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May 18

New kernels updates 20020516

New kernels updates dated 16 may 2002 can be find at IBM testcase. As always, the mission to upgrade your kernel, should you accept it, is all on your own and everyone will decline everything should anything nasty happens. Good luck. ;-)

Anyway, you can find them at: ftp://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/ps/fromibm/os2
Salut,
Michel (sur OS/2 Warp 4.50)
ICQ #13376913
http://pages.infinit.net/exovede

[Moderator's note: As always these are not officially supported by IBM unless they tell you to use them. Please send any followup to comp.os.os2.bugs on usenet. Also note that files are only on IBM's testcase for 2-3 days, so if you want to try these get them now. Make certain you back up any files replaced and don't try these on a production system. Read any readme file before applying any changes. If your system is working well, and you have no problems addressed by these updates, do yourself a favour and don't mess with this. You have been warned.

From the readme.txt acompanying these kernel files:

This contains fixes since xr_e002/xr_m015/mcp/acp. Important note: If you use the OS/2 SES facility, you need a new sesdd32.sys dated April 2001 or later to use this kernel. Also, a matching dump formatter (df_ret.exe), provided separately, is required, if you want to analyze a dump from this kernel. Finally, note that os2ldr is only required for the >64mb memory detection mentioned below.

Following are some recent changes with these kernels:

***New as of 2002/04/16: I'm including an updated os2dump module, because the one that comes with mcp2/acp2 can possibly OVERWRITE your partition(s)! If you plan to use standalone dump and you have mcp2 or acp2, use this! Caveat: This os2dump will *not* work on non-LVMized systems (i.e. Warp 4+ FP13-16). On the other hand, the bad os2dump wasn't distributed for FP13-16.

Fixes to problems that exist in released code:
0426 revision 14.089c
Note: JR15038 from 0416 temporarily removed, as I think it was causing unstable behavior (including trap 000E and trap 0008). I left the
LDRSTACKOPT option in, but for now it does nothing.
PJ28547 trap 000e in _ldrSegFixAddIterRec running Oracle 6 and other apps
PJ28566 trap 000e at _PLD_WriteReturnCode + 169 or so during procdump.
PJ28567 trap 0003 in _PLDClose during procdump.
20020515 revision 14.089d (note the new naming convention)
PJ28600 non-zero return from SecOpenPost ISS callout after file create operation leaves zero length files around
PJ28602 internal thread names wrong in df and debug krnl on 1 cpu SMP
PJ28603 module name missing or incorrect in r0 trap screen
20020516 revision 14.089e A build problem caused the 20020515 PJ28600 fix to cause a trap. You will only see this if you have a security device driver installed.]

May 18

Updated print01.sys with Combo card support

IBM has updated the Print01.sys with Combo Card support

The driver now supports: PCI Interrupt Sharing and Combo Cards

http://www7.software.ibm.com/2bcprod.nsf/4eddaa42e99c19e186256a700058020a/de76ef2ea2efb5c986256bbc0047986b?OpenDocument

You need the updated com.sys too

May 18

Updated Com.sys with Combo Card Support

IBM has updated the com.sys for Combo Card support

The driver now supports: PCI Interrupt Sharing, 16 COM ports, and Combo Cards

http://www7.software.ibm.com/2bcprod.nsf/4eddaa42e99c19e186256a700058020a/e8b0e2de6594072486256bbc004784f4?OpenDocument

You need the updated print01.sys too.

May 18

Hardware Bargains

Here are some good eComStation and OS/2 Warp compatible hardware deals. I have no affiliation with this company.

1. Tekram PCI Ultra SCSI Adapter - $14.50

Supports both internal and external SCSI devices. (Compgeeks.com also has internal-only version of this adapter for $9.50.) Driver included, or visit http://www.tekram.de for possible updated driver (same as DC-315 driver). Use coupon code TECHBARGAINS for 10% discount.

