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The OS/2 Magazine was launched by Ted Bahr (the other founder of BZ Media and SD Times) in December 1993. Miller Freeman, the publishing company, pulled the plug in January 1997.
The OS/2 Magazine was launched by Ted Bahr (the other founder of BZ Media and SD Times) in December 1993. Miller Freeman, the publishing company, pulled the plug in January 1997.


===Issues===
==Issues==
 
===Volume 1 - 1993/94===
====Volume 1 - 1993 - 1994====
=====V1 #1 - Dec 1993=====
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|No.1 - Dec 1993
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OS/2 Ready for Prime Time [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V1N01_OS2Mag_12-Dec_1993/]
* OS/2 Ready for Prime Time
 
* Using Windows Scanners
[[image:OS2Mag-V1N1-Dec-1993.jpg|250px]]
* Benchmarking OS/2
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* Tips & Tricks
:9 - [[Alan Zeichick]]: ''Perspectives: Welcome to OS/2 Magazine''
* Beyond VGA: Where to find High-Res Video Drivers
:11 - [[Dick Conklin]]: '''Industry News: Hot Off The Press''
* Word Perfect 5.2 for OS/2
:21 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: OS/2, a Status Report''
* Ultimedia Builder/2
:25 - [[Brian Proffit]]: ''Test Drives: Words and Pictures'' (Word Perfect 5.2 for OS/2, Ultimedia Builder/2)
:32 - Brian Proffit: ''Why OS/2 2.1?''
:44 - [[David Moskowitz]]: ''While You Wait''
:52 - Robert B. Chapman: ''How to Benchmark OS/2''
:59 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Getting the Big Picture under OS/2''
:64 - [[Esther Schindler]]: ''Organize Your Life''
:77 - Alex Lane: ''The REXX Column: First Steps''
:83 - Matt Trask: ''Migration Path: Desktop Envy''
:96 - [[David E. Reich]]: ''Tips & Tricks: Questions and Answers''
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|No.2 - Feb 1994
Netware made Easy


=====V1 #2 - Feb 1994=====
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:15 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: Can Groupware be Shrink-Wrapped?''
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:21 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: Basic and Telecom''
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:30 - Bob Panza: ''NetWare Made Easy''
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:44 - Lenny Bailes: ''Customizing Your OS/2 Desktop''
*
:52 - Robert B. Chapman: ''Downsizing OS/2''
:59 - Esther Schindler: ''Faxing from OS/2''
:71 - Alex Lane: ''The REXX Column: More REXX Basics''
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|No.3 - Mar 1994
Laptops and Notebooks [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/OS2Mag_03-Mar_1994/]


=====V1 #3 - Mar 1994=====
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!Cover||Content
:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: Driving Miss Video''
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:11 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline OS/2: IBM Beta Testing Update''
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:13 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: What does 32-Bits Buy?''
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:15 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: Integration and Compression''
*
:28 - Eric Pinnell: ''OS/2 for Windows''
:36 - Fabian Pascal: ''OS/2 on a Laptop''
:49 - John E. Johnston: ''Communications Manager/2''
:54 - Dwight Cornwell: ''What's the Best Word Processor?''
:67 - Alex Lane: ''The REXX Column: Programming with Functions''
:69 - Dick Conklin: ''Information Center: Reach Out and Meet Someone''
:71 - Matt Trask: ''Migration Path: OS/2 Meets Pen Computing''
:76 - David E. Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: News you can Use''
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|No.4 - Apr 1994
 
New Chips for Old [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/OS2Mag_04-April_1994]


=====V1 #4 - Apr 1994=====
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:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: Learning from Apple''
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:11 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline OS/2: New Releases''
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:15 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: Big Iron on the Desktop''
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:19 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: Viruses and CD-ROMs''
*
:24 - Matt Trask: ''New Chips for Old''
:32 - Jeff Duntemann: ''Moving into a Non-Intel Future''
:38 - Brian Proffit: ''Moving to a 32-Bit World''
:43 - Lenny Bailes: ''Desktop Tuning Tips''
:50 - Esther Schindler: ''The Esther Utilities''
:61 - Alex Lane: ''The REXX Column: REXX Program Structure''
:71 - Dick Conklin: ''Information Center: OS/2 BBSs''
:76 - David E. Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: The Polite Way to Interrupt''
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|No.5 - May 1994
Databases and OS/2


=====V1 #5 - May 1994=====
[[image:OS2Mag-V1N5-May-1994.jpg|250px]]
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:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: Who Needs OS/2, Anyway?''
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:11 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline OS/2: IBM Squashes 500+ Bugs''
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:13 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: Where Should You Keep Your Data?''
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:17 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: Take This Job and Crunch It''
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:24 - Ellen Snell Adams: ''Batten Down the Hatches''
:30 - Timothy F. Sipples: ''Presenting On-line Information''
:41 - Bob Panza: ''NetWare Fine Tuning''
:47 - Rick Meigs: ''Mysteris of config.sys''
:55 - Esther Schindler: ''Safety in Numbers''
:60 - David Stodder, Annalisa Chamberlain: ''Buyer's Guide: Database Management Software''
:73 - ''Just Announced''
:77 - Alex Lane: ''The REXX Column: Variables aren't Enough''
:79 - Dick Conklin: ''Information Center: On-line Services Provide Information and Support''
:84 - David E. Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: Software Problems with Hardware''
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|No.6 - Jun 1994
Networks in a Nutshell [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/OS2Mag_06-June_1994]


=====V1 #6 - Jun 1994=====
[[image:OS2Mag-V1N6-Jun-1994.jpg|250px]]
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:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: Networks, Programming, On-Line Services''
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:11 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline OS/2: OS/2 vs. Windows 3.11''
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:15 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: Driving the Information Superhighway?''
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:19 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: IBM CAD/3X 3.02''
*
:24 - Ken Mackin: ''Networking in a Nutshell''
:30 - Rick Cook: ''X Windows on the Desktop''
:41 - Bob Panza: ''NetWare Tuning with ODI''
:47 - Brian Johnson: ''Building a Customized VDM''
:53 - Craig Bobchin: ''A Tale of Five Databases''
:71 - Alex Lane: ''The REXX Column: Recursion''
:74 - Dick Conklin: ''Information Center: Gigabytes of Software''
:77 - Mark J. Minasi: ''Under the Hood: Understanding the config.sys file''
:84 - David E. Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: Seamless Windows, Novell, CD-ROMs''
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|No.7 - Jul 1994
Secret Tools [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/OS2Mag_07-July_1994/]


