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* File Commander/2 2.40 https://ecsoft2.org/node/277
File Commander is a 32 bit text mode file manager and shell that allows
you to locate, copy, move, delete, view, edit and execute your files in a
quick, convenient and
* QSINIT 19122021 https://ecsoft2.org/qsinit
QSINIT is a replacement of OS2LDR created from scratch.
* Testlog 3.46 https://ecsoft2.org/testlog
Create a log file that you can submit with your test results when
reporting a problem with a driver.
* Odin 0.9.0 https://ecsoft2.org/odin
Odin is the name of the project and software that allows users to *run
Win32* (Windows 95 and Windows NT) *applications in OS/2 Warp operating
system natively*, almost
* WordPerfect for OS/2 5.2 https://ecsoft2.org/wordperfec
WordPerfect for OS/2!
* KEDIT 5.0 https://ecsoft2.org/kedit
KEDIT is an advanced editor with a lot o features for editing and
programming purposes (i.e. C, CC, HTML, COBOL, dBase, FORTRAN and PASCAL).
Available for OS/2 and DOS.
* RSS Guard 4.1.0 https://ecsoft2.org/rss-guard
RSS Guard is useful and (very) tiny RSS 0.92/1.0/2.0 & ATOM 1.0 feed
reader.
* GIT 2.30.0 https://ecsoft2.org/node/1325
Git is a distributed version control and source code management (SCM)
system with an emphasis on speed.
* FAT32 5.0.4 https://ecsoft2.org/fat32
FAT32.IFS for OS/2 will allow you to access FAT32 partitions (max 32 Gb,
non removable) from OS/2.
* USB drivers for OS/2 12.10 & 10.240 https://ecsoft2.org/usb-driver
USB basic driver stack including UHCI, OHCI, EHCI (USB 2.0) support,
always required and to be installed first!
* Glib & Glib2 2.33.12 https://ecsoft2.org/glib-glib2
GLib is a general-purpose utility library, which provides many useful data
types, macros, type conversions, string utilities, file utilities, a
mainloop abstraction, an
* ChessX 1.5.6 https://ecsoft2.org/chessx
ChessX is an open source chess database. With ChessX you can operate on
your collection of chess games in many ways: browse, edit, add, organize,
analyze, etc.
* Binkd (Binkley daemon) 1.1a-113 https://ecsoft2.org/binkd-bink
Binkd is a TCP/IP daemon, written by Dima Maloff and others to transfer
files between two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
* JALv2 Compiler (Just Another Language) 2.4q5
https://ecsoft2.org/jalv2-com
JAL (Just Another Language) is a Pascal-like programming language and
compiler that generates executable code for PIC microcontrollers.
* Apache 2.2.34 https://ecsoft2.org/apache
The best web server in the world! Now with native OS/2 multi-threading
support!
* Books Organizer 0.3.1 https://ecsoft2.org/books-orga
Books Organizer, an organizer for pdf files based on sqlite and with a
built-in reader. Bring your favorite PDF pages all in one! Make your own
extract pages from existing ones.
* Editor di testo TEA 60.6.1 https://ecsoft2.org/editor-di-
TEA is the Qt-based text editor for UNIX-like systems and Windows. With an
ultimate small size TEA provides you hundreds of functions.
* BiblioteQ 06112021 https://ecsoft2.org/biblioteq
BiblioteQ is a library management suite.
Application developed using the Qt4 compiler
qt-software-development-frame
* OpenOffice 4.1.11 https://ecsoft2.org/openoffice
OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an
open-source project. Openoffice.org is compatible with all other major
office suites.
* MonoPlus 1.05 https://ecsoft2.org/monoplus
A self playing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
extended features: disprove mathmatics of Monopoly.
* MP3Diags 1.5.02 https://ecsoft2.org/mp3diags
MP3 Diags is a Qt GUI-based qt4-runtime-library application that allows
end-users to identify issues with their MP3 files, fix some of the issues
and make
* Archive Converter 1.00 https://ecsoft2.org/archive-co
The ACVT program (Archive Converter) is a converter of archives. The
program supports practically any archives types, if, certainly, you have
appropriate, archivers.
* Torrent File Editor 0.3.17 https://ecsoft2.org/torrent-fi
Qt based GUI tool designed to create and edit .torrent files. Program
developed using framework Qt qt-software-development-framew
* zNotes 0.4.7 https://ecsoft2.org/znotes
A simple lightweight crossplatform application for notes managment.
