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| 31.03.1999 |
| Emacs 20.2 for OS/2 (from anonymous) |
| Emacs 20.2 for OS/2 was released a month ago. On the same page you can find some other os/2 programs like GNU ftp 1.32 for OS/2. -> URL: http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~s-osamu/Mule/20.2/em202os2.tar.gz -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| IBMAV/2 3.0 virus signature (from anonymous) |
| A new virus signature for IBMAV/2 3.0. -> URL: ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/antivirus_definitions/ibmav/av30de.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| OS/2 update manager (from Andreas Deike) |
| WarpUP! is the newest and easiest way to update any flavor of OS/2 Warp - OS/2 Warp 3.0 and up, Warp Connect and OS/2 Warp Server. Indelible Blue has put together the latest fixpacks and tools from IBM, along with popular applications and utilities in an easy-to-use browser-like interface. Not just a "dump" of files, WarpUP! analyzes your system, presents you with current system status and update options, automatically installs the options you choose, and maintains your update history for quick reference. -> URL: http://www.indelible-blue.com/ibapps/products.nsf/by partnumber/ibi20 -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| VZF 0.80.1 (from anonymous) |
| A japanese OS/2 file manager named VZF. -> URL: http://netpassport-wc.netpassport.or.jp/~wdaida/vzf/vzf0801.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 30.03.1999 |
| Mastermind v1.4 [freeware game] (from Andreas Linde) |
The latest version of Mastermind/2, v1.4, has been released . This is the implementation of the classic logic-game for OS/2. New functions are:
You may download the game, learn more about it or view some screenshots. For all programmers and all who want to become a programmer the source code is available for free, too. -> URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Port/4718/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Nihongo Yet Another OS/2 Shell 1.49 (from anonymous) |
| A famous OS/2 CMD.EXE replacement shell floating around in japan that was released a while back. Totally Free. You might need the Japanese LHA/2 2.07a also... http://www02.so-net.or.jp/~hiramatu/lha/lha2-2.07a.lzh -> URL: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA009797/warp/nyaos149.lzh -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| NetLookout updated to 2.23b (from Andreas Linde) |
| NetLookout, the internet notifier for OS/2 & Windows, has been updated to version 2.23b. This update fixes several bugs, including false notifications from E*Trade"s IPO Center and Wit Capital"s IPO page. -> URL: http://www.frugalsoft.com/lookout/download.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 29.03.1999 |
| MSWord Viewer 0.5.2 for OS/2 (from anonymous) |
| The MSWord Viewer 0.5.2 for OS/2 is released. -> URL: http://www.dd.iij4u.or.jp/~kshimz/warp/mswordview0.5.2-os2.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 28.03.1999 |
| PdfBuilder (from Andreas Linde) |
| What used to be the HTML 2 PDF project is now a PDF file creation tool. It still uses HTML as input but, the focus has changed. Now the main point is to create PDF files. HTML conversion will likely be possible but at some future point. This is the offical announcement. This is a beta/acceptance test so your feedback is very welcome. It is still shareware. The current price tag is $10 and it can be registered at the GammaTech Mall (http://www.gt-mall.com). -> Hobbes-Search: pdfbldr1.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Xvnc [X based VNC server] for OS/2 (from Andreas Linde) |
| Akira Hatakeyama successfully built Xvnc server on OS/2. He released binaries, script and patch. Combined with VNC viewer for PM, you"ll get working X environment on your PM desktop. This release is an X based VNC server, not for PM server. You cannot access the WPS/PM desktop with it. -> URL: http://http://www.sra.co.jp/people/akira/os2/xvnc/index.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 26.03.1999 |
| New AICQ [0.16] released (from Andreas Linde) |
| Pavel Nikiforov has released new version of AICQ - nice textmode ICQ client. Some bug fixed and new features added ("SwithBack", automaticaly sending messages when away,na,dnd, PipePreffix and PipePad). -> URL: ftp://ftp.intsys.ru/pub/aicq -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Stellar Frontier 0.94 (from Andreas Linde) |
| Stellar Frontier has been updated (3/23/99) to version 0.94. -> URL: http://www.stardock.com/products/sf/sf.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| pm123 mpg123 1.06 (from Andreas Linde) |
| There is a new mpg123.dll for pm123. mpg123.dll 1.06
-> URL: http://www.cam.org/~guardia/pm123.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| LodeRunner/2 (from Andreas Linde) |
| Someone made a LodeRunner game for OS/2, the docs and help are in Russian but the menu text is English.. -> URL: ftp://cad.ngasu.sci-nnov.ru/pub/OS2/lr.rar -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 25.03.1999 |
