The January OS/2 eZine is out!

2002-01-24 11:33:13 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Robert Basler]

The January 16, 2002 issue of the OS/2 eZine is now online. IN THIS ISSUE:

• From The Editor -- Robert Basler
• Editorial
  • Why Not Linux? -- Douglas Clark wonders if IBM really does have a clue.
• Reviews
  • Citrix Metaframe and OS/2 -- Dan Eicher examines another way to bring Windows apps to OS/2.
  • ViPowER Mobile Rack -- James Cannon looks at an inexpensive portable storage option.
  • Logitech Cordless Mouseman and AMouse 2.0 Beta -- Robert Basler takes a new mouse and driver for a spin - goodbye wires.
• Articles
  • Moving OS/2 to a New Drive -- Robert Basler tells us how in this tale of a four day, knock-em-down, drag-em-out slugfest.
  • EMX - It's more than a Runtime -- James Cannon looks at the runtime library used by many of your favourite apps.
  • KVM verses VPC -- Douglas Clark looks at a solution to the problem of too many monitors.
  • An Introduction to Security -- Andrei A. Porodko talks about concepts and implementation on OS/2.
  • ODBC on OS/2 Part 10 -- Douglas Clark ends the section on drivers and databases with a look at MySQL, miniSQL, Ingres and Informix.
  • The Art Department -- Cool desktops for you. The start of a new monthly feature.
• Forums
  • Ask Bas and John -- Bas Heijermans and John Bijnens answer your OS/2 questions in this ongoing forum.
  • January Forums -- Questions for the authors? Disagree with us? Take it to the forums.

OS2.Ru opens child site

2002-01-24 11:31:44 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2.ru, os2ok]

'Projects' section was moved to new domain DevCenter.Os2.Ru. Development of software will we deployed here. All news will be forwarded to main news stream of OS2.Ru.

Book: 'The Software Compendium for eComStation and OS/2 Warp'

2002-01-19 17:41:08 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Christian Hennecke]

Starting now, Eric Baerwaldt is taking pre-orders for his new book "The Software Compendium for eComStation and OS/2 Warp". The book is about 350 pages in size and includes a CD. The price is 34 Euros for Germany and 40 Euros for any other country. The German issue will be available in the second half of March 2002 with the English issue following approximately two months later. If you are interested, please contact Eric.

Localization of foreign freeware and shareware applications

2002-01-15 02:21:54 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.ecomstation.ru, Eugene Gorbunoff]

eComStation.Ru is ready to provide translation of your product to russian language. We will put your request to our queue. If russian users will be interested to use your product we will process it.

Meetings of OS/2 users in different places of the Earth

2002-01-15 02:08:15 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS]

Atlanta, Montreal, Southern California, irc-channels.

• January 15th, Atlanta OS/2 User Group
  Roger F. Borrello, Jr.

  Ted Vail will be performing Acrobatics, without the aid of a .NET, or the reader from Adobe! See him fly through the PDF's with the greatest of ease: viewing them, printing them, and even creating them! All tools presented are guaranteed to work on OS/2!
  Details - at homepage of Atlanta OS/2 User Group

• January 16th, Montreal OS/2 user group
  Gilbert Lefebvre

  Hardware and operating systems with Gilbert Lefebvre, Coffee break, Linux operating system characteristics with Jean-Claude Dщsinor (??)
  Details - at homepage of Montreal OS/2 user group

• January 19th, SCOUG Meeting
  Tony Butka

  Discussion of APL2 and AWK programming languages.
  Details - at homepage of SCOUG (Southern California OS/2 User Group)

• Every Sunday - WarpDoctor Meeting
  Walter Metcalf

  Details - at homepage of WarpDoctor project

VOICE Speakup with Achim Hasenmueller from Innotek

2002-01-12 04:45:22 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Walter Metcalf]

On Saturday, January 12, 2002 at 1:00p ET (18:00 GMT) VOICE will have a Speakup with Achim Hasenmueller from Innotek, Inc. The Speakup will be held in the #voice chatroom on IRC, and will be our first Speakup in quite awhile.

