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These programs are available on all sponsored IBM BBS's and CompuServe. The file names are the filename.ZIP listed in this catalog.
IBM Solution Developer Operations


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1996 Issue 3, 15 February 1996
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** A Welcome from the Vice President (gantmsg)
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** Grow Your Market Opportunities with the IBM Solution Developer Program (growmkt)
** IBM Solution Developer Program Specialty Offerings (listpid)
**: AIX POWER Team Partners in Development.
**: AS/400 Partners in Development.
**: DB2 Partners in Development.
**: Distributed Computing Partners in Development.
**: Flowmark Partners in Development.
**: ImagePlus Partners in Development.
**: MQSeries Partners in Development and CICS Partners in Development.
**: Object Connection Partners in Development.
**: OS/2 Partners in Development.
**: Retail Solutions Partners in Development.
**: S/390 Partners in Development.
**: SystemView Partners in Development.
**: How to enroll in additional specialty offerings.
**: How to update a member profile.
** IBM Solution Developer Program Technical Services (techserv)
**: White papers. Frequently asked questions. Hints and tips. Education roadmaps.
** IBM Solution Developer Program Business Services (busserv)
**: Hertz.
** IBM Solution Developer Program Go-to-Market Services (mktserv)
**: Solutions directories. User groups.
* IBM Sold Record Numbers of OS/2 Warp at End of 1995; OS/2 (recwarp)<br/>
*:Sales Now Top 12 Million Worldwide Sales rise expected after Windows 95. Sticking with OS/2 in a business environment. Successes for OS/2 developers.
*: More in store for 1996. IBM news releases.
* IBM PSP Announces 1996 Product Development Plans (plan1996)<br/>1996 focus on X86 products. A million OS/2 Warp licenses shipped in December. Upcoming: Merlin. Also upcoming: OS/2 Warp Server. Successful 1995 for OS/2 Warp family.


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==The IBM Solution Developer Program==
----
The IBM Solution Developer Program is a worldwide IBM initiative to help commercial solution developers grow their business on IBM software and hardware platforms and technologies. It is designed to simplify access to a wide range of IBM development support programs by providing a single coordinating point for developers with IBM. The IBM Solution Developer Program combines and improves existing development offerings from the various IBM product divisions into one worldwide program.
 
Technical, Business, and Marketing Support
 
The IBM Solution Developer Program provides solution developers with a consistent and reliable set of offerings and information on technical, business, and marketing support services. It capitalizes on the focus of today's specialty offerings, which are called Partners in Development, such as the OS/2 Partners in Development, AS/400 Partners in Development, and Object Connection Partners in Development.
 
Cross-Platform
 
The IBM Solution Developer Program covers all IBM operating systems (OS/2, AIX, AS/400, and MVS); software products such as DB2, CICS, and NetView; and specific technology areas such as object technology and systems management.
 
The program will be especially useful to commercial software developers who want to build mission-critical, multi-platform, client-server applications.
 
Two Types of Membership
 
There are two types of membership:
* Commercial Developer Member (for companies who develop software for the commercial market)
* Individual Member (for people registering as individuals).
Some of the program content is clearly designed to help companies expand their market opportunity, and will be available only to Commercial Developer Members.
 
As a member, you will find IBM strategy documents, technical insights, and other information that is critical to you and your business if you are to expand into existing and emerging markets.
 
The Services You Requested
 
The IBM Solution Developer Program can provide the services you have requested:
* Easier contact and consistent ways to do business with IBM
* A complimentary information tier, with access to specialty offerings designed to help you grow your business through successful development on IBM technologies
* A worldwide and standardized set of deliverables
* A single, universal membership number and password that identifies you as a member across all IBM development platforms
* Easy access to information and Solution Developer Program services through the Worldwide Web
 
Membership Registration
 
You can register as either a Commercial Developer Member or an Individual Member by accessing the registration form on the World Wide Web at http://www.developer.ibm.com.
 
More Information
 
You can obtain more information about the IBM Solution Developer Program through any of the following methods:
* Internet: ibmsd@vnet.ibm.com
* Fax: 1-770-835-9444
* Solution Developer Hotline (Worldwide): 1-770-835-9902
* Solution Developer Hotline (US and Canada): 1-800-627-8363
 
==A Welcome from the Vice President==
Dear Developer,
 
The IBM Solution Developer Program combines IBM's developer activities into one exciting new program to help commercial developers create and market software solutions with the growing family of IBM products. Teaming with IBM through the IBM Solution Developer Program will provide you with opportunities to reach new customers for your products and expand your business into new markets.
 
Our goal is to help you grow your business through successful development on IBM platforms, and to make it easy and efficient for you to do business with IBM. We have streamlined access to information and services. The IBM Solution Developer Program provides a single worldwide program for your business, technical, and marketing needs.
 
The Solution Developer Program consists of a set of free programs and services and a wide variety of selectable specialty programs that are priced according to their individual content. These specialty programs may include additional software and hardware discounts, marketing services, documentation, and technical support.
 
As a member of our developer family, you will receive technical information, news of special promotions, descriptions of various specialty offerings, "how-to" materials, and timely information about IBM's technology strategy and our vision for the future.
 
If you already belong to one of IBM's developer programs, you are automatically a member of this new worldwide program. To register as a new member (individual or company), simply fill out the registration form on our Internet Worldwide Web site at http://www.developer.ibm.com.
 
You may contact us through any of the following methods:
* Internet: ibmsd@vnet.ibm.com
* Fax: 1-770-835-9444
* Solution Developer Hotline (Worldwide): 1-770-835-9902
* Solution Developer Hotline (US and Canada): 1-800-627-8363
We look forward to working together for our mutual benefit and success.
 
Sincerely,
 
James J. Gant
Vice President
IBM Solution Developer Operations
 
==Grow Your Market Opportunities with the IBM Solution Developer Program==
Solution developers! Expand your business by working with IBM, a partner who is willing and able to give you the help you need. You can choose IBM as your software development partner and experience the advantages that only we can provide to compliment your products.
 
* As the world's largest software company, IBM shares its leading technologies with other solution developers. Working together, IBM and its solution developer partners can provide comprehensive hardware and software solutions to our mutual customers.
* IBM leads the industry in its promotion and support of international standards for open architecture. By working with IBM interfaces built on published standards, software developers can maximize continuity and investment protection as technology evolves.
* IBM has charted a course to leadership in the next major arena of computer software: Network-Centric Computing. Work with us now to share in that success and help ensure continued market growth for your products.
* Expand your market reach! The Solution Developer Program helps you access all IBM hardware/software platforms, and take advantage of IBM middleware that runs on a variety of IBM and non-IBM platforms. You can choose to migrate your application to run on one of our middleware products and immediately increase your market presence to encompass that wide range of supported platforms.
* Extend your market range! IBM supports customers in 155 countries on six continents. IBM wants to work with solution developers like you to extend into new markets around the globe.
 
The IBM Solution Developer Program provides extensive support and services in the areas of marketing, technical, and business to its members. Membership allows commercial software developers to share in the growth potential that investing in IBM's technologies affords.
 
Other attractive features of the program include:
* Easy access through the World Wide Web to all program services and information
* Extensive and knowledgeable technical staff, available to solution developers worldwide
* IBM's commitment to help members of the IBM Solution Developer Program to succeed
* Participating "specialty" Partners in Development areas, such as the DB2 Partners in Development, that continually improve their offerings and provide information on operating systems and other software products across IBM's platforms.
 
Take advantage of these benefits now by joining the IBM Solution Developer Program. To register, access our Web site at
http://www.developer.ibm.com, and fill in and submit the appropriate registration form.
 
==IBM Solution Developer Program Specialty Offerings==
The IBM Solution Developer Program provides a framework for many Specialty Offerings (Partners In Development) which cover IBM's major hardware and software platforms. Designed to provide business, technical, and go-to-market services for specific IBM technologies, these programs enable solution developers to select the program that is appropriate to their current business needs.
 
The following information provides IBM Solution Developer Program members with a brief description of the Partners In Development programs available from IBM.
 
====AIX POWER Team Partners In Development====
The AIX POWER Team Partners in Development offering is an exciting program developed just for you! The program is tailored to help you, the developer, gain access to the IBM tools that can help build and grow your product in the AIX marketplace. Membership in the AIX POWER Team allows you to take advantage of a variety of programs, which include:
* Technical Support
* Development
* Equipment
* Marketing
Learn about the many programs and facilities IBM has to offer. Making it easy for you to work with IBM is an important goal of the program.
 
Become a member of the AIX POWER Team and work with IBM to expand your sales and marketing opportunities, take advantage of the technical support and equipment offerings, and keep on the leading edge of new technologies.
 
====AS/400 Partners In Development====
AS/400 Partners in Development is your access to IBM AS/400 development resources from the AS/400 Division. All IBM Authorized AS/400 Business Partners and independent AS/400 software developers worldwide may participate. In brief, AS/400 Partners in Development offers partner-to-lab synergy, unique on-line developer support, no-charge software licenses, special developer lease options, early release code prior to General Availability (GA), AS/400 demo rental, licensed internal program interfaces, and lab-to-member newsletter.
 
====DB2 Partners In Development====
Worldwide, over 1,000 independent software vendors support IBM DATABASE 2 (DB2), and participate in DB2 Partners in Development. The program is designed to assist professional developers with the production of software that will exploit DB2 and IBM's Distributed Database Connection Service.
 
IBM will provide:
* Use of DB2 code and documentation
* Hotline technical support and a worldwide electronic forum
* Senior staff advocacy for program feedback, and assistance with product offerings, business relationships, and marketing opportunities
* Access to IBM marketing programs, such as exhibitions, conferences, and mailings
* Inclusion of vendor products in the DB2 Solutions Directory, which is distributed to the IBM field force, customers, business partners, and trade-show attendees
 
DB2, IBM's premier host relational database product, is now available on AIX/6000, OS/2, Hewlett-Packard's HP 9000, and Sun Solaris platforms.
 
====Distributed Computing Partners In Development====
Distributed Computing Partners in Development provides assistance and support for companies developing client/server applications based on the industry-standard Open Software Foundation (OSF) Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) technology.
 
IBM's DCE provides the environment and tools to build industrial-strength client/server applications in a heterogeneous environment.
 
The Distributed Computing Partners in Development offering features at no charge:
* Development copies of DCE
* Technical Education
* Toll-free telephone technical support
 
====Flowmark Partners In Development====
IBM FlowMark is a workflow manager that gives a company control of its business activities - whatever the nature of the business. Workflow design, tracking, automation, management, documentation, and improvement are important in the emerging science of Business Process Reengineering, but there is potential to integrate FlowMark into many different types of application software.
 
IBM FlowMark is an object-oriented, distributed application that can run standalone or as client/server. Current implementations provide OS/2 and AIX server function, with support for OS/2, AIX, and Windows clients.
Multiple servers may share a single database. FlowMark for MVS, now in limited availability, allows integration of MVS applications, and will ultimately provide MVS server support.
 
The FlowMark Partners in Development offering features, at no charge:
* Free use of code, documentation, and tools
* Technical support via toll-free phone number
* Education support
* Solution Directory listing of vendor products
* Other marketing opportunities as available
 
====ImagePlus Partners In Development====
ImagePlus Partners in Development is designed to help solution providers integrate IBM ImagePlus products into their product or service offerings. This offering is open to commercial software developers, consultants, and system integrators. The program provides support for both IBM ImagePlus VisualInfo, and for IBM SAA ImagePlus Workfolder Application Facility/400. Membership in the IBM ImagePlus PID allows you to take advantage of a variety of benefits, which include:
* Free use of ImagePlus code, documentation and tools
* Technical Support - "committed to satisfy"
* No charge for membership
* Toll-free 800 support
* Internet forums / e-mail
* Broad skill base with high customer satisfaction
* Possible provision of higher-level support if warranted
* Vendor advocacy for support of non-technical questions
* Participation in complementary IBM Partnership programs
* Participation in event marketing of IBM software products
* Inclusion of your solution in IBM's on-line Solution Directory
 
====MQSeries Partners in Development and CICS Partners in Development====
MQSeries and CICS Partners in Development are offered by IBM's Hursley Laboratories. These offerings are open to professional developers, integrators, and remarketers who sell commercial software solutions and/or services, and are free of charge. The following products are supported:
* MQSeries on OS/2
* MQSeries for OS/400
* MQSeries on AIX
* MQSeries for MVS/ESA
* MQSeries for SUNOS
* MQSeries for HP
* MQSeries for DEC
* MQSeries for SUN Solaris
* CICS on OS/2
* CICS on AIX
* CICS Clients
The contents of the offering include:
* Software and documentation for development purposes
* 800-number technical support in the US and Canada
* Worldwide technical support via toll call
* Technical support through the CICS and MQSeries forum on CompuServe and the Internet
* Product education (most platforms, some at cost)
* Program advocate for information on IBM's business directions and strategies
* Developer kits and program samples
* Automatic subscription to the CICS / MQSeries newsletters (as applicable)
* Opportunity to participate in early-code programs
* Listing of your product in the CICS / MQSeries Solutions Directory (as applicable)
* Notification of the CICS and MQSeries technical conference and other relevant events
* Opportunity to become a member of IBM's BESTeam marketing program
 
====Object Connection Partners In Development====
The Object Connection Partners in Development offering is designed to encourage enterprises to go into the business of building software components, specifically VisualAge-enabled software components for sale on the open market.
 
Emerging software business modes for object technology suggest that component software will be the key method for delivering software function in the future. IBM is investing heavily in this area, and is taking a leadership position in this emerging form of software business.
 
Services included in the offering are:
* Loaned development licenses for VisualAge
* Product Support; interactively on the Internet, TALKlink, CompuServe, phone, and fax
* Merchandising assistance via IBM published catalogue
 
====OS/2 Partners In Development====
The OS/2 Partners in Development offering is open to all OS/2 software developers. It is designed to provide a broad range of services for the growing and increasingly diverse OS/2 development community. Services include OS/2 information and a variety of technical, business and marketing support services. Your eligibility depends on the type of products you are developing. Extensions and customized services will vary based on specific developer needs.
 
====Retail Solutions Partners in Development====
The Retail Solutions Partners in Development offering is open to all retail software developers. Members receive a 50 percent discount on all Store Systems hardware and software for both Point-of-Sale and In-Store Processing. Technical support services are also available through IBMLink, TALKlink, and SupportLine. Configuration assistance is provided free of charge. Members are encouraged to participate in trade shows and technical conferences.
 
====S/390 Partners In Development====
The S/390 Partners in Development is an exciting offering that provides many advantages across the S/390 platform for qualified solution developers. This offering enhances communication between customers, association members, and IBM, and provides assistance in obtaining the resources necessary to develop and support diverse customer solutions on IBM's S/390 platforms. The offerings available through the S/390 Partners in Development can help members in lowering the cost of developing and marketing solutions for our customers.
 
====SystemView Partners In Development====
The SystemView Partners in Development provides its members with an array of features, services, and support across all SystemView disciplines and all operating environments. For example, a member can use the same set of services to develop and market a problem-management product and a performance-management product, both in multiple SystemView environments - all under the auspices of the SystemView Partners in Development.
 
Open to all third-party solution providers who develop applications, agents, or services of SystemView, the program:
* Enables software providers to integrate their management applications with SystemView
* Helps customers select the solutions they need by offering integration testing and publishing the integration status of every member's applications
* Enables service providers - such as system integrators, consultants, educators, and remarketers - to understand SystemView's capabilities and strategy
 
====How to Enroll in Additional Specialty Offerings====
As an IBM Solution Developer Program member, you can enroll for a Specialty Offering through the IBM Solution Developer Program home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.developer.ibm.com. The simple steps are:
* Go to the Solution Developer Program registration page.
* Enter your registration number and password.
* Click on the "Update Registration" button. Your current membership information will be displayed.
* Indicate which additional Specialty Offering you are interested in.
* Click on "Send Registration".
You will receive all of the necessary information to complete your enrollment. Requirements for enrollment vary by offering.
 
====How to Update a Member Profile====
If you, as an existing member of the Solution Developer Program, would like to submit changes to the membership information that you previously submitted:
* Go to the Solution Developer Program registration page.
* Select "update" to change or add information to your existing registration.
 
==IBM Solution Developer Program Technical Services==
As an IBM Solution Developer Program member, you will have access to a broad range of technical support information. This information is designed to provide members with IBM strategy documents, technical insights, and other information that is critical to you and your business if you are to expand into existing and emerging markets.
 
====White Papers====
IBM provides a wide range of information that discusses the benefits of incorporating IBM technologies in customer solutions. Information on technologies from base operating systems through how to exploit objects is available. This information is designed to provide you with insight into exploiting these technologies in the marketplace.
 
These documents are available in the main library of the IBM Solution Developer Program Home Page.
 
====Frequently Asked Questions====
As a member of the Solution Developer Program, you have access to the a subset of the questions asked of our technical staff. Grouped by technologies, these subsets offer IBM Solution Developer Program members a convenient way to quickly review the "hot" questions of the month. Gathered from the technical support programs of the Partners In Development offerings, these FAQ files can help reduce the Solution Developer's technical support costs while improving time to market.
 
Topics covered in these FAQ files include:
* OS/2
* AIX
* Middleware - DB2, CICS, MQSeries, Communications, etc.
* AS/400
* S/390
FAQ files are available in the main library of the IBM Solution Developer Program Home Page.
 
====Hints and Tips====
As a member of the IBM Solution Developer Program, you will be given access to technology oriented Hints and Tips (HATs). Gathered from the technical support programs of the Partners In Development offerings, these HAT files are designed to provide you with additional information about development on IBM technologies. HATs will be made available on a regular basis, so Solution Developer Program members can keep current on the latest activities within the technology areas.
 
As these files become available, IBM Solution Developer Program members will be able to access them in the main library of the IBM Solution Developer Home Page.
 
====Education Roadmaps====
The IBM Solution Developer Program is in the process of developing a comprehensive set of education roadmaps to assist members in creating a set of core competencies within their organization. These roadmaps are designed to develop expertise on operating systems, cross-platform technologies such as objects, and the wide range of middleware available
from IBM.
 
As these roadmaps become available, IBM Solution Developer Program members will be able to access them in the developer education section of the IBM Solution Developer Program home page.
 
==IBM Solution Developer Program Business Services==
The IBM Solution Developer Program makes a number of business services available to its members. These services range from general business discounts and no-charge evaluation software, to substantial savings on the purchase of IBM technologies for use in the development of commercial solutions.
 
====Hertz====
Hertz and IBM have been working closely together in providing a special program for Solution Developer Program members.
 
We are happy to be able to provide this discount program to our members, along with complimentary membership to Hertz Number 1 Club Gold Service - the best, most efficient, overall car-rental service available today.
 
For information on how to sign up for Hertz discounted rates, contact Ms. Christine Heins, Hertz National Accounts, at 1-203-348-9767. Identify yourself as a member of the IBM Solution Developer Program.
 
Hertz will ensure that the best possible rates and benefits are provided to your business, based on which one of the following conditions is determined:
* Whether your business has an existing program with Hertz.
* Whether your business has a current program that is already more advantageous than that of the Solution Developer Program.
* Whether your business has a current program that is not as advantageous as that of the Solution Developer Program.
Where such discounts are permitted by law, up to 10 percent discounts on published "basic time and kilometer" rates will apply at participating locations. These discounts may vary according to geographic region.
 
==IBM Solution Developer Program Go-to-Market Services==
====Solutions Directories====
Where can you find software solutions? How can you market your products?
 
IBM makes a broad range of solution directories available to Commercial Solution Developers for listing your products. These Internet directories are conveniently organized around industry and product categories, with a search facility to help customers find specific solutions quickly and easily. These directories are an invaluable source of software solutions, and an excellent way for you to market your products to the right audience.
 
A listing of these directories is available on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.developer.ibm.com/products/.
 
====User Groups====
Contact information is available for a wide range of user groups that focus on IBM technologies. This network of organizations is a valuable source of business, technical, and marketing information that can help you leverage technologies in your own business. With frequent meetings and discussion groups, these organizations can help members obtain information on changes in the fast-moving information technology industry.
 
User Group information for a particular IBM platform can be found on the Partners in Development World Wide Web page associated with that platform. For a listing of the Partners in Development pages, refer to URL http://www.developer.ibm.com/sdp/pid/.
 
==IBM Sold Record Numbers of OS/2 Warp at End of 1995; OS/2 Sales Now Top 12 Million Worldwide==
IBM announces record sales figures for OS/2 Warp, with one million licenses sold in December, escalating the total number of OS/2 Warp licenses to six million and overall OS/2 purchases to more than 12 million.
 
====Sales Rise Expected After Windows 95====
"We expected OS/2 Warp sales to rise after customers had a chance to try out Windows 95," said Wally Casey, director of marketing and brand management for IBM Personal Software Products. "December brought us proof of this when our sales reached an all-time high, capping what we believe was a very successful year for the OS/2 Warp family of products."
 
====Sticking with OS/2 in a Business Environment====
"After evaluating Windows 95, I'm not surprised that OS/2 sales are up," said Greg Bell, information systems supervisor at the Kentucky Department of Property Taxation. "OS/2 Warp delivers superior multitasking, is relatively easy to use, and rarely crashes. I certainly wouldn't bet my business on Windows 95. It is only marginally better than Windows 3.11. In a business environment, I'm staying away from Windows 95 and sticking with OS/2."
 
====Successes for OS/2 Developers====
Success of OS/2-compatible applications rose with sales of the operating system. OS/2 developers like SPG Inc., WitchDesk Inc., PowerQuest, and Computer Data Strategies all experienced strong sales in the fourth quarter of 1995. And Stardock Systems' OS/2-based Galactic Civilizations was voted Best Game of 1995 on the Internet PC Games Charts, a site on the Internet where computer game players vote weekly on their favorite PC games.
 
"We just completed our largest quarter ever," said Brent Bowlby, president of Woodbury, Minnesota-based Computer Data Strategies, Inc., which manufactures BackAgain/2 backup and recovery software. "OS/2 provides an open market for small companies, such as CDS, to begin their path to success. Combining this technically sophisticated operating system with a growing user base and a growing demand for native OS/2 solutions spells success for those developers developing in this market."
 
"We began shipping PartitionMagic in March '95, and within six months we were running a profitable business," said Eric J. Ruff, president of PowerQuest, an Orem, Utah-based company which develops a utility that allows OS/2 users to dynamically create, shrink, expand, and move partitions on the fly without destroying data. "At the start of the fourth quarter, sales were up 20 percent. In November we introduced Version 2.0, and sales tripled. And in December, sales for OS/2 products were again higher than anticipated."
 
====More in Store for 1996====
IBM will capitalize on a successful 1995 by connecting computer users to each other and the future with a comprehensive offering of OS/2-based products in 1996. The industry-acclaimed OS/2 Warp Server will simplify distributed computing for businesses and workgroups of all sizes when it ships this quarter. And the next generation of OS/2 Warp, code-named Merlin, will launch users further into the network-centric world of computing with market-leading plans for networking and Internet capabilities, an enhanced user interface, and improved OpenDoc support.
 
====IBM News Releases====
IBM news releases are available on the Internet, via the IBM home page at http://www.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329) and enter 99 at the voice menu.
 
==IBM PSP Announces 1996 Product Development Plans==
In remarks to PSP employees on 21 January, John W. Thompson, General Manager, IBM Personal Software Products Division, outlined an extensive product development strategy for enhancing and broadening the OS/2 Warp family of client and server software. He also announced that for the rest of 1996, PSP will focus all of its marketing and development on X86-based products.
 
====1996 Focus on X86 Products====
With the January delivery of the PowerPC edition of OS/2 Warp, which is available to customers through their IBM sales representatives, PSP will focus resources on X86 products, to maximize sales volumes and leverage OS/2's momentum. There are no plans for additional versions of OS/2 for the PowerPC in 1996.
 
"This year, we will focus on areas where we believe we can achieve success and grow our business," said Thompson. "We are improving our development efficiency with the consolidation of the Boca lab with the Austin lab, and we are going to focus like laser beams on delivering the best solutions for our customers on a single platform."
 
====A Million OS/2 Warp Licenses Shipped in December====
In December, IBM shipped a record one million licenses of OS/2 Warp, raising the number of copies sold since launch to six million, and increasing the overall installed base of OS/2 to 12.7 million customers.
 
====Upcoming: Merlin====
To continue this momentum, IBM will ship in the second half of 1996 the next version of the OS/2 Warp client, code-named Merlin. With improved Internet access and networking capabilities, Merlin is targeted at the connected desktop user, bringing OS/2 into the age of network-centric computing. Merlin will also include OpenDoc support, exciting enhancements to the user interface, improved multimedia and game capabilities, and enhanced plug-and-play features.
 
====Also Upcoming: OS/2 Warp Server====
On the server side is OS/2 Warp Server, the most complete server solution for customers ranging from small businesses to large enterprises. Currently in the hands of 40,000 beta-testers, and set to ship this quarter, OS/2 Warp Server includes integrated file and print sharing, application serving, systems management, backup and recovery, remote access, and advanced printing capabilities. When combined with IBM's Directory and Security Server (DSS) product, also in beta, Warp Server will offer customers a solution that neither Microsoft nor Novell can match - Microsoft Windows NT Server does not have a directory product, and Novell's NetWare 4.0 lacks application-serving capabilities.
 
====Successful 1995 for OS/2 Warp Family====
"Last year proved to be a very successful one for the OS/2 Warp family, and we capped it off with a record month for OS/2 sales," said Thompson. "We are even more excited by our prospects for 1996, and are anxious to build up on last year's success."
 
==IBM's OS/2 Warp Server to Include Features Benefiting Mobile Users==
IBM's OS/2 Warp Server operating system, currently in final testing, will include new features to make life much easier for users who spend a lot of time out of the office:
* Mobile File Synchronization, which updates server files with changes made to client files during remote use, and
* AskPSP, an on-line technical support tool that OS/2 clients can access remotely.
 
====The Server Operating System of Choice====
"More and more people today are picking up their laptops, disconnecting from the server, and working at home or from a hotel room," said Art Olbert, director of product management, IBM Personal Software Products. "Both of these new features, along with OS/2 Warp Server's excellent remote access capabilities, address the needs of this growing set of
users, and add to the list of reasons why OS/2 Warp Server will be the server operating system of choice."
 
====Keeping in Synch====
The remote access features in OS/2 Warp Server allow users to remotely log onto the network, upload and download data, and print documents to other facilities. Mobile File Synch builds upon these features by synchronizing client and server files when a mobile user reconnects to the server.
 
When a user on an OS/2 client machine is connected to the server and performing normal tasks, the Mobile File Synch program stores all of the accessed files and directories to that client machine. This provides users with access to those same files and directories, even when physically disconnected from the server, and allows them to read, update, or delete the existing files and directories, or even to create new ones.
 
The user can remain disconnected from the server for any length of time and, when reconnected, Mobile File Synch detects any conflict between the client and server files and automatically duplicates to the server any tasks performed at the client. Likewise, the client user is notified of any changes made on the server, and is given the option to have the client files updated to reflect those changes. This ensures that users are always working with the most current data.
 
====Technical Troubles on the Road? Just 'AskPSP'====
AskPSP is an on-line system tool used to address technical issues with OS/2 Warp, Warp Connect, Warp Server, and LAN Server. Now that AskPSP is a part of Warp Server, mobile OS/2 clients can get technical support on the road simply by accessing AskPSP when they remotely log onto the server. This eliminates the task of tracking down a technical support person, and provides users with their own personal help desk, no matter where they are.
 
With AskPSP, the user can choose among several databases, called "casebases," to quickly find solutions to common technical problems. The casebases are created directly from calls coming into IBM technical support centers, so they are always up-to-date.
 
The addition of AskPSP to OS/2 Warp Server will also allow system administrators to quickly and easily obtain answers to questions concerning their OS/2 clients. For example, if an OS/2 client is having trouble printing, the system administrator would simply access the AskPSP program and type in the nature of the problem in plain English.
AskPSP picks up the descriptors (key words) in the request, performs a search, and comes up with a set of answers ranked in order of appropriateness. If necessary, the program will also ask a series of questions to further narrow down the list of possible solutions to the problem.
 
====The Complete Business Server Solution====
OS/2 Warp Server is IBM's business server solution for customers ranging from small businesses to large enterprises. It provides an integrated platform for the growing application server environment, as well as a complete set of traditional file and print services, by combining the battle-tested OS/2 Warp and LAN Server with a wealth of functional enhancements in systems management, backup, remote access, and advanced print function. OS/2 Warp Server has been distributed to 40,000 beta sites, and is scheduled to ship this quarter.
 
====IBM Information====
For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services, and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM home page is at http://www.ibm.com . The fastest, easiest way to find any information about IBM software is to go to the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com.
 
The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329), and enter 99 at the voice menu.
 
==New OS/2 Warp Connect Migration Guide on the World Wide Web==
A new guide to migrating from DOS/Windows 3.x to OS/2 Warp Connect is available on the World Wide Web.
 
====Overview====
The guide, titled "Moving Up in the World, or How to Migrate from DOS/Windows 3.x to OS/2 Warp Connect", outlines a process to safely migrate a DOS/Windows 3.x-based personal computer environment to an OS/2 Warp Connect-based platform. It discusses decisions you need to make, the reasons behind the suggestions made in the guide, and ways to approach the task. The guide also gives you some good information about OS/2 Warp Connect, as well as a glossary that (along with OS/2 Warp Connect's online documentation) assists in making the transition from DOS/Windows 3.x terms to the OS/2 Warp world.
 
====Contents====
Here is a list of the major contents in the guide:
  Introduction: The OS/2 Warp Connect World
  Twelve-Step Plan to Migrate to OS/2 Warp Connect
  OS/2 Warp Connect Hardware Considerations
  OS/2 Warp Connect Software Considerations
  OS/2 Warp Connect Software Installation
  OS/2 Warp Connect Training and Education
  After OS/2 Warp Connect is Up and Running
  OS/2 Warp Connect Migration Summary
  Appendix A: Troubleshooting Tips
  Appendix B: IBM Technical Services and Support for OS/2 Warp Connect
  Appendix C: OS/2 Warp Connect Bibliography
  Appendix D: OS/2 Warp Connect Migration Planning Checklist
  Appendix E: Client PC Hardware/Software Inventory Checklist
  Appendix F: OS/2 Warp Connect - DOS/Windows 3.x Glossary
 
====How to Obtain====
The "Moving Up in the World" migration guide can be found on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/migbeg.html.
 
==Guide to Migrating Applications to OS/2 Available on World Wide Web==
(Note: This guide was formerly named "OS/2 Migration Guide", and has been renamed to be more specific about its contents. The following notice originally appeared in the 15 January SDPnews, and has been updated for this issue.)
 
The Guide to Migrating Applications to OS/2 is now available on the Solution Developer Operations home page on the World Wide Web. (See below for the URL.)
 
====Purpose====
The purpose of the guide is to help solution developers migrate their applications to OS/2 and, later on, to other IBM platforms. The main focus in this issue of the guide is on migrating Windows applications to 32-bit OS/2 using the SMART tool available on The Developer Connection for OS/2 CD. Future issues of the guide will include migrating from Macintosh, AIX, and OS/400 to OS/2.
 
====Overview====
The guide contains high-level information about some of the OS/2-exploitive features that can produce an application that is strong in both functionality and usability. The tools and technologies used in migrating OS/2 applications are explained, and the education, support, and services available to developers are included.
 
====Chapters and Appendices====
The Guide to Migrating Applications to OS/2 contains the following chapters:
# Finding a Migration Path to OS/2 - marketing-oriented and technical information about why you should consider migrating to OS/2.
# Taking the Migration Path to OS/2 - details of migrating an application to OS/2.
# Completing the Migration Path to OS/2 - what to do after you have done the initial migration.
# Taking the New Application Development Path to OS/2 - several issues involved in developing an OS/2 application from scratch.
# Taking the Compatibility Path to OS/2 - how to get a DOS or Windows application certified to run under OS/2.
# Summary of Tools, Education, Support, and Services - the help available from IBM.
Appendices in the guide are:
:A. The SMART User's Guide - developed by One Up Corp., showing you how to install and use the Source Migration Analysis and Reporting Toolset (SMART, available on The IBM Developer Connection for OS/2) to analyze and migrate your code.
:B. The SMART Programming Guide - developed by One Up Corp., providing information about User Defined Migration Databases (UDMDs) and Migration Command Processor Language (MICL) programming.
:C. Listings for SMART Merge Command Files - the code for two command files that can be used with the SMART tool.
:D. Supplement on National Language Support - additional technical information for applications designed for languages other than English.
:E. Bibliography - a list of articles, books, and online information.
:F. Lists of Acronyms used in the guide.
 
====Your Chance to Influence the Contents====
The initial version of the Guide to Migrating Applications to OS/2 on the World Wide Web is not complete. It is being developed and deployed simultaneously and iteratively in order to:
* Let you know that the book is under development.
* Give you a chance to influence the contents.
* Ask what you want us to work on next.
A response form is included in the online guide.
 
The guide will be updated on the Web approximately once a month during the first several months of 1996, and less frequently thereafter.
 
====How to Access the Guide====
The Guide to Migrating Applications to OS/2 is available on the IBM Solution Developer Operations home page at
http://www.austin.ibm.com/developer. (As of 3 February, this URL becomes http://www.developer.ibm.com.)
 
Once you have accessed the SDO home page:
* click on Information for Developers
* click on Publications
* page down to Reference Materials and then OS/2
* click on the title.
 
==IBM's iNet Porting Center==
The iNet Porting Center's Web will continually improve its offering of programs and technical services for solution developers who want to provide software solutions on industry-leading IBM platforms and identify the most effective and profitable channels for getting products to market.
 
Demonstrating its commitment to leadership in network-centric computing over the Internet, IBM announces an iNet Porting extension to its Solution Partnership Center (SPC) in San Mateo, California, to assist software developers in creating applications for the Internet.
 
====Exploiting RS/6000 and AIX====
This iNet Porting facility will make it easier for application developers to exploit the power, scalability, and installed base of the IBM RISC System/6000 (RS/6000) and AIX, IBM's advanced UNIX operating system, by providing developers access to systems, support, and tools, either over the Internet or in person at the San Mateo SPC.
 
The iNet Porting facility will provide the following resources:
* A new iNet Porting World Wide Web (WWW) home page at http://www.spc.ibm.com to provide developers with information on both the Center itself and how to take advantage of its resources.
* Internet access to a number of RISC System/6000 (RS/6000) systems running AIX, IBM's advanced UNIX operating system, allowing developers to test-drive the platform and witness for themselves its extensive Internet server capabilities .
 
"We intend to make the RS/6000 the Internet server of choice," said Tom Fornoff, director of workstation marketing, IBM RISC System/6000 Division. "We're working with some of the leading tool vendors as co-sponsors of this iNet Porting Center to foster the explosive growth in Internet applications development. We're confident that developers using this facility will realize the advantages in performance and flexibility that the RS/6000 offers."
 
====Industry-Leading Software Tools====
A wide variety of industry-leading software tools are being made available at the Center by IBM and a number of co-sponsoring companies to create a comprehensive development environment. Many of these companies worked through the SPC to bring their own products to the RS/6000 platform.
 
"We have had an excellent experience working with IBM," said Philip Gust, vice president of engineering, RAD Technologies, Inc. "IBM worked closely with us to port RAD PowerMedia to the RS/6000 platform. They are committed to excellence on the Internet and we will continue to work with them in the future."
 
Additional resources that the iNet Porting facility will provide are:
* Scheduled, secure Internet access to a range of RS/6000 servers, software development tools, and technical support for porting or creating Internet applications for the RS/6000 platform. While software developers will be encouraged to bring their application binaries to San Mateo for in-person support and assistance, the same resources will also be available over the Internet using IBM's state-of-the-art security products.
 
The systems available for these scheduled development sessions will include the latest RS/6000 uniprocessor, symmetric multiprocessor, and Scalable POWERparallel (SP) models.
 
* The tools available during these scheduled development sessions will include products in the IBM Internet Connection Family and from IBM Global Network, as well as a variety of third-party software, including products from Bluestone Inc., Illustra Information Technologies, Lotus Development Corporation, Netscape Communications Corporation, Prodigy Services Company, Progressive Networks, RAD Technologies Inc., SpyGlass Inc., VDOnet Corporation, Verity Inc., Worlds Inc., Xing Technology Corporation and others. These vendors will also provide technical support and training for the use of their products.
* Marketing support for developers' Internet applications ported to, or created for, the RS/6000 platform. This support will include:
** A listing in a newly created "Hot Internet Applications" Web page directory on the SPC's home page
** Marketing linkages with IBM channels, product divisions, and Industry Solution Units (ISUs)
Best of all, the above resources are being offered at no charge to developers, on an as-available basis.
 
The iNet Porting WWW home page, test-drive systems, and on-site porting facilities are available immediately, with secure, remote scheduled, development sessions available starting in 1Q96.
 
====Where to Find====
The SPC home page can be found at http://www.developer.ibm.com/facilities/spc.html.
 
The iNet Porting home page can be found at http://www.spc.ibm.com.
 
====More Information====
For more information, call 1-800-678-4249 or send email to spcw@spc.ibm.com.
 
IBM offers Internet access services on the IBM Global Network at http://www.ibm.com/globalnetwork, and a full line of internetworking products - clients, servers, firewalls, and search tools - at http://www.spc.ibm.com/ibmnet.htm.
 
==SystemView Performance Monitoring Features Offers V1R1 Beta Program==
IBM's Installation Support Centre (ISC) in Hursley, U.K., announces a beta program for the SystemView Performance Monitoring Features.
 
====Common Interface for Performance Data====
SystemView Performance Monitoring features are the first object-oriented features of SystemView for AIX. They provide a common interface to collecting, viewing, and logging performance data in a multiprotocol, multiplatform distributed environment. They also provide an AIX-based GUI that lets the user access, manipulate and view performance and configuration data, organize logical views of systems and networks, and manage system objects. They will provide significant capabilities to customers who want to manage heterogeneous systems and networks from one GUI.
 
====Three Kinds of Performance Monitoring====
Three SystemView Performance Monitoring features provide the following functions:
* SystemView Performance Monitoring of SNA Networks
* SystemView Performance Monitoring of Applications
* SystemView Performance Monitoring of Applications Agents
SystemView Performance Monitoring of SNA Networks interacts with NetView Performance Monitor to give the user information about their NPM environment through an AIX GUI.
 
SystemView Performance Monitoring of Applications consists of the management application and the various Agents (including Agents for NetWare, Windows, AIX and OS/2). The application to be monitored must be modified to work with the Performance Monitor by imbedding standard calls in the application. Once this has been done, performance information about the application and its embedded transactions can be made available to the user.
 
The beta program is open to any customer who has the necessary hardware and software prerequisites.
 
====More Information====
For more information about SystemView Performance Monitoring Features V1R1, see the World Wide Web URL http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/svd/sv6/perfmovr.htm.
 
To enroll in the beta program via e-mail, go to URL http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/svd/mail/perfmon.htm.
 
==Club OpenDoc==
Club OpenDoc is an online community where you'll find the latest OpenDoc information, parts, code, books, education, and more. Our goal is to foster the adoption of OpenDoc in the computer industry. We want to give you all the tools and information you need to develop the most incredible software this industry has seen!
 
====What's New====
* Club Member Ticker: 1194 members (as of 9 February 1996)
* Interested in writing about your OpenDoc experiences? (9 February)
* OpenDoc wins InfoWorld's 'Best of 95' Nicholas Petreley Landmark Technology Award (29 January)
* Oberon Compiler Supports SOM and COM, Byte Magazine, February 1996
* New Recipes! (3 February)
* QuickTime movies of OpenDoc HI Demos now available on the Apple site (3 February)
* Recent OpenDoc NewsBytes (29 January)
* All the news since the Club opened!
* Other OpenDoc news and information sites:
** IBM's Solution Developer Program news
** Apple's OpenDoc in the news
** CI Labs news site
 
Just around the corner is the GA version of the OS/2 toolkit - you'll see it first on Club OpenDoc's web page!
 
====What We Offer====
* OpenDoc Overview - A general introduction of its features and benefits. For those of you looking for more in-depth technical information, we also offer ...
* Technical Support - Find out where to ask those nagging questions. Get real help in the form of sample recipes and advice on building OpenDoc software.
* OpenDoc's on the Web - A comprehensive listing of OpenDoc-related documents on the Internet, including links to many other sites with parts and information.
* Club OpenDoc Benefits - The serious side to what we are offering our members. When you join the Club, you join the most visionary, creative, and talented people in our industry.
* OpenDoc Planetarium - Be a star! This is where you'll find our members' OpenDoc and SOM components, products, and services, including those available now and those still under development. Let us know if you're developing a part, or other product or service, and be a star! You can register just about anything related to OpenDoc that may be of interest to our members, including but not limited to:
** beta software
** demo parts
** books
** want ads
** consulting services
* The OpenDoor - Let us know what you think! Give us input on Club services, OpenDoc features (and bugs), what you need to develop better OpenDoc software ... if you want to tell us, we want to know!
 
====Cool Stuff for Members====
For members only:
* The Club OpenDoc Parts Contest - Our contest for the best part will award that lucky developer with an IBM ThinkPad!
* Objects Joke of the Month. Check out the latest humor or submit your own for a chance to win fantastic prizes! A new car (get serious!), a world cruise (yeah, sure), or a t-shirt (much more likely).
* Hidden contests are also scattered throughout our pages. You can still win the same fantastic prizes, but we won't be announcing these ... you'll have to find them!
* Check out all our other member benefits!
If you haven't registered, you can't play ... so register today!
 
====How to Join the Club====
Club OpenDoc's web page is at URL http://204.146.47.71:80/clubopendoc/, and the registration form can be found there. Fill it in, submit it, and join Club OpenDoc!
 
==Solution Developer Roadshow in Europe, Middle East, and Africa==
IBM Solution Developer Operations in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) is pleased to announce the dates of further Solution Developer Roadshow events in February and March 1996. This is the second part of the roadshow, following up on the highly successful set of events that took place during November and December 1995.
 
====What is the Roadshow?====
The IBM Solution Developer Roadshow is a series of one-day, no-charge events specifically for commercial software developers and other members of the EMEA software community. These events lay out the products, platforms, and strategy of IBM's software business - the largest software business in the world - and the advantages that solution developers can gain through working with IBM.
 
====Roadshow Objectives====
The objectives of the event are to show you that IBM's software technology, and the business opportunities attached to working with IBM, are second to none, and to convince you to take the first step to form a working partnership with IBM, or to expand that partnership if you are already working with IBM.
 
====Who is Invited to Attend?====
Any member of any organization that is in the business arena of software development for commercial purposes. This includes software developers, current IBM Business Partners, consultants, Software and Services organizations, systems integrators, IBM OEM customers, IBM commentators, and the press.
 
We expect that 40 to 50 percent of attendees at these Roadshow events will not have had any previous contact or relationship with IBM - we particularly welcome people in this category.
 
====Why Attend the Roadshow?====
The benefits of attending the roadshow are:
* Get the latest news about IBM's software technology, components, and platforms.
* Learn how IBM software technology can give your applications and solutions the competitive edge.
* Understand the significant business opportunities that become available when you work with IBM.
* Sign up, without obligation or charge, to IBM's Solution Developer Programs, and receive advantages like:
** Direct contact with IBM technical specialists through the Internet via forums exclusively for software developers.
** Participation in the testing and refinement of IBM beta code.
** Entries in IBM Solution Developer catalogues.
** Invitations to participate in joint marketing and promotional events.
* Receive free information and promotional items.
* Walk away from this event having begun your relationship with IBM.
 
====Roadshow Presentations====
A broad range of IBM's platforms and products from most areas of the IBM software business will be presented. At these events, we will not only have software strategy presentations from senior IBM executives in the software business, but also technical presentations from speakers who are in direct contact with the various IBM development sites around the world.
 
====Schedule and Venues====
Here is the list of the dates, locations, and contacts for the continuation of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Solution Developer Roadshow:
* 13 February, Brussels, Belgium - Contact: Pol Huyzentruyt on (+32) 2-225-2441
* 5 March, Johannesburg, South Africa - Contact: Bevan Lock on (+27) 11-320-9111
* 7 March, Capetown, South Africa - Contact: Bevan Lock on (+27) 11-320-9111
* 11 March, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Contact: John Major on (+971) 4-818800
* 13 March, Cairo, Egypt - Contact: Sherif El Rafei on (+20) 202-349-2533
* 14 through 20 March, Hannover, Germany (ongoing during CEbit) - Contact: Petra Grzimek on (+49) 711-785-7151
* 18 March, Tel Aviv, Israel - Contact: Jacob (Koby) Levy on (+972) 3-697-8111
* 22 March, Madrid, Spain - Contact: Claudia Galvan Brambilla on (+34) 1-397-6000
* 26 March, Paris, France - Contact: Emmanuelle Badarani on (+33) 1-49-85-7395
 
====More Information====
For more information about these events, or to attend, please contact either:
* the indicated person in your country
* Jonathan Young on mobile (+44) 802-780397
* Ron Douglas on (+44) 1926-464936, fax (+44) 1926-311345, Internet userid Ron_Douglas@uk.ibm.com.
 
==Free Subscriptions to OS/2 Magazine for U.S. Members of OS/2 Partners in Development==
OS/2 Developer magazine was recently merged with OS/2 Magazine; now, OS/2 application programmers can receive technical articles and information on a monthly basis.
 
U.S. members of IBM's OS/2 Partners in Development can receive complimentary subscriptions to OS/2 Magazine by completing a free subscription application.
 
====How to Obtain the Application Form====
The application form can be found in some copies of OS/2 Magazine (following page 16 in the February 1996 issue sent to former OS/2 Developer subscribers). The form is also available from OS/2 Magazine by calling 1-800-WANT-OS2 (1-800-926-8672) or Mark Johnson in Miller Freeman's Circulation Department at 1-415-905-2262, e-mail mjohnson@mfi.com.
 
When completing the free subscription application, OS/2 Partners in Development members should answer "yes" to question 12 and provide their company's Solution Developer Program membership number.
 
==IBM Statement of Direction for Internet Telephone==
IBM announces its intent to enter into the Internet multimedia communication market by bringing software telephony applications to the world of the Internet as well as private TCP/IP networks. Anyone using the Internet will enjoy being able to hold voice communications with
friends, relatives, and business associates using their existing
Internet access connection.
 
Evolution of Research Technologies
 
This software is an evolution of IBM technologies already developed in
its research labs that provides Simultaneous Voice and Data (SVD)
capabilities. It will enable people to talk with each other with voice
quality comparable to a good cellular system.
 
IBM customers have expressed this need to combine voice communications
and the transmission of data on a single telephone line via the
Internet. The graphical user interface will make it easy to use, even
for the Internet beginner. IBM employees worldwide are trying it now,
and it will go on the market in a few months.
 
Consortium of Technology Developers
 
Since today's Internet telephone products and technologies do not interoperate among one other, IBM is announcing, effective immediately, the intention to establish a consortium of technology developers and suppliers to address interoperability among the various industry offerings. Parties interested in joining this consortium should contact Dave Van Voorhis at 1-407-982-2859, Internet userid dave_vanv@vnet.ibm.com.
 
Product Directions
 
This software will come preloaded on IBM multimedia PCs. The technology will be included in IBM's OS/2 Warp operating system, as well as other IBM software and hardware products. Future product directions include integration with other IBM leading technologies such as security encryption, conference calling, and connection from the Internet to any
telephone worldwide, opening up a wide range of opportunities for Internet users.
 
