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Event: Warpstock 2004 ad rates for event guide

04 Sep 2004 11:13:39


From: "Writer Guy"

Warpstock 2004 will be held in Denver, Colorado, October 21-24. The event
is shaping up to be one fo the best ever, with a rich array of classes,
workshops, seminars and presentations for anyone interested in OS/2-eCS.
You can reach this audience of Warpstock attendees with an ad in the event
guide. Prices for ads are as follows:

Registered Exhibitors:
Half page B&W: FREE
full page B&W: $75
Full back or inside front page, Color: $200

Sponsors:
full page B&W: FREE
Full back or inside front page, Color: $100

For non-exhibiting companies:
Half page B&W: $75
full page B&W: $150
Full back page or inside front, Color: $300

For more information on Warpstock, go to:
http://www.warpstock.org/index_2004.html

Warpstock 2004
Publicity Coordinator
Bill Armstrong




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SW: VIA Tech. 8233/8235/8237 integrated sound driver

03 Sep 2004 15:31:55


From: "Mark Dodel"

On hobbes today there are two packages. One is ( 823xac97.zip ) MMPM/2
AC'97 sound driver for VIA Technologies KT266A/333/400/600, P4M266 and
P4X266/333/400/533 (8233/8233C/8233A/8235/8237 south bridge). Supports
IOCTL90 mixer, software resampling for low-end chips and an experimental
multistream mode.

The other ( 823x_add.zip ) contains "Additional items for VT823x MMPM/2
driver: updated LBMix, diagnostics utility, startup sound driver, debug
version and complete source code."



Main package: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/823xac97.zip
Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=823xac97.zip
Optional package: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/823x_add.zip
Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=823x_add.zip



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SW: CDRWSel V3.04 (full package available)

03 Sep 2004 15:26:41


From: "r.dodin"

Hello OS2, eCS world !

CDRWSel V3.04 is out. GUI to RSJ command line mode (full package)

Download: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/CDRWSelV3_04.ZIP
Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=DRWSelV3_04

CDRWSel is a GUI to RSJ command line mode with more options. It allows you
to attach and work with all your burners (one or more)

3.0.4 (m07)
* Corrected a visual bug under cdcopy after changing source path
* Now, Integrated filemanager can be called from 'V1 Window' popup
on a selected path
And a few enhancement under integrated filemanager:
* Corrected a visual bug (list refresh)
* Now, directory can be renamed (RMB)
* Names with blank caracteres are supported
* Direct translate filename blank characters to underscore characters
(popupmenu)
* Drop new font into file window + ok or cancel saves new font
value
- And V3.0.4 (m06) -
* Added -SDM parameter
* Updated installation programs to add -sdm parameter as default.
* 6 CDRWSel.ini file entries are now under one entry (performance issue)
note: older INI file is saved as CDRWSel.BAK for fallback.
* Smaller CDRWBMP.DLL file
* Smaller "expand" " collapse" icons
* Now, you can choice between kill and pkill process for the 'pid kill'
feature.
* Corrected several bugs
* If drive names differs for a few caracters only, attach may use the
wrong drive.
* MP3toCD function didn' stop process if MP3 convertion failed.
* MP3toCD convertion wrongly increases output wave file name after "9"
* A few other bug ...
* During backgound burn process, a program called CDRWpba.exe (e.g.
progress bar program) can be started. Available parameters are burn
progress temp file name, burn commands etc... (function is activated
if cdrwpba exist under cdrwsel directory)
* Changed docs and CDRWSel help file.
* Changed some coding to reduce line code.
- And Since V3.0.3
* Ctl and Id input field are checked for numerical value
* Corrected a Bug with DVD when finalize is requested while burning is
in progress.
* If drive name contains "DVD" during refresh and speed is enable, 4x is
use as default (for DVD, I suggest to use max speed or reset the speed

to max to prevent write errors)
* Corrected a bug using the eject option from "V1 window" RMB menu.
* Refesh or Deep Refresh add now a default Drive with Ctl=99 and Id=99
(these values are ignored during process and result into a CDR:
parameter (This entry is needed if you would like use cdview to burn
your ISO file. Adding RECORDER entry under Vpath is
no more needed but available)
* Now, ISO->Cd, Trk->CD, Wav->CD, MP3->CD and Cdcopy are available under
"J Window" popup menu (Click 2 times on a drive calls this menu).
From this window style, each option except Cdcopy prompt you for a
path where files are supposed to be


