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29.09.2000
bzip/2 1.0.1 (last one) (from Eugene Kazarinov)
TEAM OS/2 Russia brings you a OS/2 Port of bzip-1.0.1, which is a block-sorting file compressor. Version 1.0.1. This is last version at this moment.

-> URL: http://teamos2.ru/files/bzip2-1.0.1-emx.zip
-> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

Systray/2 1.0 beta 1 (from Konstantin Okounkov)
Russian Team OS/2 are glad to announce Systray/2 1.0 beta 1. In this version new features in TaskBar was added:
  • Minimizing already active window when switching via SystrayTaskbar and highliting current active window (like Old/First Systray)
  • 'Minimize All' feature added.
  • Systray is what we deal with when we work with operating systems Windows '95/98/NT. Actually besides task switcher it is a convenient utility called system tray. Tray is a section of the screen assigned for the programs not seen in the screen at the moment but active and performing an operation which the user can control through the tray. If you can't get Systray/2 from our site, download it from Hobbes (Beta 1 version was uploaded to Hobbes/incoming today). We're invite OS/2 developers to support our system tray in their programms!

    -> URL: http://os2.ru/projects/systray/index.shtml.en
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    skinable look & feel for Java's Swing (from Carsten Hintz)
    I have asked here in discussion forum some times ago for interest of a Warp 4 look&feel and wanted to write it, if it is not available, to have less view differences between Java-applications and OS/2-applications on the desktop. After a quick search in the net I can say that is already a possibility available to do exact this:
    A skinable look&feel for Swing you can give GTK/KDE-themes as input! You can use a Warp 4-like GTK-theme or also an "Aqua"-theme (Mac) - everything you want and have this look&feel in Swing. Themes you can download under http://gtk.themes.org/. For example: http://gtk.themes.org/themes.phtml?cattype=inc&disptype=trad&numthemes=0&boxhide=1&themetxt=warp. It works with Swing 1.1.x / JDK 1.1.x that means also with the 'old' JDK and also with the New JDK 1.3! Now it is possible to have the same look&feel in X11-applications and also in Java Swing applications!

    -> URL: http://www.L2FProd.com/software/skinlf/index.html
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    28.09.2000
    Smartcache 0.47 (from Klaus Staedtler)
    Radim Kolar has released Smartcache 0.47. Smart Cache is full featured proxy cache server. It can be also used as replacement for your browser's internal diskcache. If you do it, you will have faster, more anonymous and offline browsing available. Program is written using Java language, it can run under Windows, Linux, OS/2 and probably other operation systems. There are also many more Java Programs on this page.

    -> URL: http://home.worldonline.cz/~cz210552/
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    27.09.2000
    StockMarket/2 v1.1 (from Dimitris 'sehh' Michelinakis)
    StockMarket/2 is a PM util which monitors stocks over the Internet. It's using my port of libstocks, which I've converted to a REXX DLL. Anyone interested to use this DLL in their own application is free to do so, but contact me first to receive some documentation how to do so.

    -> URL: http://www.michelinakis.gr/Dimitris/stockmarket11.zip
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    OS/2-port of pxtools-0.0.11 (from Eugene Kazarinov)
    TEAM OS/2 Russia brings you a port of pxtools-0.0.11, which is a set of utilites dealing with Paradox files. One of them, pxinfo, dumps some info about file, and other two, pxsqldump and pxcsvdump, dumping database in corresponding SQL and CSV statements.

    -> URL: http://teamos2.ru/files/pxtools-0.0.11-emx.zip
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    SysInfo/2 0.63 (from Alexey Smirnov)
    SysInfo/2 project is updated again. Now, with the kindly help of all users, who send author a feedback, many errors and misspelling were corrected. SysInfo/2 ver. 06.63 now is tested to work with all OS/2 KERNELs from IBM TESTCASE. A list of all errors and bugs that were corrected you can find here. SysInfo/2 ver. 0.63 is available to download from HOBBES or from project homepage.

    -> URL: http://os2.ru/projects/sysinfo/indexeng.shtml
    -> Hobbes-Search: sysinfo063.zip
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    25.09.2000
    Polarbar 1.17b (from Peter Lueersen)
    The platform independent Java mailclient Polarbar (aka JStreetMailer) has been updated to version 1.17b.

