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| 30.05.1999 |
| Embellish update (from Massimo Sangriso) |
| Dadaware has finally updated Embellish to version 2.02b! -> URL: http://www.dadaware.com/download_area/download_area.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| New FTE/2 (from Timo Maier) |
| Get the new compiled version for OS/2. FTE is a free VIO Editor for Linux, OS/2 and W32. First time users have to fetch and install this file first. -> URL: http://users.interact.net.au/~pmiy/ftpindex.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 29.05.1999 |
| mSQL 2.0.10 (from Yuri Dario) |
| mSQL is a small and fast SQL server. It is available for OS/2. mSQL 2.0.10 for OS/2 has been released. It is the latest release and should have fixed most problems. -> URL: http://www.quasarbbs.com/yuri -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Updated INIServe and Weasel setup (from Peter Moylan) |
Two new releases today. As usual, you can fetch them from my web site.
-> URL: http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/html/os2home.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Star Wars Logo for Escape GL for OS/2 (from Sheldon Zaharichuk) |
| Snow Storm Software has made available the Star Wars logo in 3D for use under Escape GL. Check it out in the Snow Storm Software Gallery. -> URL: http://www.snowstormsoftware.com/gallery.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Newsreader SLRN 0.9.5.6 (from Francesco Cipriani) |
| SLRN 0.9.5.6 is now available. SLRN is a nice text newsreader distributed under the Gnu Public License, ported from linux using the EMX library. -> URL: http://village.flashnet.it/~rm03703/programs/slrn -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 27.05.1999 |
| RSJ v2.78 (from Steve Wendt) |
| RSJ has been updated to v2.78. Using RSJ CD Writer you can write files and programs under OS/2 to CDROM - whether for backup, information filing or creation of multimedia titles. -> URL: http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/cd_os2.htm -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| new mpg123 DLL 1.08 (from Samuel Audet) |
What"s new!
-> URL: http://www.cam.org/~guardia/pm123.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 21.05.1999 |
| Desktop On-Call (from tsipple@us.ibm.com) |
| How would you like to remotely control your PC or server using almost any web browser? IBM"s got just the handy little utility for you: Desktop On-Call. And you can download it NOW! Desktop On-Call can be installed on OS/2 Warp, Warp Server, WorkSpace On-Demand Manager, or Windows PCs. Then, using any Java-enabled web browser, simply "point" to your PC, type in your ID and password (for security), then go ahead and control the desktop. Copy a file from your PC to your web client if you like. It"s the next best thing to being there! Desktop On-Call offers some great benefits:
-> URL: http://www.direct.ibm.com -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 19.05.1999 |
| FileBrowser Beta 10 (from Andreas Linde) |
| Version beta 10 of FileBrowser is now available. -> URL: http://en.os2.org/projects/indos2/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| new Flash/2 version (from Andreas Linde) |
| It"s getting better, buttons do sort of work, they are clickable and perform an action. Large files won"t crash system anymore. -> URL: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/internet/flash -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| new CDRecord/2 (from Andreas Linde) |
| CDRecord/2 is now available in version 1.8a22. -> URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/5785/cdrecord/cdrecordmain.htm -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| INIServe update (from Peter Moylan) |
| The second release of INIServe is now obtainable. The differences between this and the first release are:
-> URL: ftp://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/software/iniser02.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| StarOffice 5.1 is here! (from Joerg Sievers) |
| Star Division Hamburg released version 5.1 today! Features of the OS/2-Version are listed here. These are:
-> URL: http://www.stardivision.de -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| STWTV 1.08ß (from Hannig, Markus) |
| The TV-program STWTV is now available in version 1.08ß/ Build 2747. -> URL: http://home.t-online.de/home/stefan.milcke/stwtv_en.htm -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 18.05.1999 |
| PM VNC Viewer, emergency BUG FIX (from Akira Hatakeyama) |
| There was a serious bug in just released beta 0.07 of VNC viewer for OS/2 PM. Fixed this bug and released new beta 0.08. -> URL: http://www.sra.co.jp/people/akira/os2/vnc-pm/index.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| X-it 2.6 release (from Michael Shillingford) |
| Product Description: X-it is a full-featured OS/2 desktop enhancer - single click to many common actions that normally take a large number of mouse movements and clicking. Adds user defined titlebar buttons to all windows, such as close, rollup, open parent folder, and many more, including running any program. Redefine all 3 mouse buttons or Win95 keys to perform shortcuts. Snap mouse to default button, automenu selection, titlebar clock, and much more. What"s New:
-> URL: http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/xit/xit.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| TrashCan 2.7 (from Peter Kumpf) |
| There is a new version of the TrashCan-WPS-class from Kai Sommerfeld. -> URL: ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/wpstools/trshcn27.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 17.05.1999 |
| new Odin Sources (from Achim Hasenmueller) |
| A new (05/15/1999) source package of Odin (formely Win32-OS2) has been released. These can now be compiled with your VAC compiler! So everybody can start working on this great project. -> URL: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/odinsrc990516.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 16.05.1999 |
| DTB - DeskTop Backup for OS/2 (from Wayne Swanson) |
| DeskTop Backup (DTB) has just been updated with Automated backups and redundacy storage. DeskTop Backup is a simple tool that works with InfoZip"s Zip (v2.2) and Unzipsfx to build a self-extracting zipfile containing your essential desktop and other configuration information. There is no magic or slight of hand concerning it"s use and one can do the same work from the command line along with the InfoZip utilitities. DeskTop Backup merely makes it a bit more automated and will also help you decide what files may be important to archive. DTB will also help find and list important files on your drive so you are able to do a more detailed backup than the standard OS/2 system desktop archive will give you. You may add to the "suggested" file listings or do a separate setup of your own important files and directories as well. Such as? Well... maybe you want to do an archive of business correspondance or maybe back up a development directory every so often. You can do them on demand or automatically as well. Saving several distinctive backup setups to be performed on demand or automatically is easily handled by DTB. You can also scan the chosen drive for existence of suggested files whenever you feel an update of the information is needed. (new files important to your desktop may have appeared since the last setup) As usual, we try to stay away from cryptic scripts etc so "AutoStart" backups are simple point and click setups that update your situation automatically with just a mouse click. You can also save multiple archive setups and recall them at will as well as setting the scheduler to run automatically at startup to archive by "days between archives" or "day of the week". -> URL: http://www.pillarsoft.net -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| INI editor for remote system management (from Peter Moylan) |
| For some time now there has been a demand for "remote management" versions of the FtpServer and Weasel setup programs. I am now releasing a new freeware product called INIServe that goes part way towards this goal; it will let you edit any INI file on the remote machine. Specialised versions for FtpServer and Weasel will probably follow in the long run, though I haven"t yet decided where that should go on my priority list. This is a first version that is incomplete in a couple of respects, but it works "as is". I"ll follow up soon with a version that includes the missing documentation, etc. Meanwhile, I"ll be interested in any feedback that tells me what sort of demand there is for this sort of thing. This will continue to be free. I want to keep it available for other software authors who could use it as a base for their own configuration utilities. -> URL: ftp://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/software/iniser01.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| WarpNote 1.8 (from Uwe Schlenther) |
| There is a new release of WarpNote, version 1.8. This new release features a Blowfish encryption interface. The program data can now be kept in any directory, enabling the user to move it to a central position e.g. on a network server. Further enhancements have been made in notes handling, especially regarding keyboard usage and quick notes access. -> URL: http://www.geocities.com/rodeodrive/2048/warpnote.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| PM VNC Viewer update [beta 0.07] (from Akira Hatakeyama) |
| Greetings from Yokohama, Japan. I have released a new version (beta 0.07) of VNC viewer for OS/2 PM. I added some requested features and fixed some problems. New Features: Appended "-passwd password-file" option. If VNC viewer can access password file of the VNC server, this option specifies the use of the password from given file, not from password dialog. If you use this viewer with Xvnc server for OS/2, this option gives no passwd dailog to connect to local Xvnc server. Appended "-keymap keymap-file" option. Keymap-file defines maps between scan key code and VNC"s key code (X"s keysymdef). With this mapping, you can send different key code for Right/Left Shift/Control keys, or keypad keys usually not distinguished. Also, you can send NLS keys with this mapping. Fixes: When keyboard focus changed, VNC viewer adjusts Shift, Ctrl, Alt state to current state. This fixes a problem CTRL stay pressed when CTRL-ESC to change active window. But this fix sends another key event to the remote desktop, and this may cause problems on some remote applications. Also there is a problem on mouse button release. If you hold down a mouse button and release it outside window, then no mouse release was send to remote desktop, and remote application think mouse button is still pressed. Now the viewer captures mouse on button down and watches button release. -> URL: http://www.sra.co.jp/people/akira/os2/vnc-pm/index.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 15.05.1999 |
