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August 11

X-Commander Beta 0.12 released

Michael Iljin has released X-Commander beta 0.12

X-Commander is a file manager that will allow you to do your everyday work with files and archives faster and easier. (copying, deleting, renaming, etc. are available)

http://x-commander.nm.ru/index_en.htm

BTW. You have to send a part of the popuplog.os2 to remove the demo screen

August 11

Amouse 2.0 beta released

Amouse contains a free device driver as well as a application code to support mice with a wheel, e. g.:
Logitech Pilot Mouse+ with serial or PS/2-port
Logitech Mouse Man+
Microsoft Intellimouse
IBM Scrollpoint mouse

The behaviour of the wheel may be controlled by an addition to the mouse settings panel in the system settings folder or by a separate configuration program for the wheel.

Amouse is available in German and English

http://home.t-online.de/home/klaus.breining/

August 11

ThirdEye 1.0.4
Summer vacation is near!? Don't put aside the purchase of ThirdEye and a Digital Camera as addition!
ThirdEye is designed to control digital cameras.
It supports cameras with a COM-port interface like:
Agfa, Casio Wrist, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Kodak, Konica, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Polaroid, Sanyo, Sierra Imaging, Toshiba;
(read details on homepage! more than 100 models supported!)
Canon, Kodak 3200, Fuji, Casio are under development.
Do you want to speed the release of support for these cameras?
Join the testing movement now!
What's new:
* Casio Wrist WQV-1 is released;
* Kodak DC240/280/3400 fixed;
* Kodak DC210/215 is released;
* Digita family is released:
HP PhotoSmart C500
Kodak DC290
Kodak DC265
Kodak DC260
Kodak DC220
Minolta EX 1500
Pentax EI-2000
Pentax EI-200
* New skin 'Kiddy' arrived (designed for young OS/2 users!!);
* FAQ is included in distribution pack;
Don't be afraid to contact us!
Send us screenshots and functional description of any new methods you need.
WARRANTY: This software is supported until January, 2003.
Temporary location of DEMO version:
http://ecomstation.ru/download/ThirdEye-1_0_4_demo.wpi
http://ecomstation.ru/download/ThirdEye_1_0_4_demo.zip

COMMERCIAL version will be published in Monday after additional testing
Homepage: http://thirdeye.os2.ru
e-mail: project_thirdeye@os2.ru

August 11

Fast Editor Lite 0.2.16

Sergey I. Yevtushenko has released Fast Editor Lite 0.2.16

FED is VIO mode programmers editor. It's fast, small in size and flexible.

A lot of useful macro already present in default configuration file and you may add your own written either in simple built-in or REXX language.

FAST Editor Lite is distributed as open source project under BSD-like license.

http://www.naverex.kiev.ua/~evsi/fed.html

August 11

Updated Thinkpad T-Series Video-Driver

IBM has released an updated Video-Driver for the Thinkpad T-Series, the T23 is now supported too

http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4KP37K.html?lang=en_US&page=brand&brand=root&doctype=&subtype=Cat

August 10

Crystal Semiconductor ICH 810, 820, 815 Audio Version5.02 released

IBM has released audio drivers for the Crystal Semiconductor ICH 810, 820, 815

They are intended for the Thinkpad T23, but may work on other systems too

http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4Z6L7B.html?lang=en_US&page=brand&brand=root&doctype=&subtype=Cat

August 10

Updated IBMDASD

IBM has updated the IDEDASD package.
ibm1floppy.add
ibmatapi.flt
ibmidecd.flt
os2dasd.dmd
ibm1s506.add

are now at buildlevel 10.052

os2cdrom.dmd has buildlevel 10.051

http://service.software.ibm.com/os2dd/free/idedasd.exe

August 10

ZxMail adds a new feature.

ZxMail version 1.06 Adds SMTP AUTH command with support for CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN authentification.

This improves spam control, and we recommend you update to this new version to benefit from this new feature.

Also in this version fixed POP3 UIDL command bug (individual message ID returned a value of 0 instead of the proper unique ID)

You can download this new version at http://www.zeryx.com
Zeryx Software
http://www.zeryx.com
info@zeryx.com

August 10

contact/2 - new addressmanager

I'm developing an addessmanager, but currently only in german language. If you are interested in an english version, send me an email. You can also submit feature wishes.