| New Warpzilla build available (from Andreas Linde) |
| The M3 level of the Mozilla web-browser is available for OS/2. This contains a high-quality HTML 4 layout and rendering engine, and early versions of bookmarks, history and Java support. Please note: this is an alpha release -- it"s not going to replace your current browser! Feedback and queries to the Warpzilla newsgroup, netscape.public.mozilla.os2, please. -> URL: http://www.mozilla.org/ -> Hobbes-Search: mozm3ish.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Apache 1.3.6 (from Andreas Linde) |
| Apache 1.3.6 has been released (3/23/99). -> URL: http://www.apache.org/dist/binaries/os2/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| VNC viewer for OS/2 PM, update [beta 006] (from Andreas Linde) |
This came in today:Greetings from Yokohama, Japan. -> URL: http://www.sra.co.jp/people/akira/os2/vnc-pm/index.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 23.03.1999 |
| Stellar Frontier 0.932 (from Andreas Linde) |
| Stardock released Stellar Frontier beta 0.932 on 3/19. -> URL: http://www.stardock.com/products/sf/sf.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 22.03.1999 |
| new Z! (from Andreas Linde) |
| The new version of Z! now has an integrated MP3-Tag editor ! -> URL: http://dink.org -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 21.03.1999 |
| PopCD! 2.05 released (from Andreas Linde) |
| Pretty Pop Software released PopCD! 2.05, today. PopCD! is `Pop Up CD-ROM/Removable media/Audio CD Object" Utility. When you insert CD-ROM/Removable media/Audio CD, PopCD! creates its object on desktop and open/play. And PopCD! ejects CD-ROM/Removable Media/Audio CD when you drag and drop object into shredder. This OS/2 application requires Watcom VX-REXX runtime module (VROBJ.DLL) and EMX runtime modules (0.9c). -> URL: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/prettypop/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| CDRecord/2 V1.8a19 avaiable! (from Andreas Linde) |
| CDRecord/2 V1.8a19 is avaiable! New with V1.8a19:
CDRecord/2 is a port of the cd-burning program cdrecord from *nix. You can burn singlesession-, multisession- or audio-cds. CDRecord/2 comes as a textmode application. CDRecord/2 only supports SCSI-recorders. The application is released under the GPL. -> URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/index.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| pm123 mpg123 update (from Andreas Linde) |
| What"s new! mpg123.dll 1.05
-> URL: http://www.cam.org/~guardia/pm123.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| ServerConfig/2 0.7 (from Andreas Linde) |
| ServerConfig/2 is a PM configuration util for Apache and the InetPowerServer/2. It also allows you to remote configure any unix/linux Apache. It includes a daemon that can be compiled under any gcc and thus allows ServerConfig/2 to receive and save configurations remotely, all from OS/2 :) -> URL: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dm898/sc -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 17.03.1999 |
| PM Diskcopy v2.4A (from Andreas Linde) |
| PM Diskcopy v2.4A has been released. You can download a copy from herehttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/BerndWetzel/PMD24E.ZIP">here>. -> URL: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/BerndWetzel/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| PMView v1.05 (from Andreas Linde) |
| PMView v1.05 has been released. You can download a copy from ftp.bmtmicro.com. The" target="_new">ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro/pmvw105.zip">ftp.bmtmicro.com. The following bugs and problems are fixed in PMView 1.05:
-> URL: http://www.pmview.com/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| McAfee 4.02 for OS/2 (from Buntspecht.de) |
| Network Associates now released the newest antivirus technology also for OS/2: the new scanner engine 4.x (for registered users; the "current version list" still says version 3.1.7 for OS/2) Highlights: - on access Scanner (it works! NAI uses SES) - graphical frontend (shows itself as "Dr Solomon" <smile>) - commandline version - seems to be faster than version 3.x. -> URL: http://www.nai.com/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| XFolder (from Andreas Linde) |
| There is an update to version 0.85. -> URL: http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0444vnd/frames/xfldr.htm -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| new Z! (from Andreas Linde) |
| A new version of Z!, a textmode mp3 player, is released. It fixes some bugs with Aurora and more ! -> URL: http://dink.org/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 15.03.1999 |
| ttp-analyze 2.2 - fast log analyzer for web server (from Andreas Linde) |
| http-analyze is a fast log analyzer for web servers. It analyzes logfiles and creates a detailed summary of the server"s access load in tabular, graphical and three-dimensional form. The OS/2 Port of version 2.2 is available now from the web. -> URL: http://www.SteffenSiebert.de/ports/http-analyze.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 14.03.1999 |
