WHAT'S NEW IN THIS ISSUE?


Plenty! This section lists all of the changes and additions to OS/2 CONNECT that were implemented since the last issue. NOTE: Sections such as "News & Press Releases," "Software Shopper," "World Reports," "Products & Services," and "Team OS/2" are updated with each issue of OS/2 CONNECT. Changes to these sections are not listed here.

Perhaps the biggest change to the newsletter is that it is now only available in standard HTML format suitable for use with web browsers, such as the Netscape Navigator or IBM's WebExplorer. The publisher believes this approach will make OS/2 CONNECT more readily available to the general public (anyone with a web browser). NOTE: Due to file size constraints, the HTM files may make reference to WAV and other ZIP files that will not be included in the CON0497.ZIP packet of files. This may also include the "Graphic of the Month." The INF version of the newsletter, requiring the use of the standard OS/2 "view" utility has been abandoned.


We would like to welcome three new distributors of the newsletter:

Please stop by to visit these fine sites.


We would also like to thank the following people for their input:

  • Denis Budag - Brazil - denver@braznet.com.br
  • Jocelyn Doire - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - jdoire@cslo.consultronics.com
  • Eric Faulhaber - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - ecf@goldencode.com
  • Simon Gronlund - Stockholm, Sweden - simgron@ibm.net
  • Jeff Kobal - Austin, Texas, USA - jkobal@austin.ibm.com
  • Chuck McKinnis - Albuquerque, NM, USA - mckinnis@ibm.net
  • Joacim Melin - Stockholm, Sweden - joacim@mbox301.swipnet.se
  • Garey Smiley - USA - garey@slink.com
  • Bob Sorenson - USA - 76235.2364@compuserve.com
  • David Torres - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA - dtorres@abts.net
  • Robin Vowels - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - rav@cs.rmit.edu.au
  • Elton Woo - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - elwoo@ibm.net
    INTERNET SECTION

    (additions)

    Albuquerque OS/2 User's Group    http://www.cybeeria.com/OS2/index.html
      SIG, New Mexico Computer Soc.  markb@abq-ros.com
    
    Apache for OS/2                  http://www.slink.com/ApacheOS2/
      (HTTP Server Project)
    
    The Best OS/2 Software           http://www.os2ss.com/bestos2/
    
    BMT Micro (OS/2 shareware)       ftp://ftp.wilmington.net/bmtmicro
    
    Cramon Utilities (Denmark)       http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c948129
    
    Dansk OS/2 (in Danish)           http://home4.inet.tele.dk/mija/
    
    Denver OS/2 Page (Brazil)        http://www.braznet.com.br/~denver/os2/
    
    EurOS/2 Magazine (U.K.)          http://www.moorestephens.com/euros2/magazine.htm
    
    Fonts (German FTP site with      ftp://ftp.fh-lippe.de/pub/systems/os2/fonts/
      lots of type fonts)
    
    IBM NewsTicker for OS/2          http://www.infomarket.ibm.com/ht3/ntos2.htm
    
    IBM OS/2 Warp 4 Capacity Plnng.  http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/performance/w4tuning.htm
      and Performance Tuning Guide
    
    IBM OS/2 Warp 4 Install Page     http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/pspinfo/obi/
      (Installation tips for ThinkPad)
    
    IBM Software Reseller Page       http://www.software.ibm.com/sw-sell/
    
    Jubii - EDB - OS/2               http://www.jubii.dk/edb/os2.htm
      (Danish Yellow pages)
    
    The Knoxville OS/2 Warp U.G.     http://os2.ag.utk.edu/
      (SIG of East Tenn. PC U.G.)
    
    Scott Hellewell's OS/2 Warp Page http://www.pobox.com/~scotth/OS2.html
    
    New Order's World Wide Web Srvr  http://neworder.dyndns.com
    
    OS/2 DOS Games List              http://www.ifx.net/~crcomer/os2games
    
    OS/2 Mall                        http://www.psnw.com/~neal/mall.htm
    
    OS/2 Shareware Library           http://www.aquila.com/menu2/area03/dr28-1.htm
      (Sound/Music/Voice)
    
    Seattle Area OS/2 Users Group    http://www.seaos2.org/
    
    SKY.CHPH.RAS.RU/OS2/INCOMING     ftp://sky.chph.ras.ru/os2/incoming
      (new OS/2 applications)
    
    Snow Storm Software              http://www.pacificablue.com/sss
     (OpenGL 3D Animated Screen Saver)
    
    Solution Technology              http://www.gate.net/~stidev
      (TWAIN for OS/2)   
    
    Some Fundamental OS/2 Concepts   http://www.ee.newcastle.edu.au/users/staff/peter/os2/concepts.html
      (Peter Moylan)
    
