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| 24.07.2001 |
| Lotus Plans for SmartSuite on OS/2 (from Bob Bencivenga) |
| Lotus has posted information on their web site concerning future plans of Smart Suite for Windows and OS/2. It's good reading concerning OS/2.
-> URL: http://lotus.com/products/smrtsuite.nsf/110299fb8a80831785256776006a918f/7b1dc884cc00030d85256a6f005879ba?OpenDocument -> comments: 2 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 23.07.2001 |
| IBM NP17 Printer: First Hand Report (from Timothy Sipples) |
| My IBM 4317 laser printer (Network Printer 17) arrived earlier this week. I have the printer attached to my OS/2 Warp Server for e-business system (via a parallel port), and I also tested an OS/2 Warp 4 client.
This 17 page per minute 600 dpi (plus edge smoothing) duplexing laser printer costs just a little over $186.00 shipped from CompGeeks (http://www.compgeeks.com), if you use the discount coupon MC EXCLUSIVES. It's a tremendous value. (These printers often show up on eBay in like condition, often with even more accessories.) The factory refurbished laser printer arrived with several installed accessories: a top offset output tray (up to 500 pages capacity), extra memory (10 MB RAM total), and a Token-Ring network adapter. Even though I ordered the version without the toner cartridge, I got one anyway (which looked only partially used). The printer had been used for approximately186,000 pages before I received it, according to the built-in counter. There were some minor toner smudges here and there, easily cleaned with a wet towel. Installation was a breeze, and the OS/2 Warp driver support is excellent (using any of the more recent LaserJet driver sets from the OS/2 Device Driver Pak On-Line). IBM's printer division also supplies its own OS/2 Warp printer driver (not tested). The printer is fully capable of its 17 ppm rated speed, and it manages 8+ sheets per minute in duplex mode - very speedy indeed. There's lots more to like about this printer. For example, you can set the printer to automatically reprint any pages caught a paper jam. (Any sheet that hasn't completely exited the printer will be reprinted.) Paper jams seem to be few and far between. I was able to download all the IBM NP17's manuals from IBM's web site. (Naturally, I printed them on the NP17 itself. :-)) Toner cartridges are fairly expensive, but they last a long time, especially with the economy mode setting. In short, this is an excellent buy in a rugged, refurbished printer. For more information on the IBM NP17, visit this web site: -> URL: http://www.printers.ibm.com/R5PSC.NSF/web/NP17Home -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| The Hobbes-Archive is back in business (from Joerg Skottke) |
| Hobbes, the largest source for OS/2 software, is back in business. For several months the site has not been maintained properly. Now it has been cleaned up.
The archive has been moved to a slightly faster machine with more memory, which should speed up access. -> URL: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?dir=/pub/incoming -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 17.07.2001 |
| OS/2 Connect August 2001 (from Tim Bryce) |
Please be advised that today we have released the August 2001 issue of the OS/2 CONNECT newsletter.
It is also available as a set of HTML files suitable for use with standard web browsers, such as the Netscape Navigator. The file is named CON0201.ZIP which includes a 1README.TXT file describing the newsletter and how to install it. The newsletter is being distributed through the following channels: 1. On the Internet: World Wide Web Sites:
2. Commercial Networks: America Online
3. Bulletin Boards:
The OS/2 CONNECT HTML files can be distributed free of charge. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RE-DISTRIBUTE THIS NOTICE ACCORDINGLY. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, Tim Bryce Editor, OS/2 CONNECT M. Bryce & Associates (MBA) a division of M&JB Investment Company 3310 U.S. Alt. 19 P.O. Box 1637 Palm Harbor, FL 34682-1637 United States Tel: 727/786-4567 Fax: 727/786-4765 E-Mail: timb001@attglobal.net TimB1557@aol.com WWW: http://www.os2ss.com/connect/ MBA: Developers of the "PRIDE" Information Factory(R) & Batch Manager Since 1971: "Software for the finest computer - the Mind" "30 Years of PRIDE" -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Poll: How much would you be willing to pay for single drivers? (from Tom Lee M) |
| "If you could pay for a single OS/2 driver to download, how much would you be willing to pay?" is a poll on Yahoo group "OS/2 Connect". -> URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/os2conect/surveys?id=726440 -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| The July OS/2 eZine is out (from Robert Basler) |
IN THIS ISSUE:
-> URL: http://www.os2ezine.com -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Slashdot: IBM Linux exec comments on OS/2 (from Isaac Leung) |
| This is a 10 question posting on Slashdot asking most about Linux.
Scott Handy of IBM notes that he is aware of the OS/2'ers and that some OS/2 customers want to stay on OS/2 as long as possible. By the way, the 10 questions are based on which get moderated up, "voted" most often, so seeing as this question made it to No#6 on the top 10, and based on the size of readership of Slashdot, it would seem there was a lot of interest and awareness about OS/2. -> URL: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/07/16/1326224&mode=thread -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 15.07.2001 |
| Philadelphia OS/2 web site updated (from John Davey) |
The Philadelphia OS/2 SIG web site has just been updated with these new features:
-> URL: http://www.phillyos2.org -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| WarpGoGo homepage (from ElectricDreams2) |
| WarpGoGo homepage changed the URL. -> URL: http://www.os2.cz/ed2 -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 11.07.2001 |
| Opera 5 review (from Macarlo) |
| Folks, I evaluated the Opera 5 Beta for OS/2 on Warp 4.5 (Client 4.0 + FP14) and I'm just publishing an exclusive review about this test, illustrated. Interested people can see it on my website -> URL: http://macarlo.com/opera5os2jul1001.htm -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Notebook/2 list change (from The Notebook/2 Site) |
| It finally happens: Micro$oft who took over the listbot service long time ago, will discontinue this free service. Thanks to this change, we'll get away from listbot and Micro$oft. In future, the Notebook/2 site's announcement list is at nb2announce@yahoogroups.com. I request you to subscribe to this group by sending a message to
nb2announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com You do not need to unsubscribe from this list at listbot, it will be taken care of (there will be no further message from this list, in future I'll use the list at yahoogroups). Thanks for your continued support! Dr. Martinus -> URL: http://www.drmartinus.de/notebook2/notebook.htm -> comments: 2 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 07.07.2001 |
| New forum/mailinglist for ISDNPM (from Karlheinz Schmidthaus) |
| For the well known dialer for ISDN, DSL & Modem - ISDNPM - is a new forum / Mailinglist availableat Yahoo! The language is on the forum/list is English and the old mailinglist wil exists in future also. -> URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/isdnpm-int -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 02.07.2001 |
| Krown of Might presentation (from Thorsten Thielen) |
| On the homepage of Team OS/2 Trier you can find a software review about the OS/2 remake of "Defender of the Crown", called "Crown of Might". -> URL: http://www.teamos2.ipcon.de -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 01.07.2001 |
| VOICE Newsletter July 2001 (from Mark Dodel) |
| The July 2001 issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now online at http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html The Newsletter is available as online HTML, , English (downloadable HTML), English (downloadable OS/2 INF), German (downloadable HTML) and German (downloadable OS/2 INF)The July issue can also be downloaded from hobbes pub/incoming (eventual archiving to this location) The past 4+ years of VOICE Newsletter issues (Wow has it been that many years now?) are now uploaded to hobbes. You can always get these also from the VOICE homepage. :-) In this month's issue you will find:
And as always, a big thank you to our writers, editors and translators. Without them there'd be no VOICE Newsletter. Please consider writing an article for the Newsletter. The Guidelines for Article Submissionsto the VOICE Newsletter - have been recently updated The German version is here -> URL: http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
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