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A bimonthly print magazine released by [[IBM]]'s Personal Systems Division in Texas, USA that was during its later years squarely focused on OS/2, although some other PS Division subjects such as ''PowerPC'' were covered from time to time. Note that it was not a free marketing publication but rather intended as a technical magazine for manager and required a somewhat hefty paid subscription, but on the other hand it was a professionally designed publication had an excellent layout and even had custom created cartoons, graphic illustrations and the like. | A bimonthly print magazine released by [[IBM]]'s Personal Systems Division in Texas, USA that was during its later years squarely focused on OS/2, although some other PS Division subjects such as ''PowerPC'' were covered from time to time. Note that it was not a free marketing publication but rather intended as a technical magazine for manager and required a somewhat hefty paid subscription, but on the other hand it was a professionally designed publication had an excellent layout and even had custom created cartoons, graphic illustrations and the like. | ||
==Issues== | ==Issues== | ||
===1994=== | ===1994=== | ||
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| | |March/April 1994 | ||
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* If I Only Had A Brain | * If I Only Had A Brain | ||
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* NetWare Questions and Answers | * NetWare Questions and Answers | ||
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| | |May/June 1994 | ||
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* Todd Watson: ''"Wrightsizing " at USAir'' | * Todd Watson: ''"Wrightsizing " at USAir'' | ||
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* ''LAN Server Ultimedia 1.0 Performance and Tuning'' | * ''LAN Server Ultimedia 1.0 Performance and Tuning'' | ||
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| | |July/Aug 1994 | ||
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* IBM's Personal Systems Support Family-Customer-Influenced Design | * IBM's Personal Systems Support Family-Customer-Influenced Design | ||
* OS/2 Times and Scores the 1994 Indianapolis 500 | * OS/2 Times and Scores the 1994 Indianapolis 500 | ||
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* LAN Net/View Object Registration Services | * LAN Net/View Object Registration Services | ||
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| | |September/October 1994 | ||
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* "Sneaker Net" or Systems Management? | * "Sneaker Net" or Systems Management? | ||
* Like Father Like Son | * Like Father Like Son | ||
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* NetBIOS, SNA, and NetWare IPX Coexistance Under OS/2 | * NetBIOS, SNA, and NetWare IPX Coexistance Under OS/2 | ||
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| | |November/December 1994 | ||
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* Evolution, Not Revolution-Pen Computing Comes of Age | * Evolution, Not Revolution-Pen Computing Comes of Age | ||
* Handwriting Recognition: The State of the Art | * Handwriting Recognition: The State of the Art | ||
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* A Development Environment for Pen-Centric Applications | * A Development Environment for Pen-Centric Applications | ||
* Writing DOS Installation Programs for Selective Boot Systems | * Writing DOS Installation Programs for Selective Boot Systems | ||
* OS/2 for PowerPC: Transforming | * OS/2 for PowerPC: Transforming Architecture into Implementation | ||
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| | |Special OS/2 Warp Edition | ||
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* OS/2: Past, Warp, and Future | * OS/2: Past, Warp, and Future | ||
* PC Computing Done Right | * PC Computing Done Right | ||
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* New Product Information | * New Product Information | ||
* Warp: Fast Action for "Gamers" | * Warp: Fast Action for "Gamers" | ||
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===1995=== | ===1995=== | ||
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!Cover||Content | ! ||Cover||Content | ||
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|January/February 1995 | |||
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* Corrective Service Information | * Corrective Service Information | ||
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| | |March/April 1995 | ||
|width="250"|[[image:IPSM-Mar-Apr-1995.jpg|200px]] | |width="250"|[[image:IPSM-Mar-Apr-1995.jpg|200px]] | ||
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* Corrective Service Information | * Corrective Service Information | ||
