Java is a very popular sophisticated programming environment. Applications written in the Java language are run inside a virtual machine (Java Virtual Machine, JVM) which provides a nearly identical behavior on all platforms that have a JVM implementation available. This "write once, run anywhere" approach means that developers can support a multitude of platforms while only having to maintain one code base. For users, availability of a current Java for OS/2 and eComStation means access to a huge number of existing applications.

For more information about Java, see: http://class='extlink'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29

Previously, Java had been made available for OS/2 and eComStation by IBM, Golden Code and Innotek. However, new versions with many changes and improvements have been released since then and current applications require a current JVM implementation. The new project will port a current JVM to OS/2 and eComStation. Dmitry Kumenov, who is well-known for his work on the Qt 3 and 4 ports, is the chief developer. For information about the project and its status, please see: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/java

To contribute to fund further development of this project go to http://class='extlink'http://www.mensys.com/shop/NetlabsJava6

Version 1.6.0-b22 GA files are available for downloading from:
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b22_ga/

OpenJDK 6 JRE JRE package needed to run Java programs.
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b22_ga/openjdk6_b22_jre_os2_ga-20110627.zip

OpenJDK 6 SDK SDK package needed to compile Java programs. Includes a copy of the JRE package.
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b22_ga/openjdk6_b22_sdk_os2_ga-20110627.zip

"Note that there is no "mpusafe" archives any more since Java should now work fine on SMP computers. If you still need "mpusafe" behavior for some reason, you may manually mark all *.exe files in the ZIP archives using either the execmode tool (coming with eComStation) or the markexe utility (which you can find e.g. in the OS/2 Toolkit)."

Requires the following:

GCC 452: http://class='extlink'download.smedley.info/gcc452.zip

Odin: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/odin32bin-20110627-release.wpi

Report bugs: svn.netlabs.org/java/report

There is a new version of ODIN on the Netlabs FTP server.

ODIN is the Open Source project to provide a win32 API for OS/2 and eComStation. Originally to allow OS/2 users to run Windows 32 bit applications. Now used to port windows applications to OS/2 and eComStation. The Odin runtime is a requirement for the newest developed versions of JAVA and Flash 10 for OS/2 and eCS.

ODIN website: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/odin32

Download: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/odin32bin-20110627-release.wpi />Debug version: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/odin32bin-20110627-debug.wpi

Odin mailing list archive: http://class='extlink'http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.odin.user

Report bugs on the Netlabs bug tracker: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/odin32/report

To support future Netlabs development consider making a donation http://class='extlink'http://www.mensys.com/shop/Netlabs/

Changelog: />0.6.21659 (2011-06-27)
----------------------

Dmitriy Kuminov:
- kernel32: Fixed crashes in code involving _try/except due to garbage in
FS:[0].
- kernel32: GetFileAttributesEx?(): Interpret paths like ’X:’ as ’X:\’
instead of reporting an error, for compatibility with Win32.
- kernel32: Propagate exceptions further along the OS/2 chain instead of
terminating the application if the last Win32 exception handler (eg the
SEH one) returns ExceptionContinueSearch. This lets unhandled exceptions
be seen by eg PROCDUMP.
- kernel32: SEH: Fixed rare crashes at process termination caused by
attempting to unwind the Win32 exception chain twice, the second time
after destroying the Win32 TEB block.
- kernel32: Fixed: Closing a duplicate of a handle opened with
FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE would not perform file deletion as it should
if that duplicate was the last reference to the file (e.g. closed after
the original handle).
- ole32: Fixed a crash when dragging an object that doesn’t support CF_TEXT
or CF_HDROP over an OS/2 (non-Odin) window.
- shell32: Fixed SHGetFileInfoW(): PIDL input argument was misinterpreted as
a string and the display name and type name fields SHFILEINFOW were not
properly set on output resulting in garbage on the caller’s side.
- shell32: SHGetFileInfo(): Differentiate between different drive types
(network, local, removable etc) when filling the type name field for paths
like ’X:\’.
- user32: Fixed standard scroll bar functionality (stuck arrow and thumb
buttons) broken in February 2010.
- dsound: Open audio devices in shared mode to allow other processes play
sound when Java applications are running.
- wsock32: Don’t start a dummy async thread when WSAEventSelect() is called
to simply cancel a non-existing association on a socket.
- wsock32: Fixed: Zeroing the async task structure at task termination would
prevent the VSemaphore destructor to be called which caused memory leaks.
- general: Show a nice error message box and exit instead of crashing if
WGSS50.DLL or KERNEL32.DLL initialization fails (eg due to low memory).

Hi,
security updates for FF-3.6x and TB-3.1.x series are available

Firefox 3.6.18
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.6.18/contrib/firefox-3.6.18.en-US.os2.zip

Thunderbird 3.1.11
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/3.1.11/contrib/thunderbird-3.1.11.en-US.os2.zip

http://class='extlink';

Note, Firefox-3.5.x (and therefore most likely SeaMonkey-2.0.x) are EOL. No more updates beyond FF-3.5.19 and SM-2.0.14. Since those were the last versions supporting the Innotek java plugin, keep a copy of them somewhere if you need the plugin.

Have fun,
Walter

Support ------- Community support for these Mozilla apps is available through the newsgroups ’mozilla.dev.ports.os2’ or ’http://comp.os.os2.apps . Messages posted to other forums may not be seen by the developers.  

