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June 16

Free OS/2 calendar for this year!

You can download free OS/2.cz e-cards calendar for year 2001 and print it!

Visit http://www.os2.cz and then - Download section...

From: Filip Molcan molcanf@seznam.cz

June 16

Version 2.13c of the LAN Server Management Tools is uploaded to Hobbes

It's now at http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lsmt213c.zip and goes to http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/network/lansrv/lsmt213c.zip

As uploaded, it is the current version of a package developed by Alain Rykaert since 1995, and older versions of LSMT have been bundled with RedBooks in the past. While command line based, there is an optional WPS based interface, and the whole is a nice example of REXX programming.

June 16

Updated IBM1S506.ADD

Ibm has updated the IDE HD driver IBM1S506.ADD

New:
Parameter:

/UDMA:x If the system is UDMA capable, this parameter may be used to limit a highest UDMA mode for a system to use. Limit is specified by "x", it can be from 1 to 9. If the specified value is higher then the max UDMA capability, or is 0, the parameter is ignored.
Supported chipset table
___________________________

The OS/2 IDE Controller Adapter Device Driver (IBM1S506.ADD) supports the following PCI IDE Controllers
---------------------------------------------------------
|Controller| Controller Info | Highest | Comments |
| Name | | UDMA | |
--------------------------------------------------------
|CMD640 | First CMD640 | - | |
|RZ1000 | First RZ1000 | - | |
|I82371FB | INTEL82371FB | - | |
|PIIX3 | Intel PIIX3 IDE | - | |
|ORION | INTEL_ORION | - | |
|PIIX4 | Intel PIIX4 IDE | ATA 33 | |
|I82801AA | Intel 82801AA IO HUB | ATA 66 |See sec. 5.2.1 |
|I82801AB | Intel 82801AB IO HUB | ATA 33 | |
|I82801BA | Intel 82801BA IO HUB | ATA 100 |See sec. 5.2.1 |
|CMD646 | CMD 646 PCI 2 IDE | ATA 33 | |
|CMD648 | CMD 648 PCI 2 IDE | ATA 66 | |
|VIA586B | VIA 586B PCI 2 IDE | ATA 33 |See sec. 5.2.2 |
|VIA596B | VIA 596B PCI 2 IDE | ATA 66 |See sec. 5.2.2 |
|VIA686A | VIA 686A PCI 2 IDE | ATA 66 |See sec. 5.2.2 |
|SIS630 | SIS 630 PCI 2 IDE | ATA 66 |See sec. 5.2.3 |
---------------------------------------------------------

http://service5.boulder.ibm.com/2bcprod.nsf/Driver+Profile+Web/IDEDASD.EXE?OpenDocument

BTW. don't let you worriy by the date from the OS/2 Driver Pak online (03.19.2001) the driver is from 06.01.2001

June 16

The June issue of the OS/2 eZine is out

Read it now at http://www.os2ezine.com

IN THIS ISSUE:
From The Editor
Robert Basler makes some more changes. [more]
News
R. Bret Walker looks at the month's news. [more]

Editorial
Want to make Money in the Software Biz?
Robert Basler reveals the dirty little secret to making money in the software business. [more]

Reviews
Quick Looks
Isaac Leung takes a quick look at several interesting apps. [more]
NewView
John Bijnens looks at a nice replacement for OS/2's Help Viewer. [more]
JunkSpy 2.0
Robert Basler finally finds an effective weapon in the war against SPAM. [more]
Scanning with Sane
Marco J. Shmerykowsky P.E. looks at software for scanning. [more]

Articles
Java Essence
Gili Tzabari looks at some Java myths. [more]
ODBC on OS/2 Part 2
Douglas Clark tells us where to get, and how to install, ODBC for OS/2. [more]
Cookie Management for the Paranoid
Robert Basler shows us how to take a shot at internet marketdroids. [more]

Forums
Ask Bas and John
Bas Heijermans and John Bijnens answer your OS/2 questions in this ongoing forum. [more]
June Forums
Questions for the authors? Disagree with us? Take it to the forums. [more]
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Robert Basler
Editor in Chief, OS/2 eZine
http://www.os2ezine.com

June 14

DrawIt 3.4 delivered to BMT and Mensys
DrawIt 3.4 has some additional functionality and bug fixes.
Some points:
- saving drawing in JPEG format
- Rotation is made a lot easier
- exporting to metafile of a selection is fixed
- Performance upgrade
- exports of gradient and fountain fill fixed etc

At BMTMICRO it is possible to purchase an upgrade for $10. Full price is $25. A demo version is downloadable for free.
Have fun,
Jasper de Keijzer.

