Personal Systems Magazine

A bimonthly print magazine released by IBM's Personal Systems Division in Texas, USA that was during its later years squarely focused on OS/2, although some other PS Division subjects such as PowerPC were covered from time to time. Note that it was not a free marketing publication but rather intended as a technical magazine for manager and required a somewhat hefty paid subscription, but on the other hand it was a professionally designed publication had an excellent layout and even had custom created cartoons, graphic illustrations and the like.

March/April 1994

 * If I Only Had A Brain
 * Speech Recognition Products Untie Your Hands
 * Telecommuting in the '90s
 * Point of View: Not Just Another Database Article
 * Professional Certification Program from IBM
 * Celebrate the Past on Your Trip Back to the Future!
 * OS/2 2.1 Performance Tuning Tips - Part II
 * PC File Systems
 * NetWare 4.01 for OS/2: Features and Installation
 * NetWare Requester for OS/2, v2.01: Features and Installation
 * What's New in Novell NetWare 3.12?
 * LAN Analysis Using IBM's DatagLANce Network Analyser
 * NetWare Questions and Answers

May/June 1994

 * Todd Watson: "Wrightsizing " at USAir
 * Getting the Word Out at Chemical Banking Corporation
 * Back Up for the Future
 * Lost in Cyberspace
 * The Book Shelf
 * Threads
 * Redirected Installation of OS/2 2.x
 * LAN Server Ultimedia 1.0 Performance and Tuning

July/Aug 1994

 * IBM's Personal Systems Support Family-Customer-Influenced Design
 * OS/2 Times and Scores the 1994 Indianapolis 500
 * Software compatability: Good Relationship or One Night Stand?
 * Migrating Windows Applications to OS/2: Easing the Migration Path
 * OS/2 Conference Draws Praise
 * DCE: An Application Primer
 * Distributed Performance Characteristics of IBM DCE for OS/2
 * Architecture Soup: Understanding Modern IBM PC Architecture
 * TSHELL: A Text-Based Alternate Shell for OS/2
 * Extended Attributes for Files
 * Developing Lotus Notes Applications
 * Conserving Power with Personal Systems Power Management
 * Superstor/DS Data Compression in PC DOS 6.x
 * LAN Net/View Object Registration Services

September/October 1994

 * "Sneaker Net" or Systems Management?
 * Like Father Like Son
 * The Book Shelf
 * Cajun Electric Cooks Up OS/2 GUI with VisPro/REXX!
 * Application Development by Program Integration
 * IBM REXX for NetWare
 * GammaTech REXX SuperSet/2-Give Your REXX Programs the Power of C
 * BranchCard: A Viable Option to Stand Alone Hubs
 * A Hands-On Primer for REXX
 * Visual REXX Development Environments
 * CID Installation of OS/2 2.11 and LAPS
 * Upgrading from Microsoft LAN Manager to IBM LAN Server 3.0
 * Stretching Your LAN with LAN Distance
 * DB2/2-More Than Ever Before!
 * NetBIOS, SNA, and NetWare IPX Coexistance Under OS/2

November/December 1994

 * Evolution, Not Revolution-Pen Computing Comes of Age
 * Handwriting Recognition: The State of the Art
 * Pen Digitizing Hardware
 * It's HaPENing!
 * Bill Carr: Fastest Draw in the West
 * Work Management in the Field
 * Communication Without Wires: IBM's Mobile Communications Module
 * Tomorrow's Networking Today-From IBM's Personal Systems Competency Center
 * Customers Speak Out About Consult Line
 * New DeScribe 5.0-Leader of the Pack
 * Super-Fast PenDOS
 * Pen for OS/2
 * A Development Environment for Pen-Centric Applications
 * Writing DOS Installation Programs for Selective Boot Systems
 * OS/2 for PowerPC: Transforming Archecture into Implementation

