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December 29

UniCode API for Rexx
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/rexxuni.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=rexxuni.zip

December 29

Java 1.1.8 updated

IBM has updated Java 1.1.8 on the 28.Dec.2001

ftp://ps.software.ibm.com/software/java/fixes/os2/11/118/

or

ftp://ftp.hursley.ibm.com/pub/java/fixes/os2/11/118/

December 29

FTPServer 0.93 released

Peter Moylan has rleased FTPServer 0.93

FtpServer is an ftp daemon for OS/2. Of course you could always use the ftpd that comes packaged with Warp Connect and later versions, but this one has better security controls, together with extra features such as symbolic links.

http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/os2/FtpServer.html

December 28

XMouse 0.5 released

Martin Lafaix has released XMouse 0.5

XMouse is an enhanced scroller-aware mouse driver It adds support for the following mouse types:
- Intellimouse Explorer (five buttons + wheel)
- Logitech MouseMan (three buttons)
- Logitech M-BJ58 Optical scroll mouse (three buttons + wheel) and many other Logitech scroll mice
- Logitech M-RG45 Cordless wheel mouse (three buttons + wheel) and many other Logitech wireless wheel mice
- Logitech Marble Fx Trackball (3 buttons + scroll button)
- a series of 3- and 5-buttons 2-wheels mice
- Primax CyberNavigator, aka IBM Versatile mouse (6 buttons + wheel) [no autodetect]

http://lafaix.online.fr/tmp/xmouse.zip

December 28

Shisen-Sho 1.12 updated

Daniel Valot has updated the game Shisen Sho 1.12 which is currently in test

New:

fix black border

http://dvalot.free.fr/games.htm

December 28

AiR-BOOT v0.24b - BUG

Sorry, but the latest release contains a stupid bug of mine. If you don't "Include Floppy" from AiR-BOOT Setup, it will boot the partition following the one you selected.

I'm rejecting 0.24b release and I will give out a fixed 0.25b version in short time. Sorry.

If you got 0.24b, just select "Include Floppy" in AiR-BOOT Setup and everything should work normally.

Sorry about that. 0.25b should get released in 1-2 days.

cu Kiewitz

http://kiewitz.ath.cx/air-boot/

From: Martin Kiewitz martin@kiewitz.de

December 28

gogo-3.08-emx-fix1.zip

This software is a mp3 encoder based on LAME3.88, which is optimized for Enhanced 3D Now!/SSE/SSE2 and dual-CPUs.

Program URL: http://homepage1.nifty.com/herumi/gogo_e.html
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/gogo-3.08-emx-fix1.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gogo-3.08-emx-fix1.zip

December 28

Convenience Pack 2

Convenience Pack 2 went GA on December 17, 2001. It will be shipped to all customers with Software Choice subscriptions. It comes with the IBM Web Browser for OS/2 v1.1 (based on Mozilla), Java 1.1.8 and 1.3, the latest USB, UDF/DVD and COM drivers, and the latest kernel fixes, including the new ALT+F4 feature that pauses before each DEVICE, IFS, CALL and RUN statement in the CONFIG.SYS file. Serenity Systems has a listing of the new features. IBM has supplied additional notes about the new version (4.52)

December 27

UPS Monitor C v1.2b for contact closure UPS

UPS Monitor C (OS/2 and eComStation) supports contact closure UPS models from Tripplite, IBM, CyberPower and possibly other manufacturers. See archive for details.

Program URL: http://home.att.net/~ASchw/upsmonitor.html
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/upsmonc.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=upsmonc.zip

December 27

gogo-3.08-emx.zip

This software is a mp3 encoder based on LAME3.88, which is optimized for Enhanced 3D Now!/SSE/SSE2 and dual-CPUs.