    Swedish OS/2 User Group          http://www.os2ug.se/
      (Svenska OS/2 User Group)      info@os2ug.se
    
    The Unofficial Warp 5 FAQ        http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-13247/warp5.htm
      (JMA Software Tech.-Sweden)
    
    WarpCentral                      http://privat.riksnett.no/~bthoem/warpcentral/
      (Bjorn Tore Hoem; Norway)
    
    WarpSpeed Computers (Australia)  http://www.warpspeed.com.au/
    
    WLSE:  OS/2 Page                 http://yourpage.blazenet.net/wlse/os2.htm
    
    Xanadu OS/2 BBS (Sweden)         http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-29767/xanadue.htm
    
    INTERNET USENET NEWSGROUPS - NNTP
    Spanish discussion of OS/2            es.comp.os.os2
    Newsgroup fido7.fe.os2                fido7.fe.os2
    Newsgroup fido7.kharkov.os2           fido7.kharkov.os2
    Newsgroup fido7.mo.os2.prog           fido7.mo.os2.prog
    Newsgroup fido7.n5049.os2             fido7.n5049.os2
    Newsgroup fido7.n5050.os2             fido7.n5050.os2
    Newsgroup fido7.perm.os2              fido7.perm.os2
    Newsgroup fido7.spb.os2.q-a           fido7.spb.os2.q-a
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.apps           fido7.su.os2.apps
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.beta           fido7.su.os2.beta
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.comm           fido7.su.os2.comm
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.drv            fido7.su.os2.drv
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.faq            fido7.su.os2.faq
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.faq.d          fido7.su.os2.faq.d
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.marginal       fido7.su.os2.marginal
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.prog           fido7.su.os2.prog
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.src            fido7.su.os2.src
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.team           fido7.su.os2.team
    Newsgroup fido7.su.os2.wanted         fido7.su.os2.wanted
    Newsgroup fido7.ua.os2                fido7.ua.os2
    Newsgroup fido7.ural.os2              fido7.ural.os2
    
    (updates)
    Atlanta OS/2 Users Group         http://www.goldencode.com/atlos2.html
    
    Cape Town OS/2 User Group        http://os2.co.za
      (South Africa)
    
    Hobbes (New Mexico State Univ.)  http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/
    - Search Engine                  http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/search
    
    IBM Developer Connection         http://www.developer.ibm.com/devcon/
      (DevCon)                       devcon@vnet.ibm.com
    
    IBM Product Compatibility Prgm.  http://www.developer.ibm.com/pid_os2/compatibility.html
    
    Judy's Warped World Home Page    http://oeonline.com/~mandie1
                                     http://warpedworld.dyndns.com
    
    OS/2 e-Zine!                     http://www.os2ezine.com/
      (Canadian OS/2 magazine)       editor@os2ezine.com
    
    "The OS/2 Warp and Hewlett       http://privat.riksnett.no/~bthoem/warpcentral/hpsjfaq.html
      Packard (HP) Scanjet 3C and
      4C Scanner FAQ" (v1.0)
      by Bjorn Tore Hoem and Gary Hammer
    
    Simply Intelligent               http://www.sios2.com
      (OS/2 computers)               apowell@fc.net
    
    Virtual Pascal for OS/2          http://www.fprint.co.uk/vpascal.html
      (fPrint UK) 
    
    (deletions)
    Charlotte County PC Users        http://www.nut-n-but.net/ccpcug/ccpcug.htm
      Group, OS/2 SIG                ccpcug@nut-n-but.net
    
    The Essential Guide to OS/2 on   http://home.sn.no/~bthoem
      the Warped Web!
      (Bjorn Tore Hoem; Norway)
    
    IBM Personal Systems Technical   bhawkins@vnet.ibm.com
      Solutions (IBM magazine)       http://pscc.dfw.ibm.com/psmag
    
    OS/2 e-Zine!                     ftp://ftp.haligonian.com/pub/haligonian/
    
    OS/2 Warp Hardware Center        http://www.prominic.com/hardware.html
    
    OS/2 Zone Magazine               http://www.os2zone.aus.net
      (Australian Newsletter)        os2zone@melbourne.dialix.oz.au
                                     os2zone@iaccess.com.au
                                     100241.451@compuserve.com
    
    Virtual Pundit                   http://www.mirandacorp.com/pundit
      (Lou Miranda)                  lmirand@ibm.net
    

    USER GROUP SECTION

    (additions)

    Swedish OS/2 User Group
    (Svenska OS/2 User Group)
    Upplandsgatan 67
    Stockholm  113 28
    Sweden
    Tel:  +46-8-330916
    Fax:  +46-8-329965
    E-Mail:  info@os2ug.se
    WWW:  http://www.os2ug.se/
    Meeting Schedule:  Unknown
    Location:  Unknown
    Contact:  Michael Rotter
    Founded:  1991
    Membership:  300
    Newsletter:  None
    Dues:  Unknown
    