| Candybarz v1.3 beta 1 (from Arne Blankerts) |
| Many did ask for enhanced theme support in os/2. Maybe the waiting did come to an end: Candybarz v1.3 beta 1 is out and with it comes load- and changeable themes. The free netlabs-project now offers replacement of standart elements like radio-,check- and push-buttons. Warning: This is a beta-release and should not be run on a production system ! -> URL: http://www.netlabs.org/candybarz -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 12.05.1999 |
| OS/2-port of vMac available (from Arne Blankerts) |
| There is an OS/2 port of vMac (The Virtual Macintosh Emulator) available at http://www.vmac.org. It" target="_new">http://www.vmac.org">http://www.vmac.org. It is able to run up to System 7.5, and requires a valid ROM file. A utility for downloading a ROM file from a real Mac is also available at the site. -> URL: http://www.vmac.org -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| MIDI Station Sequencer Beta 2 Available (from Arne Blankerts) |
| MIDI Station Sequencer is the most advanced MIDI and now Digital Audio sequencer available for the OS/2 platform! You can download the beta version AND see some screen shots at the MIDI Station homepagehttp://www.MIDIStation.cei.nu">homepage> -> URL: http://www.MIDIStation.cei.nu -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 11.05.1999 |
| The Wall v3.30 (from Ken Kinoshita) |
| Pretty Pop Software released The Wall 3.30, 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/ *.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. This OS/2 application requires Watcom VX-REXX runtime module (VROBJ.DLL). -> URL: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/prettypop/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Jasmine 2.80 (from Ken Kinoshita) |
| Pretty Pop Software released Jasmine 2.80, today. Jasmine is the ftp front-end using the OS/2 WARP part for FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for the maintainance of your webpages. And Jasmine can copy local files to a destination directory with same functions of FTP Mode. Jasmine will only put/copy the files and directories which are changed from the last put/copy. You can also select if you want to put/copy this time such automatically selected files and folders. You may record the logs of uploaded files by either daily or monthly, too. And you can remove remote files that uploaded/copied and managed by Jasmine. This OS/2 application requires Watcom VX-REXX runtime module (VROBJ.DLL). -> URL: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/prettypop/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| ServerConfig 0.9 (from Andreas Linde) |
| A configuration util with a simple PM interface that allows you to configure Apache/2 1.3.6 and the InetPowerServer/2 0.81. -> Hobbes-Search: serverconfig09.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 09.05.1999 |
| SFX Installer (from Wayne Swanson) |
| The SFX Installer has been released for general usage. The SFX Installer offers the first one file archive/installation tool widely available on the OS/2 platform. It marries the installation tool for your software and it"s own setup tools into one friendly package for point and click installation setups that are personalized for your software. SFX allows you to build an archive in standard or self-extracting format, with or without the installer. There are no cryptic scripts to learn to write other than any setupstrings you need to place folders and icons on the desktop. The installation setup tool allows you to point and click a complete setup. When you are satisfied with how the archive should be setup you can save all the information and recall it when needed. SFX will save and retrieve as many setups as you have disk space for and will help the author of multiple programs to keep them organized. It can also be used as a general zip file distribution builder as well. The SFX Installer includes several novel details for the software distributer including:
-> URL: http://www.pillarsoft.net -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| HotJava 3.0 (from Jaime Cruz) |
| Kyle Markley was nice enough to post how OS/2 users could utilize the Linux version of Sun"s HotJava 3.0 browser under OS/2. I figured I"d use his advice and create a more "OS/2 Friendly" package. I just uploaded the file to hobbes. Unzip the package preserving the directory structure and execute the HotJava.CMD REXX program to launch. You will need the JDK 1.1.6 or higher. -> Hobbes-Search: hjb30os2.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 08.05.1999 |
| Flash/2 PlugIn (from Andreas Linde) |
| Flash/2 is an effort to build an OS/2 Version of the flash plugin for Netscape Communicator/2. At 05/08/1999 the first plugin testversion has been released. It works, but the list of things to be implemented is extremely large, so don"t get over too excited. -> URL: http://netage.nl/netage/Shockwav.nsf -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 06.05.1999 |