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| | |May/June 1995 | ||
|width="250"|[[image:IPSM-May-Jun-1995.jpg|200px]] | |width="250"|[[image:IPSM-May-Jun-1995.jpg|200px]] | ||
'''About the Cover:''' Local area networks...they connect, they distribute, they make our lives easier, and sometimes they don't do any of the above. Dallas artist Bill Carr chose a fond childhood image to portray the modern-day technology of local area networks. | '''About the Cover:''' Local area networks...they connect, they distribute, they make our lives easier, and sometimes they don't do any of the above. Dallas artist Bill Carr chose a fond childhood image to portray the modern-day technology of local area networks. | ||
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* [[From the Editor: See You in New Orleans]] | * [[From the Editor: See You in New Orleans]] | ||
* What's New for OS/2? | * What's New for OS/2? | ||
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* Corrective Service Information | * Corrective Service Information | ||
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| | |July/August 1995 | ||
|width="250"|[[image:IPSM-Jul-Aug-1995.jpg|200px]] | |width="250"|[[image:IPSM-Jul-Aug-1995.jpg|200px]] | ||
'''About the Cover:''' Databases make order out of chaos, weaving like and unlike bits of information into a fabric from which data can be extracted in whatever form you need. Dallas artist Bill Carr uses this analogy, along with his inimitable style, to illustrate the cover of our database issue. | '''About the Cover:''' Databases make order out of chaos, weaving like and unlike bits of information into a fabric from which data can be extracted in whatever form you need. Dallas artist Bill Carr uses this analogy, along with his inimitable style, to illustrate the cover of our database issue. | ||
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* [[From the Editor: Authors--Our Greatest Resource]] | * [[From the Editor: Authors--Our Greatest Resource]] | ||
* [[Personal_Systems_Magazine_-_July/August_1995_-_What's_New_for_OS/2%3F|What's New for OS/2?]] | * [[Personal_Systems_Magazine_-_July/August_1995_-_What's_New_for_OS/2%3F|What's New for OS/2?]] | ||
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* Corrective Service Information | * Corrective Service Information | ||
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| | |September/October 1995 | ||
|width="250"|[[image:IPSM-Sep-Oct-1995.jpg|200px]] | |width="250"|[[image:IPSM-Sep-Oct-1995.jpg|200px]] | ||
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* Corrective Service Information | * Corrective Service Information | ||
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| | |November/December 1995 | ||
|width="250"|[[image:IPSM-Nov-Dec-1995.jpg|200px]] | |width="250"|[[image:IPSM-Nov-Dec-1995.jpg|200px]] | ||
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* [[Questions and Answers: LAN]] | * [[Questions and Answers: LAN]] | ||
* Corrective Service Information | * Corrective Service Information | ||
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===1996=== | ===1996=== | ||
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|January/February 1996 | |||
|width="250"|[[image:jan96cov.gif]] | |width="250"|[[image:jan96cov.gif]] | ||
'''About the Cover:''' Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr uses Todd Watson's analogy of 18th century global mercantilism to illustrate this issue's cover. The basic need to communicate has driven civilizations for centuries to identify ever more efficient ways to communicate. This issue of Personal Systems focuses on Lotus Notes--enabling you to link to the world. | '''About the Cover:''' Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr uses Todd Watson's analogy of 18th century global mercantilism to illustrate this issue's cover. The basic need to communicate has driven civilizations for centuries to identify ever more efficient ways to communicate. This issue of Personal Systems focuses on Lotus Notes--enabling you to link to the world. | ||
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* [[From the Editor: The Information Age – A Time for Responsibility]] | * [[From the Editor: The Information Age – A Time for Responsibility]] | ||
* What's New? | * What's New? | ||
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* Corrective Service Information | * Corrective Service Information | ||
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| | |March/April 1996 | ||
|width="250"|[[image:mar96cov.gif]] | |width="250"|[[image:mar96cov.gif]] | ||
'''About the Cover:''' Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr captures the essence of SOM's flexibility and power in this issues's cover, SOM transforms your application development efforts, letting you build robust, reusable, distributed applications. | '''About the Cover:''' Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr captures the essence of SOM's flexibility and power in this issues's cover, SOM transforms your application development efforts, letting you build robust, reusable, distributed applications. | ||
