[WarpCast] TO/2 Meeting this Thursday - 10/07/98 |
Come visit Hethmon Brothers at Warpstock 98! See the all new Ftpd for OS/2 featuring browser compatibility, virtual file systems and multi-domain support. http://www.hethmon.com -- http://www.warpstock.org ****************************** WarpCast ****************************** Source: Derek W. Keoughan (derek@finnsoft.com) Moderator: Dirk Terrell (admin@os2ss.com) ********************************************************************** Toronto OS/2 User's Group TO/2 Thursday, October 8th. 7:00PM The IBM Canada Ltd. Building 3600 Steeles Avenue East in the Auditorium (East of Hwy 404 on Steeles, on the North side) Tech Support: Ask Brian (and other users) about your OS/2 problems! News & Info: New Stuff on the Streets for OS/2 Speakers will include: Derek Keoughan, Finnegan Software, Inc. (that's me!) ------- Object Desktop 2.0 (beta) demo This upcoming version will be demonstrated and abused, all on the new hardware the group has purchased for demonstrations. (Yaaaay!) More info is available at http://www.stardock.com Y2K - discussion, tips Discussion will focus on the Y2K issue as it exists for OS/2 users, how to check the BIOS of your system to make sure it is compliant in time for the big rollover to 2000-01-01 - some 451 days from now... are you ready? Netscape Communicator 4.04 for OS/2 Now that it's been released, we'll have a look at the wee beastie and see what makes it tick... TOPIC BRAINSTORMING: ------- Yes, we had so much fun in January finding out from out members what they wanted to see at upcoming meetings, that we're going to do it again, in the second half of the meeting. NEW RELEASES: ------- Visual Age for Java for OS/2, v2 hit the streets this week (83MB download), as did a new Beta for Notes Server v5 for OS/2 (a mere 51MB)... perhaps these will make it to the November agenda if there's enough interest... Member Presentation, YOU! ------- If you have a piece of Software or Shareware that is just FANTASTIC and want to show it off please just ask! TO/2 Information ------- Hardcopy of our TO/2 Newsletter. (Free for Members) FREE ADMISSION FOR EVERYONE! . . . New, Old, Future OS/2 users! November Meeting: TBA December Meeting: Games on OS/2 Night - Entrepreneur, Galactic Civilizations Gold, Avarice, Links Golf for OS/2, MAME... as many as we can fit into the meeting Garage Sale (?) - we're looking into the possibility of having an organized meet to bring in all the OS/2 software, books, and other paraphenalia you might not be using any more, to get it out of your closet and into someone else's! :) More details to follow... but start dusting off your stuff now. That's it for now... see you Thursday night!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or for more information on WarpCast, visit: http://www.warpcast.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------