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16 June 2001

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News

Any news submissions can be made by contacting R. Bret Walker (mailto:pcshark@snip.net). Please include all pertinent news and links where applicable.

Industry News

Indelible Blue closes its doors
On May 31, 2001, Indelible Blue, the premier software house for everything Warp-related, closed its doors for good. The company is being restructured as a Web development consulting firm called Prism Data Works (http://www.prismdataworks.com). Prism Data Works is still offering eComStation to the Indelible Blue customers who preordered, as well as the WarpUp! CD product.

eCS Users and RSJ CD Writer
One of the special features of eComStation is the ability of the product to run from CD, i.e. boot up and run the user's eCS desktop entirely from CD. eCS provides users with the ability to create a CD to take to the PC store and test drive the PCs in stock, while running their own eCS desktop. To facilitate this capability, Serenity Systems has reached an agreement with RSJ Software to include a 30 day trial period of the RSJ CD Writer for OS/2 with the eCS GA product. This special edition of the RSJ product includes an "eCS Demo CD Creator." Even after the 30 day RSJ CD Writer trial expires, and other functions are disabled, eCS users will still be able to burn their Personal eCS CDs. For more information, check out the RSJ Software website (http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/default.asp).

Warpstock 2000 videos
The Hungarian Team OS/2 has posted videos from the 2000 Warpstock Europe on their website (http://os2.rulez.org/main/zsoltvideo/).

Byte Magazine features OS/2 article
Byte Magazine published an article on the state of OS/2 and eComStation in its June edition. You can read the article by Bill Nicholls online (http://www.byte.com/column/infielder/BYT20010521S0005).

eComStation released to vendors
The eComStation release candidate has been released to the distributors for manufacturing and distribution. Watch for information from your distributors about the fulfillment of your orders.

New project releases: OS/2 Netlabs News
Released this month are: XWorkplace 0.9.12, WarpIN 0.9.12, SNES9x for OS/2 release 9, and MGLServer and DualMode library Release 3. More information available at OS/2 Netlabs (http://www.netlabs.org/news/).

Team OS/2 teams up with Amazon.com
Team OS/2 online has teamed up with Amazon.com to offer an extensive list of OS/2-related books online at discounts of up to 30% each. Visit the Team OS/2 Online OS/2 Books section (http://www.teamos2.org/help/books.html).

OS/2.cz is back online
OS/2.cz (http://www.os2/cz) has returned after some brief but troubling server problems.

Warpstock 2001

Saturday Night Social Event continues
The Warpstock 2001 Event Team is pleased to announce that the tradition of a Saturday Night Social Event will continue at Warpstock 2001. This event is your opportunity to put the work of the day behind you and enjoy a fabulous dinner buffet with a desert buffet table.

New files on Hobbes

The list of files is a little longer this month because of the new deadline imposed for the news reports. Next month should be back to normal. Regardless, there is a lot of good stuff to be had here, so even if you don't look at the new Hobbes files, take a look this month.

If the links don't work, go to the Hobbes OS/2 site (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/) and do a search on the files you're looking for.

May 7
Manipulate window title from a rexx program. rxwtitle_10.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/rxwtitle_10.zip)
A lint program for DNS files. nslint.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/nslint.zip)
NSPING v0.8 for OS/2. A DNS ping program. nsping.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/nsping.zip)
Javasript IDE. ide.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ide.zip)

May 9
Manipulate window switchlist title from a rexx program. rxwtitle_11.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/rxwtitle_11.zip)
Psion OS/2 utilities (v1.0) documentation. psiftpdoc.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/psiftpdoc.zip)
Psion OS/2 NetDrive plugin (v1.0b) documentation. psiplugdoc.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/psiplugdoc.zip)
WebMail/2 allows users to read emails via web. webmail50.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/webmail50.zip)
Virtual Floppy Disk Driver. vfdisk20.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/vfdisk20.zip)

May 10
Nice, the well-known Enhancer for our system. nice-os2-v45.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/nice-os2-v45.zip)
The source code of Nice OS/2 Enhancer. nice-os2-v45-src.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/nice-os2-v45-src.zip)