=====V1 #7 - Jul 1994=====
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:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: United We Stand, Divided We Fall''
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:13 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline OS/2: New Drivers for Old Problems''
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:15 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: What is Office Automation now?''
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:19 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: QwikSwitch 32 and AMOS''
*
:22 - Steve Gallagher: ''A Secret Guide to the Enhanced Editor''
:30 - Esther Schindler: ''Driver Downloads Made Simple''
:39 - Rob Coventry: ''Making it Up in Volume''
:46 - Bob Panza: ''Tuning NetWare, Part III''
:53 - Charles Bermant: ''Voodoo Secrets''
:55 - ''Just Announced''
:59 - Alex Lane: ''The REXX Column: Never Completely Helpless''
:62 - Dick Conklin: ''Information Center: Learning more about OS/2''
:72 - Mark Minasi: ''Under the Hood: How config.sys helps OS/2 control hardware''
:78 - David Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: PCMCIA drivers, Extended Attributes, Novell and More...''
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|No.8 - Aug 1994
Multimedia Primer [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/OS2Mag_08-Aug_1994]


=====V1 #8 - Aug 1994=====
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:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: Go, Team, Go!''
:11 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline 0S/2: OS/2 vs. Windows 3.11''
:15 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: Selecting the Right Stuff''
:19 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: 4OS2, Chron, and Recognita Plus''
:24 - Steve Levenson: ''An OS/2 Multimedia Primer''
:33 - Eric Pinnell: ''At Your Command''
:39 - Esther Schindler: ''To Preload, or Not to Preload''
:41 - Lenny Bailes: ''Configuration Made Simple''
:48 - Larry O'Brien: ''The Right Tool for the Right Job''
:57 - Esther Schindler: ''Balancing the Books''
:67 - Dick Conklin: ''Information Center: Need Help? Here's Where to Go''
:71 - Mark Minasi: ''Under the Hood: Config.sys Odds and Ends''
:75 - David Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: Those Darned Extra desktops''
:80 - Stan Kelly-Bootle: ''End Notes: Books for the Baffled''
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|No.9 - Sep 1994
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76 Tips [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/OS2Mag_09-Sep_1994]
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=====V1 #9 - Sep 1994=====
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:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: The 15-Minute CD-ROM''
:13 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline: OS/2: This Time it’s Personal''
:15 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: The Objectification of Nearly Everything''
:18 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drive: Raiding WordPerfect''
:24 - Alexander Antoniades: ''76 Tips: Get Your Shortcuts Here!''
:37 - Lindon DeCarmo: ''Audio Demystified''
:42 - Brian Proffit: ''REXX Goes GUI''
:53 - Dick Goran: ''The REXX Column: Creating Objects''
:59 - Dick Conklin: ''Where are the drivers?''
:63 - Mark Minasi: ''Under the Hood: DOS under 0S/2: How does it Work?''
:67 - David Reich: ''The Left-handed Mouse''
:72 - Stan Kelly-Bottle: ''End Notes: Unleashing OS/2''
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|No.10 - Oct 1994
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Roll-Your-Own CD-ROM [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/OS2Mag_10-Oct_1994/]
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=====V1 #10 - Oct 1994=====
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:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: Evaluating an Operating System''
!Cover||Content
:11 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline: OS/2: IBM Shows Parts of the Future''
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:13 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: Multimedia Comes of Age''
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:17 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: Skyscraping a Space Map''
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:22 - Guy Wright: ''Rolling your Own CD-ROM''
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:32 - Alan Zeichick: ''The Editors’ Choice''
:39 - Scott Vouri: ''OS/2 vs. Advanced Graphics''
:42 - Esther Schindler: ''The Graham Utilities''
:49 - Dick Goran: ''The REXX Column: Parsing and Templates''
:55 - Dick Conklin: ''Information Center: What's in a Name?''
:59 - Mark Minasi: ''Under the Hood: Any Port in a Storm''
:63 - David Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: Win-OS/2 Without ATM''
:69 - William F. Zachmann: ''The View from Canopus: Success (Finally!) for OS/2?''
:72 - Stan Kelly-Bottle: ''End Notes: Beti BAT*''
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|No.11 - Nov 1994
Cruising the Internet [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/OS2Mag_11-Nov_1994/]


=====V1 #11 - Nov 1994=====
[[image:OS2Mag-V1N11-Nov-1994.jpg|250px]]
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!Cover||Content
:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: OS/2 !! SYS01475 OS/2 !! SYS02027''
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:11 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline: OS/2: IBM Warps Through The Beta Cycle''
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:15 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: Changing the Relationships''
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:19 - William F. Zachmann: ''The View from Canopus: The Impact of the Microsoft Consent Decree''
*
:23 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: Securely Linked Word Processing''
:30 - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: ''Cruising the Internet''
:38 - Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey: ''Opening Up OpenDoc''
:44 - Lenny Bailes: ''Preserving your Desktop''
:53 - Dick Goran: ''The REXX Column: Calling All Signals''
:59 - Dick Conklin: ''Information Center: Faster Chips Were Made for OS/2''
:62 - Mark Minasi: ''Under the Hood: Understanding DOS Settings''
:67 - David Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: Inner Workings of the Workplace Shell''
:72 - Stan Kelly-Bottle: ''End Notes: Workplace Power!''
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|No. 12 - Dec 1994
Get Inside Your PC [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/OS2Mag_12-Dec_1994]


=====V1 #12 -  December 1994=====
[[image:OS2Mag-V1N12-Dec-1994.jpg|250px]]
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!Cover||Content
:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: The Name Game''
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:11 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline: OS/2: Mo' Beta Blues''
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:15 - Amy D. Wohl: ''The Big Picture: Advances in Technology''
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:17 - William F. Zachmann: ''The View from Canopus: Survival? Or Victory?''
*
:21 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: Captured Viruses''
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:26 - David Moskowitz: ''Faster, Better, Neater''
:36 - Eric Pinnell: ''Game-playing with OS/2''
:45 - Brian Johnson: ''Object-Oriented Productivity''
:53 - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: ''OS/2 Calling''
:67 - Dick Goran: ''The REXX Column: Programming Arrays''
:70 - Dick Conklin: ''Information Center: A Brief History''
:73 - Mark Minasi: ''Under the Hood: Being Sensitive About Being Idle''
:75 - David Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: Ready on the Launch Pad''
:80 - Stan Kelly-Bottle: ''End Notes: Moving Up...''
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====Volume 2 - 1995====
===Volume 2 - 1995===
=====V2 #1  - 1995=====
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|No.1 - 1995
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First Look. OS/2 Warp 3 [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V2N01_OS2Mag_Jan_1995/]
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[[image:OS2Mag-V2N1-Jan-1995.jpg|250px]]
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:7 - Perspectives
:9 - Letters
:11 - Dateline: OS/2
:15 - The Big Picture
:17 - The View from Canopus
:21 - Test Drives
:24 - Inside 08/2 Warp 3.0
:33 - Breaking the 80/20 Rule with CID
:38 - RAIDing OS/2
:44 - Tape Backup Under OS/2
:51 - Just Announced
:55 - The REXX Column
:59 - Information Center
:62 - Under the Hood
:67 - Tips & Tricks
:72 - End Notes
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|No.2 - 1995
 