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=DC-305IE

2. Xircom (IBM OEM) Etherjet CardBus Ready Port Adapter (10/100 Ethernet) - $32.50

For your notebook computer. Requires one Type III (double height) card slot, but no special cable to lose. Use coupon code TECHBARGAINS for 10% discount. Drivers: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4GYSWY.html

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=DEFI002

3. Xircom (IBM OEM) Etherjet CardBus Ready Port Adapter (10/100 Ethernet with 56K Modem) - $37.00

For your notebook computer. Provides both 10/100 ethernet and V.90 56K modem with RJ-45 and RJ-11 connectors in one Type III (double height) CardBus slot. No special cables to lose. Use coupon code TECHBARGAINS for 10% discount. Drivers: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4GJUE3.html

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=RBEM56G-100

4. Xircom (IBM OEM) Etherjet CardBus Adapter (10/100 Ethernet with 56K Modem) - $37.00

For your notebook computer. Provides both 10/100 ethernet and V.90 56K modem with "dongle" cables in one Type II height CardBus slot. Use coupon code TECHBARGAINS for 10% discount. Drivers: http://www.os2ss.com/users/DrMartinus/xircem56.htm

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CEM56-100

5. Kodak Personal Picture Maker 200 by Lexmark (Refurbished) - $57.50

Compatible with every operating system, because it doesn't require a computer to operate. Simply insert your digital camera's CompactFlash or SmartMedia card into the printer, preview your photos on the built-in LCD, then print your photos in 1200 dpi. (The printer includes two inkjet cartridges, one standard color and one photo color. Also includes inkjet photo paper sample pack. The included supplies are actually worth more than the printer.) Use the coupon code TECHBARGAINS for a 10% discount. Manufacturer page: http://www.lexmark.com/US/products/overview/0,1224,NzAyfDE=,00.html

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PM200

6. Apollo P-2500 USB InkJet Printer - $43.50

This 600 dpi (600 x 300 dpi color) inkjet printer is essentially a rebranded Hewlett-Packard DeskJet (driver compatible with the 6xxC series). Both color and black Hewlett-Packard inkjet cartridges can be installed at the same time, although only a single color cartridge is included. USB connection (and drivers) required. If you're looking for a low cost, new inkjet printer for basic low volume text and color documents, this printer should work well. Use the coupon code TECHBARGAINS for a 10% discount.

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2500U

7. Realtek 10/100 Ethernet PCI Adapter - $4.95

Get connected to your cable modem, DSL router, office or home network without spending much. This PCI ethernet adapter with the Realtek RTL8139C controller has broad driver support. Drivers available from the Realtek web site at http://www.realtek.com.tw (including eComStation and OS/2 Warp drivers, of course). Use the coupon code TECHBARGAINS for a 10% discount.

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=A-8139C
- - - - -
Timothy F. Sipples
IBM WebSphere Software (Chicago, IL)
E-Mail: tsipple@us.ibm.com
PGP Public Key:
http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x45D3DE3E

[Moderator note: Please note that we are just passing on Tim's observation as a service to the OS/2-eCS community who may be looking for compatible hardware. VOICE has no connection with the vendor and makes no guaranty about the products listed as to how well they may work for you.]

May 18

New SysInfo/2 build (0.8.14)

New SysInfo/2 build - 0.8.14 is uploaded to Hobbes.

New futures and bugfixes are:
- Some new devices&vendors were added to PCI.INI (many new from nVidia);Special thanks to R.Dodin for help;
- Add PCI.INI file checking to avoid SysInfo/2 start with empty PCI.INI; Thanks to Sander Nyman for help;
- Ones more correct the code, that was announced in 0.8.11 (SysInfo/2 unable to work without PCI.INI file);
- TCP/IP information gathering algorithm bug was fixed for TCP/IP protocol detection, if TCP/IP is not the first bounded protocol; Special thanks to Darryl Sperber for help;
- Video detection algorithm correced due to some errors in 0.8.11 build (this algorithm in 0.8.11 was taken from old archive, sorry for that);
- Volume label now can display all 11 symbols, I think;
- Some speedup in "Disks" page opening (directories structure scanning algorithm improved); Thanks to San Sanych;

