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Applications / Re: Java applications Jedit 5.1.0
« on: August 14, 2013, 07:39:05 am »
I might have to test 11.4, had to go looking to find which one I had the file problems with, that was jalbuminstall-11.2.5.jar (v11.2.5).

The problem as far as I could see was in the application more that our version of Java.

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Applications / Re: Java applications Jedit 5.1.0
« on: August 12, 2013, 06:44:57 pm »
Hi Pete,

I got the same error when I tried to open an Album with the latest JAlbum and OpenJDK 6, didn't bother looking further as I needed to remake an album so I deleted it and put my older JAlbum v8.1.6 back.

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Networking / Re: FTP
« on: August 04, 2013, 05:47:51 am »
I use jMethods JFTP from jMethods http://jmethods.com/jftp/
(Requires Java)

I use '@JAVAW.EXE -jar -Xmx256M jftp-5.0.1.jar' to run it from a cmd file with Java6.
Main reason I use it is because that happens to be the one I settled on to run with
AIX, and it also happened to work fine under OS/2 (though the start ups a bit slow).

The largest file I've transferred, I think, is about 8gB.

Otherwise for hobbes stuff I prefer EmTec's FTP client simply because it's fast
but it has problems connecting to Mac's, some other FTP servers, and has the
standard file size problem due to it's age. <== Probably also due to my extensive
FTP bookmark's, I'm to lazy to copy them over :)

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Utilities / Re: 7z archiver
« on: July 26, 2013, 12:34:13 pm »
Hi Eugene,

I'll have a look at zippy but the lack of setting the archive time stamp to its contents date/time is still problematic for a serious zip replacement.

Thanks

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Utilities / 7z archiver
« on: July 24, 2013, 07:29:55 pm »
Hi all,

I'm looking at the archiver/zip/unzip utility 7z (p7zip-9.20.1-os2.zip from Ruediger Ihle), people seem to want to use this program for distributing software and backups but as far as I can see, it doesn't support OS/2's EA's, and there seems to be no way to set the date/time of the created archive to that of the latest date/time of the files archived.

The last is a real deal breaker for me as I deal with a lot of software, and it's one of the ways I check if there are any differences in different versions of an archive beyond the archive size. ie, with unzip.exe you simply use "unzip -T *.zip"  to 'Updated time stamp for p7zip-9.20.1-os2.zip'. I've gone through the docs and for 7z and I cant see any other command that does something like this. 7z does at least have an archive testing switch.

Is there anyone who uses 7z enough to get a feel for the program, or can tell me if I'm missing some switches that enable the inclusion of EA's ?

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General Discussion / Re: Stardock spam
« on: July 13, 2013, 07:32:04 am »
Hi Pete and Martin,

The really strange thing is that the last email I received from them prior to this spam stuff was back in 2000, had to
check my archived emails on DVD to check and I also found the unsubscription reply email from them back then
when I decided I didn't want emails on Windows Blinds.

Tried contacting them via there support email address as well as via whois contact info, no returned errors but also no change.

I did find the Account Management page, with noscript bypass for all of that page and it gave me a page error, haven't
tried it for a while, no intention either.

No reply to any of the 20 emails so far this year I've reported to there upstream's.

but the real kicker is that I've now getting spammed by edgerunner.com which uses the same servers as stardock

Received: from mail2.stardock.net (mail2.edgerunner.com [38.98.152.151])

Received: from mail9.stardock.net (mail9.stardock.net [38.98.152.144])

People and companies change :(

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General Discussion / Stardock spam
« on: July 12, 2013, 07:58:39 pm »
It's a shame to see a once great company go downhill so far.

When they went MS Windows only software I use to refer them to Windows users, I now tell people to stay away from them as they are not what they use to be.

I was subscribed to there emails back in the day they provided OS/2 software, over a decade ago now.

In October 2012 I started receiving emails from them again, tried unsubscribing, emailing them to remove my email address etc, there seems to be no way to stop there spam.