OS/2 Warp 3.0: The Next Generation [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V2N02_OS2Mag_Feb_1995/]
=====V2 #2  - 1995=====
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!Cover||Content
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:7 - Perspectives
:9 - Letters
:11 - Dateline: OS/2
:13 - The Big Picture Amy Woh] looks at OS/2 Warp 3.0, and discusses its impact on IBM’s major corporate customers.
:15 - The View from Canopus
:17 - Test Drive
:22 - OS/2 Warp 3.0: The Next Generation
:40 - Practicing Safe REXX
:49 - How Fast is Fast?
:55 - Just Announced
:57 - The REXX Column
:61 - Information Center
:66 - Under the Hood
:68 - Tips & Tricks
:72 - End Notes
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|No.3 - 1995
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OS/2 Warp On The Go [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V2N03_OS2Mag_Mar_1995/]
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[[image:OS2Mag-V2N3-Mar-1995.jpg|250px]]
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:30 - David Moskowitz, Alan Zeichick: ''OS/2 Warp on the Go''
:38 - Bob Panza: ''Inside TCP/IP for OS/2''
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|No.4 - Apr 1995<br />High-Res Graphics [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V2N04_OS2Mag_Apr_1995/]
 
<br>
=====V2 #3  - 1995=====
[[image:OS2Mag-V2N4-Apr-1995.png|250px]]
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!Cover||Content
:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: Deep Blue''
:23 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: Building PL/I''
:28 - Lenny Bailes: ''High-Resolution Graphics''
:36 - Don Harkey; Robert Orfali: ''Close Encounters with SOM''
:45 - Kathy Ivens: ''A New OS/2 Spreadsheet''
:49 - Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols: ''Best of the Best''
:53 - Dick Goran: ''REXX Column: REXX Components''
:61 - Mark J. Minasi: ''Under the Hood: Exploring Program Objects''
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|No.5 - May 1995<br />The Mosaic Warps [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V2N05_OS2Mag_May_1995/]
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[[image:OS2Mag-V2N5-May-1995.png|250px]]
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:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: Outside Track''
:26 - Hal Berghel: ''WebExplorer Meets Cyberspace''
:37 - Lou Miranda: ''Exploring IBM Works''
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|No.6 - Jun 1995<br />OS/2 Games
 
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=====V2 #4  - 1995=====
[[image:OS2Mag-V2N6-Jun-1995.jpg|250px]]
 
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=====V2 #5  - 1995=====
 
=====V2 #6 26 OS/2 Games - June 1995=====
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* Perspectives: Best Case, Worst Case
* Perspectives: Best Case, Worst Case
* Letters
* Letters
Line 189: Line 325:
* End Notes: Dumbth Rules OK?
* End Notes: Dumbth Rules OK?
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|No.7 - Jul 1995<br />
 
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=====V2 #7   - 1995=====
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=====V2 #8 OS/2 Multimedia Today - August 1995=====
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|No.8 - Aug 1995<br />OS/2 Multimedia Today
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* Perspectives: Worlds in Collision
* Perspectives: Worlds in Collision
* Letters
* Letters
Line 217: Line 350:
* End Notes: In The Good Book
* End Notes: In The Good Book
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|No.9 - 1995
 
103 Tricks
=====V2 #9  - 1995=====
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|No.10 - 1995
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|No.11 - 1995
 
Working Together with Notes Express
=====V2 #10  - 1995=====
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[[image:OS2Mag-V2N11-Nov-1995.jpg|250px]]
=====V2 #11 - 1995=====
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=====V2 #12  - 1995=====
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====Volume 3 - 1996====
=====Supplement - Buyers' Guide, 1996=====
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|No.12 - 1995
Office Applications
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=====V3 # 1 - Programmer's Toolbox - January 1996=====
===Volume 3 - 1996===
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|No.1 - Jan 1996<br />Programmer's Toolbox [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3N01_OS2Mag_Jan_1996/]
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* Perspectives: One Vision
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* Letters
:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: One Vision''
* Dateline OS/2: The Future of OS/2: Technology & Marketing
:9 - ''Letters''
* Just Announced
:11 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline OS/2: The Future of OS/2: Technology & Marketing''
* Tips & Tricks: Risks, Drivers and Mystery Bars
:13 - ''Just Announced''
* Feature: REXX Interprocess Control
:17 - David E. Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: Risks, Drivers and Mystery Bars''
* Feature: All the Threads, All the Time
:22 - Merrill Callaway: ''REXX Interprocess Control''
* OS/2 Developer - Debugging: Debugging from the Inside Out
:28 - Scot A. C. Gould: ''All the Threads, All the Time''
* OS/2 Developer - OOUI: Moving to OOUI
:37 - Dean Roddey: ''Debugging: Debugging from the Inside Out''
* OS/2 Developer - The REXX Column: Making REXX Look Pretty
:42 - Fabrizio Aversa: ''Moving to OOUI''
* OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: A ROP in the Park
:49 - Dick Goran: ''The REXX Column: Making REXX Look Pretty''
* Test Drives: Communicating by Phone and Mail
:54 - Mark Benge, Matt Smith: ''GUI Corner: A ROP in the Park''
* The Network Connection: Making Network Connections for Real
:60 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: Communicating by Phone and Mail''
* Under the Hood: Examining OS/2's Multitasking Structure
:63 - Wayne Rash, Jr.: ''The Network Connection: Making Network Connections for Real''
* Review: Data at Ease (DataEase 5.0 for OS/2)
:68 - Mark J. Minasi: ''Under the Hood: Examining OS/2's Multitasking Structure''
* Review: Peer Review (OS/2 Warp Connect vs. LANtastic)
:70 - Bob Angell: ''Data at Ease (DataEase 5.0 for OS/2)''
* Review: IBM Dictionary of Computing on Disk
:73 - Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols: ''Peer Review (OS/2 Warp Connect vs. LANtastic)''
* End Notes: The OS/2 Warp Survival Kit
:76 - Alan Zeichick: ''IBM Dictionary of Computing on Disk''
:80 - Stan Kelly-Bootle: ''End Notes: The OS/2 Warp Survival Kit''
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|No.2 - Feb 1996<br />Fax Facts [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3N02_OS2Mag_Feb_1996/]
 