Project home page will be updated soon.
-> URL: http://devcenter.os2.ru/sysinfo/index.phtml.en
-> Hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=sysinfo0814.zip
-> Direct: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/sysinfo0814.zip
-> FTP-Search: http://download.lycos.com/swadv/AdvResults.asp?query=sysinfo0814.zip

May 18

Update of Kaspersky Labs AV for OS/2

I haven't looked at it yet, but while trolling around this AM, I noticed that Kaspersky Labs has posted a new beta update of their AV for OS/2 to their FTP site.

kavos240. rar & zip are available at:

ftp://ftp.kaspersky.com/beta/OS2/KAVOS2/

*****************************

ftp://ftp.kaspersky.com/beta/KAVUnix/KAVLinux/

with a special Mandrake 8.2 RPM build under:

ftp://ftp.kaspersky.com/beta/KAVUnix/KAVLinux/RPM/MDK8.2/

****************************************

The AV bases & updates can be gotten from either:

ftp://ftp.kaspersky.com/bases/ or their http://www.kaspersky.com web site

George

May 18

StHWMon

I've updated StHWMon/StHealth so that it works with the interesting 8233Cool package from Andrew Below. The cooling feature in event settings is enabled, if the driver VIAAPM.SYS is installed.

-> URL: http://www.nord-com.net/s.milcke/hwmon_en.htm

[Moderator note: 8233Cool is available on Hobbes - http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/mboard/8233cool.zip A set of tools to control CPU cooling on KT266A and some KT133 chipsets. Includes APM idle hook, throttling control and fan speed control programs." ]

May 18

First Open Watcom 0.8.0 source code release!!

Today is a great day! We have just uploaded the first source code archive release of the Open Watcom Project! We have called this version of the code the 0.8.0 release, since we can't consider it the 1.0 release until all the code is there and it can compile with the Watcom 11.0c compiler. To date nearly all of the code under the \bld directory is there, along with batch files to set up build environments for Windows and OS/2 machines. Some stuff is missing (noteably all the Fortran source code), but it will be committed to the Open Watcom tree over the next few weeks. Also some source files could well have been broken during the process of attaching the Open Watcom project copyright header information. If you find any broken files, please let us know!

Also although you cannot simply run a full build right now, you can pretty much go into any directory and run 'wmake' with the 11.0c compiler installed on your machine (once you copy edit the \setvars.bat file of course!) on most projects and they will build. Naturally there are many dependencies on libraries etc, but it is easy enough to see which library it is requiring, CD to that directory and run wmake in that directory also. Eventually of course we will have the full build system working so that you can just say 'go' and it will all build ;-)

But the good news is that the source code has arrived! This is a *HUGE* amount of source code that has been released. This ZIP files contains over 18,000 source code files totalling nearly 78MB of just source code (no binaries!). It compresses down to about 28MB for the current ZIP file archive, and includes source code for so many things it would be difficult to list them all (just think, compiler, linker, assembler, editor, IDE, debugger, POSIX command line tools and much more!). Also note that included is full source code to the DEC Alpha compiler, which we built and quickly tested a week or so ago and it produced working code that ran under Windows NT 4.0 on a DEC Alpha machine ;-)

Remember, this is a *LOT* of source code. If you are not willing to get your hands dirty figuring things out for yourself, don't bother downloading the code. We can't answer 50,000 emails about how to compiler Open Watcom, and won't. So use at your own risk. But most of all:

ENJOY!!
URL: ftp://ftp.openwatcom.org/watcom/openwatcom/
Web: http://www.openwatcom.org

Note: We have to extend a big thank you to Sybase and the people at Sybase that worked diligently with us over the years to finally make Open Watcom a reality. They know who they are, so "Thanks guys!". --
Kendall Bennett
Chief Executive Officer
SciTech Software, Inc.
Phone: (530) 894 8400
http://www.scitechsoft.com

May 18

ZxMail updated to v1.2.2

Hi everyone i updated zxmail to version 1.2.2

Release 1.2.0 and .1 were fixes for a stack overflow.

