July 2002 VOICE Newsletter

2002-07-18 23:15:57 -- Oleg N Gololoboff [VOICENWS, Mark Dodel]

The July 2002 issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now online.

In this month's issue you will find:

• The Editors of VOICE speak out: OS/2's Dysfunctional Development Environment
• BackAgain/2000 Server Edition version 3.0 - A Review, Part 3, By: Walter Metcalf
• Keeping Up With the Gates Part 3 - WarpVision and WVGUI -- OS/2 Video for a New Generation, By: Don Eitner
• ARtem ComCard wireless network card, By: Darrell Spice, Jr.
• Mozilla for OS/2 1.0, By: Mark Dodel
• Tools in the harddisk sector - Part 3, By: Eric Baerwaldt
• And of course the VOICE OS/2 Tips, letters and the compiled monthly OS/2 news!

OS/2 User Groups

2002-06-30 15:29:01 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

We start to collect information about OS/2 Users Groups. Add comment to this message and mention: What is your city, country? How many local OS/2 users do you know? What is the contact e-mail?

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2002-06-22 02:02:37 -- Eugene Gorbunoff

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OS/2 eZine

2002-06-21 13:12:51 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Robert Basler]

The monthly magazine of the OS/2 and eCS Community is online.

In this issue:

From The Editor -- Robert Basler tells a tale of JFS woe.

Reviews

• ScreenSaver 2.6 -- Robert Basler finds a screen saver to make his co-workers jealous.
• Smartbar 3.2 -- John Bijnens looks at a comprehensive system monitor.
• Scheduling Solutions -- Robert Basler looks at a couple of job scheduling tools.

Articles

• gnuplot -- Isaac Leung shows us a powerful data visualization tool.
• Post-install Networking -- James Cannon walks us through networking installation.
• Report on Writing OS/2 Plug-ins -- Douglas Clark offers a tutorial on writing Netscape plugins.

The Art Department -- Cool desktops for you.

Forums

• Ask John & Rob -- John Bijnens and Robert Basler answer your OS/2 questions in this ongoing forum.
• June Forums -- Questions for the authors? Disagree with us? Take it to the forums.

Localization of software

2002-06-12 19:22:04 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [SU.OS2]

Alexander Kragel published recommendations how to translate foreign products to russian language. Are there any internet resources related to localization for german, spanish users? Inform us, please.

Worldwide eComStation IRC network launched!

2002-05-30 23:45:04 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Roderick Klein, Mensys]

The idea of creation of the IRC network belongs to Massimo Sangriso from Italy. The network has been put up so eCS/OS/2 users can have a chat. Maybe drop a question if they can't solve a problem. Or developers who want to talk about a problem and want to try and get a fast answer.....

There are currently 14 IRC servers in the network active. The network will continue to be expanded.

ITALY

• irc.quasarbbs.net port 6667 (International Hub)
• irc.ecomstation.it 6667
• irc.itisvinci.com port 6667
• irc.dinosoft.it 6667

SWITZERLAND

• irc.aroa.ch port 6667

NETHERLANDS

• irc.ecomstation.nl 6667

U.S.A.

• irc.dacdigital.com 6667
• irc.gamezero.com 6667
• www.ecomstation.com 6667

RUSSIA

• irc.rnlease.snc.ru 6667
• irc.ecomstation.ru 6667

AUSTRALIA

• irc.ecs-site.com 6667

BELGIUM

• irc.celkunststoffen.khlim.be 6667

CANADA

• irc.ecomstation.ca 6667

To use IRC, you need IRC-client. Here is a list of IRC-clients -- Judy's Warped World IRC page. If you don't want to dive into an IRC client goto eComStation.Com

Warpstock 2002 International

2002-05-29 21:47:10 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Luc Van Bogaert]

The Warpstock Event Team is very pleased to announce that Warpstock 2002, the sixth edition of the annual Warpstock event, will be held in Austin Texas, October 5th and 6th, 2002 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel.

If you are interested in giving a presentation at Warpstock 2002, please contact our speaker coordinator, Oliver Mark with a synopsis of your presentation and any requirements.