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Net: CFV: comp.os.os2.ecomstation

03 Sep 2004 12:52:46


Forwarded message from David E. Smith on Fri, 3
Sep 2004 14:59:15 UTC Posted on: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups,
comp.os.os2.advocacy, comp.os.os2.announce, comp.os.os2.misc

FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group comp.os.os2.ecomstation

Newsgroups line:
comp.os.os2.ecomstation Serenity Systems operating system eComStation.


Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 24 Sep 2004.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions about
the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Jason R. Stefanovich
Votetaker: David E. Smith


RATIONALE: comp.os.os2.ecomstation

The newsgroup 'comp.os.os2.ecomstation' would be a forum for discussing
issues related to the use of the eComStation operating system, a licensed
version of IBM's OS/2 from Serenity Systems Intl.

Currently, the comp.os.os2.* newsgroups are used as a resource for asking
and answering questions regarding all OS/2 versions, including
eComStation. OS/2 is the major operating system upon which eComStation is
based, however eComStation has gained sufficient interest to support its
own newsgroup.

In addition, the general audience for questions regarding eComStation and
Serenity Systems differ from the audience interested in general IBM OS/2
questions. Therefore, it seems appropriate for eComStation to gain its own
newsgroup for eComStation-specific questions.

While several unmoderated online fora dedicated to eComStation do exist
and have a large amount of traffic, experience shows that the lack of a
unified forum hampers the development of a decent discussion.

The only other unmoderated newsgroups that offers some room for such
discussions today are in comp.os.os2.*. However, eComStation differs
significantly enough from the base OS/2 that discussions regarding it may
not be relevant at all to the general OS/2 user. Discussions involving
eComStation have comprised a significant portion of the traffic in the
comp.os.os2 hierarchy to the point where it may be distracting for the
eComStation user and general OS/2 user alike.

The separation of eComStation issues from general comp.os.os2.* topics
will hence avoid user confusion and avoid disagreement on the general
relevance of eComStation in relation to OS/2 which was felt to be
unsatisfactory by all parties.

CHARTER: comp.os.os2.ecomstation

comp.os.os2.ecomstation is an unmoderated newsgroup for discussion of the
eComStation operating system and related technologies.

Appropriate discussion in the group will involve eComStation and other
eComStation-related products (including Serenity Virtual Station.) Some
examples of topics that should be posted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation:

- General questions regarding the installation and operation of
eComStation
- Questions regarding eComStation specific programming
- Discussion of eComStation related technologies
- Questions regarding application software and hardware support
- eComStation user advocacy and debate

Posting guidelines:

1) Posts must be related to the discussion of eComStation, which includes
all the modern aspects of operating eComStation as well as related
topics, but excludes general OS/2 topics, unless a direct relevance to
eComStation can be made explicit. Topics which are relevant to the
broader audience of OS/2 users may be better received in the
appropriate general category OS/2 group. Original and interesting
criticism of eComStation is welcome.

2) Posts should not be made if they contain personal attacks, incitement
to retribution (i.e. flames and obvious trolling), or general
hostility.

Clearly inappropriate postings include:
(1) Personal attacks;
(2) Discussion that isn't about or related to eComStation
(3) Multiple messages that all say the same or very similar things; and
(4) Overly speculative postings and postings that are "not even wrong."

3) Posts may include links to websites or personal pages that contain
relevant and on-topic information about eComStation.

