Larsen Commander is a fine 32-Bit GUI File Manager for OS/2 Warp that has a "look and feel" that is much like the famous Norton Commander. The most notable difference is that Larsen Commander is pure GUI and still has a built in command line and a scrollable console monitor. Powerful, nice and snappy.

Changes since the previous public release
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Add: The INFO panel can now be activated and navigated by using the keyboard.

Fix: The "Re-Scan Drive" command didn't work in release 0.98.

Fix: The scrollbars of the INFO panel was not always
updated correctly when panel size was changed.

Fix: Giving command "XXX /?" was not transfered to the shell even if XXX was defined to always be transfered to the shell.

Fix: Command for changing filename case didn't work at all since version 0.98.

Fix: File panel was not fully cleared after deleting all files from root directory in FULL mode.

I've released a minor update to File Commander that fixes a few bugs. They are:

• If an INI file was specified on the command line without an absolute path, INI files would get saved to whatever directory FC was showing.
• Editor: Undo wasn't setting the changed flag.
• Fix race condition that would sometimes cause failure to enter archives on some drive types (esp network).
• After toggling the hidden files option with the left panel active and both panels visible, accessing files on the left panel would fail until TAB was used or an external command executed.
• If a file's time stamp was in the future the %age function would treat the file as very old.
• OS/2: When using the "Start minimized" option in FC/2's program object, the icon's 'window' would be stretched to the size of a full window.

I've also converted the manual file for Win32 to Windows help format (using ViperHelp) so the FC/W ZIP no longer has to include the INF file viewer. This brings the ZIP size down to the same level as the OS/2 version.

As a result of this, the internal help file is now called fc[w].fch (for File Commander Help) so it doesn't clash with fcw.hlp which is now the manual. I've also removed the 'Manual' configuration option (its original purpose became redundant long ago).

• A SYS1041 Fehlermeldung im Logfile für jede empfangene Mail.
  Harmlos, aber nicht gerade hilfreich.
• Probleme mit Setup beim schreiben von mehreren Hostnamen in die INI Datei, so daß Setup und PMSetup unterschiedliche Resultate haben.

• scanbus Befehl korrigiert
• ein Fehler in READCD.EXE beseitigt

• Verzeichnisinformationen eingebaut
• Einige Fehlerbereinigungen

jConduit for Lotus Notes is a jConduit package for
jSyncManager to allow users to synchronize their PalmPilot or IBM WorkPad with Lotus Notes on their Java enabled computers, running OS/2 Warp. It has the similar functionality like EasySync by Lotus has under Windows 95.

Features:
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Full synchronization with Lotus Notes 4.5x for OS/2. The application has been developed in Java. It includes full synchronization with Lotus Notes Address Book, Journal, Calendar and ToDo. There are several types of synchronization, like full bi-directional, one-way, etc. Database what you want to synchronize with, is also selectable.

LIST OF CHANGES

Version 0.87

• New system for wildcard matching on host names.
• Optional filter for incoming mail.
• Relay mail allowed to specified destinations.
• Setup updated to allow for new options.
• Outgoing mail is held until a file 'ONLINE' exists.
• Complete rewrite of PMSetup.

As you can see, this is a fairly major change (although for many of you the changes are in features you'll never use). The biggest change is that the PMSetup that I released with the previous version has been thrown away and replaced by something that looks about the same but is a whole lot faster.

Now that PMSetup is up to an acceptable speed, and that it also supports remote configuration, I'm thinking of throwing away the text-mode Setup.exe, on the grounds that there's not much point in trying to support two programs that do essentially the same thing. If you have any strong opinions on this, let me know.

VNC is a system to access remote desktops from a local machine. It consists of a remote server and a local viewer (client).

This release is an X based VNC server, not for PM server. You cannot access the WPS/PM desktop with it.

