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Title: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 13, 2023, 09:01:28 pm
Hi

I want to create this thread to get some help on finding some old software for OS/2 that it is missing.
I don't have any attachment to this software, but since I'm reorganizing Hobbes and checking some archives sites, I want to see if it possible to find some old software to have it properly organized and archived.

You are also free to post requests.

Regards
Title: Re: Lost Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 13, 2023, 09:02:34 pm
Hello.

I want to start with:
TopBar , by Antony T. Curtis, it went by the name "topbr036.zip".

Here it is some info:
https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/TopBar
http://web.archive.org/web/19990127175357/http://nuts.ml.org/TopBar.html

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 15, 2023, 03:52:59 am
Also

Pixels, by Pavel Kanzelsberger. Shareware. (Pixel 1.0  Beta 6  521  - 2006-04-01)
 
Info:
- https://ecsoft2.org/pixel
- http://web.archive.org/web/20070704060643/http://www.kanzelsberger.com/pixel/?page_id=4


Regard
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Harald Kamm on July 15, 2023, 08:26:42 am
Hello Martin, I still have a demo-version of Pixel in my filebase:

http://cyberia.dnsalias.com/cgi-bin/maxfind.exe?Action=Search&SearchStr=pixel521.zip&DateButton=Month&DateStr=2023-06-15&MultiPage=0

The author describes his piece of software as "highly unstable" and this was really true.

Best, Harald
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 15, 2023, 03:32:23 pm
Thanks Harald. And also thanks for the software remark.

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Harald Kamm on July 15, 2023, 07:21:46 pm
I don't know if this software can be considered abandon ware. At that time I had registered the software, but it never reached a level where it could have been used in an acceptable way.

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 15, 2023, 08:16:38 pm
hi
I don't know if this software can be considered abandon ware. At that time I had registered the software, but it never reached a level where it could have been used in an acceptable way.

For what I know it was a public alpha software available for free download, and I'm not sure if it was ever fully released.

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 15, 2023, 08:18:30 pm
I'm trying to find :

M88 version 2.15. A Japanese PC-8800 emulator for OS/2.

I was able to recover version 2.10, but it is not the latest available.

Info:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20181106012605/http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-SanJose/2457/m88/m88.html
-- https://web.archive.org/web/20181106012605/http://www.din.or.jp/~sofiya/M88/m88a7.zip
-- https://web.archive.org/web/20181106012605/http://www.din.or.jp/~sofiya/M88/m88a7s.zip

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 15, 2023, 08:51:54 pm
Also from the same author:

X68K Emulator.  A Japanese X68000 emulator. The file used be named: X68K100.LZH.

Info:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20010529094325/http://www.din.or.jp/~sofiya/X68K/X68K_EMU.HTM
- https://web.archive.org/web/20010529094325/http://www.din.or.jp/~sofiya/X68K/X68K100.LZH (dead link)
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Mentore on July 17, 2023, 08:06:39 am
Hi

I want to create this thread to get some help on finding some old software for OS/2 that it is missing.
I don't have any attachment to this software, but since I'm reorganizing Hobbes and checking some archives sites, I want to see if it possible to find some old software to have it properly organized and archived.

You are also free to post requests.

Regards

A little OT, but I feel it is worth.
What I'd love to see are the sources for X128 0.5, a rather working ZX Spectrum emulator. It was fairly good, albeit a little unstable.

Also - but alas, surely there will be no results: the sources for
- Notamusica (music engraving via TeX with an interesting object oriented GUI)
- MainActor /2 (the only video editor available for OS/2)

Mentore
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 19, 2023, 05:02:24 am
I'm trying to find:

- QtParted A HDD partition software from 2008.
Seems it was port by Dmitry Froloff in 2008.

Info: http://froloff.homeip.net/utils/qtparted.zip

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Harald Kamm on July 19, 2023, 11:32:21 am
http://cyberia.dnsalias.com/cgi-bin/maxfind.exe?Action=Search&SearchStr=qtparted&DateButton=Month&DateStr=2023-06-19&MultiPage=0
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 19, 2023, 03:56:17 pm
Thanks a lot Harald. I will include cyberia on my file searches.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Michael on July 20, 2023, 08:52:52 pm
Unfortunately, what I can't find anywhere is VisualAge for Basic Version 1.5.
SoftMaker's DataMaker for OS/2 would also be interesting software. As would the project management software OPUS 2.0 or MGI PhotoSuite.