http://home-5.worldonline.nl/~jdekeij

From: jasper.dekeijzer@worldonline.nl

June 14

RexxMail updated to build 20010614.081835

Build 20010614.081835 of RexxMail is now available from: http://www.degeus.com/rexx/

From the RexxMail readme.txt file:

RexxMail is an e-mail client program that uses the facilities offered by the OS/2 Workplace Shell (WPS) to the full. RexxMail itself is a Classic REXX program that runs invisibly (i.e. minimized) in OS/2 VIO sessions. It works by using a number of program objects that call the program (RexxMail.CMD) with various switches. Associations between these program objects and mail message files enable RexxMail to perform i
2001-06-14 = Update: build 20010614.081835.
- Bugfix: (install.cmd): CMD.EXE 'move' could not overwrite existing program files.
- (install.cmd): Added build number to install.log entries.

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

June 14

Dialer/2 is updated to 1.90 beta6

Projects Dialer/2 is updated to version 1.90 beta6 you can download it at http://os2.ru/projects/dialer/index.phtml.en

Dialer/2 is nice OS/2 PM dialing program with several features: phone-book, autodialing, log file of calls.
changes in version 1.90 beta6:
* Log file added. See "Setup" -> "Options".
* Fixed behavior of program, when user has set com-port, which does not really exist.
--
Best regards,
Denis
mailto:Devastator@icl.kazan.ru

June 13

The last stock of The Graham Utilities for OS/2

WarpSpeed Computers has found the infamous 'lost box' of stock. These are the very last boxes that you'll ever be able to see. So please act quickly.

The number is limited (less than 25).

For details, please see:

http://www.warpspeed.com.au/special.htm

For the first 5 orders received, I'll even pay the economy air mail to anywhere in the world.

This offer is not valid for payment by cheque, CC only.

-Chris

June 13

ZxMail Server Daily builds

Just to tell everyone we are going to post daily builds until GA. uploaded v0.9.8 built June 13, 2001
fixed the last install bug. fixed MX domain lookup, now does proper root lookup fixed foward list delete would not be removed until restart. fixed would not minimize to desktop. this release should be a lot more stable. some user have reported incorrect display of window (progress bar would not show) if anyone has experienced this i would like some feedback on this. thanks in advance.

you can downlaod this latest build from http://www.zeryx.com
Zeryx Software
http://www.zeryx.com
info@zeryx.com

June 13

RexxMail updated to build 20010613.143436

Build 20010613.143436 of RexxMail is now available from: http://www.degeus.com/rexx/

From the RexxMail readme.txt file:

RexxMail is an e-mail client program that uses the facilities offered by the OS/2 Workplace Shell (WPS) to the full. RexxMail itself is a Classic REXX program that runs invisibly (i.e. minimized) in OS/2 VIO sessions. It works by using a number of program objects that call the program (RexxMail.CMD) with various switches. Associations between these program objects and mail message files enable RexxMail to perform i
2001-06-13 = Update: build 20010613.143436.
- Bugfix: double HTML content extraction.
- Bugfix: syntax error signal in sent attachments list.
- Cosmetic changes to reader file header/info/body structure.

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

June 13

DirDiff v1.05 enhanced

Wolfram Schmid (w.schmid@ws-it.de) enhanced DirDiff, a directory compare program for OS/2.

DirDiff compares all files in two sub-directorys or two whole directory trees and locates which files have been modified, which files have been created and which files have been deleted. DirDiff is a useful tool primarily for software developers but it can also used for some other file management activities and it is freeware.
New in this release:
- File dialog for selecting the pathes
- Toolbar Buttons for the file dialog
Features of DirDiff:
- Compares files in 2 different directorys or directory trees - Shows the compare result in a global view
- Spec of filters for file names and directorys
- Spec of exclude filters for files and directorys
- Visibility of the include and exclude filters can be toggeld on and off
- Spec of pathes and filter at the command prompt
- Deletion of files direct in the result list
- Different action for files of the result list. Eg. 'opening of PMdiff', 'call of the cmd line' or 'opening of the WPS folder'. - User configurable action
- Stores all program settings, window size and position

Web Site (english): http://www.ws-it.de/en/product/ddiff

June 12

ZxMail Server Updated to vs 0.9.7 Important!

ZxMail Server has been updated to version 0.9.7. In the last build a bug slipped through that has a major impact. Any mail to a user would be overwritten, we failed to detect that bug until this morning. It was not detected because the DB engine did not respond correctly and and did not return an error code. If you downloaded vs 0.9.6 you have the bug please update to v 0.9.7

You can download it from http://www.zeryx.com

Thank you for your support.
Zeryx Software
http://www.zeryx.com
info@zeryx.com

June 11

Postgres SQL server for OS/2 version 7.1

New release of PostgreSQL V7.1 for OS/2 is available on the site! New PGADMIN GUI (version very BETA, for demostrating the future of this GUI ) available! New dbf2pg for migrate DBF tables in Postgres, (very soon mysql2pg)! Added more functions cointained in external DLL (postgres modules) callable by SQL statement. New documentation in PDF and HTML format.

