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November 28

TeaTime file encrypter/decrypter including source.

TeaTime is a file encryption/decryption program based on the XTea cipher. Including Modula-2 source!

Program URL: http://www.blowgish.org/teatime.php
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/teatime-0.06.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=teatime-0.06.zip

November 27

SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 2.1 beta 1
SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 2.1 beta 1 has been released:
ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/snap/os2/beta/snap-os2-2.1.0-beta1.exe
You can view the readme file here:
ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/snap/os2/beta/readme.txt
This has some big changes in it, here are the highlights:
. *** IMPORTANT CHANGE *** The drivers are now installed in a different location, \os2\drivers\snap.
. Added full acceleration support for the Radeon 9700 chipset.
. TV Out and DVI output is now functional on all Radeons.
For a more complete listing of changes, see the changelog:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/snap2_changes.txt

HelpDesk, with your graphics.log and any pertinent screenshots attached: http://www.scitechsoft.com/support/helpdesk/

November 27

AiR-BOOT RC-4 incl. Source is out...

AiR-BOOT is a highly customizable boot-loader with colored menu, built in Setup and some other features that no other boot-loaders offer today.

If you got a prior version of AiR-BOOT installed on your system, just make a new AiR-BOOT INSTALL disc and boot from it. You should get prompted, that you may update your copy of AiR-BOOT. Configuration will remain intact.
Changes this time:
- Release Candidate 4
- Now official NETLABS-project (Open-Source, but NOT YET GPL)
- Cyrillic support
- Localized version in Russian
- Translation changes
- AiR-BOOT InstallDisc Maker (makedisk) rewritten (now much smaller)
- Native OS/2 Installer now available
- SETABOOT for OS/2 / eCS included (including support for XWorkPlace)
- Smooth scrolling added (Cooper Bars)
- Sometimes immediate timed boot fixed
- OS/2 / eCS didnt boot, when L-flag & H-flag got used on the same partition
- Typo in developer information fixed
Download via: http://air-boot.netlabs.org
or http://ecomstation.ru/kiewitzsoft/

November 27

The jSyncManager is back!

The jSyncManager, the most popular GUI Palm data synchronization solution for OS/2, is back. We\'re still 100% pure Java. And now we\'re Open Source too!

If you're looking for a Palm data synchronization solution for OS/2, please drop by and visit us at our new homepage.

http://www.jsyncmanager.org

November 26

An Introduction To The REXX Programming Language

There is an interesting article by Vladimir Zabrodsky about REXX programming language...

Also more info about REXX can be found on http://www.geocities.com/zabrodskyvlada

http://www.os2.cz

November 26

A new release of Jalbum (JAVA Web photo album generator) Version 2.8.4

http://www.datadosen.se/jalbum/InstData/Java/jalbum.jar
Features:
- easy to use Homepage-Foto-Generator
- EXIF Extracts image meta information (shutter speed, aperture etc) on webpage - smart ftp-upload (Publisher)

Requires: JAVA 1.3.x

New Features and Bugfixes: 2002-11-21 2.8.4
New:
* All skin files converted to PC line ending format (making them viewable in Notepad for easy editing by the ordinary Windows user)
* Non Windows and Mac users can now specify a -Dfolder.cmd= argument at the command line when starting JAlbum in order to open the directory for the current skin for editing.

Bug fixes:
* Didn't handle image files with filenames containing long numbers (>9 digits)
* Changed URL encoding of two-byte characters to write the high order byte before the low order byte, i.e 0xAABB is encoded as %AA%BB instead of %BB%AA

http://www.datadosen.se/jalbum

November 26

GUIFFY 4.7 compare/merge released

Guiffy is the advanced cross-platform compare/merge. Features 2-way and 3-way smart, \"SureMerge\", interfaces. Compare and Merge interfaces support Editing and Undo. Guiffy\'s compare views include Inline diff highlighting. Comes with builtin UNICODE and MBCS support. And, a command line interface for CM/SCM integrations -- Works with CVS, Perforce, SOS, Starbase and many others. Guiffy also includes integrated Folder/FileTree Compare and Synchronization. Plus, a complete API package is included.

Available for all Java-enabled platforms including: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Unix, and OS/2 or eCS.
Guiffy 4.7 includes:
>> Folder Synchronize: mutliple file selects and copy or delete operations
>> MacOS X MenuBar and Command key shortcuts
>> Quick file/folder changes with browse
>> Orphan (files added/deleted) compares
Guiffy 4.6 included:
>> CVS integation as external diff/3-way merge (( Igloo and SmartCVS ))
>> CVS integration as \"conflict editor (( TortoiseCVS ))
>> Merge checkpoint(save) / resume(open)
>> NEW Folder Compare controls

Homepage: http://www.guiffy.com

License: 21-day evaluation. Single User registration is $79.
Thank you for your support, Bill_Ritcher@Guiffy.com

November 25

German NLS for XWorkplace 1.0.0 released

The German NLS for XWorkplace, the well-known, free, feature-rich extension for the Workplace Shell, has been released.

