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Networking / Re: RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
« on: 2010.02.09, 22:50:18 »
I'm waking this thread up from a long time ago. The web page for rdesktop is still good. Here is a google translation of it:

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There is a program Rdesktop. And it is designed to connect to machines running different versions of Windows. That is, the world's Linux / Unix, it runs under X different versions. Is OS / 2. And network administrators working in an environment OS / 2, also it's fun poupravlyat machines that are running Windows. But do not want to move, or the Linux / Unix, and even less on Windows.

For these administrators (Lenya find and compile X for its video card), need Rdesktop, working directly on the desktop, Presentation Manager in OS / 2.

I had to find the SDL library and rewrite Rdesktop c usage. X Now we do not need :-)

Version 8 March, for our favorite women.  1: Unzip and use for other purposes. While the alpha 1:

Version 10 March.  '-a' parameter - color depth works now fine for WinXP 'servers'. Needed sdl-1.2.10-20070121 libs supplied. Something fixed: '-a' parameter - color depth works now fine for WinXP 'servers'. Needed sdl-1.2.10-20070121 libs supplied. Unpack and use. Now at alpha 2 . Unpack and use. Now at alpha 2.

A discussion about Rdesktop/SDL version has been opened, near http://www.project2.mhost.ru/list.php?

I have tried rdesktop, and it can log into Windows 2003 Server. I'm not much of a Windows user, so I can't tell if everything works, but for anyone searching for rdesktop on OS/2 that works with current Windows, this may be it.

http://glebk.newmail.ru/rdesktop/rdesktop-1.5.0-gcc-SDL-a2.zip

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Applications / Re: OpenOffice.org and .xlsx files
« on: 2010.02.02, 22:45:32 »
OK, it's not a limitation of the eCS version, however, it is a requirement, just as in the thread you quoted. There is no requirement to use OpenOffice, however, while there is one for XLSX format.

Zoho Office does so, and runs nicely in Firefox 3.5.7 under eCS.

This isn't meant as a criticism of OOo for eCS. For people with a round-trip requirement for XLSX files, Zoho office is a reasonable application. I also think that OOo will eventually support XLSX format.

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Applications / Re: OpenOffice.org and .xlsx files
« on: 2010.02.02, 21:07:04 »
That's pretty bad. If someone sends me .XLSX, they are expecting it back in the same format.

While I'm shopping for a new OS/2 office suite, I tried Zoho Office. It does save the sheet with .XLSX, and it looks pretty convincing. The resulting .XLSX file is a lot smaller than the original. I'm wondering what is missing.

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Applications / OpenOffice.org and .xlsx files
« on: 2010.02.02, 02:44:07 »
I have OOo for eCS and it can open and edit .xlsx files, but it can't save them. Am I missing something?

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Applications / Re: Is GenMAC Open Source?
« on: 2010.02.02, 02:21:35 »
Brendan Oakley told me that UniAud would make a good start for any Linux driver. But doesn't Linux have support for network cards compiled into the kernel, not as separate drivers?

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ok, my current one is a IBM ThinkPad T43p (2668-F8G). Main difference to Dougs model is that mine has a ATI X600 (FireGL) video chip, which is also supported by SNAP. It has a 1600x1200 15" panel. Before that one I had a different but similar T43 (2668-92G), which also had an ATI (X300), but only 1400x1050 resolution on a 15" panel. I must confess I liked the lower resolution better. 1024x768 would be inacceptable for me because I need to VNC into several servers running at 1024x768.

The T43 with the ATI x300 are the fastest under SNAP graphics. The FireGL support is, according to Sci Tech when I asked them, not accelerated. But to get 1600 x 1200, you need to have FireGL.

T43 2xxx have OS/2 APM support and will do suspend and resume. T43 1xxx will not.

You can freely upgrade the hard drive with almost any IDE (not SATA) drive, buy you will get Error 2010 when you boot. As long as your BIOS is up to date, you can press F1 and boot anyway.

There are a limited number of 120 GB drives that boot without error -- all T43 on my website now feature  those drives.

Running hot does not seem to be much of an issue for T43, except that the fan works harder. I find many of the most selective OS/2 users have picked the T43.

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Good idea, Paul. I hope you're going to show us a system at Warpstock next August.

http://www.warpstock.org

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Marketplace / Re: eCS pre-loaded laptops
« on: 2009.11.29, 05:17:07 »
I have had success with G43 series, but I don't think the G43 can run i7. In fact, I thought you needed P55 to run i7...

But I'll wait for someone to report some kind of success with an i7 before I try to get every single OS/2 feature to work on a system.

129
Marketplace / eCS pre-loaded laptops
« on: 2009.11.28, 18:48:33 »
Blonde Guy Computers are back in production after a busy consulting season. On the website, you will find a couple of machines ready to ship.

http://www.blondeguy.com/ComputersForSale.html

Speebopeep is an IBM Thinkpad T43 with a 2.0 GHz CPU, 2.0 GB RAM, an 120 GB hard drive, a DVD-multi-burner drive, an extended battery pack and a high resolution 14 inch SVGA+ display.

