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January 26

OggEncPM 0.9.0

Brian Harvard has released OggenCPm o.9.0 a basic Pm Frontend for the Ogg Vorbis encoder.

Url: http://silk.apana.org.au/vorbis/

January 26

GSView 4.12 beta released

GSview - the PostScript & PDF previewer has been relased in beta 4.12
New:
Added Swedish translation.
Fixes lockup on Mac PostScript files.
Pstoedit is not included. You will need to download this separately.
Several minor bug fixes.

Needs Ghostscript 7.*

Url: ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/ghostgum/beta/

January 26

IBM's Software Choice Convenience Pack plan outlined

IBM has outlined there Convenience Package plan at http://www-4.ibm.com/software/os/warp/swchoice/

"A distribution of Convenience Packages is underway to active software subscription customers. Customers with an OS/2 Warp V4 software subscription will receive the Convenience Package for OS/2 Warp V4.52. Customers with an OS/2 Warp Server for e-business software subscription will receive the Convenience Package for OS/2 Warp Server for e-business V4.52. This second convenience package distribution is the fulfilment of IBM's stated intent to deliver two convenience packages (ref. US Software announcement 200-082). IBM does not intend to provide any additional convenience packages in the future.

The Convenience Packages include:

- Refreshes of OS/2 Warp 4 and OS/2 Warp Server for e-business components

- Software Choice features, such as Browser, Java˙ Virtual Machine (JVM), and TCP/IP enhancements

- Updated collection of device drivers
National Languages:
The convenience packages V4.52 for both OS/2 Warp 4 and OS/2 Warp Server for e-business are available in English, German, Spanish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and Italian."

January 26

PnP BIOS resource lister

For details see http://members.hyperlink.net.au/~chart/pnpinfo.htm
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pnp014vk.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pnp014vk.zip

January 25

DTAPE Beta 8 released

DTAPE V1.0 Beta 8 has now been released.

DTAPE is a PM program which provides the facilities to record and replay digital audio directly to/from disk - a digital tape recorder. Features include peak level monitoring and unlimited .WAV file sizes (up to 4GB). DPLAY and DRECORD are VIO companion programs and DSG is a PM digital signal generator.

http://home.clara.net/orac/os2.htm

January 25

DragText Beta

The next version of DragText is almost ready. All it needs now is a thorough testing of its new features by a diverse group of users:

Odin* Support - Use DT in your Odin-powered Win32 programs. All of DT's Basic and Extended features such as drag and drop text, direct access to WPS objects, etc., are available in any supported window.

Moving Targets - If you've ever had to cancel a drag because the target was covered you'll like DT's new ability to move windows up and down as you drag. Let DT surface windows automatically as you drag over them or on-demand using the mouse and keyboard. Move a window to the top or bottom, or rotate through all the windows under the pointer.

Beta v3.F2 also includes enhancements and bug fixes - along with DT's 43+ other features, all fully enabled. This time-limited beta will EXPIRE at the end of MARCH, 2002. Because of this, please do not post it to hobbes or other sites.

To learn more about v3.F2, go to: http://e-vertise.com/dragtext/beta.html

If you're in a hurry, download http://e-vertise.com/dragtext/drgtxtf2.zip

* Odin is a project of OS/2 Netlabs http://www.netlabs.org

January 24

Flash 5 is available

To all:

Flash 5 is available at http://www.mensys.nl

[Moderator note: You can download an evaluation version from Innotek's site. Innotek Flash/2 site - http://www.innotek.de/flash/ Purchase at Mensys - http://shop.mensys.nl/uk/Flash5 Cost is 20 Euros or $17.69 USD]

January 24

Write a bootblock on a floppy
WRITBOOT -- Yet another Bootblock writer
Peter Flass Peter_Flass@Yahoo.com -- Jan 2002

WRITBOOT is a small program to write a floppy bootblock from a binary file. The file should be exactly 512 bytes long, and may be generated e.g. using the '-f bin' output option of NASM. The contents of the file are checked only for length = 512 bytes and signature in bytes 510 and 511 is \x55 \xAA.
USAGE: WRITBOOT runs in an OS/2 windowed of fullscreen session:
WRITBOOT a: or
WRITBOOT b:
where is the name of the bootblock file.
The program will then prompt for a floppy to be initialized.

EXAMPLE: WRITBOOT a: c:\stuff\bootblok.bin will read the contents of 'c:\stuff\bootblok.bin" and write it to the floppy in drive a. The compiled version of WRITBOOT requires the EMX runtime libraries, but presumably could be recompiled using other C compilers.

RECOMPILING: WRITBOOT can be compiled using EMX by the command: GCC -o writboot.exe writboot.c
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/writboot.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=writboot.zip

January 23

Workplace Systray 0.3.1
I'm glad to announce new version of Systray/2 named Workplace Systray or Systray/WPS. Now this is fully rewritten application. What's new:
- distributed in SmartSetup package;
- new units: IP traffic/PIPE monitors, POP3 mail checker;
- plugin & system tray API included;
- new feature: grouping of units!;
- New feature: WarpCenter autostart replacing.

