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OS/2 - eComStation News - August, 2006
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2005: August September October November December
SW: Odin daily updated - 20060817
Event: August SCOUG meeting
SW: PMMail for OS/2 given a new life!
SW: DFSee version 8.06 released
SW: Psi Jabber client (Psi 0.10-os2-b1 (Beta 1)
SW: Mark Hessling posts that he will stop supporting any of his REXX
SW: Updated GBM plugins for Mozilla/Lucide, updated GBM packages
Event: BayWarp meeting August 22
SW: OpenTTD 0.4.8 released
SW: RexxMail build 20060821.210848 released.
SW: Mozilla Sunbird standalone Calendar app compiled for eCS-OS/2.
SW: DANIS506.ADD V1.7.6 on hobbes
SW: DaniAtapi v0.3.19 on hobbes
SW: VisualAge Smalltalk update
| SW: Odin daily updated - 20060817 |
2006-08-17
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Its been a while but there is a new release of Odin on the Netlabs ftp site:
release version:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/Daily/odin32bin-20060817-release-xp.zip
debug version:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/Daily/odin32bin-20060817-debug-xp.zip
http://odin.netlabs.org/
"Odin is the name of the project and software that allows users to run
Win32 (Windows 95 and Windows NT) applications in OS/2 Warp operating
system natively, almost as if they were intended to be OS/2 applications
in the first place. It also makes porting from Win32 to OS/2 easier by
providing a Win32 API implementation in OS/2: the Odin32 API."
Report successes and problems if any on the Netlab's Odin user support mail
list: To subscribe: e-mail: odin-user-subscribe@netlabs.org
Odin mailing list archive:
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.odin.user
Odin Netlab's Wiki page: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Odin
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/Daily/Changelog
/* $Id: ChangeLog,v 1.2774 2006/03/25 14:02:42 sao2l02 Exp $ */
2006-08-17: Andy Willis
The user32.def file should be looked at.
2006-03-21: Cornelis Bockemuehl
- kernel32: o workaround for for calling SetCurrentDirectory only with
driveletter.
windows changed not to the root.
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| Event: August SCOUG meeting |
2006-08-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Tom Brown
The next SCOUG meeting is this Saturday, August 19th!
It's summer you know, and the livin' is easy... at least it is if you're
running OS/2! Stick with SCOUG for the best OS/2 bunch on the planet.
August brings you:
* FM/2 3.04 - What's New? presented by Steven Levine
* OpenOffice 2.0 Beta presented by Tony Butka
* PM Programming - Hello Newer World presented by Bob Blair
Don't forget to bring your questions to the ever popular Q&A session. It
gives you a great opportunity to work the kinks out of your systems. Free
coffee and donuts, too. What more could you ask for? See you on Saturday.
For further info and directions: http://www.scoug.com/meetings.html
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| SW: PMMail for OS/2 given a new life! |
2006-08-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Walter Metcalf
Hello everyone,
VOICE recently purchased both the source code and all the rights to PMMail
for OS/2 from Blueprint Software Works. This was done with the intention
of correcting what few bugs currently exist in the product, and then
enhance PMMail for OS/2 to bring it up to current email client standards.
It is important to emphasize that PMMail for Windows, otherwise known as
PMMail2000, is NOT included in this transaction, and therefore still
remains the property of BSW.
A team of knowledgeable developers are already busily working at the task
of updating and documenting PMMail/2.
The new version of PMMail for OS/2 is expected to be initially distributed
as shareware for a nominal amount. VOICE members are expected to be able
to purchase the new version at a substantial discount, since it was their
fees that were used to buy the source and rights to PMMail/2.
If you wish further information, please contact Walter F. Metcalf at the
email address below.
Sincerely,
Walter F. Metcalf
VOICE Vice-President
New PMMail Project Leader
walter.os2DESPAM@DESPAMrogers.com
-------------------------------------
Walter F. Metcalf
WarpDoctor Coordinator
http://www.warpdoctor.org
walter.os2DESPAM@DESPAMrogers.com
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| SW: DFSee version 8.06 released |
2006-08-19
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Jan van Wijk
DFSee version 8.06 has been released today.
It includes several fixes, including compatibility with the latest 14.105
release of the OS/2 and eCS LVM package. Then some nice enhancements for
binary file editing, like a DFSEDIT.CMD/BAT to be used as a file-edit
front-end and marking/hightlighting in the editor.
DFSee is a very powerful disk-utility with disk partitioning, filesystem
and disk analysis, file recovery, UNDELETE for HPFS JFS, and NTFS,
resizing, imaging, cloning and sector editing.