    -> URL: http://www.polarbar.org
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    Jikes for OS/2 v1.12 (from Leslie Kishalmi)
    I have finished the port of jikes (an extremly fast native Java compiler) to OS/2. This OS/2 port supports system codepage to unicode converter. The new 1.12 version is now smaller and faster.



    -> Hobbes-Search: jikes.zip
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    24.09.2000
    Resizer (e.g. for Entrepreneur, Hopkins FBI) (from Darrell Spice, Jr)
    I recently began to run my 19" monitor at 2048x1536 using the SciTech Display Doctor(SDD) driver. Everything works great, the higher dpi hides OS/2's lack of anti-aliased font support.
    However playing Entrepreneur became a hassle. Entrepreneur opens with a 640x480 image that is too small to be able to play. Entrepreneur will correctly scale the game if the window is maximized, but the game runs too slowly when pushing that many pixels. Entrepreneur's window resizing is disabled, so I was stuck with a game that was either to small to see or too slow to play.
    With a tip from Brad Barclay, I wrote a program that finds the Entrepreneur window, and then resizes that window. The final version of Resizer allows you to specify window and size multiplier. Now it works great with other programs such as Hopkins FBI. Program and source code are available.

    -> URL: http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/programminginfo.html
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    RxStartx (XFree86/2 startup script enhancer) (from Platon Fomichev)
    RxStartx is a collection of REXX scripts that will allow you to start XFree86/2 up to 2 times faster and will allow you to do lots of tweaking during both startup and shutdown. As it really speeds up X loading it is a must-have thing for X/2 users. The man to praise for this useful tool is Alex Samorukov, samm@os2.ru.
    Main features of RxStartx:
    • more quickly launches XFree86 than startx does (makes no pause after xserver start)
    • before xserver launching it checks availability of the X11 port
    • includes internal support for FONT server
    • is simple in configuring and written on REXX which allows adopting it for your special needs.


    -> URL: http://os2.ru/materials/xfree86/rxstartx.shtml.en
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    23.09.2000
    MS WinWord 6/95/97/2000 to HTML conversion tool 0.5.44 (from Eugene Kazarinov)
    TEAM OS/2 Russia brings you a port of Microsoft WinWord 6/95/97/2000 to HTML conversion tool. Version 0.5.44. Use it for free.

    -> URL: http://teamos2.ru/files/wv-0.5.44-emx.zip
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    22.09.2000
    Jasmine 3.00a with portuguese language support (from Ken Kinoshita)
    New package file for Jasmine 3.00a (jsm300ar.zip) is available at Pretty Pop homepage. Binary file is not changed.

    -> URL: http://www.prettypop.net/
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    21.09.2000
    JBuilder (Java IDE) runs on OS/2 (from Joerg Sievers)
    Under the nick 'zac' somebody published a package on hobbes which allows you to run Bolrand's (Inprise) JBuilder Java-IDE. Just look into the .cmd-file included in the package where you have to store the other two files and you can start JBuilder. Requirements: Java JDK 1.3

    -> Hobbes-Search: jbuilderos2.zip
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    icqsend port 0.06pre (from Eugene Kazarinov)
    This is OS/2 Port of icqsend-0.06pre, which is tool for sending icq messages using command line interface to one or more receivers.

    -> URL: http://teamos2.ru/files/icqsend-0.06pre-emx.zip
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    SIO drivers Beta 009b (from Roderick Klein)
    Look on www.gwinn.com and download the new beta! This in the history.txt:

    09-16-00 - Beta 009b

    Well boys and girls this is really not a new beta, it is a re-release
    of the 009/009a code to see if anything got broken during my two year
    burn out sabbatical.

    However, what I need to know is what problems are occurring.
    PLEASE SEND REPORTS TO sio2k@gwinn.com.

    There are some big changes coming in the next (real) beta release. I
    have finally figured out how to automatically determine (at boot
    time) if com.sys is loaded and what ports it is servicing. This is
    not as simple as one might think.

    Anyhow, having this knowledge (about com.sys) at boot time will allow
    sio2k to configure more automatically. The only thing that I will now
    need in a config file is legacy ISA stuff. So, a completely changed,
    and greatly simplified, config file is coming in a near future
    release.

    I have also contacted manufactures of PCI serial cards for
    information, so support for more serial cards is coming. If you want
    to help see PCI.TXT.

    I am going to drop the Hayes ESP support. There is too much work to
    do for a board that is 5 years out of manufacturing. If you like the
    ESP, many of the newer PCI cards are just as good.

