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OS/2.cz NEWSLETTER                                    3/2001
www.os2.cz                                         July 2001
Issue 3                                         Filip Molèan

EDITORIAL

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NEWS

2001-07-02

TCP/IP for DOS interface - Martin Kiewitz ( martin@kiewitz.de)

I never found any documentation about the interface used by IBM TCP/IP for DOS (virtual exists under OS/2 MDOS). Last week I finally discovered the basics, then more. Today I can say that I can do about 95% with the interface directly via assembly. Not using the Developer Toolkit. This has the advantage of programming the interface under assembly or other languages than MS C.

If anyone is interested or wants to write some documentation for the public, please contact me. I will explain and help you with it. A shim to make Arachne/DOS working under OS/2 would be possible, too. (!) But currently I dont have time. My current TCP/IP interface driver uses just 2k (!).


Warpzilla 0.9.2 - Mike Kaply ()

Warpzilla 0.9.2 is available, within hours after Mozilla.org released versions for Windows, Linux, and Mac.

This build is fully optimized, so the performance is much better than any previous build.

Notable OS/2 improvements include a fix for the image corruption problems and some font improvements.

For more general release notes that apply to this and all Mozilla 0.9.2 builds, check out:

http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla0.9.2

You can download the build from here:


ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla0.9.2/mozilla-i386-pcos2-vacpp-0.9.2.zip

We have had some reports of SSL not working due to optimization issues. If you are unable to connect to a secure site, please post as much information as you can, including the site you are trying to connect to and hardware configuration.

If you are using an SMP machine, you will need to use the EXECMODE utility to bind MOZILLA.EXE to a single processor. We are looking at this problem.

Thanks for your support!


AUDIO DATABASE for OS/2 - Thomas Wanek (ThomasWanek@SMS.at)

A very fast and small database program for anything that deals with music datas. many difrent query function and a large pre-installed database aviable with more then 3000 entrys. The program is splited into 2 parts the BASE version (the program alone) and the ADDON witch contains the 3000 datas.

URL: ftp://195.3.84.36


The July VOICE Newsletter is now online - Mark Dodel (editor@os2voice.org)

The July 2001 issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now online at http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html

The Newsletter is available as online HTML, English (downloadable HTML) English (downloadable OS/2 INF)

German (downloadable HTML) 
German (downloadable OS/2 

INF)

The July issue can also be downloaded from hobbes pub/incoming (eventual archiving to http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?dir=/pub/os2/info/newsltr/voice ) The past 4+ years of VOICE Newsletter issues (Wow has it been that many years now?) are now uploaded to hobbes. You can always get these also from the http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html site. :-)

In this month's issue you will find:

The Editors of VOICE speak out: The truth is somewhere in between. Cool and calm with StHWMon, By: Christian Hennecke eComStation v1.00: First Looks, By: Isaac Leung eComStation 1.0, the Release Candidate., By: Don Eitner ImpOS/2 revisited, By: Manfred Agne File Sharing on the Gnutella Network using LimeWire, By: Frank Berke And of course the VOICE OS/2 Tips and the compiled monthly OS/2 news!


The VOICE Editors would like to thank everyone who made this issue of the VOICE Newsletter possible. We couldn't do it without your help. :-)

2001-07-03

PMNapster 3.6.1 - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

PMNapster 3.6.1 available for download! This version includes some updates: New library, protocol update, bug fixes, pwICQ mini-win compatible and more...

http://www.os2world.com/pmnapster

2001-07-04

DVD-ROM with OS/2 Support - Stefan Zigulec (boldos@os2.cz)

Look at http://www.liteonit.com.tw/Eproduct/Eproduct.htm there you can find CD- and DVD-ROMs with OS/2 support!


2001-07-05

Opera 5 for OS/2 now available - Stefan Zigulec (boldos@os2.cz)

Opera Software today went public with the Opera 5.12 for OS/2 Beta 1, pushing the number of Opera browsers on different platforms to a total of six: Opera for Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, BeOS and OS/2.