May 11
WarpMedia is a media player for OS/2. (DivX, MPEG-1, MP3) wmed_tp1.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/wmed_tp1.zip)
DivX (-; DLL for WarpMedia. Version 3c. divxc32-3c.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/divxc32-3c.zip)

May 12
A PM utility for stripping HTML codes. pms_124.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pms_124.zip)

May 13
Update OS/2 installation CD-ROM with fixpaks. updcd16.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/updcd16.zip)
Fixes the dreaded TRAP 000e:c322 errors on TCP 4.3. tcp43fix.exe (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/tcp43fix.exe)

May 14
OS/2 PM calculator with many common and some uncommon features. decalc3.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/decalc3.zip)

May 15
Ribble 1.0 with Source Code. Its an strategy game, It maybe can be compared to Sokoban. ribble1_0.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ribble1_0.zip)

May 16
Share FAT-Superfloppies with more than 512bps with other OSes. mo640.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/mo640.zip)

May 18
Multi users/desktops for OS/2. md-0-2-0.wpi (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/md-0-2-0.wpi)

May 19
SDF to H dumping tool. sdfdump.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/sdfdump.zip)

May 21
Add the systems uptime to your signature files. updsig21.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/updsig21.zip)
Freeware OS/2 LX executables packer v1.3.1. lxlt131.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lxlt131.zip)
Freeware OS/2 LX executables packer v1.3.1. (sources) lxlt131s.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lxlt131s.zip)
WPS Enhancer for window Open/Close animation. animator.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/animator.zip)
CheckLink ver 1.13b:Create and traverse, Web-Trees. cheklink_v113b.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/cheklink_v113b.zip)

May 22
View DLL dependencies of OS/2 executables. pmdll27.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pmdll27.zip)
cdrdao2 1.1.5 build 2 - enhanced os/2 port of cdrdao 1.1.5. cdrdao2-1.1.5b2.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/cdrdao2-1.1.5b2.zip)
78 icons (32x32) converted from those used in Linux KDE environment. linico01.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/linico01.zip)
122 icons (32x32) converted from those used in X11 environment. linico02.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/linico02.zip)

May 23
Logviewer/2 v1.01b (viewing,analyzing,managing logfiles.) logv101b.exe (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/logv101b.exe)
Fix for Data Acess Builders for VisualAge C++ v 3.0. dax11.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dax11.zip)
DB2 v 2.1 WIndows 3.1 client for WinOS/2. win31cae.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/win31cae.zip)

May 24
Leech, direct mp3 encoding from an audio CD with CDDB access. leechmp3_340.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/leechmp3_340.zip)
Port of Astrolog to OS/2 Warp Version 0.99. astrolog.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/astrolog.zip)
Soft backgrounds for folders. folderbg.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/folderbg.zip)

May 25
ScanSort 1.81 Scan collection checker. scansort181os2.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/scansort181os2.zip)
DosMapPhysMem() dynalink library, public release 1.0.0. maphymem_r100.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/maphymem_r100.zip)
DosQueryPerformance() dynalink library, public release 1.0.0. perfdll_r100.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/perfdll_r100.zip)
DosEstimateFreqCPU() dynalink library, public release 1.1.0. freqcpu_r110.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/freqcpu_r110.zip)
JdeBP's 32-bit Unicode Console API with developers' toolkit. conapi.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/conapi.zip)
JdeBP's 32-bit Unicode Console API Runtime DLLs for OS/2. conrt.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/conrt.zip)
Fix for named.exe DNS server. bind823fix.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/bind823fix.zip)

May 27
DYNDNS.ORG OS/2 Native Client. dnsalias-net.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dnsalias-net.zip)
Config.sys Data Base Manager. configedit18.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/configedit18.zip)

May 28
Wise setup.exe unpacker. e_wise.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/e_wise.zip)

May 29
Using long filenames under Win-OS/2 V 1.7. lfnc17a.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lfnc17a.zip)
Psion to OS/2 data file convert utility (v0.8.1.) psiconv.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/psiconv.zip)
Psion OS/2 utilities (v1.1b.) psiftp.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/psiftp.zip)