IBM will demonstrate this Internet telephone technology at CeBIT in Germany and Computer Telephony Expo '96 in Los Angeles in March 1996.
 
==Internet Division's General Manager Meets the Press at New York's @Cafe==
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, general manager, Internet Division, shared IBM's vision of bringing IBM and customers into the Internet future at an informal meeting with about 50 members of the press on 7 February at the @Cafe, a cybercafe in the East Village in New York City. He was joined by John Patrick, vice president, Internet technology; Karl Salnoske, general manager, networked applications; Patricia Sueltz, vice president, development, all from the Internet Division, and by Inder Gopal, director of Internet research, Research Division. The event included demos of several advanced Internet-related products and services.
 
====Universal Connectivity====
Dr. Wladawsky-Berger talked about the major forces propelling the world toward universal connectivity: an agreed-upon set of standards that are enabling more and more people to connect, increasing availability of the necessary bandwidth, content growing in volume and variety, and more sophisticated ways of interacting with content.
 
====Four IBM Initiatives====
Focusing on IBM's four initiatives for helping customers leverage the Internet to its fullest, he said IBM would:
* Help customers connect their existing commercial content to the Internet by:
** providing the consultants and professional services personnel to assist in all aspects of the customer's migration to the network
** bringing the best technology available to customers, including scalable servers and software and systems management, all with IBM reliability and the highest degree of security.
* Foster development of Internet applications that support collaborative servers, publishing servers, merchant servers, customer care and commerce servers, by:
** encouraging independent software vendors to write applications for native Internet servers from IBM and others
** using Lotus Notes as IBM's centerpiece in creating new applications for the Internet space.
* Devise its own solutions and make them available on a subscription basis for a variety of industries.
* Work with the finest minds across IBM, the broader research community, and among leading-edge customers to move Internet solutions from the research labs to the marketplace as fast as possible.
 
==OS/2 Warp Business Software Solutions CD==
IBM Solution Developer Operations announces U.S. availability of the Preview '96 edition of the OS/2 Warp Business Software Solutions CD.
 
====CD Contents====
The Business Software Solutions CD is an interactive CD containing 32-bit native OS/2 applications from 35 vendors, demonstrating to small businesses that OS/2 applications comprise viable solutions to business problems. The CD contains information such as:
* Product features, functions, and benefits
* Screen shots
* Storyboard demonstrations
* Limited trial versions of product code
In addition, the CD contains demonstrations of OS/2 Warp and OS/2 Warp Connect, and descriptions of Lotus SmartSuite and Lotus Notes.
 
====Application Categories====
Application categories represented in the Preview '96 edition are:
* Accounting and finance
* Business automation
* Communications
* Contact management
* Decision support
* Diversions
* Document management
* Graphics
* Groupware
* Image processing
* Online services
* Operating systems
* Personal time management
* Presentations
* Reference
* Spreadsheet
* Utilities
* Word processing


==CATALOG==
====The 35 Applications====
The 35 applications included in the Preview '96 edition are:
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
!Program||Vers||Rel Date||Description
!Solution Developer||Application
|-
|-
|EWSCAT*||1.56||94/11/10||IBM OS2EWS Catalog
|Athena Design||Mesa 2
|-
|-
|GOPHER*||1.62||94/11/10||OS/2 PM client for the Internet Gopher protocol
|BocaSoft||WipeOut
|-
|-
|TXT2PS||2.54||94/11/09||Program to enhance the use of PostScript printers
|Chip-Chat Cawthon Software||Chip-Chat Wireless Communicator
|-
|-
|ALPHAL||2.2||94/11/09||Code Browser and Analysis Tool
|rowspan=2|Cirrus Technology||Unite Lite
|-
|-
|MCLIP||3.3||94/10/25||ManyClip provides multiple OS/2 PM text clipboard
|United CD-Maker
|-
|-
|QCONFG||2.21||94/10/12||Machine Configuration Report Utility
|CompuServe||CompuServe Information Manager
|-
|-
|FENX2||1.12||94/09/30||Phoenix file recovery utility
|rowspan=2|Computer Interface Corp.||Check+
|-
|-
|SHFTRN||1.50||93/09/22||Program to run an OS/2 2.0 program before IPL is done
|Contact Connection
|-
|-
|RINGUT||1.02||94/09/08||LAN Ring Utilization display utility
|Development Technologies||DeskMan/2 Productivity Pack
|-
|-
|LANXCO||1.00||94/09/08||XCOPY for LAN
|rowspan=4|Dux Software||American Heritage Dictionary
|-
|-
|OS2GFC||1.1||94/09/08||A Graphical File Comparison Program
|Columbia Classic Encyclopedia
|-
|-
|BOOT2X||5.00||94/07/28||Program to create various OS/2 2.X Boot Diskettes
|DUX Bookshelf
|-
|-
|GFOLDR||2.4||94/07/28||Group Folder create subsections within a folder
|SimCity Classic
|-
|-
|EXCAL||1.2||94/07/28||PM Calender Program
|Frenster Associates||Matrix Cognition
|-
|-
|TVFS||2.08||94/07/28||Toronto Virtual File System
|rowspan=2|Hilgraeve||HyperACCESS
|-
|-
|VPOKER||1.00||94/06/16||Video Poker for OS/2 2.1
|KopyKat
|-
|-
|PROGRF||1.1||94/02/01||A utility to generate program reference objects from exe's
|rowspan=5|Lotus Development Corp.||cc:Mail Desktop for OS/2
|-
|-
|CHKSTO||2.03||94/02/01||Checks storage space on hard disk
|Freelance Graphics for OS/2
|-
|-
|ENVED||1.1||94/02/01||An environment variables editor
|Lotus 1-2-3 for OS/2
|-
|-
|GOSERV||1.1||94/02/01||A Gopher Server for OS/2 2.x
|Lotus Notes
|-
|-
|ROBOSV||3.04||94/02/01||A Desktop backup and restore program
|Lotus SmartSuite
|-
|-
|700PRO||1.0||94/02/01||Thinkpad 700c/720c display control panel for OS/2 PM
|rowspan=2|IBM||OS/2 Warp
|-
|-
|MSHELL||1.0||94/02/01||Mini PM Shell for OS/2
|OS/2 Warp Connect
|-
|-
|TSHELL||1.0||94/02/01||A non-GUI, Text Shell for OS/2
|rowspan=2|Malibu Software Group||VORAMS
|-
|-
|STARTD||1.0||94/02/01||An OS/2 Program to Start VDM's Under OS/2
|VORAMS Basic
|-
|-
|TINYED||2.2||94/01/31||Tiny OS/2 and DOS editor
|Recognita America||Recognita Plus
|-
|-
|EXEMAP||2.1.3||93/11/09||Maps OS/2 V2, V1, Windows and PC-DOS EXE Headers.
|SPG||Colorworks
|-
|-
|CLPSRV||1.0||93/10/28||TCP/IP clipboard server for OS/2 2.x
|Lotus Development Corp.||WordPro96 for OS/2
|-
|-
|CLOKGS||1.32||93/10/28||A simple clock for your PM desktop
|Solution Technology Inc.||Applause
|-
|-
|TUNEUP||1.0||93/10/25||IBM LAN Server Ver 2.0 & 3.0 tuning utility
|Solution Technology Inc.||ReView
|-
|-
|RXFTP||1.00||93/10/25||Rexx Function Package for TCP/IP FTP for OS/2 2.0
|Spitfire Software||InCharge
|-
|-
|EPMPLX||2.2||93/08/17||EPM customized for writing PL/1 type code
|STAC Electronics||Stacker
|-
|-
|RXSOCK||1.3||93/08/16||Rexx Function Package for TCP/IP Sockets for OS/2 2.0
|Sublime Software||Xtra! Xtra!
|-
|-
|CSTEPM||1.0||93/08/06||A customized version of EPM
|Sundial Systems Corp.||Relish
|-
|-
|L40BAT||2.21||93/08/06||L40SX Battery indicator program
|Trafalgar Business Systems||CopyShop/2
|}
 
====Minimum System Configuration====
The Business Software Solutions CD runs under either OS/2 or DOS. It requires:
* A personal computer with a 386 16 MHz processor or higher
* 4 MB of hard-disk space
* 640 KB of RAM
* Mouse
* OS/2 2.1 or higher, or DOS 5.0 or higher (Windows is not required). OS/2 is not required for screen shots and DOS-based demos, but is recommended to run limited versions of actual code.
* Single-speed CD-ROM drive
* 256-color VGA graphics
* An optional sound card
 
====Product Ordering Instructions====
Instructions are included in the Business Software Solutions CD for ordering any of the demonstrated products from an 800 number.
 
====How to Obtain the CD====
To obtain the Business Software Solutions CD (available in the U.S. only):
 
By phone: Call 1-800-627-8363, and ask for the OS/2 Warp operator. You will be asked to provide your name, company, address, and phone number.
 
By e-mail: Send a note to sdline@vnet.ibm.com requesting the Business Software Solutions for OS/2 Warp CD, and include your name, company, address, and phone number.
 
The CD will also be distributed at selected business and trade shows, user group meetings and events, through Team OS/2, and by retail stores selling OS/2 Warp.
 
==Updated OS/2 Online Library on CD Now Available==
The updated OS/2 Online Library Collection is now available. This convenient, cost-effective CD-ROM collection can help maximize valuable resources - time, space, and information.
 
====More than 550 Books====
The January 1996 edition of the online library collection is now available under order number SK2T-2176-05. It spans two disks and contains over 550 unlicensed online books for more than 150 OS/2 products. It includes books for OS/2 Warp Version 3 as well as "red books" (ITSO technical bulletins) dealing with OS/2 LAN systems, OS/2 object technology, and the OS/2 2.0 technical compendium.
 
Online Library collections include books formatted for display using BookManager BUILD. They can be viewed with the BookManager READ/2, READ for Windows, READ/DOS, READ/MVS, READ/VM, and READ/6000 licensed programs, and with the BookManager Library Reader/2, Library Reader for Windows, and Library Reader/DOS.
 
====How to Order====
In the U.S., to order a single update or an ongoing SLSS subscription of online library collections through normal publication ordering channels, use the order number of the collection (for example, SK2T-2176 for the OS/2 collection). Call the IBM toll-free number, 1-800-879-2755, use IBMLink, or contact an IBM representative.
 
To order a one-year subscription of these collections as a feature of the IBM Library Offering product, 5636-PUB, contact an IBM representative or the IBM toll-free number. When ordering, specify the program number 5636-PUB and both the billing feature code and associated medium specify code for the collection wanted (for example, for OS/2, specify billing feature code 2013 and associated code 5013). The program number and feature codes for all online library collections are listed in a file named CKITLIST.TXT that is included on all CD-ROMs containing IBM online books.
 
In other countries, to order online library collections, use the ordering systems normally used to order IBM hardcopy publications or software feature codes (specify the appropriate order number or feature codes listed above). If unsure of how to order publications in a specific country, send a note to the IBM BOOKSHOP service at one of the following:
* Internet - bookshop@dk.ibm.com
* IBM Mail Exchange - DKIBMSH at IBMMAIL
 
====More Information====
For specific questions or customer feedback on the IBM Online Library or for more information about the collections, contact:
* Internet - mhvrcfs@vnet.ibm.com
* IBM Mail Exchange: USIB6TC9 at IBMMAIL
* Fax: 1-914-432-9405
 
==IBM Refines Business Partner Strategy: Announces Business Partner Charter, Greater Worldwide Emphasis==
IBM is unveiling a number of major new initiatives to further enhance its relationships with IBM Business Partners, and to better provide customers with total business solutions.
 
The progressive new plans, designed to amplify the success of its Business Partner program, were announced in San Diego at the largest IBM Business Partner Executive Conference to date - attended by over 3,500 worldwide partners.
 
====Business Partner Charter====
The cornerstone of the program is the ground-breaking Business Partner Charter, which outlines plans to engage Business Partners more fully in the IBM global sales strategy.
 
The charter, which was developed with input from worldwide Business Partners, provides the blueprint to integrate more effectively the skills, resources, and experience of Business Partners with IBM's marketing and sales efforts. It is designed to ensure that customers are provided with the best total solutions available, whether they come directly from IBM or from an IBM Business Partner.
 
====Key Elements====
Key elements of the worldwide plan include:
* An increase in compensation for the IBM sales force for products supplied through Business Partners
* Thirty-nine worldwide direct marketing centers, dedicated to working with customers, where Business Partners will benefit from increased demand and lead generation
* A more clearly defined plan for working with Business Partners to reach small- and medium-sized customers as well as large customers. This plan includes delivering hardware, software, and services, with financial offerings, to all customers.
 
The Business Partner Charter initiative complements the many successful Business Partner programs currently in existence, including training, support, lead generation, and joint planning.
 
"As we look at the growth potential in the global market, we expect to explode our opportunities through Business Partners, who have always been a very important part of our sales strategy," said Ned C. Lautenbach, senior vice president and group executive, worldwide sales and services. "Now, more than ever, the worldwide reach and industry-specific skills that our customers need can only be provided jointly with our Business Partners. These initiatives are designed to ensure that their relationships with IBM are simple, profitable, and long-term."
 
====Five Strategic Areas====
The charter revolves around five strategic areas:
* Small- and Medium-sized Customers - The IBM Business Partners will be the primary way to deliver solutions to these customers. IBM will provide demand generation, marketing support, and telecoverage to help Business Partners reach these customers. IBM will also provide increased incentives to its sales force to work with Business Partners.
* Large Customers - Business Partners will help IBM efficiently fulfill the I/T needs of large customers. IBM will team with Business Partners to create and deliver solutions to these customers where Business Partners can more effectively provide offerings that meet customer needs.
* Services Marketing Relationships - IBM will team with Business Partners to develop, sell and deliver services. As recently announced, Business Partners are the preferred providers for PC fulfillment and installation services. IBM's goal is to offer the customer the best services available - whether they are provided by IBM or a Business Partner.
* Software Remarketing Relationships - Business Partners are the preferred providers of PC, workstation, and midrange software. IBM will work with Business Partners to distribute efficiently IBM's portfolio of software products for both IBM and non-IBM clients and servers. Support offerings for software will be available from IBM, as well as lead generation and market support.
* Solution Developer Relationships - IBM is simplifying its relationships with developers to help reduce their costs to develop solutions on IBM platforms. IBM will also offer marketing programs to assist developers launch their product. IBM is also establishing relationship management and technical support for developers worldwide.
 
====NETeam====
Also announced at the conference was NETeam, a new program aimed at more aggressively selling IBM networking hardware through the channel. The program, which will be offered at no cost, helps members effectively market IBM's networking hardware products to a wider range of customers. Members will have unprecedented access to IBM networking hardware product information and support, tools, and services to help build networking knowledge and expertise.
 
====BESTeam====
The IBM Business Enterprise Solutions Team (BESTeam), an award-winning software channel program, announced that its membership grew in excess of 300 percent in 1995, with more than 4,500 worldwide members to date. BESTeam is an aggressive, worldwide reseller program combining strategic IBM software products, professional certification and training, marketing programs, and enhanced technical support.
 
IBM Business Partners market, support, and enhance IBM platforms, software, and services, ranging from simple text processing to complex computational and engineering graphics programs. IBM works with more than 25,000 independent companies around the world as members of the IBM Business Partner programs.
 
==IBM Developer Programs Welcome: WizSoft, Inc.==
softwiz
 
WizSoft, Inc., manufacturer of WizRule for Windows, a database auditing and database mining tool, has signed developer agreements with IBM.
 
WizSoft has enrolled in IBM's Worldwide Developer Solutions Program, which includes Developer Assistance Programs and Solutions Guides for the OS/2 Warp and AIX platforms and for the DB2 database to which WizSoft is porting and interfacing its products. In addition to this relationship, WizSoft's WizRule for Windows has been tested and approved to carry the "Ready for OS/2 Warp - NSTL Tested" seal.
 
Taking Advantage of Strong Marketing Programs
 
According to H.R. Satishchandra, WizSoft's vice president of Operations, this relationship with IBM provides even greater exposure in the open client/server database market. "We are pleased to announce our participation in IBM's developer programs, because it offers our database tools to a much larger market, and enables us to take advantage
of IBM's strong developer marketing programs."
 
====About WizRule====
WizRule is based on a patent-pending mathematical algorithm that uses rule induction to identify rules and rule exceptions in databases. Using ODBC drivers, WizRule operates on all popular databases.
 
The value of rule induction algorithms is not simply in auditing the contents of databases. The algorithm also enables users to conduct data mining and find unique relationships among data fields that yield important decision-support information.
 
====About WizSoft====
WizSoft, Inc., is the North American marketing, sales, and sales support division of WizSoft Ltd., an Israeli software manufacturer and distributor. WizRule for Windows is the first of a line of database tools developed for the growing database mining and warehousing markets.
 
==IBM and JBA to Collaborate on High-Level, Object-Oriented Development Environment====
jbaoode
 
IBM and JBA International, an IBM Business Partner, announce an agreement to license elements of each other's object-oriented application development technologies. Through this collaboration, IBM's VisualAge C++ application development tool will be extended with JBA technology to create a new, high-level, object-oriented application development environment designed specifically for ease-of-use and flexibility.
 
====Tailor and Create Solutions Easily====
The development environment resulting from this collaboration will enable application developers to build cross-platform business applications based on object-oriented technology, without their necessarily having an object-oriented programming background.
Application programmers will be able to easily tailor and create solutions for a broad range of industries using the development environment that will result from the IBM and JBA relationship.
 
"We're excited about this collaboration, as it brings the strengths of IBM's award-winning VisualAge product family together with the ease-of-use and user-oriented application development technology from JBA," said John Swainson, vice president, Application Development Solutions, IBM Software Solutions Division. "JBA's understanding of applications and object-oriented design will lead to an even stronger VisualAge for C++ product."
 
"IBM's in-depth knowledge of object oriented systems software and operating systems is probably the most advanced in the industry today," stated Alan Vickery, chairman and CEO of JBA. "Together, IBM's and our own tools provide the optimum combination of rapid development and advanced techniques for commercial application developers who want to move into the object age on a stable and low-risk development platform."
 
====About VisualAge for C++====
VisualAge for C++ is a member of IBM's award-winning VisualAge family. It includes a comprehensive integrated development environment for C++ (i.e., compiler, editor, debugger, and browser), a powerful visual builder supporting rapid application development and a cross-platform set of reusable objects in the IBM Open Class Library. This enhanced
support within VisualAge will make it easier for developers to create business objects that support System Object Model (SOM), IBM's implementation of Object Management Group's CORBA standard.
 
====About JBA and IBM's Solution Developer Organization====
JBA International is a leading supplier of integrated business solutions and application development tools supporting over 3,500 customers in 43 countries. IBM is encouraging Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to create application development tools and applications through its Solution Developer Organization (SDO).
 
====More Information====
This release and other information from IBM is available electronically on NEWSdesk, the online IT news network. If you are not currently accessing the service, it can be reached on the Internet at http://www.newsdesk.co.uk, or dial-up software can be obtained by calling +44 (0)115 9 405300.
 
==IBM Promotes "Just Add OS/2 Warp" on the Internet==
addjust
 
IBM is now using the Internet to promote Just Add OS/2 Warp, a free package of software utilities that describes the benefits of OS/2 Warp, and helps users install OS/2 Warp by itself or alongside Windows 95. An online advertising campaign that allows users to obtain a copy of Just Add OS/2 Warp is appearing on 15 high-traffic Internet sites in eight different languages.
 
More Aggressive Marketing Stance
 
"Just Add OS/2 Warp is an example of the more aggressive marketing stance IBM is taking today," said Wally Casey, director of marketing, IBM Personal Software Products. "We believe this is a cutting-edge ad campaign that will further the success of OS/2 Warp, because it takes advantage of the hottest and fastest growing medium today - the Internet. Most importantly, this campaign will further spread the word that computer users do in fact have a choice of 32-bit operating systems."
 
Common Windows 95 Problems
 
Banners appearing on such popular web sites as the ESPN home page and on web search services such as Yahoo will present common Windows 95 problems. Clicking on the banner will present the solution: Just Add OS/2 Warp.
 
The campaign offers three ways to get the utility:
* It can be downloaded directly from the Internet.
* An e-mail request may be sent and a copy of the software mailed direct anywhere in the world.
* The software can be mailed direct anywhere in the United States by calling 1-800-IBM-3333 (1-800-426-3333), extension EE020, or in Canada by calling 1-800-465-1234.
 
Awareness of Choice
 
Just Add OS/2 Warp, introduced in late October, makes computer users aware of the choices they have when upgrading to a 32-bit operating system, and explains how OS/2 Warp and Windows 95 can coexist. The utility also includes the Upgrade Advisor, which quickly analyzes a computer user's hardware to ensure that it is ready to be upgraded to OS/2 Warp.
 
"I have Windows 95 installed on one of my machines at home, but after looking at the demo included in Just Add OS/2 Warp, I've decided I am definitely going to get OS/2 Warp to run my law practice from home, at my office, and on the road with my laptop," said David Basker, of D. Mitchel Basker, J.D. Law Office in Maryland.
 
Just Add OS/2 Warp also comes with a set of instructions for users who want to safely deinstall Windows 95, answers to frequently asked questions about OS/2 Warp and Warp Connect, tips on using OS/2 Warp provided by OS/2 users, and an index to Internet web sites and bulletin board systems that feature OS/2 Warp discussion. A short demo of OS/2 Warp and Warp Connect can also be found in Just Add OS/2 Warp.
 
The OS/2 Product Family
 
Providing solutions for customers ranging from the connected consumer to the enterprise, the OS/2 family of products includes: OS/2 Warp, Warp Connect, LAN Server and the upcoming Warp Server, Directory and Security Services, and the set of integrated servers code-named Project Eagle, of which OS/2 is a key platform.
 
More Information
 
For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM home page is at http://www.ibm.com. The fastest, easiest way to find any information about IBM software is to go to the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329) and enter 99 at the voice menu.
 
==Canadian Software Unit Launches Internet Home Page==
caninter
 
The IBM Software Business Unit in Canada announces the launch of its Internet home page for customers and business partners at http://www.can.ibm.com/software.
 
Detailed Information Pages
 
The following major headings provide links to more detailed information pages:
* Software seminars and events: Schedule of coming events
* IBM Software Advantage: Volume software licensing offering
* IBM Business Partners: Support for software resellers, consultants, and system integrators
* Software download library: Download IBM and Lotus software
* How to reach us: Contacts, support, services, etc.
* Where do I find?: Keyword search for IBM information
* Software index: To find information on specific IBM software products
* IBM's global news and product information: software, client/server, networking, Lotus
* Guide to other Internet resources concerned with IBM software
 
More Information
 
Questions or suggestions for improvement should be directed to Rakesh Mistry at 1-905-316-1485 or Internet userid rmistry@vnet.ibm.com.
 
==IBM Software Group Gets Positive Press==
The IBM Software Group received many positive quotes from industry consultants during January. Following are additional remarks about IBM Software Group products:
 
InformationWeek
 
In the 8 January issue of InformationWeek, Herb Edelstein published the article, "Mining Data Warehouses," where he let readers know "IBM has also been very active in data mining and has published a considerable amount of research done at its labs ... much of which is coming to market as a data-mining tool kit that addresses four of the five common data-mining application types - classification, clustering, sequencing, and associations."
 
Dataquest
 
Dataquest says: "Mr. (John W.) Thompson is the first IBMer in a long while to give a clear statement of direction for OS/2. These are all steps in the right direction. The question is whether IBM can now move as fast as it needs to, both with OS/2 and its software from Lotus. Lotus Notes and the SmartSuite will be strategic to bringing OS/2 to more desktops and servers."
 
Ed Yourdon
 
"Object-Oriented COBOL only adds about 12 new verbs to the syntax, so everything you already knew about COBOL is still there, but it extends the language to provide the new facilities. It makes a lot of sense, given the legacy of existing code and data base, to learn Object-Oriented COBOL," said Ed Yourdon, during The Great COBOL Debate at DBExpo.
 
Aberdeen Group
 
In the 8 January Network World article, "IBM to Put on a Taligent Show," Hugh Bishop, director of emerging technology research at the Aberdeen Group, says, "IBM's plan is pragmatic. They're providing a common frame of reference for customers. They're going in and saying, 'You've already got VisualAge or OpenClass, and here's something that makes it better.'"
 
Decision Resources
 
Decision Resources, a Boston-based market research firm, reviews the C/S development tools market and key solutions in an upcoming report "Technology Pioneers - IBM." According to the report, "When leading-edge technology is mentioned these days, IBM is not often one of the first companies mentioned. VisualAge, IBM's object-oriented client/server development tool, is a departure from that traditional image."
 
Meta Analyst
 
Mark Raphael, new analyst to Meta, calls for help in guiding Meta's customer, the Israeli army, on CSP to VisualGen decision. A teleconference with IBM tools team leads to a customer's close evaluation of VisualGen and Team Connection, not to mention an educated and impressed analyst.
 
The Tower Group
 
Bill Bradway of The Tower Group, in a report on data warehousing in banking, writes, "Oracle, Sybase, Informix, plus IBM's DB2, will dominate new data warehouses in this industry for the next three to five years."
 
Gartner Group
 
From the Gartner Group's "Is the Mainframe Open for Integration?": "Important mainframe products have been ported to other platforms (e.g., CICS by IBM, Integris, Micro Focus, DB/2 by IBM, and IMS/TM by Micro Focus) and provide seamless integration with their mainframe counterparts."
 
And: "Mainframe-based CICS applications can now be built with fully functional, state-of-the-art user interfaces. Another distinction between a server and a mainframe is removed, but the trend to non-mainframe computing is unaffected," says the Gartner Group in "IBM Delivers a Native Windows Interface for Mainframe CICS."
 
==Lotus Launches Notes Release 4==
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Lotus Development Corp. has launched Lotus Notes Release 4, the new version of the world's best-selling messaging and groupware software.
 
Installed Base Doubles in Last Six Months
 
Lotus also announced that it has begun manufacturing Lotus Notes Release 4 for IBM AIX, Sun Solaris on SPARCsystems, and HP-UX. The installed base for Notes has doubled in the past six months, and now totals 4.5 million seats. The combined installed base for Notes and Lotus' cc:Mail LAN-based e-mail product exceeds 13.5 million seats, nearly double its
size one year ago.
 
Vibrant Industry Growing Around Lotus Notes
 
"The record gathering of independent software vendors, systems integrators, application developers and consultants at Lotusphere '96 is testimony to the vibrant industry that continues to grow around Lotus Notes, and is further proof that Notes is far ahead of any other groupware or messaging product - or any client/server product in the market today," said Jeff Papows, Lotus' executive vice president and chief operating officer.
 
"With Notes Release 4, Lotus has delivered the open, secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure that businesses need to build for the future. Equally important, we believe this new version makes Notes truly the central access point where users in organizations of all sizes will want to go every day to find and share all information they need - whether it's located in e-mail, relational databases, host-based systems, a favorite desktop application, or on the World Wide Web," Papows said.
 
Notes UNIX Servers Ready for Prime Time
 
Lotus has begun manufacturing Lotus Notes Release 4 servers for IBM AIX, Sun Solaris on SPARCsystems, and HP-UX - all critical components to the company's multiplatform Notes strategy. Notes servers for UNIX systems include support for symmetric multiprocessor UNIX systems, as well as Lotus' InterNotes Web Navigator, providing direct access to the World Wide Web from within Notes.
 
Later this quarter, Lotus will deliver UNIX-based versions of its InterNotes Web Publisher 2.0, offering UNIX customers the ability to publish Notes-based information to users of generic Web browsers. Notes clients for UNIX will ship in Q2 1996. Notes Release 4 supports 16 platforms and 20 languages.
 
12,000+ Business Partners
 
With more than 12,000 members worldwide, the industry of Lotus Business Partners has grown by more than 50 percent in the past year, providing customers with a wealth of off-the-shelf Notes applications, and assistance with designing, customizing, and implementing Notes-based groupware and messaging solutions, as well as new Notes-based Internet applications. Among the 170 Notes products and services being announced are those designed to enhance Notes in areas such as administration, development tools, horizontal and vertical solutions, information services, Internet integration, and migration.
 
Defining the Future
 
Lotus also is previewing a number of leading-edge technologies and strategic initiatives that will appear with future enhancements to Lotus products. These include:
* Integration with World Wide Web technologies -- Building on new Lotus InterNotes Web Publisher and InterNotes Web Navigator products, Lotus is previewing support for Sun Microsystems' Java programming language. Notes users surfing the Web will be able to click on an object and download any of the small Internet-based programs or Java applets that exist on the Web, then integrate them with Notes applications, rather than being restricted to programs resident on their PCs.
* Lotus Components - New small, task-focused modules that extend the application possibilities for Notes Release 4. For end-users, Lotus Components make it easier and faster to complete everyday business tasks - such as creating a chart, performing a data query, or using a spreadsheet - while remaining in the familiar Notes environment. For Notes application developers, Lotus Components provide a set of reusable, customizable, and programmable software modules to allow them to create and deliver a wider variety of Notes business solutions while reducing development cycles and costs.
* Notes eApps - A set of Lotus Notes-based "electronic application frameworks" enabling customers to rapidly deploy Web-enabled applications. eApps will provide a set of building blocks and tools specifically designed to extend a corporation's publishing, marketing, customer service or electronic commerce applications to the Internet.
* Calendaring and Scheduling (C&S) - An upcoming release of Notes will include the integration of enterprise-wide calendaring and scheduling capabilities in all Notes clients, and full interoperability with Lotus Organizer clients. Notes and Organizer users will be able to schedule meetings with each other via Notes, cc:Mail, or IBM OfficeVision, providing built-in Notes calendaring and scheduling across the enterprise.
* Notes NIC, the Notes Network Information Center Site - A new Lotus Web site (http:///www.notes.net) will enable users to access Notes Release 4 technical support information, maintenance, and early adopters' releases, offering a first look at future functionality.
 
About Lotus Notes
 
Lotus Notes is the leading client-server platform for developing and deploying strategic groupware applications that help organizations communicate, collaborate, and coordinate strategic business processes within and beyond their organizational boundaries to achieve improved business results. More than 8,000 companies and 4.5 million people use Notes to improve key business processes such as customer service, sales and account management, and product development. Lotus Notes supports
all major operating systems: IBM OS/2 Warp, Apple Mac OS, UNIX platforms including IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, and SCO OpenServer, and Microsoft Windows and Windows NT. Notes is also available as a NetWare loadable module for the Novell environment.
 
About Lotus Development Corp.
 
Lotus Development Corp., a subsidiary of IBM Corp., offers high-quality software products and support services that reflect the company's unique understanding of the new ways in which individuals and businesses must work together to achieve success. Lotus' innovative approach is evident in a new class of applications that allows information to be accessed and communicated in ways never before possible, both within and beyond organizational boundaries. The company also provides numerous support services, both from its consulting division and its award-winning 24-hour support center.
 
More Information
 
All Lotus news releases are available on the Internet, via the Lotus Development Corp. Home Page at http://www.Lotus.com. The Lotus Home Page is an easy way to find information about Lotus and its business partners' products and services.
 
A copy of this release and other company information is also available via fax by dialing 1-800-57-LOTUS (1-800-575-6887) within the U.S. and Canada, or 1-201-946-2336 from elsewhere.
 
==Object Technology University==
Catalog Features 13 New Courses
 
The on-line course catalog for the IBM Object Technology University (OTU) Continuing Education Program has been updated with 13 new courses, including:
* Object - The Competitive Edge for Executives    (N1939)
* Object Technology on MVS/ESA                    (H3994)
* Basic OO Analysis and Design                    (N1944)
* Practicing OO Analysis and Design              (N1942)
* Developing OO Applications: The Full Life Cycle (N1936)
and, Languages: C++, OO COBOL, Smalltalk.
 
Also included is the latest information about the IBM International Conference on Object Technology (E5528).
 
About OTU
 
OTU is an international education program designed to enable companies to support their business strategies through the successful implementation of object technology (OT). OTU offers three programs - Residency, Continuing Education, and Special Events - that address multiple audiences:
* Residency Program -- multi-week sessions for developers and others who need immersion in OT. This intensive training develops skills through classroom instruction, case studies, hands-on programming labs, individual and team projects, discussions, testing, and reading assignments. School One and School Two courses are part of this program.
* Continuing Education Program -- Over 30 courses for those who need shorter periods of in-depth instruction. Many include hands-on labs. Focus areas include: OT concepts; Analysis, Design, and Application Development enablement; Languages (IBM Smalltalk, C++, OO COBOL); and Advanced Technologies (OpenDoc; SOM/DSOM).
* Special Events Program - seminars and conferences offering updates on OT issues and technologies for various audiences. One key event is the IBM International Conference on OT, scheduled for San Francisco in June 1996.
 
More Information
 
OTU courses and schedules are listed in IBMLink.
 
The on-line OTU Continuing Education Catalog can be accessed by sending a note to MKTGHELP at DALVM1.
 
Further questions may be directed to Susan VonBampus at 1-312-245-3981, Internet userid otuinfo@vnet.ibm.com.
 
==IBM Geographic Interface for OS/2 Provides Access to IBM GIS Data on OS/2 Platform==
In Brief ...
 
geoInterface offers new object-oriented GIS data visualization and update capabilities for personal OS/2 systems:
* VisualAge for Smalltalk parts can be used in a Rapid Application Development (RAD) mode to integrate GIS and standard application functionality.
* C-language API for use with C and C++ facilitates application integration.
* Sample GUI application provides map and menu windows to load, view, analyze, and update GIS data.
* New client/server architecture allows client applications to easily access data from a geoManager/6000 database.
* Compatibility with existing GFIS architecture and data model protects investment in existing applications.
* GIS functionality in "detached-mode" on mobile machines provides portable GIS capabilities "in the field."
 
IBM Geographic Interface for OS/2 (geoInterface) provides a user-friendly desktop geographic information system (GIS) interface that can be integrated with customer enterprise applications. It offers the ability to visualize, analyze, and update IBM Geographic Facilities Information System (GFIS) data using low cost personal OS/2 systems. Taking advantage of IBM's VisualAge™ object-oriented programming environment, geoInterface delivers GIS functions in client/server and detached modes.
 
geoInterface enables a full range of GIS applications for the analysis, tracking, and management of geographically located facilities, assets, or events. Market and network analysis and automated mapping and facilities management (AM/FM) are well suited in any industry to geoInterface capabilities. geoInterface is not simply picture-based; it is based on a network topological model that provides a superior architecture for many applications, including:
* Electric and gas distribution systems
* Retail market or public sector demographic analysis
* Railroad and highway planning and management
* Water, wastewater, or other municipal sector systems
* Cable TV, telephone, and computer networks.
 
Two Editions: Developer and User
 
geoInterface is available in two editions:
* The DEVELOPER EDITION contains all of the parts and functions required to develop, customize, maintain, and execute new and existing applications.
* The USER EDITION can execute copies of all geoInterface applications developed or customized using the Developer Edition on the same or any other PC.
 
geoInterface is designed to exchange data with IBM's geoManager and geoManager/6000 DB2 database products. Data stored in either database can then be accessed and used with all of IBM's GIS products or other applications.
DESCRIPTION                  PRICE
Developer Edition (72H6542)  1,560 USD
User Edition (72H6541)        865
Planned Availability Date: 8 March 1996
 
Description
 
Developer Edition / User Edition
 
* The DEVELOPER EDITION contains all of the parts and functions required to develop, customize, maintain, and execute new and existing applications:
** Its VisualAge for SmallTalk parts can be integrated with a customer-developed VisualAge application. VisualAge is IBM's premier object-oriented environment for rapid application development. geoInterface Developer Edition parts can be selected from a palette along with standard GUI parts, and connected using a visual builder paradigm.
** Its C language API can be integrated with customer-developed C or C++ applications. These C-language functions can be linked into customer applications to load, view, and analyze GIS data. A geoManager/6000 client interface, identical to that provided on the IBM RISC System/6000, is also included.
* The USER EDITION can execute copies of all geoInterface applications developed or customized using the Developer Edition on the same or any other PC. The economical User Edition also contains a pre-packaged sample application providing functionality similar to IBM's host-based geoManager Graphic Analysis. This includes a user interface to load, view, and analyze data from locally stored IBM Interface Format File (IFF) data files.
 
geoInterface can be used to exchange data with IBM's geoManager and geoManager/6000 database offerings - geoManager/6000 via direct client/server interface or via an IFF data file; host geoManager via IFF data file only. Data stored in either database can then be accessed and used with all of IBM's GIS products, including GPG, geoGPG/6000 Version 1, geoGPG for AIX, Version 2, and the Translator Toolkit.
 
OBJECT-ORIENTED GIS PARTS: Application development productivity can be improved dramatically through the incorporation of pre-defined GIS parts in an IBM VisualAge for SmallTalk application development environment.
 
You can focus your effort on the business logic and visually connect GIS functionality where needed. You no longer have to switch back-and-forth from geoInterface and other non-GIS applications. The cost of application development is reduced by the ability to re-use common GIS visual parts.
 
A coding sample is provided as a template to incorporate the geoInterface functions into existing or new applications.
 
These application development parts are available ONLY in the full Developer Edition of geoInterface.
 
C-LANGUAGE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE: C and C++ application developers will find it convenient to develop business applications that integrate GIS data visualization and analysis. Application developers can quickly develop GIS capabilities, or add them to existing applications, by using the library of callable GIS functions. Consequently, application quality is increased, and development expense and error rates are reduced.
 
A coding sample is provided as a template to incorporate the geoInterface functions into existing or new applications.
 
This API and sample code are available ONLY in the full Developer Edition of geoInterface.
 
SAMPLE VIEW AND ANALYSIS APPLICATION: The new sample application provided with geoInterface provides and demonstrates the modern, ready-to-use interface that can be easily customized for any number of user applications. The presence of standard GUI window aids, such as tool bars, function icons, and scrollable windows, makes geoInterface applications easier to learn and use. Uniformity of applications with a common look-and-feel increases your productivity and flexibility.
 
DESKTOP CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE: The new client/server implementation of geoInterface for network-centric computing enables end-user applications to share and easily exploit common GIS data. Previously, applications had to be run on high-performance RISC workstations that are not available to most end users.
 
COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING IBM GFIS PRODUCTS: geoInterface can be used to exchange data with IBM's geoManager and geoManager/6000 database offerings - geoManager/6000 via direct client interface or via an IFF data file; host geoManager via IFF data file only. Data stored in either database can then be retrieved and used with all of IBM's GIS products, including GPG, geoGPG/6000 Version 1, geoGPG for AIX, Version 2, and the Translator Toolkit. geoInterface uses standard GFIS facility and symbol definition files.
 
PORTABLE FIELD GIS FUNCTIONALITY: Most of the geoInterface functions can be used in the field in mobile mode. Data can be viewed, networks can be traced, and attribute data can be updated right at the job site. Attribute updates can later be uploaded to the central GIS workstation database. The economical User Edition of geoInterface on a portable computer is an ideal solution in these situations.
 
OPEN BLUEPRINT: geoInterface uses standard TCP/IP interfaces.
 
Product Positioning
 
geoInterface is for customers who manage network facilities such as electric and gas, water and wastewater, telephone and cable television, or highways and railroads. The network-based topology and explicit connectivity make geoInterface a good fit for collection and/or distribution systems. Since the geoInterface data structure creates a real world model of the network, it is easy to design and test new facilities and to assess the impact on the rest of the system.
 
geoInterface can be an attractive desktop GIS offering for both small utility and public works departments, or an enterprise GIS offering for large utility, telephone companies, public works departments, railroads, or highway departments (DOT). geoInterface is particularly valuable as a set of parts that can be incorporated into end-user applications which need to integrate GIS and non-GIS data.
 
The ability to use geoInterface in both "detached" (mobile) mode and in client mode with an IBM AIX-based GIS database provides an excellent vehicle for a wide range of GIS situations. This includes entry-level or first-time GIS users, or those who want to expand, yet preserve, their existing enterprise and GIS capabilities.
 
Hardware Requirements
* 33 MHz Intel 80486 IBM or IBM-compatible personal computer system
* For the User Edition, 16 MB of installed RAM
* For the Developer Edition, 24 MB of installed RAM
* 16 MB of hard-disk space
* 3.5-inch, high-density diskette reader (required for installation)
* VGA graphics monitor, an XGA or SVGA 256-color display system with a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels is recommended
For the Developer Edition of geoInterface, application development using VisualAge for SmallTalk or C/C++ requires additional storage as specified by those products.
 
Hardware requirements and performance vary greatly depending on the type of work being performed and the volume of data.
 
Software Requirements
* OS/2 Warp Version 3
Optional Software Requirements:
* TCP/IP for OS/2, Version 2.0, if the geoManager/6000 client functions is used
One of the following only for the Developer Edition:
* IBM VisualAge for SmallTalk, Professional for OS/2, Version 3.0, if development is done using the geoInterface VisualAge parts
* IBM C++ Tools Version 2 or later, if development is done using the C API
 
COMPATIBILITY: geoInterface can exchange data with IBM's geoManager (5685-105) and geoManager/6000 (5799-QEP) database offerings - geoManager/6000 via direct client interface or via an IFF data file; host geoManager via IFF data file only.  Data stored in either database can then be retrieved and used with all of IBM's GIS products, including:
* GPG (5688-050)
* geoGPG/6000 Version 1 (5765-026)
* geoGPG for AIX, Version 2 (5765-040)
* IBM Translator Toolkit (5799-EPK)
geoInterface uses standard GFIS facility and symbol definition files.
 
LIMITATIONS:
* The maximum number of facilities in a single map file is proportional to the amount of machine storage available, but is always limited to 16 million.
* The maximum number of maps that may be loaded simultaneously is limited to 256.
* The Interface Format File (IFF) produced by geoInterface is not usable by the IBM Translator Toolkit or IBM's geoGPG products.
However, geoInterface data stored into either of IBM's GIS database systems (geoManager or geoManager/6000) can be extracted from those database systems as IFF for use in any IBM GIS product. This includes the IBM Translator Toolkit which provides a number of non-IBM data formats, including AUTOCAD DXF, Intergraph SIF, ETAK Mapbase, and ESRI ARC/INFO.
 
PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
 
Response time depends upon a variety of processor, communication, and data load factors such as processor and line speeds, the number, type, and organization of terminals, the number and type of network and geoInterface functions used, and the size of the data being processed.
 
Response time in multiple-system and cross-network environments depends upon these factors and various network-load factors, including the number of nodes traversed and the system load.
 
Ordering Information and Charges
 
Orders for new licenses will be accepted now. Shipments will begin on 8 March 1996.
 
To order these programs for order type, specify the order type number, feature number, part number, program name, media, and quantity.
 
Program Package:  - program diskette with documentation.
{|
|+Order Type:  5801-AAR
!PROGRAM NAME||FEATURE NUMBER||PART NUMBER||ONE-TIME CHARGE
|-
|-
|L40TEM||2.21||93/08/06||L40SX Temperature indicator program
|geoInterface - User Edition||0919||72H6541||865 USD
|-
|-
|COLRPT||1.01||93/08/06||A program that will report the Pixel colors
|geoInterface - Developer Edition||0920||72H6542||1,560 USD
|-
|}
|CDEXPL||2.3||93/08/06||A Compact Disc Digital Audio Explorer
ADDITIONAL LICENSE COPIES: Authorizes the customer who has a program package to make a single copy of the program media and printed documentation.
|-
 
|EXDESK||1.0||93/08/06||A WPS DLL to extend functions of OS/2 Desktop object
The authorization is given by providing the customer a Proof of Entitlement for Additional License - with Certificate which has its own part number and feature number.
|-
 
|BN2SRC||1.0||93/08/05||Binary Data File to Source Translation Utility
ADDITIONAL LICENSES CHARGE: Customers who pay an OTC for additional licenses may copy machine-readable program materials and printed documentation previously acquired from IBM in a program package. One copy may be made for each additional license ordered.
|-
 
|LTRNAM||1.0||93/08/05||Change "HOST-X-3270 Emulator" to any ASCII string
Order Type: 5802-AAR
|-
{|
|MEGADS||1.0||93/08/05||Expands virtual desktop area, create "rooms"
!PROGRAM NAME||FEATURE NUMBER||PART NUMBER||ONE-TIME CHARGE
|-
|LP3820||2.3a||93/06/17||Print AFP documents on a personal laser printer
|-
|PMPRTF||2.56||93/06/17||Utility to handle PRINTF statements in your code
|-
|PMGB32||2.18||93/06/17||PMGlobe - an OS/2 Presentation Manager World Globe
|-
|20MEMU||1.02||93/06/16||OS/2 2.X GA or GA+SP Memory Usage display tool
|-
|%21MEMU||1.0A||93/01/12||OS/2 2.1 Beta Memory display tool (DELETED)
|-
|ELEPHT||1.21||93/05/04||ELEPHANT a demo of OS/2 animations using icons
|-
|LP382F||2.2d||93/04/12||LP382F - Fonts for use with lp3820 HP-PCL and 4019 PPDS modes
|-
|APING||2.36||93/04/08||APPC Echo Test written in CPI-C
|-
|AREXEC||2.36||93/04/08||APPC Remote Command Execution (written in CPI-C)
|-
|ATELL||2.36||93/04/08||APPC Tell Program - send a message (written in CPI-C)
|-
|CBOOK||1.00||93/04/08||C language file formatter for BookMaster
|-
|ELEP2F||5.0||93/04/08||OS/2 Entry Level 3270 Emulation Program
|-
|LOADDF||1.0||93/04/08||Utilities to save and load a diskette to and from a file
|-
|PMFTRM||1.5||93/03/23||IBM Employee Written S/W, ASYNC Terminal Emulator
|-
|DIRSTA||1.02||93/03/23||Program to Display LAN info for attached LAN
|-
|CPOST||1.2||93/03/23||C language file formatter for PostScript
|-
|AUTODI||0.30||93/03/23||A graphical display of APPN resources
|-
|RXD||1.00||93/02/15||REXX Sourve Level Debug Utility
|-
|PMCAM2||1.00||93/02/15||PM CAMERA/2, capture the screen with this utility
|-
|RXMATH||1.00||92/12/02||Basic math functions to use with OS/2 2.0 REXX
|-
|PRNTPS||1.00||92/11/10||REXX CMD file to print TEXT on a PS capable printer
|-
|RXAPPC||1.00||92/11/09||REXX/APPC Function interface Package
|-
|-
|RXNETB||1.00||92/11/06||REXX/NETBIOS Function interface Package
|geoInterface for OS/2 User Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 1 Additional License with Certificate||0983||72H6543||779 USD
|-
|-
|EDTINI||1.00||92/10/02||A text only INI file editor
|geoInterface for OS/2 User Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 5 Additional Licenses with Certificate||0984||72H6544||3,698 USD
|-
|-
|VREXX2||1.00||92/09/24||Visual REXX for OS/2 2.0 Presentation Manager
|geoInterface for OS/2 User Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 10 Additional Licenses with Certificate||0985||72H6545||7,007 USD
|-
|-
|HEXDMP||1.00||92/09/01||Program to Display or create programs in HEX
|geoInterface for OS/2 User Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 50 Additional Licenses with Certificate||0986||72H6546||32,697 USD
|-
|-
|DBMRPW||1.00||92/09/01||Program to allow REMOTE ADMINISTRATION of DB Passwords
|geoInterface for OS/2 Developer Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 1 Additional License with Certificate||0988||72H6548||1,405 USD
|-
|-
|DINFO||1.30||92/08/21||Program to display Swapper Size and Free space
|geoInterface for OS/2 Developer Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 5 Additional Licenses with Certificate||0989||72H6549||6,670 USD
|-
|-
|PMTREE||1.0||92/08/18||Graphical display of/interaction with PM windows
|geoInterface for OS/2 Developer Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 10 Additional Licenses with Certificate||0990||72H6550||12,640 USD
|-
|-
|IPFCPP||1.0||92/07/18||IBM Employee Written S/W, IPFC Pre-Processor
|geoInterface for OS/2 Developer Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 50 Additional Licenses with Certificate||0991||72H6551||58,985 USD
|}
|}
  * = Updated with this release from last version...
ADDITIONAL LICENSE COPIES - SOFTWARE ADVANTAGE EXHIBIT:
  % = Withdrawn ...
Authorization to make additional license copies begins on the start date specified in the Software Advantage Agreement. Proof of Entitlement will be provided monthly.
 