    (updates)
    Albuquerque OS/2 User's Group
    (formerly the New Mexico OS/2 Users' Group)
    (a SIG of the New Mexico Computer Society)
    8105 Kathryn Avenue SE
    Albuquerque, NM  87108
    Tel:  505/265-5213
    Fax:  505/281-2278
    BBS:  None
    WWW:  http://www.cybeeria.com/OS2/index.html
    E-mail:  markb@abq-ros.com
    Meeting Schedule:  4th Wednesday of the month; 7pm
    Location:  University of New Mexico's Law School,
      1117 Stanford NE, Room 2304
    Contact:  Mark D. Brueggemann, 505/265-5213 (markb@abq-ros.com)
    President:  Mark D. Brueggemann
    Secretary:  Chuck McKinnis, 505/281-4868 (chmckin@ibm.net)
    Treasurer:  Fred Bacon, 505/243-2522 (fbacon@swcp.com)
    Membership:  20
    Dues:  $20
    Description:  General discussion and programs of interest
      for current and potential users of OS/2.
    
    Atlanta OS/2 Users Group
    5950-H209 State Bridge Road
    Duluth, GA  30155
    Tel:  770/889-8333
    Fax:  770/889-8333
    BBS:  None
    E-Mail:  jhiatt@ibm.net
    WWW:  http://www.goldencode.com/atlos2.html
    Founded:  1993
    Membership:  50
    Meeting Schedule:  3rd Tuesday, 7pm
    Location:  IBM Hillside, US41, north of Mt. Paran Road
    Contact:  Jack Hiatt
    President:  Greg Shah
    Secretary:  Jack Hiatt
    Newsletter:  None
    Dues:  None
    Description:  for OS/2 end-users and developers.
    
    Cape Town OS/2 User Group
    WWW:  http://os2.co.za
    
    Piedmont Triad OS/2 User Group
    P.O. Box 748
    Lewisville, NC  28603
    Tel:  910/945-2636
    Fax:  910/945-5023
    BBS:  None
    E-Mail:  76314.2241@compuserve.com
    Contact:  Bob Pelc
    Newsletter:  Monthly
    Schedule:  2nd Thursday, 7pm
    Location:  IBM office, 3rd floor of Piedmont Plaza Bldg. #2, 
      2000 West First Street, Winston-Salem
    President:  Unknown
    Dues:  Unknown
    Description:  For anyone interested in OS/2
    
    Seattle Area OS/2 Users Group
    WWW:  http://www.seaos2.org/
    
    WARP Users Group of Montreal
    Canada
    Contact:  Terry Fong (terryf@cam.org), 514/487-0587
    President:  Samuel Audet (gardia@cam.org)
    Vice President/Treasurer:  Andrew Andor (aandor@spherenet.com), 514/685-1848
    Secretary:  Terry Fong (terryf@cam.org), 514/487-0587
    Co-Treasurer:  Michael Allison (malliso@ibm.net)
    Public Relations Officer:  David Grant (djgrant@odyssee.net)
    Sysop/Co-Editor:  James McCarte (jamesmc@cdep.com)
    Co-Editor:  Leslie Satenstein (leslie@contact.net)
    
    (deletions)
    Charlotte County PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG
    (NOTE:  only the OS/2 SIG has been cancelled)
    Suite #3
    2280 Aaron Street
    Port Charlotte, FL  33952
    Tel:  941-625-0634
    Fax:  None
    BBS:  941-766-1779
    E-Mail:  ccpcug@nut-n-but.net
    WWW:  http://www.nut-n-but.net/ccpcug/ccpcug.htm
    Meeting Schedule:  3rd Monday, 7pm
    Location:  Cultural Center, Rm #7
    Contact:  Nick Colon
    SIG Leader:  Nick Colon
    Newsletter:  Charlotte Bytes (monthly)
    Dues:  $30 individual, $10 additional family member,
      $80 corporate (up to four people)
    

    BBS SECTION

    (additions)

    SWEDEN
    8-918390  (Stockholm)               Xanadu OS/2 BBS
    
    (updates)
     (none)
    
    (deletions)
    UNITED STATES:
    GEORGIA
    770-471-1549 (Atlanta)              Atlanta's OS/2 UG BBS
    

    BOOKS SECTION

    (additions)

    Introduction to PL/I, Algorithms, and Structured Programming
    (includes info and examples for OS/2)
    by R. A. Vowels
    ISBN 0-9596384-7-4
    1995
    612 pages
    
    Object REXX by Example
    by Gwen L. Veneskey, Will Trosky & John Urbaniak
    Aviar, Inc.
    ISBN 0-652329-0-5
    May 1996
    331 pages
    $34.95 (U.S.)
    