4) Posting of binary files is prohibited. Short segments of source code or
quotes from papers may be posted; however, large projects and complete
papers should be archived elsewhere, and a link to the download site
included in the post.

END CHARTER.


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Job: OS2 Contract Job

03 Sep 2004 09:54:04


From: ray.patalanoDESPAM@sapphire.com

[Moderator note: Just to let you know that I know that this looks like the
same job we sent a post out on yesterday, but its a different recruiter.
Both are for NetviewDM experience and in Arizona, but this one says
Phoenix while the other said Tucson.]

Looking for an OS2 scripter with NetviewDM experience in the Phoenix AZ
area, pay is decent, contract is one year and there is some weekend work,
please contact Ray Patalano with Sapphire Technologies at 1-800-676-9559


From: Ray Patalano (ray.patalanoDESPAM@sapphire.com)


Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php

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Net: New Mailinglist: subOffice

03 Sep 2004 08:47:23


From: Frank Wochatz on Fri, 3 Sep 2004 06:53:59 UTC Posted on:
comp.os.os2.apps

Hi Folks,

I have initialized a support mailinglist for subSys software called
subOffice.

Topics in this group are news, diskussions, bugreports, help etc. related
to my programs like:

- eAccounts
- Contact/2
- ePDF
- eZip
- .... (for a complete list visit http://www.subsys.de)

as well as all other related diskussions about office applications and
tools under os/2, or discussions about using my tools in interaction with
other applications like Papyrus, Maul DTP etc..

The new group is hosted by netlabs.org.

To subscribe just sent a mail to
suboffice-subscribeDESPAM@netlabs.org (Remove the DESPAM)

You are welcome!

Please write all postings in english language.

As a great feature the mailinglist will be available via a newsserver
using the gmane.org with newsgroup interface, web archive, and mail and
news synchronisation. This is under construction, more information will be
available later.

For further information about mailinglists at netlabs.org visit
http://wiki.netlabs.org/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Mailinglists


see you shortly :-)

Frank Wochatz



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SW: Mr. Message (AIM client) 9/2/2004 update

03 Sep 2004 08:24:21


From: Marty on Fri, 3 Sep 2004 06:12:14 UTC
Posted on: comp.os.os2.apps

Mr. Message for OS/2 is an instant messenger client which is capable of
communicating over AOL's Instant Messenger network using the OSCAR
protocol (used in the Win32 AIM clients, jBuddy, gAIM, Kopete, ICQ, and
a variety of other clients).

It has been updated with the following changes:
* Added the ability to choose a different Oscar login server and port.
Edit your session entries from the Session Manager to change this.
* Removed chat support from the capabilities list reported to servers
until chat support is actually implemented (cures a crash when
someone attempts to invite you to a chat).
* Added the ability to set your client profile message. The user will
be able to enter their own profile in the next release.
* Added the ability to set your status to Away. The user will be able
to enter their own away messages in the next release.
* Fixed a potential infinite loop in the user information parser if
some bad or strange user information is received from the server.
* Fixed playing the "new arrival" sound effect when a user changes
from away status to active (this was only intended for users that
newly
signed on).

Apologies for the lack of updates last month. I've been out of town
frequently.

You can download it here:
http://mamodeo.dyndns.org/MrMessage_bin_09022004.zip
or with the full source code here:
http://mamodeo.dyndns.org/MrMessage_srcbin_09022004.zip

Please read the README file before running or asking for support. As
always, feedback is appreciated.

--
[Reverse the parts of the e-mail address to reply.]


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SW: CORRECTION: Weasel mail server updated

02 Sep 2004 22:04:05


From: Peter Moylan

On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:17:56 -0300, Mark Dodel wrote:

>The Weasel e-mail server for OS/2 and eCS has now been updated to version
>1.71. The list of changes (see below) is rather long, but in fact these
>are all minor changes that have accumulated over the last couple of
>months.
>
>You can get the new version from
> http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/os2/weasel.html
>or from
> ftp://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/Weasel/weasel1704.zip

Sorry, I made a mistake here. The correct file name is weasel171.zip, not
weasel1704.zip. To avoid confusing everyone, I have now moved the older
file to a subdirectory called "old".