For more informations and screenshots visit: http://www.subsys.de/contact/contactinfo.htm

August 10

NetDrive 2.0 for OS/2

Blueprint Software Works, Inc. (netdrive@blueprintsoftwareworks.com) has released NetDrive 2.0 for OS/2, a virtual file system, that allows one to mount various resources.

The new version supports external plugins for new types of resources.

Available plugins are:
* FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - mounts a FTP server directory;
* NFS (Network File System) version 2 - mounts a NFS server disk;
* VFAT - read/write access to disks with Microsoft Windows 95 VFAT long names.

Also there are third party plugins:
* Psion - to access Psion PDA disks;
* HP C200 - to access pictures on Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart C200 digital camera;
* ISOFS - read only access to ISO-9660 CD images. Supports joliet, rockridge, long ISO names, national characters.

You can download NetDrive 2.0 for OS/2 and plugins from Blueprint Software Works, Inc. at
http://www.blueprintsoftware.com/netdrive
Also the files have been uploaded at
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming
and later will be moved to
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/drivers/filesys

August 09

REXX Tips ~Tricks v3.20 released

From: Bernd Schemmer

I uploaded the new version 3.2 of "REXX Tips ~Tricks" to hobbes. You can find it at http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/rexx/rxtt32.zip

"REXX Tips ~Tricks v3.20" is an OS/2 INF file containing useful hints and information about OS/2 REXX.

Included are information about literature for REXX, further Software for REXX, hints ~tips for OS/2 commands, hints ~tips for REXX commands & functions, some hints for optimizations, a lot of REXX source code (functions ~complete programs) and much more.

If you have any comments, suggestions or corrections for REXX Tips ~ Tricks please contact me via email (I don't read this newsgroup very often).

Caution: To read this file you need either OS/2 or an INF Viewer for your operating system! A possible view program for Windows 3.1 and newer versions is oview.exe You can find it here: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/windows/win_inf.zip You only need the files ipf.dll libipfx.dll oview.exe from the file ov_demo.zip inside of win_inf.zip. It should be possible to decompress them without installing the demo - but I don't know how (I'm not so familar with Windows).

-- Bernd Schemmer

August 09

Configtool Database updated

The Database for Configtool has been updated and expanded to 1288 entries

Configtool is a Config.sys editor with searchable database which explains the entries, sort and checking routines... and lots more

http://www.os2world.com/goran/

Klaus Staedtler

August 08

Bookshelf 0.9.0 is out

Bookshelf will scan your drive(s) and find online books (INF and HLP files). You may select and open file from a list, or create Folder on your Desktop with all found books.

Bookshelf is available in English (books090en.zip) and Swedish (books090sw.zip).

Source code is included.

To download Bookshelf 0.9.0, visit http://www.os2world.com/goran/

August 08

new SIO2K v_0.16d beta

There is a new beta of the SIO2K drivers at http://www.gwinn.com/

August 08

Table (English and Swedish) updated to v.1.2.0

Table is combination of an ASCII character code chart and a tool to convert and display binary, decimal, octal, hexadecimal and ascii representations of a string. Table is available in English (table120en.zip) and Swedish (table120sw.zip).

If you have two prepared system code pages you can switch between them and convert and display string.

Source code is included.

To download Table 1.2.0, visit http://www.os2world.com/goran/

August 06

X-Commander 0.09 is out!

The new verison of X-Commander is out. Check for new version.

ftp://ftp.pilot-film.com/os2/X-COM/xc20_09b.zip

August 06

ZxMail updated to v1.05

From: "Eric Lavoie" elavoie@zeryx.com

ZxMail has been updated.

We recommend that you update to this version.

Here what changed in this new release:

Fixed:

JFS registration bug.

The JFS file system returns a different volume serial number after each reboot, it caused a problem for the registration algorithm, I made a work around to avoid this problem. The problem only occurred for registered version of ZxMail.

August 06

Danish NLV version of Netscape Communicator 4.61 refreshed

I just noticed that IBM has refreshed the Danish version of Netscape Communicator 4.61 for OS/2 on July 31st.

http://ps.software.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/fixnews.html#jns

"07/31/2001 - Danish released, this completes all intended NLV releases."

