Hello All, the scientific calculator package WarpCalc is now available
for download as freeware. Version 2.0 contains a few fixes and is also
easier to use in multi-user installations.

http://class='extlink'http://cosmicledger.com/software/warpcalc/

Please provide bug reports and let the developer know if it looks
alright also on your desktop. The GUI has been updated for eCS 2.1
with standard font and dialog sizes only.

Best regards
CMO / developer warpcalc

DFSee version 11.1 has been re-released today

Due to a minor bug in the CLONE/RESTORE/WIPE with -Q option,
it was released again, with the same version number but the
release date changed from 20th of march to 21st of march.
(can be seen in the Help -> about dialog)

So if you got early (before 10:00 am GMT on the 21st)
you may want to get the refresh ...

All ZIP’s, ISO’s etc have been replaced on the DFSee website

http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/

Direct download links from the DFSee website:

http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee111.zip
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee111.msi
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee111_warpin.exe
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee111_dsk.zip

www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee11x_linux.tgz
www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee11x_iso.zip
www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee11x_stick_iso.zip

The refresh is also available from HOBBES, but since renaming
does not seem to work anymore, the refresh is called dfsee1111.zip

hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee1111.zip
or (after processing):
hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Sorry for any inconvenience caused ...

Regards, JvW

=========================================================================
DFSee Home: www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee - info@dfsee.com

DFSee version 11.1 has been released today

There is a new feature for the DFSDISK procedure to search on
the 1-MiB boundaries as used by many newer Windows machines,
in addition to the regular geometry-cylinder boundaries.

The PTEDIT dialog is updated for easier sorting and navigation,
and the screen output during clone, restore and wipe has been
minimized to avoid scary warnings about the (still unformatted)
target partitions.

And of course more small fixes and enhancements ...

DFSee is a very powerful disk-utility with disk partitioning,
filesystem and disk analysis, some file recovery and UNDELETE
and smart imaging or cloning of partitions or complete disks.

More details at:
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/

Direct download links from the DFSee website:

http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee111.zip
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee111.msi
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee111_warpin.exe
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee111_dsk.zip

www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee11x_linux.tgz
www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee11x_iso.zip
www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee11x_stick_iso.zip

Or from the HOBBES website:
hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee111.zip
or (after processing):
hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Functional changes since 11.0

- Added "run as administrator" hint for Vista and Windows-7 only
- BMGR install, fix Abort when previous operation failed; (batch)
- BSFIND allow (additional) search on MiB boundaries (Win-7/Vista)
- CLONE Target selection silent (screen) using -Q; details in logfile
- COMP Target selection silent (screen) using -Q; details in logfile
- CSLIST documented now, and enhanced with MiB boundary capability
- DFSDISK dialog and cmd, allow (additional) search on MiB boundaries
- Discard P-geo size on OS/2 when more than 1-cylinder difference
- FIND allow (additional) search on MiB boundaries (Win-7/Vista)
- FS Allow abort FAT-CRC loop whith ’fs fat32’ on a FAT16 filesystem
- GENPART allow -b:’basename’ option instead of 2nd parameter
- PART Explicit mention of L-Geo for OS/2 > 65535 cylinder warning
- PART No ’invalid bootsector’ msg on open of Linux or swap partition
- PART Non-critical IBM BMGR warnings made minor (multiple disks)
- PART Non-std cylinder-alignment now MINOR warnings (Win-7/Linux)
- PART Set mode=EXT2 on 0x83 partition without superblocks, not AUX
- PTEDIT dlg sort table on ENTER while a sort button has focus
- PTEDIT dlg added help on using SPACE to operate sort buttons
- PTEDIT log disk and partition details on each table display
- PTEDIT up/down keys now navigate between fields and buttons too
- RESTORE Target selection silent (screen) using -Q; details in logfile
- RESTORE/COMPARE get correct size for multiple-RAW image files
- RESTORE/COMPARE show number of files for multi-file image set
- Updated DFSee signature to ’11’ in bootrecord for HPFS fixboot
- Use GEOMETRY_EX only for XP and up; error fallback to GEOMETRY
- WIPE Target selection silent (screen) using -Q; details in logfile

Regards, JvW

=========================================================================
DFSee Home: www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee - info@dfsee.com

Java is a very popular sophisticated programming environment. Applications written in the Java language are run inside a virtual machine (Java Virtual Machine, JVM) which provides a nearly identical behavior on all platforms that have a JVM implementation available. This "write once, run anywhere" approach means that developers can support a multitude of platforms while only having to maintain one code base. For users, availability of a current Java for OS/2 and eComStation means access to a huge number of existing applications.