--
Peter Moylan peterDESPAM@ee.newcastle.edu.au
http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au

Regime change begins at home.




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Job: Immediate need for OS/2 Contractor

02 Sep 2004 21:41:45


From: tcrecruiterDESPAM@cox.net
DATE: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 01:10:03 -0000
SUBJECT: Immediate need for OS/2 Contractor

Job Description:

Currently we have an immediate need for a contractor on our clients
Software Distribution team. This resource will perform Software
distribution in an OS/2 environment. Must have solid knowledge of OS2
scripting, NetviewDM NVDM, response files and CID in order to perform the
distributions. Distributions occur after hours on weekends in addition,
they will provide support for the ISSI servers, ensuring that all CIRATS
and APARS are installed.

Applicants need to be aware that most distributions occur late evening on
Saturdays and reports are required Sunday morning. The team and will
work with the resources to provide time off during week to keep OT at
minimum.

Skills Desired: OS/2 or OS2, Windows 2000, NetviewDM, Scripting for OS2,
Perl, CID, Perl(2), General PC skills, Netscape, LAN/WAN TCP/IP.

Additional Information:

Type: Contract
Location: Tucson, AZ
Duration: 1 Year
Pay Rate: 30K or 18.50 hr W2


If interested email me a current resume and a good time to talk ASAP!

Barbara Stauffer
Triad Consultants, Inc.
8101 E. Prentice Avenue Suite 610
Englewood, CO 80111
PH: (480) 343-9906
FX: (443) 222-1291
Barbara.staufferDESPAM@triad-corp.com
Apply online at:
http://www.triad-corp.com



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SW: Weasel mail server updated

02 Sep 2004 20:18:02


From: Peter Moylan

The Weasel e-mail server for OS/2 and eCS has now been updated to version
1.71. The list of changes (see below) is rather long, but in fact these
are all minor changes that have accumulated over the last couple of
months.

You can get the new version from
http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/os2/weasel.html
or from
ftp://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/Weasel/weasel1704.zip

There is also an optional imap demo at
ftp://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/Weasel/imapd001.zip
That last item is not yet ready for production use, it's merely a preview
of what I'm planning to add to Weasel Pro once I get the bugs out.

Weasel Setup currently supports English, French, and Dutch, but it's
supplied in such a way that it's easy to add your own language file.

LIST OF CHANGES (since version 1.70)

Version 1.71 (3 September 2004)
Implemented the obsolete (and deprecated) POP3
command LAST, for the benefit of users such as
Yahoo who are still using obsolete POP clients.
Filenames for incoming mail now chosen in a way that
forces the sort order to be the same as the
order of arrival, even when Weasel is not shut
down properly.
LoadINI and DumpINI now load/dump all domains in
the multidomain case, rather than requiring each
domain to be handled manually.
Changed transaction logging module to use less memory.
Allow changes to the relay option for outgoing mail
(including relay host name and authentication data)
to be made without restarting the server.
Changes to message list construction on POP3 login
to eliminate a faulty memory reference and to
improve efficiency.
Added option to use a fixed hostname to report as our
own hostname.
Fixed: occasional crash on UID calculation.
Fixed: Setup problem in multidomain mode, where the
default domain name kept being re-created.
Option to change the length of time we continue to
attempt to send outgoing mail.
Setup notebook changed to new style.
Allow user%domain as another acceptable POP login
username.


--
Peter Moylan peterDESPAM @ee.newcastle.edu.au
http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au

Windows is not the answer. Windows is the question. No is the answer.