| new FileBrowser (from Andreas Linde) |
| Version beta 8 of FileBrowser is here! -> URL: http://en.os2.org/projects/indos2/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| ThermoProtect V1.19 (from Andreas Linde) |
| The new ThermoProtect V1.19 is available on the ThermoProtect Homepage. -> URL: http://www.pcenduser.com/ThermoProtect -> Hobbes-Search: tp-119.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| CheckUrl 1.4 available (from Andreas Linde) |
| CheckUrl is a Rexx program that checks URLs for validity. It can check Netscape bookmark file or any other html or text file containing URLs. CheckUrl supports http and ftp URLs. CheckURL is Freeware with source included. -> URL: http://village.flashnet.it/~rm03703/programs -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| ServerConfig/2 0.6 (from Andreas Linde) |
| ServerConfig/2 v0.6 is here. ServerConfig/2 is a PM configuration util for Apache and the InetPowerServer/2. It also allows you to remote configure any unix/linux Apache. It includes a daemon that can be compiled under any gcc and thus allows ServerConfig/2 to receive and save configurations remotely, all from OS/2 :) -> URL: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dm898/sc -> Hobbes-Search: ServerConfig06.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Updated BOCHS/2 (from Andreas Linde) |
| The BOCHS-Crew has released a new DIVE-Version of BOCHS/2. This version is 3 times faster than before. -> URL: http://www.guisoft-corp.com/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 11.03.1999 |
| Swift version 0.4 (beta) (from Andreas Linde) |
| A new betaversion of Swift, the free Flash generator, is available. -> URL: http://en.os2.org/projects/indos2/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| SafeFire Firewall v1.0 (from Andreas Linde) |
| Link Guard Solutions has released SafeFire Firewall 1.0 for OS/2. SafeFire Firewall 1.0 is a Network Address Translation / Firewall solution for OS/2. It is designed to work with any type of LAN-to-LAN connection:
-> URL: http://www.lgs.kiev.ua/ -> Hobbes-Search: sfire.zip -> FTPSearch: sfire.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| The Wall 3.27 (from Andreas Linde) |
| Pretty Pop Software released The Wall 3.27, today. The Wall changes background images and/or color at user-set intervals. You can configure each image file in such as BMP, GIF, JPG, TIF, TGA, PCX and DIB in the Wall. Choose TILE, SIZED or NORMAL during configuration. The Wall writes an extended attribute for each and displays the .BMP as configured. -> URL: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/prettypop/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Visual Age Cobol V2.2 Fixpack 2 (from Andreas Linde) |
| IBM has released Visual Age Cobol V2.2 Fixpack 2 (~115 MB). -> URL: http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/cobol/downloads.htm -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 10.03.1999 |
| Sslurp! 1.8, WWW mirroring tool (from Andreas Linde) |
| Version 1.8 of Sslurp! (formerly known as SpiderMan and WebSucker) has been released. Sslurp! can download web pages and follow all links on it plus download inline images. Retrieved data is stored on disk for later inspection using a standard web browser. -> URL: http://www.kaneff.de/~mike/sslurp/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| PGCC/2 v1.1.1 (from Andreas Linde) |
| PGCC/2 v1.1.1 has been released. PGCC/2 is a Pentium optimized version of the GNU C compiler. -> URL: http://goof.com/pcg/os2/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| MED v1.25 (from Andreas Linde) |
| MED v1.25 for OS/2 has been released. MED"s functionality is designed to be suitable for any text editing job. In addition MED provides a lot of features that support writing and compiling source code (C/C , Java, HTML, REXX, Ada, Modula2, Pascal, Fortran, X86/MC68k Assembler, Perl, Clipper, TeX etc.), that make MED a versatile IDE for any programming language. -> URL: http://www.utopia-planitia.de/indexus.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Back Again/2 Update (from Andreas Linde) |
| Updates for Back Again/2 Professional v4.00 and Back Again/2 Enterprise v4.00 are now available. This update includes an all-new utility for creating the disaster recovery diskettes. In response to the survey conducted last month, we decided to include a module slated for inclusion in a future release of Back Again/2 into v4.0i. |
| VNC Viewer Beta 5 (from Andreas Linde) |
| Akira Hatakeyama has released a new version (beta 0.05) of VNC viewer for OS/2 PM. This is a bug fixed version of a previous release (beta 0.04). CTL/ALT status windows (on title-bar) does not work correctly with programs customizing the title-bar (such as CandyBarZ, Xit!). -> URL: http://www.sra.co.jp/people/akira/os2/vnc-pm/index.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 07.03.1999 |
| Englightenment window manager ported to OS/2 (from Andreas Linde) |
