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May 28

WWMastermind 2D v.1.02 (game)

WWMastermind 2D, an adaptation of the \'classic\' Mastermind game, but here a game in two dimensions, has been updated to version 1.02. The game is freeware.

Changes since version 1.01:
New:
* the program\'s language is now selectable at start-up - English and German are available
* user can select that a maximum number of different colors is used (two arbitrary balls won\'t have the same color in case of \'Square1 - small\', \'Square2 - small\' and \'Triangle - small\') - selectable on the \'Options - Special\' page
* game starts without message dialog when user has clicked on the playboard
Fixed bugs:
* result dialog showed false value for the number of tries needed to find the combination of colors

URL: http://www.wesargware.de/

May 28

Backup Demon/2
English translation courtesy of
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr

The Backup Demon/2 secures data on any medium, all the same for ftp servers, local non removable disk or CD burner (however no Tapes).

The program works automatically, steered by a user profile and runs in the background.

For program developers the version management can be useful.

Download with http://os2.zworks.de/BkpDemon

The program is in English, manual and Help text is present in German. There is an Installer. The web site is in German and English.

May 28

SciTech SNAP 2.1.5 beta available

A new beta of SciTech's SNAP universal display driver is available. (Announced in news://news.scitechsoft.com/scitech.snap.graphics.os2)

URL: http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/enterprise/snap_os2_content.html

Download: ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/snap/os2/beta/

Changelog: http://www.scitechsoft.com/snap2_changes.txt
Changes in 2.1.5 (build 393)
----------------------------
. Added full acceleration support for the Nvidia GeForce FX 5200, GeForce4 MX 440 8X, GeForce4 Ti 4200 8X, GeForce4 Ti 4800, Quadro4 NVS, and Quadro4 XGL. The GeForce4 MX 460, GeForce4 Ti 4400, and GeForce4 Ti 4600 are all separately detected and certified now. VGA output should now work correctly on both heads for graphics cards that have two connectors (including those that only have the second head!); note that this does NOT mean there is MultiHead support. Also, DDC monitor detection is now working on most chipsets.
. Added full acceleration support for the ATI Radeon 9500 and Radeon 9500 Pro chipsets, which includes zooming support. Also fixed some text mode refresh rate problems on the Radeon 9700 Pro. There is also uncertified support for the Radeon 9100 and 9800 Pro; these may or may not work.
. DVI output is now officially supported on the i865G chipset.
. Zooming to 512x384 was not properly switching to software mouse cursor when running on the LCD panel on the Mobility Radeon chipsets; fixed.
. When using MultiHead, StarOffice will display fonts stretched. Other programs, such as the System Clock, look distorted as well. You can now manually fix this by setting the SNAPHRES or SNAPVRES environment variables in your Config.Sys. For details, see the FAQ: http://www.scitechsoft.com/support/faq/fom.cgi?file=26
. Removed the window resizing code from the MultiHead centering option, as it was causing problems with tabbed dialogs such as the System object, and perhaps other windows as well.
. Removed the ThinkPad LCD panels from the monitor database, as they should not have been there in the first place.
. The uninstall program now supports the "/u" switch for unattended removal (no confirmation or dialog prompts).
. Integrated latest versions (E.096) of IBM GRADD components. This fixes DOS sessions on the Rage128 Pro chipsets, and Win/OS2 problems on SMP machines when using stack switching. Version D.096 fixed the Watcom debugger problems caused by GRADD C.096. If you are using SMP and getting SYS1924 crashes, you need to get the new PMMERGE.DLL for CMVC Defect 272686, or revert back to the older VMAN.DLL (from SNAP 2.1.3).

May 27

Realtek RTL8169 MAC driver 1.01

NDIS2 MAC driver for Realtek RTL8169 network controller version 1.01 has been released.
History:
ver.1.01 - 5/27, 2003. - Adjustment of tx buffer address alignment. (no effect on functionality)
- Manual padding.

Malfunction with NETBEUI in previous version was solved.
Get from hobbes
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=rtgnda01.zip
or author's web site.
http://homepage3.nifty.com/chagrin/gomy/doraniku.html#RTL8169

May 27

OS/2 Kit for Java Release Candidate 2 available!