New in this release:

Modified: behavior, if an mx entry is not found the server is tried directly. Fixed: Fixed an intermittent problem when connecting to an SMTP session a socket error wold happen. Added: Rexx filtering, for smtp data command, smtp connection, and pop3 client (external mailbox) Modified: SMTP behavior when a size limit is specified, when the limit is reached, the file stopped being written. Modified: RxSpamCheck, modifed the parameter list you can specify which to spam server to use from the supported list. Fixed: If error occurred on RCPT command on fetching external mailbox, a trap occurred. Fixed: SMTP transmit errors on server when a multi line reponse would exceed 1000 bytes the delivery would fail, with line too long error. Modified: Pop3 invalid login were not logged, now logged with ip address and username used. Added: ZxAddDest to add a destination email address to an smtp message in smtp.flt and smtpdata.flt Fixed: a timezone issue, it now check if the timezone has been reset by the system or another app. Added: Log level to specify how much to log.

The help has not been updated yet, will find time soon.

For those that downloaded v1.2.0 we recommend to update to this version.

Here are some of the features of ZxMail Server.
ZxMail can pull email from other POP3 accounts and redistribute it to a domain by the username or to specific users on any domain. ZxMail supports an unlimited number of aliases.
ZxMail can forward mail to internal or external mailboxes.
ZxMail supports multiple forwards and chaining of those forwards (meaning if a message destined for A and A has a forward to B and B has a forward to C the message for A then goes to C and A can have other forwards).
ZxMail supports multiple domains with no limits
ZxMail can route email through another SMTP server to save on bandwidth.
ZxMail is multi threaded for maximum performance.
ZxMail supports IP filtering to block or to allow connection based on an IP address.
ZxMail supports SMTP AUTH command with CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN mechanism.
Evaluation license for more mailbox than the basic 2 can had on request, just send an email to demo@zeryx.com

To view the pre requisite to run ZxMail go to http://www.zeryx.com/English/req.html For a listing of what is new in the current version of ZxMail go to http://www.zeryx.com/English/whatsnew.html
For screen shots of ZxMail go to
http://www.zeryx.com/English/screenshots.html
ZxMail can be purchased at:
BMTmicro http://www.bmtmicro.com/BMTCatalog/os2/zxmail.html
Mensys http://shop.mensys.nl/catalogue/mns_ZxMail.html

A free fully featured 2 mailbox version is available.

May 17

RexxMail build 20020517.153145 released.

A new build of RexxMail is available from my web site:
http://www.degeus.com/rexx/rexxmail_english.html
or
http://www.degeus.com/rexx/rexxmail_nederlands.html

where you can also view the RexxMail on-line tutorial, readme, history, and changes files.

The distribution ZIP file is also available from the Hobbes repository:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=rexxmail

- The operation of the "Import" command switch has been changed. RexxMail no longer deletes the existing contents of the "Addresses" folder before importing new data from an address text file, so the "Import" function can now be used to add message templates to the existing folder contents.

- Michael DeBusk reports the existence of an OS/2 program for extracting mail messages from Netscape mail storage files. It can be found at: http://www.jsd0.com/dgh/Polarbar/NS2POP2.EXE

This build also fixes a problem in the previous release:

- the "/makecwmf" command failed and caused the WPS to hang on some systems. This may have been due to some strange REXX interaction with later versions of the XWorkplace program.