Program URL: http://homepage1.nifty.com/herumi/gogo_e.html
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/gogo-3.08-emx.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gogo-3.08-emx.zip

December 27

Lame 3.90.2 mp3encoder/decoder

Lame, Version 3.90 msuch@free.fr

1. Basic one (lame.exe) contains Lame with no particular feature.

2. Lame-snd.exe uses the libsndfile 0.0.27 library which allows you to create mp3 from a variety of source formats (see documentation in the doc-snd directory for more information about libsndfile).

This version Has been compiled using Gcc 3.02 which makes it about 30% faster than previous ones compiled with 2.81 (at least on my machine).

Program URL: http://www.mp3dev.org
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lame-3.90.2.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=lame-3.90.2.zip

December 27

WarpZip and Enhanced E updates

WarpZip and the Enhanced E Editor have been updated.

New in WarpZip (v3.5) is the ability to do clean up's in a more secure fashion. When expanding archives for a trial run, WarpZip offers a "Clean up" button that deletes the files as well as the objects that are created when they are unzipped. We have added a new page to the settings notebook to allow the user to have those files overwritten with nulls before they are deleted. Overwriting the files will make them inaccessable to anyone trying to recover your deleted data (without the help of some very expensive equipment).

WarpZip is $29 and is available through BMT Micro, Mensys and others.

The Enhanced E Editor has been updated. New features in v2.6 are:
F11 and F12 accelerator keys added for "Ring" navigation.
Allow opening several files from commandline by using wildcards. (Example: eee *.txt will load all txt files in the current directory into a ring)
Code templates follow auto-indent if it is on.
Added selected text jusification tool.

The Enhanced E is $25 and is available through BMT Micro, Mensys and others.

HOLIDAY SPECIAL - Pillarsoft Suite for only $99!

The PillarSoft Suite has been updated with the latest versions of these programs and is available for download at our website. Take a peek at these webpages for more information:

WarpZip: http://www.pillarsoft.net/warpzip.html

Enhanced E: http://www.pillarsoft.net/enhanced.html

PillarSoft Suite: http://www.pillarsoft.net/suite.html
Wayne Swanson
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Email: swanee@pillarsoft.net
PillarSoft: http://www.pillarsoft.net
Developers of: WarpZip and the PillarSoft Suite
Vice President: VOICE (Virtual OS/2 Int'l Consumer Education)
VOICE: http://www.os2voice.org
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December 27

update OS/2 CD player via CDDB, V. 0.34

Utility to update the internal title database of the OS/2 CD player via CDDB.

Program URL: http://www.maazl.de/project/cddbmmcd/index.html
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/cddbmmcd.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=cddbmmcd.zip

December 27

arpzilla 0.9.4.1 (Multiple Languages) , Netscape 6.2.1 equivalent

Warpzilla 0.9.4.1 is a port from Mozilla project It's equivalent to Netscape 6.2.1 and gets its skins theme. Now packaged with an installer and multiple languages support built-in
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/warpzilla-0-9-4-1-ml.exe
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=warpzilla-0-9-4-1-ml.exe

December 27

AiR-BOOT v0.24b Released

Well, finally next Public Beta got released today as late X-Mas present AiR-BOOT is a Multi-Boot-Loader, which sits completely (including its setup) in the MBR, which means no real space on the harddisc is used. It has advanced anti-viral protection, colored Setup/BootMenu, special Linux support, Password-Protection and much more.

Get more info and download v0.24b from http://kiewitz.ath.cx/air-boot/.
This version is Public Beta again without any restrictions built-in.
=PLEASE DONT UPLOAD this Public Beta to *ANY* FTP/HTTP Site.=

Next version will include Hiding partitions/Partition Setup and perhaps some sort of FDISK-like tool.
Fixes this time:
- Second Open-Public Beta Version - EZ-SETUP Detection (will not install on such systems)
- Scrolling in Bootmenu now possible (if more than 14 bootable partitions)
- Floppy: Get VolumeLabel and the Every-2-Seconds-Get Option are now functional.
- AIRBSET may be executed from the floppy, where it will write to. previously this resulted into an error-message and a damaged disc
- Delay for entering Setup got expanded

cu Kiewitz

P.S.: I will get some time for fixing up more MDOS-games soon.

http://kiewitz.ath.cx/air-boot/

From: Martin Kiewitz martin@kiewitz.de

December 26

DFSee 4.11 with RESIZE of FAT(32) available

New: TRUNCATE, resize FAT/FAT32 partitions to make freespace

DFSee is the SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE for disk and filesystem problems. It has FDISK-like displays, analysis and recovery tools with powerfull FIX commands and UNDELETE for HPFS and NTFS.