Systray/WPS is a complete system control center with a set of system monitors, taskbar, and a button like "OS/2 Warp" button in WarpCenter.

SmartSetup is our other project for software distribution.

Url: http://devcenter.os2.ru/systray/

January 22

PM - Process Manager for eCS

PM - Process Manager for eCS is a process manager for eComStation Beta 2 released on January 22, 2002

What is PM ?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PM is a process manager/killer for eComStation.

PM is tested on eComStation but should work on Warp.

Can be downloaded from hobbes.
Url: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pmb2.zip
Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pmb2.zip

January 22

Printer Pak 20 available

IBM has updated the printerpak (omni, postscript, laserjet, plotters) to Version 20 Printer Driver Level 30.754

The drivers are currently only available in english
New Drivers:
Kyocera FS-1010 (KPDL-2)
Kyocera FS-1050 (KPDL-2)
Kyocera Mita FS-1800+ (KPDL-2)
Kyocera Mita FS-1900 (KPDL-2)
Kyocera Mita FS-6750 (KPDL-3)
Kyocera Mita FS-9100DN (KPDL-3)
Kyocera Mita FS-9500DN (KPDL-3)
Lexmark C750
Lexmark C910
Lexmark E322
Xerox Phaser 5400 PS
Canon S600
Brother HL-1440
Brother HL-2460
Kyocera FS-1010
Kyocera FS-1050

Url: ftp://ftp.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/printpak/en/

January 22

OS/2 CONNECT - Free monthly newsletter dedicated to OS/2

CON0202.ZIP contains the OS/2 CONNECT Newsletter for February 2002 in HTML file format suitable for use with standard web browsers, such as the Netscape Navigator. OS/2 CONNECT is THE authoritative source for contact information in the universe of IBM's OS/2 32-bit operating system.

Program URL: http://www.os2ss.com/connect/

Sections in this issue include:
Title & Publisher
What's New in this Issue?
Sound Off!
Editorial Page (The Voice of Experience)
World Reports (Scandinavia)
News & Press Releases
Graphic of the Month
Calendar of Events
Bulletin Boards
Internet Addresses & Locations
Telephone & Fax Numbers
Team OS/2
OS/2 User Groups
Who's Who of OS/2
Publications
- Books
- Periodicals
- Videos
OS/2 Tips, Tricks & Keys
Products & Services
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/con0202.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=con0202.zip

January 21

Python-2.2-emx

Python 2.2 port to OS/2+EMX - source patches and makefiles. Python is an interpreted, object oriented, scripting language.

Requires: EMX 0.9d runtime

Program URL: http://www.andymac.org/python.html
Source:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/python-2.2-emx-bin-011224.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=python-2.2-emx-src-011224.zip
Binaries:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/python-2.2-emx-bin-011224.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=python-2.2-emx-bin-011224.zip

January 21

lSwitcher v2.60

lSwitcher v2.60 English, feature-rich task switcher

The program adds new features to PM Alt-Tab switcher, expands the Alt-Tab switching capability to OS/2 and DOS full-screen sessions, and adds a convenient "Taskbar" to your PM Desktop. The package also includes an XWorkplace XCenter widget with the similar functionality.
English version:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lsw260en.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=lsw260en.zip
Russian resources:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lsw260ru.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=lsw260ru.zip
Source code:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lsw260src.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=lsw260src.zip

January 21

gogo-3.09, MP encoder

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-3.09-emx.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gogo-3.09-emx.zip

January 21

Warpzilla Tips page

I have recently started a web page which has information about Warpzilla, the OS/2 web browser based on the open source Mozilla project. It not only has links to builds and other sources of information, but a list of compatible plugins, and tips and tricks you can use to improve the user experience.

http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html

For those users who still rely on Netscape 4.61, perhaps you have yet to discover my Communicator for OS/2 web page. While it is unlikely to be updated much (indeed, the last update was 6 months ago), it has a lot of tips on it as well.

For those users who still rely on Netscape 4.61, perhaps you have yet to discover my Communicator for OS/2 web page. While it is unlikely to be updated much (indeed, the last update was 6 months ago), it has a lot of tips on it as well.

http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Communicator.html

If you have any comments, additions, or corrections, please feel free to send me a message. I look forward to any comments. ;)

January 20

Jake's Place News

I've now opened up the openwatcom.*, scitech.*, and wxwindows.* newsgroups at news://jakesplace.dhs.org for posting.

Jake's Place is a one-stop source for your OS/2 usenet needs. It carries a wide variety of OS/2 related nntp newsgroups, including both public and private groups, in multiple languages.

Please be sure to subscribe to news://jakesplace.dhs.org/jakesplace.announce for information relating to the filtering policies and overall status of the news server.

Regards,

Jack Troughton

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