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SW: PMMail interface to BogoFilter

02 Sep 2004 20:13:44


From: "Mark Dodel"

This package supplies the required REXX scripts, to allow PMMail to use
the BogoFilter package (available for separate download, from HOBBES).
BogoFilter is a Bayesian filter program. There is the main script, which
causes incoming mail to be scanned by BogoFilter, which evaluates the
words, to determine if the e-mail is SPAM, or not. It then adds a line in
the header, which indicates the results of the evaluation. From that
information, a PMMail filter can separate the SPAM into a folder (or the
TRASH, if you prefer). Two other filters (or, with PMMail 1.96a, a
separate training program) call the REXX scripts to train BogoFilter to
recognize e-mail that was not evaluated as SPAM, to be rcognized as SPAM,
and to train it to NOT recognize it as SPAM, if it was erroneously
evaluated as being SPAM. NEW: Reinstated some dropped fixes. Fixed, so
that BogoFilter-0.92.4.ZIP is REQUIRED for an OS/2 version with the 32 bit
TCP/IP stack installed, and BogoFilter-0.15.3.2.ZIP is required if it is
not. Fixed a WarpIn database error, for which version of BogoFilter is
installed. See:http://www3.telus.net/public/bissett1/PMMBogoFilter.html
for more details.

Runs on: OS/2, or eComStation, and PMMail v2.x (tested on v 2.20.2382)
or PMMail 1.x (tested on v 1.96a).
Requires: The bogofilter-0.15.3.2.zip package, for OS/2 systems WITHOUT
the 32 bit TCP/IP stack, and bogofilter-0.92.4.zip package, for systems
that do have the 32 bit TCP/IP stack installed, available from HOBBES.
WarpIn 1.0.1, or higher, available from http://www.xworkplace.org/
InfoZIP's ZIP and UNZIP
Contact: Doug Bissett

Download:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/mail/reader/pmm/pmmbogofilter056.wpi

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SW: dvddao 0.0.8 - DVD writing tool for os/2

02 Sep 2004 20:04:04


From: "Mark Dodel"

Tool for writing DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM

Runs on: OS/2 Warp
Requires: aspirout.sys 1.1b5 or above
Contact: nickk

Download:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/cd/cd-r/dvddao-0.0.8.zip

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SW: Mozilla plugin for DjVu

02 Sep 2004 19:58:10


From: "Mark Dodel"

DjVu a set of compression technologies, a file format, and a software
platform for the delivery over the Web of digital documents, scanned
documents, and high resolution images. NPDJVU enables Mozilla to view DjVu
files online.

Runs on: WSeB and up, MCP and up, eCS
Requires: LIBC05.DLL (included)

Download:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/www/browser/npdjvu_093.zip


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SW: Zoc 2.15

02 Sep 2004 10:13:53


From: "OS/2 Warp News and Rumors" <http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/>

"ZOC version 4.15 has been released (8/25/2004). ZOC is an award-winning
telnet, secure shell (SSH), rlogin, modem and ISDN comm. program.
Apparently, the OS/2 version will be discontinued for 5.x, which is
currently in beta for Windows. Thanks to Eugene Tucker for the news."

Website: http://www.emtec.com/zoc/
Download: http://www.emtec.com/download.html#zocfiles

"A Powerful Terminal Emulator and Telnet/SSH Client for Power Users! ZOC -
a telnet client, secure shell client and terminal emulator that allows a
PC to easily connect to hosts and mainframes via telnet, secure shell
(SSH/SSH2) modem, serial cable or isdn.

The well designed emulations, logging and automation features of ZOC allow
you to get work done faster, more efficiently and with considerably less
effort.

Key features:
? VT220, Linux (Xterm), TN3270, TN5250 emulations
? SSH V1 and V2 with tunneling
? Scripting and automation features
? User defined buttons, toolbar, screen-parts
? Multi session support
? High configurability"

(recent changes)