At the bottom of each email is something like this, it changes with each email as it seems to include a seasonal stuff :-

subscriptions.asp?ref=3Dodnt_conspromo_oct2012_halloween_unsubscribe&utm_source=3DStardckSoftware&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_term=3D1042012&utm_content=3DConsuker%3A%2BObject%2BDesktop%2BHalloween&utm_campaign=3DONT%3A%2BBoo!%2BA%2BPromo%2BCode%2Bfor%2BYou!"=style=3D"color: #7d7d7d" target=3D"_blank">click here</a>.

Doesn't do much besides give an error message.

Clicking on the unsubscribe link simply gives be a website error, "The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred."

There unsubscribe code at the bottom of each email has now changed to :-


<script
language=3D"javascript">=0D=0Adocument.getElementById('email1').innerHTML=3
DgetParameterByName("email");=
=0D=0Adocument.getElementById('email1').href=3D"https://www.stardock.com/ac
counts/subscriptions?email=3D"=
 +
getParameterByName("email");=0D=0Adocument.getElementById('email2').href=3D
"https://www.stardock.com/accounts/subscriptions?email=3D"=
 + getParameterByName("email");=0D=0A=0D=0Afunction
getParameterByName(name)=
=0D=0A{=0D=0A  name =3D name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,
"\\\]");=
=0D=0A  var regexS =3D "[\\?&]" + name + "=3D([^&#]*)";=0D=0A  var regex=
 =3D new RegExp(regexS);=0D=0A  var results =3D
regex.exec(window.location.search);=
=0D=0A  if(results =3D=3D null)=0D=0A   return "";=0D=0A  else=0D=0A   
return=
 decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, "
"));=0D=0A}=0D=0A</script>


You need a javascript aware email client to unsubscribe !

Submitting spam reports to cogentco.com and ussignalcom.com (upstream's) has had no results.

Now I'm getting spam from EdgeRunner LLC which seems to be an associate company.

A once great company thats gone down hill so far :(

I could add them to the spam filter but I get more satisfaction from  complaining about them every month to various places but I've been doing it since October 2012, many USA ISP's dont seem to give a s4!7 about spam anymore.

Guess I'll just add the whole block to the blacklist, they don't care, I don't care.

Stardock.com (Stardock.net) just don't care.

[edited for grammar]

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General Discussion / Re: Hobbes directory structure re-organization
« on: June 01, 2013, 06:16:54 am »
Hi Doug,

Quote
Could I suggest changing that to an RSYNC copy operation? I used DSync for a while, and it worked well, but RSync does just as well, and it is a LOT faster, mostly because it doesn't just copy the files. It does a smart copy, which reduces the amount of data to be handled (after the first time, of course). Currently I am handling about 10 times the amount of data, in half the time that DSync required. I use it for my nightly backups to my USB drive, as well as to my home built NAS box (eCS 2.1) across my Gbit network. If you do something through the internet, it can also ZIP data for transmission, if that helps (it depends on the speed of the link).

I kept getting the odd error message with RSync so stayed with DSync (A few years since I tried it). One day I'll change, just not on my high priority list at present, and its only used locally so it's quick enough.
The Melbourne server does a simply wget -m operation on the data drive only, so Rsync isnt likely to make much difference data transfer wise as it's copying new, not altered files apart from the odd description and index.html file.

Now back to hobbes :)

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General Discussion / Re: Hobbes directory structure re-organization
« on: May 31, 2013, 07:19:55 pm »
Hi Doug,

Quote
Ian, you have a great site, but general access is a bit awkward, although not difficult. I think your site could be used as a template for any changes at HOBBES, but I still question whether such changes are actually necessary (some cleanup would be nice).

It's awkward on purpose unfortunately.

The simplicity of hobbes is its beauty and as much as I wish to say add things like directories to store older versions to tidy up current directories, I'm worried that will mean a human needs to look after it, that's the hard bit, getting someone who understands the software, our naming convention etc. We could send them a list of files once a year or blue moon of files to archive off, possibly.

Quote
While we discuss backups, and mirrors, I assume that you have a good backup plan in place, but what happens if  a small asteroid clobbers your residence? Is there anyone mirroring your site? (I know it is "forbidden", but exceptions can be made). It would be a shame to lose your site too.