    I am going to do away with the key file. I decided that no matter
    how hard I try, someone is going the figure it out and release a hack
    to get around it.

    Vmodem.sys will be changed so that the number of virtual modems to be
    supported will be specified in its command line, and not in a config
    file (as it now is done).

    So, if my burn out is truly over, as I think it is, sio2k may finally
    get to release. I need the money too. :-)


    -> URL: http://www.gwinn.com
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    Back Again/2000 2.10d (from Klaus Lehmann)
    Since Sept,12 2000 are two update-files for the backup-product from CDS-INC Back Again/2000 (for workstation and/or server) available, both approx 1007kb/1007kb.

    -> URL: http://www.cds-inc.com/whatsnew.html
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    RSJ CD Writer for OS/2 3.0.8 (from Joerg Bergmann)
    The RSJ-CD-Writer-Software for OS/2 included some bugfixes and is now on level 3.0.8.

    -> URL: http://www.rsj.de
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    20.09.2000
    Systray/2 1.0 alpha6 (from Konstantin Okounkov)
    Russian Team OS/2 has released Systray/2 1.0 alpha 5 (by Dmitry Zakharov):
    • all sources included!
    • "future plans" included
    • Toolbar now support Drag & Drop with file objects. (SOM/WPS objects aren't support yet )
    • monochrome icons bug caused systray/2 trap
    • small bugs with graphics.
    Systray is what we deal with when we work with operating systems Windows '95/98/NT. Actually besides task switcher it is a convenient utility called system tray. Tray is a section of the screen assigned for the programs not seen in the screen at the moment but active and performing an operation which the user can control through the tray.

    -> URL: http://os2.ru/projects/systray/index.shtml.en
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    PMdisk 1.08 (from Klaus Staedtler)
    Daniel Valot has added a tool to his homepage PMDISK.EXE ; this is a disk editor, partition editor, binary file editor... The ZIP archive includes 16 bit and 32bit versions.

    -> URL: http://dvalot.free.fr/tools.htm
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    Programm Commander 2.19e Beta (from Klaus Staedtler)
    Roman Stangl has released PC/2 2.19e Beta. If you are familiar with the LaunchPad for OS/2 Warp, then imagine PC/2 as a similar program for OS/2 Presentation Manager (but not requiring the WPS to be running), with much more powerful features.

    -> URL: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/7885/PC2/DownloadPC2Beta.html
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    19.09.2000
    Connect/2 7.6.6 (from Konstantin Okounkov)
    Russian Team OS/2 are glad to announce Connect/2 version 7.6.6 (OS/2 version by Alex Trunov). In this version:
    • implemented word hyphenation (for Russian and English languages)
    • user archiver "IBM DSK Image" from Dmitry A. Kuminov
    • added HA archiver description.
    Connect/2 is a Borland-style integrated environment application:
    • Multi-window mutlifunctional text editor capable of processing files
    • Multi-window HEX editor;
    • Text viewer and HEX viewer
    • File Manager which looks much like the Norton Commander but is at least twice as powerful
    • External mutlifunctional application executor
    • Keyboard macro editor and player
    • Clipboard window
    • Miscallaneous tools (programmer's calculator, alarm clock, ASCII table, calendar)
    • Context-sensitive help system.


    -> URL: http://os2.ru/projects/connect/english.shtml
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    18.09.2000
    Dialog Enhancer Public Beta (from Dialog Enhancer support)
    A new (open) beta release of Dialog Enhancer for OS/2 Warp (4.00 +) has been released. The release has the following changes:
    • New MouseSmart application that allows improved configuration of mouse speeds and accelerations
    • Vastly improved OS/2 networking support
    • Performance improvements to the installer application
    • Many bug fixes for 3rd party applications
    • Support for the current release of XWorkPlace
    • IBM Thinkpad docking enhancements
    • Installer option for a more uniform file open/save dialog
    Comments are very welcome through the new Dialog Enhancer web site feedback form.

    -> URL: http://www-student.lboro.ac.uk/~mcrsc/ostrans.html
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    Update of OS/2 CD-ROM 0.7 (from Z. Kadar)
    Update CD 0.7 with support for Netware Requester 2.12 and WSeb Fixpak 1 has been released. Aligned with Warp 4 Fixpak 14 and Device Driver Fixpak 2. Fixed bug with incorporating TCP/IP Fixpak UN_0980. With UpdCD you can integrate public IBM fixes and updates into your OS/2 Warp 4 and WSeB CD-ROM.