@Martin: Is there a way to get VisualAge for Basic for OS/2 free use permission from IBM? I think it's still a very viable solution for developing small programs quickly.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 20, 2023, 10:06:55 pm
Hello
@Martin: Is there a way to get VisualAge for Basic for OS/2 free use permission from IBM? I think it's still a very viable solution for developing small programs quickly.
I had been only able to get formal permission from IBM to re-post print material (publications). I was not able to request the same thing for software, otherwise I would go to get Warp 4.52 as unsupported freeware first.  ;D

VisualAge for Basic for OS/2 is abandoware, which does not mean it can freely distributed. But maybe it can show up on archive.org since public libraries has some exceptions in the US copyright law (108 (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108)).  But that does not give me the right to republish the link or upload it to hobbes.

But I was wondering if version 1.5 was only a patch, or a full version (http://www.edm2.com/index.php/VisualAge_for_Basic)?. If it was a patch I will like to have it, so it can be uploaded to hobbes.

Regards

Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Michael on July 21, 2023, 06:28:06 am
Hi Martin,

as far as I know, there were only full versions of VABasic.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Dave Yeo on July 21, 2023, 07:24:31 am
I see Winworldpc has VABasic 1.1 for OS/2 and Windows
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Olafur Gunnlaugsson on July 21, 2023, 08:09:22 pm
Hi Martin,

as far as I know, there were only full versions of VABasic.
No, IBM issued patches for VA Basic, for some reason it was only available from the website and not from any of their FTP sites and I lost my copies of the patches in a Partition Magic related incident in 2000, by that time IBM had taken down the website.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Michael on July 21, 2023, 09:38:07 pm
Ok, thank you for the information. I was subscribed to the IBM OS/2 and DOS ServicePac CDs at the time. Only the full version of version 1.1 was included here. Unfortunately, a 1.5 or a patch could not be found. At least not until mid 98, after which I canceled the subscription.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 21, 2023, 09:58:13 pm
Hello. So, officially we are looking for the VABasic 1.5 patch for OS/2 that used to be publicly available on the IBM support Site.
If someone has the filename, dead link, or (more important) the file, please let me know.

https://web.archive.org/web/19980209101610/http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/vabasic/
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Olafur Gunnlaugsson on July 21, 2023, 11:10:24 pm
Hello. So, officially we are looking for the VABasic 1.5 patch for OS/2 that used to be publicly available on the IBM support Site.
If someone has the filename, dead link, or (more important) the file, please let me know.

https://web.archive.org/web/19980209101610/http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/vabasic/
There was a large 1.2 patch for both OS/2 and Windows before 1.5, even that would be better than nothing as it solved a lot of issues.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: David McKenna on July 22, 2023, 01:33:02 am
 I have a Beta of VA Basic 1.2.7 for OS/2, but it is easily available at www.vetusware.com. No idea if it works, but the install does. Tried to find a version 1.5, but no luck. Perhaps it was released on developer connection CD's like this:

https://archive.org/details/IBMDevConR2V2

 which has a load of interesting stuff from the waning days of IBM OS/2. 24 CD's to downlaod... maybe there are other editions that can be dug up too.

Regards,

P.S. - anybody know how many versions of these 'Release 2' DevCons were made? Seems there were 3 levels, 'Member', 'Premium' and 'Advanced', and only sent to subscribers who had a subscription at the time the DevCon was cancelled (in 1997).
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Dave Yeo on July 22, 2023, 02:24:28 am
Hmm, Devcon_12 has 'VisualAge for Basic v1.0' and 'VisualAge for BASIC Server V1.0 for OS/2 (IBM).
So I assume need a newer one.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 23, 2023, 12:24:46 am
Hello, I can not find:

BookMaker 2.0 . BookMaker assists the user in creating IPF files and compiling them with the IPF (Information Presentation Facility) compiler.     Shareware
Katt Development, Brian Johnson
Filename: bookmaker-2-0.zip

Info:
- https://ecsoft2.org/bookmaker
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Pete on July 23, 2023, 02:47:48 am
Hi Martin

On https://ecsoft2.org/bookmaker click on the local copy link rather than the os2site.com link


Regards

Pete
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on July 23, 2023, 02:54:59 am
On https://ecsoft2.org/bookmaker click on the local copy link rather than the os2site.com link
Thanks Pete.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on August 21, 2023, 10:42:01 pm
Hello Again.

Now I'm looking for Syncro 0.54. An Italian freeware software to sync files from Mario Sebastiani.