Order Type:  5802-AAR
 
                                    PART        ONE-TIME
PROGRAM NAME                        NUMBER      CHARGE
 
geoInterface for OS/2 --
  User Edition Proof of Entitlement
  for Quantity of 1
  for Additional License
  without Certificate                72H6547      735 USD
 
geoInterface for OS/2 --
  Developer Edition Proof of Entitlement
  for Quantity of 1
  for Additional License
  without Certificate                72H6552    1,326 USD
 
UPGRADE PROTECTION (NEW PRODUCT): The following Upgrade Protection
Products are only available under the Software Advantage for
Workstations offering:
 
Order Type: 5809-AAR
                                    PART        ONE-TIME
PROGRAM NAME                        NUMBER      CHARGE
 
Upgrade Protection for geoInterface
  for OS/2 User Edition -
  One-Time Charge                    72H6553      234    USD
 
Upgrade Protection for geoInterface
  for OS/2 User Edition -
  Quarterly Charge                  72H6554        29.25 USD
 
Upgrade Protection for geoInterface
  for OS/2 Developer Edition -
  One-Time Charge                    72H6555      422    USD
 
Upgrade Protection for geoInterface
  for OS/2 Developer Edition -
  Quarterly Charge                  72H6556        52.75 USD


----
Customers who acquire Upgrade Protection through an OTC or quarterly payment charges (when meeting minimum revenue criteria) will be entitled at no charge to future versions and releases when announced within their Software Advantage agreement period. Following availability of the new program, IBM will provide a program package (including media and
GOPHER.ZIP                     Date Issued - April 8, 1993
documentation) and a Proof of Entitlement authorizing right to copy, distribute, and install equal to the number of programs protected.
                                      Latest Release - Nov 10, 1994
 
Author: David S. Singer           IBM Almaden, CA
==Software Tour '96==
Come to a free seminar demonstrating IBM and Lotus software for a network-centric solution.
 
This isn't about technology or computers, it's about working together. Join us for a presentation about the future of computing with products designed to work the way people do - together. Applications that provide end users with compelling benefits, regardless of hardware or software platforms, or even the location of the users. A solid introduction to IBM and Lotus products for end users.
 
Agenda
 
Presentations begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m.
 
During the morning session, you will see the advantages and benefits associated with:
* Lotus SmartSuite 96: WordPro, 1-2-3, and Approach
* CICS
* DB2
* MQSeries
* VisualAge
* Eagle: OS/2 Warp Server and SystemView
* IBM Global Network
Lunch with IBM's local BESTeam members.
 
The afternoon session includes:
* Overview of Eagle Servers
* Introduction of Eagle Notes Server
* What is "Groupware?"
 
Venues and Dates
 
Venues and dates for the Software Tour '96 include:
* San Antonio      22 February 1996
* San Francisco    27 February
* Raleigh          29 February
* Richmond          5 March
* Phoenix          7 March
* Los Angeles      12 March
Other cities in the second half of March include Baltimore, Seattle, Houston, Calgary, and New York. Approximately 20 events will be scheduled during each quarter of 1996.
 
How to Register
 
To attend an IBM Software Tour '96 seminar, call 1-800-766-4344.
 
==Application Development Conference and Exposition, 6 - 8 March, New York City==
The Application Development Conference and Exposition will be held at
the New York Hilton in New York City, 6 through 8 March. The conference
runs 6-8 March and the exposition 7 and 8 March.
 
It's a must-see event for information systems executives and managers
who make strategic and tactical decisions concerning the deployment and
enhancement of mission-critical business applications.
 
Three Comprehensive Tracks
 
The conference focuses on technology, architecture, and infrastructure. Three comprehensive tracks are featured for attendees:
* Strategic Distributed Systems Development
* Middleware and Execution and Architectures
* Object-Technology and Component-Based Development
Attendees can learn how to build an information systems architecture that will provide a competitive edge for the next millennium.
 
IBM Keynote Presentation
 
IBM is cosponsoring the event, which features Tim Negris, vice president, Software Solutions sales and marketing, in a keynote titled Network-Centric Computing: A New Vision for Client/Server. His presentation, on 7 March at 4:30 p.m., addresses the challenges of building the next generation of client/server applications, and how object-oriented technology is key to making it all happen.
 
More Information
 
For more information or to register, call 1-508-366-3344, ext. 244, or send e-mail to 76102.1473@compuserve.com .
 
==CICS and MQSeries Technical Conferences, Starting 29 April, San Francisco==
cimqconf
 
Join us in San Francisco this spring as we celebrate two exciting IBM conferences:
 
1996 CICS Technical Conference -- Tenth Anniversary Conference 29 April through 3 May
  San Francisco Hilton
 
  Inaugural MQSeries Technical Conference
  29 April through 1 May
  San Francisco Hilton
 
The CICS Technical Conference celebrates its tenth anniversary and, at the same time and place, the MQSeries Technical Conference makes its debut.
 
Register for the CICS Technical Conference, and you can also attend any of the elective sessions offered at the MQSeries Technical Conference ... truly a two-for-one deal!
 
Conference Highlights
 
Highlights of the conferences include:
 
CICS Technical Conference: 4.5 days
 
* 2 Sunday afternoon pre-conference tutorials: CICS/ESA Overview, and Welcome to MQSeries
* 2 General sessions
** Keynote: IBM Hursley management team discusses the CICS and MQSeries family and what to expect in the future
** General session: CICS and MQSeries working at the 1996 Olympics!
* 2 Business Partner sessions
  The latest and greatest products on display from business partners
* Over 85 electives to choose from
* Customer registration fee: 1,495 USD
 
MQSeries Technical Conference: 2.5 days
* Sunday afternoon pre-conference tutorial: Welcome to MQSeries
* 2 General sessions
** Keynote: IBM Hursley management team discusses the CICS and MQSeries family and what to expect in the future
** General session: CICS and MQSeries working at the 1996 Olympics!
* 1 Business Partner session (second session available Wednesday afternoon) The latest and greatest products on display from business partners
* 16 electives to choose from
* Customer registration fee: 795 USD
 
Brochures
 
Brochures for the 1996 CICS Technical Conference and the MQSeries Technical Conference are hot off the press. To receive a copy via your fax machine, call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329), and request:
* document 2484 for the 15-page CICS Conference brochure
* document 2481 for the 9-page MQSeries Conference brochure
 
Registration
 
U.S. and Canadian customers and IBMers:
* Call and ask for "Conferences":
    1-800-IBM-TEACh (1-800-426-8322)
    8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time Monday through Friday
 
o  Fax: 1-800-426-9006, 24 hours, 7 days
 
o  Internet: conf@tucvm2.vnet.ibm.com
 
Customers and IBMers outside the U.S.:
 
o  Call and ask for "Conferences":
    1-520-574-4500
    8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time (GMT-5) Monday through Friday
 
o  Fax: 1-520-574-4501, 24 hours, 7 days
 
o  Internet: conf@tucvm2.vnet.ibm.com
 
If you are disabled and require reasonable accommodation, please advise
us in advance of your needs.
 
This notice is provided for your planning convenience, and is not
intended to represent a guarantee of schedules or prices. Since changes
can occur, please verify schedules and prices by calling
1-800-IBM-TEACh (1-800-426-8322).
 
==AS/400 Technical Conferences==
This year, the AS/400 Technical Conferences are back with even more system solutions for your dynamic future. Here is your unparalleled
opportunity to grasp the latest advances that maximize your competitive responsiveness.
                     AS/400 Technical Conferences
 
              9-11 June 1996        8-12 September 1996
              Fontainebleau Hilton  Anaheim Marriott
              Miami Beach, FL        Anaheim, CA
 
Conference Highlights
 
Mark your calendar for our spring and/or fall conferences. Prepare for 4.5 days of skill-enhancing sessions devoted to what's hot in AS/400, what's new, and what's needed to immediately implement technological breakthroughs that serve your long and short-term needs. At this year's conferences:
* Discover integrated solutions that boost system flexibility and performance to help you master current and emerging business challenges.
* Explore AS/400 client/server solutions that give you access to the information you need from any point at any time, so you're free to make better and faster decisions.
* Learn first-hand from product developers and industry leaders, plus gain invaluable hands-on experience with the latest AS/400 products and enhancements.
 
Add exceptional networking opportunities, an exciting Exhibitor Center, and practical information that can be immediately applied for an instant return on your educational investment. Your registration fee of $1,295 covers 4-1/2 days of education, a welcome reception, breakfasts and lunches, all materials, and entrance to the Exhibitor Center.
 
Registration and More Information
 
Don't miss out - last year's conferences were completely sold out! Register today for the conference that can take you and your AS/400 system into the next millennium. To register or to request a detailed conference brochure:
 
U.S. and Canadian Customers:
    - Call and ask for "Conferences"
                          1-800-IBM-TEACh  8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
                          (1-800-426-8322)  Eastern time (GMT-5)
                                            Monday through Friday
 
    - Fax:                1-800-426-9006  24 hours/7 days
 
    - Internet:           conf@tucvm2.vnet.ibm.com
 
Customers Outside the U.S. and Canada:
    - Call and ask for "Conferences"
                          1-520-574-4500  8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
                                            Eastern time (GMT-5)
                                            Monday through Friday
 
    - Fax:                1-520-574-4501  24 hours/7 days
 
    - Internet:           conf@tucvm2.vnet.ibm.com
If you are disabled and require reasonable accommodation, please advise
us in advance of your needs.
 
Note: This notice is provided for your planning convenience and is not
intended to represent a guarantee of schedules or prices. Since changes
can occur, please verify schedules and prices by calling 1-800-IBM-TEACh
(1-800-426-8322) or 1-520-574-4500.
 
==1996 MVS Expo and Performance Technical Conference, 21 - 25 October, Arlington, Virginia==
The 1996 MVS Expo and Performance Technical Conference is scheduled for 21 through 25 October at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington,
Virginia (adjacent to Washington DC).
 
Covering MVS Version 5 and OS/390
 
The MVS Expo and Performance Conference provides a unique opportunity to choose from more than 100 sessions covering all aspects of MVS Version 5 and the next generation of S/390 server operating systems, OS/390. Speakers are developers from the S/390 and Storage System Division laboratories, industry consultants, and specialists from IBM National Technical Support and IBM Education and Training. Customer experiences will be featured as well.
 
Conference Themes
 
Themes for this year's conference include:
* OS/390 and MVS V5.2 planning and implementation
* Parallel Sysplex configuration, installation and operation
* MVS and OS/390 as an enterprise server platform
* MVS and OS/390 UNIX Services and DCE
* Object Technology on MVS and OS/390
* S/390 performance management, including the Workload Manager
* Subsystem performance: CICS, IMS, DB2, JES, TSO
 
More Information
 
More information about the conference will be available in coming
months.
 
To add your name to the 1996 MVS Expo and Performance Technical
Conference mailing list, call 1-800-IBM-TEACh (1-800-426-8322), and ask
for "Conferences." If you are calling from outside the USA, please call
our international number, 1-520-574-4500.
 
==Software Vendor Marketing Partnerships Enhances Programs==
The following is a synopsis of the program offerings through IBM's
Software Vendor Marketing Partnerships.
 
National Software Remarketing
 
National Software Remarketing offers application software vendors the
opportunity to acquire sales and marketing resources for their products
utilizing IBM NA distribution capabilities.


Gopher is an OS/2 Presentation Manager client for the Internet Gopher
Products remarketed by IBM retain the vendors' logos, licenses, and
protocol, as originally developed at the University of Minnesota.
warranties. In a typical transaction, IBM assumes responsibility for
sales and marketing, billing, and accounts receivable. Manufacturing,
distribution, implementation, training, support, and services may be
assumed by IBM as appropriate and negotiated on a case-by-case basis.


You must have OS/2 TCP/IP (Version 1.2.1 or later) to use Gopher.
Through National Software Remarketing, independent software vendors
grant IBM the right to resell their products either on an exclusive or
non-exclusive basis. Both the vendor and IBM gain from the relationship
-- the vendor through acquisition of a channel, and IBM through
additional offerings for its application software portfolio.


Ver 1.62
Vendor products remarketed by IBM may be sold through traditional IBM
channels, depending on the specific product needs of the various IBM
marketing and sales organizations. Alternately, they may be sold
through dedicated software sales units managed by the IBM North America
(NA) Software organization. In either case, the most cost-effective
means of distribution is selected for each type of product. This may
include selling methods, either individually or in combinations, ranging
from field sales representatives to direct response marketing,
telesales, and electronic marketing and/or delivery.


Fixes some storage allocation errors, and improves the default network
Each National Software Remarketing relationship is formalized in a
selection process.
remarketing agreement based on extensive consultation with the vendor.
Responsibilities are delineated in the remarketing agreement, with
emphasis on the activities each party will perform to market the product
successfully.


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National Software Remarketing relationships are assigned to sponsors,
which may be IBM NA sales and marketing organizations or IBM NA
Software. The role of the sponsors includes development, financing, and
execution of the go-to-market strategies and marketing programs designed
to support their vendors' products. Sponsors commit to target volumes
and financial performance objectives for each relationship.


ALPHAL.ZIP                Date Issued - August 4, 1992
The National Software Remarketing Program offers a unique opportunity
                          Latest Release - Nov 09, 1994
for independent software vendors to leverage IBM NA distribution
Author: Lionel de Lambert, IBM United Kingdom Laboratories Ltd.
capabilities. This may involve launching new products, expanding
ALPHA
sales of existing products, bringing products into North America that
Version 2.2
are already successful in other parts of the world, or other
arrangements that provide a win/win situation for both the vendor and
IBM.


ALPHA is a code browse and analysis program for 370 & 386 Assembler,
For more information about SVMP's National Software Remarketing
PASCAL, C, PL/AS etc. ALPHA provides basic browse functions and
program, call 1-800-627-8363 from the USA and Canada, or 1-770-835-9902
will also draw branch flow lines, display the program call
from elsewhere.
structure, highlight keywords and expand the procedure calls in a
secondary window.


Software Vendor Marketing Programs


Alpha  - 16 and 20 point fonts.
IBM's Software Vendor Marketing Programs (fee-based programs) consist
      - PAS,C,PLS - Comment continuation.
of agreements between IBM and vendors who are providing non-IBM
      - Default window size for 8515/8516 screens.
application software, hardware, and services to help satisfy the
      - Language_operator keyword to specify programme structure.
requirements of IBM's customers. The relationships that are part of
      - Comment_end keyword to specify the terminating characters of
these offerings are non-exclusive and national in scope. IBM's
        a comment.
marketing reps are compensated for the sale of these products.


Alpha2 - Collapse of BEGIN/END pairs.
Marketing Support Services
      - PAS,C,PLS - Comment continuation.
      - Printer support.
      - Open a second window with the inlude file by double clicking on
        the INCLUDE statement, provided that the Include option is
        effective.
      - Comment_end keyword to specify the terminating characters of
        a comment.
      - Select window function in Window menue.
      - Remember the profile name from the Allocate menue.
      - Transfer_pgm keyword from profile.


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The newest of the SVMP offerings is Marketing Support Services. The
TXT2PS.ZIP
Marketing Support Services program offers fee-based marketing support
:Date Issued - September 1, 1992
services to IBM business partners and other suppliers of non-IBM
:Latest Release Date - Nov 09, 1994 (Ver 2.54)
software, hardware and services. IBM provides, or obtains through
Author: Mason Williams - IBM Almaden, CA.
external sources, a wide range of marketing support activities, i.e.,
direct mail, telemarketing, advertising, creation and development of
promotional media, marketing event coordination, and prospect sourcing.
For a complete list of activities or more information about Marketing
Support Services, call 1-800-627-8363 (USA and Canada) or
1-770-835-9902.


TXT2PS contains TEXTorPS for PostScript Printers.  TEXTorPS is an
==The Solution Partnership Centers: Access to IBM==
application program that can enhance the usability of OS/2
Attention, solution developers!
PostScript printers by permitting the user to leave the printer in
PostScript mode and still print text sent to the printer spooler by
applications which are not PostScript aware.  When TEXTorPS is running,
PostScript printer jobs are undisturbed, but other text files are
modified by the insertion of a PostScript program to interpret the job
as ASCII text.  The user may specify the font, typesize, line spacing,
margins, orientation, page numbers and strings on each page.


Version 2.09
Want to test an application in the works? Looking for information about
:This corrects failure to print when options to include NLS chars or more chars from CP437, which was the initial selection in v 2.08.
emerging technologies and trends? Need to migrate to additional
Version 2.15
platforms?
:Revised for more robust operation under OS/2 2.1, help text revised. TXT2PS contains TEXTorPS for PostScript Printers. TEXTorPS is an application program that can enhance the usability of OS/2 PostScript printers by permitting the user to leave the printer in PostScript mode and still print text sent to the printer spooler by applications which are not PostScript aware.  When TEXTorPS is running, PostScript printer jobs are undisturbed, but other text files are modified by the insertion of a PostScript program to interpret the job as ASCII text. The user may specify the font, typesize, line spacing, margins, orientation, page numbers and strings on each page.


Version 2.50 is a rewrite to permit use of newer 32 bit drivers.
The Solution Partnership Center has everything developers need to
develop software solutions on industry-leading IBM platforms. From
business seminars and 24-hour porting labs to direct technical support
and vendor recruiting, the center helps you streamline the
time-to-market process and expand market opportunities for your
strategic applications. All at no cost to you!


Version 2.51  Major revision 32 bit version, Spooler interface now.
Access People and Information


Version 2.54 has a fix for NET USE from the 2.51 major rewrite for Warp.
Keeping on top of emerging industry trends and IBM technologies requires
----
a tremendous amount of time and resources. Look no further than the
MCLIP.ZIP
Solution Partnership Center's ongoing schedule of business seminars.
:Date Issued - October 25, 1994
Relevant and informative, they cover critical industry issues that shape
Ver 3.3
the development and marketing of your solution offerings.


Author: Tim Francis
More first-hand information is also yours through consultant briefings,
special-interest sessions, and detailed product briefings on IBM's full
range of platforms. Walk in the lobby on any day, and you'll find
product demonstrations and a wealth of product brochures, evaluations,
technical white papers, and industry magazines for your reference.


ManyClip provides multiple OS/2 PM text clipboards.  Its operation is
Have a look at our SPC West and SPC East calendars for details of
completely transparent to (and thus compatible with) all applications
upcoming events.
that use the clipboard.


ManyClip also includes an editable PM view of the current clipboard,
Port and Test Across Platforms
and the ability to save, restore, and print any or all clipboards.
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QCONFG.ZIP
Ver.  2.21
:Date Issued - January 20, 1993
:Latest Issue - Oct. 12, 1994
Author: Norris Couch - IBM Boca Raton FL.


3 programs, all the same report, but an OS/2 version, DOS version, and a
Today's increasingly competitive global marketplace demands networked
Bi-Modal verion to report you system configuration. Output can be
client/server distributed solutions across the enterprise. The center's
redirected to another file or a printer.
24-hour porting labs assist you with this goal as you port, validate,
performance-test, and fine-tune code across the entire spectrum of IBM
systems and configurations. This also includes access to advanced object
technologies such as Taligent, System Object Model (SOM), and OpenDoc.


Updated with fixes, now works to identify a 486...
The private, secure, and interruption-free environment allows you to
----
work at your own pace, with porting and prototyping assistance at your
FENX2.ZIP
disposal, in addition to an expansive networking lab for product
:Date Issued - Sept. 30, 1994
testing. Lab time is scheduled in advance to ensure that your
Ver. 1.12
product-specific environment is set up and ready to go when you arrive.


File Phoenix will scan a selected drive and list all files
Solve Technical Questions On-Site
which are possibly recoverable. You can then select one or
more files and recover them to another drive.


File Phoenix also allows you to:
Even the most experienced solution developers need technical support now
# View the first 4096 bytes of a file before recovering it.
and then. When you do, the center's team of experienced technical
# View each cluster of an erased FAT file and decide whether you want to recover it or skip it. This is especially useful when recovering files who's clusters were not contiguous.
consultants is ready. These on-site IBM experts provide leading-edge
information that can accelerate your software development project or
prepare you for the next wave of computing technology.


Both HPFS and FAT drives are supported. For HPFS, however,
Maybe you want assistance in migrating a 16-bit Windows-based
all allocated sectors must be scanned in order to find
application to a 32-bit OS/2 Warp industrial-strength environment. Or
erased files. This means that scanning HPFS drives will
maybe you simply need an answer regarding the use of shared libraries in
require significantly more time than scanning FAT drives.
AIX. If you have a technical question, the center has just the people to
see -- supported by product developers at IBM labs in Austin, Texas
(AIX, RISC, SMP); Poughkeepsie, New York (SP1 and SP2); Boca Raton,
Florida (OS/2 Warp); Toronto, Canada (DB2); and other locations
worldwide.


NOTE:
Recruit Vendors and Partnerships
:even if all bytes of an erased file are recovered, there is no guarantee that the *correct* bytes are recovered. That is, if a sector of the erased file was overwritten, the wrong data would be recovered. The less activity on the drive since the time the file was erased, the better the chances that the entire file will be correctly recovered.


NOTE:
You've developed your software vision. Now it's time to make marketing
:I haven't tested recovering files from compressed disks (e.g. disks compressed with Stacker). Reports from other users, however, indicate that that recovery of such files does work.
decisions. Tap into the center's business resources to pinpoint the most
effective channels for getting your product to customers. Participate in
vendor recruiting seminars to establish all-important business
partnerships. The center offers many options.


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Better still, take advantage of the profit-building business services
SHFTRN.ZIP
and marketing programs available through IBM's Business Partner Program.
:Date Issued -August 5, 1992
Qualifying business partners also benefit from trade show opportunities,
:Latest Release - Sept. 22, 1994
listings in IBM Solutions catalogs, entry into IBM's National Solution
Ver. 1.50
Center database, and much more.


Author: Michael Harris - IBM Cary N. C.
Access Industry-Leading IBM Solutions


ShiftRun is a utility that enables you to optionally run any OS/2 Full Screen
Hardware platforms:
program while OS/2 is booting. When ShiftRun is started, it waits for the
* PC
number of seconds that you specify and then checks to see if the LEFT shift
* RISC System/6000 Family:
key is pressed. If it is pressed, ShiftRun will start an OS/2 Full Screen
** SMP
program that you specify.  Presentation Manager will not load until you exit
** AIX
the Full Screen Program. If the LEFT shift key is not pressed, ShiftRun will
** POWERparallel
exit and Presentation Manager will load.
** SP2
** Power Personal (PowerPC)
* AS/400
Software platforms:
* OS/2 Warp
* AIX
* OS/400
* DB2 Family
* CICS
* DCE
* TCP/IP
* SNA
* NetView
* DSMIT
* KARAT
* ADSM
Advanced technologies:
* Client/Server
* Distributed Data
* Data Mining
* Objects
* OpenDoc
* SOM/DSOM
* Human Centered
* Network Centric
* Information Warehouse
* Decision Support


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Solution Partnership Center Locations
LANXCO.ZIP
:Date Issued - Sept. 08, 1994


Author: Chris Ahl
IBM Solution Partnership Center -- West
2929 Campus Drive, Suite 275
San Mateo CA 94403
1-800-678-4249 or 1-415-312-0240
fax 1-415-312-0254


ver. 1.00
IBM Solution Partnership Center -- East
404 Wyman St.
Waltham MA 02154
1-800-678-4249 or 1-617-895-2610
fax 1-617-895-2886


LANXCOPY is a simple program which allows for the transfer of files
Go to Market
from one PC to another PC via the LAN.  NETBIOS is used for the file
transfer so there is no need to install and/or setup PCLP and/or
LAN Requester/Server.
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RINGUT.ZIP
:Date Issued - Sept. 08, 1994


Author: Chris Ahl
The people. The technology. The resources. You'll find it all at IBM's
Solution Partnership Center. Add conveniences such as conference rooms,
classrooms, LAN room and library, and it's easy to see why solution
developers take full advantage of everything the center has to offer.


ver. 1.02
More Information


This program displays the LAN Ring Utilization for the ring
For more information about how the Solution Partnership Center can
on which the station resides. Utilization is checked every minute
assist you in deploying and marketing your IBM-driven applications, call
and the last hour of activity is graphed.
1-800-678-4249 or complete the form at URL
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http://www.developer.ibm.com/sdp/spc/spcform.html.
OS2GFC.ZIP
:Date Issued - February, 1 1994
:Latest Issue - Sept. 08, 1994


Author: Barney Scott
==IBM Solution Developer Program Worldwide Contacts==
The IBM Solution Developer Program has contacts around the world who can
assist solution developers who want to know more about the programs and
services available to them. The list below provides information about
how to get in touch with the Solution Developer Program contact for your
country or geographic region.


Ver. 1.1
;Asia and Pacific Region


GFC is a graphical file comparison program. It compares two files on disk and
Solution Developer Operations Executive:
notes lines that are common to both. A bar chart is drawn, giving an overall
  Sally Rogers
view of which lines match, and the text of either file, or a composite file,
  E-mail: rogesal@vnet.ibm.com
is displayed. The default view is the composite file.
  Phone:  +61 2-354-4976
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  Fax:   +61 2-354-4981
TVFS.ZIP
:Date Issued - July 28, 1994


Version 2.08
Marketing Programs:
  Davender Chhabra
  E-mail: dchhabra@vnet.ibm.com


Author: T.B. Francis and M.D. Leitch
Developer Assistance Program Fulfillment:
  Jennifer Dulhunty
  E-mail: jdulhunty@vnet.ibm.com
  Phone:  +61 2-354-7684
  Fax:    +61 2-354-7766


The Toronto Virtual File System (TVFS) is an OS/2 Installable File System
Australia:
that combines VM and UNIX (**) file system concepts. The specific VM file
  Hillel Benedykt
system concept employed is the "CMS search path". The specific UNIX file
  E-mail: hillel@vnet.ibm.com
system concept employed is the "symbolic link". Each of these concepts is
  Phone:  +61 3-9626-6554
described below.
  Fax:    +61 3-9626-6612


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China:
BOOT2X.ZIP
  W Yan
:Date Issued - August 21,  1992
  E-mail: rogesal@vnet.ibm.com
:Latest Release - July 28, 1994


Version 5.00
India and Sri Lanka:
  Sally Rogers
  E-mail: rogesal@vnet.ibm.com
  Phone:  +61 2-354-4976
  Fax:    +61 2-354-4981


Author: Kenneth Kahn - IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
Japan:
  K Yonemitsu
  E-mail: kyonemitsu@vnet.ibm.com


The SE20BOOT program is a utility that allows you to build a BOOTable OS/2 V2
Korea:
system using an existing OS/2 V2 system. The BOOT system can be installed on
  Nool Park
any valid medium including, but not limited to, Floppies and Hard Disk Drives.
  E-mail: Npark@sulvm1.vnet.ibm.com
There are three types of BOOT systems you can install: Minimum. PM, and
WPS.


Ver 2.00
New Zealand:
  Hillel Benedykt
  E-mail: hillel@vnet.ibm.com
  Phone:  +61 3-9626-6554
  Fax:    +61 3-9626-6612


The BOOTOS2 program is a utility that allows you to build a BOOTable
Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam:
OS/2 V2 system using an existing OS/2 V2 system. The BOOT system can
  J Srikant
be installed on either Floppy Disks or a Hard Disk Partition.
  E-mail: rogesal@vnet.ibm.com


Ver 3.00
Taiwan:
  P H Chen
  E-mail: phchen@taivm1.vnet.ibm.com


05/93 : (V3.00)
;Europe, Middle East, and Africa
* Updated BOS2U21 and BOS2S21 files to 2.1 GA levels
* Fixed 2DISK option. It will no longer return RC=4 after trying to format B.
* Added support for SVGA; Copy over \OS2\SVGADATA.PMI
* Added code to copy over BASEDEV= invocation arguments
* Added code to copy over HELPMGR.DLL if room allows
* Added 2.1 support for 8514 by updating BOS2U21.INI with the proper values for PM_DISPLAYS. This updating of BOS2U21 will be done for all display types if necessary.
* Added support for HPFS386
* For a Disk Install, install sequence changed so the files SYSINST1 and HARDERR are only copied if there is room. This frees up room for BIO files required by certain MicroChannel machines that could not fit otherwise.


   *NOTE* If SYSINST1/HARDERR are not installed, then CAD will not work
Central Europe and Russia:
   Renate Janda
  E-mail: 61822719@vievma.vnet.ibm.com
  Phone:  +43 1 21145 3405
  Fax:    +43 1 21145 5714


* Enhanced install of BASEDEV drivers. For a single 1.44M BOOT Disk, only those BASEDEV drivers that are needed for accessing DASD (.ADD) are copied. Otherwise, if room allows, all BASEDEV drivers will be copied.
Austria:
* Removed copying of DTM.DLL for a TYPE=PM or TYPE=WPS install. It wasn't needed for anything as far as I could tell and at least one user complained it wasn't installed on his base OS/2 system
  Ingrid Sponer
* Support for the IBM IA/A is not working in this release. I am trying to get help with this from the IA/A development team, but it might take a while. If you have IA/A support installed on your active system when you run BOOTOS2, you can try the following:
  E-mail: isponer@vnet.ibm.com
** On the \OS2\DLL directory of your active OS/2 2.x system, look for a file named DISPLAY.OLD; this is the DISPLAY.DLL that was active before you ran the IA/A INSTALL program. Copy this 'over' the DISPLAY.DLL that BOOTOS2 installed on the \OS2\DLL directory of your 'target' system.
  Phone+43 1 21145 2537
** In the CONFIG.SYS of your target system, look for the following statements:
  Fax:    +43 1 2160886
   DEVICE=\OS2\XGARING0.SYS
  DEVICE=\OS2\IAOS2RFS.SYS
  SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_yyy,VIO_IBMIAA
  SET VIO_IBMIAA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHIAA)
  SET VIO_yyy=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHyyy)


** Change these to:
Denmark
  rem DEVICE=\OS2\XGARING0.SYS
  Torjus Gylstorff
  rem DEVICE=\OS2\IAOS2RFS.SYS
  E-mail: Torjus_Gylstorff@vnet.ibm.com
  SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_yyy
  Phone:  +45 93 45 45 ext. 3084
  rem SET VIO_IBMIAA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHIAA)
  Fax:   +45 88 95 69
   SET VIO_yyy=DEVICE(BVHyyy)


* Do this *BEFORE* you IPL your Target BOOTOS2 System
Egypt
  Sherif El-Rafei
  E-mail: El-Rafei@vnet.ibm.com
  Phone:  +20 2-349-2533
  Fax:    +20 2-360-1227


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France:
EXCAL.ZIP
  Brigitte Poggi
:Date Issued - Feb., 1 1994
  E-mail: bpoggi@vnet.ibm.com
:Latest Release - July, 28, 1994
  Phone+33 1 49 05 78 28
Ver. 1.2
  Fax:   +33 1 47 88 64 76
Author: Diana Soost and Dan Kehn, IBM UK


ExCal provides a means for a user to keep track of their
Finland:
day-to-day activities. The calendar allows you to view months at
  Ari Voutilainen
a glance and to schedule events for one or more days. The events
  E-mail: arivo@vnet.ibm.com
may be scheduled to occur on a single day, daily, monthly, weekly,
  Phone: +358 0 4594082
or yearly.  To remind you of a given event, you can set an event alarm.
  Fax:    +358 0 4596901
  OS/2 and DAP BBS: +358 0 4595900


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Germany:
GFOLDR.ZIP
  Susanne Horlemann
:Date Issued - May 19, 1993
  E-mail: horlema@de.ibm.com
:Latest Release - July, 28, 1994(Version 2.4)
  Phone: +49 (0)711 785 7355
Author: Dan Kehn, IBM Cary, NC
  Fax:   +49 (0)711-785-7090


Group Folder
Greece:
  Labros Kisouras
  E-mail: kisouras@vnet.ibm.com
  Phone:  +30 1 3281637
  Fax:    +30 1 3237278


To handle the problem of getting to an object in a folder, many
Ireland:
users create a special folder to hold objects that they frequently
  Catherine Tallon
use. But often this new folder becomes filled with objects, some
  E-mail: catherine_tallon@ie.ibm.com
of which are only used once a month while others are used hourly.
  Phone:  +353 1 6603744
Locating a desired object in such a folder can be like trying to
  Fax:    +353 1 6602046
find "a needle in a haystack".


To solve the retrieval problem, Group Folder allows you to create
Israel:
visible subsections within a given folder. Thus, you have more
  Jacob Levy
control over the organization of the contents of folders. The
  E-mail: ilibm82m@ibmmail.com
grouping of related objects helps you locate the object you want
  Phone: +97 23 6978921
more quickly.
  Fax:    +97 23 6978907


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Italy:
VPOKER.ZIP
  Lorenzo Cassinelli
:Date Issued - 06/16/94
  E-mail: lorenzoc@vnet.ibm.com
Author: Brett King
  Phone: +39 02 59625468
  Fax:   +39 02 59629587


VPoker is a pretty standard Video Poker game like you would find in
The Netherlands:
casinos in Las Vegas or Atlantic City. It is 5 card draw, with no wild
  Ton Koopmans
cards. I've tried to make the game more interesting by adding MMPM/2
  E-mail: nlibmn6p@ibmmail.com
sounds and unusual cards. This program was written using VisPro/REXX™
  Phone:  +31 20 513 3257
from Hockware.
  Fax:    +31 20 615 1489


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Norway:
PROGRF.ZIP
  Frode Aarheim
:Date Issued - Feb., 1 1994
  E-mail: Frode.Aarheim@norway.ibm.com
:Latest Issue - Feb, 9 1994
  Phone: +47 66 99 80 00
Author: Felix Sawicki
  Fax:   +47 66 99 93 33


ver. 1.1
Spain:
  Maricruz Serrano
  E-mail: mserrano@vnet.ibm.com
  Phone:  +341 - 397 91 20
  Fax:    +341 - 519 39 87


Progref is a pm utility to quickly generate Program reference objects from
Sweden:
executables. The program program accepts as input 0 or more fully
  Anders Landstrom
defined program names (ie the path is included) separated by blanks.
  E-mail: mailto:andersl@se.ibm.com
For example "progref d:\abcd\test.exe f:\zyz\next.cmd". If no argument is
  Phone: +46 8 7931728
supplied a file dialog provides for selection of the input file.
  Fax:    +46-8-7932472
Alternatly, selecting executables from the drives object and dropping them on
a program reference of progref itself will provide the same input. A simple
one panel dialog will allow the user to select the parameters described below.
The program reference objects will be put on the desktop, where they can be
dropped into the folders of your choice. The repeat button will produce
a program reference object and leave the dialog box in place.  This is
handy if you want to make multiple copies with minor changes.


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Switzerland:
CHKSTO.ZIP
  Mohammed El Saghe
:Date Issued - Feb., 1 1994
  E-mail: chibmw4l@ibmmail.com
Author: David Kelsey
  Phone: +41 1 207-2602
  Fax:   +41 1 207-2410


Ver. 2.03
Turkey:
  Ebru Aran
  E-mail: earan@ibm.net
  Phone:  +90 212 2800900
  Fax:    +90 212 2780437


CHKSTORE is a package which will check on the use of space on user's home
United Kingdom:
directories. It they exceed a limit imposed on them, then the system will
  Software Developers Enquiry Line
"revoke" that user by changing access of their home directory and all their
  E-mail: gbib16jl@ibmmail.com
subdirectories to be RDA. If a user has been "revoked" and their home directory
  Phone:  0345 522622 (UK LoCall)
is either increased or the user deletes some files then the package will
  Fax:    +44 (0)1705 492222
"unrevoke" the user by giving them full access back to their directory.


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North America
ENVED.ZIP
:Date Issued - Feb, 1 1994
Author: Tim Baldwin


Ver. 1.1
United States and Canada:
  IBM Software Vendor Hotline
  Phone:  1-800-627-8363
  Fax:    1-770-835-9444


ENVED is an OS/2 full screen or windowed command prompt program that
==The Developer Connection Family==
provides an editor for the current process environment variables.
The Developer Connection is a family of Worldwide twelve-month subscription programs that streamline developer access to cutting-edge
Current environment values may be changed, new values added or unwanted
IBM development information and technology. Anyone can enroll in these programs at competitive prices, and qualified developers are eligible
values deleted, all from an easy to use full screen interface.  This may
for special discount rates.
be of particular interest to application developers where a tweak or two
to an environment variable is often needed to help compilation, testing
or debugging.


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The Developer Connection delivers a collection of development kits, tools, demos, sample code, pre-release products or proposed products,
ROBOSV.ZIP
development information, and documentation via CD on a regular basis. Subscribers also receive newsletters that contain the most up-to-date
:Date Issued  - Feb., 1 1994
information about IBM operating systems and development products.
Author:  Dick Kurtz and Jeff Knauth


ver. 3.04
What is The Developer Connection?


ROBOSAVE allows you to easily back up your OS/2 2.x Desktop and later
The Developer Connection is a twelve-month subscription offering. The subscription offers, up to four times during a twelve month period,
restore it to the same system. You can also specify a limited number of
packages consisting of:
files to be saved/restored. A simple text profile controls the ROBOSAVE
* pre-release products
operation.
* toolkits
* development tools
* development information in the form of online papers and books
* sample code
* demonstration programs
* magazines and newsletters
Some issues may include generally-available and supported versions of
products in addition to evaluation or demonstration versions.


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How to Join The Developer Connection
700PRO.ZIP
:Date Issued  - Feb., 1 1994
Author: Naotaka kato


ver.1.2
In the United States, you can obtain The Developer Connection by calling
1-800-6-DEVCON (1-800-633-8266) or fax 1-303-330-7655.


This program:
Other geographies may have different distribution/pricing policies, so
* was prepared for a customer who uses ThinkPad 700C/720C as a presentation tool at conference.
the local number shown below should be called for ordering information:
<pre>
Canada            1-800-561-5293
Germany            0130-812177
Asia/Pacific      61-2-354-7684 (61 is the country code for Australia)
              fax 61-2-354-7766
Argentina          313-0014
Bolivia            35-1840
Brazil            0800-111205
              fax (011) 886-3222
Chile              633-4400
Colombia          257-0111
Costa Rica        223-6222
Dominican Republic 566-5161
Ecuador            56-5100
El Salvador        98-5011
Guatemala          31-5859
Honduras          32-2319
Mexico            627-2444 (in Mexico City)
                  91-800-00639 (elsewhere in Mexico)
Panama            639-977
Paraguay          444-094
Peru              36-6345
Uruguay            923-617
Venezuela          908-8901
</pre>
The Developer Connection can also be ordered directly from IBM SPC in
Denmark if you are outside one of the above geographical areas. After
dialing the international access code, you should call the appropriate
number to reach an operator speaking one of the following languages:
  Danish          45 48101300      German          45 48101000
  Dutch          45 48101400      Italian        45 48101600
  English        45 48101500      Norwegian      45 48101250
  Finnish        45 48101650      Spanish        45 48101100
  French          45 48101200      Swedish        45 48101150
            fax  45 48142207
Note that 45 is the country code for Denmark.


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Support
GOSERV.ZIP
:Date Issued - May 13, 1993
:Latest Issue - February, 1 1994
Author: Mike Cowlishaw, IBM UK Laboratories


Ver. 1.1
Support for The Developer Connection is provided via Internet,
CompuServe, and OS/2 BBS. Please see the specific offering (IBM
Developer Connection for AIX, The Developer Connection for OS/2, ...)
for details.


'Gopher' is a client-server protocol designed for text location and
==The Developer Connection for AIX==
retrieval. GoServe allows processing of a variety of Gopher requests,
The IBM Developer Connection for AIX is the AIX-platform-specific member
using a simple REXX filter to allow for customization.  Multiple
of the Developer Connection family of offerings. If you want to develop
servers can be started (using different ports), and an audit trail of
a product or program that is intended to run on AIX, this is the right
requests and actions can be recorded.
"Connection" for you.


Goserve is a 32-bit OS/2 application.  It requires TCP/IP for OS/2 to be
The executable products delivered on CDs distributed in issues of The
installed and operational (either on a real network or using the
Developer Connection for AIX are intended to execute specifically on AIX
loopback driver).
Version 4 and subsequent operating systems.


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Detailed technical information is specific to AIX or to products that
TINYED.ZIP
execute in AIX environments (except where necessary to deal with issues
:Date Issued - August 11, 1992
of connectivity and interoperability with specific other platforms).
:Latest Release - February 1, 1994
Author: Tim Baldwin, IBM United Kingdom Laboratories Ltd.


There are times even in today's world of multi-megabyte personal
The books, magazines, white papers, and newsletters deal primarily with
computers when a quick, simple and small text editor is of benefit.
products, subjects, and issues specific to AIX, although they may also
With a .EXE file of less than 9K bytes T is designed to fit that role.
deal with subjects of more general or cross-system interest.
For the DOS user trying to cram more and more into 640K the advantages
of small size are obvious, for the OS/2 user the speed and ability to
run when even Presentation Manager is unavailable may prove just as
useful.


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What's New?
MSHELL.ZIP
:Date Issued - February 1, 1994
Author: Monte Copeland, IBM, Boca Raton, Fl


MShell is a mini PM shell for OS/2 2.X that uses the RUNWORKPLACE
The previous cumbersome ordering and licensing procedures have been
architecture of the Workplace Shell. MShell is basically a
replaced with much simpler ones that result in literally weeks of time
program launcher; configure programs by editing a plain-text INI.
eliminated between placing a new order and beginning constructive use of
the product.


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The customer now simply places the order, and the package is on its way
TSHELL.ZIP
in a matter of days.
:Date Issued - February 1, 1994
Author: Monte Copeland, IBM, Boca Raton, Fl


TShell is a text, non-GUI shell for OS/2. It does not initialize the
The CD has a built-in electronic licensing procedure that can be
Presentation Manager; only OS/2 text, DOS and Windows sessions will
completed in minutes. Where separate licenses are necessary for
work. Specify TSHELL.EXE on the PROTSHELL statement in CONFIG.SYS.
particular programs, the licensing is handled in the same way.


Optional: use supplied PGMSHELL.EXE to program the TShell start list.
Where to Find Content Lists


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The contents of The Developer Connection for AIX CD can be found at URL
STARTD.ZIP
http://www.developer.ibm.com/sdp/DevCon/AIX/ContentDC.html .
:Date Issued - February, 1 1994
Author: Monte Copeland, IBM, Boca Raton, Fl


StartDos is a utility to start DOS sessions programmatically.
The contents of The Developer Connection for AIX Hypertext Information
Useful when running under reduced-functions shells like MShell or
Base Libraries CD can be found at URL http://www.developer.ibm.com/sdp/DevCon/AIX/ContentHT.html.
TShell, or when spawning DOS programs from OS/2 batch files.
Uses REXX to specify DOS settings prior to session start.


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Be sure to use upper and lower case as indicated.
EXEMAP.ZIP
:Date Issued - August 28, 1993
:Latest Release: November 11, 1993
Author: Brian Kenn, Australian Programming Centre, IBM Australia


This utility maps OS/2 V2, V1, Windows and PC-DOS EXE Headers. This
==The Developer Connection for OS/2==
version includes extensive cross-referencing and decoding of module
The Developer Connection for OS/2 is an annual membership in which subscribers receive CDs and a newsletter four times a year. The CDs
ordinal numbers into a readable format.
contain generally available and prerelease development products from IBM, including several toolkits (such as The Developer's Toolkit for
OS/2 Warp, the OpenDoc toolkit, and the Pen for OS/2 Developer's Toolkit), the SMART migration tool from One Up Corporation, the OS/2 for
PowerPC SDK, employee-written software, and third-party products.


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The CDs also contain the complete set of documentation from both the OS/2 2.1 Technical Library and the Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp,
CLIPSRV.ZIP
plus excerpts from selected books and magazines. All previous versions of The Developer Connection News are also on the CDs.
:Date Issued - October 28, 1993
Author: Patrick Mueller, IBM  Cary, N.C.


Version 1.0
The newsletter contains 24 pages of technical articles about current OS/2 topics, as well as articles about products and future strategies.


ClipServ.exe is a PM program that acts as an OS/2 tcp/ip server for the
Your subscription to The Developer Connection for OS/2 will also include The Developer Connection for LAN Systems CD, a cross-platform CD
system clipboard.  A remote client can request the text (CF_TEXT)
providing tools, toolkits, beta, and evaluation copies of products, and documentation for LAN Systems products.
contents of the clipboard from the system ClipServ.exe runs on.  A
sample client for XEDIT on CMS is provided as an example.  This client,
GETCLIP XEDIT, provides a paste function for XEDIT.
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CLOKGS.ZIP
:Latest Release Date - October 28, 1993
:Date Issued - October 3, 1992
Author: Gunnar P. Seaburg, IBM Houston Texas.


GPSCLOCK is a simple digitial clock program for OS/2.
====What's New on Volume 9?====
Double-click mouse button 1 on its window to set options, or
We've grown again! The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 9 is now on four CDs, plus the two CDs for the Developer Connection for LAN Systems, or a total of 6 CDs. We hope you like all of the new tools we are providing, especially when you consider the price is still 199 USD per year, the same as our original Volume 1 price, which was a single CD!
start it like this:
start gpsclock ?
to see options available.  Double-click with mouse button 2 to
end the program.
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TUNEUP.ZIP
:Date Issued - August 24, 1993
:Latest Release Date - October 25, 1993
Author: Ken Hubacher, IBM Austin, Texas


TUNEUP  Version 1.00
Our most exciting news is the addition of a compiler category! Volume 9 now offers IBM VisualAge C++ and SpeedSoft SpeedPascal compilers.


TuneUp is a tool to assist administrators of IBM LAN Server version 2.0
Other great new products include:
and 3.0 in performance and tuning of their LAN Server environments.
* PartitionMagic from PowerQuest, which lets you manipulate your hard disk partitions. No more reformatting to change partition size!
This offers an easy interface where users are prompted for questions and
* Updated OpenDoc Framework for C Set ++
then recommendations are calculated and supplied back in an ascii file.
* UniMaint from SofTouch Systems, which helps to uninstall products and perform maintenance
* Kernel debuggers for many of the ServicePak levels available
* OS/2 Warp FixPaks translated into several languages
* GpfREXX
* TCP/IP for OS/2 XWindows System Client Kit


Ramcalc is a separate tool included with TuneUp. Ramcalc provides an
====The Developer Connection News====
easy interface to determine the amount data ram area Netbios and 802.2
With each issue, you also receive our informative, technical newsletter,
protocols are utilizing.  Each protocol must be less than 64k of system
The Developer Connection News, filled with the latest OS/2 development
RAM that is allocated for its use.
information, tips and techniques, and future strategy columns. These
articles are written by IBM developers, as well as developers from other
leading providers of OS/2 applications and technology. The newsletter
also contains a valuable Q-and-A column, where you can receive complete
answers to your OS/2 questions, as well as a series of tips and
techniques with help on some of the subtler points of OS/2 usage and
programming.