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* [[From the Editor: The Object of This Issue]] | * [[From the Editor: The Object of This Issue]] | ||
* What's New? | * What's New? | ||
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* Corrective Service Information | * Corrective Service Information | ||
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| | |May/June 1996 | ||
|width="250"|[[image:IPSM-May-June-1996.jpg|200px]] | |width="250"|[[image:IPSM-May-June-1996.jpg|200px]] | ||
'''About the Cover:''' A systems administrator, like an orchestra conductor, strives to keep disparate components working together in harmony. With management, the individual parts operate as a harmonious system. Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr's whimsical cover illustration reflects this analogy. | '''About the Cover:''' A systems administrator, like an orchestra conductor, strives to keep disparate components working together in harmony. With management, the individual parts operate as a harmonious system. Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr's whimsical cover illustration reflects this analogy. | ||
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* [[From the Editor: IBM and the Internet Go to the Olympics]] | * [[From the Editor: IBM and the Internet Go to the Olympics]] | ||
* What's New? | * What's New? | ||
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* Corrective Service Information | * Corrective Service Information | ||
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| | |July/August 1996 | ||
|[[Image:IPSM-Jul-Aug-1996.jpg|200px]] | |[[Image:IPSM-Jul-Aug-1996.jpg|200px]] | ||
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* What's New? | * What's New? | ||
* Securing Your Communications from Mainframe to Desktop | * Securing Your Communications from Mainframe to Desktop | ||
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* Corrective Service Information | * Corrective Service Information | ||
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| | |September/October 1996 | ||
|width="250"|[[image:coverSep-Oct-1996.gif|200px]] | |width="250"|[[image:coverSep-Oct-1996.gif|200px]] | ||
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* [[Going Mobile With Bob Angell]] | * [[Going Mobile With Bob Angell]] | ||
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| | |November/December 1996 | ||
|width="250"|[[image:IPSM-Nov-Dec-1996.jpg|200px]] | |width="250"|[[image:IPSM-Nov-Dec-1996.jpg|200px]] | ||
The last issue published was "November & December 1996" and when it was folded IBM published articles intended for the "January & February 1997" issue online instead. | The last issue published was "November & December 1996" and when it was folded IBM published articles intended for the "January & February 1997" issue online instead. | ||
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* [[Personal Systems Magazine - November/December 1996 - What's New?|What's New?]] | * [[Personal Systems Magazine - November/December 1996 - What's New?|What's New?]] | ||
* [[Today's Help Desk: Providing "Hands-On" Support Remotely]] By [[Philippe-Charles Krug-Basse]] | * [[Today's Help Desk: Providing "Hands-On" Support Remotely]] By [[Philippe-Charles Krug-Basse]] | ||
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* OS/2 Warp 4: Develop with Java [http://www.edm2.com/index.php/OS/2_Warp_4:_Develop_with_Java] | * OS/2 Warp 4: Develop with Java [http://www.edm2.com/index.php/OS/2_Warp_4:_Develop_with_Java] | ||
* OS/2 Warp 4: JAVA [http://www.edm2.com/index.php/OS/2_Warp_4:_Java] | * OS/2 Warp 4: JAVA [http://www.edm2.com/index.php/OS/2_Warp_4:_Java] | ||
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===1997=== | ===1997=== | ||
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!Cover||Content | ! ||Cover||Content | ||
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|January/February 1997 | |||
|width="250"|[[image:PSM-Web-Page.png|250px]] | |width="250"|[[image:PSM-Web-Page.png|250px]] | ||
Revision as of 13:45, 26 February 2019

A bimonthly print magazine released by IBM's Personal Systems Division in Texas, USA that was during its later years squarely focused on OS/2, although some other PS Division subjects such as PowerPC were covered from time to time. Note that it was not a free marketing publication but rather intended as a technical magazine for manager and required a somewhat hefty paid subscription, but on the other hand it was a professionally designed publication had an excellent layout and even had custom created cartoons, graphic illustrations and the like.