Opera 5.12 for OS/2 Beta 1 supports the following features: - Fast rendering of pages. Opera is the fastest full-featured browser on the market today. - Easy keyboard navigation. Opera's easy keyboard shortcuts save time as well as benefit people with disabilities. - Instant toggling of image and documents settings. For even faster browsing, images can be turned on/off with just the press of a key. - Multiple windows support. Inside Opera, users may browse in several windows at once, without straining system resources. - High quality zooming. Opera users can zoom in on a page up to a 1000%, be it text or images. - Resume download. In the transfer window, downloads can be resumed if interrupted. - Small size. Opera is only a 2MB download so updating to the latest version available is always fast and easy

Opera 5.12 for OS/2 Beta 1 has powerful search features where users can easily move between the most popular search engines, and search for terms, domain names, audio/Mp3s, images, video, stock quotes, books or company information. Opera continues its commitment to the standards as laid out by the W3C. Opera 5.12 for OS/2 Beta 1 supports the following technologies: 128-bit encryption, TLS 1.0, SSL 2 and 3, CSS1 and CSS2, XML, HTML 4.01, HTTP 1.1, ECMAScript, DOM and WAP/WML.

More Info&Download at http://www.opera.com !WARNING! You have to have ODIN (Win32 support) installed in your OS/2 system, download it at http://odin.netlabs.org

2001-07-08

Warpstock Europe in Belgium - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

The Warpstock Europe Event Team is pleased to announce that Europe's annual OS/2 and eComStation conference is coming back for the third time, this time crossing the border to Belgium. Warpstock Europe 2001 will be held at the KH Limburg' College in Diepenbeek, Belgium on November 2-4, 2001. OS/2 and eComStation users from all over Europe -- or anywhere else for that matter, are invited to come to Belgium this year to attend Warpstock Europe 2001. Even though the organization of the event is still in it's early stages, the Event Team already has many ideas on what to offer during this three day OS/2-fest. Plan on coming if you want to attend high-quality lectures about a variety of OS/2 and eComStation related subjects. You'll talk to software developers, meet the people behind Netlabs and Odin, discover the new and exciting eComStation, learn about new products, buy them or try them out at the Exhibit Hall, and finally expect to have a smashing time at the Warpstock Europe Social Night Event. "The third edition of Warpstock Europe is an important milestone in the event's short history, and everything will be in place to make it a big success", says John Bijnens, the Event Team's coordinator. Located in the heart of Western Europe, Belgium is at a convenient traveling distance for people coming from Holland, Germany and France. Attendees flying in from other countries will arrive at Brussels International Airport, which is only 80 km away from where the event will be held. To accommodate attendees from outside of Europe, the Event Team is planning special arrangements for transportation from the airport to the event site. Diepenbeek, Belgium and neighboring city Hasselt are perfectly suited to host the Warpstock Europe 2001 Conference. Attendees will feel comfortable and at ease in Hasselt, which is a very safe and exceptionally clean mid-sized city with excellent shopping facilities, and is conveniently located only a one hour driving away from major Belgian cities, including Brussels, Antwerp and Leuven. Place for all the action at Warpstock Europe 2001 will be the 'KH Limburg' College. Members of the Event Team have already concluded a first inspection of the site with nothing but positive results. "This site has everything this conference needs to succeed", says Technical Coordinator Johan Driesmans, and "we would like to thank the College Board of Directors for their support and for making this site available to us." Large conference rooms will be available for presentation sessions and hands-on workshops. The spacious exhibition hall provides enough room for Warpstock Europe vendors, and it can be closed off before and after event hours. There will be an "Internet cafe" offering free Internet access to attendees, a restaurant, a separate press room, guarded parking space for hundreds of cars, etc. Behind the organization of Warpstock Europe 2001 is an international group of OS/2-users. "It's good to see that so many people are still out there, willing to fight for an event like this", says OS2.org web master Andreas Linde. And Exhibitor Coordinator Luc Van Bogaert says : "No way we could make a successful event without the help and support from our friends at Team OS/2 Deutschland e.V.; they're the ones who've made the first two editions become reality and we're fortunate to have them around, helping out with this year's edition". For all questions about Warpstock Europe 2001, contact the Event Team Coordinator John Bijnens at info.warpstock2001@os2ug.be. Other team members are Frans Morre, Andreas Linde, Johan Driesmans, Luc Van Bogaert, Luc Coenegracht, John Roosen, Alain Rykaert, Serge Sterck, Marcel Van Baelen, Alex Wyckmans, Christian Langanke, Bart Van Leeuwen and numerous others willing to help out during the event. For more information about Warpstock Europe 2001, go to http://warpstock.os2.org.