More details at:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/
Direct download links from the DFSee website:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee8xx.zip
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee8xx.msi
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee8xx_warpin.exe
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee8xx_iso.zip
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee8xx_dsk.zip
Note: Most of these can also be downloaded using '806'
instead of the generic '8xx' version number
Or from the HOBBES website:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee806.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dfsee
Most important functional changes since 8.05:
- DFSCHECK CMD/BAT now do ALL partitions if no parameter given
- DFSEDIT CMD/BAT as a quick 'binary-edit filename' solution
- DFSDISK Fix a minor BBR drivelink display error (VRAID :-)
- FreeDOS Bootmenu selection timeout extended to 30 seconds
- EDIT Highlight search-result location using marked area
- EDIT Add byte/line MARKED area in hex-edit (Alt-B/L/U)
- EDIT Erase now Alt-F (Fill), on MARKED area or whole item
- EDIT fn Add delete to end-of-file (Ctrl-D) on editing files
- EDIT fn Message popup is specified file does not exist
- EDIT fn Confirm file truncation (deleted bytes) at exit
- EDIT fn Insert/Delete single bytes at end of the file
- JFS LIST Fix 'list -f' trap on check EA on some deleted files
- MBR/EBR Highlight partition-table bytes in the hex-editor
- MBR/PART Recognize and handle MBR sector for LVM level 14.105
- PART Fix I13X recognition new LVM MBR code (level 14.105)
Regards, JvW
=========================================================================
DFSee Home: http://www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee -
infoESPAM@DESPAMdfsee.com
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| SW: Psi Jabber client (Psi 0.10-os2-b1 (Beta 1) |
2006-08-19
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
On Netlabs.org there is a new release of the Psi Jabber Client for OS/2
using the QT development library.
"Psi is the premiere Instant Messaging application for Microsoft Windows,
Apple Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, eComstation (eCS) and OS/2. Built upon an open
protocol named Jabber, Psi is a fast and lightweight messaging client that
utises the best in open source technologies."
There is a list of changes in the Readme-OS2.txt file.
Download WPI: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qt3/psi/psi_0-10-os2-b1.wpi
Download ZIP: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qt3/psi/psi_0-10-os2-b1.zip
Requires Innotek runtime LIBC 0.6.1
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
Report problems: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/ticket/25
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| SW: Mark Hessling posts that he will stop supporting any of his REXX |
2006-08-19
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Stephen Carter
This was posted to the REXXLA mailing list yesterday:
==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
Hi All,
For anyone interested...
I just posted the below text to my home page: http://www.rexx.org
"I will not be continuing to support any of my software on OS/2 in
the future. I don't have reliable hardware that runs eCS 1.0 that I
have, I am not going to purchase eCS as I don't use it, and the
development environment is extremely frustrating for me. I spend 50%
of my time trying to support OS/2 compared to all other platform
combined, and it isn't worth the effort anymore.
If someone is willing to supply a current version of eCS then I will
reconsider my position."
Cheers, Mark
--------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Hessling http://www.rexx.org/
Author of THE, Rexx/SQL, Rexx/cURL, Rexx/DW, Rexx/curses, etc..
Project Manager of ooRexx
Maintainer of Regina
Use Rexx ? Join the Rexx Language Association: http://www.rexxla.org/
Google Earth: 27 43' 43.10"S,153 02'20.03"E
===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE===================
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| SW: Updated GBM plugins for Mozilla/Lucide, updated GBM packages |
2006-08-20
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Heiko.NitzscheDESPAM@DESPAMgmx.de
GBM plugin 1.20 for Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey
------------------------------------------------------
(freely usable, see license included)
This is a plugin for the Webbrowsers Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox and
SeaMonkey available for OS/2 and eComStation that extends them for
the support of reading all bitmap formats supported by GBM.DLL.
It requires GBM.DLL 1.35 or higher. GBM 1.44 is recommended.
Do not use GBM 1.41 any longer.
Supported features:
Fullscreen mode viewer with a load of features:
* menus, popup menu, scrollers
* variable scaled preview
* transformations mirror/transpose/rotate
* multipage navigation
* bitmap format info dialog
* save the shown page to any GBM supported bitmap file format
* uses GBM File Dialog if found, otherwise OS/2 File Dialog is used
* English and German localized with autodetection via LANG variable
Embedded mode viewer with reduced functionality of fullscreen mode viewer:
* popup menu
* transformations mirror
* multipage navigation
* bitmap format info dialog
* save the shown page to any GBM supported bitmap file format
* uses GBM File Dialog if found, otherwise OS/2 File Dialog is used
* printing of embedded bitmaps is supported on Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey
* English and German localized with autodetection via LANG variable
Get package gbmos2plugins_lu120_moz120_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
GBM plugin 1.20 for Lucide beta 2 or higher
-------------------------------------------
(freely usable, see license included)
This is a plugin for the Lucide document viewer available for eComStation
that extends Lucide for the support of reading all bitmap formats
supported by GBM.DLL.