[25.08.04] FIX: hex 00 character and vt220
----------
------------------------------------------------------------------
[23.08.04] WIN-REL: VERSION 4.15
[23.08.04] OS2-REL: VERSION 4.15
----------
------------------------------------------------------------------
[26.07.04] FIX: hex 00 inside vt control sequences
[26.07.04] FIX: plug/play tapi modem sometimes missing
[26.07.04] FIX: memory leak in XYZ-Modem
[09.06.04] NEW: xterm like sequence to change screen size
[07.06.04] FIX: SSH: error with rsa initial key exchange (OS/2 only)
[07.06.04] FIX: SSH: could not switch back from cipher to Auto cipher
[04.06.04] FIX: possible memory overwrite by ansi emulation caught
[04.06.04] FIX: possible hang with dsz.exe and restrict mode [02.06.04]
FIX: QNX did unintended line wrap in some cases
[01.06.04] FIX: assert error with QNX emulation and esc] sequences
[26.05.04] FIX: assert error on direct com port connections and dial
retry 0 [26.05.04] FIX: TN5250 crashed when pressing tab on empty screen
[26.05.04] FIX: assert messaged mixed english/german text
[26.05.04] FIX: scrollbar sometimes pushed over screen edge (maxed
window) [18.05.04] NEW: log file flushing to make it immediately readable
[18.05.04] FIX: ibm 5250 could crash under certain conditions [18.05.04]
FIX: wyse and tvi without default sub ids
[18.05.04] FIX: radio buttons in opts, terminal all one group [18.05.04]
FIX: memory leak when printing
[18.05.04] FIX: sometimes did not print (no spool job)
[17.05.04] FIX: crash with windows modems if no phone number entered
[14.05.04] FIX: assert error in Wyse emulation
[06.05.04] FIX: scandinavian character set in 3270 was ignored [06.05.04]
FIX: global authentification sometimes not used from host directory
[05.05.04] CHG: speed up of internal font filter
[05.05.04] FIX: ignore double listing of asian fonts
[03.05.04] FIX: possible display error on VMS with VT220
[25.04.04] FIX: quirk with device-options button in quick dial dialog
[13.04.04] FIX: telnet now handles server AYT (are you there) requests
[13.04.04] FIX: ansi sco special 'c' sequences fixed (esc[=XXc)
[13.04.04] FIX: ansi sco color reset fixed (esc[50m, esc[51m) [10.04.04]
FIX: ansi sco charset switching fixed (esc[0m after esc[12m)


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Event: The Warpstock 2004 schedule

02 Sep 2004 08:29:34


From: "Mark Dodel"

Just to let everyone know, the class/presentation schedule is now up on
the Warpstock web site
http://www.warpstock.org/event_info/2004/schedule.html

There are still a few classes and presentations still outstanding, but the
schedule is already pretty full.

Mark

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Net: urgent: looking for a new owner for discussion lists at nic.surfnet.nl

01 Sep 2004 15:39:39

It appears there is a problem that may result in the termination of the
venerable, old OS2-L discussion mailing list. If anyone is interested and
can help to maintain the list please conatct the server provider (removing
the DESPAM first of course).

Mark


From: Ulrich Giese

dear subscriber of the OS2-l & OS2PRO-L discussion lists at nic.surfnet.nl

for a couple of months i'm receiving bounces from the current listowner of
both lists (spider@seds.org).

because of our policy, a discussion list without a listowner
is not allowed. if you are familiar with list-management of
LISTSERV based discussion lists, please contact me (otherwise please
don't).

if there will be no new owner within the next 2 weeks, i fear i have to
delete both lists.

kind regards
-ulrich giese-


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SW: DANIATAPI filter driver, V0.3.18

04 Sep 2004 21:10:37


From: "Mark Dodel"

DaniATAPI.FLT is a replacement for IBMIDECD.FLT, IBMATAPI.FLT,
DaniADsk.FLT and all other ATAPI related filters.