    -> URL: http://xenia.sote.hu/~kadzsol/rexx/sajat/updcd.htm
    -> Hobbes-Search: updcd07.zip
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    Tequila 1.0 (from Frank Wochatz)
    PM - tool for Mesa2 from Sundial Systems, Inc. Features:
    • autofilter for rows and columns
    • precise sizing of rows and columns
    • advanced zoomfunction
    . Requirements: OS/2, Mesa v2.3, REXX. The Programm is eMailware!

    -> URL: http://www.subsys.de/index2.htm
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    16.09.2000
    Jasmine 3.00 (from Ken Kinoshita)
    Pretty Pop Software released Jasmine 3.00. Jasmine is the ftp front-end using of the OS/2 WARP genuine part for FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for the maintainances of your webpages. And Jasmine can copy local files to destination directory with same functions of FTP Mode. Jasmine will put/copy the files and directories, only which are changed or altered 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 require Watcom VX-REXX runtime module (VROBJ.DLL). Update topics are... Version 3.00 (16.Sep.2000):
    1. Add `Log Viewer'.
    2. Change specification of log file name.
    3. Reinforce `Language Support'.
    4. Include `deutsch.lng' file.
    5. Other minor parts were also modified.


    -> URL: http://www.prettypop.net/
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    Cinema/2 0.2.5 (from Timo Maier)
    Cinema/2 - V0.2.5, a freeware TV-Application for OS/2. It needs Hauppauge Win-TV Card and wcast driver. Author: Carsten Tenbrink.

    -> URL: http://www.ctlab.de
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    libstocks-0.5 client (from Eugene Kazarinov)
    TEAM OS/2 Russia ported to OS/2 libstocks-0.5 client, which is a stock quotes retrieval tool. Please read README file for more info. It's FREEWARE.

    -> URL: http://teamos2.ru/files/libstocks-0.5.0-emx.zip
    -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ]

    Memsize 4.0 Beta (from Klaus Staedtler)
    Rick Papo has updated the Memsize 4.0 beta. Changes since 25 July 2000:
    • The display of Gigabytes is now configurable, much as the display of Megabytes or Kilobytes.
    • Fixed conflict with RSJ Software's CD-Writer program.
    • Added [Validate], [Accept] and [Reset] buttons to the e-mail server and user definition page. This page no longer passes its changes directly to the runnin application (that caused problems).


    -> URL: http://people.mw.mediaone.net/rpapo/beta.html
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    PDFLIB 3.02 ported to OS/2 (from Klaus Staedtler)
    Thanks to Serge Sterck the PDFLIB 3.02 has been ported to OS/2, the package also includes zlib 1.1.3, tifflib 3.5.5, lpng 1.0.8. Hope we gonna see lot's of PDF - enabled software soon.

    -> Hobbes-Search: pdflib302.zip
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    14.09.2000
    SysInfo/2 0.60 (from Alexey Smirnov)
    SysInfo/2 project updated up to ver. 0.60. Here is a list of corrected errors:
    • On Network page an error was corrected in determine multiple protocols for one card. ;-))
    • On Network page - now an IP address and Net Mask are shown in tree view for all adapters if TCP/IP is bound to them.
    • If IP address is obtaining over DHCP - now it will be shown (experimental - will work only if TCPIP 32 bit stack is installed. The information is received via TCPIP32.DLL ioctl() call )
    • "EListError" during startup on some systems - corrected, now if SysInfo/2 is unable to open NIF or Protocol description file - user will be prompted about it.
    • ETC, IBMCOM and MPTN path detection algorithm improved.
    • Fixpack level corrected for KERNEL ver. 14.045 and higher.
    • New Video adapters are added (almost all known S3 chips).
    • And also many, many bugs and some misspelling are corrected too.