RexxMail is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Regards,
Marcus de Geus
--
marcus@degeus.com
http://www.degeus.com

May 17

AiR-BOOT v0.91b RELEASEd

AiR-BOOT RC-1 is out. It's a customizable multi-boot-loader that resides completely in track 0 of your harddrive, which means it doesnt require any real space. It's written 100% in assembly and has many features that others dont have.

For a complete feature list, visit the site.
Fixes this time:
- Release Candidate 1
- Bootmenu has a detailed mode
- Setup can be entered additionally from within Bootmenu via F10
- Freeze in BASIC OPTIONS, when no partition had bootable flag
- Change-Boot Password Protection occured at wrong times
- Tiny translation related changes

cu, Kiewitz

http://kiewitzsoft.ath.cx/kiewitzsoft/

May 16

socks daemon with portmaps and plugins.

Native multithreaded socks daemon with tcp/udp portmaps, external plugins, http proxy support.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/socksd-1.1-os2.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=socksd-1.1-os2.zip

May 16

RexxMail build 20020516.115712 released.

A new build of RexxMail is available from my web site:
http://www.degeus.com/rexx/rexxmail_english.html
or http://www.degeus.com/rexx/rexxmail_nederlands.html

where you can also view the RexxMail on-line tutorial, readme, history, and changes files.

The distribution ZIP file is also available from the Hobbes repository:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=rexxmail
Changes:
- Added "MakeCWMF" command switch to add CWMailFile-compatible extended attributes to existing, "old-style" message files.
- Aded "Recurse" settings string/command switch to recurse into subdirectories when used in combination with a command switch that accepts wildcards.
- The built-in POP3 routine to collect mail from a POP3 server now aborts if another instance of RexxMail on the same system is already collecting mail from the POP3 server for the same user, preventing access error reports from the POP3 server.
- Boolean command-line switches (like "/recurse") no longer require a value specification. A bare Boolean switch implies "Y[es]"/"1".
- A Netscape address book conversion program, Ns2RxMl.CMD, has been added. Ns2RxMl.CMD was written and made available for distribution by Michael DeBusk. Thanks, Michael!

RexxMail is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Regards,
Marcus de Geus
--
marcus@degeus.com
http://www.degeus.com

May 16

May OS/2 eZine now available

Now online at http://www.os2ezine.com
IN THIS ISSUE:
From The Editor
Robert Basler finds a Mozilla to love.
Editorial
It's Not Easy Being a Convert
Roland Casselbrant brings a bit of outside perspective.
I've Got Everything I Need . . . Almost
Pete Grubbs
Virtual PC for OS/2
Robert Basler reviews this highly anticipated application.
Articles
Advanced Virus Filtering with Weasel
John Bijnens is back with an improved email virus filter.
Securing your Internet Connection
Robert Basler helps those of us with always-on internet sleep a little better.
The Art Department
Cool desktops for you.
Forums
Ask Bas and John
Bas Heijermans and John Bijnens answer your OS/2 questions in this ongoing forum.
May Forums
Questions for the authors? Disagree with us? Take it to the forums.

May 15

OS/2 EnDIVE Project

Many years ago IBM was designed DIVE infrastructure to provide OS/2 game and multimedia applications with fast graphics. IBM also take attention about accelerated hardware features, like color-space conversion or scaling, and develop needed interface to allow using this hardware features in DIVE applications.

But, as many OS/2 features, this is very poorly documented feature, so most HW vendors does not made needed drivers...

Today most OS/2 users take advantage of Scitech's Display Doctor universal video driver, it does not support EnDIVE functionality, but it's relatively easy to add needed extensions.

The main goal of this project - provide modern motion video players, like WarpVision, with accelerated YUV->RGB color conversion and scaling.

Current project status is public beta, so you can download latest build and test it with your hardware. Check "Supported Chips" page to find current supporting status of your graphics card.

Program URL http://www.os2.kiev.ua/en/endive.php

May 15

Lines/2 Game released as Open Source

Lines/2 had been released as Open Source under the GNU GPL License.

