IBM PSP Developer Support News - 1994 - Issue 5 Summary



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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

One-on-One Porting Assistance     Announcement of Custom Application Offered                           Porting Workshops for porting to OS/2 and PenDOS. Port from 16-bit OS/2, DOS, Windows, or UNIX. Help with SOM and MMPM/2. Customer testimonial about the value and time savings offered by IBM's workshops. Contacts for more information.

One UP to Unveil 32-Bit Source    Product debuts with enhancements for Code Converter at PSP             porting to PowerPC and Workplace OS. SMART components and descriptions. Current capability to port 16-bit apps; next beta will port 32-bit apps. One UP's upcoming product plans.

Porting Windows Applications to   Overall options. The porting process. OS/2: Problems and Solutions      Analysis. Code replacement. API macros / functions. Code-assist replacement. Unsupported features. Platform-specific features. Factors affecting the porting process. Porting Tools. Windows-to-OS/2 implementation issues. Simplify and expedite porting with SMART. NOTE: This item is 377 lines long.

SMART Review                      SMART tool on Volume 3 of Developer Connection CD-ROM. How SMART works. Features of SMART found on Developer Connection CD-ROM. SMART options. SMART porting. SMART analysis. Should you try SMART? Feedback.

Additional Session of Physical    6-10 June. Workshop description. Device Driver Workshop            Objective. Target audience. Attendee prerequisites. Workshop outline. Registration and more information. Registration form.

New OS/2 & LAN Systems            Featuring over 400 tools from ISVs Development Tools Guide           and IBM. Comes in both hardcopy and a                                  softcopy .INF file. How to order hardcopy. Softcopy to be distributed to places that post DSNEWS. Call for tools to list in next issue.

OS/2 and LAN Systems Product      Deadline: 15 August 1994. How to Nomination Form                   submit.

Open Letter to the Budding OS/2   Written by Timothy Sipples. Free Software Developer                advice. Anticipating user demand. Twelve things it takes to compete: Price. Features. REXX. Workplace Shell/SOM. MMPM/2. Multithreading. Installation. 32 Bits. User Interface. Online Help. Extended Attributes. HPFS Long Filenames. Testing.

IBM VisualAge for OS/2, Version   Application development environment 1.0                               for client/server applications. Summary of features. More detailed description. Enabling customer's                                  competitive advantage. Time to                                  market. Application developer productivity. Improved application quality. Visual programming. IBM Smalltalk development environment. Library support and team programming. Statement of general direction. Publications. Operating environments. Application runtime environment. Additional License Copy. Additional License Copy Upgrade. Program Upgrade. Ordering information and charges. NOTE: This item is 505 lines long.

VisualAge SOMsupport Beta Test    Open to IBM employees and VisualAge Program                           customers. VisualAge SOMsupport description. Beta objectives. Operating assumptions. How to                                  participate. Beta questionnaire. Contact information.

IBM LAN Server 3.01               Overview. Performance, reliability, and support enhancements. How to                                  obtain.

LAN Systems Visuals Feedback      Kinds of visuals for which feedback Sought                            is solicited. Contact information.

"Tested and Approved for LAN      Certification for ISV and IHV Systems" Certification Program     products. Compliments "Ready for LAN                                  Server" certification. Contacts for more information.

OS/2 Accredited Moves Into        Credit for OS/2 Accredited status Professional Certification        given toward Certified OS/2 Engineer Program from IBM                  or Certified LAN Server Engineer. How to obtain credit. Contacts for more information.

DB2 Client/Server Developer       Enrollment kit and license agreement. Assistance Program                DB2 software and documentation. Notification of DAP activities. Listing in Client/Server DB2 Solutions Directory. Contact for more information or enrollment.

Clarification about Technical     Beta version at present. Feedback Connection CD-ROM                 solicited. Contents. Price. How to                                  order.

Latest Release of The Developer   Highlights of Volume 3 contents. Connection Addresses User Demand  Technical support media. System for OS/2 Development Tools and    requirements. Subscription prices. Support

Kernel Debug Files for OS/2 2.11  Description. Where to find. and OS/2 2.1 ServicePak

TCP/IP Price Promotion in the USA Special price for Base and NFS Kit for TCP/IP for either OS/2 or                                  DOS/Windows. Expires 30 September 1994. Features included.

Personally Safe'n'Sound Now       Description. Ideal for LAN Available Worldwide               environment. How to order. Promotional price. Contact information.

OURS: Open Users Recommended      Organization promoting Solutions                         interoperability of computing products that operate in a                                  multi-vendor environment. Mission. Four task forces and deliverables. Contacts for more information.

Overview of the OS/2 Operating    Workplace -- open standards and System for the PowerPC            technologies. Workplace begins with OS/2. OS/2 operating system for PowerPC. Microkernel-based architecture. How microkernel architecture benefits OS/2. Migration to objects. Setting the stage for the future.