Special OS/2 Warp Edition

 * OS/2: Past, Warp, and Future
 * PC Computing Done Right
 * The Warp Client, a Gift to the Network Administrator
 * Warp Installation
 * IBM Works for OS/2
 * Giving New Life to Old Iron
 * Warp Multimedia
 * Warp, the Right Tool
 * Warping the Home User
 * Surfing (Warping) the Internet
 * Who are These People and Why are They Saying...
 * Warp for the Windows User
 * It's a Killer!
 * Let's See the Wizard
 * May you Live in Interesting Times
 * New Product Information
 * Warp: Fast Action for "Gamers"

January/February 1995


Cover: OS/2 Warp: this futuristic operating system is here today! Tried and tested by the masses! Backward-compatible with all your favorite applications! Easy to install! OS/2 Warp has it all--even a great name and an even greater look!

Cover Photo: Manfred Ayers, Arlington Texas


 * From the Editor - Have You Been Warped? by Betty Hawkins
 * Technical Connection Personal Software Is the Answer!
 * Visualizer, DB2/2, and You - An End-User's Perspective
 * Insiders' Software Unveiled
 * Need a Specialist for Your LAN Server 4.0?
 * One-Stop Shopping by Fred Castaneda
 * OS/2 Warp by Edward Duhe'
 * OS/2 for SMP
 * Multimedia File I/O Services
 * Need a Fix?
 * IBM LAN Server 4.0: New Features and Comparisons with NetWare
 * IBM DCE Heterogeneous Enterprise Performance
 * OS/2, DOS, and Windows NT Coexistence
 * OS/2 for SMP and Windows NT Coexistence
 * Corrective Service Information

March/April 1995


About the Cover: Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr takes us down the highway of reality, through an illusory door, and beyond to a vast universe of possibilities. Internet provides this superhighway to information, and OS/2 Warp's Internet Access Kit provides the door to the world of Internet.
 * From the Editor: Cruisin' on the Internet
 * What's New for OS/2?
 * Mesa 2: Gaining the Competitive Edge with OS/2
 * Managing the Workplace Shell with DeskMan/2
 * Circus du COMDEX: The Running of the Geeks
 * Road Trip! Touring the Side Roads of the Internet
 * What's New in PC DOS 7
 * OS/2 Warp Boot and Recovery Options
 * Multimedia File I/O Services
 * TCP/IP: How it Works
 * A Guide to OS/2 Warp's Internet Access Kit
 * CID Installation of OS/2 Warp and LAPS
 * Wrapping Up an OO Experience
 * OS/2 Tips and Techniques
 * Corrective Service Information

May/June 1995


About the Cover: Local area networks...they connect, they distribute, they make our lives easier, and sometimes they don't do any of the above. Dallas artist Bill Carr chose a fond childhood image to portray the modern-day technology of local area networks.
 * From the Editor: See You in New Orleans
 * What's New for OS/2?
 * Thanks for the Memory
 * Road Trip! Disney on the Internet
 * Apache Students Use the Power of the Pen (Light Pen)
 * Visualizer: The Conversion Continues
 * The Internet: A New Dimension?
 * IBM LAN Doctor Services
 * Borland C++ 2.0 brings OWL to the OS/2 Presentation Manager
 * LAN Server Logon Internals
 * LAN Server 4.0 Performance, Capacity Enhancements, and Tuning Tips
 * OS/2 Warp for Developing PC Games
 * Controlling the OS/2 Desktop from a File Server
 * Jump-Start Your PC with Component Upgrades
 * OS/2 Tips and Techniques
 * Corrective Service Information