    -> URL: http://www.os2.ru/projects/sysinfo/indexeng.shtml
    -> Hobbes-Search: sysinfo060.zip
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    Newcalls 1.04 Installer refreshed (from Carsten Arnold)
    This program is a patch for pmmerge.dll. It speeds up writing to the ini-files which reduces the time the wps is blocked during ini-refresh. The program is freeware.
    Once again the installer has been updated. Now the file-date of the pmmerge.dll is preserved to ensure this file is updated if a fixpack is applied. Upgrading an existing newcalls.dll was aborted since the dll was locked. Now the installer unlocks it


    -> URL: http://home.t-online.de/home/C.Arnold/newcalls104.zip
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    13.09.2000
    DSK4PM 1.61 (from Klaus Staedtler)
    Daniel Valot has released DSK4PM 1.61 DSK4PM is a PM-Utility to build disks from images (e.g. the *.dsk format of the fixpaks) The v1.61 fixes a poroblem I've had with Matrox 2.36 drivers and FP12/14 for Warp 4 ( other FP's didn't show the error).

    -> URL: http://dvalot.free.fr/
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    Mozilla: First 'nightly build' (from Mike Kaply)
    Mike Kaply is going to put the nightly builds of mozilla at the IBM FTP until they get the mirroring set up. This is a USE AT YOUR OWN RISK build. No installer. Just unzip it in a directory.

    -> URL: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/warpzilla/mozilla-i386-pcos2-vacpp-2000-09-12.zip
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    Dragen FTP v1.2 (from Keith Cotroneo)
    Dragen FTP v1.2 is now available for download. Additions/changes to the program since version 1.0 include:
    • added paypal registration through the dragen web site
    • improved sticky site command. The sticky site feature sends a site command to the designate host each time dragen contacts the server.
    • fixed some continuous polling problems with the Get To option in the remote menu.
    • added Get All command. This is not finished. It is the beginning of a recursive routine to download an entire directory tree. Currently, all it does is get all the files in the current directory for a unix server.
    • improved support for os/2 ftpd - added mouse double click change directory
    • improved support for Windows_NT ftpd - added mouse double click change directory
    • upgraded get2 to v1.32, several bug fixes
    Please send suggestions for improvement to: cotroneo@stny.rr.com.

    -> URL: http://cotroneo.dyndns.org
    -> Hobbes-Search: dragen12.zip
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    Windriver 4.40 for OS/2 (from Martin Iturbide)
    Jungo has released (not sure when) 4.40 version of Windriver for OS/2. Windriver is a device driver development tool (ISA/PCI) that is OS portable. A driver made with Windriver can easyly be ported to any of the supported platforms. "One code - Any platform!". Get a trial version at http://www.jungo.com/dnload.html.

    -> URL: http://www.jungo.com/os2.html
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    UDMSearch for OS/2 (from Konstantin Okounkov)
    The russian Team OS/2 is glad to anounce the first release of UDMSearch OS/2 binaries by Platon Fomichev. Stable and devel version are available on our FTP. UDMSearch is a full-featured SQL based web search engine. Further informations you find here.

    -> URL: ftp://ftp.os2.ru/pub/os2/internet/udmsearch/
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    11.09.2000
    MAMERun beta 6 (from Jason R Stefanovich)
    I have just uploaded beta 6 of MAMERun and the source code to the MAMERun home page.Whats New Beta 6:
    • Added code to verify correct path for MAME.exe
    • Added checking for ROM Sets
    • Now asks user if they want clones listed in Hotlist
    • Updated About message and added mailto: button
    • Will now recreate MAMERun.cfg if it does not exist
    • MAMERun bitmaps are now embedded resources
    • Added error log viewing
    • Added readme viewing
    • Minor interface changes
    • Fixed some minor bugs
    • Checked for compatibility with latest release of MAME (v.37b7)
    • Checked for compatibility with OS/2 4.5 (FP13 and higher)
    MAMERun is a FREEWARE PM front end for the DOS version of MAME (Multi. Arcade Machine Emulator). A front end is a program that makes it easier for the user to interface with his application, which usually has a command line interface. MAME is a very popular emulator that allows you to run thousands of classic arcade games on your PC (if you own the ROMs). The Official (and very good) OS/2 PM port of MAME was done by Marty Amodeo and is at: http://emuos2.vintagegaming.com/. Requirements:
    • OS/2
    • MAME for DOS (I used version .37 beta 7)
    • DOS Support installed
    • RexxUtil
    • IBM joystick device driver (for joystick support, download from hobbes or DDPAK)
    • Use one of the enhanced joystick drivers for best performance (available at Hobbes)
    • ROMs (DO NOT ASK ME FOR, OR WHERE TO GET ROMS!!)