Download: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/daniatapi0318.zip
Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=daniatapi0318

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SW: danis506 r170

04 Sep 2004 21:06:04


From: "Mark Dodel"

IBM1S506 replacement, supports Intel, VIA, Ali, SiS, CMD, Promise, Cyrix,
HPT, AMD, Artop, SMSC, ServerWorks, Opti, Nvidia, NatSemi, SiliconImage,
ITE, and ATI chips, SerialATA, disk capacities up to 2TiB, V1.7.0

Download: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/danis506r170.zip
Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=danis506r170

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SW: ControlYourFans_v1.0

04 Sep 2004 20:58:15


From: "Mark Dodel"

Autoset fans speed according to current CPU temp. REXX script & Xcenter
widgets to control fans speed in function of current CPU temperature.
Requires LPC I/O based on Winbond W836xx familly. Tested with Abit NF7.

Download: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/controlyourfans_v1.0.zip
Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=controlyourfans_v1.0


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HW: USB memory key problems SOLVED!!

30 Aug 2004 09:45:08


From: criguadaDESPAM@tin.it

From a message posted on the ecomstation.support.hardware newgroup:

---------------

Hi all,
I just wanted to report this, because it is a GREAT SUCCESS! I have been
trying for several months to get my USB key working under OS/2. If you
look at a recent thread regarding USB memory sticks in this forum, you
can see I have been trying EVERY possible solution without success.

A few days ago Martin Kiewitz posted his MMPORTS package to hobbes, which
is a way to transfer files to/from an USB-enabled CASIO watch.

The package contains, amongst other files, an updates USBD.SYS, which
uses a different hw detection scheme than the one used by IBM. More
precisely: it uses the detection scheme used by M$ drivers (which - guess
what? - is nonstandard).

Once I put this updated USBD.SYS on my system and rebooted, suddenly eCS
1.1 (with the latest IBM USB drivers) recognized the device and attached
it to a drive letter. I am confident that much more USB devices can be
made to work with this updated driver. Now, if only IBM could be
convinced to use the new detection scheme....

I understand (from Martin docs) that the detection scheme used by IBM is
perfectly following the standard, so I guess they're not very happy to
change it to follow an M$ non-standard, but they could at least use a new
switch to change detection scheme at boot.

I hope other people will have success like I had.
Bye

Cris


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SW: OLE2 stream unpacker

29 Aug 2004 20:11:26


From: "Mark Dodel"

OLE2X extract file streams from an OLE2 file. In case that there is no
useable stream name, as seen in *.msi installer files, it generates
filenames and tries to guess the extension like bmp, ico, cab, prg.

Download: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ole2x.zip
Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=ole2x

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NDP ISO 2.0 - ISO FS plugin for netdrive.

29 Aug 2004 19:56:55


From: "Mark Dodel"

ISO FS plugin for netdrive.

It provides read-only access to ISO-9660 images and CD's. Supports joliet
and rockridge (ecept of symlinks) extensions, long (up to 255 chars) iso
names, multisession images.

It is supposed that you have netdrive installed and you've read already
it's documentation at least once.

Download: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ndpiso-2.0.zip
Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=ndpiso

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SW: DFSee version 6.11 available as CDROM edition

29 Aug 2004 11:47:53


From: "Jan van Wijk"

DFSee CDROM updated to version 6.11


The ultimate disk/partition recovery tool DFSee version 6.11 is now
available for worldwide shipping on a very cute 8cm bootable mini CDROM
that boots FreeDOS and uses DFSDOS.

The CDROM also includes the full DOS, OS/2 and Windows
versions plus documentation for regular installation.

You can buy a complete CD including a standard license
for just 47 Euros plus shipping ...

http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/cdrom.htm#6xx8cm

If you already own a DFSee 6.xx registrations, check the DFSee website
first to get significant upgrade discounts!

For the 6.11 changes compared to 6.09, see:

http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm#whatsnew

DFSee is the SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE for disk and filesystem problems. With
FDISK-like displays, analysis and recovery, FIX commands, UNDELETE for
HPFS/NTFS, imaging and cloning. More details at:

http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm

All downloadable versions of DFSee including the bootable diskette and
the CDROM ISO image for registred users are at the 6.11 level as well.

Regards, JvW


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DFSee Home: http://www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee -
infoDESPAM@dfsee.com



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