp Download: http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/download/downos2.asp Changes RSJ CD Writer for OS/2: 6.00 * USB support (requires latest IDE/DASD driver updates; OS2CDROM.DMD 10.157) * REXX API * Fixed CDWFS-CDs not being readable under BSD and MacOS X Top
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