OS/2.cz Newsletter - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

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2001-07-09

Styler/2 1.6.4 - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

Finally, Alessandro Cantatore has released an updated version of his incredible WPS enhancer, Styler/2, aka SmartWindows. A special edition of Styler/2 with minor features is a major part of the coming eCS' new look and feel, so if you want some eye candy plus tons of functional enhancements right now, you should take a look at this. Moreover, with this version Alessandro has put several language specific versions on Hobbes, which cover English, Italian, Russian, and German. Besides this, the enhancements over the prior version are as follows:

Various minor bug fixes, performance improvements and updates. Hopefully some previously misbehaving applications now should work correctly. New titlebar bitmaps A new titlebar button theme by Don Eitner A new close titlebar button by Marco Cassili

Alessandro is currently still working at Styler/2 version 2. He's completely re-writing it, and a first alpha version of Styler/2 v.2 should be available in few days. I am running Styler/2 for about two years now and I surely never want have to miss it again! Please note that Styler/2 is Shareware and will disable itself after the trial period has exceeded. Please consider supporting the Styler/2 development if you like this product!

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/smw164de.zip


2001-07-10

New Scitech Display Doctor Beta 40 - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

The universal graphic driver solution "Scitech Dispolay Doctor" has been updated to version Beta 40. Visible changes: The monitor/resolution settings notebook-pages have been redesigned and provide enhanced functionality.

http://www.scitechsoft.com


UDF.IFS 1.5 - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

IBM has released an updated UDF.IFS version 1.5

This software package provides full CD-RW, DVD-ROM and DVD-RAM file system support for OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business and Convenience Packages.

You need an Software Choice account to get acces to the driver...

http://service5.boulder.ibm.com/2bcprod.nsf/186d96ebef23e6438625689c007ac1ef/4b2e6f2261265d6d86256a810069fe2b?OpenDocument


2001-07-11

WarpGoGo homepage change URL - Sergey Hretski (electricdreams2@mail.ru)

WarpGoGo homepage change URL. New URL: http://www.os2.cz/ed2 Special thanks to Filip Molcan.


Opera 5 Beta for OS/2 review - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

If you are interested in Opera browser for OS/2, you can read this ilustrated review on http://macarlo.com


2001-07-16

New release of Guiffy 3.0 - Stefan Zigulec (boldos@os2.cz)

Guiffy is a visual source file/folder, compare/merge, utility/component. Guiffy features 2-way interactive and 3-way smart, "SureMerge", interfaces. More info at http://www.guiffy.com


2001-07-18

The July OS/2 eZine is out. - Stefan Zigulec (boldos@os2.cz)

More info at http://www.os2ezine.com


2001-07-24

FreeOS - Stefan Zigulec (boldos@os2.cz)

pages with new design. http://www.freeos.cjb.net/


2001-07-28

Warpstock 2001 Travel Update - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

The biggest OS/2 event in Europe is less than 4 months away, so it is time to start planning your journey to Warpstock Europe 2001, especially if you have a busy schedule in November and you don't want to miss one day of this exciting three-day conference.

"This year's event site is perfectly located for most visitors", says Team Coordinator John Bijnens. "With Hasselt (Diepenbeek) we have found a location that can be reached by car in less than one hour from most major cities in Belgium and in just a few hours from major cities in The Netherlands, Germany and France." Web master & Technical Coordinator Johan Driesmans says : "We are expecting visitors from all over Europe and even people from other continents to attend Warpstock Europe this year, and we want to provide them with an overview of their traveling options to help them plan their journey."

Most international flights to Belgium arrive at Zaventem (BRU - Brussels), which is located approximately 70 km from the event site. If you are planning to rent a car and drive to the event site yourself, you will find several car rental companies at the airport terminal. Complete driving directions from Brussels to Hasselt will be made available on the Warpstock Europe web site. There are also some flights to regional airports like Gosselies (Charleroi), Deurne (Antwerp), Bierset (Liege) and Beek (Maastricht, NL). Those are often operated by low budget airlines, so it may be worthwhile to check them out too.

Traveling by train to Warpstock Europe is a convenient alternative. There's a train shuttle service between the airport terminal in Zaventem and the city center of Brussels. The Belgian railway operator NMBS offers connections to Hasselt every hour from all major cities in Belgium, including Brussels, Antwerp, Gent, Leuven, Ostend and Luik (Li ge). On weekdays, train connections are available every half hour from Brussels, Gent and Leuven.