You can download it from OS2World Gaming Site http://www.os2world.com/games/html/lines_2.html

or you can check hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=lines2

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lines2.zip

Special thanks to its author, Eugeny Rubtsov, for releasing the source.

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

Lines/2 - another clone of well-known game LINES (authors Oleg Demin, Igor Ivkin, Gennady Denisov), created for OS/2 PM.

http://www.os2world.com/games/

May 15

Warpstock 2002 Location and Dates

The Warpstock Event Team is very pleased to announce that Warpstock 2002 , the sixth edition of the annual Warpstock event, will be held in Austin Texas, October 5th and 6th, 2002 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel.

The Renaissance Austin Hotel is a AAA 4 Diamond award facility, with 476 rooms, that is located near the IBM Austin campus. The site features 95 acres of more than 50 specialty shops, restaurants and movie theaters. We have arranged a special show room rate of $129 per night Single/Double that will be available for up to 3 days before and 3 days after Warpstock (based on availability). We will have more information about the Austin area on the http://www.warpstock.org web site, or our mirror site: http://warpstock.os2voice.org, when it is available.

You can make hotel reservations by calling 1-800-HOTELS-1, 1-800-228-9290, 512-343-2620 or by fax to 512-343-6364. Please be sure to mention "Warpstock 2002" to get the show room rate. The hotel is expecting to sell out that weekend, so please make your reservations as early as possible.

You can make hotel reservations by calling 1-800-HOTELS-1, 1-800-228-9290, 512-343-2620 or by fax to 512-343-6364. Please be sure to mention "Warpstock 2002" to get the show room rate. The hotel is expecting to sell out that weekend, so please make your reservations as early as possible.

Details on the cost and payment for registration for Warpstock 2002 are still being worked on and will be announced shortly.

This year Warpstock will be in the home of OS/2, Austin Texas, which gives us great access to IBM's OS/2 developers. So if your work involves supporting or using OS/2, this year is a must attend event. Some of the presentations that have already been confirmed are:
- Scott Garfinkle, IBM: OS/2 Hang & Trap analysis
- Mike Kaply, IBM: OS/2 Web Browser
- Oliver Mark, IBM: OS/2 Updates
- Rainer Feuerstein: Bootable CD's
- Achim Hasenmueller, Innotek: VirtualPC
- Achim Hasenmueller, Innotek: Universal Audio Driver
- Richard Spurlock, Starfire: Starfire Titan
- Andrew Bloo, Scitech Software: SciTech Display Doctor and SNAP
- Randall Flint, Sundial Systems: Sundial Product Suite
- Bob St. John / Kim Cheung, Serenity Systems: eCS updates
- Eric Faulhaber, Golden Code: GoldenCode Trace Suite.
- Darrell Spice Jr., Spiceware: On emulators for OS/2
- Sam Emrick, IBM: Speed and Performance with OS/2, covering the following: Convenience Pak2, App design for performance (really most key part!), SMP?! - Ron Capelli, IBM: Java & OS/2

There will certainly be more presentation sessions to come as they are confirmed. So please check our web site periodically for more details.

If you are interested in giving a presentation at Warpstock 2002, please contact our speaker coordinator, Oliver Mark o.mark@de.ibm.com with a synopsis of your presentation and any requirements.

Warpstock, Inc., is a North Carolina non-profit corporation. The Warpstock annual conference is a gathering of OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available at the Warpstock web site : http://www.warpstock.org or its mirror site http://warpstock.os2voice.org

Url: http://www.warpstock.org

May 15

Command line 32-bit RAR 3.00 for DOS and OS/2

It is 32-bit RAR version for DOS and OS/2. Unlike 16-bit RAR/DOS it is able to create archives using dictionaries larger than 64KB. This version is the command line only, full screen mode is not supported. It can work under OS/2 as native OS/2 application handling long names and extended attributes. It also understands long file names when executing in Win95/98 DOS box, but if you need a command line RAR for Windows, it is strongly recommended to use the native Win32 console rar.exe from WinRAR package, which has better performance in Win32 environment.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/rar300.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=rar300.zip

May 14

Mozilla for OS/2 (Warpzilla) RC2 fixes available

I have made the first batch of RC2 fixes available at:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/warpzilla/rc2fix1.zip
This fixes three problems:
1. 4.61 Mail does not migrate properly
2. Drag and drop does not work
3. Protocol handlers not working because of spaces in the parameters

Just replace the appropriate DLL.