In addition to the well-known Flash plugin for Netscape, Innotek has released or is working on several exciting new products including the Virtual PC allowing OS/2 applications to run on Windows platforms (and vice-versa), and the InnoTek Co-StandbyServer for e-business, a powerful on-the-fly backup system for OS2WSeb. For more information on these products, go to the Innotek web site.

Achim is always a very enthusiastic speaker, so this is one Chat you should not miss.

If you've never been been to an IRC chat meeting (or forgotten how), there are new instructions. These instructions are for the #warpdoctor chatroom; to go to the #voice chatroom substitute #voice for #warpdoctor in Step 8.

Czech Warpstock 2002 announced

2002-01-12 02:58:12 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2.org, Alexander Beyrer]

There is a Czech Warpstock meeting announced in the town of Decin in Northern Bohemia from 12th to 14th July this year. Details: http://www.os2.cz/warpstock/

Do You have WarpIn installed?

2002-01-10 22:48:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2world.com]

www.os2world.com provides quick poll 'Do You have WarpIn installed?'

Toshiba, Sony and I.B.M. to create new OS

2002-01-07 22:36:32 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.ecomstation.org]

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE), Toshiba Corp. and IBM Corp. have reached a basic agreement on jointly developing a new operating system (OS) to be released in 2005 for computers capable of high-speed Internet connections, industry sources said Friday.

Full story on The Daily Yomiuri

Survey in eComStation.Ru

2002-01-04 21:13:02 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.ecomstation.ru]

The holidays continue, so we start an abstract survey 'What is your age?'. Let's collect statistics about os/2 population!

Warpstock 2002 Survey

2002-01-04 21:11:02 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS]

Warpstock would like your feedback on our plans for Warpstock 2002 and beyond. We have created a short survey concerning the location for Warpstock 2002

One of the issues being addressed is the 2002 event site. We are currently considering Austin Texas and want to know what you think. No registration is required to make your feelings known so please help us in determining the future of Warpstock.

Also we invite everyone interested in the future of Warpstock to join us in open and hopefully productive discourse on the Warpstock Public Discussion list. In addition, all the session presentation files from Warpstock 2001 have been placed in the file download section here for member download.

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 website, or its mirror site.

January 2002 VOICE Newsletter

2002-01-04 21:09:54 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Mark Dodel]

The January 2002 issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now online

In this month's issue you will find:

• The Editors of VOICE speak out: A Happy, and HealthyOS/2002 to everyone.
• Using OS/2's bundled Digital Audio application, By: Jeremy Workman
• If the shoe fits, wear it!, By: Tom Nadeau
• An OS/2 History Lesson: OS/2 Warp 3, By: Michal Necasek
• Installation of Win32-applications using Odin - Part 5, By: Herwig Bauernfeind
• Personal Information Managers for OS/2, By: Isaac Leung
• And of course the VOICE OS/2 Tips, letters and the compiled monthly OS/2 news!

InnoTek Online Support Forums

2002-01-02 02:47:24 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [Innotek, Achim Hasenmueller]

The forums can be accessed at Innotek web-page

InnoTek has established web based online support forums for questions and discussions related to the products:

• Virtual PC for OS/2
• Virtual PC for Windows with OS/2 Guest Support
• Macromedia Flash Player for OS/2
• InnoTek Co-StandbyServer for e-business

In order to access, you have to register first. Instructions can be found on the web page. All forums will be monitored by InnoTek staff but the primary intention is to establish a community where users help eachother. Note that this is also the right place to provide suggestions for product improvements!

January edition of 'The Warped Perspective'

2002-01-02 02:37:14 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Phil]

Tom Nadeau's monthly essay is online already.

News from www.os2.ru

2001-12-31 00:51:06 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.os2.ru, os2ok]

Short article: 'How to install HPFS386 for Aurora?' (russian text)

Competition 'APeCS and http://teamos2.ru' failed

2001-12-30 01:17:47 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.ecomstation.ru]

It seems fun, but OS/2 users don't need software catalogue :\ Any modern operating system has many software catalogues. This is very important for beginners..