[[image:OS2Mag-V3-2.jpg|250px]]
=====V3 # 2 - Fax Facts - February 1996=====
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:7 - Alan Zeichick: ''Perspectives: Straight Answers''
!Cover||Content
:8 - ''Letters''
:11 - Alexander Antoniades: ''Dateline OS/2: IBM Lays Out the Next Year''
:13 - ''Just Announced''
:16 - David E. Reich: ''Tips & Tricks: The Subtle Intricacies''
:20 - Paul Penrod: ''The Facts of Fax''
:26 - Max Eidswick, Sandy Eidswick: ''Everything you always wanted to know about HPFS...''
:34 - David E. Reich: ''Introducing the Developer API extensions''
:42 - Rick Goran: ''The REXX Column: Tips and Tricks from Another Source''
:46 - Roger Sessions: ''The World of Objects: littleDogs, Polymorphism, and Frameworks''
:51 - Mark Benge, Matt Smith: ''GUI Corner: A Lesson in Iconography''
:55 - Guy Scharf: ''OS/2 Toolbox: Product Update''
:59 - Brian Proffit: ''Test Drives: Online Newspapers and the IBM PC''
:62 - Esther Schindler: ''Making Cents: Three Personal Accounting Aplications''
:69 - Christine White: ''Enhancing the Workplace Shell''
:75 - Wayne Rash, Jr.: ''The Network Connection: OS/2 Warp as a Communications Center''
:77 - Mark J. Minasi: ''Under the Hood: Juggling Methods: How Multitasking Works''
:80 - Stan Kelly-Bootle: ''End Notes: Real World Client/Server''
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* Letters
* Dateline OS/2: IBM Lays Out the Next Year
* Just Announced
* Tips & Tricks: The Subtle Intricacies
* Feature: The Facts of Fax
* Feature: Everything you always wanted to know about HPFS...
* OS/2 Developer - Developer API Extensions: Introducing the Developer API extensions
* OS/2 Developer - The REXX Column: Tips and Tricks from Another Source
* OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: littleDogs, Polymorphism, and Frameworks
* OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: A Lesson in Iconography
* OS/2 Developer - OS/2 Toolbox: Product Update
* Test Drives: Online Newspapers and the IBM PC
* Review: Making Cents: Three Personal Accounting Aplications
* Review: Enhancing the Workplace Shell
* The Network Connection: OS/2 Warp as a Communications Center
* Under the Hood: Juggling Methods: How Multitasking Works
* End Notes: Real World Client/Server
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* Perspectives: Road Kill
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* End Notes: Son et Lumiére
* End Notes: Son et Lumiére
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|No.4 - Apr 1996<br />Lotus Notes [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3N04_OS2Mag_Apr_1996/]
 
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* Perspectives: Life and Hope
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* End Notes: Surviving the Next Big One
* End Notes: Surviving the Next Big One
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|No.5 - May 1996<br />Build it Rebuild it [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3N05_OS2Mag_May_1996/]
 
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* Perspectives: No More War
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* End Notes: Déjà Vu Yet Again?
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|No.6 - Jun 1996<br />Ready for Prime Time? [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3N06_OS2Mag_Jun_1996/]
 
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* Perspectives: The Software Company
* Perspectives: The Software Company
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* OS/2 Developer - APL2: A Programming Language
* OS/2 Developer - APL2: A Programming Language
* OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: Your Dog on Java. Any Questions?
* OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: Your Dog on Java. Any Questions?
* OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: Everything's Under Controls
* OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: Everything's Under Controls ([https://github.com/OS2World/DEV-SAMPLES-ctrl1 Source Code])
* OS/2 Developer - OS/2 Toolbox: Guidelines for Programming
* OS/2 Developer - OS/2 Toolbox: Guidelines for Programming
* Test Drives: Concise File Exit
* Test Drives: Concise File Exit
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* End Notes: Brush Up Your C++
* End Notes: Brush Up Your C++
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|No.7 - Jul 1996<br />Smart Buys [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3N07_OS2Mag_Jul_1996/]
 
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* Perspectives: Random Interchange
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* End Notes: Choose Your Linguistic Weapons
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|Supplement - Buyers' Guide, 1996 [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3BY_OS2Mag_BuyersGuide_1996]
 
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=====V3 # 8 - Local Network, Global Network - August 1996=====
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* Perspectives: Zippin' Along
* Perspectives: Zippin' Along
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* End Notes: Programming the OS/2 Warp PM
* End Notes: Programming the OS/2 Warp PM
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|No.9 - Sep 1996<br />Java Made Easy [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3N09_OS2Mag_Sep_1996/]
 
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* Perspectives: The Sky is Falling
* Perspectives: The Sky is Falling
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* End Notes: Java Brew-Ha-Ha
* End Notes: Java Brew-Ha-Ha
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|No.10 - Oct 1996<br />Merlin [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3N10_OS2Mag_Oct_1996/]
 
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* Perspectives: Post Merlin
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* End Notes: This LAN is My LAN, This LAN is Your LAN
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|No.11 - Nov 1996<br />Multimedia under OS/2 Warp 4.0 [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3N11_OS2Mag_Nov_1996/]
 
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* Perspectives: Exemplary Experiences
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* End Notes: Don't Write Off the Big Blue Dinosaurs
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|No.12 - Dec 1996<br />From DOS To OS/2 Warp [https://archive.org/details/OS2Mag/V3N12_OS2Mag_Dec_1996/]
 
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* Perspectives: The Java Launch
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* Review: The Backup Solution
* Review: The Backup Solution
* End Notes: The Levelization of the Playing Field
* End Notes: The Levelization of the Playing Field
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====Volume 4 - 1997====
===Volume 4 - 1997===
=====V4 # 1 - Critically Acclaimed: The Case for OS/2 Warp - January 1997=====
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* Perspectives: Changing Dynamics
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* Review: Waterloo Maple V
* Review: Waterloo Maple V
* End Notes: Calling All OS/2 Administrators
* End Notes: Calling All OS/2 Administrators
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==Publisher==
==Publisher==
* Miller Freeman
* Miller Freeman


[[Category:Magazines]]
[[Category:Magazines]]

Latest revision as of 02:27, 21 May 2025

The OS/2 Magazine was launched by Ted Bahr (the other founder of BZ Media and SD Times) in December 1993. Miller Freeman, the publishing company, pulled the plug in January 1997.