Furbopeep is an IBM Thinkpad T43 with a 2.0 GHz CPU, 2.0 GB RAM, an 120 GB hard drive, a DVD-multi-burner drive and a high resolution 15 inch SVGA+ display.

Blonde Guy Computers come with eCS installed and configured and many applications, including OpenOffice.org 3.11 and RSJ CD-Writer installed as well.

If you don't see what you want on the website, please tell me what you'd like to see when you buy your next eCS computer.

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Applications / Re: Linux Skype Client To Go Open Source!
« on: 2009.11.04, 05:31:01 »
If you want to reference an article, you can include a URL

http://www.osnews.com/story/22430/Linux_Skype_Client_To_Go_Open_Source

Here is a part of what the article says

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Anyone who has ever had to misfortune of having to deal with the Linux version of the Skype client knows that is not even remotely close, feature-wise and quality-wise, to the Mac OS X and Windows versions of this little oft-used program. The program is still in beta, and stuck at version 2.x - whereas the Windows world is already in the 4.x range.

Outdated, at best. Useless, at worst.

It seems that the guys at Skype have realised this as well, as they have announced that the Skype client for Linux will be released as open source. This would theoretically make it possible for Skype to be included in Linux distributions, too.

Maybe we could port this to OS/2, after the Linux guys finish working on it.

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I built an eServer, too. They are pretty nice. I won't use one myself, because the noise is more than I can bear, and because the electricity for the computer costs $0.09 per hour. Add it up, and I can have a new computer for a lot less. The new computer, running a Pentium Core 2 Duo and standard SATA drive, will be quite comparable in speed.

But if the noise is not a concern and you live in a place with cheap electricity, then look into this machine. It is really nice. It's big, black, high quality. This machine will make an impression on people.

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Open Bounties / Re: QT 4.x framework Port
« on: 2009.10.14, 01:36:55 »

you are probably right about the attractivity of the framework. But the apps we port are of course atractive to most ppl i'd say.
But i don't want to charge money for apps i port, as all of them are opensource projects.

And if you look what we already ported, or whats in the works i'd say it very good. So if ppl don't spend money for the framework, there will be no more ported apps. And i think this would be a big loose.

regards
Silvan

I enthusiastically agree that the apps you port are attractive. But I do not understand why you would not be willing to charge for an open-source program. Yes the source code is free, and anyone who can build the app can build it for free, but why not charge some reasonable amount to build it for them?

Many users have no idea how to build an open-source app. You are performing a valuable service and you should be compensated. Charging for your build of say Virtual Box, would be legal and I think also a good idea.

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Open Bounties / Re: QT 4.x framework Port
« on: 2009.10.11, 06:27:50 »
It's important to finance QT 4.x, and I think people will spend money on things they understand, but a framework is not really that attractive to the end users who really have the money spend.

Some applications, like OpenOffice.org or PMMail/2 are generating significant income.

Is there some application that uses QT 4, and would be attractive to end users, that you can sell? Over time, that could finance development quite nicely.

I'm aware of other means to help finance QT 4, and I hope they come through.

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Programming / Re: OS/2 queues
« on: 2009.10.10, 16:53:41 »
The fix is from a time when Scott was working with the kernel. If you think back to that time, we were all using the W4 version of the kernel, not UNI or SMP.

But, unless you're working on the operating system distribution, this version of DOSCALLS isn't worth much. I maintain a program that uses queues extensively, and I was able to get it to work reliably by ensuring that there were only a few messages in the queues.

With this fix, the system remained stable. When the system runs out of resources, it remains stable. If you want to use queues heavily, I'd recommend implementing your own, rather than use the limited implementation on OS/2. It's pretty clear that if the total memory allocated to messages exceeds 64K, queues stop working (if you run the fix) or OS/2 stops working.

Neil

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Programming / OS/2 queues
« on: 2009.10.09, 06:52:37 »
I've had problems with queues under OS/2. Queues are used for Interprocess Communication.

Create a queue with

#define INCL_DOSQUEUES   /* Queue values */
    #include <os2.h>

    HQUEUE hq;

    DosCreateQueue(&hq, QUE_FIFO |
                   QUE_CONVERT_ADDRESS,
                   "\\queues\\sample.que");

It works great, and you can read, write, peek, etc. But if there are more than about 3000 messages in the queue, OS/2 becomes unstable. And that 3000 is the number of messages in any queue system-wide, not per queue.

Anyway, I complained long ago to Scott Garfinkle, and he sent me a fix. I think the fix works, at least in my test code, but I don't think it was ever released.

I'm attaching the fix to this message. I don't know if it will ever be of any use to someone. How many people even use queues?


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