For more information about Java, see:
http://class='extlink'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29

Previously, Java had been made available for OS/2 and eComStation by IBM, Golden Code and Innotek. However, new versions with many changes and improvements have been released since then and current applications require a current JVM implementation. The new project will port a current JVM to OS/2 and eComStation.

For information about the project and its status, please see:
http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/java

To contribute to fund further development of this project go to
http://class='extlink'http://www.mensys.com/shop/NetlabsJava6

OpenJDK 6 JRE package needed to run Java programs.
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b24_ga2/openjdk6_b24_jre_os2_ga2-20120319.zip

WarpIn package: http://class='extlink'http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/incoming/OPENJDK6b24GA.wpi

OpenJDK 6 SDK package needed to compile Java programs. Includes a copy of the JRE package.
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b24_ga2/openjdk6_b24_sdk_os2_ga2-20120319.zip

Requires the following:

kLIBC 0.6.4: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.4-csd4.wpi

GCC 4: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc4core-1_2_1.wpi

Odin: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/0.8.4/odin-0.8.4.zip

Report bugs: svn.netlabs.org/java/report

Please report problems on the wiki at svn.netlabs.org/lucide/newticket
If you need a logon to the netlabs wiki, then first go to www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml

There is a new version of ODIN on the Netlabs FTP server.
ODIN is the Open Source project to provide a win32 API for OS/2 and eComStation. Originally to allow OS/2 users to run Windows 32 bit applications. Now used to port windows applications to OS/2 an eComStation. The Odin runtime is a requirement for the newest developed versions of JAVA and Flash 10 for OS/2 and eCS.

For more information and downloads, see:

http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/odin32

Download: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/0.8.4/odin-0.8.4.zip

WarpIn package: http://class='extlink'http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/incoming/odin32bin-0_8_4.WPI

Requires the following:

kLIBC 0.6.4: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.4-csd4.wpi

GCC 4: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc4core-1_2_1.wpi

0.8.4 (2012-03-19)
------------------
- crypt32: Fix occasional crashes in CRYPT32.DLL (e.g. when playing back
some Flash contents).
- imm32: Initialize KERNEL32.DLL on DLL init (this fixes applications
that import IMM32 before KEREL32, e.g. latest OpenJDK builds).
- kernel32: Support guard page exceptions (this is used in OpenJDK
to implement yellow and red zones on the thread stack).
- kernel32: Align stack size interpretation in CreateThread() with MSDN
(this may fix "out of stack" exceptions in some applications).

Please report problems on the wiki at http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/newticket
If you need a logonto the netlabs wiki, then first go to
http://class='extlink'www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml

Odin mailing list archive:
dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.odin.user

To support future Netlabs development consider making a donation
www.mensys.com/shop/Netlabs/

PMView Pro v3.65 is now available. PMView Pro is an image viewer and converter for OS/2 and Windows.

List of new features and bug fixes:

Windows: http://class='extlink'http://www.pmview.com/whatsnew.html />OS/2: http://class='extlink'http://www.pmview.com/os2new.html

IMPORTANT: To obtain the full (registered) version of the update, you will need to follow the download instructions included in the e-mail that was sent to you when you purchased PMView Pro. If you have lost this information, please contact http://sales@blueprintsoftwareworks.com.

Trial (demo) versions of PMView can be downloaded at http://class='extlink'http://www.pmview.com Registered users, please note that the trial versions CANNOT be registered. If you have purchased PMView Pro, please follow the download instructions in the e-mail sent by BMT Micro.

2/28/2012 -PMView Pro v3.65

The following features are new in PMView v3.65:

Saving, TGA: Previous versions of PMView always stored a full 256-entry color map when saving TGA files that are 256 or fewer colors, thus producing up to 768 bytes of unnecessary data in the TGA file. This has been changed and PMView will now only write as many color map entries as needed. In addition to this, when saving a grayscale image, PMView will now use TGA type 3 to avoid the need for a color map. For compatibility with legacy applications, a new TGA save option "Store full color map" has been added.

The following bugs and problems are fixed in PMView v3.65:

Saving, TIFF: Saving a TIFF using CCITT FAX3 or FAX4 compression and setting the Strip size to "Single strip" incorrectly produces a file with two strips.
Saving, TGA: When using the TGA RLE option, PMView encoded run-length packets across scan lines as is allowed by the TGA file format specification in Appendix C of the Truevision Technical Guide. However, the more recent TGA v2.0 specification states that this should never be done. This version of PMView has been changed to comply with the TGA v2.0 specification and the RLE implementation has been improved overall.
Saving, IFF: Saving a blank image (an image with just one color) causes PMView to hang.
Saving, IFF: PMView fails to add a padding byte to the BODY chunk when the size is not divisible by two. As a result, PMView will give a premature end-of-file error when reading back the file.
Saving: The Packbits encoder used in the IFF, MAC, PIC, and TIFF formats has been improved.