    (updates)
     (none)
    
    (deletions)
     (none)
    

    PERIODICALS SECTION

    (additions)

    EurOS/2 Magazine
    c/o Martin Brampton
    Moore Stephens
    St. Paul's House
    Warwick Lane
    London  EC4P 4BN
    Tel:  +44-171-334-9191
    Fax:  +44-171-246-6055
    E-Mail:  euros2@ibm.net
    WWW:  http://www.moorestephens.com/euros2/magazine.htm
    Publisher:  EurOS/2 User Group
    Editor:  Martin Brampton
    Type:  Newsletter
    Freq:  Monthly
    Price:  Free.  Available through web site; also, HTML files 
      can be e-mailed directly to subscribers upon request.
    Contents:  The EurOS/2 Magazine is more than a local user
      group newsletter; it includes major product reviews, commentary, 
      and OS/2 related news (as well as information on the local user group).
    
    (updates)
    OS/2 e-Zine!
    Dartmouth, Nova Scotia  B2Y 2V9
    E-Mail:  editor@os2ezine.com
    WWW:  http://www.os2ezine.com/
    
    (deletions)
    IBM PERSONAL SYSTEMS
    Internal Zip 01-04-600
    Five West Kirkwood Boulevard
    Roanoke, TX  76299-0015
    United States
    Fax:  218-723-9437
    WWW:  http://pscc.dfw.ibm.com/psmag
    Editor & Publisher:  Betty Hawkins
      817-962-5799 (bhawkins@vnet.ibm.com)
    Type:  Magazine
    Freq:  Bimonthly
    Price:  Free to IBM customers
    Content:  IBM's magazine for Technical
      Coordinators
    
    OS/2 ZONE MAGAZINE
    GPO Box 4061MM
    Melbourne, Victoria  3001
    Australia
    Tel:  +61-3/9510-2176
    Fax:  Unknown
    E-Mail:  os2zone@melbourne.dialix.oz.au
             os2zone@iaccess.com.au
             100241.451@compuserve.com
    WWW:  http://www.os2zone.aus.net
    Publisher & Editor:  Derek Clarkson
    Type:  Newsletter
    Freq:  Monthly
    Price:  Unknown
    Content:  News and information for Australian
      OS/2 users.
    

    VIDEOS SECTION

    (additions)

     (none)
     
    (updates)
     (none)
    
    (deletions)
     (none)

    TELEPHONE & FAX NUMBERS

    (additions)

    Piedmont Triad OS/2 User Group                    910-945-2636
      (Lewisville, North Carolina)                and 910-945-5023 FAX
    Swedish OS/2 User Group                           +46-8-330916
      (Svenska OS/2 User Group)                       +46-8-329965 FAX
    
    (updates)
    Atlanta OS/2 Users Group (both telephone and fax) 770-889-8333
    East Tennessee PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG           423-974-7154
    
    (deletions)
    Charlotte County PC Users Group, OS/2 SIG (FL)    941-625-0634
    OS/2 ZONE MAGAZINE (Australia)                 +61-3/9510-2176
    

    WHO'S WHO OF OS/2 SECTION

    (additions)

    Welch, John                                 Austin, TX, USA
      Program Director of OS/2 Warp
    
    (updates)
    Reich, David E.                             Austin, TX, USA
      Chief I/T Architect
    
    (deletions)
    Arbeitman, Gordon                           Austin, TX, USA
      Power PC Program Manager
    
    Bramnick, Arnold                            Austin, TX, USA
      Senior Programmer,
      OS/2 for PowerPC
    
    Christopher, Ken                            Austin, TX, USA
      Program Director of OS/2 Warp
      Connect (PowerPC Edition)
    
    Winters, Scott                              Austin, TX, USA
      Senior Technical Staff Member
      Manager of Technical Strategy
      Lead Architect for OS/2 Warp Connect
      (PowerPC edition)
    

    CALENDAR SECTION

    (additions)

    April 17, 1997 - Knoxville OS/2 Warp Users' Group meeting; Knoxville, TN;
    Tel:  423/974-7154 or 423/531-1605; E-Mail:  phethmon@utk.edu;
    WWW:  http://os2.ag.utk.edu
    
    May 5-9, 1997 - NetWorld + Interop 97; Las Vegas, NV;
    Tel:  800/944-4629 or 415/372-7090; WWW:  http://www.interop.com
    
    May 15, 1997 - Knoxville OS/2 Warp Users' Group meeting; Knoxville, TN;
    Tel:  423/974-7154 or 423/531-1605; E-Mail:  phethmon@utk.edu;
    WWW:  http://os2.ag.utk.edu
    
    (updates)
    May 11-15, 1997 - IBM Technical Interchange, St. Louis, MO;
    Tel:  800/872-7109 or 508/440-9700
    
    (deletions)
     (none)