    -> URL: http://home1.gte.net/stefanj/mamerun.htm
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    Guiffy 1.4 (from Bill Ritcher)
    Guiffy is a visual source file compare/merge tool implemented entirely in 1.2 Java/Swing. Guiffy features 2-way Interactive and 3-way Smart merging interfaces. Guiffy is available(and has been tested) for OS/2. It comes complete with full-featured JavaHelp. Release 1.4 features enhancements for SubFolder(recursive) compares and a new Save As RCS diff File command.

    -> URL: http://www.guiffy.com
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    Excel to HTML & PowerPoint to HTML conversion tool 0.2.7.2 (from Eugene Kazarinov)
    TEAM OS/2 Russia is proud to anounce the first release of conversion tool from Excel 95/97 [version 0.2.7.2] and PowerPoint 95/97 file to highly optimized HTML. It is ported from Unix and you need emx to run it.

    -> URL: http://teamos2.ru/files/xlhtml-0.2.7.2-emx.zip
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    ConfigTool 0.96 (from Klaus Staedtler)
    ConfigTool is CONFIG.SYS editor with searchable database which explains the entries, sort and checking routines, boot/recovery options and suggestions for optimization. CFGTOOL.DAT database is based on OS2CFG11.DAT for ConfigInfo 4.0 by Rick Meigs. All entries from the CM2CFG.DAT for ConfigMaint/2 are also included, as some of the howto.dat. New in version 0.96:
    • Language: English, Croatian, German, Swedish
    • drag & drop fonts and colours
    • expanded Cfgtool.dat (902 entries)
    • expanded and corrected Cfgtool.chk
    Authors: Goran Ivankovic and Klaus Staedtler.

    -> URL: http://redrival.com/os2util/index.htm
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    Gnuplot 3.8c with mouse support (from Klaus Staedtler)
    Petr Mikulik has released precompiled binaries of the Current development version of Gnuplot 3.8c.

    -> URL: http://www.sci.muni.cz/~mikulik/gnuplot/gp38c-Sept6-os2bin.zip
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    ColEm 1.0.0 (from Darrell Spice)
    ColEm is a Coleco Vision emulator written by Marat Fayzullin. ColEm/2 is the OS/2 port done by Darrell Spice, jr. Version 1.0.0 features:
    • Migrated OS/2 source to current core release
    • Improved throttle routine for faster machines
    • New status box, title bar no longer used for status info
    • ColEm File Selection Dialog now starts out in the ROMS directory, if present
    • Joystick routines now save calibration info in COLEM.INI file
    ColEm/2 can be downloaded from the new ColEm/2 homepage.

    -> URL: http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/colem.html
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    08.09.2000
    Virtual Pascal v2.1 Public Beta (from Carsten Strotmann)
    A public beta of Virtual Pascal v2.1 is now available for download from the web site (http://www.vpascal.com) - and it's Free, just like the release version will eventually be.
    VirtualPascal is one of the best pascal compiler for OS/2, Win32, Dos32(DPMI) and Linux (coming). It's a great Tool for new projects (fast and lean code) and the best for porting Dos Turbo Pascal and Delphi Code. Try it.

    -> URL: http://www.vpascal.com
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    PDFtoHTML (from Konstantin Okounkov)
    PDFtoHTML utility (PDF to HTML and PostScript) version 0.22 and 0.30 have been released by Dmitry Vereshaka. "Devel" version0.30 (unix-port) is more unstable than 0.22. Of course, You can use ps2pdf and pdf2ps utilities from GSView too.

    -> URL: ftp://ftp.os2.ru/pub/os2/convert_textutil/
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    07.09.2000
    AnyJ 2.0.5 JAVA IDE (from Paulo Dias)
    The AnyJ JAVA IDE version 2.0.5 is now available for download

    -> URL: http://www.netcomputing.de
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    06.09.2000
    Smartsuite 1.5.1 now for all supported languages (from Klaus Staedtler)
    Lotus has finished the Update 1.5.1 for the Smartsuite 1.5 now for all supported languages (english, german, french, spanish, brazilian portuguese, danish, italian, dutch).



    -> URL: http://www.lotus.com/home.nsf/welcome/smartsuiteos2
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    05.09.2000
    Warpster Alpha 14 (from Andreas Linde)
    Brian Havard released the new alpha version 14 (2000/09/03) of Warpster.
    Warpster is a Napster client for OS/2 Warp 4 PM. It contains all the features required for file downloading and sharing. It also supports basic messaging and chat room functions. Remaining features will be implemented in order of popularity so let me know what you'd like to see the most.