To install this WarpIN package, XWorkplace 1.0.0 MUST be installed. We recommend using WarpIN 1.0.0 to install it.

http://www.os2world.com/os2files/files/xwp-1-0-0_nls-de.exe

November 25

os2.org is back online

OS2.org is back (Posted by ) (al ) Hello everybody, finally we made it and OS2.org is (mostly) back online. We moved our new server to our new provider OpenIT in Düsseldorf, Germany. We also would to thank all the people for the donations to give us the opportunity to buy the new server hardware (IBM xSeries with 1.1GB RAM and a extra harware raid controller)!!

Our thanks goes to:

TeamOS2 OS/2 Ruhr e.V., Dimitrios Bogiatzoules, Thomas Mensak, Logic Consult GmbH, Markus Montkowski, Christian Wonschina, Jörg Skottke, Lothar Söns, Wolfgang Reinken, Frank Beythien, Dieter Eckhardt, Sebastian Wittmeier, Karl Heinz Schmidthaus, Gerrit Schoenmaker, Tom Steen, Howard Winter, Daniela Engert, Falko Eickel, Manfred Heiderrich, Joup Nijenhuis, Jaap Stil, Jan van der Heide, M.R. Willemse, Peter Verweij, Robert Fuchs, Frank Meilinger, Jörg Denninghoff, Radu Trimbitas, Aroa Informatik, Sen. Anonymous

Additionaly we also would like to thank Markus Montkowski very very much. He spent a lot of time during the last 2 weeks to setup the new server and install the software. Thanks Markus!

All the OS2.org pages now use DB2 as the database backend. That for we had to port big parts of the backend software, but we are not finished yet. The problems you may encounter will now be taken care of step by step. Everything will be good, we only need a little bit more patience ;-)

November 24

XWorkplace and WarpIN 1.0.0 released

It has finally happened: WarpIN and XWorkplace have both been released with the magic 1.0.0 version number.

1. WarpIN V1.0.0 has been released.

WarpIN is intended to become the new universal OS/2 installer. It is becoming more and more popular among OS/2 developers because of its flexibility and ease of use. It has full system configuration (CONFIG.SYS, WPS classes, WPS objects) and can fully undo all the changes to your system again.

V1.0.0 fixes a few more bugs over previous versions and can hopefully server as the reference implementation for package creators.

2. After about five years of development, XWorkplace V1.0.0 has been released.

XWorkplace is the most feature-rich freeware Workplace Shell enhancer on the planet, and even better, it is OpenSource. XWorkplace is the successor to my popular XFolder utility and has become a Netlabs project.

For details, please refer to the download address below.

V1.0.0 fixes more bugs and gives you a few new features too, most importantly, folder split views a la Windows Explorer.

Even though we are now at 1.0.0, this does not mean that XWorkplace is bug-free. In fact there are still some known issues, but I believe that this version is quite usable.

Note: To install XWorkplace, you also need WarpIN V0.9.14 or higher, since XWorkplace now comes as a self-installing executable. I recommend using at least WarpIN V0.9.16 to avoid the problem with your existing XCenter disappearing on install.

To get the new WarpIN and XWorkplace, please go to:

http://www.xworkplace.org

WarpIN and XWorkplace are Netlabs projects, released under the GNU General Public Licence. The source code is available on the Netlabs CVS server. See www.netlabs.org/nosa and the above address for details.

We have created four mailing lists at groups.yahoo.com:
-- warpin-user
-- warpin-dev
-- xworkplace-user
-- xworkplace-dev

for WarpIn and XWorkplace users and developers, respectively.

A bugtracker for both WarpIN and XWorkplace is currently being set up and will be installed shortly. Please watch the usual OS/2 news channel for an announcement when it is ready.

Have fun!

Ulrich Moeller

November 24

GNAT 3.15p binary for OS/2 available

Following the release of GNAT 3.15p by ACT last week, I have now compiled a binary for OS/2 V4 / eCS.

This is again based upon EMX 9d with GCC 2.8.1. See Arnaud Charlet's post in comp.lang.ada and the readme for more details.

It is currently available as

http://dwparsons.bei.t-online.de/gnat-3.15p-os2-bin-20021124.zip

and it is expected that it will be mirrorred by cs.nyu.edu in ftp://cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/3.15p/contrib/os2

David Parsons

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