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Produced by 3 Guys Publishing in Melbourne, Australia.
Produced by 3 Guys Publishing in Melbourne, Australia.
* [[Derek Clarkson]]
* Murray Kennett


==Articles==
==Articles==
* [[OS/2 Zone Magazine Editorial Notes - 1996-Sep-23]]
* [[OS/2 Zone Magazine Editorial Notes - 1996-Sep-23]]


* The Claw (Commentaries)
* The Claw (Commentaries) by Sam the cat
** [[The feerking software bloat and ram prices - you bunch of wimp]] by Sam the cat
** [[The feerking software bloat and ram prices - you bunch of wimp]]
** [[IBM's PC company - do they work for Mickeysoft ? Not to mention Marketing .... ( ok, I'll mention them ! )]] by Sam the cat
** [[IBM's PC company - do they work for Mickeysoft ? Not to mention Marketing .... ( ok, I'll mention them ! )]]
** [[Bugs in software, *HUGE* ones ... idiot programmers and middle management jerkoffs]] by Sam the cat
** [[Bugs in software, *HUGE* ones ... idiot programmers and middle management jerkoffs]]
* [[All Ears]]
* [[All Ears]]
* Misc
* Misc
** [[Corel has announced Corel Office for Java]] By [[Derek Clarkson]]
** [[Corel has announced Corel Office for Java]] By Derek Clarkson
** [[Team OS/2 at PC'96 - The Update]] By Derek Clarkson
** [[Team OS/2 at PC'96 - The Update]] By Derek Clarkson
** [[Team OS/2 at PC'96 - The Post show Update]] By Derek Clarkson
** [[Team OS/2 at PC'96 - The Post show Update]] By Derek Clarkson
** [[PC Week's Review of Warp 4]] By Derek Clarkson
** [[PC Week's Review of Warp 4]] By Derek Clarkson
** [[Selective Re-Instation of TCP/IP apps]] By Derek Clarkson
** [[Selective Re-Instation of TCP/IP apps]] By Derek Clarkson
** [[OS/2 Warp CUSTOMERS RALLY AROUND MERLIN]]
** [[OS/2 Warp CUSTOMERS RALLY AROUND MERLIN]]
** [[ISMAP bug in Web EX V1.03]]
** [[ISMAP bug in Web EX V1.03]]
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** [[Web Ex Querks]] by [[Derek Clarkson‎]]
** [[Web Ex Querks]] by [[Derek Clarkson‎]]
** [[Chart this - Win'95, NT and OS/2]] by Ted Girgus
** [[Chart this - Win'95, NT and OS/2]] by Ted Girgus
** [[Batch Manager 3.0 Announcement]]
** [[Batch Manager 3.0 Announced]]
* [[Guru Fodder]]
* [[Guru Fodder]]
;Articles
;Articles
*Warp 4 Comments Oct - 96, Derek Clarkson
*[[Warp 4 Comments]] (October 10, 1996), Derek Clarkson
:::I've had Warp 4 for a bout a week now, so I thought I'd pass on some comments and thoughts.
:::I've had Warp 4 for a bout a week now, so I thought I'd pass on some comments and thoughts.
*Networking For The Home Oct - 96, Nic McGuigan
*[[Networking for Home]] (April 1996), Nic McGuigan
:::There's not much that Nic doesn't know about Networking. In this article written specifically for the home, he looks at how you can setup a LAN in your own house and the options you have.
:::There's not much that Nic doesn't know about Networking. In this article written specifically for the home, he looks at how you can setup a LAN in your own house and the options you have.
*HPFS - Part 2 July - 96, Dan Bridges
*[http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Inside_the_High_Performance_File_System_-_Part_2 HPFS - Part 2] July - 96, Dan Bridges
:::Here's part 2 of Dan's master work on HPFS. Extensive behind the scenes work and some interesting rexx programs for interrogating your drives.
:::Here's part 2 of Dan's master work on HPFS. Extensive behind the scenes work and some interesting rexx programs for interrogating your drives.
*HPFS - Part 1 June - 96, Dan Bridges
*[http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Inside_the_High_Performance_File_System_-_Part_1 HPFS - Part 1] June - 96, Dan Bridges
:::Here's part 1 of Dan's master work on HPFS. He takes a look at the structure of HPFS and produces some very interesting benchmark results as well.
:::Here's part 1 of Dan's master work on HPFS. He takes a look at the structure of HPFS and produces some very interesting benchmark results as well.
*HPFS - Preface May - 96, Dan Bridges
*HPFS - Preface May - 96, Dan Bridges
:::Coming from Brisbug is sunny Queensland, Dan has written an exhaustive series of articles on HPFS, detailing everything you ever wanted to know, things you didn't and even more than that. So here's the Introduction to the series.
:::Coming from Brisbug is sunny Queensland, Dan has written an exhaustive series of articles on HPFS, detailing everything you ever wanted to know, things you didn't and even more than that. So here's the Introduction to the series.
*S3 Video card installations Dec - 95, Derek Clarkson
* [[S3 Video card installations]] (December 1995), Derek Clarkson
:::S3 based video cards are some of the most common video cards around. In my case I have a Diamond Stealth64 VRAM installed. So I decided to write down some of the tricks I have found to installing cards like this under OS/2.
:::S3 based video cards are some of the most common video cards around. In my case I have a Diamond Stealth64 VRAM installed. So I decided to write down some of the tricks I have found to installing cards like this under OS/2.