From the city center of Hasselt - which is only a few kilometers away from the event site, several bus routes are available at very affordable rates, to take you to the KHLim Campus in Diepenbeek. Up-to-date bus schedules for connections from Hasselt to the event site are available for download at the Warpstock Europe web site.

Finally, here's a collection of web sites with useful information to help you plan a convenient and trouble-free journey to Warpstock Europe 2001 :

- Brussels Airport : http://www.brusselsairport.be/ - Flight info, call 0900 70000 - Belgian rail NMBS : http://www.b-rail.be - NMBS Hasselt, call + 32 (0)11 221694 - General travel information : http://www.trabel.com/ - Shell Geostar Route Planner http://www.shellgeostar.com/

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


Fixpack for IBM Convenience Pack! - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

On July 26, 2001 IBM OS/2 Fix Distribution released FixPak XR_C001 for the OS/2 Convenience Packages

http://ps.software.ibm.com/pbin-usa-ps/getobj.pl?/pdocs-usa/fixnews.html#cpc1


2001-07-30

NetUse 1.4a - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

NetUse is a PM front-end that displays ressources that are imported via "net use". You can easily select a share via a drop down box.

http://bohn-stralsund.de/


Support Warpstock Europe 2001! - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

The Warpstock Europe 2001 Conference is organized by a group of dedicated, hard working people, but the event would not even exist without the help and support of many others, including you. If you want to help become Warpstock Europe 2001 a big success, there are many ways of doing it. One way of supporting Warpstock Europe 2001 is to become a sponsor for the conference and make a donation to help with the organization of the event. Another way to show your support, which is totally free, is by placing the Warpstock Europe 2001 logo on your web site to make visitors of your site aware of the event. If you would like to spread the news about Warpstock Europe 2001 by placing a logo and link on your own web site, please go to http://warpstock.os2.org/en/supporters/ for detailed instructions. In return you will be listed as a supporter on that page. For more information about sponsorship or to find out how you can help the Event Team, please contact info.warpstock2001@os2ug.be. 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.


2001-07-31

New modules for ScreenSaver - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

You can download new DIVE modules for cool ScreenSaver from: http://os2.dhs.org/~eros2/index_en.html


X-Commander Beta 0.07 - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

There is a new nice NC-clone with plug-in support and network client! Try the beta version from http://www.x-commander.nm.ru


Moneydance 3.2 - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

Moneydance 3.2 has been released (6/20/2001). It is a personal finance manager written completely in Java. It includes transaction auto-completion, graphing, reporting, a reconciliation tool, running cleared vs uncleared balances, transaction sorting, double-entry, multiple currencies, multiple accounts and much more...

http://www.moneydance.com


New WebMail/2 - Filip Molèan (molcanf@os2.cz)

I've released a new version of WebMail/2. WebMail/2 is a web to email gateway. WebMail/2 allows you to use your web browser as a full-featured e-mail client. It does this by interfacing your web server with your e-mail server and allowing a web browser to send and receive e-mail information. You can use your existing email solution on the web.

Features among other:

Authentication daemon, multiple user databases, dynamicly parsed HTML files, full REXX CGI procedures, AddressBook, admins can change the code to their own needs and add more functionality. Unlimited number of emails can be listed, Upload and Download of file attachments, themes, external authentication, high security by user and web server authentication.

Latest version can be found at:

http://www.michelinakis.gr/Dimitris/soft.html

Thank you.

Dimitris 'sehh' Michelinakis


ARTICLES

eComStation Release Candidates 1.0 Don Eitner

Now the eComStation 1.0 Release Candidate has been made. Those who purchased licenses will soon be receiving their CDs in the mail from their local vendor, including Prism Data Works (formerly Indelible Blue) in the US and Mensys in Europe...

http://www.os2.cz/index.php3?lang=en&v=viewa&nid=9

eComStation 1.0 - First Look Isaac Leung

eComStation (eCS) is the latest product from Serenity Systems. eCS is an operating system based on OS/2 technology licensed from IBM. Users looking to move beyond OS/2 Warp 4 have 3 options...

http://www.os2.cz/index.php3?lang=en&v=viewa&nid=8

DOWNLOAD

Sekce download tento mìsíc, nìkteré další zajímavé programy ke stažení...

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