Program developed using Qt toolkit qt-software-development-framew
* Interactive DisAssembler 3.05 https://ecsoft2.org/interactiv
Full WYSIWYG interactively disassembler for i80x86, i8085, z80, i860,
Pentium, i8051, 6502.
* Realtek RTL8139/8130/810x Fast Ethernet 3.23
https://ecsoft2.org/realtek-r
NDIS driver for Network cards with Realtek 8139/8130/810x chips.
*LAN adapter drivers currently available are:*
* ANPM (Arca Noae Package Manager) 1.0.7
https://ecsoft2.org/anpm-
The Arca Noae Package Manager is a graphical interface to easily install,
remove, and update software on any OS/2-based system.
* Octave 3.0.0 https://ecsoft2.org/octave
A high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It
provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and
nonlinear problems numerically.
* Regina REXX 3.9.4 https://ecsoft2.org/regina-rex
Regina is a Rexx interpreter that has been ported to most Unix platforms
(Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, etc.) and also to OS/2, eCS, DOS,
Win9x/Me/NT/2k/XP, Amiga, AROS, QNX, BeOS, MacOS X,
* XWP FiltersAndTypes 1.0.2 https://ecsoft2.org/xwp-filter
This XML file contains hundreds of file types the filters for XWorkPlace
xworkplace. There are over 800 file types and over 1000 filename filters.
* WebServe 2.23 https://ecsoft2.org/webserve
A lightweight web server for OS/2, written in Modula/2 modula-2, that
should be suitable for most non-commercial web sites, and possibly many
commercial ones.
* SeaMonkey 2.42.9esr https://ecsoft2.org/seamonkey
SeaMonkey is a community effort to deliver an high production-quality
releases of web browser code derived from "Mozilla Application Suite". The
program includes the email client.
* ca-certificates 2021.2.50 https://ecsoft2.org/ca-certifi
This package contains the set of CA certificates chosen by the Mozilla
Foundation for use with the Internet PKI.
* Object Desktop 2.0 https://ecsoft2.org/object-des
Object Desktop for OS/2 is an advanced desktop environment.
* XWorkplace 1.0.14 https://ecsoft2.org/xworkplace
XWorkplace is the most feature-rich freeware Workplace Shell enhancer
available. Some features:
* Domination (ex jRisk) 1.2.4 https://ecsoft2.org/domination
This is a Java version of the famous game "Risk".
* OLE2X 20040829 https://ecsoft2.org/ole2x
OLE2 stream unpacker (OS/2, DOS). Source code available.
* wxTasks https://ecsoft2.org/wxtasks
wxTasks is a task list/process killer modelled after the WarpCenter. Click
on the icon and you will get a list of running tasks, click on a task to
show it.
* E_WISE 20020701 https://ecsoft2.org/ewise
WISE Setup unpacker. Source code available.
* Pcl2 0.38 https://ecsoft2.org/pcl2
Pcl2 is a data image viewer. Manages PIC, PIC 2, PI, MAG, JPEG, BMP, XBM,
PPM, PGM, PBM (originates by X68k). There is a
* E_LC10 20000413 https://ecsoft2.org/elc10
Unpack LC10 compressed DOS4/G[W] programs. Source code available.
* Othello https://ecsoft2.org/othello
Play Othello (also known as Reversi) against another player or against the
computer. Source code included.
* FB_MENU 19980805 https://ecsoft2.org/fbmenu
Fast reboot, for use with URAM. Source code available.
* RxMathFn (Basic math functions for OS/2 REXX )
https://ecsoft2.org/rxmathfn-
Basic Mathematic Functions for use with OS/2 REXX.
* PMMail 3.25 https://ecsoft2.org/pmmail
PMMail/2, email client. OS/2 and Windows versions available. From 3.0
version, the program is free to all VOICE members for 90 days.
* PMM_Tbird & pmmab_CSV 17012006 https://ecsoft2.org/pmmtbird-p
Migrate mail from PMMail to Thunderbird: Two Rexx scripts, one to copy all
of your PMMail mail folders to Thunderbird mail folders (requires some
manual post- processing), and one to migrate your a
* Photoproc 0.96 https://ecsoft2.org/photoproc
Photoproc tools for Digital Camera photo images preprocessing.
* WhatIsTheDot (WTD) 1.2 https://ecsoft2.org/whatisthed
WTD is an utility for PMDLL pmdll. Drop an EXE or a DLL to use the
directory of the dropped file as a STARTUPDIR of PMDLL.EXE.
* RxDraw 1.0.0 https://ecsoft2.org/rxdraw
Draw on a PM window, with REXX.