Issues

Volume 1 - 1993/94

Number Contents
No.1 - Dec 1993

OS/2 Ready for Prime Time [1]

9 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: Welcome to OS/2 Magazine
11 - Dick Conklin: 'Industry News: Hot Off The Press
21 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: OS/2, a Status Report
25 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Words and Pictures (Word Perfect 5.2 for OS/2, Ultimedia Builder/2)
32 - Brian Proffit: Why OS/2 2.1?
44 - David Moskowitz: While You Wait
52 - Robert B. Chapman: How to Benchmark OS/2
59 - Alexander Antoniades: Getting the Big Picture under OS/2
64 - Esther Schindler: Organize Your Life
77 - Alex Lane: The REXX Column: First Steps
83 - Matt Trask: Migration Path: Desktop Envy
96 - David E. Reich: Tips & Tricks: Questions and Answers
No.2 - Feb 1994

Netware made Easy

15 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: Can Groupware be Shrink-Wrapped?
21 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Basic and Telecom
30 - Bob Panza: NetWare Made Easy
44 - Lenny Bailes: Customizing Your OS/2 Desktop
52 - Robert B. Chapman: Downsizing OS/2
59 - Esther Schindler: Faxing from OS/2
71 - Alex Lane: The REXX Column: More REXX Basics
No.3 - Mar 1994

Laptops and Notebooks [2]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: Driving Miss Video
11 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline OS/2: IBM Beta Testing Update
13 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: What does 32-Bits Buy?
15 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Integration and Compression
28 - Eric Pinnell: OS/2 for Windows
36 - Fabian Pascal: OS/2 on a Laptop
49 - John E. Johnston: Communications Manager/2
54 - Dwight Cornwell: What's the Best Word Processor?
67 - Alex Lane: The REXX Column: Programming with Functions
69 - Dick Conklin: Information Center: Reach Out and Meet Someone
71 - Matt Trask: Migration Path: OS/2 Meets Pen Computing
76 - David E. Reich: Tips & Tricks: News you can Use
No.4 - Apr 1994

New Chips for Old [3]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: Learning from Apple
11 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline OS/2: New Releases
15 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: Big Iron on the Desktop
19 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Viruses and CD-ROMs
24 - Matt Trask: New Chips for Old
32 - Jeff Duntemann: Moving into a Non-Intel Future
38 - Brian Proffit: Moving to a 32-Bit World
43 - Lenny Bailes: Desktop Tuning Tips
50 - Esther Schindler: The Esther Utilities
61 - Alex Lane: The REXX Column: REXX Program Structure
71 - Dick Conklin: Information Center: OS/2 BBSs
76 - David E. Reich: Tips & Tricks: The Polite Way to Interrupt
No.5 - May 1994

Databases and OS/2

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: Who Needs OS/2, Anyway?
11 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline OS/2: IBM Squashes 500+ Bugs
13 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: Where Should You Keep Your Data?
17 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Take This Job and Crunch It
24 - Ellen Snell Adams: Batten Down the Hatches
30 - Timothy F. Sipples: Presenting On-line Information
41 - Bob Panza: NetWare Fine Tuning
47 - Rick Meigs: Mysteris of config.sys
55 - Esther Schindler: Safety in Numbers
60 - David Stodder, Annalisa Chamberlain: Buyer's Guide: Database Management Software
73 - Just Announced
77 - Alex Lane: The REXX Column: Variables aren't Enough
79 - Dick Conklin: Information Center: On-line Services Provide Information and Support
84 - David E. Reich: Tips & Tricks: Software Problems with Hardware
No.6 - Jun 1994

Networks in a Nutshell [4]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: Networks, Programming, On-Line Services
11 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline OS/2: OS/2 vs. Windows 3.11
15 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: Driving the Information Superhighway?
19 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: IBM CAD/3X 3.02
24 - Ken Mackin: Networking in a Nutshell
30 - Rick Cook: X Windows on the Desktop
41 - Bob Panza: NetWare Tuning with ODI
47 - Brian Johnson: Building a Customized VDM
53 - Craig Bobchin: A Tale of Five Databases
71 - Alex Lane: The REXX Column: Recursion
74 - Dick Conklin: Information Center: Gigabytes of Software
77 - Mark J. Minasi: Under the Hood: Understanding the config.sys file
84 - David E. Reich: Tips & Tricks: Seamless Windows, Novell, CD-ROMs
No.7 - Jul 1994

Secret Tools [5]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
13 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline OS/2: New Drivers for Old Problems
15 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: What is Office Automation now?
19 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: QwikSwitch 32 and AMOS
22 - Steve Gallagher: A Secret Guide to the Enhanced Editor
30 - Esther Schindler: Driver Downloads Made Simple
39 - Rob Coventry: Making it Up in Volume
46 - Bob Panza: Tuning NetWare, Part III
53 - Charles Bermant: Voodoo Secrets
55 - Just Announced
59 - Alex Lane: The REXX Column: Never Completely Helpless
62 - Dick Conklin: Information Center: Learning more about OS/2
72 - Mark Minasi: Under the Hood: How config.sys helps OS/2 control hardware
78 - David Reich: Tips & Tricks: PCMCIA drivers, Extended Attributes, Novell and More...
No.8 - Aug 1994

Multimedia Primer [6]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: Go, Team, Go!
11 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline 0S/2: OS/2 vs. Windows 3.11
15 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: Selecting the Right Stuff
19 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: 4OS2, Chron, and Recognita Plus
24 - Steve Levenson: An OS/2 Multimedia Primer
33 - Eric Pinnell: At Your Command
39 - Esther Schindler: To Preload, or Not to Preload
41 - Lenny Bailes: Configuration Made Simple
48 - Larry O'Brien: The Right Tool for the Right Job
57 - Esther Schindler: Balancing the Books
67 - Dick Conklin: Information Center: Need Help? Here's Where to Go
71 - Mark Minasi: Under the Hood: Config.sys Odds and Ends
75 - David Reich: Tips & Tricks: Those Darned Extra desktops
80 - Stan Kelly-Bootle: End Notes: Books for the Baffled
No.9 - Sep 1994