It requires GBM.DLL 1.35 or higher. GBM 1.44 is recommended.
Do not use GBM 1.41 any longer.
Supported features:
* document info
* loading all formats supported by GBM
* save loaded bitmap if it has only one page (requires Lucide beta 2.1)
* multipage bitmap viewing support
* load bitmap page on demand
* scaling and rotation
Get package gbmos2plugins_lu120_moz120_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
For more details please have a look at the change log in the included
documentation or at my GBM homepage (see below).
GBM.DLL 1.44 and GBM command line tools
---------------------------------------
(Public Domain)
The Generalised Bitmap Module (GBM) is a library capable of loading and
saving bitmap files in a variety of popular and less popular bitmap file
formats. Programs may be written to use this code, and thus be able to
access a variety of file formats without actually knowing what format
the pictures are in, or any details about file format itself.
In this version, extended BMP, PNG, TIF, PBM, PGM, PPM and PNM support
is additionally included. PNG and TIF support also 16, 32, 48, 64 bpp
colour depths with/without alpha channel. PPM supports also 48 bpp
colour depth. BMP supports also OS/2 RLE24 and Windows 16/32 bpp RGB
and BITFIELDS formats.
It comes with a useful set of command line bitmap manipulation tools.
Get package gbmos2_144_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
Notes for eComStation 1.2/1.2R users:
-------------------------------------
Please read the installation instructions. eCS 1.2/1.2R ships
with an old GBM.DLL (1.12) which prevents loading of the new
GBM.DLL (1.44). Please follow the instructions to use the new
GBM.DLL for all programs as well as for eCS WPS features like
bitmap previews.
If you cannot replace the eCS shipped GBM.DLL, please execute
unlock x:\os2\dll\gbm.dll from a command line. Then override
the old GBM.DLL with the new one. Don't forget to reboot afterwards.
Enhanced GBMV2 Version 1.29
---------------------------
(Public Domain)
GBMV2 is a fast and simple bitmap viewer and editor for the
OS/2 and eCS 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
Several extensions for keyboard shortcuts have been added.
Both parts got new resources that better fit to the Warp 4
and eComStation look & feel. Resources for fonts 8.Helv and
9.WarpSans for both, German and English are available in the
sources package.
Get package gbmos2pm129_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
GBM.DLL REXX adapter library (GBMRX 1.01)
-----------------------------------------
(Public Domain)
GBMRX.DLL is a REXX adapter DLL for OS/2 and eComStation which
REXX programs may use to load or save all bitmap file formats
supported by the GBM.DLL (to/from a file).
Almost full feature set of GBM.DLL is provided by the REXX API.
I/O remapping is not supported due to language restrictions.
Get package gbmos2rx102_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
GBM File Dialog REXX adapter library (GBMDLGRX 1.02)
----------------------------------------------------
(Public Domain)
The REXX adapter DLL allows REXX programmers to use the GBM File
Dialog in their programs. It requires availability of GBM.DLL
and the GBM File Dialog DLLs (GBMDLG.DLL and GBMDLG.HLP).
Get package gbmos2rx102_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
The homepage of GBM for OS/2 and eCS
------------------------------------
http://heikon.home.tlink.de
It provides:
- comprehensive documentation (also included in the download archives)
- developer tutorials on how to use GBM libs in your own programs
- download of all sources and binaries
Download from Hobbes
--------------------
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2plugins_lu120_moz120_bin
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2_144_bin
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm129_bin
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2rx102_bin
WarpIN installation package
(GBM.DLL, GBM command line tools, GBMV2, GBMRX, GBMDLGRX, GBM plugins, Doc):
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm129_gbm144_gbmplugins_lu120_moz120_bin_wpi
Full source code:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm129_gbm144_gbmplugins_lu120_moz120_src
If the links don't show anything, the packages might not yet have reached
its final location in the Hobbes archive. In this case please lookup
the incoming folder.
All downloads are also available on the GBM homepage (see above).
Have fun,
Heiko Nitzsche
(Germany, 20-Aug-2006)
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| Event: BayWarp meeting August 22 |
2006-08-20
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Neil Waldhauer
Date: Tuesday, August 22
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Place: Help Desk Computers (WTW Group), 1456 Pollard Road, Los Gatos, CA 95032
Come join us in our monthly meeting. We are OS/2 and eComStation users, and
we meet every month to show off our latest software and hardware. We bring
laptops, network cables and power, and we often do live troubleshooting of
systems during our meetings.