Samba Client Plugin for eCS (OS/2) Version 2.1.2, has been released on Netlabs FTP site for NetDrive as well as the EVFSGUI that comes with eComStation 2.0+. This release is based on Samba 3.3.16.

"Samba is a free implementation of the CIFS/SMB protocol for Unix, which allows LAN-Server style file and printer sharing among machines running Windows, Mac OS X ,Unix or eComStation (OS/2). There is a netlabs http://class='extlink'http://www.netlabs.org/en/site/index.xml based effort to port the Samba server and create Samba clients for file sharing and printing for eCS (OS/2) in order to replace the functionality of the outdated IBM-LAN-Requester/Peer/Server components."

ZIP: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/samba/client/ndpsmb-2_1_2-GA-20120315.zip
WarpIn: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/samba/client/ndpsmb-2_1_2-GA-20120315.wpi

*2.1.2 GA:
- Ticket #181
- Ticket #192
- wis script changes

Samba for eCS (OS/2) Homepage: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/samba
Additional Samba for eCS (OS/2) resources:
http://class='extlink'http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/samba/index.html
Samba Homepage: http://class='extlink'http://www.samba.org/

You can report bugs using the Ticket system at
svn.netlabs.org/samba

If you need a logonto the netlabs wiki, then first go to www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml

Mailinglist: news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.samba.user

Netdrive for OS/2 virtual file system driver: www.blueprintsoftwareworks.com/netdrive/

NOTE: The link for the required libc 0.6.4 runtime was no longer correct. Correct link now is http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.4-csd4.wpi

A new release of Lucide 1.3.4 for OS/2 and eComStation is on the netlabs FTP server. Lucide is a plugin based document viewer that supports PDF, DejaVu and JPEG files out of the box but new document types can easily be added to it.

For more information and downloads, see:

http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide

Download:
WarpIn Install: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/lucide/Lucide-1_3_4_GA.wpi
Zip: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/lucide/Lucide-1_3_4_GA.zip

1.3.4:
- WPI: added a check, so also rpm installations work w/o installing the req wpi
- updated poppler to 0.18.1
- fixed an annoying flicker
- fixed launching Lucide in background (ticket #163)
- fixed ALT-letter combination (ticket #211)

Requires:
- libc 0.6.4: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.4-csd4.wpi
- gcc446.dll: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc4core-1_2_1.wpi

A plugin based on GBM that supports a very large number of image formats has been released by Heiko Nitzsche:
http://class='extlink'http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Please report problems on the wiki at
http://class='extlink'svn.netlabs.org/lucide/newticket

If you need a logon to the netlabs wiki, then first go to
www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml

A new release of Lucide 1.3.4 for OS/2 and eComStation is on the netlabs FTP server. Lucide is a plugin based document viewer that supports PDF, DejaVu and JPEG files out of the box but new document types can easily be added to it.

For more information and downloads, see:

http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide

Download:
WarpIn Install: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/lucide/Lucide-1_3_4_GA.wpi
Zip: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/lucide/Lucide-1_3_4_GA.zip

1.3.4:
- WPI: added a check, so also rpm installations work w/o installing the req wpi
- updated poppler to 0.18.1
- fixed an annoying flicker
- fixed launching Lucide in background (ticket #163)
- fixed ALT-letter combination (ticket #211)

Requires:
- libc 0.6.4: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/libc-0.6.4-csd4.wpi
- gcc446.dll: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc4core-1_2_1.wpi

A plugin based on GBM that supports a very large number of image formats has been released by Heiko Nitzsche:
http://class='extlink'http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Please report problems on the wiki at
http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/newticket

If you need a logon to the netlabs wiki, then first go to
www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml

With some help from Alex Taylor, here is an updated and I hope improved version of YAOS "Yet Another OS/2 Shell" by Cjin Pheow LEE.

http://class='extlink'http://www.deezee.org/Downloads/yaos190.zip

Mensys BV is pleased to announce the availability of the Flash Plugin Wrapper for eComStation Beta 2

This product is available for download to all registered users of

Software Subscription Services for eComStation. For more information, please visit: http://www.ecomstation.com/subscription/

 With the new release of this Flash wrapper, up-to-date Flash support for eComStation is provided. Currently it includes Flash Player 11.1.102.55.

 The second beta the Flash Plugin Wrapper for eComStation is intended to enable you to use websites implementing the latest Flash content.

With the new release of this Flash wrapper, up-to-date Flash support for eComStation is provided. Currently it includes Adobe Flash Player version 11.1.102.55.

Changes compared to beta 1 are:

- Bump wrapper version to 0.3.2

- fixed a problem with Flash Plugin Wrapper not loaded when LIBPATHSTRICT was used (Tickets #46, #48)

- improved detection of Mozilla Plugin directory (Ticket #49)

- changed Warpin to create the Flash Plugin Wrapper folder on the desktop (Ticket #50)

If Beta 1 works well for you there is no need to upgrade, there have been no improvements in the support of Flash content itself.