Leading Vendors Unify to          New organizational structure, Accelerate Open Systems           combining Open Software Foundation and UNIX International. New per-project sponsorship model and pre-structured technology process. User and developer participation is                                  key. Envisioned benefits. Details about new organizational model. Migration from current OSF technologies to new model.

Text of Lou Gerstner's Speech to  Focuses on getting closer to Securities Analysts, 24 March      customers and on setting IBM's 1994, New York City                strategic directions. Three overlapping phases in the history of                                  the computer industry. What our customers are telling us today. IBM's vision statement. Six broad strategic imperatives.

Imperative 1: Driving key technologies through our product line. PowerPC. Mainframe CMOS and advanced parallelism. Ease-of-use technologies. Object-oriented software. Leveraging IBM technologies through licensing and OEM. IBM Microelectronics.

Imperative 2: Increase IBM's                                  client/server market share. Common family of operating systems. Workplace. IBM Microkernel. Seamless distributed computing. Middleware. DB2. CICS. Systems management tools.

Imperative 3: Leadership in                                  network-centric computing. Information superhighways. PDAs. IBM's dual approach: Infrastructure provider and solutions provider.

Imperative 4: Realign the way we                                  deliver value to customers. Focused product specialists. New direct-marketing distribution channels for entire product line. Industry groups offering services.

Imperative 5: Rapidly expand our leadership in emerging geographic markets. Their commitment to                                  implement information technology. IBM's proven experience throughout the world.

Imperative 6: Leverage IBM's size and scale across research, development, manufacturing, distribution, and services. Examples of IBM research. Pulling together technology and skills across divisions. Working on different components of key technologies. IBM's                                  primary challenge: Build on what we                                   have. IBM's most important strategic priority: execution.

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Sources & Solutions Second        Publication promoting PSP-related Edition Under Way                 products and services to consumers. Second edition due in September. Circulation and distribution methods. Items that will be listed. Advertising rates and schedule. Media kit.

IBM PSP 1994 Trade Show Schedule  PSP's 1994 trade show participation in the USA.

Local Telephone Access to E/ME/A  Shadows of central BBS established in DAP Bulletin Board System          eight European countries. BBS contents. Contact for information about joining the E/ME/A DAP.

Europe/Middle East/Africa DAP     Sent quarterly at no charge to E/ME/A Library on CD-ROM                 DAP members in all countries. Contents of Volume 1, March 1994.

IBM E/ME/A OEM Software Bundling  Information about ISV offerings Program Available to ISVs         compiled for OEM bundling Worldwide                         opportunities. Kinds of OS/2 products solicited. Software bundling interest form.

IBM Integrated Technologies       Canadian version of the IBM Technical Conference, Toronto, Canada       Interchange, to be held 1 through 3 November 1994.

COMDEX/Canada, 13-15 July,        50,000 attendees expected. PSP offers Toronto                           exhibit space at reasonable prices to                                   ISVs. Contact information.

Device Driver Source Kit          New phone number for ordering. Ordering in Canada                Subscription and single- copy prices.

DBCS Documentation and            Produced by IBM's DBCS Technical Subroutine Information Available  Coordination Office. List of to ISVs                           documents and subroutines.

OS/2 2.1 Country Support:         Keyboards, country codes, and Keyboard and Codepage Information codepages for major world countries.

List of OS/2 User Groups          OS/2 user groups known to IBM as of 1 April 1994. Contact information. NOTE: This item is 790 lines long.

What to Look For in an E-Mail     A way of life. What to look for. System                            Useful features explained. Detailed charts of services and prices. NOTE: This item is 294 lines long.

o OS/2 BBSs Across the World                                   bbsos2 Comprehensive list of OS/2 bulletin-board systems all over the world. Includes BBS name, SysOp name(s), modem settings, country, and state (within the USA). How to change or add information to the list. NOTE: This item is 580 lines long.

Subscription Information for The  Worldwide phone and fax numbers for Developer COnnection for OS/2 and ordering. the IBM Device Driver Source Kit (DDK) for OS/2

List of OS/2 Periodicals          All you need to know about OS/2 periodicals published within and outside IBM. NOTE: This item is 368 lines long.

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WHERE TO FIND IBM PSP DEVELOPER SUPPORT NEWS (DSNEWS)

Outside IBM ---

DSNEWS zipped files are found on several e-mail and BBS systems:

o America Online, in the OS/2 forum, in the Newsletters library o CompuServe, in OS2DF2 forum, *DAP library section 14 and in OS2DF1 forum, OPEN FORUM library section 15 o GEnie, in OS/2 Software Library 16 o Gopher, in index.almaden.ibm.com, OS/2 Information menu o IBM Canada BBS, in file area 35, OS/2 Programming o IBM Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) BBS, in file area DOCS.PUBS o IBM France OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS, in area PUBS01 o IBM OS2BBS (TALKLink), in OS/2 Software Library, in Documents and Info o IBM Personal Computer Company BBS, in file area 11, OS/2 Programming o Internet, in anonymous ftp server software.watson.ibm.com, in           directory /pub/os2/info o PRODIGY, in the OS/2 Club topic's download library, in IBM Files

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