Info:
https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/Syncro

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on August 23, 2023, 11:15:33 pm
Looking for Group Start - gstart13.zip

Links:
Info: https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/GroupStart
Dead Link - http://kimludvigsen.dk/os2/gfd/wps/tool/gstart13.zip
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: P.R. on August 24, 2023, 07:55:10 pm
Hi Martin,
first of all, big compliments for your great work and for the idea of finding missing software.

I can help a little

The two programs are apparently no longer available on the Internet. The links I know are no longer accessible. But I have local copies and have attached these.

Regards,
Peter
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on August 24, 2023, 10:18:36 pm
Thanks a lot Peter. I uploaded the files you kindly shared to hobbes too.

I will be needed the generosity of some private backups to try to find some missing files !!!

I will keep posting my needs on this threads.
Thanks to all for helping out.

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Wendy Krieger on September 08, 2023, 12:51:11 pm
I used filebar since it appeared on the Stardock Essential diskette.  In runs under 3,0 prolly earlier, but you can use it in worlplace= as a replacement for pmshell.  Its not resource hungry.

Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on September 11, 2023, 11:46:14 pm
Hi Again

I'm trying to find: http://mamodeo.dyndns.org/MrMessage/MrMessage_06082009.wpi

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Dave Yeo on September 11, 2023, 11:53:37 pm
This, https://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/chat/client/mrmessage/mrmessage_06082009_wpi.zip (https://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/chat/client/mrmessage/mrmessage_06082009_wpi.zip) or for source, https://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/chat/client/mrmessage/mrmessage_srcbin_06082009.zip (https://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/chat/client/mrmessage/mrmessage_srcbin_06082009.zip)
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on September 12, 2023, 12:31:29 am
This, https://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/chat/client/mrmessage/mrmessage_06082009_wpi.zip (https://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/chat/client/mrmessage/mrmessage_06082009_wpi.zip) or for source, https://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/chat/client/mrmessage/mrmessage_srcbin_06082009.zip (https://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/chat/client/mrmessage/mrmessage_srcbin_06082009.zip)
Thanks a lot.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on September 26, 2023, 09:54:59 pm
Hi

I'm trying to find "Stacked Calculator".
- Old website: http://ff.dsu.dp.ua/~invader/
It is listed as an OS/2 calculator.


Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on February 11, 2024, 03:04:40 pm
Hello

I'm trying to find:

1) TopBar (https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=TopBar)
By Antony T. Curtis
Last known FileName: topbr036.zip

2)SwitchTo/2 (https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=SwitchTo/2)
By Roman Stangl
- http://reocities.com/siliconvalley/pines/7885/Download/SwitchTo.zip


Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Tom on February 11, 2024, 11:35:46 pm
I'm trying to find:

SwitchTo/2 (https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=SwitchTo/2)
By Roman Stangl
- http://reocities.com/siliconvalley/pines/7885/Download/SwitchTo.zip

See attached, from https://web.archive.org/web/20091023154116/http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/pines/7885/Download/SwitchTo.zip

Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on February 12, 2024, 02:59:45 am
Thanks Tom.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: SoundChaser on February 20, 2024, 12:24:34 am
Close but no cigar:

http://web.archive.org/web/19980419082437/http://nuts.ml.org/TopBar.html

Sadly, archive.org doesn't have the zip in store. Antony is still very much active. I have a feeling he would answer back promptly if reached out.

If you're lucky, he might have the source code on a zip drive or somethin' :-)


Trying to dig his second website, topbar was long gone - http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://cyberkinetica.homeunix.net/*

Hello

I'm trying to find:

1) TopBar (https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=TopBar)
By Antony T. Curtis
Last known FileName: topbr036.zip



Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on March 10, 2024, 08:20:43 pm
Hello

Just for fun, I'm trying to find any binaries of "Personal AS".
- https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=Personal_AS
I was only able to find the manual.

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on March 31, 2024, 09:27:27 pm
Hello

I'm trying to find ATOK8 (https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=Atok8) for OS/2.
I guess it is a Japanese input method editor

Here I have this link, but I guess it is only for an ATOK8 Dictionary.
- https://torakun2754-hatenablog-com.translate.goog/entry/20141219/1418996834?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=es&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Alex Taylor on April 01, 2024, 01:58:56 pm
I'm trying to find ATOK8 (https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=Atok8) for OS/2.
I guess it is a Japanese input method editor

ATOK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATOK) is commercial software; TTBOMK the Windows version is still sold but the OS/2 version was discontinued years ago. I'm pretty certain you won't find a legitimate copy anywhere except possibly the secondhand market (ebay or whatever), and even then I'd call it a long shot.
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on April 01, 2024, 02:27:15 pm
I'm trying to find ATOK8 (https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=Atok8) for OS/2.
I guess it is a Japanese input method editor

ATOK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATOK) is commercial software; TTBOMK the Windows version is still sold but the OS/2 version was discontinued years ago. I'm pretty certain you won't find a legitimate copy anywhere except possibly the secondhand market (ebay or whatever), and even then I'd call it a long shot.