* OS2ENDIVE (EnDIVE) 0.0.7 https://ecsoft2.org/os2endive-
OS2ENDIVE is a software package, which can be used to utilize motion video
acceleration features of some videochips.
* REXX W32 Functions 1.5.1 https://ecsoft2.org/rexx-w32-f
This package is a small collection of functions which provide access to
the NT registry, event log, service control manager, clipboard and shell,
to a large set of applications through OLE Automati
* OtherDLLs 29062019 https://ecsoft2.org/otherdlls
Unsupported utility to allow third-party FF firefox/SM seamonkey/TB
thunderbird-related DLLs to use high memory.
* PMDLL 2.12 https://ecsoft2.org/pmdll
PMDLL shows you DLL dependencies of OS/2 executables.
* CHK4DLLS 2.02 https://ecsoft2.org/chk4dlls
CHK4DLLS.EXE is a tool to verify the DLL dependencies used by a .EXE or a
.DLL file.
* GPSCLOCK 1.32 https://ecsoft2.org/gpsclock
GPSCLOCK is a simple digitial clock program for OS/2. Double-click mouse
button 1 (usually the left button) on its window to set options, or
start it like this:
* PHOEDECO 20060425 https://ecsoft2.org/phoedeco
Decompressor for Phoenix BIOS 4.x, 6.0, Decompressor for BCPVPD and
$COMPIBM, Decompressor for SNIPAC (Fujitsu). Source code available.
* Central Remote Control (CRC) 20081216
https://ecsoft2.org/central-r
Central Remote Control gathers events from TV remote controls, notebook
buttons, USB-keyboard multimedia buttons and translates them to commands
for multimedia applications.
* Slick Editor 2.3 https://ecsoft2.org/slick-edit
The Slick Editor is powerful editor for programmers supporting macros and
the direct access to your develop tools. Available for OS/2 and DOS.
* OS/2 DeleGate 7.9.2 https://ecsoft2.org/os2-delega
DeleGate is a universal application level gateway, or proxy server which
can relay most of fundamental application protocols used in the Internet
today, running on most of major platforms.
* OS2CSM 20090107 https://ecsoft2.org/os2csm
OS/2 Config.sys menu: paches OS/2 config.sys in memory to adjust settings
like cache size,shell program,network support and other settings.
* PACKVXRX 20011004 https://ecsoft2.org/packvxrx
This program can fix and pack files produced by Watcom VX REXX
watcom-vx-rexx (OS/2 and DOS).
* PG_PPM 20040825 https://ecsoft2.org/pgppm
Convert Phoenix graphic (4 bit) to PPM (OS/2 and DOS). Source code
availale.
* Simple Calculator (ehm) 0.6 https://ecsoft2.org/node/1094
Simple calculator (Qt qt-software-development-framew
code.
* Cdthru https://ecsoft2.org/cdthru
CDTHRU.EXE - OS/2 CD-ROM transfer rate program.
*To use*:
* Pixman 0.32.8 https://ecsoft2.org/pixman
Pixman is a library that provides low-level pixel manipulation features
such as image compositing and trapezoid rasterization.
* MRDECO 20020319 https://ecsoft2.org/mrdeco
Decpmpressor for MR-BIOS. Source code available.
* IOMZUNPR (IOMega Zip UNPRotect) 20040811
https://ecsoft2.org/iomzunpr-
IOMEGA ZIP 100 automatic unprotect: PPAOS2.ADD drive ("IOMEGA Parallel
Port-Attached ZIP Drive Support for OS/2 iomega-zip-drive-driver") does
not have any possibility to set time bef
* NELite 20040630 https://ecsoft2.org/nelite
Experimental NE ("New Executable" format for target OS OS/2) file
repacker.
* INT6 20000822 https://ecsoft2.org/int6
URAM monitor to terminate programs that execute invalid opcodes (DOS).
Source code available.
* ICE 10022004 https://ecsoft2.org/ice
Disable/enable internal cache for 486+.
* IMG 19980313 https://ecsoft2.org/img
With IMG you can copy diskettes, create images from harddisk partitions,
CD-ROM and write it back to media. Source code available.
* GenMAC Driver 2.20 https://ecsoft2.org/genmac-dri
GenMAC is a personal attempt of Willibald Meyer to design a device driver
that offers support for a lot of recent and modern network interface cards
(NICs), with a strong accent for gigabit and on-
* XFree86 & Xorg 4.5.0 & 6.6 https://ecsoft2.org/xfree86-xo
X Server for OS/2! You can access to Linux servers or use local
applications.