    Whats new:
    • Fix adding user to friends list from transfer list.
    • Allow sorting search results by nick.
    • Report name of faulty file in upload directory.
    • If a push download fails during initialization, don't leave a 'pending' entry in the transfer list.
    • Support full range of audio MPEG types, V1,2,2.5 Layer 1,2,3


    -> URL: http://silk.apana.org.au/warpster/
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    NetRexx 2.0 (from Onno Tesink)
    NetRexx has been updated to version 2.0.
    NetRexx is a human-oriented programming language which makes writing and using Java classes quicker and easier than writing in Java.

    From the web page:
    The highlights of this release are:
    • The NetRexx interpreter, which allows programs and classes to be run without being compiled
    • The -prompt option, which allows sub-second compilation and interpretation of NetRexx programs
    • An expanded, reworked, and indexed User's Guide, available in both HTML and PDF formats
    • An updated Language Overview, available in both HTML and PDF formats
    • Revised packaging, including shell scripts for Linux, which makes installation and use easier.


    -> URL: http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/netrexx
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    PM123 1.1 beta 2 (from Samuel Audet)
    PM123 is a feature rich mp3-player. It supports features like Skin, Visual, Decoder, Output and Filter Plug-in support allowing for major extendibility. Also 8-bit sound cards, sound device sharing and HTTP Streaming Support, including SHOUTcast and icecast (including Title Streaming), Playlist Management and much more functions are included.

    What's new!
    • Song information from the decoder is now loaded in playlist.
    • Server name and genre are now loaded in playlist.
    • Streaming title is up and running!
    • Fixed possible crash on corrupted playlists.
    • Reduced flickering when resizing and moving playlist, playlist manager and other windows.
    • Implemented bookmark system! Bookmarks are loaded in the main menu directly, making them easy to use.
    • Root directories can now be loaded from the file dialog kludge.
    • Loaded directories using the file dialog kludge are now saved.
    • Defaults and Undo do not double plug-ins entries anymore, although they still do not do anything useful for plug-ins.
    • Added "Save stream" in main menu to save data on disk before it is decoded.
    • Comments from songs are now loaded in the main window.
    • Fixed inconsistency problem when stopping song in playlist and pressing play again.
    • Fixed tracking problems for plug-ins configure dialog.
    • Added new wavout.dll plug-in.
    • Different output plug-ins can now be activated.
    • Increased stack size.
    • Trying to open various dialogs now get focus when they are already opened.
    • Fixed loading Songname in playlist.
    • Fixed loading/playing songs using the pipe.
    • Fixed annoying crash in OS2AUDIO.DLL.
    • Fixed analyzer first and last band (although they don't really show)
    • Changed pm123.ini format, now uses safe OS/2 INI APIs.
      ***DELETE YOUR OLD INI FILE!!***
    • Last .EQ file loaded are now reloaded on startup.
    • Changed .EQ file format. Now saves the gain in floating point value, instead of system dependent pixel slider values.
    • Visual plug-ins with cx or cy smaller or equal to 0 will no longer be deinit and reinit when changing main window size (tiny, small, normal).
    • Load Track dialog now keeps in memory last drive used and automatically refreshes.
    • CD Tracks can now be loaded in the playlist.
    • analyzer.dll does not crash anymore if DIVE cannot be allocated.
    • Playlist entry emphasis is no longer changed on each entry added to the playlist.
    • "*volume" pipe command now also returns the current volume.
    • fixed +/- keyboard volume hotkeys
    • relative paths to plug-ins in skins are now relative to pm123.exe
    • mpg123.dll 1.10 in pm123 1.1 beta 2 with lots of bugfixes and new features
    • New realeq.dll with MMX (!!) support and lots more

    More info can be found here.

    -> URL: http://www.cam.org/~guardia/archives/pm123-1_1-beta2.zip
    -> Hobbes-Search: pm123-1_1-beta2.zip
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    03.09.2000
    InJoy PPPoE Client 1.0 (from F/X Communications)
    Specialized to task, the InJoy PPPoE Client is designed to offer dedicated PPP over Ethernet access. PPPoE is a standard for running the PPP protocol over Ethernet and a number of the large broadband ISP's have adopted this technology for xDSL.