I have also updated the RC2 download.
Thanks
Mike

URL: Nightly build - ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest-1.0.0/mozilla-os2.zip

RC2 Milestone - ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.0rc2/mozilla-os2-vacpp-1.0rc2.zip

Warpzilla web site - http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/

May 14

May Shareware Special

Register all 4 of the following programs for $15 (US).
PMStripper: a PM utility to strip HTML codes from web pages.
DH-Grep-PM: a PM version of GREP.
Command line Clipboard Access: access the clipboard from the OS/2 command line.
DH_ClipSave/2: provides a quick save of clipboard text to a file.

Use the following link for additional information.

http://www.cottagesoft.com/~dwhawk/may.html

May 14

New drop of WVGUI
WVGUI is a (*the*) native Video Player for OS/2
+ more settings
+ new hotkeys (see readme)
* news in WV cli
* Problem with broken audio frames fixed
* SIMPLE_IDCT flag turned on in libavcodec (more fast?)
* Fixed hangs while rewinding with unsupported or unknown audio codec
* More "synced" sync :) (does not finished yet)
* ac3 libac3 decoder replaced with liba52
* added libmpeg2 for mpeg-1/2 video (does not finished yet)
* autodetecting more reliable dive mode (Y422/R565/BGR3) (Y422/R565/BGR3)
+ the program recompiled with "pentium" option instead of "pentium2" (for support of old AMD etc processors)
* movie length detecting fixed
* rewinding redesign (buttons and slider). now WVGUI doesn't crash when rewinding. But, reaction of rewinding is lower
* slider changes: movie paused when slider arm captured and continue on new position after releasing slider arm
+ new command line switch -f (see readme)

Program URL: http://www.os2.kiev.ua/
Direct download:
http://www.laemmlin.net/mirror/os2/WVGUI/wvgui14052002.RAR

May 14

UpdCD 2.03 fix has been released

Changes since 2.02
new:
- added pmview and sysbar addons
- improved mpts fixpak (8425) postprocessing (warp3/4)
- updated FAQ with tip describing how to create a 2nd CD with addons
- updated lxlite and dani drivers to latest version
- aligned with cp1 fixpak 2 (acp1)
- aligned with cp1 fixpak 2 (ecs), support was broken
- aligned with fixpak 16 (warp4)
fix:
- changed burn file not deleted warnings to info messages
- record.cmd will stop now in batch mode if option 2 fails
- unpacking dsk files failed if loaddskf from 1993 was not in the path
Warning: this a fix release which should be applied on top of an UpdCD 2.0 installation.
-> URL: http://www.quasarbbs.net/updcd
-> Hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=n.a.

May 14

VisualAge Smalltalk Enterprise v6.0

http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_202-107
Software Announcement 202-107
May 7, 2002

IBM VisualAge Smalltalk Enterprise V6.0 -˙ The Comprehensive Smalltalk Development Tool for e-Business on Demand VisualAge Smalltalk lets programmers create and deploy e-business applications that are cross-platform, object-oriented, and integrated with key IBM initiatives:
- Build and deploy enterprise Web service solutions for dynamic e-business using VisualAge Smalltalk
- Incremental and rapid development of new Smalltalk applications
- Help protect communication transactions with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) support
- Asynchronous call-out on all deployment platform including OS/390, z/OS, HP-UX, and Red Hat Linux
- Server Workbench now part VisualAge Smalltalk Enterprise
- Updated currency of databases, communication protocols and Java˙ integration
- New support for Red Hat Linux, Windows XP, and Windows Me
OS/2˙
Base OS/2 requirements:
OS/2 Warp˙ V4.0 + FP11
OS/2 Warp Server for e-business
An HPFS-formatted drive for client install
To use CPIC interactive debug, IBM Communications Server for OS/2 Warp V4
To use TCP/IP interactive debug, the TCP/IP stack shipped with the system
For more on VisualAge Smalltalk:
http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/smalltalk