July/August 1995


About the Cover: Databases make order out of chaos, weaving like and unlike bits of information into a fabric from which data can be extracted in whatever form you need. Dallas artist Bill Carr uses this analogy, along with his inimitable style, to illustrate the cover of our database issue.
 * From the Editor: Authors--Our Greatest Resource
 * What's New for OS/2?
 * The Soap Box Derby
 * Easily Load and Lock Desktops
 * Road Trip! Cruisin' to the Olympics
 * DB2 for OS/2 V2.1: The Next Generation
 * OS/2 Victories from the Data Management Front Lines
 * Voting Kiosks: The Future of Electronic Elections
 * Performance Enhancements in DB2 for OS/2 V2.1
 * DB2 for OS/2 Administrative Tools
 * Database Recovery with DB2 for OS/2
 * Getting Object-Oriented with DB2 for OS/2 V2.1
 * Enhanced SQL in DB2 for OS/2 V2.1
 * Enterprisewide Connectivity Using DB2
 * Visualizer Development
 * Performance: DCE RPC as a DB2 for OS/2 and DB2 for AIX Transport
 * Remote Program Load of OS/2 Warp from NetWare 3.12
 * Questions and Answers
 * Corrective Service Information

September/October 1995


About the Cover: Social interfaces continue to evolve, making human interaction with computers more friendly and familiar. The concept of this human-like approach to computing is reflected in noted Dallas artist Bill Carr's cover, where man meets machine with a universally- recognized gesture of cooperation.
 * From the Editor: Is Hype Hip?
 * What's New for OS/2?
 * Mesa 2 for OS/2
 * Manage Your Files with FileStar/2 for OS/2
 * PartitionMagic for OS/2
 * Managing LAN Server Home Directories
 * IBM DualStor for OS/2
 * Human-Computer Interaction Overview
 * User Interface 2000
 * IBM's Strategy for OS/2 Platform Products Fix Support
 * Road Trip! Back to School
 * TalkLink Gets a Facelift
 * OpenDoc and Human-Computer Interaction
 * Supporting HCI Technologies in Applications
 * An Introduction to Speech Recognition with OS/2
 * Intelligent Agents: A Primer
 * CID Installation of OS/2 and Its Platform Applications
 * Creating Your Own INF Hyperlinked Files
 * Remote Installation of OS/2 Warp Connect
 * Corrective Service Information

November/December 1995


About the Cover: Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr's highly effective use of visual imagery perfectly depicts the idea of connectivity on this month's cover.
 * From the Editor: The Human Link
 * What's New?
 * Road Trip! Shopping the Internet
 * Command-Line Commando
 * Getting Warped and Connected Too!
 * Intrared: LANs Without Wires
 * Security and Auditing in IBM LAN Server
 * Multi-User Performance Testing in a Client/Server Environment
 * DCE Cell Performance: High Water Marks
 * Plug and Play in PC DOS 7
 * Questions and Answers: LAN
 * Corrective Service Information

January/February 1996


About the Cover: Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr uses Todd Watson's analogy of 18th century global mercantilism to illustrate this issue's cover. The basic need to communicate has driven civilizations for centuries to identify ever more efficient ways to communicate. This issue of Personal Systems focuses on Lotus Notes--enabling you to link to the world.
 * From the Editor: The Information Age--A Time for Responsibility
 * What's New?
 * Tape Backup Products for OS/2
 * Fault Tolerance for LAN Server
 * Getting Together with cc:Mail
 * Sales Force Automation: Building the Intelligence-Driven Sales Organization
 * The New Mercantilism
 * Designing Lotus Notes Applications That Perform
 * Designing a Scalable Lotus Notes Workflow Application
 * Lotus Notes for AIX in a Personal Systems Environment
 * New Administrative Features and Enhancements in Lotus Notes Release 4
 * MQSeries link for Lotus Notes
 * Getting Warped and Connected Too!--Part Two
 * Questions and Answers
 * Corrective Service Information

March/April 1996


About the Cover: Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr captures the essence of SOM's flexibility and power in this issues's cover, SOM transforms your application development efforts, letting you build robust, reusable, distributed applications.
 * From the Editor: The Object of This Issue
 * What's New?
 * Seton Hall Students Lead the Way From the Wireless to the Real World
 * "Out, Damn Spot!" or How to Rid Your OS/2 Desktop of Pesky Programs
 * Why SOM?
 * IBM System Object Model--The Wave of the Future (and Now!)
 * Building SOM Objects with Native C++
 * Distributing Objects with DSOM
 * Using OpenDoc and SOM in Application Development
 * Enabling Industrial-Strength OO Applications with SOM and CORBAservices
 * SOM Language Neutrality: A VisualAge for SmallTalk Perspective
 * SOM Language Neutrality: An OO COBOL Perspective
 * Corrective Service Information