*Maius's Left Over Bits Aug - 95, Marius Gleeson
*[[Marius's Left Over Bits]] Aug - 95, Marius Gleeson
:::This is the last in this series. Here Marius looks at whats coming up, new chipsets, memory types and the word on hard drives.
:::This is the last in this series. Here Marius looks at what's coming up, new chipsets, memory types and the word on hard drives.
*Marius on Video Cards Sep - 95, Marius Gleeson
*[[Marius on Video Cards]] Sep - 95, Marius Gleeson
:::This time there was 7 video cards in the box, which one is the best ? only a total hardware head can tell you that.
:::This time there was 7 video cards in the box, which one is the best? only a total hardware head can tell you that.
*Windows'95 Aug - 95, Derek Clarkson
*[[Windows'95]] (August 1995), Derek Clarkson
:::As an Editor of a magazine, it's my job to have an opinion, and lately everyone want's to know what I think of Windows'95. Why should I care ? I use OS/2. Oh well ... here goes anyway !
:::As an Editor of a magazine, it's my job to have an opinion, and lately everyone want's to know what I think of Windows'95. Why should I care ? I use OS/2. Oh well ... here goes anyway !
*EPM Beta Aug - 95, Derek Clarkson
*[[EPM Beta]] (August 1995), Derek Clarkson
:::The EPM editor is a programmers editor which comes with OS/2 and is one of those pieces of software that you either love or hate. In this article I take a quick look at a new version which I discovered on a DEVCON CD.
:::The EPM editor is a programmers editor which comes with OS/2 and is one of those pieces of software that you either love or hate. In this article I take a quick look at a new version which I discovered on a DEVCON CD.
*Marius on Sound Cards Aug - 95, Marius Gleeson
*[[Marius on Sound Cards]] Aug - 95, Marius Gleeson
:::Derek threw a huge box at me that other day and told me to write another article. In it was a number of the more common sound cards around. Who am I to argue ?
:::Derek threw a huge box at me that other day and told me to write another article. In it was a number of the more common sound cards around. Who am I to argue ?
*Object Orientation Jul - 95, Derek Clarkson
*[http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Object_Orientation Object Orientation] (Jul 1995), Derek Clarkson
:::Like it or lump it, Object Orientation is the way that all things software are going. But what is it ? In this article I take some time to left you in on some of the things I have found out about it and hopefully it will be a little clearer at the end.
:::Like it or lump it, Object Orientation is the way that all things software are going. But what is it ? In this article I take some time to left you in on some of the things I have found out about it and hopefully it will be a little clearer at the end.
*Marius on Motherboards Jul - 95, Marius Gleeson
*[[Marius on Motherboards]] Jul - 95, Marius Gleeson
:::If there's one thing that Marius likes, it's the biggest and fastest hardware he can get his hands on. So I asked him to write a series of articles on hardware. This one is on motherboards, whats on them and some information that the manufacturers didn't want you to know.
:::If there's one thing that Marius likes, it's the biggest and fastest hardware he can get his hands on. So I asked him to write a series of articles on hardware. This one is on motherboards, whats on them and some information that the manufacturers didn't want you to know.
* [[LANtastic for OS/2]] May - 95, Derek Clarkson
*[[LANtastic for OS/2]] (May 1995), Derek Clarkson
:::LANtastic is a well known, simple to use LAN designed for networks of all sizes. So I decided to give it a try on the two machines at home. Pity is ... I forgot to tell my flatmate I was going to have to take his apart in this experiment.
:::LANtastic is a well known, simple to use LAN designed for networks of all sizes. So I decided to give it a try on the two machines at home. Pity is ... I forgot to tell my flatmate I was going to have to take his apart in this experiment.
*Windows on the Desktop Jan - 95, Derek Clarkson
*[[Windows on the Desktop]] (January 1995), Derek Clarkson
:::One of the first in the TechTalk series, this article looks at how OS/2 gets programs written for MS Windows 3.1 to run on your desktop. Tehre's an amazing amount of activity under the hood of this.
:::One of the first in the TechTalk series, this article looks at how OS/2 gets programs written for MS Windows 3.1 to run on your desktop. There's an amazing amount of activity under the hood of this.
;REXX
;REXX
* [http://www.edm2.com/index.php/The_Joy_of_REXX The Joy of REXX]by Dan Bridges
* [http://web.archive.org/web/19961113065210/http://www.os2zone.aus.net/rexxit/nictp/rexmain.htm REXX Techniques and Practices] (Sep 1995)  
* [http://web.archive.org/web/19961113065210/http://www.os2zone.aus.net/rexxit/nictp/rexmain.htm REXX Techniques and Practices] (Sep 1995)  
 