Notes

=====

- This code should not be used on production systems. See the readme.txt document for details.

- This release requires eComStation 1.2, 1.2R, 2.0GA or eComStation 2.1GA.

- This release requires an installed version of Odin 0.8.3 or higher, which can be obtained from the same download location as the Flash Plugin Wrapper package.

- Feedback can be provided via http://svn.ecomstation.nl/flash10

Please follow the guidelines in order to properly report a bug.

After downloading please review the readme documentation for known issues and instructions on how to uninstall.

Best regards,

Mensys BV

Paul Smedley has updated Apache2 to v2.4.1.
http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.id.au/index.php />
"The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows NT. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards."

Download: http://class='extlink'http://sourceforge.net/projects/ecsports/files/Apache2%20Web%20Server/httpd-2.4.1-os2-20120312.zip/download

/>Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://class='extlink'http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul’s website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://class='extlink'http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/>

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Paul Smedley has updated PHP to v5.4.0.
http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.id.au/index.php

"PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML."

Download: http://class='extlink'http://sourceforge.net/projects/ecsports/files/PHP%20v5.x/php-5.4.0-os2-20120312.zip/download />Requires: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.4-csd4.zip

/>Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://class='extlink'http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul’s website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://class='extlink'http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/>

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Paul Smedley has updated Subversion port to v1.7.4.
http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.id.au/index.php

"The goal of the Subversion project is to build a version control system that is a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community. The software is released under an Apache/BSD-style open source license."

Download: http://class='extlink'http://sourceforge.net/projects/ecsports/files/Subversion/subversion-1.7.4-os2-20120312.zip/download

/>Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://class='extlink'http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul’s website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://class='extlink'http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/>

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I’m pleased to announce the availability of several updated GBM modules.

The main improvements are:

- Enhanced TGA codec (details see readme)

- ZLIB updated to version 1.2.6

- PNG codec: Update to Libpng 1.5.9 (with APNG extension patch)

- JPEG codec: Update to IJG 8d

- JPEG2000 codec: Update to OpenJPEG 1.5

- RAW codec: Update to libraw 0.14.5 (based on dcraw 9.12)

GBM.DLL 1.75 and GBM command line tools

---------------------------------------

The Generalised Bitmap Module (GBM) is a library capable of loading and saving bitmap files in a variety of popular and less popular bitmap file formats. Programs may be written to use this code, and thus be able to access a variety of file formats without actually knowing what format the pictures are in, or any details about file format itself. It comes with a useful set of command line bitmap manipulation tools. Get package gbmos2_175_bin.zip or the WarpIN installation package (see below).

Enhanced GBMV/GBMV2 Version 1.59

--------------------------------

GBMV2 is a fast and simple bitmap viewer and editor for the OS/2 and eCS Presentation Manager. GBMV is a simple bitmap viewer. Get package gbmos2pm159_bin.zip or the WarpIN installation package from Hobbes (see below).

GBM plugin 1.46 for Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey

------------------------------------------------------

This is a plugin for the Webbrowsers Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox and SeaMonkey available for OS/2 and eComStation that extends them for the support of reading all bitmap formats supported by GBM.DLL. Get the package gbmos2plugins_lu142_moz146_bin.zip or the WarpIN installation package (see below). There is also a Mozilla XPI installer package available separately (also included in WarpIN package) which also allows automatic updating of the plugin.

Notes for eComStation 1.x/2.x users

-----------------------------------

Please read the installation instructions. eCS 1.x/2.x ships with an old GBM.DLL (1.12) which prevents loading of the new GBM.DLL (1.75). Please follow the instructions to use the new GBM.DLL for all programs as well as for eCS WPS features like bitmap previews.

The homepage of GBM for OS/2 and eComStation

--------------------------------------------

http://heikon.home.tlink.de

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

WarpIN installation package

(GBM.DLL, GBM command line tools, GBMV2, GBMRX, GBMDLGRX, GBM plugins, J2K codec, Doc):

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Full source code:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Have fun,

Heiko Nitzsche

I’m pleased to announce updated ports of the JPEG2000 image decoder and encoder tools provided by the OpenJPEG library compiled for OS/2 and eCS (including JPWL support). More details can be found on the project homepage http://www.openjpeg.org

The source code compilable for OS/2, Windows and Linux is available in the GBM 1.75 source code package (see http://heikon.home.tlink.de or Hobbes).

What’s new

----------

* Now using OpenJPEG 1.5 with IJG JPEG 8d, Libpng 1.5.9, Zlib 1.2.6, Libtiff 3.9.5

Download from Hobbes

--------------------

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Full source code:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Have fun,

Heiko Nitzsche