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Volume 9 of The Developer Connection News contains the following articles:
RXFTP.ZIP
* Developers Enjoy the ALPs (Assembly Language Processor)
:Date Issued - October 25, 1993
* VisualAge C++ Visual Application Builder
Author: Patrick Mueller
* NewShow: A C++ DIVE Class Sample
* BRender: The Real-Time 3D Renderer
* What's New on Volume 9?
* SMART Update
* Operating System Evolution: The Rest of the Story
* So You Want Your Application to Be Multilingual?
* Writing Workplace Shell Objects Using the IBM Open Class User Interface Library
* Software Installer: Your Tool for Installation
* Open MPEG Committee
* PMCX - What's zat?
* Write Once, Read Many... with Hyperwise
* CID Installation of SVGA Display Support
* OS/2 Warp's New Infrared Support


- Rexx Function Package for TCP/IP FTP for OS/2 2.0
====Content of The Developer Connection for OS/2, Volume 9====
The Developer Connection for OS/2, Volume 9, contains 17 categories and 240 products. It includes limited licenses to the following:


rxFtp is a REXX function package providing access to the OS/2
Key:
TCP/IP FTP API as provided by the IBM TCP/IP product, version
<pre>
1.2.1.
Demo Lic = For Demonstration Purposes Only (refer to license agreement)
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Eval Lic = For Evaluation Purposes Only (refer to license agreement)
EPMPLX.ZIP
(E) = Excerpts
:Date Issued - August 17, 1993
(I) = IBM Internally Developed Software
Author: Steve Greenspan
(P) = Pre-Release Software
(R) = Reduced Function
(T) = Time-Out Code
</pre>
;Bitmaps (Disc 1)
:BITMAP32: 32-bit bitmap viewer (I)
:Bitmap Samples: Developer Connection Bitmap Samples (I)
:GBM: Generalized Bitmap Module (I)
:JView (Crunch Products) (P) NEW
:MakeLogo: OS/2 Boot Logo Utility (I)


EPMPLX  Version 2.2
;Communication Tools (Disc 2)
:AdeptXBBS (AdeptSoft) UPDATED
:APPC Showcase: Games and Utilities (I)
:AUTODI: Graphical Display of APPN Resources (I)
:COMi (OS/tools Inc) (R,Demo Lic)
:COMi (OS/tools Inc): Diskette (R,Demo Lic)
:Communications Server Access Feature (IBM) (P) UPDATED
:COMspool (OS/tools Inc) (R,Demo Lic)
:COMspool (OS/tools Inc): Diskette (R,Demo Lic)
:Golden CommPass (Creative Systems Programming Corp.) (T,Demo Lic) UPDATED
:GOPHER: OS/2 PM client for Internet Gopher protocol (I)
:GOSERV: Gopher Server for OS/2 2.x (I) UPDATED
:LAN Adapter Protocol Support for TCP/IP (IBM) (P)
:OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(191) (Columbia University)
:Personal Communications AS/400 and 3270 V4.0 for OS/2 (IBM): Diskettes
:Personal Communications AS/400 V4.0 for OS/2 (IBM): Diskettes
:Personal Communications/3270 V4.0 for OS/2 (IBM): Diskettes
:RXAPPC: REXX Communications APIs (I)
:Softerm Plus for OS/2 (Softronics, Inc.)
:SYBASE Open Client Developer's Kit (Sybase Inc.)
:TCP/IP for OS/2 (IBM)


EPM PL/x Coding Assist (EPMPLx) is a set of EPM key definitions and
;Compilers (Disc 4)
command macros that attempts to improve programmer productivity (and
:High C/C++ (MetaWare Inc.) (Demo Lic)
decrease frustration) while writing PL/1 type code.
:Speed-Pascal/2 for OS/2 Warp (SpeedSoft USA) (Demo Lic) NEW
EPMPLx eases the task of coding in the following ways:
:VisPro/C (HockWare, Inc.) (R,Eval Lic)
:VisPro/C++ (HockWare, Inc.) (R,Eval Lic)
:VisualAge C++ for OS/2, Version 3.0 (IBM) (T,Eval Lic) NEW


* Structure expansion - PL/AS structures such as IF, ELSE, DO, BEGIN, PROCEDURE, GENERATE, SELECT, and WHEN are automatically expanded. You just enter the structure keyword and the entire structure is placed into the file.
;Databases (Disc 2)
* Automatic remark placement - Remarks are automatically started in the column you select.
:DATABASE 2 for OS/2 - Version 2.1 Single-User (IBM) (T)
* Automatic and controlled remark formatting - When entering remarks the text of the remark is automatically formatted to stay within set columns. Remarks can also be reformatted at your request. The starting and ending columns can be changed at any time.
:DATABASE 2 Software Developer's Kit for OS/2 - V2.1 (IBM) (T)
* Automatic flagging - You can have 4 or 8 character change flags automatically placed into your remarks.
:DataGuide for Lotus Notes (IBM)
* Case control -
:DataGuide for OS/2 Administrator (IBM)
** Text entered as code can be forced to uppercase, swapped, or asis.
:DataGuide for OS/2 User (IBM)
** Keywords can be upper, lower, or mixed case.
:DBMRPW: DBM password utility (I)
* Controlled code insertion and deletion - When code is inserted or deleted on a line containing a remark, the remark is not moved.
:DDCS for OS/2 - Version 2.3 Single-User (IBM) (T)
* Remark reformatting - The text of a remark can be reformatted at the touch of a key.
:Visigenic ODBC SDK for OS/2 (Visigenic Software, Inc.) (P) NEW
* Auto indent - When a new line is inserted, the cursor is placed in the line and column in which you probably want to enter new code.
* Block comment insertion and editing - When adding new or editing old block comments, you can enter the text of the comment without worrying about the block comment delimiters.


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;Developer Toolkits (Discs 2 and 3)
RXSOCK.ZIP
:Communications Server for OS/2 WARP (TOOLKIT) (IBM) (P) UPDATED
:Date Issued - April 8, 1993
:Entertainment Tools in the Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp (IBM) (P, Eval Lic)
:Latest Release Date - August 16, 1993
:Internationalization Toolkit based on XPG/4 (IBM) (P) UPDATED
Author: Patrick Mueller, IBM Cary, N.C.
:Kernel Debugger for OS/2 2.x and Warp (IBM): CD Install
:Kernel Debugger for OS/2 for SMP v2.11 (IBM): Diskettes
:Kernel Debugger for OS/2 for SMP v2.11 (IBM): CD Install
:Kernel Debugger for OS/2 Japan 2.1 CSD BJC006 (IBM): CD Install
:Kernel Debugger for OS/2 Japan 2.11 (IBM): CD Install
:Kernel Debugger for OS/2 ServicePak XR06300 v2.1 (IBM): CD Install
:Kernel Debugger for OS/2 v2.11 (IBM): Diskettes
:Kernel Debugger for OS/2 Warp with WIN-OS2 (IBM): Diskettes
:Kernel Debugger for OS/2 Warp, Version 3 (IBM): Diskettes
:LEADTOOLS Imagehandler for OS/2 (LEAD Technologies, Inc.) (Demo Lic) NEW
:MMPM2 v1.1 Toolkit (IBM): CD Install
:Object REXX Toolkit (IBM) (P)
:OpenDoc Developer's Kit 2 for OS/2 (IBM) (P,Eval Lic)
:OpenDoc Multimedia for OS/2 (IBM) (P,Eval Lic)
:OS/2 2.11 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 96 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
:OS/2 2.11 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 97 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
:OS/2 2.11 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 98 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
:OS/2 2.11 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 99 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
:OS/2 Warp 3.1 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 7 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
:OS/2 Warp 3.1 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 8 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
:OS/2 Warp 3.1 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 9 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
:OS/2 Warp 3.1 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 10 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
:Pen for OS/2 Warp Toolkit (IBM): Diskettes
:Pen for OS/2 Warp Toolkit (IBM): CD Install
:PL/I for OS/2 - Toolkit (IBM)
:SearchManager/2 Toolkit (IBM)
:TCP/IP Version 2.0 for OS/2: X Window System Client Kit (IBM) NEW
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 1.3 (IBM): Diskettes
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1 (Japanese) (IBM): CD Install
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1 (IBM): Diskettes
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1 (IBM): CD Install
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1 (IBM): Folder Creation
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 for SMP v2.11 (IBM): Diskettes
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 for SMP v2.11 (IBM): CD Install
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp (Japanese) (IBM): Diskettes UPDATED
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp (Japanese) (IBM): CD Install UPDATED
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp, Version 3 (IBM): Diskettes UPDATED
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp, Version 3 (IBM): CD Install UPDATED


RXSOCK Version 1.3
;Developer Tools for OS/2 for the PowerPC (Disc 4)
:MetaWare High C/C++ Cross Compiler (MetaWare Inc.) (P) UPDATED


rxSock - Rexx Function Package for TCP/IP Sockets for OS/2 2.0
;Software Installer for OS/2 Warp Connect [PowerPC Edition! (IBM) (P) NEW
:The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp Connect [PowerPC Edition! (IBM) (P) UPDATED
:Codepage and keyboard utilities--OS/2 Warp Connect (PowerPC Edition) (IBM) (P) NEW


rxSock is a REXX function package providing access to the OS/2
;Development Tools (Disc 1)
TCP/IP socket API as provided by the IBM TCP/IP product, version
:AIXLIKE: OS/2 version of popular UNIX utilities (I) UPDATED
1.2.1.
:ALPHAL: Code analysis and browse programme (I) UPDATED
:APL2 for OS/2 (IBM) (Demo Lic)
:ASDT32: 32-bit debug utility (I)
:Chk4DLLs: shows and verifies DLLs needed to load a module (I) NEW
:COMscope (OS/tools Inc) (R,Demo Lic)
:COMscope (OS/tools Inc): Diskette (R,Demo Lic)
:CPOST: Typesets C Programs in PostScript (I)
:CTFORMAT: Code and text formatter (I)
:DataFlex (Data Access) (Demo Lic)
:DEBUGO: Terminal program for the debug kernel (I) UPDATED
:DRDIALOG: Visual REXX programming environment (I)
:EDITINI: OS/2 text editor for .INI files (I)
:Gpf (Apical Software, Inc.) (Demo Lic) NEW
:GpfRexx (Apical Software, Inc.) (Demo Lic) NEW
:GpfTools (Apical Software, Inc.) (Demo Lic) NEW
:HEXDUMP: Hex display and conversion utility (I)
:IBROW: Image browser utility (I)
:ImageStream Graphics Filters for OS/2 (ImageMark Software Labs, Inc.) (Demo Lic)
:IPF Editor (Perez Computing Services) (Demo Lic)
:IPFCPP: Preprocessor for IPF Compiler (I)
:LP3820: Print AFP files on a personal laser printer (I) UPDATED
:LP382F: Raster fonts for use with LP3820 (I)
:LXOPT (Functional Software Limited) (Demo Lic) UPDATED
:Neural Network Utility Entry for OS/2 (IBM)
:OpenGL on OS/2 (IBM) (P) UPDATED
:OS2TRACE: OS/2 API Tracer (I) NEW
:Pen for OS/2 Warp (IBM): Diskettes
:Pen for OS/2 Warp (IBM): CD Install
:PL/I for OS/2 - Professional Edition (IBM)
:PM Designer (VacNat Software) (P,Demo Lic) NEW
:PMPRTF: Extends PRINTF to PM applications (I)
:PMSPY32: OS/2 PM message spying program (I)
:Problem Determination Package (IBM)
:PROGRF: A Utility to Generate Program Reference Objects from exe's (I) NEW
:ReDiscovery/2 (IBM) (Demo Lic)
:RePack: Compression tool for LX, EXE and DLL (I)
:REXXLIB (Quercus Systems) (Demo Lic)
:RXD: PM source level debugger for REXX (I)
:RXMATH: C-language math functions for REXX (I)
:RXNETB: REXX APIs for OS/2 NetBIOS (I)
:SD386: Source level debugger for C (I)
:SMART-Version 2.1B (One Up Corp) (P) UPDATED
:Sniff16: Utility to search 16 bit apps (P,I)
:Softbridge Basic Language (Mystic River Software Inc.) (Demo Lic)
:Software Installer for OS/2 (IBM)
:The SOM Class Administrator (Synaptec, Inc.) (Demo Lic)
:THK2ASM: Thunk Compiler for OS/2 Warp Thunk Interpreter (I)
:TVFS: Toronto Virtual File System (I)
:UCMENUS: Graphical toolbar control for PM applications (I)
:Validator for OS/2 (IBM) (P)
:VisPro/REXX GOLD (HockWare, Inc.) (Demo Lic)
:REXX2: Visual REXX functions providing a PM interface (I)
:VX-REXX Client/Server Edition (Watcom) (Demo Lic)
:ZFAMILY: Z Family Reusable Libraries/2 (P,I)


Release History
;Editors (Disc 1)
:Boxer Text Editor (Boxer Software) (Demo Lic)
:CSTEPM: Customized version of Enhanced Editor (I) UPDATED
:Compuware PREDITOR/2 (Compuware Corporation) (T,Demo Lic)
:ENVED: Environment Editor (I)
:EPM (IBM) UPDATED
:EPMBETA (IBM) (P) UPDATED
:FileWorks (Lorill Technologies, Inc.) (R,Demo Lic)
:Hyperwise Version 2.0 (IBM) (R) UPDATED
:IPF Binder (Kalisoft Corp) (R,Demo Lic)
:IPF Review (Kalisoft Corp) (R,Demo Lic)
:RimStar Programmer's Editor (RimStar Technology, Inc.): Disk (Demo Lic)
:TINYED: Tiny OS/2 and DOS editor (I)
:Visual SlickEdit (MicroEdge, Inc.) (R,Demo Lic)
:X2: VIO Programmer's Editor (I) UPDATED


08/05/93
;IBM OS/2 (Discs 1 and 4)
* version 1.3
:BonusPak (IBM) (Demo Lic)
* fixed stupid bug in SockGetPeerName() and SockGetSockName()
:Developer API Extensions for OS/2 Beta (IBM) (P) NEW
07/16/93
:OS/2 Warp Version 3 CD-ROM (IBM): Installation Diskettes (Demo Lic)
* version 1.2
* added SockVersion(), SockClose(), SockIoctl(), SockSelect(), SockGetSockOpt(), SockSetSockOpt()
* changed documentation for SockGetHostByName() and SockGetHostByAddr() to reflect what the code actually does
* now return a list of addresses per host instead of just one


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;Multimedia Tools (Disc 2)
CSTEPM.ZIP
:BOCASoft System Sounds (BOCASoft) (Demo Lic)
:Date Issued - August 6, 1993
:BOCASoft WipeOut (BOCASoft): Diskette (Demo Lic)
Author: Larry Margolis, IBM Yorktown Research Center, N.Y.
:CDEXPL: Compact Disc audio explorer (I)
:Digital Music Player (Aria) (Demo Lic)
:MMPM2 v1.1.3 Base (IBM) (Demo Lic)
:MMPM2 v1.1.3 Base (IBM): Diskettes (Demo Lic)
:OS/2 Open MPEG (OM-1) Beta (IBM) (P) NEW
:VPOKER: MMPM video poker game for OS/2 (I)
:WARPMIX: Warp Mixer (P) NEW


CUSTEPM  Version 1.00
;Product Overviews/Demo (Disc 2)
:OnCmd xBase for OS/2 (On-line Data)
:Translation Manager/2 (IBM): Diskette


CustEPM adds an Actions menu to EPM, in a way that makes it easy for
;Productivity Tools (Disc 2)
users to incorporate into their own EPM setup. It is a customized
:APPLAUSE (Solution Technology, Inc.) (Demo Lic)
version of EPM that users who don't want to recompile the macros can use
:ATS for OS/2 (MHR Software and Consulting) (Demo Lic) UPDATED
directly, that users who want to customize only by setting flags in the
:BOOT2X: OS/2 bootable diskette creation utility (I)
MYCNF.E and recompiling can incorporate, and that true hackers can start
:CLPSRV: TCP/IP clipboard server for OS/2 2.x (I)
with as a base and modify to their hearts' content.
:CLOKGS: Digital/analog clock for your desktop (I)
:COLORPT: Reports color under the mouse pointer (I)
:COMPRESS: Automatic compressed backup (I) UPDATED
:CursorPower (North Shore Systems, Inc.) (T,Demo Lic)
:Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (IBM) UPDATED
:DINFO: Swapper file monitor (I)
:EXCAL: WPS-enabled calendar (I)
:FMOS2: Fullscreen/Window FILEMANager (I) UPDATED
:FORBROWS: Forum browser (I)
:FV2: FileView for OS/2 (I) UPDATED
:GFOLDER: Helps organize your workplace (I)
:GSEE: File search utility and batch file builder (I)
:IBM Library Reader/2 (IBM) (R)
:IMGTK16: The Image Toolkit (I)
:LOADDF: Diskette image Save and Load utilities (I)
:MAGNIFY: OS/2 desktop magnifier (I)
:MCLIP: Multiple clipboard utility (I) UPDATED
:MEGADS: Virtual desktop expander (I)
:MRFILEPM: Simple, configurable OS/2 File Manager (I)
:20MEMU: OS/2 memory utilization utility (I)
:OS2GFC: Graphical File Comparison (I) NEW
:PageTurner (Magus)
:PartitionMagic for OS/2 and Dos Version 2.0 (PowerQuest Corporation) (Demo Lic) NEW
:PMCAM2: Captures PM screens as bitmaps/PostScript files (I)
:PMDRAW: PM Presentation Graphics (I)
:PMGB32: Display of planet Earth as a globe (I)
:PMTIMER: OS/2 program timer (I)
:PMTREE: Graphical display of PM windows (I)
:PTNSHOT: Point 'n' Shoot (I)
:QCONFG: System configuration utility (I)
:SCRAP: Screen capture utility (I)
:SearchManager/2 (IBM) (Demo Lic)
:SHFTRN: Runs OS/2 programs before IPL is completed (I)
:SMARTsort (IBM): Diskettes (P)
:SpaceMap for OS/2 (Capstone Software) (Demo Lic)
:SPLIT: Split and Combine big files (I)
:STPOS2: Subdirectory Tree manager Plus for OS/2 (I) UPDATED
:The Graham Utilities for OS/2 (WarpSpeed Computers) (Demo Lic)
:TXT2PS: Text-to-postscript conversion utility (I)
:UniMaint for OS/2 (SofTouch Systems, Inc.) (Demo Lic) NEW
:UTIL2: AIX-like utilities for OS/2 (I)
:ViewAll: Displays all OS/2 books on the bookshelf (I)


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;Service (Discs 1 and 2)
L40BAT.ZIP
:C Set ++ for OS/2 Class Library (v2.1) CSD CTM0010 (IBM)
:Date Issued - November 6, 1992
:C Set ++ for OS/2 Class Library (v2.1) CSD CTM0010 (IBM): Diskettes
:Latest Release Date - August 6, 1993
:C Set ++ for OS/2 Compiler (v2.0 and v2.1) CSD CTC0011 (IBM)
Author: Barry Diller, IBM Houston Texas.
:C Set ++ for OS/2 Compiler (v2.0 and v2.1) CSD CTC0011 (IBM): Diskettes
:C Set ++ for OS/2 Utilities (v2.0 and v2.1) CSD CTU0003 (IBM)
:C Set ++ for OS/2 Utilities (v2.0 and v2.1) CSD CTU0003 (IBM): Diskettes
:C/C++ FirstStep Tools Patches (IBM)
:Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ 3.0 Compiler CSD CTC301 (IBM) NEW
:Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ 3.0 Documentation CSD CTD301 (IBM) NEW
:Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ 3.0 Utilities CSD CTU301 (IBM) NEW
:Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ Visual Builders including DAPIE for OS/2, Version 3.0 CSD CTV301 (IBM) NEW
:Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ 3.0 Workframe/2 CSD CTW301 (IBM) NEW
:Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ 3.0 Open Class Libraries CSD CT0302 (IBM) NEW
:OS/2 2.11 FixPak XR_B098 (IBM): Diskettes
:OS/2 2.11 ServicePak: CD-ROM and diskette installation (IBM): Diskettes
:OS/2 2.11 ServicePak: CD-ROM and diskette installation (IBM): 5.25-inch Diskettes
:OS/2 v1.3 Toolkit CSD Level XR05053 (IBM): Diskettes
:OS/2 v1.3 Toolkit CSD Level XR05053 (IBM): 5.25-inch Diskettes
:OS/2 Warp NLV FixPak (IBM): Diskettes  NEW
:TCP/IP 2.0 for OS/2 CSD UN64092 (IBM): Disks
:OS/2 Warp, Version 3 for Windows FixPak XR_W010 (IBM): Diskettes UPDATED
:WorkFrame/2 2.1 CSD3 (IBM): Diskette
:WorkFrame/2 2.1 CSD3 (IBM): CD Install


L40BATT Version 2.21
;Source Code (Disc 1)
:A collection of Workplace Shell samples (IBM) (P)
:AIXLIKE SOURCE: OS/2 versions of popular Unix utilities (I) UPDATED
:BitMap32: BitMap32 Source Code (I)
:cPostsrc: Source Code for cPost (I)
:EXCEPT: OS/2 2.* trap debugging aid exception handler source sample (I)
:GBMSRC: Generalized Bitmap Module Source Code (I)
:NLS32J: NLSSAMPLE 32BIT Version (Japanese) (I)
:PMSAMPLE: programming samples and utilities for OS/2 and PM (I)
:PMSPY32S: OS/2 PM Spying Source Code (I)
:RIFFSAMP: Multimedia RIFF Source Code (IBM) (P)
:TOOLBAR: An Icon Bar Sample (I)
:UTIL2SRC: AIX-like utilities source code (I)


L40BATT is an OS/2 PM 1.30.1 or 2.0 program for monitoring the condition of
;Source Code from The Developer Connection News (Disc 1)
the IBM PS/2 L40 SX battery. Bar graphs show the battery voltage and the
:Samples from previous articles in Volume I - VIII
current (in amperes) being drawn from the battery. Both graphs are updated
:Volume IX: NewShow: C++ Dive class sample (I) NEW
once a second. A line graph displays the 'historical' value of the battery
:Volume IX: PMCX-What's Zat? (I) NEW
voltage so that you can monitor the battery's rate of charge or discharge.
:Volume IX: Writing Workplace Shell Objects using IBM Open Class Libraries (I) NEW


Version 2.21  July 22, 1993
;Test Tools (Disc 1)
:APMTST: PM Automation Tool (I) NEW
:OS/2 Applications Benchmark (IBM) (P)
:TESTCOUN: TestCounsellor (I)
:PMATE: Automated test environment with user input captured (I)


Error pop-up messages are now written to a log file.
;Documentation
'Phantom' errors from the system are now detected and ignored.
:Books in various formats are included on the CDs. For a complete listing see the Booklist.ASC file or the on-line list in The Developer Connection Roadmap folder.
Increased the program stack to account for new OS/2 2.1 requirements.
Found a compiler switch set wrong - unknown if it caused any problems.
Program was not saving options correctly under OS/2 2.1, causing multiple
unrelated program errors at subsequent startups.
Program options are now saved to L40BATT.INI, and not to OS2.INI.
Released to the world via the IBM Employee Written Software program.


Version 2.20  February 9, 1993
Topics include:
* AnyNet
* Communications Manager/2
* Databases
* Developer's Toolkit references
* Device drivers
* Information Presentation Facility
* Hardware compatibility list
* Multimedia
* Object REXX
* Object-oriented
* OpenDoc
* OS/2 Technical Library
* Presentation Manager
* Popular OS/2 book excerpts
* Redbooks
* REXX
* SOM
* TCP/IP
* The Developer Connection News articles
* Workplace Shell
The complete list shown above is available at World Wide Web URL http://www.developer.ibm.com/sdp/DevCon/OS2/ccontent.html . (Please be sure to use uppercase where shown.)


Added option to sync window title updates to bar or line graph updates.
Electronic Support
Revised display code to not redraw the line graph each second.
Changed the 'simulated display' mode to be more visually interesting.
Released to the world via the IBM Employee Written Software program.


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Electronic support is provided through CompuServe, OS/2 BBS, and the Internet. Obtain technical support or use the forum to exchange
L40TEM.ZIP
messages, ideas, comments, or concerns with The Developer Connection for OS/2 team or other members.
:Date Issued - August 5, 1992
:Latest Release - August 8,1993
Author: Barry Diller, IBM Houston Texas.
L40TEMP Version 2.21


L40TEMP is an OS/2 PM 1.30.1 or 2.0 program for monitoring the temperature of
The dedicated Developer Connection section on CompuServe is located in the IBM OS/2 Developer Forum 2. To obtain access to this section, send a note with your subscription number to the Developer Connection Administrator at CompuServe userid 73423,2767. You will receive
the IBM PS/2 L40 SX battery and the ambient temperature inside the PS/2's case.
notification or access to the Developer Connection section within two business days.
Bar graphs show the battery and ambient temperatures, in degrees Fahrenheit or
degrees Celcius. Both graphs are updated once a second. A line graph displays
the 'historical' value of either temperature so that you can monitor the rate
of temperature change.


Version 2.21
To access the forum, type GO OS2DF2 at the ! prompt; then, select the Developer Connection section.


Error pop-up messages are now written to a log file.
For CompuServe membership information, call one of the following numbers depending on where you are located:
'Phantom' errors from the system are now detected and ignored.
Germany                      0130 37 32
Increased the program stack to account for new OS/2 2.1 requirements.
United Kingdom              0800 289 378
Found a compiler switch set wrong - unknown if it caused any problems.
Other countries in Europe    (+44) (+272) 255 111
Program was not saving options correctly under OS/2 2.1, causing multiple
U.S.A.                       1-800-524-3388
unrelated program errors at subsequent startups.
elsewhere                    1-614-457-0802
Program options are now saved to L40TEMP.INI, and not to OS2.INI.
Ask for Representative 239. You will receive a special introductory membership for IBM customers.
Released to the world via the IBM Employee Written Software program.


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The DEVCON CFORUM is on the OS/2 BBS under TALKlink, which is a feature under the IBMLink Commercial Services. In the U.S., you can call
COLRPT.ZIP
1-800-547-1283; outside of the U.S., you should contact your local IBM marketing representative.
:Date Issued - November 6, 1992
:Latest Release Date - August 6, 1993
Author: Barry Diller, IBM Houston Texas.


COLORPT Version 1.01
Internet users may address their questions or comments to devcon@vnet.ibm.com.


COLORPT is an OS/2 Presentation Manager program that continually reports the
==The Developer Connection Device-Driver Kit (DDK) for OS/2==
name and value of the color of the pel (pixel) that is under your OS/2 PM mouse
The Developer Connection Device-Driver Kit (DDK) for OS/2 is an annual membership program for device-driver developers. The DDK delivers
pointer. The color value can be displayed in several different color models.
all the necessary tools for development of new device drivers for your 32-bit OS/2 operating platform. This CD-based offering enables rapid
COLORPT is especially targetted to users of PCs with grayscale video or LCD
development of device drivers for your personal computer hardware by providing many complete device-driver sources, test aids, and
displays.
information from IBM's award-winning OS/2 and related operating systems.


Version 1.01
If you are an Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV), software firm, or OS/2 developer providing support for personal computer hardware
manufacturers, the Developer Connection DDK will help you to significantly reduce your device-driver development effort and time-to-market.


Program was not saving options correctly under OS/2 2.1, causing multiple
Includes The Developer Connection for OS/2
unrelated program errors at subsequent startups.
Program options are now saved to COLORPT.INI, and not to OS2.INI.
Released to the world via the IBM Employee Written Software program.


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With your license to The Developer Connection DDK, you will also receive
CDEXPL.ZIP
The Developer Connection for OS/2, which is delivered four times a year.
:Date Issued - August 7, 1992
If you are already a subscriber to The Developer Connection for OS/2,
:Latest Release Date - August 6, 1993
you may upgrade to the Developer Connection DDK.
Author: Dave Thomas, IBM Research Triangle Park, NC.


CDEXPLOR  Version 2.3
Each issue of The Developer Connection News features topics on device-driver development.


Features: Play including options for disc repeat, track repeat
==IBM Product Compatibility Program==
Disc status/Counter, Eject, Pause/Stop, Skip to next/previous track.
The IBM Product Compatibility Program provides an opportunity for developers to gain increased visibility, marketability, and credibility for their products.
Output to CD-attached headphones or audio card-attached speakers.
Table of contents - allows random track selection, plus a nifty way to
indicate current track via auto-selection in list.
Mini window option requires less screen space to interact with CD.
Shares CD with other well-behaved CD applications.


Requires -
Compatibility Testing Opportunity
* MMPM/2 (multimedia extensions to OS/2 2.0) installed with CD support
* An MMPM/2 supported CD player that allows digital audio disc playback
** IBM 3510
** IBM CD ROM II (XA)
** Toshiba functional equivalents to the above
* Output to speakers requires an audio card like IBM M-Audio ACPA
** Headphone support via the CD headphone jack is the default


Release History (most recent first)
This program gives ISVs a testing opportunity to establish and communicate the compatibility of their products with OS/2 Warp standalone, clients, servers, and LAN systems.


2.3 - 8/9/93
Resource for Making Wise Purchasing Decisions
* Add "Save Settings" - saves user selections, window pos
* Fix funkiness with Mute/Sound button visibility
* more legible mini icon


2.2 - 7/9/93
This program is a resource that customers and their advisors can use to make product purchase decisions with the confidence that a product has been tested for compatibility with OS/2 Warp and LAN Server systems. Consultants, resellers, integrators, OEMs, and other product decision makers can confidently use the list of compatible products in selecting
* Recompile for MMPM 1.1 (OS/2 2.1)
products that meet their customers' needs. Recommending compatible products can help expedite buying decisions and protect a customer's investment.
* track info saving working now on OS/2 2.1
* fix bug if non digital audio disc (like CD ROM) inserted


2.0 - 3/09/93
Value of Tested Compatibility
* Fix format of counter
* Track counter in status area is now editable spin button
* Position is user-modifyable (only when stopped)
* "User Track Info" window replaces Table of contents allows user to add and save track names (or ANY information)
* CD Explorer will recognize discs it has saved before and load any user info.
* Disc shuffle
* Mute
* partial function option for better performance (overhaul for better performance)
* Overhaul user interface for better use of screen space
* full-size at screen yTop will stay on screen


1.0 - 7/31/92
There are literally thousands of software products on the market today to help solve customers' problems. The challenge is finding which
* Shares CD with other CD apps (supports PASSDEVICE)
products are compatible and can be integrated into a customer's environment.
* all global data now stored in window words
* Multiples explorers at different places on same disc!
* unlock drive on exit (and other fixes)
* change forward trk and Rev Trk buttons to |<< and >>| to indicate going to track boundary.
* hi res minimize icon for pretty 8514 display
* save 4K on device-independent prod info box bitmap


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Selecting tested compatible products gives buyers confidence in product decisions and/or recommendations. Such confidence can speed up product
EXDESK.ZIP
decisions and potentially lessen installation and support time.
:Date Issued - August 6, 1993
Author: Dan Campbell, IBM Raleigh, N.C


EXTDESK  Version 1.00
Compatibility Program Description


EXTDESK is a WPS Class DLL for the "ExtendedDesktop" object class,
There are two options of product compatibility. The "Ready for..."
which is a subclass of the "WPDesktop" object class.  Its purpose
option shows compatibility of a software product with either OS/2 Warp
is to extend the functions of the OS/2 2.x Desktop object.
or IBM LAN Server with OS/2 Warp. The "Tested and Approved..." option
addresses a more sophisticated LAN systems environment to show
compatibility, interoperability, and coexistence with many LAN products.


ExtendedDesktop extends the OS/2 2.x WPS Desktop to:
Ready for OS/2 Warp and Ready for OS/2 Warp LAN Server
# Optionally remove Arrange & Sort from the Desktop context menu.
# Align groups of icons on the Desktop vertically or horizontally.
# Snap-to-Grid with user defined Grid Spacing.
# Precisely position individual icons on Desktop from Settings Notebook.
# Precisely position individual icons on Desktop from C or REXX.


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The "Ready for OS/2 Warp" and "Ready for OS/2 Warp LAN Server" programs
BN2SRC.ZIP
offer software developers a set of IBM guidelines to self-test their
:Date Issued - August 5, 1993
products for compatibility with a particular version of either OS/2 Warp
Author: Kennneth A. Kahn, IBM Poughkeepsie N.Y.
or IBM LAN Server with OS/2 Warp.


BIN2SRC Version 1.00
This program, with some variations, also exists in some geographies
outside the USA and Canada. Developers outside of North America are
encouraged to contact their local IBM country representative for their
specific program benefits.


The BIN2SRC utilities convert Binary Data Files to equivalent High Level
Call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.) to request documents 3241 and 3242 for a list
Language Structures. You can add the conversion directly into source code
of compatible products under the Ready self-test program. In Canada,
for the C, MASM or RC compilers.
call 1-800-HELP-FAX. From elsewhere, use a fax telephone to call
1-415-855-4329. Additional information can be obtained by calling
1-800-992-4777 within the U.S. and Canada.


The following utilities come with the package:
Tested and Approved for OS/2 Warp LAN Systems
BIN2MASM  =  Translates Binary Data to an equivalent MASM DB Structure
BIN2C    =  Translates Binary Data to an equivalent C BYTE Array
BIN2RC    =  Translates Binary Data to a form compatable with the
              RCDATA Resource type


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The "Tested and Approved for OS/2 Warp LAN Systems" program offers
LTRNAM.ZIP
hardware and software developers the opportunity to have IBM test their
:Date Issued - August 5, 1993
product with many IBM and non-IBM products in a LAN systems
Author: Kennneth A. Kahn, IBM Poughkeepsie N.Y.
real-world-like environment. IBM publishes the results of these tests to
help customers understand the test environment plus any workarounds
discovered during the testing. Customer knowledge of test results helps
customers make more informed purchases and experience smoother
installations.


LTRENAME Version 1.00
Call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.) to request document 3605 for a list of
compatible products tested by IBM in the Tested and Approved category,
with their respective test document numbers. From Canada, call
1-800-HELP-FAX. From elsewhere, use a fax telephone to call
1-415-855-4329. Additional information can be obtained by calling
1-800-992-4777 within the U.S. and Canada.


Normally, the OS/2 CM assigns by default the Text "HOST - X - 3270 Emulator"
Publicity: Where to Find Compatible Product Information
to an LT session as the Title for both the LT Window and as the Entry Text
in the OS/2 Window List (the Switch Entry).  This default text is not very
descriptive.  The LTRENAME utility allows you to change this Title Text to
any valid ASCII string.  This allows you to more easily identify your LT
sessions, especially when the are minimized.  The new Text string can be as
simple as the Host Name, or as complicated as you need.


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Upon successful completion of testing, developers are given the use of a
MEGADS.ZIP
compatibility mark to use with their products' advertising, brochures,
:Date Issued - August 5, 1993
and other marketing materials.


Author: Brent Gross, IBM Toronto, Canada
Customers are encouraged to look at products displaying the mark with
confidence that the products have been tested in an appropriate
environment. Customers can receive names and/or reports of compatible
products through the following sources:
* CompuServe IBMDESK forum
* Internet WWW: http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/compatibility.html
* IBM's TALKLink OS/2 bulletin board, 1-800-547-1283
* MAX (CD-ROM from Computer Reseller News)
* Support on Site for Networks CD, 1-800-827-7889
* Sources and Solutions catalog (1-203-452-7704 or fax 1-203-268-1075)
* National Solution Center's database
* 1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.), 1-800-HELP-FAX (Canada), or from elsewhere, call 1-415-855-4329 from a fax phone, and request documents 3241, 3242, 3605
* IBM Developer Connection CD, 1-800-633-8266
* IBM booths at major related trade shows
Compatible products also qualify for reduced advertising rates in major magazines.


MEGADESK Version 2.24
Program Q-and-A via Fax


Megadesk expands your desktop to increase the height and width of your
A set of questions and answers about the Product Compatibility Program
screen. It allows movement to each screen-sized "room" with a single
can be found on the Internet or by requesting document 3657 from
mouse-click on the desired room's "picture" in Megadesk's main window
1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.), 1-800-HELP-FAX in Canada, or (from elsewhere,
using a fax phone) 1-415-855-4329.


The Megadesk picture is drawn with the pull-down in the "Options" menu
More Information
item "Redraw all Screens". When windows move within a room, Megadesk's
picture of the room can be updated with a right-mouse double-click on the
picture.  If you want a window to appear in all rooms, select it in the
"Locks" menuitem pull-down and it will stay on the screen as you move to
all your new rooms (Megadesk itself is automatically locked).


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Additional information can be obtained by calling 1-800-992-4777 (U.S. and Canada) or via fax: 1-512-838-2473.
LP3820.ZIP
:Date Issued - April 12, 1993
:Latest Release - June 17, 1993
Author: Ken Borgedale  IBM Boca Raton, FL


Version 2.3a -
==Professional Certification Program from IBM==
The Professional Certification Program from IBM is an international program that provides recognition to technical professionals who
demonstrate proficiency in IBM software and related products. To become certified, individuals must demonstrate their proficiency in supporting selected IBM products by passing a series of exams.


Most documents created within IBM are in the AFP format (LIST3820,
OS/2 and LAN Server Roles
LIST38PP, PSEG3820).  lp3820 allows you to print AFP documents on
personal laser printers (IBM LaserPrinter, HP LaserJet, and any
PostScript printer).


lp3820 consists of a single program which will run in any version of OS/2, or in DOS 3.3 and above.
Individuals, rather than organizations, can receive certification in the following roles:
* Certified OS/2 Engineer
*:Provides the skills to support OS/2 installations and develop expertise in fine-tuning and customizing OS/2 platform systems.
* Certified OS/2 Instructor
*:Validates the skills required to teach OS/2 education courses, and provides technical instructor credentials.
* Certified LAN Server Administrator
*:Develops the skills necessary to support day-to-day network operations, such as backing up the server, maintaining security, and loading applications.
* Certified LAN Server Engineer
*:Provides service and support skills for LAN Server networks, including network design, performance tuning, and installation.
* Certified LAN Server Instructor
*:Enables participants to teach LAN Server education courses and provides technical instructor credentials.


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Other Certification Roles
PMPRTF.ZIP
:Date Issued - September 3, 1992
:Latest Release - June 17,1993
Author: Mike Cowlishaw, IBM United Kingdom Laboratories.


* Would you like to use the C standard function 'printf' in your PM programs for debugging, occasional error messages, etc.?
The Professional Certification Program from IBM also offers roles for AIX, CallPath DirectTalk/2, and Client/Server. For information
* Do you have existing subroutines, that use printf, that you'd like to use in PM programs?
about these certification options, contact Drake Prometric at 1-800-959-3926.


If you answer yes to either of these, you may find the PMprintf tool useful. PMprintf comprises two parts:
Testing
:printf.obj - an object file, compiled with IBM C Set/2, which you link in with your PM program just like any other subroutine. This provides the printf service to that program.  You write printf calls in your C program in the usual way; the printf subroutine buffers the data (on a per-thread basis in multi-thread programs) and adds each completed line to a message queue.  For example, the following printf call will write a line to the PMprintf application and sound the Alert (bell):
::printf("This seems to work\a\n");
:Sample source (in C) is also provided for the printf function.
:pmprintf.exe - is a PM application which sets up the queue used by printf and then "catches" and displays incoming printf lines.  It is a kind of 'monitor' or 'virtual console' which will accept lines from any number of processes that use printf. PMprintf offers a number of options, including the ability to log the incoming lines to a file.  See below for a short description of the options.
:If PMprintf has been started then it will display the incoming lines from printf calls in other processes.  If it has not been started, then printf calls are quietly ignored (they return 0, not an error). PMprintf can be started or stopped at any time, and printf calls will then become active or be ignored as appropriate.


Sample source for printf (printf.c) is included in the package; this
Certification testing is administered by Drake Prometric, a worldwide provider of certification testing in the computer industry. Classroom
offers certain customization options (for example, you can cause a
education is offered through IBM Education and Training.
prefix to be added to the start of each line so that different
applications can have unique output lines, or cause lines to be broken
at a certain length). There are also some usage hints and minor
restrictions, documented in the header of printf.c.


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CERT95.ZIP, in the IBM/PSP Marketing Library on CompuServe (lib 8 of the OS2USER forum), contains sample tests, test objectives, and program
PMGB32.ZIP
descriptions for the current programs.
:Date Issued - September 3, 1992
:Latest Release Date - June 17,1993
Author: Mike Cowlishaw, IBM United Kingdom Laboratories.


PMGlobe is a program which displays the Earth as a globe using OS/2
More Information
Presentation Manager.  You can choose to view the globe from any
direction, or select one of a number of 'standard' views.


In addition to simply displaying a picture of the world, PMGlobe will
For more information about the PSP Professional Certification Program from IBM, contact Drake Prometric:
also let you light the globe as though by sunlight -- so you can see
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at a glance those areas of the globe where the sun has risen, and where
United States and Canada                  1-800-959-3926
it is night.  Additional options add shading to the globe for a
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy,    +49 (0) 2159 92330
three-dimensional effect, and let you measure distances between
  Belgium, Netherlands, Eastern Europe
two points on the globe. Other features are described in the file
    toll-free: Germany    0130 839708
PMGLOBE.DOC.
              Austria    0660 8582
              Switzerland 1556 966
              Italy      1678 78441
              Belgium    0800 17414
              Netherlands 0602-27584
United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia,    +44 (0) 71 437 6900
  The Middle East, South Africa
France, Spain, Portugal, North Africa    +33 (0) 1 4289 8749
Japan                                    +81 3 3269 9620
Australia                                +61 2 414 3666
atin America - fax request to US:        1-612-896-7020
  (include the name Melissa Loh and
  phone number 1-612-896-7458)
</pre>
or visit our web site, http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/profesnl.html.


With the command interface included with PMGlobe, you can add markers
==Professional Certification Program from IBM: Questions and Answers==
and labels to the globe and have greater control over its actions.  If
General Program
you wish, you can use REXX (the scripting language included with OS/2)
as a macro language for PMGlobe -- see PMGLOBEX.DOC for a description of
the PMGlobe commands available; all of them can be used in a REXX macro.


Ver 2.02 fixes a problem with DOS programs (even COMM ones) and adds on-globe clock capability.
Q1. What is the Professional Certification Program from IBM?
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20MEMU.ZIP
:Date Issued - January 08, 1993
:Latest Release - June 16, 1993
Author: Ross Cook, IBM Boca Raton FL. /  Glenn Brew, IBM Boca Raton FL.


OS20MEMU is an OS/2 protect-mode program which displays a "snapshot"
A1. The Professional Certification from IBM is a formal program that provides a method for individuals to demonstrate their knowledge, professional skills, and proficiency on selected IBM products. Certification is based on identified roles pertaining to different IBM products or product lines. Individuals, rather than organizations, are certified for a specific role by passing a series of fee tests that are designed to measure their knowledge of the tasks of that role.
of the current memory usage in an OS/2 2.X system.
Total free storage is also shown.


The information given includes:
Q2. How do I enroll in the program?
- Applications (by name)        - Amount in Use
- Total Vdisk size              - Virtual Machine size
- Total Disk Cache size        - Memory owned by application
- Shared memory                - Free memory
- Amount Swapped
In addition, extensive detail can be requested for each application
currently executing by entering the process ID (PID).


Command examples:
A2. To enroll in the Professional Certification Program from IBM, an individual should contact Drake Prometric at 1-800-959-EXAM. Drake can supply you with information about the overall program requirements by sending you the IBM Professional Certification Program catalog. Drake can also tell you when and where tests are offered.
OS20MEMU        - runs program in default mode
OS20MEMU ?      - gives brief help and setup notes


See the OS20MEMU.TXT file for Install instructions.
Q3. What is the cost of a test?


Change History:
A3. Each test costs 100 USD, contains over 75 questions, and takes between one and two hours to complete.


93/1/7    Version 1.0:
Test Preparation
* First general release.
93/4/27  Version 1.01
* SYS3175 fixes
93/6/16  Version 1.02
* Supports ALL released OS/2 2.X systems (not Beta's)


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Q4. Am I required to take an IBM Education course to prepare for certification tests?
21MEMU.ZIP
:Date Issued - January 12, 1993
:Withdrawn - June 16, 1993


Author: Ross Cook, IBM Boca Raton FL. / Glenn Brew, IBM Boca Raton FL.
A4. No. As long as you possess sufficient knowledge, you need only pass each test that has been designated in the test roadmap for the certified role in which you are interested.
Withdrawn as the Version 1.02 20MEMU.ZIP now supports OS/2 2.1
This is a replacement DLL for 20MEMU.ZIP that allows 20MEMU.ZIP to be used
on the IBM OS/2 2.1 Beta. The original 20MEMU must be installed first, and
the DLL in this package replace the original one.


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Q5. What methods are available to me to help me ensure that I am prepared for the tests?
TXT2PS.ZIP
:Date Issued - September 1, 1992
:Latest Release Date - May 20, 1993 (Ver 2.15)
Author: Mason Williams, IBM Almaden, CA.


TXT2PS contains TEXTorPS for PostScript Printers. TEXTorPS is an
A5. You have several alternatives to help you prepare for the tests. Once you determine the role for which you would like to certify, you should then study the roadmap for that role. The test roadmap will help you to map out your course for certification.
application program that can enhance the usability of OS/2
PostScript printers by permitting the user to leave the printer in
PostScript mode and still print text sent to the printer spooler by
applications which are not PostScript aware. When TEXTorPS is running,
PostScript printer jobs are undisturbed, but other text files are
modified by the insertion of a PostScript program to interpret the job
as ASCII text. The user may specify the font, typesize, line spacing,
margins, orientation, page numbers and strings on each page.


Version 2.09
The Professional Certification Program from IBM provides test objectives and sample tests free of charge to aid you in preparing for certification.
:This corrects failure to print when options to include NLS chars or more chars from CP437, which was the initial selection in v 2.08.


Version 2.15
Roadmaps, test objectives, and sample tests are available by calling 1-800-959-EXAM (1-800-959-3926).
:Revised for more robust operation under OS/2 2.1, help text revised. TXT2PS contains TEXTorPS for PostScript Printers. TEXTorPS is an application program that can enhance the usability of OS/2 PostScript printers by permitting the user to leave the printer in PostScript mode and still print text sent to the printer spooler by applications which are not PostScript aware.  When TEXTorPS is running, PostScript printer jobs are undisturbed, but other text files are modified by the insertion of a PostScript program to interpret the job as ASCII text. The user may specify the font, typesize, line spacing, margins, orientation, page numbers and strings on each page.


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IBM Education and Training offers courses and, in some cases, sells the course material separately as an aid in self-study. Information about courses and course material is available by calling 1-800-IBM-TEACH (1-800-426-8322).
GFOLDR.ZIP
:Date Issued - May 19, 1993
:Latest Release - November 9, 1993(Version 2.0)
Author: Dan Kehn, IBM Cary, NC


Group Folder
The OS/2 Certification Handbook and the OS/2 LAN Server Certification Handbook are designed to be an inexpensive and convenient means of test preparation. These self-study books can be purchased by calling 1-800-959-EXAM (1-800-959-3926).