• Die Eingaben sind nun von einer Kategorie in eine andere Kopier- bzw. verschiebbar (Drag&Drop)
• Ausserdem wurden wieder einige kleine Fehler beseitigt.

For those of you that don't know DFSee yet, DFSee is an FDISK, display, analysis and recovery tool for disks and filesystems.

Because of the targeted use for DFSee it is a command-line and text-only utility (no GUI). At the moment OS/2, Win-NT and DOS versions exist.

I would very much like to hear some experiences you have with DFSee and the new user-interface, either positive or negative.

And for Warp-server-for-e-bussines users (Aurora), I am very interested in some real-life output for JVM volumes, created with the 'part', 'part +' and 'Plist lvm' commands.

• Clipping support in GRADD Mode
• Adjustable size of digitized image (Previous versions of StWTV initialized the hardware with a fixed size of 400x300)

• Deutsche und Englische Version
• Finden doppelter Dateien
• Thumbnail-Größe & Qualität einstellbar

• OS/2 + JDK 1.1.6
• Windows + IBM JDK 1.1.7
• Windows + Microsoft JDK

1. NumLock : dieses Tool setzt den NumLock Status auf ein. Es arbeitet mit PM, Textmode und DOS & WinOS2
2. UpdSig : dieses Tools fügt eine Zeile zu ihrer News/Mail Signatur mit der System Uptime (Laufzeit des Systems)
3. UpdIni : kopiert die OS2.INI und OS2SYS.INI auf eine RamDisk für einen schnelleren Zugriff und in einem gewissen Intervall zurück.

You can get your own personal copy of this classic conquest game from BMT Micro, for only $10 + shipping!

What is Master of the Empire?

Master of the Empire is a game of conquest, economic struggles, and resource control. The random world generator provides an infinite number of worlds to conquer. Your objective is to brutally exterminate all opposition to your regime and unite the world under your banner! To accomplish this you must destroy or control all of the cities on the planet. There are many ways to achieve this, through deceptive military tactics or even economic strangleholds on your enemies are possible!

For information, screenshots and ordering info follow the link below.

Version 2.0.3 includes new features such as check printing, and a new Income/Expense report. In addition, clicking on column headers now sorts transactions, currency fields now accept math expressions, the home-page now includes a total value of all accounts in the base currency, and many minor improvements and bug fixes have been made. Functions involving printing should work much better on OS/2 now, working around a bug in OS/2 Java where all text is printed in an extremely small font.

Squeak is the open source smalltalk. It comes with, or rather is, an entire development environment with many surprises. Squeak applications run bit-identical on just about every OS and hardware architecture in common (and not so common) use.

Juan's port includes full network access and handles native sound and uses DIVE for fast video. This latest version of Squeak comes with Midi support, a web browser and server, an email application, shockwave support, a 3D animation system, remote update and authoring, and more. By the way, Squeak is written in itself - you can inspect, change and extend any part of the language, application, or even the virtual machine, while it is running.

Smalltalk is a pure OO language that been around for a long time. Squeak is a dialect that is highly compatible with Smalltalk-80 (the historical standard). The team behind Squeak includes the original authors of Smalltalk (including Alan Kay of PARC fame). They mostly hide out at Disney (after living at Apple for a few years). Squeak is evolving rapidly.

Squeak should be of special interest to the OS2 community. This is a this is a state-of-the-art cross-platform language and development system. It deserves a careful look by everyone interested in OO programming. It is also way more fun. (WARNING: this stuff is addictive).

You can now preview IBM's soon-to-be-released Netscape Communicator 4.61.
Netscape Communicator 4.61 for OS/2 Warp provides the latest web browser support to the OS/2 operating system, and supports the deployment of new Java and Web technologies. This version of Netscape Communicator includes the core components from Netscape Communicator Standard Edition 4.61 for Windows, as well as some OS/2-specific features.

When it is formally released, Netscape Communicator 4.61 will be available for download from Software Choice.