May 13

Mozilla for OS/2 (Warpzilla) RC2 is up

Official RC2 is up.

It has two fixes above the branch - nsTranform2D (off by 1 pel stuff) and new protocol/helper application code.

The new helper application code allows you to specify mime.types files. IT shouldn't have any effect on anyone right now.

The new protocol code is very cool. See http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33282
pref("applications.epm", "c:\\os2\\apps\\epm.exe");
pref("applications.epm.parameters", "%url%");
And you can type:
epm:C:\config.sys in the URL bar and it will edit the config.sys
Have fun.
PLEASE test the heck out of this. We want Mozilla 1.0 to be awesome.
Mike

URL: Nightly build - ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest-1.0.0/mozilla-os2.zip

RC2 Milestone - ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.0rc2/mozilla-os2-vacpp-1.0rc2.zip

Warpzilla web site - http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/

May 13

PM Downloader preview 2 is out.

PM Downloader preview 2 is out. Get it from http://eros2.by.ru/index_en.html. PM Downloader is interactive multithreaded network retriever for OS/2 Presentation Manager which supports HTTP and FTP protocols for downloading files.

May 13

Hardware video acceleration in OS/2 with wvgui

We are glad to announce for the OS/2 community, that hardware video acceleration become possible. Driver, developed by Valery Gaynullin can acces to the hardware acceleration with follownig chips:
* Matrox
MGA G200, G250, G400, G450, G550
* ATI
3D Rage, 3D Rage II+, 3D Rage IIC, 3D Rage Pro, 3D Rage LT, 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage XL,Rage Mobility
* NVIDIA (beta support)
Tested: GeForce2 MX200, GeForce2 MX400, GeForce 2GTS, GeForce2 Ti

Acceleration tested and work perfectly with WarpVision GUI video player.

Program URL: http://os2.kiev.ua/

May 12

PMRobots, OS/2 Game, Released as Open Source

PMRobots had been updated to version 1.3 and released as open Source under the GNU GPL license.
PMRobots Web Site:
http://web.mit.edu/os2/www/robots.html
and
OS2World Gaming Site
http://www.os2world.com/games

Thanks to the author, Kent H Lundberg, for making it so.

May 12

Warpstock Europe 2002 announcement

Here by we want to announce that Warpstock Europe 2002 will take place in Arnhem Holand from the November 8th thru the 10th of November.

more details will follow soon on http://warpstock.os2.org.

With regards

Warpstock Europe 2002 team

May 12

DFSee version 4.22 released

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

Details can be found at: http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm

Most important changes:
-New DFSTART script (BAT or CMD) for inexperienced users
-New DFSIMAGE script to save or restore diskette images
-New DFSAMPLE script as example to make your own scripts
-FIND, WIPE and WIPELST: new -h, -a and -u options
-PART Allow '-warnings' as option for readability
-DFSDOS Fixed read/write to a volume (diskettes only)
-DFSDOS Fixed a bug reading/writing large-disks
-SIM: new '-b:nn' option and show compress/buffersize
-WRIM: new '-b:nn' option to set buffersize upto 63
-SIM: added confirmation dialog consistent with WRIM
-WRIM: auto select .imz or .img image when file exists
-WRIM: fixed imaging to/from floppy (bug since 4.13)
-GEO: new command name, get/set disk/volume geometry

Check DFS*.TXT files 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

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