To handle the problem of getting to an object in a folder, many
Q6. Now that course information is not included in your roadmaps, how can I tell which course I need to take for any given test?
users create a special folder to hold objects that they frequently
use. But often this new folder becomes filled with objects, some
of which are only used once a month while others are used hourly.
Locating a desired object in such a folder can be like trying to
find "a needle in a haystack".


To solve the retrieval problem, Group Folder allows you to create
A6. A list of courses is available with the new Professional Certification Program catalog. Courses are listed by topic, so you can readily see which courses are available to meet your needs. Courses no longer have a one-to-one correspondence with tests, but you will be able to pick and choose the course you need. For example, while the tests cover both old and new releases, the courses do not. Therefore, if you are already familiar with the old release, you need only take the course to prepare you for the part of the test that covers the new release.
visible subsections within a given folder. Thus, you have more
control over the organization of the contents of folders. The
grouping of related objects helps you locate the object you want
more quickly.


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Q7. Do IBM courses and the self-study books cover everything I will need to know to pass the required certification exams?
ELEPHT.ZIP
:Date Issued  - May 4, 1993
Author: David Slauson, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, N.Y.


Tiny Dancing Elephant (with digital clock) v1.21
A7. IBM courses and the self-study books were designed with certification testing in mind, and are quite comprehensive. However, successful study through books and courses does not assure your success in passing certification exams.


ELEPHANT is a little demo of OS/2 animation using icons. It
The recommendation for pursuing certification roles is that the individual has at least three months of hands-on knowledge with the product. The certification program is designed to test individuals' skills with the product - not their study abilities.
displays a small icon-sized picture of a little elephant,
standing on a red carpet, dancing in front of a breaking window.


The program also displays a digital clock, in order to provide
New OS/2 and LAN Server Tests
some marginal utility. Some users have also used
ELEPHANT as a system monitor; as a system gets busier,
the elephant's dancing becomes slower and jerkier.


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Q8. Why do the new OS/2 and LAN Server tests cover both the old and new product releases?
LP382F.ZIP
:Date Issued - April 12, 1993
Author: Ken Borgedale, IBM Boca Raton, FL


Version 2.2d -  12 April 1993
A8. Because the prior product releases are still used by many customers and supported by IBM, the Professional Certification Program from IBM will continue to support certification on these prior releases.


These fonts give a basic set of Times, Helvetica, and Letter Gothic
To make it easier for new candidates to certify their skills on both releases of the product, the new test roadmaps were designed to require only one series of tests. Had the new tests only covered the new releases, an individual would have to take twice the number of tests to be certified on both product levels. A Certified OS/2 or LAN Server Engineer will be more creditable by being technically competent on both levels of products which are available and supported in our customers' environments.
fonts for use with lp3820 on printers which do not support scalable
fonts. These fonts are needed when running lp3820 in HP-PCL or
4019 PPDS modes. They are not needed when running lp3820 in
PostScript or 4029 PPDS modes.


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Q9. How can I get certified only on the new product release?
APING.ZIP
:Date Issued - August 5, 1992
:Latest Release - April 8,1993
Author: Peter J. Schwaller, IBM Research Triangle Park, NC.


APING is a CPI-C program that should be the first program you configure and
A9. If you already certified on a previous release, you need only take the one Update test for your role to certify on the new release. If you have never been certified, the new test process will certify you on both the old and new releases. At this time, there is no process which allows you to certify only on the new product release.
run when first configuring APPC on your computer.  APING exchanges data
packets with a partner computer, and times how long the data transfer takes.
It can be used to get a coarse measure of the session setup time between two
computers, and the throughput and turnaround time on that APPC session.
APING can be used to determine whether a session can be set up between two
computers, and will display extensive error information if session allocation
fails.


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Q10. I am already certified on a previous product release. Since the new tests cover both old and new product releases, does this mean I will have to be retested on the old release while certifying on the new release?
ATELL.ZIP
:Date Issued - August 5, 1992
:Latest Release - April 8, 1993
Author: Peter J. Schwaller, IBM Research Triangle Park, NC.


ATELL is a sample program that allows a workstation user to send a message to
A10. No. Update tests are available for each role, which allow you to update your certification to include the new product release by taking only one test. This Update test includes material relevant only to the new product release.
another workstation. ATELL is written in the C language and uses the IBM SAA
Common Programming Interface for Communications (CPI-C).


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Q11. I am a Certified LAN Server Engineer and a Certified LAN Server Administrator on release 3.0. Do I need to take both update test number 120, LAN Server 4.0 Administration Update, and update test number 121, LAN Server 4.0 Engineer Update, to update my two certifications to release 4.0?
AREXEC.ZIP
:Date Issued - August 5, 1992
:Latest Release - April 8, 1993
Author: Peter J. Schwaller, IBM Research Triangle Park, NC.


APPC Remote EXECution. AREXEC allows you to execute any single command line
A11. No. You need only take test 121, which encompasses material from test 120, and you will update both of your certifications by passing one exam.
on a remote workstation. All output of the command that goes to stdout or
stderr will be routed to your screen. Full screen programs or programs that
require user input will not work properly with AREXEC.


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Q12. I am a Certified LAN Server Administrator on release 3.0. Can I take test 121, LAN Server 4.0 Engineer Update, instead of test 120, LAN Server 4.0 Administration Update?
CBOOK.ZIP
:Date Issued - April 8, 1993
Author: Patrick Mueller, IBM  Cary, N.C.


cBook - C language file formatter for BookMaster
A12. No. Test 121 is only for individuals who are Certified LAN Server Engineers. You will need to take test 120.


cBook reads C source files and produces output suitable for BookMaster 1.3.
Q13. I am partially through the test process toward certification. How do I complete my certification, given these program changes?
(BookMaster is an IBM mainframe (CMS and MVS) document formatting system).


Besides applying various fonts and sizes to the C source, cBook provides
A13. To complete your certification to include the latest product release, you will need to finish your certification process with the new tests, and then pass the Update test for your role.
function cross reference information in BookMaster tables.


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Q14. Am I required to take this additional test to complete my certification?
ELEP2F.ZIP
:Date Issued - April 8, 1993
Author: Kenneth Kahn, IBM Poughkeepsie, NY


ELEP2, "OS/2 Entry Level 3270 Emulation Program", is a CUT Mode 3270 Emulator
A14. If you wish to complete your certification which began with the old tests but will finish with the new tests, you will need the Update test to complete your certification. You may choose to start the process over with all the new tests, in which case you will not need to take the Update test.
that runs in OS/2 VIO Window or FullScreen Protect Mode sessions. It supports
file transfers, both Download and Upload, via the IND$FILE protocol. It can
emulate the following terminal devices: Model-2 (24x80), Model-3 (32x80),
Model-4 (43x80) or Model-5 (27x132). It can be loaded and run from an OS/2 BOOT Disk.


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Q15. Why am I required to take this additional Update test to complete my certification to include the new product releases?
LOADDF.ZIP
:Date Issued - April 8, 1993
Author: Tom Cooper, IBM Boulder, CO


SaveDskF.exe and LoadDskF.exe are a pair of utilities to save a diskette
A15. To ensure the integrity of our program and to ensure the highest caliber of certified professionals, the Professional Certification Program from IBM has the responsibility to ensure thorough testing of all candidates. To allow individuals to certify on the new product release without adequately testing their knowledge on specific areas of that release, would not result in a quality certification process. The Update test is the easiest way - with one test - to ensure that individuals are tested on aspects of the new release which may have been missed when taking a combination of old and new tests.
to a file and vice-versa. SaveDskF.exe can be used to capture an image of a
diskette into a file. The file can be transported somewhere and with
LoadDskF.exe be reconstructed into the original diskette. This can be handy
for electronically sending bootable diskettes. Data compression is used and only
the data neccessary to reconstruct the used portion of the diskette is stored.
If you choose, you may include a text description of the diskette to be included
in the diskette image file.


This set of utility programs will run on a wide variety of operating systems.
Q16. I have only taken one core test toward my certification. Do I still need to take the Update test after finishing all remaining tests on the new release?
DOS 3.3 or later; OS/2 1.x; and OS/2 2.x.


These programs are not intended to save fixed disk images. All standard FAT
A16. If you have only taken one test, you may prefer to retake that one test in the new test scheme rather than the Update test. No matter how many tests you've completed, either the test(s) can be retaken or the Update test must be completed.
diskette formats are supported.


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Q17. I have only taken test 009, Installing and Supporting OS/2, toward my LAN Server engineer certification. Do I still need to take the Update test after finishing all remaining tests on the new release?
PMFTRM.ZIP
:Original Date Issued - July 16, 1992
:Latest Release Date - March 23, 1993 (Ver 1.5)
Author: Steve Blunden, IBM New Haven CN.


Async Terminal program for OS/2.
A17. No. This is the only exception to requiring that all core tests be covered on the new release. To become a Certified LAN Server Engineer, your one test requirement on OS/2 can be filled with the old test until the time that the old test is no longer available.


PMFTERM provides ANSI, DEC VT100(R), TTY line mode and FTTERMC asynchronous
Q18. I have only taken an elective toward my engineer certification. Do I still need to take the Update test after finishing all remaining (core) tests on the new release?
emulation for OS/2 1.2, 1.3 and 2.0+ without CM or ES.  File transfer for
IND$FILE via 3708/7171 or XMODEM for others.  Logon scripting provided
including special escape characters, CIS logon, IBM NSC BBS logon script etc.
Command line interface to SEND/RECEIVE for all F/T types.  Full hypertext
help.  COPY from and PASTE (!!!) TO emulation sessions (ie. from an
editor session).  COM1-COM4 support, run as many PMFTERM's concurrently
as you have COM ports!  Just add COM01/COM02/COM.SYS to CONFIG.SYS and
talk to the world...and still use your computer while you do it!


;Release History
A18. No. Most electives will still be available and unchanged by this announcement. Therefore, any elective already taken will apply to certification.


Release 1.2 Initial release of PMFTERM
Q19. Why is test 013, OS/2 Performance and Tuning, being withdrawn as an elective toward a Certified OS/2 Engineer?


Release 1.5  2/11/93
A19. Performance and tuning information was determined to be knowledge that is key to support of OS/2. Therefore, the content of this test was moved into two of the new core tests (test 109, Installing OS/2, and test 112, Supporting OS/2).
:Fixed problem with TSO where screen was cleared before entering IND$FILE command.
:Fixed problems with IND$FILE and 3174 AEA.
:Added support in FTTERMC for Host Directed Print.
:Output is sent to the spooler default printer, which is assumed to be IBM4201 data stream compatible.
:Fixed ATTN key (Alt+F5).
:Fixed cursor in the middle of fonts larger than 10 high.


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Q20. Why are some of the new tests two hours instead of one hour (like they have been in the past)?
DIRSTA.ZIP
:Date Issued - August 27, 1992
:Latest Release Date - March 23, 1993 (Ver 1.02)
Author: Chris Ahl, IBM Raleigh, NC.


DIRSTAT is a simple PM program that can be used to obtain information from
A20. Some new tests had to grow in size to adequately cover the added functions of the new product releases, as well as to include material on both product releases. In those cases, you are allowed two hours, but you may actually finish in less time.
a LAN adapter in your PS/2.  The primary purpose of this program is to
provide an easy way of finding out the universal address (UAA) of the adapter
and the local address (LAA) of the adapter.


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Q21. Are the questions on the new tests equally divided between the old and new releases?
CPOST.ZIP
:Date Issued - March 23, 1993
Author: Patrick Mueller, IBM Cary, N.C.


cPost - C language file formatter for PostScript
A21. The new tests cover questions specific to the old release, questions specific to the new release, and questions that pertain to both releases. The number of questions for any of these three types varies by tests, but was determined to be adequate coverage of that topic for both releases.


cBook reads C source files and produces output suitable for PostScript
Q22. Do I still have only one year to pass all required tests after taking the first test to become certified?
printers and interpreters.


Arbitrary PostScript fonts (and sizes) may be applied to various types
A22. No. In order to encourage you to complete your certification at your own pace, this requirement has been removed.
of tokens in the C source.


version  1.2 - Feb 17 1993
Q23. If I certify on the new product release, what will I have to distinguish my credentials in the marketplace from someone who is certified only on the previous product release?
* fix to make 'i' and 'd' fonts work (for good this time!)
* change Courier-Italic to Courier-Oblique
version  1.1 - Feb 15 1993
* fix tab handling problem (thanks to Art Roberts for this)
* fix to make 'i' and 'd' fonts work
* don't echo command line parameters into output file anymore
* allow '@' file specs for -k and file names.
version  1.0 - Feb  2 1993
* a few bug fixes, a few added diagnostics
* function definitions (can) now use different font than other function tokens (usage and prototype).
* font for identifiers separated from 'n'ormal text
* added the -r option and -w option
version  0.3 - Jan 18 1993
* configuration via imbed files with -i options
* all options added (most from cBook)
* added linefeed at end of file to prevent last line from not being processed
version  0.2
* lots of little fixes
version  0.1
* initial version


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A23. Effective with this announcement, new certificates and photo IDs will reflect the release on which a person is certified. In addition, you will receive camera-ready copy for a new logo for use on your business cards, etc. This new logo, also included in the new lapel pins, will clearly differentiate you from those certified through the old process.
AUTODI.ZIP
:Date Issued - March 23, 1993
Author: Richard L. Gray, IBM Owego, New York


AUTODISP provdies a graphical display of the following APPN resources as
OS/2 and LAN Server Instructor Certification
bar charts on a percentile scale:
  Sessions              - Number of sessions having an endpoint at this node.
  Links                - Number of links between this and other nodes.
  Transaction Programs  - Number of active transaction programs at this node.
  Data Base Entries    - Number of data base entries at this node.
  Network Nodes        - Number of network nodes in this network.
  Intermediate Sessions - Number of sessions routed through this node.
Great for demos, testing, and keeping status on a network node.


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Q24. I have obtained my instructor certification prior to this announcement of a change in the program. Am I still entitled to the benefits of the previous program?
RXD.ZIP
:Date Issued - February 15, 1993
Author: Patrick Mueller, IBM Cary, N.C.


RXD is a Presentation Manager source level debugger for Rexx programs.
A24. No. The previous instructor certification program - with its accompanying benefits - has been discontinued, and replaced by the newly described program.
It features breakpoints, single stepping, 'watch' variables display,
and a console input/output display.


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Q25. I have obtained my instructor certification prior to this announcement of a change in the program. Do I have an easy way to recertify and qualify for the new instructor program benefits?
PMCAM2.ZIP
:Date Issued - February 15, 1993
Author: Juerg von Kaenel, IBM Yorktown Research Center, N.Y.


PM Camera /2 has the ability to take screen shots of OS/2 Presentation Manager
A25. Yes. If you are already a Certified OS/2 Engineer or a Certified LAN Server Engineer, your instructor certification will automatically transfer to the new program. Acquiring certification as either an OS/2 or LAN Server engineer, coupled with your previous certification as an instructor, will qualify you as a certified instructor in the new program. You will not need to complete the remaining steps.
screens, screen parts  or active  windows. The pictures taken may be saved in
OS/2 BMP (1.1) file format, PSEG38PP, PostScript  and  Encapsulated PostScript
format. Additionally  it may also  be put into the Clipboard  for use by other
applications.


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Q26. Under the new instructor certification program, am I still required to be affiliated with an IBM Licensed Education Center and teach only from IBM course curriculum?
RXMATH.ZIP
:Date Issued - December 02, 1992
Author: Patrick J. Mueller, IBM Cary N. C.


The following math functions are provided:  cos(x), sin(x), tan(x),
A26. No. The Professional Certification Program from IBM encourages you to use the curriculum you feel best teaches our products at the location and facilities most convenient to you.
acos(x), asin(x), atan(x), cosh(x), sinh(x), tanh(x), ceil(x),
floor(x), exp(x), log(x), log10(x), sqrt(x), pow(x,y), pi(), e().
Note that these functions are a subset of those available with the C
Set/2 compiler.  All trigonometric functions deal with radians.
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PRNTPS.ZIP
Q27. Must I take instructional skills course through IBM to illustrate my instructional education?
:Date Issued - November 10, 1992
Author: Mike Perks, IBM Boca Raton.


This is a simple program written in REXX which allows you to print a text
A27. No. Any in-company or external instructional education will be accepted.
file on a Postscript capable printer. The command format is:
PRINTPS <filename>
where <filename> is the name of the file you want to print.


You can edit PRINTPS.CMD to change the following items:
More Information
printer port                  output = 'LPT1'
number of line on a page      numlines = 80
size of the page              pagelength = 792  (11 inches)
top margin                    topmargin = 36    (0.5 inch)
bottom margin                bottommargin = 36  (0.5 inch)
left-hand side margin        leftmargin = 54    (0.75 inch)


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Q28. How can I get more information about the Professional Certification Program from IBM?
RXAPPC.ZIP
:Date Issued - November 9, 1992
Author: Sam Detweiler Jr., IBM Detroit Michigan.


REXX/APPC Function interface Package
A28. Call 1-800-959-EXAM (1-800-959-3926) and ask for our latest catalog, which includes a list of all roles currently available through the program. Also, you may refer to our web site at http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/profesnl.html.


This package provides access to the OS/2
Q29. How can I purchase a self-study book?
Communications Manager APPC Application
Programming Interface from REXX programs.


This provides a fast and simple way to
A29. Call 1-800-959-EXAM (1-800-959-3926) to order a book.
learn APPC and to build communications pgms.


The sample pgms TP1 (Client) and TP2 (Server)
Q30. How can I get more information on IBM Education and Training classes and course material for sale?
can be located at any OS/2 APPC enabled system


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A30. Call 1-800-IBM-TEACH (1-800-426-8322).
RXNETB.ZIP
:Date Issued - November 6, 1992
Author: Sam Detweiler Jr., IBM Detroit Michigan.


REXX/NETBIOS Function interface Package
Q31. How can I get a free copy of test objectives and sample tests for my role?


This package provides access to the OS/2
A31. Call 1-800-959-EXAM (1-800-959-3926).
NETBIOS Application Programming Interface
from REXX programs.


This provides a fast and simple way to
Q32. Where else can I get information about the program?
learn NETBIOS and to build communications pgms.


The sample pgms TESTS (Client) and TESTR (Server)
A32. Call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329) for program information, test objectives, and an instructor certification application.
can be located at any OS/2 NETBIOS enabled system


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==Connections to IBM U.S. Announcement Letters==
EDTINI.ZIP
IBM U.S. Announcement Letters can be accessed in several ways.
:Date Issued - October 3, 1992
Author: Gunnar P. Seaburg, IBM Houston Texas.


The EDITINI program is a simple editor which can be used to view
====Internet====
and change text entries in the OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI keyed
The Internet is a world-wide collection of networks that provides a wide range of services including electronic mail, bulletin boards and file
files. The OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI files provide a convenient
transfer. You may access the Internet through Advantis (e.g., via TCPGATE), other commercial Internet service providers, or via a direct
place for programs to store profile information.  However, these
connection.
files are stored in binary form and therefore cannot be readily
viewed without a special program.  That's why EDITINI was
created.


EDITINI can be used to view text entries in the OS2.INI and
You can access IBM U.S. Announcement Letters on the Internet using the Internet client/server code "Mosaic" and/or "Gopher".
OS2SYS.INI profiles, and it also provides the ability to change
or delete entries if desired.  (EDITINI does not provide binary
data editing capability.)


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WORLD-WIDE WEB (MOSAIC OR OS/2 WEBEXPLORER)
VREXX2.ZIP
:Date Issued - September 24, 1992
Author: Richard B. Lam, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center


VREXX is Visual REXX for OS/2 Presentation Manager!  VREXX is a library of
Mosaic/WebExplorer is a versatile, easy, point-and-click hypermedia interface to the World Wide Web. Hypermedia documents contain links,
OS/2 2.0 REXX functions that will give your REXX programs a PM interface. And
not only to other pieces of text, but also to other forms of media such as sounds, images, and movies. The World Wide Web server is a
you DO NOT need to know anything about PM programming!
system that helps organize Internet information by linking documents together via a technology called hypertext. It allows selected words
to "expand" to provide more information about the subject.


VREXX includes functions for creating windows, drawing graphics, displaying
The IBM home page, the primary entry point to IBM material, is located on a World Wide Web server. To access the IBM home page:
text in multiple fonts, and displaying dialog boxes. Dialogs are available
* Enter the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) http://www.ibm.com
for filename selection, font and color selection, string input, and message
display. Other dialogs allow presentation and selection of options through
listbox, table, radiobutton and checkbox dialogs.


On-line help is included, along with some sample REXX programs that show how
To access IBM U.S. Announcement Letters:
easy it is to add windows and dialogs to Your REXX programs.
# Click on "What we offer" icon
#* Click on "Offering Information"
#* Click on "IBMLink" under United States
#* Click on "Public information and services"
#* Click on "INFOLink" or "Announcements"
#* Save the fastpath in your "QuickList" (or "HotList")
#* For follow-on access through your Web browser, click on "QuickList" (or "HotList") and directly access the announcements.
# Click on "Newsfeed" icon
#* Click on "Raw data"
#* Click on "US announcement letters"


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WebExplorer is available with OS/2 Warp.
HEXDMP.ZIP
:Date Issued - September 1, 1992
Author: Joe Nord, IBM Boca Raton, FL.


A binary data display and conversion utility, hexdump supports both bin2hex
GOPHER
and hex2bin functionality.  'bin2hex' is pretty self-explainatory.
For 'hex2bin' (-r), hexdump searches the input stream for "nibbles"
converting each pair to a binary output byte.  To facilitate small changes
to binary files, input hex format is compatible with hexdump displayed hex and
characters following a '*' on a line are ignored (for comments).


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Gopher is a menu-based, textual interface to the Gopher servers on the Internet. There are thousands of Gopher servers containing data on almost any subject.
DBMRPW.ZIP
:Date Issued - September 1, 1992
Author: James Wangler, IBM Austin, TX.


REMOTE PASSWORD ADMINISTRATION UTILITY
The IBMLink Gopher server is located at gopher.ibmlink.ibm.com. To access the Gopher server:
For Client-to-Server-to-Host Password Updates
# Log on to Advantis, giving account code, userid, and password
#* Select "TCPGATE"
#* Select "Establish a Gopher connection"
#* Select "IBMLink Information System"
#* Announcements are listed for viewing and printing
# From your web browser, enter the URL: gopher://gopher.ibm.com
#* Click on "IBM US Announcement Information"
#* Click on "IBM US Announcement Letters"


This is for EXTENDED SERVICES 1.0 (ES 1.0)
LISTSERVER


PURPOSE: This utility is intended for use with the OS/2 Database Manager, while running a Server and Client(s) arrangement without the use of the OS/2 LAN Server program.
The Listserver allows an Internet e-mail user to automatically receive U.S. Announcement Letter titles and, optionally, the letter itself from selected categories. This will occur when announcements are made public. For more information about the Listserver:
* Send an e-mail to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com
* Enter the keyword "subscribe" in the body of the e-mail (leave the subject line blank)
You will receive a list of categories and detailed instructions.
Select the categories that interest you, and resend this information via e-mail to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com.


The problem to be solved is: how does a user on a client
====IBM Fax Information Service====
machine update the password access on the server, for
The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to access up-to-date
a particular user-id.  In addition, if a host session(s)
information, including announcement letters, 24 hours a day, seven days
is provided and active on the server, how does a user on a
a week. You may request up to five documents per call. You may also
client machine update the password access on the host
request other product information. Outside the United States, dial
session(s). The problem is physical access to the
1-415-855-4329 from a fax machine.
server is very difficult or virtually impossible, due to
distance or security access.


This utility allows a user on a client machine to update
From a touch-tone phone:
the password access on the server, for a particular
*Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329)
user-id. In addition, if a host session(s) is provided
* Option 1
and active on the server, this utility allows a user on a
**Press 1 to have instructions faxed to you
client machine to update the password access on the host
**Press 2 to listen to instructions
session(s), all without having physical access to the server.
* Option 2
**Enter document number:
  1000 for current week's announcement listing
  1001 for past three months' announcement listing
  1002 for past twelve months' announcement listing
  6-digit announcement letter number (e.g., 195-042)
  3195 for "Connections to U.S. Announcement Letters"
  1025 for U.S. Announcement Listserver category form and details


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====IBMLink====
DINFO.ZIP
IBMLink is a comprehensive information retrieval system that provides easy electronic access to support tools and product information.
:Date Issued - August 21, 1992
IBMLink services are at the discretion of the IBM marketing field location. Contact your IBM representative for additional information.
Author: N. Malte Christensen, IBM DENMARK


A small program that sits on your desktop on monitors your SWAP file and
To access IBM announcement letters via IBMLink:
free space on the SWAP drive. Alarms can be set to alert you to SWAPPER.DAT
* Log on to Advantis, giving account code, userid, and password
growth and you can also set an alarm to specific FREE SPACE values.
* Select IBMLink option
* On the IBMLink Main Menu:
** Select "INFOLink"
** Select "IBMAnnounces"
** Select "announcement"
** Choose selection criteria (date, search words, and so on)
** Announcements are listed for viewing and printing
* Fastpath option from IBMLink Main Menu:
** Type "an" at the command line, and press Enter
** Choose selection criteria (date, search words, and so on)
** Announcements are listed for viewing and printing


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====More Information====
PMTREE.ZIP
If you have any questions about these electronic delivery vehicles, or
:Date Issued - August 18, 1992
feedback on our announcement letter product, please call 1-914-642-6030,
Author: Donald Hobern, IBM Boca Raton, FL
fax 1-914-642-4063, or send an Internet message to rtunstall@vnet.ibm.com.


PMTREE is an application for examination of and interaction with the
==800 Phone Numbers==
windows of an OS/2 system.  It presents a graphical display of all a
The 800 phone numbers below come from two sources:
window hierarchy, allowing navigation according to the relationships
:(1) This issue and preceding issues of SDO Developer Support News
between the windows.  Many characteristics of the windows may be
:(2) Information posted on IBM internal forums
displayed or queried. In many cases the windows may also be modified.
The application also allows the user to post or send PM messages to
any window in the system.


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{{DSN-800}}
IPFCPP.ZIP
:Date Issued - July 16, 1992
Author: Doug Haigh, IBM Raleigh, N. C.


IPFC Preprocessor.
==Trademarks, Registered Trademarks, Service Marks==
{{DSN-tmarks}}


IPFC Preprocessor is tool to expand the capabilities of the IPF Compiler.  It
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provides additional function for the IPF Compiler that are necessary for both
This concludes 1996 Issue 3 of IBM SDPnews. Please let us know how we can improve it - send your feedback to dsnews@vnet.ibm.com. Thank you!
single sourcing online documentation & hardcopy books (using BookMaster), and
single sourcing of symbols for the developer and help panel writer. IPFC
Preprocessor allows you to define symbols, create conditionally compiled
sections of documents, include C language symbols (using #define) in help
panels, create simple text macros (tags), and resolves searches for imbedded
files and bitmaps to other directories.


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IBM Solution Developer Operations

Solution Developer Program News

1996 Issue 3, 15 February 1996

Contents

The table of contents contains search codes for going directly to items that interest you.

  • The IBM Solution Developer Program (sdpovu)
    Technical, business, and marketing support.
    Cross-platform. Two types of membership. The services you requested. Membership registration. More information.
    • A Welcome from the Vice President (gantmsg)
    • Grow Your Market Opportunities with the IBM Solution Developer Program (growmkt)
    • IBM Solution Developer Program Specialty Offerings (listpid)
      AIX POWER Team Partners in Development.
      AS/400 Partners in Development.
      DB2 Partners in Development.
      Distributed Computing Partners in Development.
      Flowmark Partners in Development.
      ImagePlus Partners in Development.
      MQSeries Partners in Development and CICS Partners in Development.
      Object Connection Partners in Development.
      OS/2 Partners in Development.
      Retail Solutions Partners in Development.
      S/390 Partners in Development.
      SystemView Partners in Development.
      How to enroll in additional specialty offerings.
      How to update a member profile.
    • IBM Solution Developer Program Technical Services (techserv)
      White papers. Frequently asked questions. Hints and tips. Education roadmaps.
    • IBM Solution Developer Program Business Services (busserv)
      Hertz.
    • IBM Solution Developer Program Go-to-Market Services (mktserv)
      Solutions directories. User groups.
  • IBM Sold Record Numbers of OS/2 Warp at End of 1995; OS/2 (recwarp)
    Sales Now Top 12 Million Worldwide Sales rise expected after Windows 95. Sticking with OS/2 in a business environment. Successes for OS/2 developers.
    More in store for 1996. IBM news releases.
  • IBM PSP Announces 1996 Product Development Plans (plan1996)
    1996 focus on X86 products. A million OS/2 Warp licenses shipped in December. Upcoming: Merlin. Also upcoming: OS/2 Warp Server. Successful 1995 for OS/2 Warp family.

Where to Find SDPnews

On the World Wide Web

SDPnews is available on the Internet World Wide Web through the IBM Solution Developer Support home page. The URL for SDPnews is http://www.developer.ibm.com/sdp/news/.

On E-Mail and Bulletin Board Systems

The monthly SDPnews files are ZIPped into the file SDPNym.ZIP, where y = last digit of year, and m = issue number represented as alpha (for example, SDPN6B.ZIP is the 1996 second issue). SDPNym.ZIP contains:

  • This announcement file, SDPNym.ANN
  • The current month's contents list, SDPNym.SMY
  • An annual cumulative list of contents, SDPNy.CUM
  • The current month's ASCII newsletter, SDPNym.ASC

The ZIPped files are posted on several e-mail and BBS systems:

  • America Online, in the OS/2 forum, in the Newsletters library
  • AMK HITLINE AG (Switzerland), in the OS/2 mailbox, in file area 7
  • CompuServe, in OS2DF2 forum, *DAP library section 14 and in OS2DF1 forum, OPEN FORUM library section 15
  • Fidonet, in the OS2 Information file area, FWOS2INFO
  • GEnie, in OS/2 Software Library 16
  • IBM Canada BBS, in file area 35, OS/2 Programming
  • IBM OS2BBS (TALKLink), in Software library, Newsletters section
  • IBM Personal Computer Company BBS, in file area 11, OS/2 Programming
  • Internet, via anonymous ftp from ftp.software.ibm.com, in directory /ps/products/os2/info/wnewsltr; or via Gopher from os2info.austin.ibm.com, in the OS/2 Information menu
  • NIFTY-Serve (Japan), in FOS2APP forum, library section 18
  • Norloff's OS/2 Shareware BBS (1-703-385-4325 or telnet://bbs.os2bbs.com), in the OS/2 Periodicals file area
  • OS2NET (Europe), on all OS2NET bulletin boards in Europe, usually in the DSNEWS download area
  • PRODIGY, in the OS/2 Club topic's download library, in IBM Files

Note: If you cannot find files named sdpn... or dsn... (in lower case), look for files named SDPN... or DSN... (in upper case).

Within IBM

Within IBM, 1996 issues, in ASCII format, are in SDPNEWS6 PACKAGE in both the OS2TOOLS catalog and the SDOINFO catalog. 1995 issues are in DSN5 PACKAGE in those catalogs; 1994 issues are in DSN4 PACKAGE in OS2TOOLS only.

To obtain SDPNEWS6 PACKAGE, type:

  TOOLCAT OS2TOOLS GET SDPNEWS6 PACKAGE

or

  TOOLCAT SDOINFO GET SDPNEWS6 PACKAGE

To obtain DSN5 PACKAGE, type:

  TOOLCAT OS2TOOLS GET DSN5 PACKAGE

or

  TOOLCAT SDOINFO GET DSN5 PACKAGE

To obtain DSN4 PACKAGE, type:

  TOOLCAT OS2TOOLS GET DSN4 PACKAGE

You can also request the packages by typing:

  REQUEST SDPNEWS6 FROM V1ENG AT BCRVM1

or

  REQUEST DSN5 FROM V1ENG AT BCRVM1

or

  REQUEST DSN4 FROM V1ENG AT BCRVM1

To subscribe to SDPNEWS6 PACKAGE, type

  TOOLCAT OS2TOOLS SUB SDPNEWS6 PACKAGE

or

  TOOLCAT SDOINFO SUB SDPNEWS6 PACKAGE

Notice to Readers Outside the USA

It is possible that the material in this newsletter may contain references to, or information about, IBM products (machines and programs), programming, or services that are not announced in your country. Such references or information must not be construed to mean that IBM intends to announce such products, programming, or services in your country.

Send Us Your Feedback!

Your comments about this newsletter are important to us. Please send your feedback to the editor of IBM SDPnews, Mike Engelberg, at:

  • Internet: dsnews@vnet.ibm.com
  • IBMMAIL: USIB33NP
  • Fax: 1-407-443-3858
  • Mail: SDPnews, Internal Zip 5407, IBM Corporation, 1000 N.W. 51st Street, Boca Raton FL 33431, USA

SDPnews Monthly

 SDPnews Monthly Issues Discontinued; News is Now
  Posted on Solution Developer Program Home Page

You are reading the final issue of SDPnews in its current form.

The IBM Solution Developer Program will now provide its news via the World Wide Web at URL http://www.developer.ibm.com. Many news items published in SDPnews are made available on a more timely basis on our Web page. The Web also lets readers link to related information, and it offers a way to respond interactively to some news items.

Please be sure to access the Solution Developer Program's home page regularly for news and for other items of interest. Members of IBM's Solution Developer Program will soon be able to subscribe to a monthly news summary - check our Web page for further information.

Editor's comment: There have been 44 issues of SDPnews, and its predecessor DSNEWS, since May 1993. Every one of them has been enjoyable to produce, and many readers have responded with notes of appreciation. Thank you for the many kind words. It has been a pleasure serving you.

Mike Engelberg

The IBM Solution Developer Program

The IBM Solution Developer Program is a worldwide IBM initiative to help commercial solution developers grow their business on IBM software and hardware platforms and technologies. It is designed to simplify access to a wide range of IBM development support programs by providing a single coordinating point for developers with IBM. The IBM Solution Developer Program combines and improves existing development offerings from the various IBM product divisions into one worldwide program.

Technical, Business, and Marketing Support

The IBM Solution Developer Program provides solution developers with a consistent and reliable set of offerings and information on technical, business, and marketing support services. It capitalizes on the focus of today's specialty offerings, which are called Partners in Development, such as the OS/2 Partners in Development, AS/400 Partners in Development, and Object Connection Partners in Development.

Cross-Platform

The IBM Solution Developer Program covers all IBM operating systems (OS/2, AIX, AS/400, and MVS); software products such as DB2, CICS, and NetView; and specific technology areas such as object technology and systems management.

The program will be especially useful to commercial software developers who want to build mission-critical, multi-platform, client-server applications.

Two Types of Membership

There are two types of membership:

  • Commercial Developer Member (for companies who develop software for the commercial market)
  • Individual Member (for people registering as individuals).

Some of the program content is clearly designed to help companies expand their market opportunity, and will be available only to Commercial Developer Members.

As a member, you will find IBM strategy documents, technical insights, and other information that is critical to you and your business if you are to expand into existing and emerging markets.

The Services You Requested

The IBM Solution Developer Program can provide the services you have requested:

  • Easier contact and consistent ways to do business with IBM
  • A complimentary information tier, with access to specialty offerings designed to help you grow your business through successful development on IBM technologies
  • A worldwide and standardized set of deliverables
  • A single, universal membership number and password that identifies you as a member across all IBM development platforms
  • Easy access to information and Solution Developer Program services through the Worldwide Web

Membership Registration

You can register as either a Commercial Developer Member or an Individual Member by accessing the registration form on the World Wide Web at http://www.developer.ibm.com.

More Information

You can obtain more information about the IBM Solution Developer Program through any of the following methods:

  • Internet: ibmsd@vnet.ibm.com
  • Fax: 1-770-835-9444
  • Solution Developer Hotline (Worldwide): 1-770-835-9902
  • Solution Developer Hotline (US and Canada): 1-800-627-8363

A Welcome from the Vice President

Dear Developer,

The IBM Solution Developer Program combines IBM's developer activities into one exciting new program to help commercial developers create and market software solutions with the growing family of IBM products. Teaming with IBM through the IBM Solution Developer Program will provide you with opportunities to reach new customers for your products and expand your business into new markets.

Our goal is to help you grow your business through successful development on IBM platforms, and to make it easy and efficient for you to do business with IBM. We have streamlined access to information and services. The IBM Solution Developer Program provides a single worldwide program for your business, technical, and marketing needs.

The Solution Developer Program consists of a set of free programs and services and a wide variety of selectable specialty programs that are priced according to their individual content. These specialty programs may include additional software and hardware discounts, marketing services, documentation, and technical support.

As a member of our developer family, you will receive technical information, news of special promotions, descriptions of various specialty offerings, "how-to" materials, and timely information about IBM's technology strategy and our vision for the future.

If you already belong to one of IBM's developer programs, you are automatically a member of this new worldwide program. To register as a new member (individual or company), simply fill out the registration form on our Internet Worldwide Web site at http://www.developer.ibm.com.

You may contact us through any of the following methods:

  • Internet: ibmsd@vnet.ibm.com
  • Fax: 1-770-835-9444
  • Solution Developer Hotline (Worldwide): 1-770-835-9902
  • Solution Developer Hotline (US and Canada): 1-800-627-8363

We look forward to working together for our mutual benefit and success.

Sincerely,

James J. Gant Vice President IBM Solution Developer Operations

Grow Your Market Opportunities with the IBM Solution Developer Program

Solution developers! Expand your business by working with IBM, a partner who is willing and able to give you the help you need. You can choose IBM as your software development partner and experience the advantages that only we can provide to compliment your products.

  • As the world's largest software company, IBM shares its leading technologies with other solution developers. Working together, IBM and its solution developer partners can provide comprehensive hardware and software solutions to our mutual customers.
  • IBM leads the industry in its promotion and support of international standards for open architecture. By working with IBM interfaces built on published standards, software developers can maximize continuity and investment protection as technology evolves.
  • IBM has charted a course to leadership in the next major arena of computer software: Network-Centric Computing. Work with us now to share in that success and help ensure continued market growth for your products.
  • Expand your market reach! The Solution Developer Program helps you access all IBM hardware/software platforms, and take advantage of IBM middleware that runs on a variety of IBM and non-IBM platforms. You can choose to migrate your application to run on one of our middleware products and immediately increase your market presence to encompass that wide range of supported platforms.
  • Extend your market range! IBM supports customers in 155 countries on six continents. IBM wants to work with solution developers like you to extend into new markets around the globe.

The IBM Solution Developer Program provides extensive support and services in the areas of marketing, technical, and business to its members. Membership allows commercial software developers to share in the growth potential that investing in IBM's technologies affords.

Other attractive features of the program include:

  • Easy access through the World Wide Web to all program services and information
  • Extensive and knowledgeable technical staff, available to solution developers worldwide
  • IBM's commitment to help members of the IBM Solution Developer Program to succeed
  • Participating "specialty" Partners in Development areas, such as the DB2 Partners in Development, that continually improve their offerings and provide information on operating systems and other software products across IBM's platforms.

Take advantage of these benefits now by joining the IBM Solution Developer Program. To register, access our Web site at http://www.developer.ibm.com, and fill in and submit the appropriate registration form.

IBM Solution Developer Program Specialty Offerings

The IBM Solution Developer Program provides a framework for many Specialty Offerings (Partners In Development) which cover IBM's major hardware and software platforms. Designed to provide business, technical, and go-to-market services for specific IBM technologies, these programs enable solution developers to select the program that is appropriate to their current business needs.

The following information provides IBM Solution Developer Program members with a brief description of the Partners In Development programs available from IBM.

AIX POWER Team Partners In Development

The AIX POWER Team Partners in Development offering is an exciting program developed just for you! The program is tailored to help you, the developer, gain access to the IBM tools that can help build and grow your product in the AIX marketplace. Membership in the AIX POWER Team allows you to take advantage of a variety of programs, which include:

  • Technical Support
  • Development
  • Equipment
  • Marketing

Learn about the many programs and facilities IBM has to offer. Making it easy for you to work with IBM is an important goal of the program.

Become a member of the AIX POWER Team and work with IBM to expand your sales and marketing opportunities, take advantage of the technical support and equipment offerings, and keep on the leading edge of new technologies.

AS/400 Partners In Development

AS/400 Partners in Development is your access to IBM AS/400 development resources from the AS/400 Division. All IBM Authorized AS/400 Business Partners and independent AS/400 software developers worldwide may participate. In brief, AS/400 Partners in Development offers partner-to-lab synergy, unique on-line developer support, no-charge software licenses, special developer lease options, early release code prior to General Availability (GA), AS/400 demo rental, licensed internal program interfaces, and lab-to-member newsletter.

DB2 Partners In Development

Worldwide, over 1,000 independent software vendors support IBM DATABASE 2 (DB2), and participate in DB2 Partners in Development. The program is designed to assist professional developers with the production of software that will exploit DB2 and IBM's Distributed Database Connection Service.

IBM will provide:

  • Use of DB2 code and documentation
  • Hotline technical support and a worldwide electronic forum
  • Senior staff advocacy for program feedback, and assistance with product offerings, business relationships, and marketing opportunities
  • Access to IBM marketing programs, such as exhibitions, conferences, and mailings
  • Inclusion of vendor products in the DB2 Solutions Directory, which is distributed to the IBM field force, customers, business partners, and trade-show attendees

DB2, IBM's premier host relational database product, is now available on AIX/6000, OS/2, Hewlett-Packard's HP 9000, and Sun Solaris platforms.

Distributed Computing Partners In Development

Distributed Computing Partners in Development provides assistance and support for companies developing client/server applications based on the industry-standard Open Software Foundation (OSF) Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) technology.

IBM's DCE provides the environment and tools to build industrial-strength client/server applications in a heterogeneous environment.

The Distributed Computing Partners in Development offering features at no charge:

  • Development copies of DCE
  • Technical Education
  • Toll-free telephone technical support

Flowmark Partners In Development

IBM FlowMark is a workflow manager that gives a company control of its business activities - whatever the nature of the business. Workflow design, tracking, automation, management, documentation, and improvement are important in the emerging science of Business Process Reengineering, but there is potential to integrate FlowMark into many different types of application software.

IBM FlowMark is an object-oriented, distributed application that can run standalone or as client/server. Current implementations provide OS/2 and AIX server function, with support for OS/2, AIX, and Windows clients. Multiple servers may share a single database. FlowMark for MVS, now in limited availability, allows integration of MVS applications, and will ultimately provide MVS server support.

The FlowMark Partners in Development offering features, at no charge:

  • Free use of code, documentation, and tools
  • Technical support via toll-free phone number
  • Education support
  • Solution Directory listing of vendor products
  • Other marketing opportunities as available

ImagePlus Partners In Development

ImagePlus Partners in Development is designed to help solution providers integrate IBM ImagePlus products into their product or service offerings. This offering is open to commercial software developers, consultants, and system integrators. The program provides support for both IBM ImagePlus VisualInfo, and for IBM SAA ImagePlus Workfolder Application Facility/400. Membership in the IBM ImagePlus PID allows you to take advantage of a variety of benefits, which include:

  • Free use of ImagePlus code, documentation and tools
  • Technical Support - "committed to satisfy"
  • No charge for membership
  • Toll-free 800 support
  • Internet forums / e-mail
  • Broad skill base with high customer satisfaction
  • Possible provision of higher-level support if warranted
  • Vendor advocacy for support of non-technical questions
  • Participation in complementary IBM Partnership programs
  • Participation in event marketing of IBM software products
  • Inclusion of your solution in IBM's on-line Solution Directory

MQSeries Partners in Development and CICS Partners in Development

MQSeries and CICS Partners in Development are offered by IBM's Hursley Laboratories. These offerings are open to professional developers, integrators, and remarketers who sell commercial software solutions and/or services, and are free of charge. The following products are supported:

  • MQSeries on OS/2
  • MQSeries for OS/400
  • MQSeries on AIX
  • MQSeries for MVS/ESA
  • MQSeries for SUNOS
  • MQSeries for HP
  • MQSeries for DEC
  • MQSeries for SUN Solaris
  • CICS on OS/2
  • CICS on AIX
  • CICS Clients

The contents of the offering include:

  • Software and documentation for development purposes
  • 800-number technical support in the US and Canada
  • Worldwide technical support via toll call
  • Technical support through the CICS and MQSeries forum on CompuServe and the Internet
  • Product education (most platforms, some at cost)
  • Program advocate for information on IBM's business directions and strategies
  • Developer kits and program samples
  • Automatic subscription to the CICS / MQSeries newsletters (as applicable)
  • Opportunity to participate in early-code programs
  • Listing of your product in the CICS / MQSeries Solutions Directory (as applicable)
  • Notification of the CICS and MQSeries technical conference and other relevant events
  • Opportunity to become a member of IBM's BESTeam marketing program

Object Connection Partners In Development

The Object Connection Partners in Development offering is designed to encourage enterprises to go into the business of building software components, specifically VisualAge-enabled software components for sale on the open market.

Emerging software business modes for object technology suggest that component software will be the key method for delivering software function in the future. IBM is investing heavily in this area, and is taking a leadership position in this emerging form of software business.

Services included in the offering are:

  • Loaned development licenses for VisualAge
  • Product Support; interactively on the Internet, TALKlink, CompuServe, phone, and fax
  • Merchandising assistance via IBM published catalogue

OS/2 Partners In Development

The OS/2 Partners in Development offering is open to all OS/2 software developers. It is designed to provide a broad range of services for the growing and increasingly diverse OS/2 development community. Services include OS/2 information and a variety of technical, business and marketing support services. Your eligibility depends on the type of products you are developing. Extensions and customized services will vary based on specific developer needs.

Retail Solutions Partners in Development

The Retail Solutions Partners in Development offering is open to all retail software developers. Members receive a 50 percent discount on all Store Systems hardware and software for both Point-of-Sale and In-Store Processing. Technical support services are also available through IBMLink, TALKlink, and SupportLine. Configuration assistance is provided free of charge. Members are encouraged to participate in trade shows and technical conferences.

S/390 Partners In Development

The S/390 Partners in Development is an exciting offering that provides many advantages across the S/390 platform for qualified solution developers. This offering enhances communication between customers, association members, and IBM, and provides assistance in obtaining the resources necessary to develop and support diverse customer solutions on IBM's S/390 platforms. The offerings available through the S/390 Partners in Development can help members in lowering the cost of developing and marketing solutions for our customers.

SystemView Partners In Development

The SystemView Partners in Development provides its members with an array of features, services, and support across all SystemView disciplines and all operating environments. For example, a member can use the same set of services to develop and market a problem-management product and a performance-management product, both in multiple SystemView environments - all under the auspices of the SystemView Partners in Development.

Open to all third-party solution providers who develop applications, agents, or services of SystemView, the program:

  • Enables software providers to integrate their management applications with SystemView
  • Helps customers select the solutions they need by offering integration testing and publishing the integration status of every member's applications
  • Enables service providers - such as system integrators, consultants, educators, and remarketers - to understand SystemView's capabilities and strategy

How to Enroll in Additional Specialty Offerings

As an IBM Solution Developer Program member, you can enroll for a Specialty Offering through the IBM Solution Developer Program home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.developer.ibm.com. The simple steps are:

  • Go to the Solution Developer Program registration page.
  • Enter your registration number and password.
  • Click on the "Update Registration" button. Your current membership information will be displayed.
  • Indicate which additional Specialty Offering you are interested in.
  • Click on "Send Registration".