* 32bit Linux ext2 file system driver (EXT2 IFS) 2.40
https://ecsoft2.org/32bit-lin
This is an old driver for the Linux ext2 file system taken from kernels
2.0.x.
* iHPFS 20000729 https://ecsoft2.org/ihpfs
iHPFS makes it possible for OS/2 users to use their HPFS partitions when
they boot plain DOS. The HPFS partition is assigned a drive letter, and
can be accessed like any DOS drive. iHPFS is restr
* FONT19 20040506 https://ecsoft2.org/font19
Changes OS/2 VGA textmode 80*25 from 9x16 to 9x20 or 9x19 font. Source
code available.
* FONT20 19990809 https://ecsoft2.org/font20
Changes VGA textmode 80*25 from 9x16 to 9x20 font useable for DOS and
OS/2. Source code available.
* PROTMENU 19980313 https://ecsoft2.org/protmenu
Simple menu CMD/PMShell/PMShell with WPS. Source code available.
* ES 19980424 https://ecsoft2.org/es
Link multiple EXE-files. Source code available.
* Norton Antivirus for OS/2 5.03.69 https://ecsoft2.org/norton-ant
Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 is available via site license on Symantec's
Norton AntiVirus Solutions CD (Ver. 3.03).
* ScummVM 2.1.0 https://ecsoft2.org/scummvm
ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical
point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data
files.
* AT https://ecsoft2.org/at
At is a simple fixed-time scheduler. When the specified time occurs, AT
will execute one REXX command - if there's any error a standard REXX error
message will be shown.
* XGAProc 20050627 https://ecsoft2.org/xgaproc
XGAProc is an file format procedure for MMOS2, for reading and Phoenix
BIOS suspend graphic files. Source code available.
* TEXTREIN 19980313 https://ecsoft2.org/textrein
TEXTREIN removes control-characters and converts tabs and linebreaks in
textfiles. Source code available.
* STOP_LH 19980313 https://ecsoft2.org/stoplh
STOP_LH prevents loading parts of programs into upper memory (DOS). Source
code available.
* STIX 20010612 https://ecsoft2.org/stix
STIX extracts files from InstallShield 3 - Archives. STIX also extracts
files from Installshield Selfextracting executables. Source code
available.
* SETAMP 20000312 https://ecsoft2.org/setamp
This program can switch the amplifier of the MiroSound PCM Pro (Crystal
CS4231,OPTI 82C929). It is compiled for both DOS and OS/2. Source code
available.
* REB_MENU 19980313 https://ecsoft2.org/rebmenu
Prevents reboot with loaded TaskMgr or overwritten system BIOS by URAM
uram. Look also for the successor FB_MENU fbmenu. Source code available.
* SCHNITT 20001209 https://ecsoft2.org/schnitt
With schnitt you can copy parts of a file. Source code available.
* ZUFPASS 19980101 https://ecsoft2.org/zufpass
ZUFPASS creates passwords using human random. Source code available.
* WarpIN 1.0.24 https://ecsoft2.org/warpin
WarpIN is intended to become the new general-purpose installer for OS/2 to
overcome the current lack of a both flexible and user-friendly installer.
* VarFetch 0.5.0 https://ecsoft2.org/varfetch
A REXX DLL to list variables.
* Window Controller https://ecsoft2.org/window-con
Window Controller is an enhanced version of a VX-REXX sample program of
the same name. It shows all the screen objects in the system, in a tree
structure showing parent/child relationships.
* VKILL https://ecsoft2.org/vkill
Kills the VREXX.EXE process (used by the VREXX.DLL as a back end).
* Telegraf/2 4.3.6 https://ecsoft2.org/telegraf2
Replacement for Network Messaging with heaps of added features.
* NO0D0D0A https://ecsoft2.org/no0d0d0a
Some programs produce output with double carriage returns before the
newlines.
* HTMLTry https://ecsoft2.org/htmltry
Uses JavaScript to display (in Netscape) a piece of HTML code entered by
the user at run-time. Makes testing more convenient than changing files
and hitting the Refresh button.
* HAL Libraries https://ecsoft2.org/hal-librar
The HAL libraries are a set of REXX-callable DLLs providing access to a
(very) limited subset of OS/2's features.
* Floating MLE https://ecsoft2.org/floating-m
This program is a simple text entry program - like a basic text editor,
but without opening and saving files.
* Programmer's Editor 1.7.1 https://ecsoft2.org/programmer
A simple MLE-based editor with a few features designed for programmers.
Source code included.
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