Details can be found at: http://www.fsys.demon.nl/dfsee.htm
Version 4.11 Adds partition resizing for FAT and FAT32 -DFSTRUNC script to create freespace, truncating FAT partitions
-TRUNCATE cmd makes FAT(32) partitions smaller, keeping data!
-BASE cmd enhanced with new options, for an overview: 'base -?'
-PRESTORE options changed to '-list' and '-verbose' (was: vw)
-Fixed ReadOnly bug after 'part xx' command and '-R' switch used
-Fixed drive-letter assignment for WIN2000 and Win-XP
-Allow reset of READONLY on a store with 'store x -R-'
-Added warnings for extended-container size mismatches
-Added EXE-switch '-p' for a pedantic warning level
-Updated FIXBOOT for FAT32 to allow 'fixboot -spare'
-Updated partition detailed display with better geometry

Check the DFSHIST.TXT and DFSCMDS.TXT documentation for details.

Registering DFSee will give you the right to use all 4.xx versions and get support plus a reasonable amount of assistance by email.

But even more important, it enables further development of DFSee!

Regards, Jan van Wijk

http://www.fsys.demon.nl

December 25

Python 2.2 port to OS/2

Check http://www.andymac.org/python.html for binaries, source and some popular extensions.

December 25

less 370, a paginator similar to "more" or "pg."

Less is a program similar to more, but which allows backward movement in the file as well as forward movement.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/less-370.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=less-370.zip

Program URL: http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA000199/os2/

December 24

Squid 2.4 STABLE3 caching HTTP proxy server

Speeds up web browsing by caching most recently visited web pages. Might also be able to make Netscape more stable if you use squid instead of Netscape built-in caching.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/squid24s3.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=squid24s3.zip

December 24

ppm2fli-2.0d-os2.zip

ppm2fli 2.0d - create a FLI animation from a set of static images
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ppm2fli-2.0d-os2.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=ppm2fli-2.0d-os2.zip

December 24

Solver released

Joseph Shrago has released Solver a function analyzer

http://www.os2.spb.ru/software/stuff/solver/index.html

Don't be worried about the russian site, the program itself is in english (but without documentation)

December 24

Audio Data CDCreator 0.50

Chris Wohlgemuth has released Audio-Data-CDCreator 0.50

Audio/Data-Cd-Creator is a set of WPS classes for easy creation of audio and data CDs. Burn CDs entirely via drag'n'drop by using the power of the WPS. It's released under the terms of the GPL (General Public License) so full source is available. [Screenshot of Data-CD-Creator]

Features include:
* Full integration into the WPS: drag'n'drop, context menus...
* Use shadows for creating a virtual tree of files or putting together an audio sampler
* Creation of TAO and DAO Audio CDs
* Audio CD writing with several writers at the same time possible
* FreeDB/CDDB-Support
* Writing of MP3 files
* Support for grabbers
* Dynamic priority control during writing
* Creation of single- and multisession data CDs
* On the fly writing
* Boot CD support
* Preliminary 1:1 CD copy
* User defined menus if WPS-Wizard is installed.
* Tutorial and help for all functions.
* ...

http://www.os2world.com/cdwriting/creator/creatormain.htm

New with V0.50 (23.Dec.2001):
* 1:1 copy dialog now remains open after starting the grab.
* Saving of CDCopy settings (path, drive etc.)
* When creating and writing several ISO-images sometimes a wrong name for writing was used. * Added some more setup strings
* Added 'About' to settings object
* Added folder hints
* Updated mp3info from 0.2.11 to 0.2.16
* Changed logfile names to more meaningful ones
* Added MP3 decoding to folder
* DAO audio CD handling rewritten. You may specify pregaps now. * Added help for some more objects (use F1)