You will receive all of the necessary information to complete your enrollment. Requirements for enrollment vary by offering.

How to Update a Member Profile

If you, as an existing member of the Solution Developer Program, would like to submit changes to the membership information that you previously submitted:

  • Go to the Solution Developer Program registration page.
  • Select "update" to change or add information to your existing registration.

IBM Solution Developer Program Technical Services

As an IBM Solution Developer Program member, you will have access to a broad range of technical support information. This information is designed to provide members with IBM strategy documents, technical insights, and other information that is critical to you and your business if you are to expand into existing and emerging markets.

White Papers

IBM provides a wide range of information that discusses the benefits of incorporating IBM technologies in customer solutions. Information on technologies from base operating systems through how to exploit objects is available. This information is designed to provide you with insight into exploiting these technologies in the marketplace.

These documents are available in the main library of the IBM Solution Developer Program Home Page.

Frequently Asked Questions

As a member of the Solution Developer Program, you have access to the a subset of the questions asked of our technical staff. Grouped by technologies, these subsets offer IBM Solution Developer Program members a convenient way to quickly review the "hot" questions of the month. Gathered from the technical support programs of the Partners In Development offerings, these FAQ files can help reduce the Solution Developer's technical support costs while improving time to market.

Topics covered in these FAQ files include:

  • OS/2
  • AIX
  • Middleware - DB2, CICS, MQSeries, Communications, etc.
  • AS/400
  • S/390

FAQ files are available in the main library of the IBM Solution Developer Program Home Page.

Hints and Tips

As a member of the IBM Solution Developer Program, you will be given access to technology oriented Hints and Tips (HATs). Gathered from the technical support programs of the Partners In Development offerings, these HAT files are designed to provide you with additional information about development on IBM technologies. HATs will be made available on a regular basis, so Solution Developer Program members can keep current on the latest activities within the technology areas.

As these files become available, IBM Solution Developer Program members will be able to access them in the main library of the IBM Solution Developer Home Page.

Education Roadmaps

The IBM Solution Developer Program is in the process of developing a comprehensive set of education roadmaps to assist members in creating a set of core competencies within their organization. These roadmaps are designed to develop expertise on operating systems, cross-platform technologies such as objects, and the wide range of middleware available from IBM.

As these roadmaps become available, IBM Solution Developer Program members will be able to access them in the developer education section of the IBM Solution Developer Program home page.

IBM Solution Developer Program Business Services

The IBM Solution Developer Program makes a number of business services available to its members. These services range from general business discounts and no-charge evaluation software, to substantial savings on the purchase of IBM technologies for use in the development of commercial solutions.

Hertz

Hertz and IBM have been working closely together in providing a special program for Solution Developer Program members.

We are happy to be able to provide this discount program to our members, along with complimentary membership to Hertz Number 1 Club Gold Service - the best, most efficient, overall car-rental service available today.

For information on how to sign up for Hertz discounted rates, contact Ms. Christine Heins, Hertz National Accounts, at 1-203-348-9767. Identify yourself as a member of the IBM Solution Developer Program.

Hertz will ensure that the best possible rates and benefits are provided to your business, based on which one of the following conditions is determined:

  • Whether your business has an existing program with Hertz.
  • Whether your business has a current program that is already more advantageous than that of the Solution Developer Program.
  • Whether your business has a current program that is not as advantageous as that of the Solution Developer Program.

Where such discounts are permitted by law, up to 10 percent discounts on published "basic time and kilometer" rates will apply at participating locations. These discounts may vary according to geographic region.

IBM Solution Developer Program Go-to-Market Services

Solutions Directories

Where can you find software solutions? How can you market your products?

IBM makes a broad range of solution directories available to Commercial Solution Developers for listing your products. These Internet directories are conveniently organized around industry and product categories, with a search facility to help customers find specific solutions quickly and easily. These directories are an invaluable source of software solutions, and an excellent way for you to market your products to the right audience.

A listing of these directories is available on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.developer.ibm.com/products/.

User Groups

Contact information is available for a wide range of user groups that focus on IBM technologies. This network of organizations is a valuable source of business, technical, and marketing information that can help you leverage technologies in your own business. With frequent meetings and discussion groups, these organizations can help members obtain information on changes in the fast-moving information technology industry.

User Group information for a particular IBM platform can be found on the Partners in Development World Wide Web page associated with that platform. For a listing of the Partners in Development pages, refer to URL http://www.developer.ibm.com/sdp/pid/.

IBM Sold Record Numbers of OS/2 Warp at End of 1995; OS/2 Sales Now Top 12 Million Worldwide

IBM announces record sales figures for OS/2 Warp, with one million licenses sold in December, escalating the total number of OS/2 Warp licenses to six million and overall OS/2 purchases to more than 12 million.

Sales Rise Expected After Windows 95

"We expected OS/2 Warp sales to rise after customers had a chance to try out Windows 95," said Wally Casey, director of marketing and brand management for IBM Personal Software Products. "December brought us proof of this when our sales reached an all-time high, capping what we believe was a very successful year for the OS/2 Warp family of products."

Sticking with OS/2 in a Business Environment

"After evaluating Windows 95, I'm not surprised that OS/2 sales are up," said Greg Bell, information systems supervisor at the Kentucky Department of Property Taxation. "OS/2 Warp delivers superior multitasking, is relatively easy to use, and rarely crashes. I certainly wouldn't bet my business on Windows 95. It is only marginally better than Windows 3.11. In a business environment, I'm staying away from Windows 95 and sticking with OS/2."

Successes for OS/2 Developers

Success of OS/2-compatible applications rose with sales of the operating system. OS/2 developers like SPG Inc., WitchDesk Inc., PowerQuest, and Computer Data Strategies all experienced strong sales in the fourth quarter of 1995. And Stardock Systems' OS/2-based Galactic Civilizations was voted Best Game of 1995 on the Internet PC Games Charts, a site on the Internet where computer game players vote weekly on their favorite PC games.

"We just completed our largest quarter ever," said Brent Bowlby, president of Woodbury, Minnesota-based Computer Data Strategies, Inc., which manufactures BackAgain/2 backup and recovery software. "OS/2 provides an open market for small companies, such as CDS, to begin their path to success. Combining this technically sophisticated operating system with a growing user base and a growing demand for native OS/2 solutions spells success for those developers developing in this market."

"We began shipping PartitionMagic in March '95, and within six months we were running a profitable business," said Eric J. Ruff, president of PowerQuest, an Orem, Utah-based company which develops a utility that allows OS/2 users to dynamically create, shrink, expand, and move partitions on the fly without destroying data. "At the start of the fourth quarter, sales were up 20 percent. In November we introduced Version 2.0, and sales tripled. And in December, sales for OS/2 products were again higher than anticipated."

More in Store for 1996

IBM will capitalize on a successful 1995 by connecting computer users to each other and the future with a comprehensive offering of OS/2-based products in 1996. The industry-acclaimed OS/2 Warp Server will simplify distributed computing for businesses and workgroups of all sizes when it ships this quarter. And the next generation of OS/2 Warp, code-named Merlin, will launch users further into the network-centric world of computing with market-leading plans for networking and Internet capabilities, an enhanced user interface, and improved OpenDoc support.

IBM News Releases

IBM news releases are available on the Internet, via the IBM home page at http://www.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329) and enter 99 at the voice menu.

IBM PSP Announces 1996 Product Development Plans

In remarks to PSP employees on 21 January, John W. Thompson, General Manager, IBM Personal Software Products Division, outlined an extensive product development strategy for enhancing and broadening the OS/2 Warp family of client and server software. He also announced that for the rest of 1996, PSP will focus all of its marketing and development on X86-based products.

1996 Focus on X86 Products

With the January delivery of the PowerPC edition of OS/2 Warp, which is available to customers through their IBM sales representatives, PSP will focus resources on X86 products, to maximize sales volumes and leverage OS/2's momentum. There are no plans for additional versions of OS/2 for the PowerPC in 1996.

"This year, we will focus on areas where we believe we can achieve success and grow our business," said Thompson. "We are improving our development efficiency with the consolidation of the Boca lab with the Austin lab, and we are going to focus like laser beams on delivering the best solutions for our customers on a single platform."

A Million OS/2 Warp Licenses Shipped in December

In December, IBM shipped a record one million licenses of OS/2 Warp, raising the number of copies sold since launch to six million, and increasing the overall installed base of OS/2 to 12.7 million customers.

Upcoming: Merlin

To continue this momentum, IBM will ship in the second half of 1996 the next version of the OS/2 Warp client, code-named Merlin. With improved Internet access and networking capabilities, Merlin is targeted at the connected desktop user, bringing OS/2 into the age of network-centric computing. Merlin will also include OpenDoc support, exciting enhancements to the user interface, improved multimedia and game capabilities, and enhanced plug-and-play features.

Also Upcoming: OS/2 Warp Server

On the server side is OS/2 Warp Server, the most complete server solution for customers ranging from small businesses to large enterprises. Currently in the hands of 40,000 beta-testers, and set to ship this quarter, OS/2 Warp Server includes integrated file and print sharing, application serving, systems management, backup and recovery, remote access, and advanced printing capabilities. When combined with IBM's Directory and Security Server (DSS) product, also in beta, Warp Server will offer customers a solution that neither Microsoft nor Novell can match - Microsoft Windows NT Server does not have a directory product, and Novell's NetWare 4.0 lacks application-serving capabilities.

Successful 1995 for OS/2 Warp Family

"Last year proved to be a very successful one for the OS/2 Warp family, and we capped it off with a record month for OS/2 sales," said Thompson. "We are even more excited by our prospects for 1996, and are anxious to build up on last year's success."

IBM's OS/2 Warp Server to Include Features Benefiting Mobile Users

IBM's OS/2 Warp Server operating system, currently in final testing, will include new features to make life much easier for users who spend a lot of time out of the office:

  • Mobile File Synchronization, which updates server files with changes made to client files during remote use, and
  • AskPSP, an on-line technical support tool that OS/2 clients can access remotely.

The Server Operating System of Choice

"More and more people today are picking up their laptops, disconnecting from the server, and working at home or from a hotel room," said Art Olbert, director of product management, IBM Personal Software Products. "Both of these new features, along with OS/2 Warp Server's excellent remote access capabilities, address the needs of this growing set of users, and add to the list of reasons why OS/2 Warp Server will be the server operating system of choice."

Keeping in Synch

The remote access features in OS/2 Warp Server allow users to remotely log onto the network, upload and download data, and print documents to other facilities. Mobile File Synch builds upon these features by synchronizing client and server files when a mobile user reconnects to the server.

When a user on an OS/2 client machine is connected to the server and performing normal tasks, the Mobile File Synch program stores all of the accessed files and directories to that client machine. This provides users with access to those same files and directories, even when physically disconnected from the server, and allows them to read, update, or delete the existing files and directories, or even to create new ones.

The user can remain disconnected from the server for any length of time and, when reconnected, Mobile File Synch detects any conflict between the client and server files and automatically duplicates to the server any tasks performed at the client. Likewise, the client user is notified of any changes made on the server, and is given the option to have the client files updated to reflect those changes. This ensures that users are always working with the most current data.

Technical Troubles on the Road? Just 'AskPSP'

AskPSP is an on-line system tool used to address technical issues with OS/2 Warp, Warp Connect, Warp Server, and LAN Server. Now that AskPSP is a part of Warp Server, mobile OS/2 clients can get technical support on the road simply by accessing AskPSP when they remotely log onto the server. This eliminates the task of tracking down a technical support person, and provides users with their own personal help desk, no matter where they are.

With AskPSP, the user can choose among several databases, called "casebases," to quickly find solutions to common technical problems. The casebases are created directly from calls coming into IBM technical support centers, so they are always up-to-date.

The addition of AskPSP to OS/2 Warp Server will also allow system administrators to quickly and easily obtain answers to questions concerning their OS/2 clients. For example, if an OS/2 client is having trouble printing, the system administrator would simply access the AskPSP program and type in the nature of the problem in plain English. AskPSP picks up the descriptors (key words) in the request, performs a search, and comes up with a set of answers ranked in order of appropriateness. If necessary, the program will also ask a series of questions to further narrow down the list of possible solutions to the problem.

The Complete Business Server Solution

OS/2 Warp Server is IBM's business server solution for customers ranging from small businesses to large enterprises. It provides an integrated platform for the growing application server environment, as well as a complete set of traditional file and print services, by combining the battle-tested OS/2 Warp and LAN Server with a wealth of functional enhancements in systems management, backup, remote access, and advanced print function. OS/2 Warp Server has been distributed to 40,000 beta sites, and is scheduled to ship this quarter.

IBM Information

For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services, and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM home page is at http://www.ibm.com . The fastest, easiest way to find any information about IBM software is to go to the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com.

The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329), and enter 99 at the voice menu.

New OS/2 Warp Connect Migration Guide on the World Wide Web

A new guide to migrating from DOS/Windows 3.x to OS/2 Warp Connect is available on the World Wide Web.

Overview

The guide, titled "Moving Up in the World, or How to Migrate from DOS/Windows 3.x to OS/2 Warp Connect", outlines a process to safely migrate a DOS/Windows 3.x-based personal computer environment to an OS/2 Warp Connect-based platform. It discusses decisions you need to make, the reasons behind the suggestions made in the guide, and ways to approach the task. The guide also gives you some good information about OS/2 Warp Connect, as well as a glossary that (along with OS/2 Warp Connect's online documentation) assists in making the transition from DOS/Windows 3.x terms to the OS/2 Warp world.

Contents

Here is a list of the major contents in the guide:

 Introduction: The OS/2 Warp Connect World
 Twelve-Step Plan to Migrate to OS/2 Warp Connect
 OS/2 Warp Connect Hardware Considerations
 OS/2 Warp Connect Software Considerations
 OS/2 Warp Connect Software Installation
 OS/2 Warp Connect Training and Education
 After OS/2 Warp Connect is Up and Running
 OS/2 Warp Connect Migration Summary
 Appendix A: Troubleshooting Tips
 Appendix B: IBM Technical Services and Support for OS/2 Warp Connect
 Appendix C: OS/2 Warp Connect Bibliography
 Appendix D: OS/2 Warp Connect Migration Planning Checklist
 Appendix E: Client PC Hardware/Software Inventory Checklist
 Appendix F: OS/2 Warp Connect - DOS/Windows 3.x Glossary

How to Obtain

The "Moving Up in the World" migration guide can be found on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/migbeg.html.

Guide to Migrating Applications to OS/2 Available on World Wide Web

(Note: This guide was formerly named "OS/2 Migration Guide", and has been renamed to be more specific about its contents. The following notice originally appeared in the 15 January SDPnews, and has been updated for this issue.)

The Guide to Migrating Applications to OS/2 is now available on the Solution Developer Operations home page on the World Wide Web. (See below for the URL.)

Purpose

The purpose of the guide is to help solution developers migrate their applications to OS/2 and, later on, to other IBM platforms. The main focus in this issue of the guide is on migrating Windows applications to 32-bit OS/2 using the SMART tool available on The Developer Connection for OS/2 CD. Future issues of the guide will include migrating from Macintosh, AIX, and OS/400 to OS/2.

Overview

The guide contains high-level information about some of the OS/2-exploitive features that can produce an application that is strong in both functionality and usability. The tools and technologies used in migrating OS/2 applications are explained, and the education, support, and services available to developers are included.

Chapters and Appendices

The Guide to Migrating Applications to OS/2 contains the following chapters:

  1. Finding a Migration Path to OS/2 - marketing-oriented and technical information about why you should consider migrating to OS/2.
  2. Taking the Migration Path to OS/2 - details of migrating an application to OS/2.
  3. Completing the Migration Path to OS/2 - what to do after you have done the initial migration.
  4. Taking the New Application Development Path to OS/2 - several issues involved in developing an OS/2 application from scratch.
  5. Taking the Compatibility Path to OS/2 - how to get a DOS or Windows application certified to run under OS/2.
  6. Summary of Tools, Education, Support, and Services - the help available from IBM.

Appendices in the guide are:

A. The SMART User's Guide - developed by One Up Corp., showing you how to install and use the Source Migration Analysis and Reporting Toolset (SMART, available on The IBM Developer Connection for OS/2) to analyze and migrate your code.
B. The SMART Programming Guide - developed by One Up Corp., providing information about User Defined Migration Databases (UDMDs) and Migration Command Processor Language (MICL) programming.
C. Listings for SMART Merge Command Files - the code for two command files that can be used with the SMART tool.
D. Supplement on National Language Support - additional technical information for applications designed for languages other than English.
E. Bibliography - a list of articles, books, and online information.
F. Lists of Acronyms used in the guide.

Your Chance to Influence the Contents

The initial version of the Guide to Migrating Applications to OS/2 on the World Wide Web is not complete. It is being developed and deployed simultaneously and iteratively in order to:

  • Let you know that the book is under development.
  • Give you a chance to influence the contents.
  • Ask what you want us to work on next.

A response form is included in the online guide.

The guide will be updated on the Web approximately once a month during the first several months of 1996, and less frequently thereafter.

How to Access the Guide

The Guide to Migrating Applications to OS/2 is available on the IBM Solution Developer Operations home page at http://www.austin.ibm.com/developer. (As of 3 February, this URL becomes http://www.developer.ibm.com.)

Once you have accessed the SDO home page:

  • click on Information for Developers
  • click on Publications
  • page down to Reference Materials and then OS/2
  • click on the title.

IBM's iNet Porting Center

The iNet Porting Center's Web will continually improve its offering of programs and technical services for solution developers who want to provide software solutions on industry-leading IBM platforms and identify the most effective and profitable channels for getting products to market.

Demonstrating its commitment to leadership in network-centric computing over the Internet, IBM announces an iNet Porting extension to its Solution Partnership Center (SPC) in San Mateo, California, to assist software developers in creating applications for the Internet.

Exploiting RS/6000 and AIX

This iNet Porting facility will make it easier for application developers to exploit the power, scalability, and installed base of the IBM RISC System/6000 (RS/6000) and AIX, IBM's advanced UNIX operating system, by providing developers access to systems, support, and tools, either over the Internet or in person at the San Mateo SPC.

The iNet Porting facility will provide the following resources:

  • A new iNet Porting World Wide Web (WWW) home page at http://www.spc.ibm.com to provide developers with information on both the Center itself and how to take advantage of its resources.
  • Internet access to a number of RISC System/6000 (RS/6000) systems running AIX, IBM's advanced UNIX operating system, allowing developers to test-drive the platform and witness for themselves its extensive Internet server capabilities .

"We intend to make the RS/6000 the Internet server of choice," said Tom Fornoff, director of workstation marketing, IBM RISC System/6000 Division. "We're working with some of the leading tool vendors as co-sponsors of this iNet Porting Center to foster the explosive growth in Internet applications development. We're confident that developers using this facility will realize the advantages in performance and flexibility that the RS/6000 offers."

Industry-Leading Software Tools

A wide variety of industry-leading software tools are being made available at the Center by IBM and a number of co-sponsoring companies to create a comprehensive development environment. Many of these companies worked through the SPC to bring their own products to the RS/6000 platform.

"We have had an excellent experience working with IBM," said Philip Gust, vice president of engineering, RAD Technologies, Inc. "IBM worked closely with us to port RAD PowerMedia to the RS/6000 platform. They are committed to excellence on the Internet and we will continue to work with them in the future."

Additional resources that the iNet Porting facility will provide are:

  • Scheduled, secure Internet access to a range of RS/6000 servers, software development tools, and technical support for porting or creating Internet applications for the RS/6000 platform. While software developers will be encouraged to bring their application binaries to San Mateo for in-person support and assistance, the same resources will also be available over the Internet using IBM's state-of-the-art security products.

The systems available for these scheduled development sessions will include the latest RS/6000 uniprocessor, symmetric multiprocessor, and Scalable POWERparallel (SP) models.

  • The tools available during these scheduled development sessions will include products in the IBM Internet Connection Family and from IBM Global Network, as well as a variety of third-party software, including products from Bluestone Inc., Illustra Information Technologies, Lotus Development Corporation, Netscape Communications Corporation, Prodigy Services Company, Progressive Networks, RAD Technologies Inc., SpyGlass Inc., VDOnet Corporation, Verity Inc., Worlds Inc., Xing Technology Corporation and others. These vendors will also provide technical support and training for the use of their products.
  • Marketing support for developers' Internet applications ported to, or created for, the RS/6000 platform. This support will include:
    • A listing in a newly created "Hot Internet Applications" Web page directory on the SPC's home page
    • Marketing linkages with IBM channels, product divisions, and Industry Solution Units (ISUs)

Best of all, the above resources are being offered at no charge to developers, on an as-available basis.

The iNet Porting WWW home page, test-drive systems, and on-site porting facilities are available immediately, with secure, remote scheduled, development sessions available starting in 1Q96.

Where to Find

The SPC home page can be found at http://www.developer.ibm.com/facilities/spc.html.

The iNet Porting home page can be found at http://www.spc.ibm.com.

More Information

For more information, call 1-800-678-4249 or send email to spcw@spc.ibm.com.

IBM offers Internet access services on the IBM Global Network at http://www.ibm.com/globalnetwork, and a full line of internetworking products - clients, servers, firewalls, and search tools - at http://www.spc.ibm.com/ibmnet.htm.

SystemView Performance Monitoring Features Offers V1R1 Beta Program

IBM's Installation Support Centre (ISC) in Hursley, U.K., announces a beta program for the SystemView Performance Monitoring Features.

Common Interface for Performance Data

SystemView Performance Monitoring features are the first object-oriented features of SystemView for AIX. They provide a common interface to collecting, viewing, and logging performance data in a multiprotocol, multiplatform distributed environment. They also provide an AIX-based GUI that lets the user access, manipulate and view performance and configuration data, organize logical views of systems and networks, and manage system objects. They will provide significant capabilities to customers who want to manage heterogeneous systems and networks from one GUI.

Three Kinds of Performance Monitoring

Three SystemView Performance Monitoring features provide the following functions:

  • SystemView Performance Monitoring of SNA Networks
  • SystemView Performance Monitoring of Applications
  • SystemView Performance Monitoring of Applications Agents

SystemView Performance Monitoring of SNA Networks interacts with NetView Performance Monitor to give the user information about their NPM environment through an AIX GUI.

SystemView Performance Monitoring of Applications consists of the management application and the various Agents (including Agents for NetWare, Windows, AIX and OS/2). The application to be monitored must be modified to work with the Performance Monitor by imbedding standard calls in the application. Once this has been done, performance information about the application and its embedded transactions can be made available to the user.

The beta program is open to any customer who has the necessary hardware and software prerequisites.

More Information

For more information about SystemView Performance Monitoring Features V1R1, see the World Wide Web URL http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/svd/sv6/perfmovr.htm.

To enroll in the beta program via e-mail, go to URL http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/svd/mail/perfmon.htm.

Club OpenDoc

Club OpenDoc is an online community where you'll find the latest OpenDoc information, parts, code, books, education, and more. Our goal is to foster the adoption of OpenDoc in the computer industry. We want to give you all the tools and information you need to develop the most incredible software this industry has seen!

What's New

  • Club Member Ticker: 1194 members (as of 9 February 1996)
  • Interested in writing about your OpenDoc experiences? (9 February)
  • OpenDoc wins InfoWorld's 'Best of 95' Nicholas Petreley Landmark Technology Award (29 January)
  • Oberon Compiler Supports SOM and COM, Byte Magazine, February 1996
  • New Recipes! (3 February)
  • QuickTime movies of OpenDoc HI Demos now available on the Apple site (3 February)
  • Recent OpenDoc NewsBytes (29 January)
  • All the news since the Club opened!
  • Other OpenDoc news and information sites:
    • IBM's Solution Developer Program news
    • Apple's OpenDoc in the news
    • CI Labs news site

Just around the corner is the GA version of the OS/2 toolkit - you'll see it first on Club OpenDoc's web page!

What We Offer

  • OpenDoc Overview - A general introduction of its features and benefits. For those of you looking for more in-depth technical information, we also offer ...
  • Technical Support - Find out where to ask those nagging questions. Get real help in the form of sample recipes and advice on building OpenDoc software.
  • OpenDoc's on the Web - A comprehensive listing of OpenDoc-related documents on the Internet, including links to many other sites with parts and information.
  • Club OpenDoc Benefits - The serious side to what we are offering our members. When you join the Club, you join the most visionary, creative, and talented people in our industry.
  • OpenDoc Planetarium - Be a star! This is where you'll find our members' OpenDoc and SOM components, products, and services, including those available now and those still under development. Let us know if you're developing a part, or other product or service, and be a star! You can register just about anything related to OpenDoc that may be of interest to our members, including but not limited to:
    • beta software
    • demo parts
    • books
    • want ads
    • consulting services
  • The OpenDoor - Let us know what you think! Give us input on Club services, OpenDoc features (and bugs), what you need to develop better OpenDoc software ... if you want to tell us, we want to know!

Cool Stuff for Members

For members only:

  • The Club OpenDoc Parts Contest - Our contest for the best part will award that lucky developer with an IBM ThinkPad!
  • Objects Joke of the Month. Check out the latest humor or submit your own for a chance to win fantastic prizes! A new car (get serious!), a world cruise (yeah, sure), or a t-shirt (much more likely).
  • Hidden contests are also scattered throughout our pages. You can still win the same fantastic prizes, but we won't be announcing these ... you'll have to find them!
  • Check out all our other member benefits!

If you haven't registered, you can't play ... so register today!

How to Join the Club

Club OpenDoc's web page is at URL http://204.146.47.71:80/clubopendoc/, and the registration form can be found there. Fill it in, submit it, and join Club OpenDoc!

Solution Developer Roadshow in Europe, Middle East, and Africa

IBM Solution Developer Operations in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) is pleased to announce the dates of further Solution Developer Roadshow events in February and March 1996. This is the second part of the roadshow, following up on the highly successful set of events that took place during November and December 1995.

What is the Roadshow?

The IBM Solution Developer Roadshow is a series of one-day, no-charge events specifically for commercial software developers and other members of the EMEA software community. These events lay out the products, platforms, and strategy of IBM's software business - the largest software business in the world - and the advantages that solution developers can gain through working with IBM.

Roadshow Objectives

The objectives of the event are to show you that IBM's software technology, and the business opportunities attached to working with IBM, are second to none, and to convince you to take the first step to form a working partnership with IBM, or to expand that partnership if you are already working with IBM.

Who is Invited to Attend?

Any member of any organization that is in the business arena of software development for commercial purposes. This includes software developers, current IBM Business Partners, consultants, Software and Services organizations, systems integrators, IBM OEM customers, IBM commentators, and the press.

We expect that 40 to 50 percent of attendees at these Roadshow events will not have had any previous contact or relationship with IBM - we particularly welcome people in this category.

Why Attend the Roadshow?

The benefits of attending the roadshow are:

  • Get the latest news about IBM's software technology, components, and platforms.
  • Learn how IBM software technology can give your applications and solutions the competitive edge.
  • Understand the significant business opportunities that become available when you work with IBM.
  • Sign up, without obligation or charge, to IBM's Solution Developer Programs, and receive advantages like:
    • Direct contact with IBM technical specialists through the Internet via forums exclusively for software developers.
    • Participation in the testing and refinement of IBM beta code.
    • Entries in IBM Solution Developer catalogues.
    • Invitations to participate in joint marketing and promotional events.
  • Receive free information and promotional items.
  • Walk away from this event having begun your relationship with IBM.

Roadshow Presentations

A broad range of IBM's platforms and products from most areas of the IBM software business will be presented. At these events, we will not only have software strategy presentations from senior IBM executives in the software business, but also technical presentations from speakers who are in direct contact with the various IBM development sites around the world.

Schedule and Venues

Here is the list of the dates, locations, and contacts for the continuation of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Solution Developer Roadshow:

  • 13 February, Brussels, Belgium - Contact: Pol Huyzentruyt on (+32) 2-225-2441
  • 5 March, Johannesburg, South Africa - Contact: Bevan Lock on (+27) 11-320-9111
  • 7 March, Capetown, South Africa - Contact: Bevan Lock on (+27) 11-320-9111
  • 11 March, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Contact: John Major on (+971) 4-818800
  • 13 March, Cairo, Egypt - Contact: Sherif El Rafei on (+20) 202-349-2533
  • 14 through 20 March, Hannover, Germany (ongoing during CEbit) - Contact: Petra Grzimek on (+49) 711-785-7151
  • 18 March, Tel Aviv, Israel - Contact: Jacob (Koby) Levy on (+972) 3-697-8111
  • 22 March, Madrid, Spain - Contact: Claudia Galvan Brambilla on (+34) 1-397-6000
  • 26 March, Paris, France - Contact: Emmanuelle Badarani on (+33) 1-49-85-7395

More Information

For more information about these events, or to attend, please contact either:

  • the indicated person in your country
  • Jonathan Young on mobile (+44) 802-780397
  • Ron Douglas on (+44) 1926-464936, fax (+44) 1926-311345, Internet userid Ron_Douglas@uk.ibm.com.

Free Subscriptions to OS/2 Magazine for U.S. Members of OS/2 Partners in Development

OS/2 Developer magazine was recently merged with OS/2 Magazine; now, OS/2 application programmers can receive technical articles and information on a monthly basis.

U.S. members of IBM's OS/2 Partners in Development can receive complimentary subscriptions to OS/2 Magazine by completing a free subscription application.

How to Obtain the Application Form

The application form can be found in some copies of OS/2 Magazine (following page 16 in the February 1996 issue sent to former OS/2 Developer subscribers). The form is also available from OS/2 Magazine by calling 1-800-WANT-OS2 (1-800-926-8672) or Mark Johnson in Miller Freeman's Circulation Department at 1-415-905-2262, e-mail mjohnson@mfi.com.

When completing the free subscription application, OS/2 Partners in Development members should answer "yes" to question 12 and provide their company's Solution Developer Program membership number.

IBM Statement of Direction for Internet Telephone

IBM announces its intent to enter into the Internet multimedia communication market by bringing software telephony applications to the world of the Internet as well as private TCP/IP networks. Anyone using the Internet will enjoy being able to hold voice communications with friends, relatives, and business associates using their existing Internet access connection.

Evolution of Research Technologies

This software is an evolution of IBM technologies already developed in its research labs that provides Simultaneous Voice and Data (SVD) capabilities. It will enable people to talk with each other with voice quality comparable to a good cellular system.

IBM customers have expressed this need to combine voice communications and the transmission of data on a single telephone line via the Internet. The graphical user interface will make it easy to use, even for the Internet beginner. IBM employees worldwide are trying it now, and it will go on the market in a few months.

Consortium of Technology Developers

Since today's Internet telephone products and technologies do not interoperate among one other, IBM is announcing, effective immediately, the intention to establish a consortium of technology developers and suppliers to address interoperability among the various industry offerings. Parties interested in joining this consortium should contact Dave Van Voorhis at 1-407-982-2859, Internet userid dave_vanv@vnet.ibm.com.

Product Directions

This software will come preloaded on IBM multimedia PCs. The technology will be included in IBM's OS/2 Warp operating system, as well as other IBM software and hardware products. Future product directions include integration with other IBM leading technologies such as security encryption, conference calling, and connection from the Internet to any telephone worldwide, opening up a wide range of opportunities for Internet users.

IBM will demonstrate this Internet telephone technology at CeBIT in Germany and Computer Telephony Expo '96 in Los Angeles in March 1996.

Internet Division's General Manager Meets the Press at New York's @Cafe

Irving Wladawsky-Berger, general manager, Internet Division, shared IBM's vision of bringing IBM and customers into the Internet future at an informal meeting with about 50 members of the press on 7 February at the @Cafe, a cybercafe in the East Village in New York City. He was joined by John Patrick, vice president, Internet technology; Karl Salnoske, general manager, networked applications; Patricia Sueltz, vice president, development, all from the Internet Division, and by Inder Gopal, director of Internet research, Research Division. The event included demos of several advanced Internet-related products and services.

Universal Connectivity

Dr. Wladawsky-Berger talked about the major forces propelling the world toward universal connectivity: an agreed-upon set of standards that are enabling more and more people to connect, increasing availability of the necessary bandwidth, content growing in volume and variety, and more sophisticated ways of interacting with content.

Four IBM Initiatives

Focusing on IBM's four initiatives for helping customers leverage the Internet to its fullest, he said IBM would:

  • Help customers connect their existing commercial content to the Internet by:
    • providing the consultants and professional services personnel to assist in all aspects of the customer's migration to the network
    • bringing the best technology available to customers, including scalable servers and software and systems management, all with IBM reliability and the highest degree of security.
  • Foster development of Internet applications that support collaborative servers, publishing servers, merchant servers, customer care and commerce servers, by:
    • encouraging independent software vendors to write applications for native Internet servers from IBM and others
    • using Lotus Notes as IBM's centerpiece in creating new applications for the Internet space.
  • Devise its own solutions and make them available on a subscription basis for a variety of industries.
  • Work with the finest minds across IBM, the broader research community, and among leading-edge customers to move Internet solutions from the research labs to the marketplace as fast as possible.

OS/2 Warp Business Software Solutions CD

IBM Solution Developer Operations announces U.S. availability of the Preview '96 edition of the OS/2 Warp Business Software Solutions CD.

CD Contents

The Business Software Solutions CD is an interactive CD containing 32-bit native OS/2 applications from 35 vendors, demonstrating to small businesses that OS/2 applications comprise viable solutions to business problems. The CD contains information such as:

  • Product features, functions, and benefits
  • Screen shots
  • Storyboard demonstrations
  • Limited trial versions of product code

In addition, the CD contains demonstrations of OS/2 Warp and OS/2 Warp Connect, and descriptions of Lotus SmartSuite and Lotus Notes.

Application Categories

Application categories represented in the Preview '96 edition are:

  • Accounting and finance
  • Business automation
  • Communications
  • Contact management
  • Decision support
  • Diversions
  • Document management
  • Graphics
  • Groupware
  • Image processing
  • Online services
  • Operating systems
  • Personal time management
  • Presentations
  • Reference
  • Spreadsheet
  • Utilities
  • Word processing

The 35 Applications

The 35 applications included in the Preview '96 edition are:

Solution Developer Application
Athena Design Mesa 2
BocaSoft WipeOut
Chip-Chat Cawthon Software Chip-Chat Wireless Communicator
Cirrus Technology Unite Lite
United CD-Maker
CompuServe CompuServe Information Manager
Computer Interface Corp. Check+
Contact Connection
Development Technologies DeskMan/2 Productivity Pack
Dux Software American Heritage Dictionary
Columbia Classic Encyclopedia
DUX Bookshelf
SimCity Classic
Frenster Associates Matrix Cognition
Hilgraeve HyperACCESS
KopyKat
Lotus Development Corp. cc:Mail Desktop for OS/2
Freelance Graphics for OS/2
Lotus 1-2-3 for OS/2
Lotus Notes
Lotus SmartSuite
IBM OS/2 Warp
OS/2 Warp Connect
Malibu Software Group VORAMS
VORAMS Basic
Recognita America Recognita Plus
SPG Colorworks
Lotus Development Corp. WordPro96 for OS/2
Solution Technology Inc. Applause
Solution Technology Inc. ReView
Spitfire Software InCharge
STAC Electronics Stacker
Sublime Software Xtra! Xtra!
Sundial Systems Corp. Relish
Trafalgar Business Systems CopyShop/2

Minimum System Configuration

The Business Software Solutions CD runs under either OS/2 or DOS. It requires:

  • A personal computer with a 386 16 MHz processor or higher
  • 4 MB of hard-disk space
  • 640 KB of RAM
  • Mouse
  • OS/2 2.1 or higher, or DOS 5.0 or higher (Windows is not required). OS/2 is not required for screen shots and DOS-based demos, but is recommended to run limited versions of actual code.
  • Single-speed CD-ROM drive
  • 256-color VGA graphics
  • An optional sound card

Product Ordering Instructions

Instructions are included in the Business Software Solutions CD for ordering any of the demonstrated products from an 800 number.

How to Obtain the CD

To obtain the Business Software Solutions CD (available in the U.S. only):

By phone: Call 1-800-627-8363, and ask for the OS/2 Warp operator. You will be asked to provide your name, company, address, and phone number.

By e-mail: Send a note to sdline@vnet.ibm.com requesting the Business Software Solutions for OS/2 Warp CD, and include your name, company, address, and phone number.

The CD will also be distributed at selected business and trade shows, user group meetings and events, through Team OS/2, and by retail stores selling OS/2 Warp.

Updated OS/2 Online Library on CD Now Available

The updated OS/2 Online Library Collection is now available. This convenient, cost-effective CD-ROM collection can help maximize valuable resources - time, space, and information.

More than 550 Books

The January 1996 edition of the online library collection is now available under order number SK2T-2176-05. It spans two disks and contains over 550 unlicensed online books for more than 150 OS/2 products. It includes books for OS/2 Warp Version 3 as well as "red books" (ITSO technical bulletins) dealing with OS/2 LAN systems, OS/2 object technology, and the OS/2 2.0 technical compendium.

Online Library collections include books formatted for display using BookManager BUILD. They can be viewed with the BookManager READ/2, READ for Windows, READ/DOS, READ/MVS, READ/VM, and READ/6000 licensed programs, and with the BookManager Library Reader/2, Library Reader for Windows, and Library Reader/DOS.

How to Order

In the U.S., to order a single update or an ongoing SLSS subscription of online library collections through normal publication ordering channels, use the order number of the collection (for example, SK2T-2176 for the OS/2 collection). Call the IBM toll-free number, 1-800-879-2755, use IBMLink, or contact an IBM representative.

To order a one-year subscription of these collections as a feature of the IBM Library Offering product, 5636-PUB, contact an IBM representative or the IBM toll-free number. When ordering, specify the program number 5636-PUB and both the billing feature code and associated medium specify code for the collection wanted (for example, for OS/2, specify billing feature code 2013 and associated code 5013). The program number and feature codes for all online library collections are listed in a file named CKITLIST.TXT that is included on all CD-ROMs containing IBM online books.

In other countries, to order online library collections, use the ordering systems normally used to order IBM hardcopy publications or software feature codes (specify the appropriate order number or feature codes listed above). If unsure of how to order publications in a specific country, send a note to the IBM BOOKSHOP service at one of the following:

  • Internet - bookshop@dk.ibm.com
  • IBM Mail Exchange - DKIBMSH at IBMMAIL

More Information

For specific questions or customer feedback on the IBM Online Library or for more information about the collections, contact:

  • Internet - mhvrcfs@vnet.ibm.com
  • IBM Mail Exchange: USIB6TC9 at IBMMAIL
  • Fax: 1-914-432-9405

IBM Refines Business Partner Strategy: Announces Business Partner Charter, Greater Worldwide Emphasis

IBM is unveiling a number of major new initiatives to further enhance its relationships with IBM Business Partners, and to better provide customers with total business solutions.

The progressive new plans, designed to amplify the success of its Business Partner program, were announced in San Diego at the largest IBM Business Partner Executive Conference to date - attended by over 3,500 worldwide partners.

Business Partner Charter

The cornerstone of the program is the ground-breaking Business Partner Charter, which outlines plans to engage Business Partners more fully in the IBM global sales strategy.

The charter, which was developed with input from worldwide Business Partners, provides the blueprint to integrate more effectively the skills, resources, and experience of Business Partners with IBM's marketing and sales efforts. It is designed to ensure that customers are provided with the best total solutions available, whether they come directly from IBM or from an IBM Business Partner.

Key Elements

Key elements of the worldwide plan include:

  • An increase in compensation for the IBM sales force for products supplied through Business Partners
  • Thirty-nine worldwide direct marketing centers, dedicated to working with customers, where Business Partners will benefit from increased demand and lead generation
  • A more clearly defined plan for working with Business Partners to reach small- and medium-sized customers as well as large customers. This plan includes delivering hardware, software, and services, with financial offerings, to all customers.

The Business Partner Charter initiative complements the many successful Business Partner programs currently in existence, including training, support, lead generation, and joint planning.

"As we look at the growth potential in the global market, we expect to explode our opportunities through Business Partners, who have always been a very important part of our sales strategy," said Ned C. Lautenbach, senior vice president and group executive, worldwide sales and services. "Now, more than ever, the worldwide reach and industry-specific skills that our customers need can only be provided jointly with our Business Partners. These initiatives are designed to ensure that their relationships with IBM are simple, profitable, and long-term."

Five Strategic Areas

The charter revolves around five strategic areas:

  • Small- and Medium-sized Customers - The IBM Business Partners will be the primary way to deliver solutions to these customers. IBM will provide demand generation, marketing support, and telecoverage to help Business Partners reach these customers. IBM will also provide increased incentives to its sales force to work with Business Partners.
  • Large Customers - Business Partners will help IBM efficiently fulfill the I/T needs of large customers. IBM will team with Business Partners to create and deliver solutions to these customers where Business Partners can more effectively provide offerings that meet customer needs.
  • Services Marketing Relationships - IBM will team with Business Partners to develop, sell and deliver services. As recently announced, Business Partners are the preferred providers for PC fulfillment and installation services. IBM's goal is to offer the customer the best services available - whether they are provided by IBM or a Business Partner.
  • Software Remarketing Relationships - Business Partners are the preferred providers of PC, workstation, and midrange software. IBM will work with Business Partners to distribute efficiently IBM's portfolio of software products for both IBM and non-IBM clients and servers. Support offerings for software will be available from IBM, as well as lead generation and market support.
  • Solution Developer Relationships - IBM is simplifying its relationships with developers to help reduce their costs to develop solutions on IBM platforms. IBM will also offer marketing programs to assist developers launch their product. IBM is also establishing relationship management and technical support for developers worldwide.

NETeam

Also announced at the conference was NETeam, a new program aimed at more aggressively selling IBM networking hardware through the channel. The program, which will be offered at no cost, helps members effectively market IBM's networking hardware products to a wider range of customers. Members will have unprecedented access to IBM networking hardware product information and support, tools, and services to help build networking knowledge and expertise.

BESTeam

The IBM Business Enterprise Solutions Team (BESTeam), an award-winning software channel program, announced that its membership grew in excess of 300 percent in 1995, with more than 4,500 worldwide members to date. BESTeam is an aggressive, worldwide reseller program combining strategic IBM software products, professional certification and training, marketing programs, and enhanced technical support.

IBM Business Partners market, support, and enhance IBM platforms, software, and services, ranging from simple text processing to complex computational and engineering graphics programs. IBM works with more than 25,000 independent companies around the world as members of the IBM Business Partner programs.

IBM Developer Programs Welcome: WizSoft, Inc.

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WizSoft, Inc., manufacturer of WizRule for Windows, a database auditing and database mining tool, has signed developer agreements with IBM.

WizSoft has enrolled in IBM's Worldwide Developer Solutions Program, which includes Developer Assistance Programs and Solutions Guides for the OS/2 Warp and AIX platforms and for the DB2 database to which WizSoft is porting and interfacing its products. In addition to this relationship, WizSoft's WizRule for Windows has been tested and approved to carry the "Ready for OS/2 Warp - NSTL Tested" seal.

Taking Advantage of Strong Marketing Programs

According to H.R. Satishchandra, WizSoft's vice president of Operations, this relationship with IBM provides even greater exposure in the open client/server database market. "We are pleased to announce our participation in IBM's developer programs, because it offers our database tools to a much larger market, and enables us to take advantage of IBM's strong developer marketing programs."

About WizRule

WizRule is based on a patent-pending mathematical algorithm that uses rule induction to identify rules and rule exceptions in databases. Using ODBC drivers, WizRule operates on all popular databases.

The value of rule induction algorithms is not simply in auditing the contents of databases. The algorithm also enables users to conduct data mining and find unique relationships among data fields that yield important decision-support information.

About WizSoft

WizSoft, Inc., is the North American marketing, sales, and sales support division of WizSoft Ltd., an Israeli software manufacturer and distributor. WizRule for Windows is the first of a line of database tools developed for the growing database mining and warehousing markets.

IBM and JBA to Collaborate on High-Level, Object-Oriented Development Environment==

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IBM and JBA International, an IBM Business Partner, announce an agreement to license elements of each other's object-oriented application development technologies. Through this collaboration, IBM's VisualAge C++ application development tool will be extended with JBA technology to create a new, high-level, object-oriented application development environment designed specifically for ease-of-use and flexibility.

Tailor and Create Solutions Easily

The development environment resulting from this collaboration will enable application developers to build cross-platform business applications based on object-oriented technology, without their necessarily having an object-oriented programming background. Application programmers will be able to easily tailor and create solutions for a broad range of industries using the development environment that will result from the IBM and JBA relationship.

"We're excited about this collaboration, as it brings the strengths of IBM's award-winning VisualAge product family together with the ease-of-use and user-oriented application development technology from JBA," said John Swainson, vice president, Application Development Solutions, IBM Software Solutions Division. "JBA's understanding of applications and object-oriented design will lead to an even stronger VisualAge for C++ product."

"IBM's in-depth knowledge of object oriented systems software and operating systems is probably the most advanced in the industry today," stated Alan Vickery, chairman and CEO of JBA. "Together, IBM's and our own tools provide the optimum combination of rapid development and advanced techniques for commercial application developers who want to move into the object age on a stable and low-risk development platform."

About VisualAge for C++

VisualAge for C++ is a member of IBM's award-winning VisualAge family. It includes a comprehensive integrated development environment for C++ (i.e., compiler, editor, debugger, and browser), a powerful visual builder supporting rapid application development and a cross-platform set of reusable objects in the IBM Open Class Library. This enhanced support within VisualAge will make it easier for developers to create business objects that support System Object Model (SOM), IBM's implementation of Object Management Group's CORBA standard.

About JBA and IBM's Solution Developer Organization

JBA International is a leading supplier of integrated business solutions and application development tools supporting over 3,500 customers in 43 countries. IBM is encouraging Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to create application development tools and applications through its Solution Developer Organization (SDO).

More Information

This release and other information from IBM is available electronically on NEWSdesk, the online IT news network. If you are not currently accessing the service, it can be reached on the Internet at http://www.newsdesk.co.uk, or dial-up software can be obtained by calling +44 (0)115 9 405300.

IBM Promotes "Just Add OS/2 Warp" on the Internet

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IBM is now using the Internet to promote Just Add OS/2 Warp, a free package of software utilities that describes the benefits of OS/2 Warp, and helps users install OS/2 Warp by itself or alongside Windows 95. An online advertising campaign that allows users to obtain a copy of Just Add OS/2 Warp is appearing on 15 high-traffic Internet sites in eight different languages.

More Aggressive Marketing Stance

"Just Add OS/2 Warp is an example of the more aggressive marketing stance IBM is taking today," said Wally Casey, director of marketing, IBM Personal Software Products. "We believe this is a cutting-edge ad campaign that will further the success of OS/2 Warp, because it takes advantage of the hottest and fastest growing medium today - the Internet. Most importantly, this campaign will further spread the word that computer users do in fact have a choice of 32-bit operating systems."

Common Windows 95 Problems

Banners appearing on such popular web sites as the ESPN home page and on web search services such as Yahoo will present common Windows 95 problems. Clicking on the banner will present the solution: Just Add OS/2 Warp.

The campaign offers three ways to get the utility:

  • It can be downloaded directly from the Internet.
  • An e-mail request may be sent and a copy of the software mailed direct anywhere in the world.
  • The software can be mailed direct anywhere in the United States by calling 1-800-IBM-3333 (1-800-426-3333), extension EE020, or in Canada by calling 1-800-465-1234.