• Digital Audio Sequencing using SEAL
• Full waveform editing with special effects!
• Full multi-track sequencing with full MIDI editing and effects
• Rhythm Editor
• Handles up to eight MPU ports
• Fully compatible with Theta Band's MPU driver

• OS/2 + JDK 1.1.6
• Windows + IBM JDK 1.1.7
• Windows + Microsoft JDK

AMD CPUs have a nice feature: write combining. This small utility is just switching it on.

What is write combining good for? It helps my S3 Virge based graphic card driven by IBM GENGRADD to speed up by 250% at some operations :). Of course it works with many other chipsets and display drivers too!

This is to announce that the latest version of MIDI Station Sequencer is now available! This is the last beta before the products goes GA. There are many new features, improvements and fixes in this version.

MIDI Station Sequencer features:

• Digital Audio Sequencing using SEAL
• Full waveform editing with special effects!
• Full multi-track sequencing with full MIDI editing and effects
• Rhythm Editor
• Handles up to eight MPU ports
• Fully compatible with Theta Band's MPU driver

And there are many, many others. In short the most advanced Digital Audio/MIDI sequencer for OS/2!!

Don't risk a hard drive crash with no reliable way to restore your system. You need no special devices or expensive software. DreckBak for OS/2 Hard Drive Backup/Restore Suite, only requires some space on a device that is seen by OS2 as a Drive Letter (f:). GREAT for removable media drives and large hard disks. Compression provided by Info-Zip, Two separate file integrity tests, full logging, multiple exclusion filters, full automation, great tech support, and smart-alec comments are just the beginning. See why Warp City suggests this program. ("a keeper.")

Available at the support site, BMT Micro, Hobbes, "Your local drug store...... It's from Kansas."

VyperHelp is a visual outliner and editor for creating online help for OS/2 and Windows-based systems. It generates IPF files, which can be compiled into OS/2-based HLP and INF files. It also generates WinHelp project source, including HPJ, CNT, RTF and HH files. A command-line conversion program is included, which allows conversion to and from OS/2 help and WinHelp, as well as RTF printable output.

The program allows a 30 day trial use period. During this period, it inserts promotional text at the end of each section. Registration is $49.

• nun wird die runtime von EMX 0.9D benötigt
• behoben: find-scanner sollte nun korrekt funktionieren.
• behoben: nun funktioniert auch der UMAX 610S.
• hinzugefügt: wie Anweisungen zu kompilieren sind.

The zip-file contains 3 files:

• emacs.exe - Fixed Emacs executable version 20.3.1.2
• pmemacs.exe - Concurrent PM Emacs release.
• DOC - Internal documentation file for Emacs

This release corrects several defects in the initial version.

1. You are no longer restricted to running under PM. Emacs can be invoked as a text-mode application.
2. Minimizing the Emacs PM frame now works without crashing Emacs.
3. The OS/2 clipboard is available for cut/paste.
4. The function 'insert-file-contents' now works correctly and allows the operation of RCS version control and M-x revert-buffer (among other things)

Outstanding issues revolve around better internationalisation support and various minor bug-fixes.

The Gnus newsreader works well and I'll be working on Mail support this weekend. Let me know of any bugs/problems you have.

Don Eitner, author of The 13th Floor website and enthusiast of TrueSpectra's Photo>Graphics Pro for OS/2, today released another significant upgrade to his free, open-source PGPro Scripts. Version 3.0 includes a third REXX script for creating "star burst" effects as well as several feature enhancements and bug fixes from earlier versions.

CHANGES IN V3.0
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3DShadow.cwx - Fixed a bug where cancelling the script did not return the project to its original unit of measurement as well as a bug that allowed for 0 or 1 shadow instances, which would lead to an error.

GreetingCard.cwx - Now maintains user-defined tool for card text. Also added option to emboss text.

Starburst.cwx - Creates a starburst within the current project in a user defined color. Can also size the starburst to sit snugly behind a selected text object.