May 30
GUI File Manager and Command Processor. lcmd151o.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/lcmd151o.zip)

June 1
Free generic preprocessor. (html/rexx/ipf/inf/ipfc) ppwizard.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/ppwizard.zip)

June 2
UPS Monitor for OS/2 v1.2b for APC Smart-UPS and Back-UPS Pro. upsmon2.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/upsmon2.zip)

June 4
Warp CD-Copy 2.0 Release Candidate #1. wcdcopy_cr1.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/wcdcopy_cr1.zip)
Updated Database for Configtool. cfgtooldat1.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/cfgtooldat1.zip)
Create a single bootable OS/2 installation CD-ROM. cdboot2v140.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/cdboot2v140.zip)
ARJ v 2.75 for OS/2. arj2_275.exe (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/arj2_275.exe)
ARJ v 2.75 for OS/2 (Russian NLV.) arj2r275.exe (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/arj2r275.exe)
ARJ32 v 3.08 for OS/2. arj2_308.exe (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/arj2_308.exe)

June 5
CVS v 1.11 for OS/2 (full-pack.) cvs111.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/cvs111.zip)

June 6
Various ODBC drivers in a 30 day evaluation package. odbcdemo.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/odbcdemo.zip)
Icon Plus 1.0.0. Icon conversion utility. icplus-1-0-0.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/icplus-1-0-0.zip)
Puzzle, crosswords (Canadian-French.) mcr_86c.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/mcr_86c.zip)
GNU wget 1.7 for OS/2. wget17-os2-bin.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/wget17-os2-bin.zip)
OS/2 API Trace Version 2.45.27. os2trace.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/os2trace.zip)

June 7
Task killer for xCenter (KILLFEATUREENABLED clone.) wxtaska1.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/wxtaska1.zip)
Linux driver for reading and writing HPFS partitions. hpfs_204.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/hpfs_204.zip)
Fortran 77 syntax checker ftnchek v3.1.0. (binary and docs) fchk310b.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/fchk310b.zip)
Fortran 77 syntax checker ftnchek v3.1.0. (source only) fchk310s.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/fchk310s.zip)
GNU wget 1.7 for OS/2 with SSL. wget17-os2-ssl-bin.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/wget17-os2-ssl-bin.zip)
Internet notifier for OS/2. nlko300.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/nlko300.zip)

June 8
BIND v8.2.4 ported to OS/2. bind824.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/bind824.zip)
jikes 1.14 compiler for OS/2. jikes.114.os2.cyr.bin.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/jikes.114.os2.cyr.bin.zip)

June 9
IRQ Monitor for OS/2 Presentation Manager. irqmon11.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/irqmon11.zip)
dirmap - directory overviews as HTML file. dirmap12.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dirmap12.zip)

June 10
SLRN 0.9.7.1 - nice text mode newsreader with scoring. slrn0971.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/slrn0971.zip)
Warp CD-Copy 2.0 Release Candidate #2.01. wcdcopy_cr201.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/wcdcopy_cr201.zip)

June 11
Auto WGet Daemon Version 1.6.7. awget-1-6-7.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/awget-1-6-7.zip)
Intel P6 / AMD K7 MTRRs management IOCtl PDD, ver.0.06a. p6k7mtrr_v006a.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/p6k7mtrr_v006a.zip)
Intel(R) PRO PCI Adapter. EtherPRO NIC driver for OS/2. inteletherpro.zip (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/inteletherpro.zip)


R. Bret Walker Photo R. Bret Walker (mailto:pcshark@snip.net) is a Certified NetWare Engineer who resides with his wife and two children in the South Jersey/ Philadelphia Metro area. He first became exposed to OS/2 in 1995, when Sony in northern New Jersey was looking for "an expert in NetWare who knows anything at all about OS/2." Although he ultimately turned down the job, he has since become an OS/2 junkie. A huge fan of the cinematic arts, in his spare time he writes reviews for and maintains The People's Reviews. (http://www.geocities.com/pcshark/b-e)

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