Hint: It's between the Mexican Restaurant and the Japanese Restaurant in
the corner (Safeway is on the far right). $5.00 per person to be collected
for help with the munchies.
Topics:
* High Quality Scanning in OS/2
* Survey of recent Flash animation
* OS/2 Question & Answer
Web Page <http://www.baywarp.org/>
Contact Info
Paul Lazaga
Neil Waldhauer
| SW: OpenTTD 0.4.8 released |
2006-08-20
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Owen Rudge (orudgeDESPAM@DESPAMopenttd.org)
The official port of OpenTTD 0.4.8 to OS/2 has been released. OpenTTD is an
open source game in the style of "Transport Tycoon Deluxe". This version is
primarily a bugfix release, and is recommended for any users of previous
versions of the game. The full changelog is available at SourceForge.
Some of you may have used Paul Smedley's version of the 0.4.8 release
candidates - Paul's patches are being merged into the trunk to enable
OpenTTD 0.5 to be built with GCC on OS/2. It is recommended that you use
the official version of OpenTTD, though, otherwise.
For more information on OpenTTD, see http://www.openttd.com. To download
the latest version, see http://sourceforge.net/projects/openttd/. If you
have any problems with the OS/2 port, contact Owen Rudge
(orudgeDESPAM@DESPAMopenttd.org).
Url: http://www.openttd.org/
Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php
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| SW: RexxMail build 20060821.210848 released. |
2006-08-21
++ 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:
- Bug fix: POP3 I/O error logging failed.
Best regards,
Marcus de Geus
--
marcusDESPAM@DESPAMdegeus.com
http://www.degeus.com
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| SW: Mozilla Sunbird standalone Calendar app compiled for eCS-OS/2. |
2006-08-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
"The Sunbird Project is a cross platform standalone calendar application
based on Mozilla's XUL user interface language"
If you have access to the eComstation BetaZone (
http://betazone.ecomstation.com ) you can download Sunbird version 0.3a2+
for eCS. It has been there since August 17th, but it wouldn't run for me
so I held off on posting this. The fix was to download MZFNTCFG dll from:
http://www.aip.de/People/PWeilbacher/WO/Mozilla/Gecko1805/mzfntcfg_322.zip
and put that in the sunbird directory.
Since Sunbird is based on Mozilla code, if you are running other Mozilla
apps like SeaMonkey, FireFox, IBM Web Browser or Thunderbird, then most
likely there will be a conflict in some of the shared modules. To get
around this you can use Rich Walsh's Run! utility -
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/run_060.zip
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| SW: DANIS506.ADD V1.7.6 on hobbes |
2006-08-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
IBM1S506 replacement, supports Intel, VIA, Ali, SiS, CMD, Promise, Cyrix,
HPT, AMD, Artop, SMSC, ServerWorks, Opti, Nvidia, NatSemi, SiliconImage,
ITE, ATI, NetCell, Broadcom, JMicron and Marvell chips, SerialATA, disk
capacities up to 2TiB, V1.7.6
Incoming: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/danis506r176.zip
Final: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/drivers/storage/danis506r176.zip
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| SW: DaniAtapi v0.3.19 on hobbes |
2006-08-22
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
This is a replacement ATAPI filter driver from Daniela Engert.
From the included DANIATAPI.DOC file:
"This filter driver supports all types of ATAPI devices. It is a superset
of IBMIDECD.FLT, IBMATAPI.FLT and DaniADsk.FLT, and supports all devices
that the mentioned drivers do. Additionally, all ATAPI devices can be
accessed through the OS/2 ASPI software interface. Each EIDE channel shows
up as a SCSI channel, and each ATAPI device as a SCSI device (master = SCSI
ID 0, slave = SCSI ID 1)."
Incoming: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/daniatapi0319.zip
Final:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/drivers/storage/daniatapi0319.zip
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| SW: VisualAge Smalltalk update |
2006-08-23
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
I noticed this post on comp.os.os2.programmer.oop Andreas Kohl about
applying the latest (and probably last) VA Smalltalk update for OS/2. IBM
withdrew VAST from service as of April 30, 2006, and formed a relationship
with another company (Instantiations) to maintain the Windows, AIX, Solaris
and Linux version. http://www.instantiations.com/VAST/roadmap.htm
"Hi,
here some info about using new 6.0.3 code from windows version with IBM
VisualAge for Smalltalk 6.0 under OS/2.
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21158407
The new VA Smalltalk V7 from Instanitations is no longer available for OS/2
platform, so we have to switch to windows in future.
Regards,
Andreas Kohl"
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