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15 June 1994
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Assistance Program Videodisc mastering and replication. CD-ROM replication. PLV compression services. NOTE: This item is 533 lines long. PSP Advertising Program Offers Discounted rates in high-impact Advertising Discounts to Hardware publications. Available to developers and Software Developers and PC who pass IBM's certification tests Manufacturers for OS/2 and LAN Systems. Introducing the Personal Software Products Advertising Program. Here's how you'll benefit. The power of the IBM name. How to participate. The Developer Connection for List of all contents. Categories: OS/2, Volume 4 Bitmaps; Communication Tools; Databases; Development Tools; Editors; IBM OS/2; LAN Systems Tools; Multimedia Tools; Product Overviews; Productivity Tools; Service; Source Code; Source Code from The Developer Connection News; Test Tools; On-Line Documentation. NOTE: This item is 311 lines long. OS/2 Performance Beta I Now Performance improvements. Solutions Available to customer-driven requirements. Goals. Expectations. Prerequisites. Downloading the OS/2 Performance beta. IBM employee downloading. IBM employee feedback. OS/2 Certification Program in Benefits of certification. Obtaining Europe, Middle East, and Africa test suites. OS/2 is "Best of Show" at OS/2 Performance Beta gets top honors COMDEX/Spring, Windows World '94 during major Windows trade show. Performance Beta overview. Participating in the Beta. IBM Ships Five Millionth Copy of PC Magazine Editors' Choice. OS/2 -- Earns 37th Industry Industry consultant's assessment. Recognition Award Two top honors from InfoWorld. DATAMATION Product of the Year. Recognition around the world. OS/2 2.x Industry Awards to Date List of the 42 awards given to OS/2 2.x. Pen for OS/2 1.0 and PenDOS 2.2 Overview. Description. Hardware requirements. Software requirements. Compatibility. Limitations. Performance considerations. Charges. PC DOS Upgrade Special Available PC DOS 6.1 to 6.3 upgrade. Internet on Internet address for anonymous FTP. Available worldwide through 30 September 1994. IBM AntiVirus Version 1.06 for Features of version 1.06 of DOS, Windows, OS/2, NetWare AntiVirus, AntiVirus LAN, and AntiVirus for NetWare. Charges. How to obtain. Subscription To Technical 4 quarterly or 12 monthly updates. Connection CD-ROM Now Available Contents. Also offered with Personal Systems Support Family. Prices. IBM Exploits Emerging Technology Overview of latest announcements in multimedia, object, parallel processing, optimization, and distributed computing. Application Productivity Family Products and services that enhance Overview application development processes across a range of development and execution environments, including: Enterprise 3GL Client/Server; Enterprise 4GL Client/Server; Departmental Client/Server; Workgroup C++; AS/400; Engineering/Scientific; and Personal Productivity. Solutions for application development needs. Improve productivity and access to data. Build robust client/server applications. Exploit object technology to speed application development. The seven application environments. AD vendor strategy. Publications. NOTE: This item is 691 lines long. IBM VisualGen: A New Generation Capitalize on existing technology of Rapid Application Development while moving to client/ server Tools environment. Create and test client/server applications. Object-oriented GUI design and construction in a 4GL environment. IBM VisualGen Version 1.0 -- Define, test, and generate GUI client Workstation Components applications, server applications, and single-system applications in a single development environment. Solutions for distributed function and remote database client/server models. Features in brief. Application developer productivity. Enabling new applications. Portability. Increased capacity / performance improvement. Statement of general direction. VisualGen Rapid Application Development Services Offering. VisualGen Turnkey Services Offering. Hardware requirements. Software requirements. Planning information. Ordering information. Program upgrade. Charges. NOTE: This item is 751 lines long. IBM PL/I for OS/2 Version 1 Use Professional Edition to write Release 1 Professional and applications that access Personal Editions cross-platform data using the DB2 product family. Use Personal Edition to write applications for the PC or LAN environment. PL/I for OS/2 Version 1.1--Toolkit. Features in brief. Application development productivity aids. Professional Edition system management; growth enablement; business solutions. Personal Edition system management; growth enablement; business solutions. Hardware requirements. Software requirements. Compatibility. Program upgrade. Charges. NOTE: This item is 416 lines long. IBM PL/I for OS/2--Professional 40 percent discount on program Edition Version 1.1 Introductory package and additional license copies Offering through 30 September 1994. IBM ReDiscovery/2 Improved access to application components, including classification schemes and search-and-retrieve functions. Build descriptions of reusable components. Locate reusable components. Search and selection savings on reusable code. Application developer productivity. Constraint relief. Product positioning. Maintenance. Softcopy publications. Hardware requirements. Software