SIG Leader Larry Lavins' July article for the PACS monthly publication Data Bus is now on-line. This month's article includes the agenda for the July 28 meeting featuring CDS, Inc., developers of Back Again/2, and notes from the Q & A session at the June meeting.

VOLUME 4 - OS/2 WARP FM '99 - InfoFlash 4
News You Can Use about OS/2 Warp ...

A Preview of Coming Attractions.

You OS/2 Java(tm)** junkies can now preview IBM's soon to be released OS/2 Warp Developer Kit, Java Technology Edition, Version 1.1.8. This version is the latest in a line of stable, high performance, compatible Java platforms for OS/2. You noticed the word 'Preview', right? Well that means that while it is not yet ready for running critical applications, the version 1.1.8 preview is available to you today for early testing.

We have taken selected functions from Sun's Java 2 technology and added them to our already robust version 1.1.7 of the OS/2 Developer Kit. You can now begin evaluating some of the Java 2 functions as you think about migration of your Java applications to the Java 2 platform. The new OS/2 Warp Runtime Environment, Java(superscript: TM) 2 Technology Edition, version 1.1.8 will include IBM's implementation of the Java COMM API for OS/2, and Swing. We have also taken the following selected functions from Java 2: Java 2 security classes & Remote Method Invocation over IIOP (RMI/IIOP).

FLASH! ... The WarpFM Web Page Remodeling is now Completed!

As reported in the last issue, our crack web team has been remodeling the WarpFM site. That work is now complete, and InfoFlashes are much easier to find. Try it ... you'll like it!

Topic: Review of The Hacker Card--a new technology offering tight low-cost security for PC's. See if it's for you.

In addition, there are over almost 20 new links, including IBM's important announcements concerning Warp 3 and Warp Connect plus several reviews on IBM's new Warp Server for e-Business.

MEETINGS

Information on the July 28 meeting of the SIG is now posted. The feature presentation will be a representative of CDS, Inc., developers of Back Again/2, the popular OS/2 native backup application. The Recent Meetings page has also been updated with a report from the June session on playing MP3 audio files in OS/2.

COMPUTER BAZAAR

Updated list of computer shows in the Philadelphia area during July and August.

OTHER ADDITIONS

The site now displays the logo of Euro Warpstock '99 with a link to the English language version of that site.

The third and final installment of our current series on InJoy - The Modern Way to the Internet.

This week we finish constructing the Main Host and test dial your ISP. Then we use InJoy to configure two PC's into a two station LAN. You've GOT to read the article to see what you can do with that LAN!