    This is the official announcement:
    The InJoy PPPoE is specifically optimized for broadband access. It's easy-to-use, totally non-crippled and can be evaluated nag-free. It initially ships for only $25 per copy.

    For users that require Firewall security, Internet sharing or VPN features, a zero-loss upgrade path to the InJoy Firewall is available.

    InJoy PPPoE Features:
    • Easy installation.
    • 32bit multithreaded PM user interface.
    • ASCII based user interface for the experts.
    • Multiple ISP profiles.
    • Connect at startup, on demand or manually.
    • Disconnect on Idle timeout, Session timeout, or manually.
    • Re-connect automatically.
    • Detection of broken connections.
    • Bandwidth & link monitors for the connection./li>
    • Diagnostics via message log and screen output.
    • IPTRACE and IPFORMAT support.
    • Sound alerts to be notified when connection is down.
    • Sustained high performance.
    • Shares look & feel with the InJoy Firewall for easy upgrading.
    • Extensive documentation.
    • Zero-loss upgrade path to the InJoy Firewall.


    ISP Compatibility:
    The PPPoE Client has been successfully tested for compatibility with a range of the large PPPoE capable ISPs, including:
    • Sympatico
    • German T-Online
    • Telecom Italia Network (Tin)
    • Earthlink
    • Bell Nexxia
    • Pacific Bell
    • Mindspring
    • Bell Atlantic
    • Escape Communications


    -> URL: http://www.fx.dk/pppoe
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    NewCalls v1.03 (Update) (from Carsten Arnold)
    NewCalls is now available in version 1.03.
    A description of the tool by Carsten Arnold:
    NewCalls is a patch for the pmmerge.dll. It increases the perfomance for INI-write-actions. This reduces the blockade of WPS during INI-writes.

    The file PMMERGE.DLL opens the INI files with the flag OPEN_FLAGS_WRITE_THROUGH which has the consequence that these files are written uncached to the HD, so that the WPS is blocked partially quite a long while. IBM made for exaggerated safety reasons, in my opinion that is not necessary.

    This Tool goes back on an idea from Peter Fitzsimmons.

    At this the module entry DOSCALLS will replaced in pmmerge.dll by NEWCALLS. The NEWCALLS.DLL contains so-called Forwarder on all functions in DOSCALLS except DOS32OPEN, this function its by own _DOS32OPEN replaced. If opening files, _DOS32OPEN removes the flag OPEN_FLAGS_WRITE_THROUGH and calls then DOS32OPEN in DOSCALLS.

    I wrote now a Installer and shortened the file NEWCALLS.DLL somewhat (no, there now nothing is missing;-)).

    Supplementary product like DLLRNAME are more necessary.

    In this version is a bug in the installer removed. If newcalls.dll already exist (e.g. after FP), the installation breaks.
    Another correction on installer again. On any, seeming mainly on not german systems, occurs a SYS1808 while running install.exe

    The program is Freeware.

    -> URL: http://home.t-online.de/home/C.Arnold/e
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    02.09.2000
    CleanINI 0.54 (from Carsten Arnold)
    This Tool does delete all Handles in the os2sys.ini by any objects to not be used. Additionally it can be deleted unnecessary PM_Workplace:FolderPos, PM_Abstract:FldrContent, PMWP_ASSOC_TYPE, PMWP_ASSOC_FILTER, PMWP_ASSOC_CHECKSUM and PM_Workplace:Startup.

    The program ist Freeware.

    -> URL: http://home.t-online.de/home/C.Arnold
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    01.09.2000
    PHP Version 4.0.2 (also with DB2 Support) (from Dirk Billerbeck)
    Brian Havard already released the OS/2 port of the shortly released PHP Version 4.0.2. He also compiled a second PHP module with DB2 support.

    This is the description taken from Brian's website:
    A PHP4 loadable module ( 723k) of the v4.0.2 release. This build has not been heavily tested. For more information on PHP see the PHP home page Optional libraries included are
    GDBM v1.7.3
    MySQL client v3.23.10
    PostgreSQL client v7.0.2
    ZLib v1.1.3
    GD v1.2
    FreeType v1.2
    t1lib v0.9.2
    PDFLib v3.0
    A PHP4 loadable module with IBM DB2 support ( 738k) of the v4.0.2 release. Like the above but additionally supports access to IBM DB2 databases. This is not included in the standard build above because this module will not load if a DB2 client is not installed.


    -> URL: http://silk.apana.org.au/apache/
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