You can get this or any of the other NLV versions which were refreshed earlier at http://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/netscape4/nc461os2w-p

August 06

Join the Warpstock Europe 2001 Discussion Forum

While the Warpstock Europe Event Team is well underway to make the third edition of Europe's premier OS/2 event the most successful one so far, the team is now soliciting discussions, input and suggestions from OS/2 and eComStation users from all over the world.

Everyone wanting to participate in discussions about the upcoming event can now join the online Warpstock Europe Discussion Forum. Whether you want to offer suggestions to the event team or you have some questions about the event, or if you want to volunteer to help with the organization of the conference, you are welcome to join the discussion at http://warpstock.os2.org/en/forum/

The Discussion Forum is the perfect place to prepare for your journey to Hasselt, Belgium where Warpstock Europe 2001 will take place. "We can only offer so much information on the web site" says web master Johan Driesmans, "but if you want to know all the little details about traveling to Belgium and how to make the best of your journey, the discussion forum is the best place to start looking for information". Members of the organizing team will monitor the forum regularly and participate in the discussions taking place. Everyone is invited to join the forum to stay informed about the event and to keep in touch with other Warpstock Europe attendees, while we are all counting down to November 2, 2001.

The Warpstock Europe 2001 Conference will be held on November 2-4, 2001 at the 'KH Limburg' College near Hasselt, Belgium. Warpstock Europe is an annual gathering of developers, vendors and users of the OS/2 and eComStation operating systems, for the purpose of education, providing information and support to everyone with an interest in these operating systems or related technology. More information is available at the Warpstock Europe web site http://warpstock.os2.org

From: Luc Van Bogaert luc.vanbogaert@pandora.beq

August 06

CandyFolder 0.1.0

Chris Wohlgemuth released CandyFolder 0.1.0 for OS/2. CandyFolder adds transparency to your WPS folder class, this means you can have transparent folders on your OS/2 or eCS desktop! CandyFolder is a standalone application and does not require CandyBarZ.

http://candybarz.netlabs.org

August 05

Same for OS/2

Daniel Valot has released SamePM 1.0 solitaire game

http://dvalot.free.fr/games.htm
Features:
Undo, redo
Resizeable
Four board sizes
3, 4 or five colors levels
Disabled people access with one finger play .
Last board save.
Customizable background.
Show solution function
and more...

There is also a Windows version.

August 05

DFSee support forum at Yahoo

I just created the DFSee Support forum on Yahoo Clubs.

This is intended to be a meeting point to share experiences, give or get help on using DFSee and discuss any issue somehow related to it.

As the author, I will join as often as possible.

To join the club go to:

http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/dfseesupport

If you plan to use it on a regular basis, I suggest you receive the messages by email, you can choose to do so when signing up, or at any later time.

This allows you to use it as a regular mailing-list.

Regards, Jan van Wijk

http://www.fsys.demon.nl/

From: Jan van Wijk jvw@fsys.demon.nl

August 05

Mozilla 0.9.3 Released

From: Michael Kaply

The URL is: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla0.9.3/mozilla-i386-pcos2-vacpp-0.9.3.zip

This build is fully optimized.

The major change on the OS/2 side is some new font code from Javier Pedemonte that should make display a lot more consistent.

We also have the beginnings of support for UTF-8. Make sure you set your Unicode font to Times New Roman MT 30 in preferences if you want to use it.

We've added the ability to change font DPI in preferences. You can experiment with this to see what it does. Note it changes the UI font as well.

The crash when the browser checks your mail after 5 minutes is fixed - it was an optimizer bug, so we just didn't optimize the file in question.

Some PNGs are not working, so be aware of that.

As far as other news goes, the reason there have been no semi-nightly/weekly builds is because we have been waiting for an optimization fix from the VACPP folks. Without this fix, optimized builds crash on startup. We got that fix, and hope to resume builds soon.

We are still working on the random tinderbox problems. If you want to see the OS/2 tinderbox, it is on MozillaTest for now.

The next build we will deliver will probably be a 0.9.2.1 build so you can compare it to Netscape 6.1 when it is released.

Thanks for your support.
Mike Kaply ~team
IBM

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