| emxfix01 available (from Michael Holzapfel) |
| The first fixpak for emx 0.9d is now available. emxfix01.zip is the version for developers, emxrt.zip the actual version for users. -> Hobbes-Search: emxfix01.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| RSJ update (from Andreas Linde) |
| RSJ has been updated to version 2.77. This version resolves problems with the upcoming Aurora Server and more. -> URL: http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/downos2.asp -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 05.05.1999 |
| fax103 (from Klaus Staedtler) |
| After a long period of absence from the web the only FREE OS/2 faxing solution fax is back again. It"s a refreshed version fax103.lzh, containing command line solutions for receiving and sending faxes, to make a answer machine and more. It is built by Dr.Pollack from Austria. Thanks to Dr.Pollack and Marcus Specht from buntspecht.de for finding a working solution to give Fax back to the OS/2 community. Please don"t upload fax to other servers ! -> URL: http://www.buntspecht.de/fax/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Larsen Commander (from Leif-Erik Larsen) |
| The Larsen Commander program has reached its seventh public release, which is version 0.97. Some facts about the Larsen Commander: Larsen Commander is a 32-Bit OS/2 Presentation Manager based File Manager with built in command line and scrollable console monitor. It is inspired by the grand old Norton Commander for DOS and the great File Commander/2 for OS/2. -> URL: http://home.sol.no/~leilarse/lcmd/index.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| WarpIN Alpha #4 (from Ulrich Moeller) |
| WarpIN Alpha #4 has just been released. WarpIN is intended to be the new general-purpose OS/2 installer. Alpha #4 has significant improvements, such as de-installation of archives/packages, WPS classes, CONFIG.SYS changes, and more. Also, the user interface has been improved. WarpIN is a Netlabs project. This is probably the last alpha release. I"ll throw out one or two beta versions after this before WarpIN will be available for general usage. I"d be grateful for feedback, especially from developers who have been looking for an easy-to-use, yet flexible installer. -> URL: http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0444vnd/os2.htm -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 03.05.1999 |
| New version of News Harvest (from Kingsley Turner) |
| The latest version of News Harvest is now available for download (Screenshot). News Harvest is an automatic binary news downloader for OS/2. It has been designed and built with OS/2. A Win32 port is also available. -> URL: http://www.krt.com.au/ns/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Tink Bar for Lotus Word Pro (from Sander Nyman) |
| Tink Bar for Lotus Word Pro is an EXCELLENT utility which adds a Smart Icon bar containing a variety of added functionality, and ease of use to Word Pro. Here are some of those features.
Also note that Tink Bar is not a brand new product, although I find that many Lotus Word Pro users are unaware of it. My reason for posting this information, is that many people who had the Tink Bar page bookmarked in Netscape may have lost track of Tink"s web site when the site was changed. Tink"s pages also include some VERY useful information, and links for Lotus Smart Suite users. Also check out the Fink Bar. This is yet another bar that adds functions to Word Pro. -> URL: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/tink2000/ -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| FC/2 Ver. 2.10 released (from Andreas Linde) |
| Brian Harvard has released Version 2.10 of the great FileCommander/2. -> URL: http://silk.apana.org.au/fc2.html -> Hobbes-Search: fc2_210.zip -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 02.05.1999 |
| Dialog Enhancer (from Andreas Linde) |
| Dialog Enhancer v2.18b has been released. Dialog Enhancer provides the answer to the problem of the inconsitent look of the dialog box structure on your OS/2 Warp system. The system is overhauled during a sophisticated graphical installation, and is active immediatly after reboot. Your desktop finally will look complete, dialogs will no longer be a mismatch of different fonts, icons have been added and much, much more. -> URL: http://www-student.lboro.ac.uk/~mcrsc/de/beta_dl.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| MoneyDance 2.0 is now gold!! (from Hugh McCreery) |
| If you are looking for a Quicken like Pure JAVA application, look no further than MoneyDance version 2.0. It has just been released as Gold Release. Yes it works well under OS/2 ( although the author is slightly biased twards LINUX ) :) -> URL: http://www.seanreilly.com -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| IBM Antivirus updated to AV30DL (from Klaus Staedtler) |
| Symantec has on 30.April 1999 updated IBM Antivirus to Version AV30DL. -> URL: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ibm/index.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
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