December 23

ZOC 4.04 released

Emtec has released V 4.0.4 of Zap-O-Comm the well known Terminal Program
New:
[21.12.01] NEW: support for SSH2 (http://www.emtec.com/zoc/devsshlegal.html)
[18.12.01] FIX: several ANSI quirks fixed (colors, cursor handling)
[17.12.01] CHG: syntax for ^CONNECT= now device!address instead of device:address
[17.12.01] CHG: f-key/userbar fields etc. now longer [10.12.01] FIX: assert error after XP went to timed logon screen
[23.11.01] CHG: REXX ZocExec/ZocShell now return app exit codes
[23.11.01] CHG: REXX ZocExec now with viewmode (like ZocShell)
[23.11.01] CHG: REXX ZocReceiveBuf now logs according to ZocWaitForSeq switch [23.11.01] CHG: REXX ZocListFiles with larger buffer
[23.11.01] CHG: REXX ZocListFiles now accepts choice list as one parameter
[23.11.01] CHG: REXX ZocGetFilenames now with file delimiter parameter
[23.11.01] NEW: REXX ZocString command (string manipulation)
[16.11.01] FIX: ansi-sco reported itself to telnet as ansi instead scoansi
[10.11.01] NEW: SNI 97801 emulation
[01.11.01] CHG: increased timeout when accessing shared files
[01.11.01] FIX: remap of ctrl+enter was sent twice
[29.10.01] FIX: sometimes did not list fonts that were useable
[29.09.01] FIX: phonebook displayed german ue umlaut incorrectly
[29.09.01] FIX: window sometimes skipped to new pos when restarting (OS2)
[29.09.01] FIX: transparent print sometimes continued after end sequence
[24.09.01] FIX: DDERequest from Microsoft Excel failed

http://www.emtec.com/download.html#zocfiles

December 23

Rexx script for create polygons of N sides, with TrueSpectra.

Rexx script for creating polygons of N sides, with TrueSpectra. Edit file with truespectra to change sides
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/apln1.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=apln1.zip

December 23

ngcrush-1.5.7-os2.zip

pngcrush 1.5.7, PNG re-compressor.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pngcrush-1.5.7-os2.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pngcrush-1.5.7-os2.zip

December 23

Refresh PostgreSQL server V7.1.3

This is a refresh version of PostgreSQL server V7.1.3, with the add of TCL runtime V8.3.1 and tclshell with postgres support. I have add new Xbase2PG , PG2Xbase utility.

Thanks for your interest.

Vincenzo Venuto

http://venuto.monrif.net

December 23

Cinema/2 0.3.0

This program was developed as a baseapplication for displaying all kind of videodata. At the moment Cinema/2 is in a very early developement phase and it is only useable as a TV-Aplication for Hauppauge TV-Cards.

http://www.ctlab.de/index.html.de

New Since Version 0.3.0

- free definable hotkeys

- direct channel

- IRMan support

- volume and tone adjustable (depends on TV-Card)

- new dialog to adjust image and audio settings

- image and audio settings are same for all channels per default and it's also possible to make different settings for a single channel some bugfixes

- hardwarespecific functions are move in a separate module

- trace function: will be activated with parameter /t. This will generate a olutputfile cinema.trc

http://www.ctlab.de/files/cinema-0-3-0.zip

December 23

Mozilla beta 0.9.7 released

A holiday gift from the Mozilla/Warpzilla team in the form of the the latest Mozilla beta ver. 0.9.7 is available from

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla0.9.7/mozilla-os2-vacpp-0.9.7.zip

For changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 see: http://www.mozilla.org/releases/

"Mozilla is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. We coordinate the development and testing of the browser by providing discussion forums, software engineering tools, releases and bug tracking."

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