Warpstock, Inc., is a North Carolina non-profit corporation. The Warpstock annual conference is a gathering of OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available at the Warpstock web site.

IBM MPTS class

2002-05-29 21:42:41 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, EMEA Warp Services]

Technical Training for OS/2 MPTS 6.0 enhancements

We want to inform you about a technical class on all MPTS enhancements and changes since Warp Server 4. These are for example TCP/IP 4.x (aliasing), TCPBEUI changes, multiple adapters, big enhancements and changes in Name Resolition (DDNS, Shadow,...), Tuning Parameters and such.

The Agenda in Detail:

• NetBIOS, NetBEUI protocol overview.
• TCPBEUI overview based on RFC 1001 & RFC 1002.
• Comparisons between the two protocols.
• NetBIOS names and name types.
• Name resolution options in TCPBEUI: B-node, H-node, P-node, DNS resolution with domainscope and their relative advantages and disadvantages.
• Logical adapters/multiple instances of protocol binding. How it is arbitrated.
• Windows way of interaction. Implication on TCPBEUI.
• Tuning parameters at protocol level: RFCNAMES.LST, RFCBCST.LST, RFCCACHE.LST 64k boundary restriction calculations.
• Troubleshooting: General PD/PSI tools and usage.
• IBMLAN.INI parameters, intended use of the same and tuning.

The class will be held in week 24 (June 10th - 14th) at IBM facilities in Munich.

To enroll,

• go to IBM.Com
• select your country
• click on "Course Booking" (or whatever it says in your language)
• Enter the course code: TAMPE0DE (attention: name has changed!)

Course price is 1.880,00 Euro.

More details;

What is better? eCS or IBM SWC?

2002-05-27 23:04:53 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Tim Martin]

Tim Martin (known as OS2Guy) is dissatisfied with purchase of eCS. He published arguments and recommendations.

Poll "Which is the OS of the future?"

2002-05-26 00:11:50 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com, BigWarpGuy]

I found this link about a new poll on what people think the operating system of the future will be. OS/2 is listed among them.

Surveys

2002-05-23 03:06:17 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

New surveys in the Internet:

• If your boot disk uses HPFS(386) or FAT; what is your secondary non-network FS?
• Your opinion about Links for PM web-browser (use command line: links.exe -g).

May OS/2 eZine now available

2002-05-16 20:56:10 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Robert Basler]

OS/2 eZine is online.

IN THIS ISSUE:

• From The Editor -- Robert Basler finds a Mozilla to love.

Editorial

• It's Not Easy Being a Convert -- Roland Casselbrant brings a bit of outside perspective.
• I've Got Everything I Need . . . Almost -- Pete Grubbs

Reviews

• Virtual PC for OS/2 -- Robert Basler reviews this highly anticipated application.

Articles

• Advanced Virus Filtering with Weasel -- John Bijnens is back with an improved email virus filter.
• Securing your Internet Connection -- Robert Basler helps those of us with always-on internet sleep a little better.

The Art Department

• Cool desktops for you.

Forums

• Ask Bas and John -- Bas Heijermans and John Bijnens answer your OS/2 questions in this ongoing forum.
• May Forums -- Questions for the authors? Disagree with us? Take it to the forums.

Warpstock Europe 2002 announcement

2002-05-13 01:18:18 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Bart van Leeuwe]

Here by we want to announce that Warpstock Europe 2002 will take place in arnhem Holalnd from 8th november till the 10th of november. More details will follow soon on Warpstock site.

New site related to OS/2

2002-04-27 16:06:26 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

New site related to OS/2 software is opened - Kiev Elephant.

Yandex knows about OS/2

2002-04-25 00:47:46 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Russian Yandex.Ru web-search system added info about OS/2 to its own web-resources catalogue. This will make internet people inquire more about OS/2 platform.

OS/2 Car

2002-04-25 00:42:02 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Cool story written by famous Moscow writer Leonid Kaganov. Imagine that OS/2 is a car. It's very clumsy but funny.