Awareness of Choice

Just Add OS/2 Warp, introduced in late October, makes computer users aware of the choices they have when upgrading to a 32-bit operating system, and explains how OS/2 Warp and Windows 95 can coexist. The utility also includes the Upgrade Advisor, which quickly analyzes a computer user's hardware to ensure that it is ready to be upgraded to OS/2 Warp.

"I have Windows 95 installed on one of my machines at home, but after looking at the demo included in Just Add OS/2 Warp, I've decided I am definitely going to get OS/2 Warp to run my law practice from home, at my office, and on the road with my laptop," said David Basker, of D. Mitchel Basker, J.D. Law Office in Maryland.

Just Add OS/2 Warp also comes with a set of instructions for users who want to safely deinstall Windows 95, answers to frequently asked questions about OS/2 Warp and Warp Connect, tips on using OS/2 Warp provided by OS/2 users, and an index to Internet web sites and bulletin board systems that feature OS/2 Warp discussion. A short demo of OS/2 Warp and Warp Connect can also be found in Just Add OS/2 Warp.

The OS/2 Product Family

Providing solutions for customers ranging from the connected consumer to the enterprise, the OS/2 family of products includes: OS/2 Warp, Warp Connect, LAN Server and the upcoming Warp Server, Directory and Security Services, and the set of integrated servers code-named Project Eagle, of which OS/2 is a key platform.

More Information

For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM home page is at http://www.ibm.com. The fastest, easiest way to find any information about IBM software is to go to the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329) and enter 99 at the voice menu.

Canadian Software Unit Launches Internet Home Page

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The IBM Software Business Unit in Canada announces the launch of its Internet home page for customers and business partners at http://www.can.ibm.com/software.

Detailed Information Pages

The following major headings provide links to more detailed information pages:

  • Software seminars and events: Schedule of coming events
  • IBM Software Advantage: Volume software licensing offering
  • IBM Business Partners: Support for software resellers, consultants, and system integrators
  • Software download library: Download IBM and Lotus software
  • How to reach us: Contacts, support, services, etc.
  • Where do I find?: Keyword search for IBM information
  • Software index: To find information on specific IBM software products
  • IBM's global news and product information: software, client/server, networking, Lotus
  • Guide to other Internet resources concerned with IBM software

More Information

Questions or suggestions for improvement should be directed to Rakesh Mistry at 1-905-316-1485 or Internet userid rmistry@vnet.ibm.com.

IBM Software Group Gets Positive Press

The IBM Software Group received many positive quotes from industry consultants during January. Following are additional remarks about IBM Software Group products:

InformationWeek

In the 8 January issue of InformationWeek, Herb Edelstein published the article, "Mining Data Warehouses," where he let readers know "IBM has also been very active in data mining and has published a considerable amount of research done at its labs ... much of which is coming to market as a data-mining tool kit that addresses four of the five common data-mining application types - classification, clustering, sequencing, and associations."

Dataquest

Dataquest says: "Mr. (John W.) Thompson is the first IBMer in a long while to give a clear statement of direction for OS/2. These are all steps in the right direction. The question is whether IBM can now move as fast as it needs to, both with OS/2 and its software from Lotus. Lotus Notes and the SmartSuite will be strategic to bringing OS/2 to more desktops and servers."

Ed Yourdon

"Object-Oriented COBOL only adds about 12 new verbs to the syntax, so everything you already knew about COBOL is still there, but it extends the language to provide the new facilities. It makes a lot of sense, given the legacy of existing code and data base, to learn Object-Oriented COBOL," said Ed Yourdon, during The Great COBOL Debate at DBExpo.

Aberdeen Group

In the 8 January Network World article, "IBM to Put on a Taligent Show," Hugh Bishop, director of emerging technology research at the Aberdeen Group, says, "IBM's plan is pragmatic. They're providing a common frame of reference for customers. They're going in and saying, 'You've already got VisualAge or OpenClass, and here's something that makes it better.'"

Decision Resources

Decision Resources, a Boston-based market research firm, reviews the C/S development tools market and key solutions in an upcoming report "Technology Pioneers - IBM." According to the report, "When leading-edge technology is mentioned these days, IBM is not often one of the first companies mentioned. VisualAge, IBM's object-oriented client/server development tool, is a departure from that traditional image."

Meta Analyst

Mark Raphael, new analyst to Meta, calls for help in guiding Meta's customer, the Israeli army, on CSP to VisualGen decision. A teleconference with IBM tools team leads to a customer's close evaluation of VisualGen and Team Connection, not to mention an educated and impressed analyst.

The Tower Group

Bill Bradway of The Tower Group, in a report on data warehousing in banking, writes, "Oracle, Sybase, Informix, plus IBM's DB2, will dominate new data warehouses in this industry for the next three to five years."

Gartner Group

From the Gartner Group's "Is the Mainframe Open for Integration?": "Important mainframe products have been ported to other platforms (e.g., CICS by IBM, Integris, Micro Focus, DB/2 by IBM, and IMS/TM by Micro Focus) and provide seamless integration with their mainframe counterparts."

And: "Mainframe-based CICS applications can now be built with fully functional, state-of-the-art user interfaces. Another distinction between a server and a mainframe is removed, but the trend to non-mainframe computing is unaffected," says the Gartner Group in "IBM Delivers a Native Windows Interface for Mainframe CICS."

Lotus Launches Notes Release 4

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Lotus Development Corp. has launched Lotus Notes Release 4, the new version of the world's best-selling messaging and groupware software.

Installed Base Doubles in Last Six Months

Lotus also announced that it has begun manufacturing Lotus Notes Release 4 for IBM AIX, Sun Solaris on SPARCsystems, and HP-UX. The installed base for Notes has doubled in the past six months, and now totals 4.5 million seats. The combined installed base for Notes and Lotus' cc:Mail LAN-based e-mail product exceeds 13.5 million seats, nearly double its size one year ago.

Vibrant Industry Growing Around Lotus Notes

"The record gathering of independent software vendors, systems integrators, application developers and consultants at Lotusphere '96 is testimony to the vibrant industry that continues to grow around Lotus Notes, and is further proof that Notes is far ahead of any other groupware or messaging product - or any client/server product in the market today," said Jeff Papows, Lotus' executive vice president and chief operating officer.

"With Notes Release 4, Lotus has delivered the open, secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure that businesses need to build for the future. Equally important, we believe this new version makes Notes truly the central access point where users in organizations of all sizes will want to go every day to find and share all information they need - whether it's located in e-mail, relational databases, host-based systems, a favorite desktop application, or on the World Wide Web," Papows said.

Notes UNIX Servers Ready for Prime Time

Lotus has begun manufacturing Lotus Notes Release 4 servers for IBM AIX, Sun Solaris on SPARCsystems, and HP-UX - all critical components to the company's multiplatform Notes strategy. Notes servers for UNIX systems include support for symmetric multiprocessor UNIX systems, as well as Lotus' InterNotes Web Navigator, providing direct access to the World Wide Web from within Notes.

Later this quarter, Lotus will deliver UNIX-based versions of its InterNotes Web Publisher 2.0, offering UNIX customers the ability to publish Notes-based information to users of generic Web browsers. Notes clients for UNIX will ship in Q2 1996. Notes Release 4 supports 16 platforms and 20 languages.

12,000+ Business Partners

With more than 12,000 members worldwide, the industry of Lotus Business Partners has grown by more than 50 percent in the past year, providing customers with a wealth of off-the-shelf Notes applications, and assistance with designing, customizing, and implementing Notes-based groupware and messaging solutions, as well as new Notes-based Internet applications. Among the 170 Notes products and services being announced are those designed to enhance Notes in areas such as administration, development tools, horizontal and vertical solutions, information services, Internet integration, and migration.

Defining the Future

Lotus also is previewing a number of leading-edge technologies and strategic initiatives that will appear with future enhancements to Lotus products. These include:

  • Integration with World Wide Web technologies -- Building on new Lotus InterNotes Web Publisher and InterNotes Web Navigator products, Lotus is previewing support for Sun Microsystems' Java programming language. Notes users surfing the Web will be able to click on an object and download any of the small Internet-based programs or Java applets that exist on the Web, then integrate them with Notes applications, rather than being restricted to programs resident on their PCs.
  • Lotus Components - New small, task-focused modules that extend the application possibilities for Notes Release 4. For end-users, Lotus Components make it easier and faster to complete everyday business tasks - such as creating a chart, performing a data query, or using a spreadsheet - while remaining in the familiar Notes environment. For Notes application developers, Lotus Components provide a set of reusable, customizable, and programmable software modules to allow them to create and deliver a wider variety of Notes business solutions while reducing development cycles and costs.
  • Notes eApps - A set of Lotus Notes-based "electronic application frameworks" enabling customers to rapidly deploy Web-enabled applications. eApps will provide a set of building blocks and tools specifically designed to extend a corporation's publishing, marketing, customer service or electronic commerce applications to the Internet.
  • Calendaring and Scheduling (C&S) - An upcoming release of Notes will include the integration of enterprise-wide calendaring and scheduling capabilities in all Notes clients, and full interoperability with Lotus Organizer clients. Notes and Organizer users will be able to schedule meetings with each other via Notes, cc:Mail, or IBM OfficeVision, providing built-in Notes calendaring and scheduling across the enterprise.
  • Notes NIC, the Notes Network Information Center Site - A new Lotus Web site (http:///www.notes.net) will enable users to access Notes Release 4 technical support information, maintenance, and early adopters' releases, offering a first look at future functionality.

About Lotus Notes

Lotus Notes is the leading client-server platform for developing and deploying strategic groupware applications that help organizations communicate, collaborate, and coordinate strategic business processes within and beyond their organizational boundaries to achieve improved business results. More than 8,000 companies and 4.5 million people use Notes to improve key business processes such as customer service, sales and account management, and product development. Lotus Notes supports all major operating systems: IBM OS/2 Warp, Apple Mac OS, UNIX platforms including IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, and SCO OpenServer, and Microsoft Windows and Windows NT. Notes is also available as a NetWare loadable module for the Novell environment.

About Lotus Development Corp.

Lotus Development Corp., a subsidiary of IBM Corp., offers high-quality software products and support services that reflect the company's unique understanding of the new ways in which individuals and businesses must work together to achieve success. Lotus' innovative approach is evident in a new class of applications that allows information to be accessed and communicated in ways never before possible, both within and beyond organizational boundaries. The company also provides numerous support services, both from its consulting division and its award-winning 24-hour support center.

More Information

All Lotus news releases are available on the Internet, via the Lotus Development Corp. Home Page at http://www.Lotus.com. The Lotus Home Page is an easy way to find information about Lotus and its business partners' products and services.

A copy of this release and other company information is also available via fax by dialing 1-800-57-LOTUS (1-800-575-6887) within the U.S. and Canada, or 1-201-946-2336 from elsewhere.

Object Technology University

Catalog Features 13 New Courses

The on-line course catalog for the IBM Object Technology University (OTU) Continuing Education Program has been updated with 13 new courses, including:

  • Object - The Competitive Edge for Executives (N1939)
  • Object Technology on MVS/ESA (H3994)
  • Basic OO Analysis and Design (N1944)
  • Practicing OO Analysis and Design (N1942)
  • Developing OO Applications: The Full Life Cycle (N1936)

and, Languages: C++, OO COBOL, Smalltalk.

Also included is the latest information about the IBM International Conference on Object Technology (E5528).

About OTU

OTU is an international education program designed to enable companies to support their business strategies through the successful implementation of object technology (OT). OTU offers three programs - Residency, Continuing Education, and Special Events - that address multiple audiences:

  • Residency Program -- multi-week sessions for developers and others who need immersion in OT. This intensive training develops skills through classroom instruction, case studies, hands-on programming labs, individual and team projects, discussions, testing, and reading assignments. School One and School Two courses are part of this program.
  • Continuing Education Program -- Over 30 courses for those who need shorter periods of in-depth instruction. Many include hands-on labs. Focus areas include: OT concepts; Analysis, Design, and Application Development enablement; Languages (IBM Smalltalk, C++, OO COBOL); and Advanced Technologies (OpenDoc; SOM/DSOM).
  • Special Events Program - seminars and conferences offering updates on OT issues and technologies for various audiences. One key event is the IBM International Conference on OT, scheduled for San Francisco in June 1996.

More Information

OTU courses and schedules are listed in IBMLink.

The on-line OTU Continuing Education Catalog can be accessed by sending a note to MKTGHELP at DALVM1.

Further questions may be directed to Susan VonBampus at 1-312-245-3981, Internet userid otuinfo@vnet.ibm.com.

IBM Geographic Interface for OS/2 Provides Access to IBM GIS Data on OS/2 Platform

In Brief ...

geoInterface offers new object-oriented GIS data visualization and update capabilities for personal OS/2 systems:

  • VisualAge for Smalltalk parts can be used in a Rapid Application Development (RAD) mode to integrate GIS and standard application functionality.
  • C-language API for use with C and C++ facilitates application integration.
  • Sample GUI application provides map and menu windows to load, view, analyze, and update GIS data.
  • New client/server architecture allows client applications to easily access data from a geoManager/6000 database.
  • Compatibility with existing GFIS architecture and data model protects investment in existing applications.
  • GIS functionality in "detached-mode" on mobile machines provides portable GIS capabilities "in the field."

IBM Geographic Interface for OS/2 (geoInterface) provides a user-friendly desktop geographic information system (GIS) interface that can be integrated with customer enterprise applications. It offers the ability to visualize, analyze, and update IBM Geographic Facilities Information System (GFIS) data using low cost personal OS/2 systems. Taking advantage of IBM's VisualAge™ object-oriented programming environment, geoInterface delivers GIS functions in client/server and detached modes.

geoInterface enables a full range of GIS applications for the analysis, tracking, and management of geographically located facilities, assets, or events. Market and network analysis and automated mapping and facilities management (AM/FM) are well suited in any industry to geoInterface capabilities. geoInterface is not simply picture-based; it is based on a network topological model that provides a superior architecture for many applications, including:

  • Electric and gas distribution systems
  • Retail market or public sector demographic analysis
  • Railroad and highway planning and management
  • Water, wastewater, or other municipal sector systems
  • Cable TV, telephone, and computer networks.

Two Editions: Developer and User

geoInterface is available in two editions:

  • The DEVELOPER EDITION contains all of the parts and functions required to develop, customize, maintain, and execute new and existing applications.
  • The USER EDITION can execute copies of all geoInterface applications developed or customized using the Developer Edition on the same or any other PC.

geoInterface is designed to exchange data with IBM's geoManager and geoManager/6000 DB2 database products. Data stored in either database can then be accessed and used with all of IBM's GIS products or other applications.

DESCRIPTION                  PRICE
Developer Edition (72H6542)  1,560 USD
User Edition (72H6541)         865

Planned Availability Date: 8 March 1996

Description

Developer Edition / User Edition

  • The DEVELOPER EDITION contains all of the parts and functions required to develop, customize, maintain, and execute new and existing applications:
    • Its VisualAge for SmallTalk parts can be integrated with a customer-developed VisualAge application. VisualAge is IBM's premier object-oriented environment for rapid application development. geoInterface Developer Edition parts can be selected from a palette along with standard GUI parts, and connected using a visual builder paradigm.
    • Its C language API can be integrated with customer-developed C or C++ applications. These C-language functions can be linked into customer applications to load, view, and analyze GIS data. A geoManager/6000 client interface, identical to that provided on the IBM RISC System/6000, is also included.
  • The USER EDITION can execute copies of all geoInterface applications developed or customized using the Developer Edition on the same or any other PC. The economical User Edition also contains a pre-packaged sample application providing functionality similar to IBM's host-based geoManager Graphic Analysis. This includes a user interface to load, view, and analyze data from locally stored IBM Interface Format File (IFF) data files.

geoInterface can be used to exchange data with IBM's geoManager and geoManager/6000 database offerings - geoManager/6000 via direct client/server interface or via an IFF data file; host geoManager via IFF data file only. Data stored in either database can then be accessed and used with all of IBM's GIS products, including GPG, geoGPG/6000 Version 1, geoGPG for AIX, Version 2, and the Translator Toolkit.

OBJECT-ORIENTED GIS PARTS: Application development productivity can be improved dramatically through the incorporation of pre-defined GIS parts in an IBM VisualAge for SmallTalk application development environment.

You can focus your effort on the business logic and visually connect GIS functionality where needed. You no longer have to switch back-and-forth from geoInterface and other non-GIS applications. The cost of application development is reduced by the ability to re-use common GIS visual parts.

A coding sample is provided as a template to incorporate the geoInterface functions into existing or new applications.

These application development parts are available ONLY in the full Developer Edition of geoInterface.

C-LANGUAGE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE: C and C++ application developers will find it convenient to develop business applications that integrate GIS data visualization and analysis. Application developers can quickly develop GIS capabilities, or add them to existing applications, by using the library of callable GIS functions. Consequently, application quality is increased, and development expense and error rates are reduced.

A coding sample is provided as a template to incorporate the geoInterface functions into existing or new applications.

This API and sample code are available ONLY in the full Developer Edition of geoInterface.

SAMPLE VIEW AND ANALYSIS APPLICATION: The new sample application provided with geoInterface provides and demonstrates the modern, ready-to-use interface that can be easily customized for any number of user applications. The presence of standard GUI window aids, such as tool bars, function icons, and scrollable windows, makes geoInterface applications easier to learn and use. Uniformity of applications with a common look-and-feel increases your productivity and flexibility.

DESKTOP CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE: The new client/server implementation of geoInterface for network-centric computing enables end-user applications to share and easily exploit common GIS data. Previously, applications had to be run on high-performance RISC workstations that are not available to most end users.

COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING IBM GFIS PRODUCTS: geoInterface can be used to exchange data with IBM's geoManager and geoManager/6000 database offerings - geoManager/6000 via direct client interface or via an IFF data file; host geoManager via IFF data file only. Data stored in either database can then be retrieved and used with all of IBM's GIS products, including GPG, geoGPG/6000 Version 1, geoGPG for AIX, Version 2, and the Translator Toolkit. geoInterface uses standard GFIS facility and symbol definition files.

PORTABLE FIELD GIS FUNCTIONALITY: Most of the geoInterface functions can be used in the field in mobile mode. Data can be viewed, networks can be traced, and attribute data can be updated right at the job site. Attribute updates can later be uploaded to the central GIS workstation database. The economical User Edition of geoInterface on a portable computer is an ideal solution in these situations.

OPEN BLUEPRINT: geoInterface uses standard TCP/IP interfaces.

Product Positioning

geoInterface is for customers who manage network facilities such as electric and gas, water and wastewater, telephone and cable television, or highways and railroads. The network-based topology and explicit connectivity make geoInterface a good fit for collection and/or distribution systems. Since the geoInterface data structure creates a real world model of the network, it is easy to design and test new facilities and to assess the impact on the rest of the system.

geoInterface can be an attractive desktop GIS offering for both small utility and public works departments, or an enterprise GIS offering for large utility, telephone companies, public works departments, railroads, or highway departments (DOT). geoInterface is particularly valuable as a set of parts that can be incorporated into end-user applications which need to integrate GIS and non-GIS data.

The ability to use geoInterface in both "detached" (mobile) mode and in client mode with an IBM AIX-based GIS database provides an excellent vehicle for a wide range of GIS situations. This includes entry-level or first-time GIS users, or those who want to expand, yet preserve, their existing enterprise and GIS capabilities.

Hardware Requirements

  • 33 MHz Intel 80486 IBM or IBM-compatible personal computer system
  • For the User Edition, 16 MB of installed RAM
  • For the Developer Edition, 24 MB of installed RAM
  • 16 MB of hard-disk space
  • 3.5-inch, high-density diskette reader (required for installation)
  • VGA graphics monitor, an XGA or SVGA 256-color display system with a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels is recommended

For the Developer Edition of geoInterface, application development using VisualAge for SmallTalk or C/C++ requires additional storage as specified by those products.

Hardware requirements and performance vary greatly depending on the type of work being performed and the volume of data.

Software Requirements

  • OS/2 Warp Version 3

Optional Software Requirements:

  • TCP/IP for OS/2, Version 2.0, if the geoManager/6000 client functions is used

One of the following only for the Developer Edition:

  • IBM VisualAge for SmallTalk, Professional for OS/2, Version 3.0, if development is done using the geoInterface VisualAge parts
  • IBM C++ Tools Version 2 or later, if development is done using the C API

COMPATIBILITY: geoInterface can exchange data with IBM's geoManager (5685-105) and geoManager/6000 (5799-QEP) database offerings - geoManager/6000 via direct client interface or via an IFF data file; host geoManager via IFF data file only. Data stored in either database can then be retrieved and used with all of IBM's GIS products, including:

  • GPG (5688-050)
  • geoGPG/6000 Version 1 (5765-026)
  • geoGPG for AIX, Version 2 (5765-040)
  • IBM Translator Toolkit (5799-EPK)

geoInterface uses standard GFIS facility and symbol definition files.

LIMITATIONS:

  • The maximum number of facilities in a single map file is proportional to the amount of machine storage available, but is always limited to 16 million.
  • The maximum number of maps that may be loaded simultaneously is limited to 256.
  • The Interface Format File (IFF) produced by geoInterface is not usable by the IBM Translator Toolkit or IBM's geoGPG products.

However, geoInterface data stored into either of IBM's GIS database systems (geoManager or geoManager/6000) can be extracted from those database systems as IFF for use in any IBM GIS product. This includes the IBM Translator Toolkit which provides a number of non-IBM data formats, including AUTOCAD DXF, Intergraph SIF, ETAK Mapbase, and ESRI ARC/INFO.

PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Response time depends upon a variety of processor, communication, and data load factors such as processor and line speeds, the number, type, and organization of terminals, the number and type of network and geoInterface functions used, and the size of the data being processed.

Response time in multiple-system and cross-network environments depends upon these factors and various network-load factors, including the number of nodes traversed and the system load.

Ordering Information and Charges

Orders for new licenses will be accepted now. Shipments will begin on 8 March 1996.

To order these programs for order type, specify the order type number, feature number, part number, program name, media, and quantity.

Program Package: - program diskette with documentation.

Order Type: 5801-AAR
PROGRAM NAME FEATURE NUMBER PART NUMBER ONE-TIME CHARGE
geoInterface - User Edition 0919 72H6541 865 USD
geoInterface - Developer Edition 0920 72H6542 1,560 USD

ADDITIONAL LICENSE COPIES: Authorizes the customer who has a program package to make a single copy of the program media and printed documentation.

The authorization is given by providing the customer a Proof of Entitlement for Additional License - with Certificate which has its own part number and feature number.

ADDITIONAL LICENSES CHARGE: Customers who pay an OTC for additional licenses may copy machine-readable program materials and printed documentation previously acquired from IBM in a program package. One copy may be made for each additional license ordered.

Order Type: 5802-AAR

PROGRAM NAME FEATURE NUMBER PART NUMBER ONE-TIME CHARGE
geoInterface for OS/2 User Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 1 Additional License with Certificate 0983 72H6543 779 USD
geoInterface for OS/2 User Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 5 Additional Licenses with Certificate 0984 72H6544 3,698 USD
geoInterface for OS/2 User Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 10 Additional Licenses with Certificate 0985 72H6545 7,007 USD
geoInterface for OS/2 User Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 50 Additional Licenses with Certificate 0986 72H6546 32,697 USD
geoInterface for OS/2 Developer Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 1 Additional License with Certificate 0988 72H6548 1,405 USD
geoInterface for OS/2 Developer Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 5 Additional Licenses with Certificate 0989 72H6549 6,670 USD
geoInterface for OS/2 Developer Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 10 Additional Licenses with Certificate 0990 72H6550 12,640 USD
geoInterface for OS/2 Developer Edition Proof of Entitlement for Quantity of 50 Additional Licenses with Certificate 0991 72H6551 58,985 USD

ADDITIONAL LICENSE COPIES - SOFTWARE ADVANTAGE EXHIBIT: Authorization to make additional license copies begins on the start date specified in the Software Advantage Agreement. Proof of Entitlement will be provided monthly.

Order Type: 5802-AAR

                                    PART        ONE-TIME

PROGRAM NAME NUMBER CHARGE

geoInterface for OS/2 --

 User Edition Proof of Entitlement
 for Quantity of 1
 for Additional License
 without Certificate                72H6547       735 USD

geoInterface for OS/2 --

 Developer Edition Proof of Entitlement
 for Quantity of 1
 for Additional License
 without Certificate                72H6552     1,326 USD

UPGRADE PROTECTION (NEW PRODUCT): The following Upgrade Protection Products are only available under the Software Advantage for Workstations offering:

Order Type: 5809-AAR

                                    PART        ONE-TIME

PROGRAM NAME NUMBER CHARGE

Upgrade Protection for geoInterface

 for OS/2 User Edition -
 One-Time Charge                    72H6553       234    USD

Upgrade Protection for geoInterface

 for OS/2 User Edition -
 Quarterly Charge                   72H6554        29.25 USD

Upgrade Protection for geoInterface

 for OS/2 Developer Edition -
 One-Time Charge                    72H6555       422    USD

Upgrade Protection for geoInterface

 for OS/2 Developer Edition -
 Quarterly Charge                   72H6556        52.75 USD

Customers who acquire Upgrade Protection through an OTC or quarterly payment charges (when meeting minimum revenue criteria) will be entitled at no charge to future versions and releases when announced within their Software Advantage agreement period. Following availability of the new program, IBM will provide a program package (including media and documentation) and a Proof of Entitlement authorizing right to copy, distribute, and install equal to the number of programs protected.

Software Tour '96

Come to a free seminar demonstrating IBM and Lotus software for a network-centric solution.

This isn't about technology or computers, it's about working together. Join us for a presentation about the future of computing with products designed to work the way people do - together. Applications that provide end users with compelling benefits, regardless of hardware or software platforms, or even the location of the users. A solid introduction to IBM and Lotus products for end users.

Agenda

Presentations begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m.

During the morning session, you will see the advantages and benefits associated with:

  • Lotus SmartSuite 96: WordPro, 1-2-3, and Approach
  • CICS
  • DB2
  • MQSeries
  • VisualAge
  • Eagle: OS/2 Warp Server and SystemView
  • IBM Global Network

Lunch with IBM's local BESTeam members.

The afternoon session includes:

  • Overview of Eagle Servers
  • Introduction of Eagle Notes Server
  • What is "Groupware?"

Venues and Dates

Venues and dates for the Software Tour '96 include:

  • San Antonio 22 February 1996
  • San Francisco 27 February
  • Raleigh 29 February
  • Richmond 5 March
  • Phoenix 7 March
  • Los Angeles 12 March

Other cities in the second half of March include Baltimore, Seattle, Houston, Calgary, and New York. Approximately 20 events will be scheduled during each quarter of 1996.

How to Register

To attend an IBM Software Tour '96 seminar, call 1-800-766-4344.

Application Development Conference and Exposition, 6 - 8 March, New York City

The Application Development Conference and Exposition will be held at the New York Hilton in New York City, 6 through 8 March. The conference runs 6-8 March and the exposition 7 and 8 March.

It's a must-see event for information systems executives and managers who make strategic and tactical decisions concerning the deployment and enhancement of mission-critical business applications.

Three Comprehensive Tracks

The conference focuses on technology, architecture, and infrastructure. Three comprehensive tracks are featured for attendees:

  • Strategic Distributed Systems Development
  • Middleware and Execution and Architectures
  • Object-Technology and Component-Based Development

Attendees can learn how to build an information systems architecture that will provide a competitive edge for the next millennium.

IBM Keynote Presentation

IBM is cosponsoring the event, which features Tim Negris, vice president, Software Solutions sales and marketing, in a keynote titled Network-Centric Computing: A New Vision for Client/Server. His presentation, on 7 March at 4:30 p.m., addresses the challenges of building the next generation of client/server applications, and how object-oriented technology is key to making it all happen.

More Information

For more information or to register, call 1-508-366-3344, ext. 244, or send e-mail to 76102.1473@compuserve.com .

CICS and MQSeries Technical Conferences, Starting 29 April, San Francisco

cimqconf

Join us in San Francisco this spring as we celebrate two exciting IBM conferences:

1996 CICS Technical Conference -- Tenth Anniversary Conference 29 April through 3 May

 San Francisco Hilton
 Inaugural MQSeries Technical Conference
 29 April through 1 May
 San Francisco Hilton

The CICS Technical Conference celebrates its tenth anniversary and, at the same time and place, the MQSeries Technical Conference makes its debut.

Register for the CICS Technical Conference, and you can also attend any of the elective sessions offered at the MQSeries Technical Conference ... truly a two-for-one deal!

Conference Highlights

Highlights of the conferences include:

CICS Technical Conference: 4.5 days

  • 2 Sunday afternoon pre-conference tutorials: CICS/ESA Overview, and Welcome to MQSeries
  • 2 General sessions
    • Keynote: IBM Hursley management team discusses the CICS and MQSeries family and what to expect in the future
    • General session: CICS and MQSeries working at the 1996 Olympics!
  • 2 Business Partner sessions
  The latest and greatest products on display from business partners
  • Over 85 electives to choose from
  • Customer registration fee: 1,495 USD

MQSeries Technical Conference: 2.5 days

  • Sunday afternoon pre-conference tutorial: Welcome to MQSeries
  • 2 General sessions
    • Keynote: IBM Hursley management team discusses the CICS and MQSeries family and what to expect in the future
    • General session: CICS and MQSeries working at the 1996 Olympics!
  • 1 Business Partner session (second session available Wednesday afternoon) The latest and greatest products on display from business partners
  • 16 electives to choose from
  • Customer registration fee: 795 USD

Brochures

Brochures for the 1996 CICS Technical Conference and the MQSeries Technical Conference are hot off the press. To receive a copy via your fax machine, call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329), and request:

  • document 2484 for the 15-page CICS Conference brochure
  • document 2481 for the 9-page MQSeries Conference brochure

Registration

U.S. and Canadian customers and IBMers:

  • Call and ask for "Conferences":
    1-800-IBM-TEACh (1-800-426-8322)
    8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time Monday through Friday

o Fax: 1-800-426-9006, 24 hours, 7 days

o Internet: conf@tucvm2.vnet.ibm.com

Customers and IBMers outside the U.S.:

o Call and ask for "Conferences":

    1-520-574-4500
    8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time (GMT-5) Monday through Friday

o Fax: 1-520-574-4501, 24 hours, 7 days

o Internet: conf@tucvm2.vnet.ibm.com

If you are disabled and require reasonable accommodation, please advise us in advance of your needs.

This notice is provided for your planning convenience, and is not intended to represent a guarantee of schedules or prices. Since changes can occur, please verify schedules and prices by calling 1-800-IBM-TEACh (1-800-426-8322).

AS/400 Technical Conferences

This year, the AS/400 Technical Conferences are back with even more system solutions for your dynamic future. Here is your unparalleled opportunity to grasp the latest advances that maximize your competitive responsiveness.

                    AS/400 Technical Conferences
              9-11 June 1996         8-12 September 1996
              Fontainebleau Hilton   Anaheim Marriott
              Miami Beach, FL        Anaheim, CA

Conference Highlights

Mark your calendar for our spring and/or fall conferences. Prepare for 4.5 days of skill-enhancing sessions devoted to what's hot in AS/400, what's new, and what's needed to immediately implement technological breakthroughs that serve your long and short-term needs. At this year's conferences:

  • Discover integrated solutions that boost system flexibility and performance to help you master current and emerging business challenges.
  • Explore AS/400 client/server solutions that give you access to the information you need from any point at any time, so you're free to make better and faster decisions.
  • Learn first-hand from product developers and industry leaders, plus gain invaluable hands-on experience with the latest AS/400 products and enhancements.

Add exceptional networking opportunities, an exciting Exhibitor Center, and practical information that can be immediately applied for an instant return on your educational investment. Your registration fee of $1,295 covers 4-1/2 days of education, a welcome reception, breakfasts and lunches, all materials, and entrance to the Exhibitor Center.

Registration and More Information

Don't miss out - last year's conferences were completely sold out! Register today for the conference that can take you and your AS/400 system into the next millennium. To register or to request a detailed conference brochure:

U.S. and Canadian Customers:

    - Call and ask for "Conferences"
                          1-800-IBM-TEACh  8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
                         (1-800-426-8322)  Eastern time (GMT-5)
                                           Monday through Friday
    - Fax:                1-800-426-9006   24 hours/7 days
    - Internet:           conf@tucvm2.vnet.ibm.com

Customers Outside the U.S. and Canada:

    - Call and ask for "Conferences"
                          1-520-574-4500   8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
                                           Eastern time (GMT-5)
                                           Monday through Friday
    - Fax:                1-520-574-4501   24 hours/7 days
    - Internet:           conf@tucvm2.vnet.ibm.com

If you are disabled and require reasonable accommodation, please advise us in advance of your needs.

Note: This notice is provided for your planning convenience and is not intended to represent a guarantee of schedules or prices. Since changes can occur, please verify schedules and prices by calling 1-800-IBM-TEACh (1-800-426-8322) or 1-520-574-4500.

1996 MVS Expo and Performance Technical Conference, 21 - 25 October, Arlington, Virginia

The 1996 MVS Expo and Performance Technical Conference is scheduled for 21 through 25 October at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia (adjacent to Washington DC).

Covering MVS Version 5 and OS/390

The MVS Expo and Performance Conference provides a unique opportunity to choose from more than 100 sessions covering all aspects of MVS Version 5 and the next generation of S/390 server operating systems, OS/390. Speakers are developers from the S/390 and Storage System Division laboratories, industry consultants, and specialists from IBM National Technical Support and IBM Education and Training. Customer experiences will be featured as well.

Conference Themes

Themes for this year's conference include:

  • OS/390 and MVS V5.2 planning and implementation
  • Parallel Sysplex configuration, installation and operation
  • MVS and OS/390 as an enterprise server platform
  • MVS and OS/390 UNIX Services and DCE
  • Object Technology on MVS and OS/390
  • S/390 performance management, including the Workload Manager
  • Subsystem performance: CICS, IMS, DB2, JES, TSO

More Information

More information about the conference will be available in coming months.

To add your name to the 1996 MVS Expo and Performance Technical Conference mailing list, call 1-800-IBM-TEACh (1-800-426-8322), and ask for "Conferences." If you are calling from outside the USA, please call our international number, 1-520-574-4500.

Software Vendor Marketing Partnerships Enhances Programs

The following is a synopsis of the program offerings through IBM's Software Vendor Marketing Partnerships.

National Software Remarketing

National Software Remarketing offers application software vendors the opportunity to acquire sales and marketing resources for their products utilizing IBM NA distribution capabilities.

Products remarketed by IBM retain the vendors' logos, licenses, and warranties. In a typical transaction, IBM assumes responsibility for sales and marketing, billing, and accounts receivable. Manufacturing, distribution, implementation, training, support, and services may be assumed by IBM as appropriate and negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

Through National Software Remarketing, independent software vendors grant IBM the right to resell their products either on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis. Both the vendor and IBM gain from the relationship -- the vendor through acquisition of a channel, and IBM through additional offerings for its application software portfolio.

Vendor products remarketed by IBM may be sold through traditional IBM channels, depending on the specific product needs of the various IBM marketing and sales organizations. Alternately, they may be sold through dedicated software sales units managed by the IBM North America (NA) Software organization. In either case, the most cost-effective means of distribution is selected for each type of product. This may include selling methods, either individually or in combinations, ranging from field sales representatives to direct response marketing, telesales, and electronic marketing and/or delivery.

Each National Software Remarketing relationship is formalized in a remarketing agreement based on extensive consultation with the vendor. Responsibilities are delineated in the remarketing agreement, with emphasis on the activities each party will perform to market the product successfully.

National Software Remarketing relationships are assigned to sponsors, which may be IBM NA sales and marketing organizations or IBM NA Software. The role of the sponsors includes development, financing, and execution of the go-to-market strategies and marketing programs designed to support their vendors' products. Sponsors commit to target volumes and financial performance objectives for each relationship.

The National Software Remarketing Program offers a unique opportunity for independent software vendors to leverage IBM NA distribution capabilities. This may involve launching new products, expanding sales of existing products, bringing products into North America that are already successful in other parts of the world, or other arrangements that provide a win/win situation for both the vendor and IBM.

For more information about SVMP's National Software Remarketing program, call 1-800-627-8363 from the USA and Canada, or 1-770-835-9902 from elsewhere.

Software Vendor Marketing Programs

IBM's Software Vendor Marketing Programs (fee-based programs) consist of agreements between IBM and vendors who are providing non-IBM application software, hardware, and services to help satisfy the requirements of IBM's customers. The relationships that are part of these offerings are non-exclusive and national in scope. IBM's marketing reps are compensated for the sale of these products.

Marketing Support Services

The newest of the SVMP offerings is Marketing Support Services. The Marketing Support Services program offers fee-based marketing support services to IBM business partners and other suppliers of non-IBM software, hardware and services. IBM provides, or obtains through external sources, a wide range of marketing support activities, i.e., direct mail, telemarketing, advertising, creation and development of promotional media, marketing event coordination, and prospect sourcing. For a complete list of activities or more information about Marketing Support Services, call 1-800-627-8363 (USA and Canada) or 1-770-835-9902.

The Solution Partnership Centers: Access to IBM

Attention, solution developers!

Want to test an application in the works? Looking for information about emerging technologies and trends? Need to migrate to additional platforms?

The Solution Partnership Center has everything developers need to develop software solutions on industry-leading IBM platforms. From business seminars and 24-hour porting labs to direct technical support and vendor recruiting, the center helps you streamline the time-to-market process and expand market opportunities for your strategic applications. All at no cost to you!

Access People and Information

Keeping on top of emerging industry trends and IBM technologies requires a tremendous amount of time and resources. Look no further than the Solution Partnership Center's ongoing schedule of business seminars. Relevant and informative, they cover critical industry issues that shape the development and marketing of your solution offerings.

More first-hand information is also yours through consultant briefings, special-interest sessions, and detailed product briefings on IBM's full range of platforms. Walk in the lobby on any day, and you'll find product demonstrations and a wealth of product brochures, evaluations, technical white papers, and industry magazines for your reference.

Have a look at our SPC West and SPC East calendars for details of upcoming events.

Port and Test Across Platforms

Today's increasingly competitive global marketplace demands networked client/server distributed solutions across the enterprise. The center's 24-hour porting labs assist you with this goal as you port, validate, performance-test, and fine-tune code across the entire spectrum of IBM systems and configurations. This also includes access to advanced object technologies such as Taligent, System Object Model (SOM), and OpenDoc.

The private, secure, and interruption-free environment allows you to work at your own pace, with porting and prototyping assistance at your disposal, in addition to an expansive networking lab for product testing. Lab time is scheduled in advance to ensure that your product-specific environment is set up and ready to go when you arrive.

Solve Technical Questions On-Site

Even the most experienced solution developers need technical support now and then. When you do, the center's team of experienced technical consultants is ready. These on-site IBM experts provide leading-edge information that can accelerate your software development project or prepare you for the next wave of computing technology.

Maybe you want assistance in migrating a 16-bit Windows-based application to a 32-bit OS/2 Warp industrial-strength environment. Or maybe you simply need an answer regarding the use of shared libraries in AIX. If you have a technical question, the center has just the people to see -- supported by product developers at IBM labs in Austin, Texas (AIX, RISC, SMP); Poughkeepsie, New York (SP1 and SP2); Boca Raton, Florida (OS/2 Warp); Toronto, Canada (DB2); and other locations worldwide.

Recruit Vendors and Partnerships

You've developed your software vision. Now it's time to make marketing decisions. Tap into the center's business resources to pinpoint the most effective channels for getting your product to customers. Participate in vendor recruiting seminars to establish all-important business partnerships. The center offers many options.

Better still, take advantage of the profit-building business services and marketing programs available through IBM's Business Partner Program. Qualifying business partners also benefit from trade show opportunities, listings in IBM Solutions catalogs, entry into IBM's National Solution Center database, and much more.

Access Industry-Leading IBM Solutions

Hardware platforms:

  • PC
  • RISC System/6000 Family:
    • SMP
    • AIX
    • POWERparallel
    • SP2
    • Power Personal (PowerPC)
  • AS/400

Software platforms:

  • OS/2 Warp
  • AIX
  • OS/400
  • DB2 Family
  • CICS
  • DCE
  • TCP/IP
  • SNA
  • NetView
  • DSMIT
  • KARAT
  • ADSM

Advanced technologies:

  • Client/Server
  • Distributed Data
  • Data Mining
  • Objects
  • OpenDoc
  • SOM/DSOM
  • Human Centered
  • Network Centric
  • Information Warehouse
  • Decision Support

Solution Partnership Center Locations

IBM Solution Partnership Center -- West 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 275 San Mateo CA 94403 1-800-678-4249 or 1-415-312-0240 fax 1-415-312-0254

IBM Solution Partnership Center -- East 404 Wyman St. Waltham MA 02154 1-800-678-4249 or 1-617-895-2610 fax 1-617-895-2886

Go to Market

The people. The technology. The resources. You'll find it all at IBM's Solution Partnership Center. Add conveniences such as conference rooms, classrooms, LAN room and library, and it's easy to see why solution developers take full advantage of everything the center has to offer.

More Information

For more information about how the Solution Partnership Center can assist you in deploying and marketing your IBM-driven applications, call 1-800-678-4249 or complete the form at URL http://www.developer.ibm.com/sdp/spc/spcform.html.

IBM Solution Developer Program Worldwide Contacts

The IBM Solution Developer Program has contacts around the world who can assist solution developers who want to know more about the programs and services available to them. The list below provides information about how to get in touch with the Solution Developer Program contact for your country or geographic region.

Asia and Pacific Region

Solution Developer Operations Executive:

 Sally Rogers
 E-mail: rogesal@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +61 2-354-4976
 Fax:    +61 2-354-4981

Marketing Programs:

 Davender Chhabra
 E-mail: dchhabra@vnet.ibm.com

Developer Assistance Program Fulfillment:

 Jennifer Dulhunty
 E-mail: jdulhunty@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +61 2-354-7684
 Fax:    +61 2-354-7766

Australia:

 Hillel Benedykt
 E-mail: hillel@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +61 3-9626-6554
 Fax:    +61 3-9626-6612

China:

 W Yan
 E-mail: rogesal@vnet.ibm.com

India and Sri Lanka:

 Sally Rogers
 E-mail: rogesal@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +61 2-354-4976
 Fax:    +61 2-354-4981

Japan:

 K Yonemitsu
 E-mail: kyonemitsu@vnet.ibm.com

Korea:

 Nool Park
 E-mail: Npark@sulvm1.vnet.ibm.com

New Zealand:

 Hillel Benedykt
 E-mail: hillel@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +61 3-9626-6554
 Fax:    +61 3-9626-6612

Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam:

 J Srikant
 E-mail: rogesal@vnet.ibm.com

Taiwan:

 P H Chen
 E-mail: phchen@taivm1.vnet.ibm.com
Europe, Middle East, and Africa

Central Europe and Russia:

 Renate Janda
 E-mail: 61822719@vievma.vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +43 1 21145 3405
 Fax:    +43 1 21145 5714

Austria:

 Ingrid Sponer
 E-mail: isponer@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +43 1 21145 2537
 Fax:    +43 1 2160886

Denmark

 Torjus Gylstorff
 E-mail: Torjus_Gylstorff@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +45 93 45 45 ext. 3084
 Fax:    +45 88 95 69

Egypt

 Sherif El-Rafei
 E-mail: El-Rafei@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +20 2-349-2533
 Fax:    +20 2-360-1227

France:

 Brigitte Poggi
 E-mail: bpoggi@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +33 1 49 05 78 28
 Fax:    +33 1 47 88 64 76

Finland:

 Ari Voutilainen
 E-mail: arivo@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +358 0 4594082
 Fax:    +358 0 4596901
 OS/2 and DAP BBS: +358 0 4595900

Germany:

 Susanne Horlemann
 E-mail: horlema@de.ibm.com
 Phone:  +49 (0)711 785 7355
 Fax:    +49 (0)711-785-7090

Greece:

 Labros Kisouras
 E-mail: kisouras@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +30 1 3281637
 Fax:    +30 1 3237278

Ireland:

 Catherine Tallon
 E-mail: catherine_tallon@ie.ibm.com
 Phone:  +353 1 6603744
 Fax:    +353 1 6602046

Israel:

 Jacob Levy
 E-mail: ilibm82m@ibmmail.com
 Phone:  +97 23 6978921
 Fax:    +97 23 6978907

Italy:

 Lorenzo Cassinelli
 E-mail: lorenzoc@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +39 02 59625468
 Fax:    +39 02 59629587

The Netherlands:

 Ton Koopmans
 E-mail: nlibmn6p@ibmmail.com
 Phone:  +31 20 513 3257
 Fax:    +31 20 615 1489

Norway:

 Frode Aarheim
 E-mail: Frode.Aarheim@norway.ibm.com
 Phone:  +47 66 99 80 00
 Fax:    +47 66 99 93 33

Spain:

 Maricruz Serrano
 E-mail: mserrano@vnet.ibm.com
 Phone:  +341 - 397 91 20
 Fax:    +341 - 519 39 87

Sweden:

 Anders Landstrom
 E-mail: mailto:andersl@se.ibm.com
 Phone:  +46 8 7931728
 Fax:    +46-8-7932472

Switzerland:

 Mohammed El Saghe
 E-mail: chibmw4l@ibmmail.com
 Phone:  +41 1 207-2602
 Fax:    +41 1 207-2410

Turkey:

 Ebru Aran
 E-mail: earan@ibm.net
 Phone:  +90 212 2800900
 Fax:    +90 212 2780437

United Kingdom:

 Software Developers Enquiry Line
 E-mail: gbib16jl@ibmmail.com
 Phone:  0345 522622 (UK LoCall)
 Fax:    +44 (0)1705 492222

North America

United States and Canada:

 IBM Software Vendor Hotline
 Phone:  1-800-627-8363
 Fax:    1-770-835-9444

The Developer Connection Family

The Developer Connection is a family of Worldwide twelve-month subscription programs that streamline developer access to cutting-edge IBM development information and technology. Anyone can enroll in these programs at competitive prices, and qualified developers are eligible for special discount rates.

The Developer Connection delivers a collection of development kits, tools, demos, sample code, pre-release products or proposed products, development information, and documentation via CD on a regular basis. Subscribers also receive newsletters that contain the most up-to-date information about IBM operating systems and development products.

What is The Developer Connection?

The Developer Connection is a twelve-month subscription offering. The subscription offers, up to four times during a twelve month period, packages consisting of:

  • pre-release products
  • toolkits
  • development tools
  • development information in the form of online papers and books
  • sample code
  • demonstration programs
  • magazines and newsletters

Some issues may include generally-available and supported versions of products in addition to evaluation or demonstration versions.

How to Join The Developer Connection

In the United States, you can obtain The Developer Connection by calling 1-800-6-DEVCON (1-800-633-8266) or fax 1-303-330-7655.

Other geographies may have different distribution/pricing policies, so the local number shown below should be called for ordering information:

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The Developer Connection can also be ordered directly from IBM SPC in Denmark if you are outside one of the above geographical areas. After dialing the international access code, you should call the appropriate number to reach an operator speaking one of the following languages:

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Note that 45 is the country code for Denmark.

Support

Support for The Developer Connection is provided via Internet, CompuServe, and OS/2 BBS. Please see the specific offering (IBM Developer Connection for AIX, The Developer Connection for OS/2, ...) for details.