requirements. Charges. NOTE: This item is 302 lines long. IBM DB2 Client Application Client Application Enabler products Enablers and DB2 Software enable application programs running Developer's Kits on client workstations to access data stored in IBM DB2 relational databases on a LAN or host. Enhancements. Features in brief. Novell NetWare support. NetBIOS communication protocol. DB2 software developer's kits. Growth provision. Asset protection. Business solutions. Systems management. User productivity. Product positioning. Hardware requirements. Software requirements. Ordering information. Charges. NOTE: This item is 706 lines long. Statement of Direction: IBM Planned functions and features. Smalltalk for OS/2, Version 2.0 Projected benefits. and IBM Smalltalk for Windows, Version 2.0 Statement of Direction: Enhancements planned for Version 2. VisualAge for OS/2, Version 2.0 Object Connection. Projected and VisualAge for Windows, benefits. Version 2.0 Statement of Direction: IBM LAN Intent to deliver VisualGen teams Library and Management Facility suite. Software configuration management functions. Version control. Configuration management. Application build. Electronic software packaging and distribution. Change control. Problem tracking. Managing software development. PSP Show Schedule for the Next Trade shows at which PSP is Month participating. Software DEVCON '94, 20-24 June, Largest software conference in Wiesbaden, Germany Germany. Conference subjects. Over 70 exhibits. IBM exhibits. Free Pen Seminar at PC Expo, Developers present three-hour 28 June, Plus Free Admission to seminar. Topics. Registration for PC PC Expo Exhibits Expo not required. Two Marketing Opportunities for For exhibitors only. IBM's Show & ISVs Exhibitors at the OS/2 World Sell. AEGIS Product Marketing Forum. Conference and Exhibition Signing up for exhibit space. Deadline 24 June. 1994 APPC/APPN Technical The only conference concentrating on Conference, 12-15 July, Boston APPC and APPN. Learn in less than a week. Conference highlights. Special three-track sessions. Registration and more information. OS/2 Technical Update '94, 11-14 The IBM connection. Three basic September, Atlanta elements. Link up. And the winner is ... List of conference tracks. The registration package. About your registration. Conference fees. Payment of fees. Cancellations and substitutions. Travel. Attendee registration form. NOTE: This item is 405 lines long. Schedule of OS/2 Technical List of upcoming OS/2 technical Conferences conferences. OS/2 Distributors in Europe, List of distributors as of 27 May Middle East, and Africa 1994. Subscription Information for The Worldwide phone and fax numbers for Developer Connection for OS/2 and ordering. the IBM Device Driver Source Kit (DDK) for OS/2 How to Join the IBM Developer Worldwide Services. US Commercial Assistance Program Services. US Premier Services. Developer Assistance Program contacts worldwide. 800 Phone Numbers Trademarks, Registered Trademarks, Service Marks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Where to Find IBM PSP Developer Support News (DSNEWS) Outside IBM ----------- DSNEWS zipped files are found on several e-mail and BBS systems: o America Online, in the OS/2 forum, in the Newsletters library o CompuServe, in OS2DF2 forum, *DAP library section 14 and in OS2DF1 forum, OPEN FORUM library section 15 o GEnie, in OS/2 Software Library 16 o Hitline mailbox (Switzerland), in file area 8 o IBM Canada BBS, in file area 35, OS/2 Programming o IBM Europe/Middle East/Africa (E/ME/A) DAP BBS, in file area GENERAL.DOCS o IBM France OS/2 Developer Assistance Program BBS, in area PUBS01 o IBM OS2BBS (TALKLink), in OS/2 Software Library, in Documents and Info o IBM Personal Computer Company BBS, in file area 11, OS/2 Programming o Internet, via anonymous ftp from software.watson.ibm.com, in directory /pub/os2/info; or via Gopher from index.almaden.ibm.com, in the OS/2 Information menu o NIFTY-Serve (Japan), in FIBMFEEL forum, library section 4 o OS2NET (Europe), on all OS2NET bulletin boards in Europe, usually in the DSNEWS download area o PRODIGY, in the OS/2 Club topic's download library, in IBM Files Note: If you cannot find files named dsn... (in lower case), look for files named DSN... (in upper case). Within IBM ---------- All 1994 issues, in ASCII and INFBIN formats, are in DSN4 PACKAGE in the OS2TOOLS tools catalog *only*. To obtain DSN4 PACKAGE, type TOOLCAT OS2TOOLS GET DSN4 PACKAGE or TOOLS SENDTO KGNVMCB PCTOOLS OS2TOOLS GET DSN4 PACKAGE You can also request DSN4 PACKAGE by typing REQUEST DSN4 FROM V1ENG AT BCRVM1 To subscribe to DSN4 PACKAGE, type TOOLS SENDTO KGNVMCB PCTOOLS OS2TOOLS SUB DSN4 PACKAGE All 1993 issues, in ASCII and INFBIN formats, are in DSNEWS PACKAGE in the MKTTOOLS, OS2TOOLS, and PCWIN tools catalogs. To obtain DSNEWS PACKAGE, type TOOLCAT catalogname GET DSNEWS PACKAGE or TOOLS SENDTO catalogdisk GET DSNEWS PACKAGE where catalogname MKTTOOLS is on catalogdisk USDIST MKTTOOLS MKTTOOLS catalogname OS2TOOLS is on catalogdisk KGNVMCB PCTOOLS OS2TOOLS catalogname PCWIN is on catalogdisk BCRVMMS1 PCWIN PCWIN Examples: TOOLCAT MKTTOOLS GET DSNEWS PACKAGE TOOLS SENDTO USDIST MKTTOOLS MKTTOOLS GET DSNEWS PACKAGE You can also request DSNEWS PACKAGE by typing REQUEST DSNEWS FROM V1ENG AT BCRVM1 DSNEWS PACKAGE is no longer being updated every month. 1994 updates are made to DSN4 PACKAGE.