Issues
1994
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March/April 1994 | File:Marapr.gif |
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May/June 1994 | File:Mayjune.gif |
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July/Aug 1994 | File:Julyaug.gif |
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September/October 1994 | File:Septoct.gif |
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November/December 1994 | File:Novdec.gif |
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Special OS/2 Warp Edition |
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1995
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January/February 1995 | ![]() Cover: OS/2 Warp: this futuristic operating system is here today! Tried and tested by the masses! Backward-compatible with all your favorite applications! Easy to install! OS/2 Warp has it all--even a great name and an even greater look! Cover Photo: Manfred Ayers, Arlington Texas |
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March/April 1995 | ![]() About the Cover: Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr takes us down the highway of reality, through an illusory door, and beyond to a vast universe of possibilities. Internet provides this superhighway to information, and OS/2 Warp's Internet Access Kit provides the door to the world of Internet. |
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May/June 1995 | ![]() About the Cover: Local area networks...they connect, they distribute, they make our lives easier, and sometimes they don't do any of the above. Dallas artist Bill Carr chose a fond childhood image to portray the modern-day technology of local area networks. |
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July/August 1995 | ![]() About the Cover: Databases make order out of chaos, weaving like and unlike bits of information into a fabric from which data can be extracted in whatever form you need. Dallas artist Bill Carr uses this analogy, along with his inimitable style, to illustrate the cover of our database issue. |
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September/October 1995 | ![]() About the Cover: Social interfaces continue to evolve, making human interaction with computers more friendly and familiar. The concept of this human-like approach to computing is reflected in noted Dallas artist Bill Carr's cover, where man meets machine with a universally- recognized gesture of cooperation. |
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November/December 1995 | ![]() About the Cover: Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr's highly effective use of visual imagery perfectly depicts the idea of connectivity on this month's cover. |
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1996
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January/February 1996 | ![]() About the Cover: Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr uses Todd Watson's analogy of 18th century global mercantilism to illustrate this issue's cover. The basic need to communicate has driven civilizations for centuries to identify ever more efficient ways to communicate. This issue of Personal Systems focuses on Lotus Notes--enabling you to link to the world. |
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March/April 1996 | ![]() About the Cover: Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr captures the essence of SOM's flexibility and power in this issues's cover, SOM transforms your application development efforts, letting you build robust, reusable, distributed applications. |
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May/June 1996 | ![]() About the Cover: A systems administrator, like an orchestra conductor, strives to keep disparate components working together in harmony. With management, the individual parts operate as a harmonious system. Noted Dallas artist Bill Carr's whimsical cover illustration reflects this analogy. |
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July/August 1996 | ![]() |
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September/October 1996 | ![]() |
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November/December 1996 | ![]() The last issue published was "November & December 1996" and when it was folded IBM published articles intended for the "January & February 1997" issue online instead. |
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1997
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January/February 1997 | ![]() The last issue was from "January/February 1997" and it was published on the web site. |
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Contributors
- Betty Hawkins - Editor
- Van Landrum - The Personal Systems Magazine's business manager, also wrote a regular column called "Road Trip" that dealt mainly with the internet.
- Gregory Piamonte
- Fred Castaneda - Had a regular column called "One-Stop Shopping"
- Richard K. Goran - Wrote on REXX related subjects.
- Rick Weaver
- Chris Fierros
- Steven P. Schneer
- Edward Duhé
- Bret Curran
- Randall Johnson
- Philip Lieberman
- Herman Rodriguez
Additional Notes
IBM provided permission for the articles to be republished, but sadly I was only able to find the online ones. If you have a copy of the physical magazine and you can scan it, I will request IBM permission to republish it online.