The Developer Connection for AIX

The IBM Developer Connection for AIX is the AIX-platform-specific member of the Developer Connection family of offerings. If you want to develop a product or program that is intended to run on AIX, this is the right "Connection" for you.

The executable products delivered on CDs distributed in issues of The Developer Connection for AIX are intended to execute specifically on AIX Version 4 and subsequent operating systems.

Detailed technical information is specific to AIX or to products that execute in AIX environments (except where necessary to deal with issues of connectivity and interoperability with specific other platforms).

The books, magazines, white papers, and newsletters deal primarily with products, subjects, and issues specific to AIX, although they may also deal with subjects of more general or cross-system interest.

What's New?

The previous cumbersome ordering and licensing procedures have been replaced with much simpler ones that result in literally weeks of time eliminated between placing a new order and beginning constructive use of the product.

The customer now simply places the order, and the package is on its way in a matter of days.

The CD has a built-in electronic licensing procedure that can be completed in minutes. Where separate licenses are necessary for particular programs, the licensing is handled in the same way.

Where to Find Content Lists

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The contents of The Developer Connection for AIX Hypertext Information Base Libraries CD can be found at URL http://www.developer.ibm.com/sdp/DevCon/AIX/ContentHT.html.

Be sure to use upper and lower case as indicated.

The Developer Connection for OS/2

The Developer Connection for OS/2 is an annual membership in which subscribers receive CDs and a newsletter four times a year. The CDs contain generally available and prerelease development products from IBM, including several toolkits (such as The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp, the OpenDoc toolkit, and the Pen for OS/2 Developer's Toolkit), the SMART migration tool from One Up Corporation, the OS/2 for PowerPC SDK, employee-written software, and third-party products.

The CDs also contain the complete set of documentation from both the OS/2 2.1 Technical Library and the Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp, plus excerpts from selected books and magazines. All previous versions of The Developer Connection News are also on the CDs.

The newsletter contains 24 pages of technical articles about current OS/2 topics, as well as articles about products and future strategies.

Your subscription to The Developer Connection for OS/2 will also include The Developer Connection for LAN Systems CD, a cross-platform CD providing tools, toolkits, beta, and evaluation copies of products, and documentation for LAN Systems products.

What's New on Volume 9?

We've grown again! The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 9 is now on four CDs, plus the two CDs for the Developer Connection for LAN Systems, or a total of 6 CDs. We hope you like all of the new tools we are providing, especially when you consider the price is still 199 USD per year, the same as our original Volume 1 price, which was a single CD!

Our most exciting news is the addition of a compiler category! Volume 9 now offers IBM VisualAge C++ and SpeedSoft SpeedPascal compilers.

Other great new products include:

  • PartitionMagic from PowerQuest, which lets you manipulate your hard disk partitions. No more reformatting to change partition size!
  • Updated OpenDoc Framework for C Set ++
  • UniMaint from SofTouch Systems, which helps to uninstall products and perform maintenance
  • Kernel debuggers for many of the ServicePak levels available
  • OS/2 Warp FixPaks translated into several languages
  • GpfREXX
  • TCP/IP for OS/2 XWindows System Client Kit

The Developer Connection News

With each issue, you also receive our informative, technical newsletter, The Developer Connection News, filled with the latest OS/2 development information, tips and techniques, and future strategy columns. These articles are written by IBM developers, as well as developers from other leading providers of OS/2 applications and technology. The newsletter also contains a valuable Q-and-A column, where you can receive complete answers to your OS/2 questions, as well as a series of tips and techniques with help on some of the subtler points of OS/2 usage and programming.

Volume 9 of The Developer Connection News contains the following articles:

  • Developers Enjoy the ALPs (Assembly Language Processor)
  • VisualAge C++ Visual Application Builder
  • NewShow: A C++ DIVE Class Sample
  • BRender: The Real-Time 3D Renderer
  • What's New on Volume 9?
  • SMART Update
  • Operating System Evolution: The Rest of the Story
  • So You Want Your Application to Be Multilingual?
  • Writing Workplace Shell Objects Using the IBM Open Class User Interface Library
  • Software Installer: Your Tool for Installation
  • Open MPEG Committee
  • PMCX - What's zat?
  • Write Once, Read Many... with Hyperwise
  • CID Installation of SVGA Display Support
  • OS/2 Warp's New Infrared Support

Content of The Developer Connection for OS/2, Volume 9

The Developer Connection for OS/2, Volume 9, contains 17 categories and 240 products. It includes limited licenses to the following:

Key:

Demo Lic = For Demonstration Purposes Only (refer to license agreement)
Eval Lic = For Evaluation Purposes Only (refer to license agreement)
(E) = Excerpts
(I) = IBM Internally Developed Software
(P) = Pre-Release Software
(R) = Reduced Function
(T) = Time-Out Code
Bitmaps (Disc 1)
BITMAP32: 32-bit bitmap viewer (I)
Bitmap Samples: Developer Connection Bitmap Samples (I)
GBM: Generalized Bitmap Module (I)
JView (Crunch Products) (P) NEW
MakeLogo: OS/2 Boot Logo Utility (I)
Communication Tools (Disc 2)
AdeptXBBS (AdeptSoft) UPDATED
APPC Showcase: Games and Utilities (I)
AUTODI: Graphical Display of APPN Resources (I)
COMi (OS/tools Inc) (R,Demo Lic)
COMi (OS/tools Inc): Diskette (R,Demo Lic)
Communications Server Access Feature (IBM) (P) UPDATED
COMspool (OS/tools Inc) (R,Demo Lic)
COMspool (OS/tools Inc): Diskette (R,Demo Lic)
Golden CommPass (Creative Systems Programming Corp.) (T,Demo Lic) UPDATED
GOPHER: OS/2 PM client for Internet Gopher protocol (I)
GOSERV: Gopher Server for OS/2 2.x (I) UPDATED
LAN Adapter Protocol Support for TCP/IP (IBM) (P)
OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(191) (Columbia University)
Personal Communications AS/400 and 3270 V4.0 for OS/2 (IBM): Diskettes
Personal Communications AS/400 V4.0 for OS/2 (IBM): Diskettes
Personal Communications/3270 V4.0 for OS/2 (IBM): Diskettes
RXAPPC: REXX Communications APIs (I)
Softerm Plus for OS/2 (Softronics, Inc.)
SYBASE Open Client Developer's Kit (Sybase Inc.)
TCP/IP for OS/2 (IBM)
Compilers (Disc 4)
High C/C++ (MetaWare Inc.) (Demo Lic)
Speed-Pascal/2 for OS/2 Warp (SpeedSoft USA) (Demo Lic) NEW
VisPro/C (HockWare, Inc.) (R,Eval Lic)
VisPro/C++ (HockWare, Inc.) (R,Eval Lic)
VisualAge C++ for OS/2, Version 3.0 (IBM) (T,Eval Lic) NEW
Databases (Disc 2)
DATABASE 2 for OS/2 - Version 2.1 Single-User (IBM) (T)
DATABASE 2 Software Developer's Kit for OS/2 - V2.1 (IBM) (T)
DataGuide for Lotus Notes (IBM)
DataGuide for OS/2 Administrator (IBM)
DataGuide for OS/2 User (IBM)
DBMRPW: DBM password utility (I)
DDCS for OS/2 - Version 2.3 Single-User (IBM) (T)
Visigenic ODBC SDK for OS/2 (Visigenic Software, Inc.) (P) NEW
Developer Toolkits (Discs 2 and 3)
Communications Server for OS/2 WARP (TOOLKIT) (IBM) (P) UPDATED
Entertainment Tools in the Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp (IBM) (P, Eval Lic)
Internationalization Toolkit based on XPG/4 (IBM) (P) UPDATED
Kernel Debugger for OS/2 2.x and Warp (IBM): CD Install
Kernel Debugger for OS/2 for SMP v2.11 (IBM): Diskettes
Kernel Debugger for OS/2 for SMP v2.11 (IBM): CD Install
Kernel Debugger for OS/2 Japan 2.1 CSD BJC006 (IBM): CD Install
Kernel Debugger for OS/2 Japan 2.11 (IBM): CD Install
Kernel Debugger for OS/2 ServicePak XR06300 v2.1 (IBM): CD Install
Kernel Debugger for OS/2 v2.11 (IBM): Diskettes
Kernel Debugger for OS/2 Warp with WIN-OS2 (IBM): Diskettes
Kernel Debugger for OS/2 Warp, Version 3 (IBM): Diskettes
LEADTOOLS Imagehandler for OS/2 (LEAD Technologies, Inc.) (Demo Lic) NEW
MMPM2 v1.1 Toolkit (IBM): CD Install
Object REXX Toolkit (IBM) (P)
OpenDoc Developer's Kit 2 for OS/2 (IBM) (P,Eval Lic)
OpenDoc Multimedia for OS/2 (IBM) (P,Eval Lic)
OS/2 2.11 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 96 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
OS/2 2.11 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 97 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
OS/2 2.11 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 98 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
OS/2 2.11 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 99 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
OS/2 Warp 3.1 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 7 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
OS/2 Warp 3.1 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 8 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
OS/2 Warp 3.1 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 9 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
OS/2 Warp 3.1 Kernel Debugger for FixPak 10 (IBM): Diskettes NEW
Pen for OS/2 Warp Toolkit (IBM): Diskettes
Pen for OS/2 Warp Toolkit (IBM): CD Install
PL/I for OS/2 - Toolkit (IBM)
SearchManager/2 Toolkit (IBM)
TCP/IP Version 2.0 for OS/2: X Window System Client Kit (IBM) NEW
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 1.3 (IBM): Diskettes
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1 (Japanese) (IBM): CD Install
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1 (IBM): Diskettes
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1 (IBM): CD Install
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1 (IBM): Folder Creation
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 for SMP v2.11 (IBM): Diskettes
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 for SMP v2.11 (IBM): CD Install
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp (Japanese) (IBM): Diskettes UPDATED
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp (Japanese) (IBM): CD Install UPDATED
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp, Version 3 (IBM): Diskettes UPDATED
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp, Version 3 (IBM): CD Install UPDATED
Developer Tools for OS/2 for the PowerPC (Disc 4)
MetaWare High C/C++ Cross Compiler (MetaWare Inc.) (P) UPDATED
Software Installer for OS/2 Warp Connect [PowerPC Edition! (IBM) (P) NEW
The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp Connect [PowerPC Edition! (IBM) (P) UPDATED
Codepage and keyboard utilities--OS/2 Warp Connect (PowerPC Edition) (IBM) (P) NEW
Development Tools (Disc 1)
AIXLIKE: OS/2 version of popular UNIX utilities (I) UPDATED
ALPHAL: Code analysis and browse programme (I) UPDATED
APL2 for OS/2 (IBM) (Demo Lic)
ASDT32: 32-bit debug utility (I)
Chk4DLLs: shows and verifies DLLs needed to load a module (I) NEW
COMscope (OS/tools Inc) (R,Demo Lic)
COMscope (OS/tools Inc): Diskette (R,Demo Lic)
CPOST: Typesets C Programs in PostScript (I)
CTFORMAT: Code and text formatter (I)
DataFlex (Data Access) (Demo Lic)
DEBUGO: Terminal program for the debug kernel (I) UPDATED
DRDIALOG: Visual REXX programming environment (I)
EDITINI: OS/2 text editor for .INI files (I)
Gpf (Apical Software, Inc.) (Demo Lic) NEW
GpfRexx (Apical Software, Inc.) (Demo Lic) NEW
GpfTools (Apical Software, Inc.) (Demo Lic) NEW
HEXDUMP: Hex display and conversion utility (I)
IBROW: Image browser utility (I)
ImageStream Graphics Filters for OS/2 (ImageMark Software Labs, Inc.) (Demo Lic)
IPF Editor (Perez Computing Services) (Demo Lic)
IPFCPP: Preprocessor for IPF Compiler (I)
LP3820: Print AFP files on a personal laser printer (I) UPDATED
LP382F: Raster fonts for use with LP3820 (I)
LXOPT (Functional Software Limited) (Demo Lic) UPDATED
Neural Network Utility Entry for OS/2 (IBM)
OpenGL on OS/2 (IBM) (P) UPDATED
OS2TRACE: OS/2 API Tracer (I) NEW
Pen for OS/2 Warp (IBM): Diskettes
Pen for OS/2 Warp (IBM): CD Install
PL/I for OS/2 - Professional Edition (IBM)
PM Designer (VacNat Software) (P,Demo Lic) NEW
PMPRTF: Extends PRINTF to PM applications (I)
PMSPY32: OS/2 PM message spying program (I)
Problem Determination Package (IBM)
PROGRF: A Utility to Generate Program Reference Objects from exe's (I) NEW
ReDiscovery/2 (IBM) (Demo Lic)
RePack: Compression tool for LX, EXE and DLL (I)
REXXLIB (Quercus Systems) (Demo Lic)
RXD: PM source level debugger for REXX (I)
RXMATH: C-language math functions for REXX (I)
RXNETB: REXX APIs for OS/2 NetBIOS (I)
SD386: Source level debugger for C (I)
SMART-Version 2.1B (One Up Corp) (P) UPDATED
Sniff16: Utility to search 16 bit apps (P,I)
Softbridge Basic Language (Mystic River Software Inc.) (Demo Lic)
Software Installer for OS/2 (IBM)
The SOM Class Administrator (Synaptec, Inc.) (Demo Lic)
THK2ASM: Thunk Compiler for OS/2 Warp Thunk Interpreter (I)
TVFS: Toronto Virtual File System (I)
UCMENUS: Graphical toolbar control for PM applications (I)
Validator for OS/2 (IBM) (P)
VisPro/REXX GOLD (HockWare, Inc.) (Demo Lic)
REXX2: Visual REXX functions providing a PM interface (I)
VX-REXX Client/Server Edition (Watcom) (Demo Lic)
ZFAMILY: Z Family Reusable Libraries/2 (P,I)
Editors (Disc 1)
Boxer Text Editor (Boxer Software) (Demo Lic)
CSTEPM: Customized version of Enhanced Editor (I) UPDATED
Compuware PREDITOR/2 (Compuware Corporation) (T,Demo Lic)
ENVED: Environment Editor (I)
EPM (IBM) UPDATED
EPMBETA (IBM) (P) UPDATED
FileWorks (Lorill Technologies, Inc.) (R,Demo Lic)
Hyperwise Version 2.0 (IBM) (R) UPDATED
IPF Binder (Kalisoft Corp) (R,Demo Lic)
IPF Review (Kalisoft Corp) (R,Demo Lic)
RimStar Programmer's Editor (RimStar Technology, Inc.): Disk (Demo Lic)
TINYED: Tiny OS/2 and DOS editor (I)
Visual SlickEdit (MicroEdge, Inc.) (R,Demo Lic)
X2: VIO Programmer's Editor (I) UPDATED
IBM OS/2 (Discs 1 and 4)
BonusPak (IBM) (Demo Lic)
Developer API Extensions for OS/2 Beta (IBM) (P) NEW
OS/2 Warp Version 3 CD-ROM (IBM): Installation Diskettes (Demo Lic)
Multimedia Tools (Disc 2)
BOCASoft System Sounds (BOCASoft) (Demo Lic)
BOCASoft WipeOut (BOCASoft): Diskette (Demo Lic)
CDEXPL: Compact Disc audio explorer (I)
Digital Music Player (Aria) (Demo Lic)
MMPM2 v1.1.3 Base (IBM) (Demo Lic)
MMPM2 v1.1.3 Base (IBM): Diskettes (Demo Lic)
OS/2 Open MPEG (OM-1) Beta (IBM) (P) NEW
VPOKER: MMPM video poker game for OS/2 (I)
WARPMIX: Warp Mixer (P) NEW
Product Overviews/Demo (Disc 2)
OnCmd xBase for OS/2 (On-line Data)
Translation Manager/2 (IBM): Diskette
Productivity Tools (Disc 2)
APPLAUSE (Solution Technology, Inc.) (Demo Lic)
ATS for OS/2 (MHR Software and Consulting) (Demo Lic) UPDATED
BOOT2X: OS/2 bootable diskette creation utility (I)
CLPSRV: TCP/IP clipboard server for OS/2 2.x (I)
CLOKGS: Digital/analog clock for your desktop (I)
COLORPT: Reports color under the mouse pointer (I)
COMPRESS: Automatic compressed backup (I) UPDATED
CursorPower (North Shore Systems, Inc.) (T,Demo Lic)
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (IBM) UPDATED
DINFO: Swapper file monitor (I)
EXCAL: WPS-enabled calendar (I)
FMOS2: Fullscreen/Window FILEMANager (I) UPDATED
FORBROWS: Forum browser (I)
FV2: FileView for OS/2 (I) UPDATED
GFOLDER: Helps organize your workplace (I)
GSEE: File search utility and batch file builder (I)
IBM Library Reader/2 (IBM) (R)
IMGTK16: The Image Toolkit (I)
LOADDF: Diskette image Save and Load utilities (I)
MAGNIFY: OS/2 desktop magnifier (I)
MCLIP: Multiple clipboard utility (I) UPDATED
MEGADS: Virtual desktop expander (I)
MRFILEPM: Simple, configurable OS/2 File Manager (I)
20MEMU: OS/2 memory utilization utility (I)
OS2GFC: Graphical File Comparison (I) NEW
PageTurner (Magus)
PartitionMagic for OS/2 and Dos Version 2.0 (PowerQuest Corporation) (Demo Lic) NEW
PMCAM2: Captures PM screens as bitmaps/PostScript files (I)
PMDRAW: PM Presentation Graphics (I)
PMGB32: Display of planet Earth as a globe (I)
PMTIMER: OS/2 program timer (I)
PMTREE: Graphical display of PM windows (I)
PTNSHOT: Point 'n' Shoot (I)
QCONFG: System configuration utility (I)
SCRAP: Screen capture utility (I)
SearchManager/2 (IBM) (Demo Lic)
SHFTRN: Runs OS/2 programs before IPL is completed (I)
SMARTsort (IBM): Diskettes (P)
SpaceMap for OS/2 (Capstone Software) (Demo Lic)
SPLIT: Split and Combine big files (I)
STPOS2: Subdirectory Tree manager Plus for OS/2 (I) UPDATED
The Graham Utilities for OS/2 (WarpSpeed Computers) (Demo Lic)
TXT2PS: Text-to-postscript conversion utility (I)
UniMaint for OS/2 (SofTouch Systems, Inc.) (Demo Lic) NEW
UTIL2: AIX-like utilities for OS/2 (I)
ViewAll: Displays all OS/2 books on the bookshelf (I)
Service (Discs 1 and 2)
C Set ++ for OS/2 Class Library (v2.1) CSD CTM0010 (IBM)
C Set ++ for OS/2 Class Library (v2.1) CSD CTM0010 (IBM): Diskettes
C Set ++ for OS/2 Compiler (v2.0 and v2.1) CSD CTC0011 (IBM)
C Set ++ for OS/2 Compiler (v2.0 and v2.1) CSD CTC0011 (IBM): Diskettes
C Set ++ for OS/2 Utilities (v2.0 and v2.1) CSD CTU0003 (IBM)
C Set ++ for OS/2 Utilities (v2.0 and v2.1) CSD CTU0003 (IBM): Diskettes
C/C++ FirstStep Tools Patches (IBM)
Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ 3.0 Compiler CSD CTC301 (IBM) NEW
Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ 3.0 Documentation CSD CTD301 (IBM) NEW
Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ 3.0 Utilities CSD CTU301 (IBM) NEW
Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ Visual Builders including DAPIE for OS/2, Version 3.0 CSD CTV301 (IBM) NEW
Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ 3.0 Workframe/2 CSD CTW301 (IBM) NEW
Corrective Service for VisualAge C++ 3.0 Open Class Libraries CSD CT0302 (IBM) NEW
OS/2 2.11 FixPak XR_B098 (IBM): Diskettes
OS/2 2.11 ServicePak: CD-ROM and diskette installation (IBM): Diskettes
OS/2 2.11 ServicePak: CD-ROM and diskette installation (IBM): 5.25-inch Diskettes
OS/2 v1.3 Toolkit CSD Level XR05053 (IBM): Diskettes
OS/2 v1.3 Toolkit CSD Level XR05053 (IBM): 5.25-inch Diskettes
OS/2 Warp NLV FixPak (IBM): Diskettes NEW
TCP/IP 2.0 for OS/2 CSD UN64092 (IBM): Disks
OS/2 Warp, Version 3 for Windows FixPak XR_W010 (IBM): Diskettes UPDATED
WorkFrame/2 2.1 CSD3 (IBM): Diskette
WorkFrame/2 2.1 CSD3 (IBM): CD Install
Source Code (Disc 1)
A collection of Workplace Shell samples (IBM) (P)
AIXLIKE SOURCE: OS/2 versions of popular Unix utilities (I) UPDATED
BitMap32: BitMap32 Source Code (I)
cPostsrc: Source Code for cPost (I)
EXCEPT: OS/2 2.* trap debugging aid exception handler source sample (I)
GBMSRC: Generalized Bitmap Module Source Code (I)
NLS32J: NLSSAMPLE 32BIT Version (Japanese) (I)
PMSAMPLE: programming samples and utilities for OS/2 and PM (I)
PMSPY32S: OS/2 PM Spying Source Code (I)
RIFFSAMP: Multimedia RIFF Source Code (IBM) (P)
TOOLBAR: An Icon Bar Sample (I)
UTIL2SRC: AIX-like utilities source code (I)
Source Code from The Developer Connection News (Disc 1)
Samples from previous articles in Volume I - VIII
Volume IX: NewShow: C++ Dive class sample (I) NEW
Volume IX: PMCX-What's Zat? (I) NEW
Volume IX: Writing Workplace Shell Objects using IBM Open Class Libraries (I) NEW
Test Tools (Disc 1)
APMTST: PM Automation Tool (I) NEW
OS/2 Applications Benchmark (IBM) (P)
TESTCOUN: TestCounsellor (I)
PMATE: Automated test environment with user input captured (I)
Documentation
Books in various formats are included on the CDs. For a complete listing see the Booklist.ASC file or the on-line list in The Developer Connection Roadmap folder.

Topics include:

  • AnyNet
  • Communications Manager/2
  • Databases
  • Developer's Toolkit references
  • Device drivers
  • Information Presentation Facility
  • Hardware compatibility list
  • Multimedia
  • Object REXX
  • Object-oriented
  • OpenDoc
  • OS/2 Technical Library
  • Presentation Manager
  • Popular OS/2 book excerpts
  • Redbooks
  • REXX
  • SOM
  • TCP/IP
  • The Developer Connection News articles
  • Workplace Shell

The complete list shown above is available at World Wide Web URL http://www.developer.ibm.com/sdp/DevCon/OS2/ccontent.html . (Please be sure to use uppercase where shown.)

Electronic Support

Electronic support is provided through CompuServe, OS/2 BBS, and the Internet. Obtain technical support or use the forum to exchange messages, ideas, comments, or concerns with The Developer Connection for OS/2 team or other members.

The dedicated Developer Connection section on CompuServe is located in the IBM OS/2 Developer Forum 2. To obtain access to this section, send a note with your subscription number to the Developer Connection Administrator at CompuServe userid 73423,2767. You will receive notification or access to the Developer Connection section within two business days.

To access the forum, type GO OS2DF2 at the ! prompt; then, select the Developer Connection section.

For CompuServe membership information, call one of the following numbers depending on where you are located:

Germany                      0130 37 32
United Kingdom               0800 289 378
Other countries in Europe    (+44) (+272) 255 111
U.S.A.                       1-800-524-3388
elsewhere                    1-614-457-0802

Ask for Representative 239. You will receive a special introductory membership for IBM customers.

The DEVCON CFORUM is on the OS/2 BBS under TALKlink, which is a feature under the IBMLink Commercial Services. In the U.S., you can call 1-800-547-1283; outside of the U.S., you should contact your local IBM marketing representative.

Internet users may address their questions or comments to devcon@vnet.ibm.com.

The Developer Connection Device-Driver Kit (DDK) for OS/2

The Developer Connection Device-Driver Kit (DDK) for OS/2 is an annual membership program for device-driver developers. The DDK delivers all the necessary tools for development of new device drivers for your 32-bit OS/2 operating platform. This CD-based offering enables rapid development of device drivers for your personal computer hardware by providing many complete device-driver sources, test aids, and information from IBM's award-winning OS/2 and related operating systems.

If you are an Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV), software firm, or OS/2 developer providing support for personal computer hardware manufacturers, the Developer Connection DDK will help you to significantly reduce your device-driver development effort and time-to-market.

Includes The Developer Connection for OS/2

With your license to The Developer Connection DDK, you will also receive The Developer Connection for OS/2, which is delivered four times a year. If you are already a subscriber to The Developer Connection for OS/2, you may upgrade to the Developer Connection DDK.

Each issue of The Developer Connection News features topics on device-driver development.

IBM Product Compatibility Program

The IBM Product Compatibility Program provides an opportunity for developers to gain increased visibility, marketability, and credibility for their products.

Compatibility Testing Opportunity

This program gives ISVs a testing opportunity to establish and communicate the compatibility of their products with OS/2 Warp standalone, clients, servers, and LAN systems.

Resource for Making Wise Purchasing Decisions

This program is a resource that customers and their advisors can use to make product purchase decisions with the confidence that a product has been tested for compatibility with OS/2 Warp and LAN Server systems. Consultants, resellers, integrators, OEMs, and other product decision makers can confidently use the list of compatible products in selecting products that meet their customers' needs. Recommending compatible products can help expedite buying decisions and protect a customer's investment.

Value of Tested Compatibility

There are literally thousands of software products on the market today to help solve customers' problems. The challenge is finding which products are compatible and can be integrated into a customer's environment.

Selecting tested compatible products gives buyers confidence in product decisions and/or recommendations. Such confidence can speed up product decisions and potentially lessen installation and support time.

Compatibility Program Description

There are two options of product compatibility. The "Ready for..." option shows compatibility of a software product with either OS/2 Warp or IBM LAN Server with OS/2 Warp. The "Tested and Approved..." option addresses a more sophisticated LAN systems environment to show compatibility, interoperability, and coexistence with many LAN products.

Ready for OS/2 Warp and Ready for OS/2 Warp LAN Server

The "Ready for OS/2 Warp" and "Ready for OS/2 Warp LAN Server" programs offer software developers a set of IBM guidelines to self-test their products for compatibility with a particular version of either OS/2 Warp or IBM LAN Server with OS/2 Warp.

This program, with some variations, also exists in some geographies outside the USA and Canada. Developers outside of North America are encouraged to contact their local IBM country representative for their specific program benefits.

Call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.) to request documents 3241 and 3242 for a list of compatible products under the Ready self-test program. In Canada, call 1-800-HELP-FAX. From elsewhere, use a fax telephone to call 1-415-855-4329. Additional information can be obtained by calling 1-800-992-4777 within the U.S. and Canada.

Tested and Approved for OS/2 Warp LAN Systems

The "Tested and Approved for OS/2 Warp LAN Systems" program offers hardware and software developers the opportunity to have IBM test their product with many IBM and non-IBM products in a LAN systems real-world-like environment. IBM publishes the results of these tests to help customers understand the test environment plus any workarounds discovered during the testing. Customer knowledge of test results helps customers make more informed purchases and experience smoother installations.

Call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.) to request document 3605 for a list of compatible products tested by IBM in the Tested and Approved category, with their respective test document numbers. From Canada, call 1-800-HELP-FAX. From elsewhere, use a fax telephone to call 1-415-855-4329. Additional information can be obtained by calling 1-800-992-4777 within the U.S. and Canada.

Publicity: Where to Find Compatible Product Information

Upon successful completion of testing, developers are given the use of a compatibility mark to use with their products' advertising, brochures, and other marketing materials.

Customers are encouraged to look at products displaying the mark with confidence that the products have been tested in an appropriate environment. Customers can receive names and/or reports of compatible products through the following sources:

  • CompuServe IBMDESK forum
  • Internet WWW: http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/compatibility.html
  • IBM's TALKLink OS/2 bulletin board, 1-800-547-1283
  • MAX (CD-ROM from Computer Reseller News)
  • Support on Site for Networks CD, 1-800-827-7889
  • Sources and Solutions catalog (1-203-452-7704 or fax 1-203-268-1075)
  • National Solution Center's database
  • 1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.), 1-800-HELP-FAX (Canada), or from elsewhere, call 1-415-855-4329 from a fax phone, and request documents 3241, 3242, 3605
  • IBM Developer Connection CD, 1-800-633-8266
  • IBM booths at major related trade shows

Compatible products also qualify for reduced advertising rates in major magazines.

Program Q-and-A via Fax

A set of questions and answers about the Product Compatibility Program can be found on the Internet or by requesting document 3657 from 1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.), 1-800-HELP-FAX in Canada, or (from elsewhere, using a fax phone) 1-415-855-4329.

More Information

Additional information can be obtained by calling 1-800-992-4777 (U.S. and Canada) or via fax: 1-512-838-2473.

Professional Certification Program from IBM

The Professional Certification Program from IBM is an international program that provides recognition to technical professionals who demonstrate proficiency in IBM software and related products. To become certified, individuals must demonstrate their proficiency in supporting selected IBM products by passing a series of exams.

OS/2 and LAN Server Roles

Individuals, rather than organizations, can receive certification in the following roles:

  • Certified OS/2 Engineer
    Provides the skills to support OS/2 installations and develop expertise in fine-tuning and customizing OS/2 platform systems.
  • Certified OS/2 Instructor
    Validates the skills required to teach OS/2 education courses, and provides technical instructor credentials.
  • Certified LAN Server Administrator
    Develops the skills necessary to support day-to-day network operations, such as backing up the server, maintaining security, and loading applications.
  • Certified LAN Server Engineer
    Provides service and support skills for LAN Server networks, including network design, performance tuning, and installation.
  • Certified LAN Server Instructor
    Enables participants to teach LAN Server education courses and provides technical instructor credentials.

Other Certification Roles

The Professional Certification Program from IBM also offers roles for AIX, CallPath DirectTalk/2, and Client/Server. For information about these certification options, contact Drake Prometric at 1-800-959-3926.

Testing

Certification testing is administered by Drake Prometric, a worldwide provider of certification testing in the computer industry. Classroom education is offered through IBM Education and Training.

CERT95.ZIP, in the IBM/PSP Marketing Library on CompuServe (lib 8 of the OS2USER forum), contains sample tests, test objectives, and program descriptions for the current programs.

More Information

For more information about the PSP Professional Certification Program from IBM, contact Drake Prometric:

United States and Canada                  1-800-959-3926
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy,     +49 (0) 2159 92330
  Belgium, Netherlands, Eastern Europe
    toll-free: Germany     0130 839708
               Austria     0660 8582
               Switzerland 1556 966
               Italy       1678 78441
               Belgium     0800 17414
               Netherlands 0602-27584
United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia,     +44 (0) 71 437 6900
  The Middle East, South Africa
France, Spain, Portugal, North Africa     +33 (0) 1 4289 8749
Japan                                     +81 3 3269 9620
Australia                                 +61 2 414 3666
atin America - fax request to US:        1-612-896-7020
  (include the name Melissa Loh and
   phone number 1-612-896-7458)

or visit our web site, http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/profesnl.html.

Professional Certification Program from IBM: Questions and Answers

General Program

Q1. What is the Professional Certification Program from IBM?

A1. The Professional Certification from IBM is a formal program that provides a method for individuals to demonstrate their knowledge, professional skills, and proficiency on selected IBM products. Certification is based on identified roles pertaining to different IBM products or product lines. Individuals, rather than organizations, are certified for a specific role by passing a series of fee tests that are designed to measure their knowledge of the tasks of that role.

Q2. How do I enroll in the program?

A2. To enroll in the Professional Certification Program from IBM, an individual should contact Drake Prometric at 1-800-959-EXAM. Drake can supply you with information about the overall program requirements by sending you the IBM Professional Certification Program catalog. Drake can also tell you when and where tests are offered.

Q3. What is the cost of a test?

A3. Each test costs 100 USD, contains over 75 questions, and takes between one and two hours to complete.

Test Preparation

Q4. Am I required to take an IBM Education course to prepare for certification tests?

A4. No. As long as you possess sufficient knowledge, you need only pass each test that has been designated in the test roadmap for the certified role in which you are interested.

Q5. What methods are available to me to help me ensure that I am prepared for the tests?

A5. You have several alternatives to help you prepare for the tests. Once you determine the role for which you would like to certify, you should then study the roadmap for that role. The test roadmap will help you to map out your course for certification.

The Professional Certification Program from IBM provides test objectives and sample tests free of charge to aid you in preparing for certification.

Roadmaps, test objectives, and sample tests are available by calling 1-800-959-EXAM (1-800-959-3926).

IBM Education and Training offers courses and, in some cases, sells the course material separately as an aid in self-study. Information about courses and course material is available by calling 1-800-IBM-TEACH (1-800-426-8322).

The OS/2 Certification Handbook and the OS/2 LAN Server Certification Handbook are designed to be an inexpensive and convenient means of test preparation. These self-study books can be purchased by calling 1-800-959-EXAM (1-800-959-3926).

Q6. Now that course information is not included in your roadmaps, how can I tell which course I need to take for any given test?

A6. A list of courses is available with the new Professional Certification Program catalog. Courses are listed by topic, so you can readily see which courses are available to meet your needs. Courses no longer have a one-to-one correspondence with tests, but you will be able to pick and choose the course you need. For example, while the tests cover both old and new releases, the courses do not. Therefore, if you are already familiar with the old release, you need only take the course to prepare you for the part of the test that covers the new release.

Q7. Do IBM courses and the self-study books cover everything I will need to know to pass the required certification exams?

A7. IBM courses and the self-study books were designed with certification testing in mind, and are quite comprehensive. However, successful study through books and courses does not assure your success in passing certification exams.

The recommendation for pursuing certification roles is that the individual has at least three months of hands-on knowledge with the product. The certification program is designed to test individuals' skills with the product - not their study abilities.

New OS/2 and LAN Server Tests

Q8. Why do the new OS/2 and LAN Server tests cover both the old and new product releases?

A8. Because the prior product releases are still used by many customers and supported by IBM, the Professional Certification Program from IBM will continue to support certification on these prior releases.

To make it easier for new candidates to certify their skills on both releases of the product, the new test roadmaps were designed to require only one series of tests. Had the new tests only covered the new releases, an individual would have to take twice the number of tests to be certified on both product levels. A Certified OS/2 or LAN Server Engineer will be more creditable by being technically competent on both levels of products which are available and supported in our customers' environments.

Q9. How can I get certified only on the new product release?

A9. If you already certified on a previous release, you need only take the one Update test for your role to certify on the new release. If you have never been certified, the new test process will certify you on both the old and new releases. At this time, there is no process which allows you to certify only on the new product release.

Q10. I am already certified on a previous product release. Since the new tests cover both old and new product releases, does this mean I will have to be retested on the old release while certifying on the new release?

A10. No. Update tests are available for each role, which allow you to update your certification to include the new product release by taking only one test. This Update test includes material relevant only to the new product release.

Q11. I am a Certified LAN Server Engineer and a Certified LAN Server Administrator on release 3.0. Do I need to take both update test number 120, LAN Server 4.0 Administration Update, and update test number 121, LAN Server 4.0 Engineer Update, to update my two certifications to release 4.0?

A11. No. You need only take test 121, which encompasses material from test 120, and you will update both of your certifications by passing one exam.

Q12. I am a Certified LAN Server Administrator on release 3.0. Can I take test 121, LAN Server 4.0 Engineer Update, instead of test 120, LAN Server 4.0 Administration Update?

A12. No. Test 121 is only for individuals who are Certified LAN Server Engineers. You will need to take test 120.

Q13. I am partially through the test process toward certification. How do I complete my certification, given these program changes?

A13. To complete your certification to include the latest product release, you will need to finish your certification process with the new tests, and then pass the Update test for your role.

Q14. Am I required to take this additional test to complete my certification?

A14. If you wish to complete your certification which began with the old tests but will finish with the new tests, you will need the Update test to complete your certification. You may choose to start the process over with all the new tests, in which case you will not need to take the Update test.

Q15. Why am I required to take this additional Update test to complete my certification to include the new product releases?

A15. To ensure the integrity of our program and to ensure the highest caliber of certified professionals, the Professional Certification Program from IBM has the responsibility to ensure thorough testing of all candidates. To allow individuals to certify on the new product release without adequately testing their knowledge on specific areas of that release, would not result in a quality certification process. The Update test is the easiest way - with one test - to ensure that individuals are tested on aspects of the new release which may have been missed when taking a combination of old and new tests.

Q16. I have only taken one core test toward my certification. Do I still need to take the Update test after finishing all remaining tests on the new release?

A16. If you have only taken one test, you may prefer to retake that one test in the new test scheme rather than the Update test. No matter how many tests you've completed, either the test(s) can be retaken or the Update test must be completed.

Q17. I have only taken test 009, Installing and Supporting OS/2, toward my LAN Server engineer certification. Do I still need to take the Update test after finishing all remaining tests on the new release?

A17. No. This is the only exception to requiring that all core tests be covered on the new release. To become a Certified LAN Server Engineer, your one test requirement on OS/2 can be filled with the old test until the time that the old test is no longer available.

Q18. I have only taken an elective toward my engineer certification. Do I still need to take the Update test after finishing all remaining (core) tests on the new release?

A18. No. Most electives will still be available and unchanged by this announcement. Therefore, any elective already taken will apply to certification.

Q19. Why is test 013, OS/2 Performance and Tuning, being withdrawn as an elective toward a Certified OS/2 Engineer?

A19. Performance and tuning information was determined to be knowledge that is key to support of OS/2. Therefore, the content of this test was moved into two of the new core tests (test 109, Installing OS/2, and test 112, Supporting OS/2).

Q20. Why are some of the new tests two hours instead of one hour (like they have been in the past)?

A20. Some new tests had to grow in size to adequately cover the added functions of the new product releases, as well as to include material on both product releases. In those cases, you are allowed two hours, but you may actually finish in less time.

Q21. Are the questions on the new tests equally divided between the old and new releases?

A21. The new tests cover questions specific to the old release, questions specific to the new release, and questions that pertain to both releases. The number of questions for any of these three types varies by tests, but was determined to be adequate coverage of that topic for both releases.

Q22. Do I still have only one year to pass all required tests after taking the first test to become certified?

A22. No. In order to encourage you to complete your certification at your own pace, this requirement has been removed.

Q23. If I certify on the new product release, what will I have to distinguish my credentials in the marketplace from someone who is certified only on the previous product release?

A23. Effective with this announcement, new certificates and photo IDs will reflect the release on which a person is certified. In addition, you will receive camera-ready copy for a new logo for use on your business cards, etc. This new logo, also included in the new lapel pins, will clearly differentiate you from those certified through the old process.

OS/2 and LAN Server Instructor Certification

Q24. I have obtained my instructor certification prior to this announcement of a change in the program. Am I still entitled to the benefits of the previous program?

A24. No. The previous instructor certification program - with its accompanying benefits - has been discontinued, and replaced by the newly described program.

Q25. I have obtained my instructor certification prior to this announcement of a change in the program. Do I have an easy way to recertify and qualify for the new instructor program benefits?

A25. Yes. If you are already a Certified OS/2 Engineer or a Certified LAN Server Engineer, your instructor certification will automatically transfer to the new program. Acquiring certification as either an OS/2 or LAN Server engineer, coupled with your previous certification as an instructor, will qualify you as a certified instructor in the new program. You will not need to complete the remaining steps.

Q26. Under the new instructor certification program, am I still required to be affiliated with an IBM Licensed Education Center and teach only from IBM course curriculum?

A26. No. The Professional Certification Program from IBM encourages you to use the curriculum you feel best teaches our products at the location and facilities most convenient to you.

Q27. Must I take instructional skills course through IBM to illustrate my instructional education?

A27. No. Any in-company or external instructional education will be accepted.

More Information

Q28. How can I get more information about the Professional Certification Program from IBM?

A28. Call 1-800-959-EXAM (1-800-959-3926) and ask for our latest catalog, which includes a list of all roles currently available through the program. Also, you may refer to our web site at http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/profesnl.html.

Q29. How can I purchase a self-study book?

A29. Call 1-800-959-EXAM (1-800-959-3926) to order a book.

Q30. How can I get more information on IBM Education and Training classes and course material for sale?

A30. Call 1-800-IBM-TEACH (1-800-426-8322).

Q31. How can I get a free copy of test objectives and sample tests for my role?

A31. Call 1-800-959-EXAM (1-800-959-3926).

Q32. Where else can I get information about the program?

A32. Call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329) for program information, test objectives, and an instructor certification application.

Connections to IBM U.S. Announcement Letters

IBM U.S. Announcement Letters can be accessed in several ways.

Internet

The Internet is a world-wide collection of networks that provides a wide range of services including electronic mail, bulletin boards and file transfer. You may access the Internet through Advantis (e.g., via TCPGATE), other commercial Internet service providers, or via a direct connection.

You can access IBM U.S. Announcement Letters on the Internet using the Internet client/server code "Mosaic" and/or "Gopher".

WORLD-WIDE WEB (MOSAIC OR OS/2 WEBEXPLORER)

Mosaic/WebExplorer is a versatile, easy, point-and-click hypermedia interface to the World Wide Web. Hypermedia documents contain links, not only to other pieces of text, but also to other forms of media such as sounds, images, and movies. The World Wide Web server is a system that helps organize Internet information by linking documents together via a technology called hypertext. It allows selected words to "expand" to provide more information about the subject.

The IBM home page, the primary entry point to IBM material, is located on a World Wide Web server. To access the IBM home page:

To access IBM U.S. Announcement Letters:

  1. Click on "What we offer" icon
    • Click on "Offering Information"
    • Click on "IBMLink" under United States
    • Click on "Public information and services"
    • Click on "INFOLink" or "Announcements"
    • Save the fastpath in your "QuickList" (or "HotList")
    • For follow-on access through your Web browser, click on "QuickList" (or "HotList") and directly access the announcements.
  2. Click on "Newsfeed" icon
    • Click on "Raw data"
    • Click on "US announcement letters"

WebExplorer is available with OS/2 Warp.

GOPHER

Gopher is a menu-based, textual interface to the Gopher servers on the Internet. There are thousands of Gopher servers containing data on almost any subject.

The IBMLink Gopher server is located at gopher.ibmlink.ibm.com. To access the Gopher server:

  1. Log on to Advantis, giving account code, userid, and password
    • Select "TCPGATE"
    • Select "Establish a Gopher connection"
    • Select "IBMLink Information System"
    • Announcements are listed for viewing and printing
  2. From your web browser, enter the URL: gopher://gopher.ibm.com
    • Click on "IBM US Announcement Information"
    • Click on "IBM US Announcement Letters"

LISTSERVER

The Listserver allows an Internet e-mail user to automatically receive U.S. Announcement Letter titles and, optionally, the letter itself from selected categories. This will occur when announcements are made public. For more information about the Listserver:

  • Send an e-mail to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com
  • Enter the keyword "subscribe" in the body of the e-mail (leave the subject line blank)

You will receive a list of categories and detailed instructions. Select the categories that interest you, and resend this information via e-mail to announce@webster.ibmlink.ibm.com.

IBM Fax Information Service

The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to access up-to-date information, including announcement letters, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You may request up to five documents per call. You may also request other product information. Outside the United States, dial 1-415-855-4329 from a fax machine.

From a touch-tone phone:

  • Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329)
  • Option 1
    • Press 1 to have instructions faxed to you
    • Press 2 to listen to instructions
  • Option 2
    • Enter document number:
 1000 for current week's announcement listing
 1001 for past three months' announcement listing
 1002 for past twelve months' announcement listing
 6-digit announcement letter number (e.g., 195-042)
 3195 for "Connections to U.S. Announcement Letters"
 1025 for U.S. Announcement Listserver category form and details

IBMLink

IBMLink is a comprehensive information retrieval system that provides easy electronic access to support tools and product information. IBMLink services are at the discretion of the IBM marketing field location. Contact your IBM representative for additional information.

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800 Phone Numbers

The 800 phone numbers below come from two sources:

(1) This issue and preceding issues of SDO Developer Support News
(2) Information posted on IBM internal forums

The 800 phone numbers below come from two sources:

(1) This issue and preceding issues of PSP Developer Support News
(2) Information posted on IBM internal forums.
Common Desktop Environment Developers Conference 1-800-225-4698
OS/2 Multimedia Tools 1-800-228-8584
IBM PSP Developer Support Marketing Center * 1-800-285-2936
OS/2 Sales 1-800-342-6672
(in Canada, 1-800-465-7999)
IBM National Telesales Marketing (IBMCALL) 1-800-426-2255
IBM Software Installer 1.2 for OS/2 1-800-426-2279
Boca Raton Technical Services Software System Test 1-800-426-2622
IBM Direct 1-800-426-2968
(in Canada, 1-800-465-7999)
DCE Client for Windows Beta Program and LAN NetView Extended Beta Test 1-800-426-3040
(in Canada, 1-800-561-5293)
IBM Business Partner Locator (PS/2 Dealers) 1-800-426-3377
IBM FAX Information Service 1-800-426-4329
(in Canada, HELPFAX, 1-800-465-3299)
OEM Sales 1-800-426-4579
PS/2, PS/1, PC publications 1-800-426-7282
Skill Dynamics (Education) 1-800-426-8322
(in Canada, 1-800-661-2131)
Ultimedia Developer Assistance Program 1-800-426-9402
The Corner Store 1-800-428-9672
Programmer's Paradise 1-800-445-7899
Integrated Systems Solutions Corporation 1-800-472-4772
CompuServe Membership 1-800-524-3388
OS/2 Application Assistance Center + TALKLink (OS2BBS) 1-800-547-1283
(in Canada: IBMLink, 1-800-268-3100;
Customer Assistance group, 1-800-465-1234)
Personal Systems Technical Solutions magazine 1-800-551-2832
Software Vendor Systems Center 1-800-553-1623
several Developer Assistance Programs * 1-800-627-8363
Berlitz Translation Services 1-800-628-4808
(in Canada, 1-800-387-5500)
IBM Developer Connection for OS/2 1-800-633-8266
(in Canada, 1-800-561-5293)
IBM Direct Response Marketing 1-800-633-8266
GEnie 1-800-638-8369
IBM Redemption Center (OS/2 2.0 Upgrade) 1-800-677-2581
IBM Porting and Technical Consulting Workshops 1-800-678-31UP
Delphi 1-800-695-4005
Personal Systems HelpCenter 1-800-772-2227
PRODIGY 1-800-776-0845 and 1-800-776-3449
Indelible Blue, Inc. 1-800-776-8284
America Online 1-800-827-6364
Business Depot, Inc. 1-800-844-8448
CompuServe 1-800-848-8199
IBM PSP Technical Interchange Registration * 1-800-872-7109
IBM Publications 1-800-879-2755
IBM Ultimedia Tools Series 1-800-887-7771
PenDOS Software Developer Kit 1-800-888-8242
IBM Software Manufacturing Company 1-800-926-0364
OS/2 Developer magazine 1-800-926-8672
OS/2 Free Seminar Enrollment 1-800-937-3737
DB2 Technical Conference 1-800-955-1238
Drake Training and Technologies (for Professional Certification Program from IBM) * 1-800-959-3926
IBM Customer Support Center 1-800-967-7882
Personal Software Products Support Center (Defect report) 1-800-992-4777
* indicates the number works in Canada also

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This concludes 1996 Issue 3 of IBM SDPnews. Please let us know how we can improve it - send your feedback to dsnews@vnet.ibm.com. Thank you!