* [http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Watcom%27s_VX-REXX_version_2.1_Review Watcom's VX-REXX version 2.1 Review] by Derek Clarkson
==BIOs==
;Subrutines
===Sam the cat===
* [http://www.edm2.com/index.php/SOM_%26_DSOM_-_An_Introduction SOM & DSOM - An Introduction] By Nicholas McGuigan
Sam the cat is resident 'Demander-of-attention' at the editors household. Of un-known age and origin, he is often disposed towards eating, sleeping and depositing fur on all visitors to the house.
:::Nick McGuigan is a well respected Senior Consultant from IBM. Recent I asked him if he would write an article about SOM. I guess now that he's written it, I'm going to have to front that bottle of red I bribed him with.
 
* [[Misc for Programmers]]
He will only eat fish based Whiskers, although he is also partial to McNuggets.
:::I've been getting a lot of bits and pieces through the mail recently, so I've decided that we need a Misc section just for programmers.
 
On his day off, he prefers to sleep, toss the editor's clothes out of his chest of draws, pull bathroom towels off the racks and swing on clothes on the washing line.
 
He also is locally known for his *VERY* sharp claws.


==Links==
==Links==

Latest revision as of 15:57, 22 December 2024

Produced by 3 Guys Publishing in Melbourne, Australia.

Articles

Articles
I've had Warp 4 for a bout a week now, so I thought I'd pass on some comments and thoughts.
There's not much that Nic doesn't know about Networking. In this article written specifically for the home, he looks at how you can setup a LAN in your own house and the options you have.
Here's part 2 of Dan's master work on HPFS. Extensive behind the scenes work and some interesting rexx programs for interrogating your drives.
Here's part 1 of Dan's master work on HPFS. He takes a look at the structure of HPFS and produces some very interesting benchmark results as well.
  • HPFS - Preface May - 96, Dan Bridges
Coming from Brisbug is sunny Queensland, Dan has written an exhaustive series of articles on HPFS, detailing everything you ever wanted to know, things you didn't and even more than that. So here's the Introduction to the series.
S3 based video cards are some of the most common video cards around. In my case I have a Diamond Stealth64 VRAM installed. So I decided to write down some of the tricks I have found to installing cards like this under OS/2.
This is the last in this series. Here Marius looks at what's coming up, new chipsets, memory types and the word on hard drives.
This time there was 7 video cards in the box, which one is the best? only a total hardware head can tell you that.
As an Editor of a magazine, it's my job to have an opinion, and lately everyone want's to know what I think of Windows'95. Why should I care ? I use OS/2. Oh well ... here goes anyway !
The EPM editor is a programmers editor which comes with OS/2 and is one of those pieces of software that you either love or hate. In this article I take a quick look at a new version which I discovered on a DEVCON CD.
Derek threw a huge box at me that other day and told me to write another article. In it was a number of the more common sound cards around. Who am I to argue ?
Like it or lump it, Object Orientation is the way that all things software are going. But what is it ? In this article I take some time to left you in on some of the things I have found out about it and hopefully it will be a little clearer at the end.
If there's one thing that Marius likes, it's the biggest and fastest hardware he can get his hands on. So I asked him to write a series of articles on hardware. This one is on motherboards, whats on them and some information that the manufacturers didn't want you to know.
LANtastic is a well known, simple to use LAN designed for networks of all sizes. So I decided to give it a try on the two machines at home. Pity is ... I forgot to tell my flatmate I was going to have to take his apart in this experiment.
One of the first in the TechTalk series, this article looks at how OS/2 gets programs written for MS Windows 3.1 to run on your desktop. There's an amazing amount of activity under the hood of this.
REXX
Subrutines
Nick McGuigan is a well respected Senior Consultant from IBM. Recent I asked him if he would write an article about SOM. I guess now that he's written it, I'm going to have to front that bottle of red I bribed him with.
I've been getting a lot of bits and pieces through the mail recently, so I've decided that we need a Misc section just for programmers.

Links