Alex, thanks for letting me know that. I thought it was some freeware or shareware.

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on October 21, 2025, 04:32:50 pm
Hello

Just to organize the files that I'm looking for I created this category on the wiki:
-- https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:File_Review

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Mike Engle on October 31, 2025, 01:51:06 pm
One of my useful pieces of software is Xact.  It is written to make graphs, line, bar, etc.  I have version 7.  Version 8 came out when I could not afford it.  Now that I have the funds, the company SciLab in Germany has closed shop.  Since the company is gone, does anyone know if we can get the OS/2 version of Xact 8.0?
Thanks,
ME
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: MPJ on November 01, 2025, 08:03:34 am
I've been looking for a while, unfortunately there are only the demo versions to download. Would you archive version 7 for the community?
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on November 01, 2025, 02:38:25 pm
Hello Mike

I can try to find and contact the developers/owners of "Scilab GmbH, Hamburg". But I was not able to find the name of the people involved in that company. I think I found out that "Arnd Beissner", cause of a interview I found on the "OS/2 Warp Monthly Newsletter". If you have any other names of the "Scilab GmbH, Hamburg" I can give it a try.

I got this info:
- https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=SciLab

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Mike Engle on November 03, 2025, 10:22:14 pm
I have the CD for Xact version 7.0 and the unlock code.  How do I archive the files from the CD?  P.S. the CD also contains the files for the Windoze version.

ME
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Mentore on November 03, 2025, 11:45:43 pm
I have the CD for Xact version 7.0 and the unlock code.  How do I archive the files from the CD?  P.S. the CD also contains the files for the Windoze version.

ME

If you're able to split the contents of the CD (OS/2 only) you can give it a shot at sending a ZIP package on the Internet Archive or other sources like that. I don't think Hobbes archive is a suitable solution, since we're still talking about a commmercial software with all that regards licensing and rights.

Mentore
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Mike Engle on November 19, 2025, 04:23:05 am
I have zipped the OS/2 files for Xact from the CDROM.  Installing from the CDROM does not require a code.  Does anyone have any idea where I can upload the zip file?

ME
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Doug Clark on November 20, 2025, 11:29:09 pm
Mike,

https://forum.winworldpc.com/categories/offers-requests
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: MPJ on December 13, 2025, 07:49:01 am
The September 2003 issue of the OS/2 e-Zine mentions a demo of Microstation 95 for OS/2. Does anyone own this and would be willing to share it? Unfortunately, the Win95 version doesn't work with Odin.

http://www.os2ezine.com/20030916/page_4.html (http://www.os2ezine.com/20030916/page_4.html)
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Martin Iturbide on December 13, 2025, 03:01:05 pm
The September 2003 issue of the OS/2 e-Zine mentions a demo of Microstation 95 for OS/2. Does anyone own this and would be willing to share it? Unfortunately, the Win95 version doesn't work with Odin.

http://www.os2ezine.com/20030916/page_4.html (http://www.os2ezine.com/20030916/page_4.html)
Thanks for letting me know this software existed. I created this wiki page: https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=MicroStation

Let's hope this software shows up somewhere to be preserved and don't get lost.

Regards
Title: Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
Post by: Mathias on January 07, 2026, 10:42:00 pm
Dear OS/2 community, : )

I am looking for an OpenSSH client that runs on OS/2 Warp 3.
Currently installed are OpenSSH 4.0p1 and OpenSSL 0.9.7f (2025-03-22).

With this version I cannot connect to current SSHds with this anymore, as the KEX is too old, so client and server can't negotiate anymore.
It is still possible to connect to older SSHd versions, but I'd rather have current versions running.. ; )

I have tried [this one (https://www.hobbesarchive.com/?detail=/pub/os2/util/remote/OpenSSH_7-7p1r4.zip)] but this does not work on Warp 3, as it appers to require stuff that is not implemented. Hobbes comment also says this version is tested to run on Warp 4.52.

Question is, can I somehow update the KEX security stuff to keep running the old SSH version, or do I actually need a newer SSH version? And if so.. is there still one left that runs on Warp 3?

I'd like to thank you a lot for your time and efforts. : )

Mathias