Paul Smedley has updated MySQL v5.1 to v5.1.57. http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/

http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php

"MySQL 5.1 Community Edition is a freely downloadable version of the world’s most popular open source database. It is supported by a huge and active community of open source developers and enthusiasts. "

Download: http://class='extlink'http://sourceforge.net/projects/ecsports/files/MySQL_v5.1.x/mysql-5.1.57-os2-20110613.zip/download
Requires: http://class='extlink'http://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
and http://class='extlink'http://download.smedley.info/gcc453.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul’s website, or using the Mensys
Online Store www.mensys.net/os2ports/

Paul Smedley has updated ISC Bind to v9.8.0-P2. http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/

http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php

"BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols and provides an openly redistributable reference implementation of the major components of the Domain Name System"

Download: http://class='extlink'http://sourceforge.net/projects/ecsports/files/ISC_Bind/bind-9.8.0-p2-os2-20110613.zip/download
Requires: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://class='extlink'http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul’s website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://class='extlink'www.mensys.net/os2ports/

Paul Smedley has updated both CUPS to v1.4.6 and Gutenprint to v5.2.7. http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/

CUPS is an open source, multi-platform printer driver now developed with the support of Apple for many current printers. For information regarding the OS/2 port and file downloads see: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/wiki/CupsPort For more on CUPS see: http://class='extlink'http://www.cups.org/

Gutenprint was formerly called Gimp-Print. It is a CUPS backend for a number of printer models (Canon, Epson, Lexmark, Sony, Olympus, and PCL printers). A list of supported printers can be found at http://class='extlink'http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php

See http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/wiki/CupsPort for download information on both CUPS v1.4.6 and Gutenprint v5.2.7.

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul’s website, or using the Mensys
Online Store www.mensys.net/os2ports/

DFSee version 10.9 has been released today, a minor release.

It fixes an (OS/2) bug where reading or writing to a disk larger than 1Tb using the new OS2AHCI driver would result in data errors and incorrect disk geometry being used.

Disk imaging and cloning disks over 1Tb using DFSee 10.8 and older will NOT BE RELIABLE!

Note that just the OS/2 version actually changed, for all the other platforms it is just the version number that is different.

This will be the LAST 10.x minor release. The next one will be a major release 11.0 (payed upgrade from 10.x). 11.0 will feature more generic sorting capabilities and other  enhancements for the file-dialogs, and perhaps more Airboot related support for eCS 2.1 and ext4 support for linux.

DFSee is a very powerful disk-utility with disk partitioning, filesystem and disk analysis, some file recovery and UNDELETE and smart imaging or cloning of partitions or complete disks.

More details at:
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/

Direct download links from the DFSee website:

http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee109.zip
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee109.msi
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee109_warpin.exe
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee109_dsk.zip

www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee10x_linux.tgz
www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee10x_iso.zip
www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee10x_stick_iso.zip

Or from the HOBBES website:
hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee109.zip
or (after processing):
hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Functional changes since 10.8

- GEO forced Always overrule existing geo when forced is set (virtual)
- GEO source Ignore PT if sect/track larger than 63 (OS/2 huge disk)
- GEO traces More information on geo calculation in trace output
- OS2 buffer Maximum buffer size phys disk I/O set to 127 (< 64Kb)

Regards, JvW

=========================================================================
DFSee Home: www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee - info@dfsee.com

Hi,
I’ve uploaded the second release candidate for the upcoming SeaMonkey 2.1. There were no OS/2 specific changes compared to the recently published release candidate 1. However, it should contain a few cross-platform fixes for bugs present in the first one.

You can get it from here:
http://class='extlink'http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.1rc2/ />contrib/seamonkey-2.1rc2.en-US.os2.zip

BTW ( from http://class='extlink'https://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey:Release_Process:2.1rc2 )
"Version Number ’pre’
It was pointed out after our mirror push that the version 2.1rc2
reports as is 2.1pre not 2.1, this was due to a faulty cset for c-c on
our build2. We’ll respin direct to a 2.1 final."
Meaning that’s not an OS/2 fault that SeaMonkey reports itself as
2.1pre

Have fun, Walter

Support   -------   Community support for all Mozilla apps is available through the newsgroups mozilla.dev.ports.os2 or http://comp.os.os2.misc .   Messages posted to other forums may not be seen by the developers.  

PMMaps (Maps/2) - application aimed to browse the maps.

It supports caching of data + select source of maps.

http://ecomstation.ru/maps

Base price: 7 EURO.

How to support the project:

* How to detect location of your PC by IP address?

What server (site) does provide this service?

* Do you need a library to integrate the maps to your application?

What functions to export?

Screenshots:

http://ecomstation.ru/projects/maps/screenshots/pmmaps-google-20110607-small.png

http://ecomstation.ru/projects/maps/screenshots/pmmaps-ovi-20110607-small.png

http://ecomstation.ru/projects/maps/screenshots/pmmaps-bing-20110607-small.png>

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Just noticed there is an update to 4OS2 on the Netlabs.org FTP site. 4os2 is a command processor replacement with a lot of extensions to cmd.exe.

Web site: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/4os2/wiki

Download: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/4os2/4os2_3.07beta.zip

Readme: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/4os2/readme.1st

There is a 4OS2 mailing list at http://class='extlink'http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.4os2.user