New help document for Postgres users without patient! New ODBC driver V7.1 + NEW manager V3.01 (by ex Intersolv) with some drivers! I have added a VAPQ.DLL for Visual Age users. Etc., Etc.

Thank's to you for your interest!!

Ciao !

Vincenzo Venuto

http://venuto.monrif.net

June 11

ZxMail Server Updated to version 0.9.6

I posted the latest version of Beta 3 it stands at version 0.9.6. This contains the last feature update before GA. included in this update: Keep a copy of fowarded mail would not work: fixed. Fix for various bugs.

You can download the latest version from: http://www.zeryx.com

Thank you for your support
Zeryx Software
http://www.zeryx.com
info@zeryx.com

June 11

OS/2 Shopping Page Updated at OS/2 Headquarters

The "OS/2 Shopping" page at OS/2 Headquarters (http://www.os2hq.com/) has been updated with several new vendors, as well as quite a few vendors who have moved to new ~better sites.

June 11

VTeX/2 version 7.32

Version 7.32 of MicroPress' free VTeX/2 is available.

VTeX/2 is a TeX program for OS/2 that generates PDF or PostScript output immediately from the TeX source file. The distribution includes a comprehensive LaTeX system with many additional packages and fonts.

VTeX/2 can either be installed as a standalone TeX system for OS/2 or on top of an existing emTeX/TDS, version 0.55.

As to improved, new or changes features, see the file NEWS in the distribution.

Please, notice the new primary downloading site! CTAN servers may still hold the previous version 7.10F for a while.

ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/os2/apps/vtex/

June 11

Update: the Psion to OS/2 Connection

The Psion to Os/2 Connection website has been updated again. Among the updates is a new 'how to' guide that shows you step by step how to import data from your Psion Agenda application into the Schedular from StarOffice 5.1.

Other 'how to' guides on this website cover the following topics: - How to create a direct link between your Psion PDA and an OS/2 computer using standard software; - How to import your contacts in Lotus Organizer - How to import your agenda in Lotus Organizer

http://os2.mensys.nl/psion/index.html

June 10

Mozilla 0.9.1 VACPP from IBM is available:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla0.9.1/mozilla-i386-pcos2-vacpp-0.9.1.zip

filesize 17.1MB

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README for Warpzilla 0.9.1 - VACPP version

We have focused more on performance in this release.

This build includes the following:

New semaphores in NSPR.

New implementation of the JavaScript to C++ calling code

The following DLLs have been optimized with VACPP FixPak2
XPCOM.DLL
GKCONTNT.DLL
GKGFX.DLL
GKPARSER.DLL

We believe these DLLs provide a lot of "bang for the buck" We were unable to optimize the layout DLL (GKHTML.DLL) which would have helped even more.

If you encounter unexpected crashes, and in particular crashes in these DLLs, we have provided unoptimized versions of the DLLs in the UNOPT directory under BIN. Please try using one of these DLLs so we can determine if the problem is related to optimization or not.
Known Problems
--------------
Banding across some images

Hang when pressing stop during some hostname lookups
Installation
------------
Unzip the ZIP file.
Run WARPZFOL.CMD in the BIN directory.

Enjoy!

June 10

Warp CD Copy

Release Candidate #2 is on hobbes incoming:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/wcdcopy_cr2.zip

wcdcopy is a PM utility to grab audio CDs to WAV or MP3 with CDDB support.

June 10

RexxMail updated

Build 20010610.100221 of RexxMail is now available from: http://www.degeus.com/rexx/rexxmail_20010610_100221.zip

This release includes a few minor bugfixes and adds topic text on the '/setasciiqp' switch.

For information on RexxMail, including on-line browsing of the information and readme.txt files, see: http://www.degeus.com/rexx/rexxmail_english.html

From the RexxMail readme.txt file:

RexxMail is an e-mail client program that uses the facilities offered by the OS/2 Workplace Shell (WPS) to the full. RexxMail itself is a Classic REXX program that runs invisibly (i.e. minimized) in OS/2 VIO sessions. It works by using a number of program objects that call the program (RexxMail.CMD) with various switches. Associations between these program objects and mail message files enable RexxMail to perform i
2001-06-10 = Update: build 20010610.100221. - Bugfix: attachments folder link creation error handling. - Bugfix: unsent message object title string date/time stamp. - Bugfix: (install.cmd): missing session title in parameters field of object. - Added topic text for '/setasciiqp' switch.

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

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