| Hung-Chi Chu has ported the famous Englightenment window manager to XFree86/2. Enlightenment is one of those (formerly) Unix-only applications that the Linux advocates boast about it. The authors have a really good eye for what makes an attractive desktop, however. Check out the screen shots at http://www.enlightenment.org/. The OS/2 version has a few bugs, but otherwise it"s usable. -> URL: http://r350.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~hcchu/os2/ports/xfree86/#enlightenment -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| New version of Shape Window Library (from Andreas Linde) |
| I have released a new version of Shape (non-rectangular) Window Library. Mr. Moeller sent me patch to speed up shape window. It makes shape windows much faster and lighter. I merged this patch to the library and re-build programs using shape window (such as Osuwari Multi). If you have performace problems with older version, try it. -> URL: http://www.sra.co.jp/people/akira/os2/shapewin-e.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 06.03.1999 |
| FortranPlus (from Buntspecht.de) |
| Mensys Online is selling a FortranPlus for PC also for OS/2: price US $ 615.41. -> URL: http://shop.mensys.nl/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| SciTech MGL 4.5 beta 1 for OS/2! (from Kendall Bennett) |
| Hi All, We have finally wrapped up the MGL 4.5 beta 1 source archives, and am in the process of uploading them to our ftp site. This version supports 32-bit DOS, OS/2, Linux and QNX development. You can download the files from the following location: ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/devel/beta Please download the "readme.txt" file first, which explains which files you will need to download from the ftp site. We are only providing the complete sources along with the necessary binary files to build the sources (such as pre-compiled versions of dmake and nasm), so you will need to build all the files yourself. This beta release will work with the VGA and VBE 1.2/2.0/3.0 BIOS (on all supported platforms!), as well as our SciTech Nucleus device drivers. We will be making a SciTech Nucleus beta driver available for testing purposes shortly (hopefully tomorrow) that can be used under all OS"es. Discussions about the beta should be directed to the following newsgroup: news://news.scitechsoft.com/scitech.mgl.developer NOTE: The files are in transit at the moment, so don"t start downloading them until they are all uploaded! -> URL: http://www.scitechsoft.com/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 05.03.1999 |
| Another RSJ update (from Andreas Linde) |
| There is now an update for RSJ to version 2.76 online. -> URL: http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| NetBeans (from Buntspecht.de) |
| A Java IDE written in Java. Right now there are several versions, they differ in the support of the java version and swing. -> URL: http://www.netbeans.com/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 04.03.1999 |
| Version 1.01 of PmAs released (from Andreas Linde) |
| PmAs is a set of astronomy programs for the presentation manager which may be freely used by anybody for private or scientific purposes. The new version includes together with a number of bug fixes also some real improvements. Check out the URL below ! -> URL: http://www.datacomm.ch/cobo -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 02.03.1999 |
| PhotoTiger 2.00 (from Buntspecht.de) |
| PhotoTiger 2.00 is finished. Here some enhancements: - PNG support - drawing lines with stamp or brush - new colordialog (RGB and HSB) - passive "Drag and Drop" - creation of tiled pictures out of several pictures -gamma for viewing and printing - easy scanner functions (with SANE) - dithern with 1Bit black/white -> URL: http://www.phototiger.com/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 01.03.1999 |
| LyX/2 1.0.0 (from Andreas Linde) |
| LyX/2, a revolutionary word processor combining the ease of use of an intuitive user interface with the power of Tex/LateX to provide professional output ready for publication and aiming at the highest international layout and typesetting standards. Throw away your old typewriter-like text processor and produce easily texts conforming to the standards of the American Mathematical Society, IEEE, American Physical Society, Springer Scientific Editors, european typesetting standards, DIN Brief standards, US film industry, SGML, American Institute of Physics, American Optical Society, italian letter standards, etc., etc. that are already professionally typeset for immediate publication and distribution. Or modify one of the existing layout templates for your own purposes. This package bundles additional installation documentation, tools, tips and tricks, that are hard to find elsewhere. It is free. -> Hobbes-Search: lyx100p.zip -> FTPSearch: lyx100p.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| RSJ Writer update (from Andreas Linde) |
| There"s a new update to the RSJ Writer software for CDR"s and CDRW"s (ver. 2.74) available. -> URL: http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
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