May/June 1996


About the Cover: A systems administrator, like an orchestra conductor, strives to keep disparate components working together in harmony. With management, the individual parts operate as a harmonious system. Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr's whimsical cover illustration reflects this analogy.
 * From the Editor: IBM and the Internet Go to the Olympics
 * What's New?
 * Avarice Preview: Software Development as an Audience Participation Sport
 * Managing a Systems Management Merger
 * PartitionMagic 2.0--Now Even More Magical
 * IBM's OS/2 Warp Server is HOT. . .HOT. . .HOT!
 * SystemView in OS/2 Warp Server
 * Implementing PC SystemView (NetFinity) in Real-World Environments
 * Lotus Notes-Based Meetings
 * OS/2 Warp Server: An Architectural Primer
 * OS/2 Warp Server: An Installation Primer
 * OS/2 Warp Server Performance Highlights and Tuning Tips
 * TCP/IP CID Client/Server Setup Procedure
 * Corrective Service Information

July/August 1996

 * What's New?
 * Securing Your Communications from Mainframe to Desktop
 * Going Mobile
 * Creating Applications with VisualAge C++'s NMAKE Facility CODE UPDATE
 * Building Object-Oriented Applications from Existing C Code
 * SOM Collection Classes: A Primer for the VisualAge COBOL Programmer
 * Choosing the Right MPEG Solution
 * Computer Security and Implementation
 * Installing FixPaks via CID
 * Meeting Your Users' IS Needs
 * Corrective Service Information

September/October 1996

 * What's New?
 * Everything You Need To Know About The PC Server
 * The IBM PC Server 704
 * Managing PC Servers Using TME 10 NetFinity
 * IBM PC Server Solutions for Today's Network Computing Environments
 * PC Server High-Availability Techniques
 * Specifying a PC Server for Lotus Notes
 * Exploring IBM PC Servers in an ATM Environment
 * The Neighbors -- Microsoft and IBM
 * Going Mobile With Bob Angell

November/December 1996

 * What's New?
 * Today's Help Desk: Providing "Hands-On" Support Remotely By Philippe-Charles Krug-Basse
 * The Personals in OS/2 Warp 4
 * OS/2 Warp 4: "Best on the Planet"
 * OS/2 Warp 4: Internet & intranet
 * OS/2 Warp 4: New Workplace Shell
 * OS/2 Warp 4: Dedicated DOS/Windows Session
 * OS/2 Warp 4: Develop with Java
 * OS/2 Warp 4: JAVA

The last issue published was "November & December 1996" and when it was folded IBM published articles intended for the "January & February 1997" issue online instead.

January/February 1997

 * What's New?
 * NETAnywhere - The Answer to Remote Network Computing by Penny Porter
 * IBM's Intranet Offerings: Pathways to New Heights by Jeri Dube, Donna Pierson
 * Creating a CID Server by Robert L. Angell, Mark Owens.
 * Directory and Security Server Configuration and Tuning by Ken Whitfield.

Contributors

 * Betty Hawkins - Editor
 * Van Landrum - The Personal Systems Magazine's business manager, also wrote a regular column called "Road Trip" that dealt mainly with the internet.
 * Gregory Piamonte
 * Fred Castaneda - Had a regular column called "One-Stop Shopping"
 * Richard K. Goran - Wrote on REXX related subjects.
 * Rick Weaver
 * Chris Fierros
 * Steven P. Schneer
 * Edward Duhe'
 * Bret Curran
 * Randall Johnson
 * Philip Lieberman
 * Herman Rodriguez

Links

 * A copy of the original Personal Systems Magazine homepage (archived)