76 Tips [7]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: The 15-Minute CD-ROM
13 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline: OS/2: This Time it’s Personal
15 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: The Objectification of Nearly Everything
18 - Brian Proffit: Test Drive: Raiding WordPerfect
24 - Alexander Antoniades: 76 Tips: Get Your Shortcuts Here!
37 - Lindon DeCarmo: Audio Demystified
42 - Brian Proffit: REXX Goes GUI
53 - Dick Goran: The REXX Column: Creating Objects
59 - Dick Conklin: Where are the drivers?
63 - Mark Minasi: Under the Hood: DOS under 0S/2: How does it Work?
67 - David Reich: The Left-handed Mouse
72 - Stan Kelly-Bottle: End Notes: Unleashing OS/2
No.10 - Oct 1994

Roll-Your-Own CD-ROM [8]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: Evaluating an Operating System
11 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline: OS/2: IBM Shows Parts of the Future
13 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: Multimedia Comes of Age
17 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Skyscraping a Space Map
22 - Guy Wright: Rolling your Own CD-ROM
32 - Alan Zeichick: The Editors’ Choice
39 - Scott Vouri: OS/2 vs. Advanced Graphics
42 - Esther Schindler: The Graham Utilities
49 - Dick Goran: The REXX Column: Parsing and Templates
55 - Dick Conklin: Information Center: What's in a Name?
59 - Mark Minasi: Under the Hood: Any Port in a Storm
63 - David Reich: Tips & Tricks: Win-OS/2 Without ATM
69 - William F. Zachmann: The View from Canopus: Success (Finally!) for OS/2?
72 - Stan Kelly-Bottle: End Notes: Beti BAT*
No.11 - Nov 1994

Cruising the Internet [9]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: OS/2 !! SYS01475 OS/2 !! SYS02027
11 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline: OS/2: IBM Warps Through The Beta Cycle
15 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: Changing the Relationships
19 - William F. Zachmann: The View from Canopus: The Impact of the Microsoft Consent Decree
23 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Securely Linked Word Processing
30 - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Cruising the Internet
38 - Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey: Opening Up OpenDoc
44 - Lenny Bailes: Preserving your Desktop
53 - Dick Goran: The REXX Column: Calling All Signals
59 - Dick Conklin: Information Center: Faster Chips Were Made for OS/2
62 - Mark Minasi: Under the Hood: Understanding DOS Settings
67 - David Reich: Tips & Tricks: Inner Workings of the Workplace Shell
72 - Stan Kelly-Bottle: End Notes: Workplace Power!
No. 12 - Dec 1994

Get Inside Your PC [10]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: The Name Game
11 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline: OS/2: Mo' Beta Blues
15 - Amy D. Wohl: The Big Picture: Advances in Technology
17 - William F. Zachmann: The View from Canopus: Survival? Or Victory?
21 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Captured Viruses
26 - David Moskowitz: Faster, Better, Neater
36 - Eric Pinnell: Game-playing with OS/2
45 - Brian Johnson: Object-Oriented Productivity
53 - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: OS/2 Calling
67 - Dick Goran: The REXX Column: Programming Arrays
70 - Dick Conklin: Information Center: A Brief History
73 - Mark Minasi: Under the Hood: Being Sensitive About Being Idle
75 - David Reich: Tips & Tricks: Ready on the Launch Pad
80 - Stan Kelly-Bottle: End Notes: Moving Up...

Volume 2 - 1995

Number Contents
No.1 - 1995

First Look. OS/2 Warp 3 [11]

7 - Perspectives
9 - Letters
11 - Dateline: OS/2
15 - The Big Picture
17 - The View from Canopus
21 - Test Drives
24 - Inside 08/2 Warp 3.0
33 - Breaking the 80/20 Rule with CID
38 - RAIDing OS/2
44 - Tape Backup Under OS/2
51 - Just Announced
55 - The REXX Column
59 - Information Center
62 - Under the Hood
67 - Tips & Tricks
72 - End Notes
No.2 - 1995

OS/2 Warp 3.0: The Next Generation [12]

7 - Perspectives
9 - Letters
11 - Dateline: OS/2
13 - The Big Picture Amy Woh] looks at OS/2 Warp 3.0, and discusses its impact on IBM’s major corporate customers.
15 - The View from Canopus
17 - Test Drive
22 - OS/2 Warp 3.0: The Next Generation
40 - Practicing Safe REXX
49 - How Fast is Fast?
55 - Just Announced
57 - The REXX Column
61 - Information Center
66 - Under the Hood
68 - Tips & Tricks
72 - End Notes
No.3 - 1995

OS/2 Warp On The Go [13]

30 - David Moskowitz, Alan Zeichick: OS/2 Warp on the Go
38 - Bob Panza: Inside TCP/IP for OS/2
No.4 - Apr 1995
High-Res Graphics [14]


7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: Deep Blue
23 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Building PL/I
28 - Lenny Bailes: High-Resolution Graphics
36 - Don Harkey; Robert Orfali: Close Encounters with SOM
45 - Kathy Ivens: A New OS/2 Spreadsheet
49 - Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols: Best of the Best
53 - Dick Goran: REXX Column: REXX Components
61 - Mark J. Minasi: Under the Hood: Exploring Program Objects
No.5 - May 1995
The Mosaic Warps [15]


7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: Outside Track
26 - Hal Berghel: WebExplorer Meets Cyberspace
37 - Lou Miranda: Exploring IBM Works
No.6 - Jun 1995
OS/2 Games


  • Perspectives: Best Case, Worst Case
  • Letters
  • Dateline: OS/2 - OS/2 Warp, updated and bundled
  • The Big Picture: Together Again
  • The View from Canopus: Win32 Support on OS/2?
  • Test Drives: Desktop Add-ons (OS/2 Essentials, XFolder and Ascend Win-OS/2 Settings)
  • Cover Story: Player's Choice
  • Feature: NetWare, Part Deux.11
  • Review: The Esther Utilities 2.0
  • Just Announced
  • The REXX Column: Build Your Own Launchpad
  • Under the Hood: Getting Set to Net
  • Tips & Tricks: More System Trapdoors
  • End Notes: Dumbth Rules OK?
No.7 - Jul 1995


