Network Trace for OS/2
- Turn any OS/2 machine into a network probe.
- Take a trace on any segment in the network, in minutes.
- A software-only, hardware-independent implementation.
      http://www.goldencode.com/ntrace.html

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Source: Christian Hennecke (christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (feedback@warpcast.com)
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As last year Warpstock Europe 2000 again offers a large variety of
sessions and workshops related to all kinds of topics:

o OS/2 in General
o OS/2 Applications
o The Internet and OS/2
o OS/2 in Local Area Networks
o OS/2 Development

Everyone, regardless of being enduser, developer or businessman, will
be able to find something interesting.

There are currently 21 sessions and workshops, all of which will be
held in ENGLISH language. Further information on each session and
workshop, the speakers, and a timetable can be obtained from our home
page at:

  http://warpstock.os2.org/en/program/ 

Have a look at the following small selection from the program:

o IBM's OS/2 Strategy (by Oliver Stein)

  IBM has endorsed the strengths and benefits of internet
technologies and platform independence for several years, and has
encouraged customers worldwide to make the transition to network
computing. To facilitate the transition, IBM has enhanced OS/2 to
become an excellent platform for the deployment of e-business
applications, while at the same time preserving investments in legacy
applications. IBM has quietly revamped its OS/2 operating system into
a super-powerful tool that runs high speed networks and controls
large servers with multi-processor motherboards. 

  Oliver Stein will speak on how IBM continues to enhance OS/2 so
that, in addition to preserving customer investments in legacy OS/2
applications, is the platform for future e-business deployments and
for the development of e-business applications. Come find out what's
happening in the OS/2 development world in upcoming releases and what
enhancements are being made and for how long. 


o Creating PDF files on OS/2 (by Christian Langanke)

  This session gives you the required background knowledge for
creating PDF files under OS/2. Learn about what PDF files are, how to
create PDF files in general and especially under OS/2 and what
dependencies exist for the programs being used for this. 

  Beside commercial software like Adbobe Acrobat Distiller free
programs like Ghostscript and Poor Mans PDF will be discussed.
Moreover, it will be shown how software for creating PDF files that
is not available for OS/2 runs as a Windows-version under OS/2 with
Odin. 


o Visions and reality of wireless communication - also on OS/2 (by
Herbert Rueck)

  Wireless LANs are gaining more and more popularity. This recital
introduces you to the subject of wireless networks. These networks
can be
applied for voice as well as for data transmission. Visions of
mobility are shown, which today have already become reality with
certain products. OS/2 users can also enjoy this modern form of
application.


o XWorkplace: Extending the Workplace Shell (by Ulrich Moeller)

  This beginner's tutorial to WPS programming includes a basic
description of the System Object Model (SOM), IDL files, and
frequently used WPS methods. In addition, the author gives an
introduction to the XWorkplace source code to show how new WPS
extensions can be integrated to use the existing XWorkplace
frameworks, which saves a lot of time. 


o Programming drivers for USB devices on OS/2 (by Markus Montgowski)

  This workshop will give a short overview of USB and the USB stack
as implemented by IBM for OS/2. It will then demonstrate how to write
a device driver that uses this stack.

Stay tuned for more information!

  http://www.warpstock.de 

 
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