The executor of my will is on the other side of Australia, as is my backup server I left in Melbourne that mirrors my main server every week.

In the event of my death (possibly by asteroid strike) then a short 'item' will be posted on os2world.com if still running, and in the OS/2 newsgroups as well as a couple of other places asking for expressions of interest in becoming the new owner of the os2site.com server(s), if both servers survive then the preference is that each one goes to individuals/entities at different locals.

The Australian National Library also has an almost complete copy of os2site.com and all my Digital Equipment Corporation software and information.

By the time the post is made, any of my current users would have copies of there data from the server, and that data removed.

There are also rotating local backups to 1TB USB drives where I am currently located, and two spare servers which are DSync'ed when I remember to do so.

If both servers and all backups are destroyed, I think anyone else in the world that survives will have other things to worry about :o)

Bit overboard I know, just something that's evolved.

[edited for speeling]

Others can mirror os2site.com but it would have to start with me sending them DVD's to preload, otherwise that's a lot of data to download depending on if they want all the IBM ftp stuff as well.

[Added as an idea]

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General Discussion / Re: Hobbes directory structure re-organization
« on: May 31, 2013, 06:00:25 pm »
Hi Martin,

os2site's directory structure is :-

http://www.os2site.com/0.dir.list  if you or anyone else would like to compare or look at for ideas.

I dislike deleting older files so tend to move them to an 'old' sub directory, and yes, moving file URL's is an issue but many people
will simply go back to root and work up a new tree, or use hobbes search facility. os2site.com though does still get hits for old
links for files from 2000...

Occasionally I will get a request to remove a file, in which case they are moved to my swc section so they are not publicly available

os2site's file structure started off identical to hobbes, then mutated when I assimilated Leo, and like all living things, it's evolved over
the past 13 odd years.

I'll go over your structure file shortly.

On another note, the internal links issue with hobbes wasn't picked up on the test site so it wasn't listed to be fixed, apologies, I missed that one but now we have the option to say something :)

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General Discussion / Re: Hobbes directory structure re-organization
« on: May 31, 2013, 05:46:01 pm »
FYI,

I do have a complete FTP mirror of hobbe's that is updated every month,
I also use to FTP mirror leo, so I have an almost complete copy, I just cant vouch for any files put on the month before it vanished.

I don't make these directories available via os2site.com simply because all the files are already integrated into the os2site.com/sw/
directory structure but I can probably add them for OS/2's access if there is interest now that I've greatly reduced the load on my
home server.

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Applications / Re: libusb-1.0 port to OS/2 - help needed
« on: May 19, 2013, 10:52:11 am »
With scanimage.exe  build 12/05/13   08:31

[D:\]scanimage -L
device `epson2:libusb:001:001' is a Epson GT-8300 flatbed scanner

scanimage --mode color --resolution 300 --brightness -1 > output.pnm
Produces the normal scan quality in color.

========================
[D:\]scanimage -L
device `plustek:libusb:001:001' is a Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 2200c flatbed scanner

scanimage --mode Color -l 0 -t 0 -x 215 -y 297 --resolution 150  > output.pnm
Looks good, requires scan area info.

========================
[D:\]scanimage -L
device `hp:libusb:001:001' is a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5200C flatbed scanner

scanimage --mode Color > output.pnm
Ohh, that's really nice gamma :)
This scanner has normally only been this good with the SCSI option.

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Games / Re: Running MGL Doom on Warp 4
« on: April 30, 2013, 11:38:58 am »
Quote
they restrict access to OS/2 browsers so wget etc don't work.

or ask me via http://www.comkal.net/ for access and I'll send you a reply email :)

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General Discussion / Re: #OS2World IRC Channel
« on: March 07, 2013, 03:29:09 am »
http://www.os2irc.com/ also seems to have gone.

I'm also irc://irc.os2site.com (part of eCS IRC Network) and there isn't much happening there either, though occasionally there is
some activity on a sub channel.

IRC seems to be a all or nothing thing with users, I think its easier with a forum, and IRC just brings images of CC bots these days.

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