No.8 - Aug 1995
OS/2 Multimedia Today

  • Perspectives: Worlds in Collision
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: New Applications, New Resellers - Someday
  • Just Announced
  • The View from Canopus: Freedom of Choice
  • Test Drives: Compression Protection (ZipStream 1.03C and Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit 7.00)
  • Cover Story: OS/2 Multimedia: A Well-Kept Secret
  • Feature: Connecting to OS/2 Warp
  • Feature: Regular or Extra Crispy?
  • Review: Seven Multimedia Kits
  • Review: Put a Rhino in Your Modem
  • Review: Impos/2
  • The Network Connection: Hard Parts, Soft Parts
  • The REXX Column: At the REXX Symposium
  • Under the Hood: Cut the FAT
  • Tips & Tricks: Windows Memory Requirements and Hearing what RMVIEW Tells You
  • End Notes: In The Good Book
No.9 - 1995

103 Tricks

No.10 - 1995
No.11 - 1995

Working Together with Notes Express

No.12 - 1995

Office Applications

Volume 3 - 1996

Issue Content
No.1 - Jan 1996
Programmer's Toolbox [16]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: One Vision
9 - Letters
11 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline OS/2: The Future of OS/2: Technology & Marketing
13 - Just Announced
17 - David E. Reich: Tips & Tricks: Risks, Drivers and Mystery Bars
22 - Merrill Callaway: REXX Interprocess Control
28 - Scot A. C. Gould: All the Threads, All the Time
37 - Dean Roddey: Debugging: Debugging from the Inside Out
42 - Fabrizio Aversa: Moving to OOUI
49 - Dick Goran: The REXX Column: Making REXX Look Pretty
54 - Mark Benge, Matt Smith: GUI Corner: A ROP in the Park
60 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Communicating by Phone and Mail
63 - Wayne Rash, Jr.: The Network Connection: Making Network Connections for Real
68 - Mark J. Minasi: Under the Hood: Examining OS/2's Multitasking Structure
70 - Bob Angell: Data at Ease (DataEase 5.0 for OS/2)
73 - Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols: Peer Review (OS/2 Warp Connect vs. LANtastic)
76 - Alan Zeichick: IBM Dictionary of Computing on Disk
80 - Stan Kelly-Bootle: End Notes: The OS/2 Warp Survival Kit
No.2 - Feb 1996
Fax Facts [17]

7 - Alan Zeichick: Perspectives: Straight Answers
8 - Letters
11 - Alexander Antoniades: Dateline OS/2: IBM Lays Out the Next Year
13 - Just Announced
16 - David E. Reich: Tips & Tricks: The Subtle Intricacies
20 - Paul Penrod: The Facts of Fax
26 - Max Eidswick, Sandy Eidswick: Everything you always wanted to know about HPFS...
34 - David E. Reich: Introducing the Developer API extensions
42 - Rick Goran: The REXX Column: Tips and Tricks from Another Source
46 - Roger Sessions: The World of Objects: littleDogs, Polymorphism, and Frameworks
51 - Mark Benge, Matt Smith: GUI Corner: A Lesson in Iconography
55 - Guy Scharf: OS/2 Toolbox: Product Update
59 - Brian Proffit: Test Drives: Online Newspapers and the IBM PC
62 - Esther Schindler: Making Cents: Three Personal Accounting Aplications
69 - Christine White: Enhancing the Workplace Shell
75 - Wayne Rash, Jr.: The Network Connection: OS/2 Warp as a Communications Center
77 - Mark J. Minasi: Under the Hood: Juggling Methods: How Multitasking Works
80 - Stan Kelly-Bootle: End Notes: Real World Client/Server
No.3 - Mar 1996
From Mainframe to OS/2 [18]

  • Perspectives: Road Kill
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: Grim Tidings for the New Year
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: Gotchas and Minutia
  • Feature: Migrating Mainframe Programmers to OS/2
  • Feature: Hacking the OS/2 Migration Database
  • Feature: Securing the OS/2 Workstation
  • OS/2 Developer - VisualAge C++: Not Your Father's C Compiler
  • OS/2 Developer - DosStartSession: Using DOS Programs as OS/2 Functions
  • OS/2 Developer - The REXX Column: Look What I Found
  • OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: Encapsulation and the EPIC Nature of Dogs
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: A Pointer of Contention
  • Test Drives: Taxes and Communication
  • Review: Hockware's VisPro/REXX 3.0
  • The Network Connection: Directory Services and Security - Eventually
  • Under the Hood: Getting Your Priorities Straight
  • End Notes: Son et Lumiére
No.4 - Apr 1996
Lotus Notes [19]

  • Perspectives: Life and Hope
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: New Servers, Fixes, and Peeks at the Future
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: Caches and Fixes
  • Feature: Lotus Notes from the Ground Up
  • Feature: Connecting OS/2 Warp Connect
  • OS/2 Developer - DB2/2 Through REXX: Using the REXX APIs in DB2/2
  • OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: Distributed Objects
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: DBCS: Double-Byte Your Pleasure
  • OS/2 Developer - OS/2 Toolbox: IBM's Workstation Interactive Test Tool
  • Test Drives: System Desktop Master (System Commander, Desktop Observatory, and BackMaster)
  • Review: Pick a Compiler (C/C++ Tools from Borland, IBM, MetaWare, and Watcom)
  • The REXX Column: Parse This!
  • The Network Connection: Protecting Against Fault
  • Under the Hood: Meet MAXWAIT
  • End Notes: Surviving the Next Big One
No.5 - May 1996
Build it Rebuild it [20]

  • Perspectives: No More War
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: What if They Gave a Damn and Nobody Came
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: New Features and Enablement for Old Ones
  • Feature: Crash Protecting OS/2
  • Feature: Notes: The Next Generation
  • Feature: Learning the Enhanced Editor
  • OS/2 Developer - Visual Builder: Parts is Parts
  • OS/2 Developer - Mainframe UI: Moving Mainframe User Interfaces
  • OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: Metaclass and the Dogs of Shakespeare
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: DBCS: the Double Feature!
  • Test Drives: Using All of Your Resources (Lotus Notes 4.0 and Partition Magic 2.01)
  • Review: Mathematica for OS/2
  • The REXX Column: Need More? Call an API?
  • The Network Connection: OS/2 and ISDN - a Nice Combination
  • End Notes: Déjà Vu Yet Again?
No.6 - Jun 1996
Ready for Prime Time? [21]