Posted on http://ubb.innotek.de/ultimatebb.php in the OS/2 Kit for Java announcment forum:

InnoTek has updated its OS/2 Kit for Java product to the Release Candidate 2 (RC2) level. It can be downloaded for free individual use at http://www.innotek.de/products/javaos2.

Among the many improvements of RC2 are the following highlights:
* created single standalone package that will perform an unattended installation of the original Sun Java 2 Standard Edition for Windows distribution, removing the need for separate JRE and SDK packages
* various bugfixes based on user feedback

For more information on InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java, please contact InnoTek at java@innotek.de.

May 27

Web Family Tree updated to version 1.0

Version 1.0 of Web Family Tree (WFT) is now available for download, at
http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/os2/wft.html
or ftp://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/software/wft10.zip

WFT (freeware) is a CGI application for displaying your family tree on your own web server.

LIST OF CHANGES since version 0.42
Version 1.0
Added a way to specify the character set.
Reduced the amount of white space caused by things like empty subrecords in the GED file.
Replaced the crude documentation by an INF file.
Added the %i macro.
Allowed the header and footer to depend on which file we are displaying.

May 27

Run_Java -- Simplify running java13x/java14x apps

Sorry for the delay... I moved from California to Michigan at about the time that Innotek made the first beta java 141 available and have been a bit lazy ever since...

These scripts are designed to make working with IBM's java13 and Innokek's Java14 a bit easier. (I'll try to add Golden Code's release when it is available)...

This is a generic script for starting java13 and java14 apps in OS/2-eCS. (there are two separate scripts: java_13 first checks for java131, then it looks for java13, java_14 first looks for the java14 runtime then it looks for the java_14 SDK)

[quick version... unzip this archive into a directory e.g. unzip run_java__20030225.zip -d run_java Run install_os2.cmd -- this will create a "Create Java Object" program object on your desktop. Just drop a jar file on the object to create a program object for the .jar file. It will also create a "Run Jars" object -- this will allow you to start most modern java apps by just double clicking on the jar file.]
Latest version allows for more flexible Parameters...
e.g. now you can pass options to java.exe

Url: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/run_java__20030526.zip

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

May 26

OS2World.com News Submition Page

Hi

I will like to inform to the OS/2 community that after some weeks of testing the OS2World.com News Submition script is completely operative.

If you have an OS/2 related news that you want to submit, you can go to http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php and send your news directly to several OS/2 sites at once.

The sites that we have registered are: Os2world.com, ecomstation.com, ecomstation.ru, os2bbs.com, os2.cz, os2voice.org and os2.ru.
Thanks
Martin Iturbide
OS2World.com News Master

May 25

System tray widget 0.1 for XCenter

System tray widget version 0.1 for XCenter is available for download.

http://eros2.by.ru/systray_widget_en.shtml

"System tray widget for XCenter - it's port of System tray plugin included in SysTray/WPS to XCenter. (XCenter is a part of XWorkplace.)

System tray widget for XCenter based on source code of SysTray/WPS. SysTray/WPS was developed by Dmitry Zaharov.

System tray is a bar with icons which added by thrid-party applications using SysTray API. Applications will get messages from user actions on tray icons."

May 25

DFSee version 5.20 released

A fix for the SCAN command (reporting) and for LVM (parameter problem) plus improved display of many Kb/Mb values and several other fixes.

Enjoy!

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

http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm

Direct download links:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee520.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/dfsee520.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee520.zip

Most important functional changes:
- BSFIND Added -? option for short help and usage text
- SIM/WRIM Improved error handling in DOS version
- VIRT Automatic listdata "IMPORT -d" using PRESTORE basename
- SCAN Fixed reporting of number-of-bad-sectors and error msg
- Display Consistent use and increased accuracy of Mb/Kb numbers
- LVMinfo PSN values in decimal too, to compare to LVM /startlog
- LVM PID specified now overrules -p for partition selection
- NEWMBR Added alternative -d[:disk] option plus -? usage help
- recover Added "never run again" warning on recovery scripts
- DFSUNFD Added extra "part -s" to have decimal values available
- DFSTART Added extra confirmation text on interactive session

Check DFS*.TXT files for details, all changes listed in DFSHIST.TXT

Registering DFSee will give you the right to use all 5.xx versions and get support plus a reasonable amount of assistance by email. Existing 4.xx registrations can be upgraded to 5.xx as well.

But even more important, it enables further development of DFSee!
Regards, Jan van Wijk
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