  • Perspectives: The Software Company
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: Speech! Speech!
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: Web Exploring and Other Quandaries
  • Feature: OS/2 Warp Server: Ready for Primetime?
  • Feature: Installing OS/2 Warp, To Go
  • Feature: Extending the Enhanced Editor
  • OS/2 Developer - Debugging REXX: Debugging REXX DLLs Written in C/C++
  • OS/2 Developer - APL2: A Programming Language
  • OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: Your Dog on Java. Any Questions?
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: Everything's Under Controls (Source Code)
  • OS/2 Developer - OS/2 Toolbox: Guidelines for Programming
  • Test Drives: Concise File Exit
  • Review: FontFolder 2.0
  • Review: REXX Meets the Internet
  • The REXX Column: LaunchPad Revisited
  • The Network Connection: Intensive Care for Your Domain
  • End Notes: Brush Up Your C++
No.7 - Jul 1996
Smart Buys [22]

  • Perspectives: Random Interchange
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: Talking with Merlin
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: Freeing Queues, Printing Books, and Locking Drives
  • Feature: The Preload Situation
  • Feature: OS/2 on Hostile Hardware
  • Feature: Introducing DCE
  • OS/2 Developer - Heap: The Miracle Heap
  • OS/2 Developer - OpenDoc: Developing and Using OpenDoc Extensions
  • OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: My Girl Scouts Are Badder Than Your Girl Scouts
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: CTLDATA: Lazy Programming
  • The REXX Column: OK, I Wrote It, Now What?
  • Test Drives: Hawk Master
  • Review: Indelible Blue's Maxwell
  • End Notes: Choose Your Linguistic Weapons
Supplement - Buyers' Guide, 1996 [23]

No.8 - Aug 1996
Local Network, Global Network [24]

  • Perspectives: Zippin' Along
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: Doing Business
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: Updates and New Stuff
  • Feature: Network Meets Internet
  • Feature: Exploring Internet Relay Chat
  • OS/2 Developer - TCP/IP: Connecting to OS/2 Sockets
  • OS/2 Developer - Events in REXX: Event Programming in REXX
  • OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: SOM 3.0: Lost in the Garden
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: It's All In The Presentation
  • OS/2 Developer - OS/2 Toolbox: MKS Source Integrity 7.1c
  • Test Drives: Seagate Expert Professional
  • The REXX Column: Potpourri of REXX Items
  • Review: Scanning in OS/2
  • End Notes: Programming the OS/2 Warp PM
No.9 - Sep 1996
Java Made Easy [25]

  • Perspectives: The Sky is Falling
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: Trickle-Down Announcements
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: os2init, vw32s.sys, Multiple Settings, and More
  • Feature: Java Meets REXX
  • Feature: Giving Operating Systems the Boot
  • OS/2 Developer - DIVE: Better Graphics Through DIVE
  • OS/2 Developer - DirectToSOM: Going DirectToSOM with C++
  • OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: A Kilometer Is Not a Kilometer
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: Caching In
  • The REXX Column: Info-ZIP's UnZip REXX Interface
  • Test Drives: Back Desk Management
  • Review: The Net's in the Mail
  • End Notes: Java Brew-Ha-Ha
No.10 - Oct 1996
Merlin [26]

  • Perspectives: Post Merlin
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: Bad News, Good News, and No News
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: Timed Execution, Removing Switch List, and More
  • Feature: Merlin Means Magic
  • Feature: All the News That Fits
  • OS/2 Developer - Migration: Migrating to VisualAge C++
  • OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: Ten Rules for Distributed Object Systems
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: A Picture: Perfect Control
  • OS/2 Developer - OS/2 Toolbox: TSEJr 4.0 and Memory Management Using SPM/2
  • Test Drives: Pro Crunch Motion JView Pro 1,0a, NeuralCrunch/2 2.06, QuickMotion 1.0)
  • The REXX Column: Customising Your Latest OS/2 Install
  • Review: Double-Barreled OS/2
  • Review: DiagSoft's QAPlus/2
  • End Notes: This LAN is My LAN, This LAN is Your LAN
No.11 - Nov 1996
Multimedia under OS/2 Warp 4.0 [27]

  • Perspectives: Exemplary Experiences
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: Ahead of the Curve
  • OS/2 Casebook: The OS/2 Biz: Turning a Page
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: LaunchPads, Startup Order, WM_QUIT, and More
  • Feature: Doing Multimedia
  • Feature: The Warp Protocols
  • OS/2 Developer - Audio/Video: Multimedia Meets REXX
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: A Picture Perfect Control: The Sequel
  • Test Drives: Anti Work (AntiVirus 2.5 and ColorWorks 2.0)
  • The REXX Column: Happenings
  • Review: A Telecommunications Roundup
  • End Notes: Don't Write Off the Big Blue Dinosaurs
No.12 - Dec 1996
From DOS To OS/2 Warp [28]

  • Perspectives: The Java Launch
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: Connect the World
  • OS/2 Casebook: Molding a Design
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: Dual Boot, .ini Files, Java on Merlin, and More
  • Feature: Exploiting the DOS/Windows Session
  • Feature: Learning Merlin with WarpGuide
  • OS/2 Developer - OpenDoc: OpenDoc Support in VisualAge for Basic
  • OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: Dynamic Frameworks
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: A Picture Perfect Control: The Finale
  • OS/2 Developer - OS/2 Toolbox: MQSeries for OS/2: Building the Dream Machine
  • Test Drives: Graphic Stream (PhotoGraphics 1.0, ZipStream 1.20, CryptStream 1.20, and ZipStream Secure 1.20)
  • The REXX Column: REXX on OS/2 Warp 4.0
  • Review: The Backup Solution
  • End Notes: The Levelization of the Playing Field

Volume 4 - 1997

Number Content
No.1 - Jan 1997
Critically Acclaimed: The Case for OS/2 Warp [29]

  • Perspectives: Changing Dynamics
  • Letters
  • Dateline OS/2: Signs of The Times
  • Casebook OS/2: The OS/2 Biz: What Color is Your OS?
  • Just Announced
  • Tips & Tricks: DD Packs, Desktop Settings, and More
  • Feature: Critically Acclaimed: The Case for OS/2 Warp
  • Feature: The Scanning Story
  • OS/2 Developer - Game Design: Advanced Game Design with OS/2
  • OS/2 Developer - Object REXX: Scripting Object REXX Agents
  • OS/2 Developer - GUI Corner: Java Alive!
  • OS/2 Developer - The World of Objects: The Year of the Net Wars
  • Test Drives: A Final Salute
  • The REXX Column: Identifying Places and Things
  • Review: R:Base 5.5 and R:Web
  • Review: Waterloo Maple V
  • End Notes: Calling All OS/2 Administrators

Publisher

  • Miller Freeman