MMOUG August 1993 Newsletter August 1993 Volume 1 Number 3 Mid Missouri OS/2 Users Group The MMOUG meets on the third Wednesday of each month, meeting at the Columbia IBM office on even months and at the Jefferson City office on odd months. Click below for more information. August Meeting Announcement When: August 18, 1993 at 4 PM Where: Columbia IBM Office (See directions) Activities: Tom Stuart of Datastorm will be discussing how to get the best performance from ProComm for DOS and ProComm for Windows under OS/2. In addition, we'll have a review of Mail Readers for OS/2, and be GIVING AWAY a copy of Lotus' 32bit 1-2-3. Directions: Columbia IBM Office 101 Park De Ville Place Columbia, MO 65203 From either I-70 or US 63, take Stadium Drive to Broadway. Go West down Broadway and go through the next stop light. Park De Ville Place is the first street on the right after the light. IBM is about a block down Park De Ville on the left. What you missed at the last meeting! Ben Hoffman, of IBM's Personal Products Division, talked about the directions of that company. Marketing and support were discussed, and it looks like we can expect IBM to do well in these areas (no jokes about marketing, okay? ) Here's some other things we talked about: IBM came up with a new compression routine to reduce the total number diskettes required for OS/2 2.1 GA. Unfortunately, this was discovered after several packages were already made up using the older routine. So, there are two 'colors' of releases. The "blue" build uses the older compression method, and includes 25 diskettes in the package. The "pink" build uses the new method and has only 20 diskettes. There is a list of each file on each diskette for both builds, as well as where each file goes on your hard drive. These files (EXCELLENT REFERENCE!) are available as BUILD_L.ZIP and BUILD_M.ZIP in the OS/2 Info file area. Ben showed us IBM's plans for implementing the Workplace across all platforms. For DOS users (base systems), there's "DOS With Workplace" where DOS includes a Workplace Shell that looks just like OS/2's. Because it's DOS, you can't actually multitask (of course), but it will do task switching. We then have "OS/2 With Workplace", which is, the Workplace Shell on top of OS/2 2.x. From there, we move up to "Workplace OS". This is what you're starting to hear good things about. It'll have multiple personalities, so if you need to run DOS apps, drop in a DOS personality. Same thing with Windows, OS/2, MAC, Unix, etc. This is the one based on the Mach Kernal. Finally, there's Unix with Workplace, which offers a Workplace Shell for Unix users. FREE GIVEAWAYS! Rick Wolters won a free copy of Stacker for OS/2 at the meeting! Keith Sellers won a free copy of The World Atlas CD-ROM! MMOUG Business We discussed the possibility of sending out postcards to members each month giving minimal info - next meeting date(s), upcoming events, short news, etc. Tips: Forsythe Computers has a corporate upgrade plan for OS/2 2.1: If you want to upgrade more then 20 copies of OS/2, you can get a great deal, $59/copy. Another good book to get: The OS/2 2.1 Consultant. We promise that from now on all meetings will be on the THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH! And don't forget! All MMOUG Members get a FREE OS/2 T-Shirt! If you haven't received yours, BUG AN OFFICER! Woody Sturges MMOUG Information Mid Missouri OS/2 Users Group Current Officers: Phillip Wilson - President Diane Kehl - Vice President Robert Shelley - Treasurer Shawn Frazier - Membership Secretary David Finch - Recording Secretary Woody Sturges - BBS Officer Dale Hackemeyer - Information Officer Official MMOUG BBS: OS/2 Woodmeister - (314) 446-0016 (1:289/27) MMOUG Mailing Address: Mid Missouri OS/2 Users Group P.O. Box 30645 Columbia, MO 65205-0645 The Latest from the BBS Side... Got a couple great things to report on this month: MSR Development Okays MMOUG Members into the BackMaster Beta Program! MSR Development is currently beta testing it's BackMaster save/restore utility for OS/2 2.1. This looks like it's going to be an excellent 32 bit backup program. Now, MMOUG members can get in on the beta team and get a close look at this application. BackMaster is a PM based 32 bit backup program that will work for QIC40 tape, QIC80 tape, and diskette systems. All of you out there with Colorado Jumbo drives have another (potentially great) backup alternative. This will be an excellent tool for backup via diskette as well! This package includes a character mode restore program to allow restoration without having to re-load OS/2. This is truly a complete application. The files are available on the OS/2 Woodmeister, in the MMOUG file area (98). Don't forget to grab the BUGRPT.TXT file to fill out if you find bugs, and the STATUS.MEC file that describes the current bug status. Any replies and/or bug forms should be sent to me, and I'll forward them to MSR. These betas are for OS/2 2.1 ONLY! Check out file area 98 for the latest BETA*.ZIP file(s). Finally, the must-say stuff: These are BETA level apps. Don't rely on them to do your system backups. Make sure and read the included README.TXT (etc) files. Also, this beta team offer is for MMOUG MEMBERS ONLY! Please leave a note for me, or any other MMOUG Officer, on either OWM system, if you should have any questions. This is an excellent opportunity for MMOUG members, and it's FREE! Just *another* benefit of joining the Mid Missouri OS/2 Users Group! Announcing The OS/2 Woodmeister Jefferson City Point! There is now local access to the Jefferson City Area for all the services of the Columbia OWM BBS. This system has been set up through the generous donation of Phillip Wilson (who bought a 14.4k modem out of his own pocket), and IBM (who lent a model 80). The system is available for MMOUG members only, and mirrors all of the great OS/2 echos found on the Columbia system. Since drive space is limited on the model 80, we'll only be able to fit essentials and requested files into the file areas. If there's a particular file you'd like to see, simply leave a message to me there and I'll get it sent over. Otherwise, you'll see the latest drivers, utilities, fixes and such all automatically. To reach the OWM JC Point: Dial (314) 634-0393, N81, up to 14.4k baud. New users will not have access until they've been verified by either Phillip of myself. From that point on, everything is available. Remember, only MMOUG members allowed on the JC Point; the OWM in Columbia is open to anyone. Woody Sturges BBS Officer, Mid Missouri OS/2 Users Group Software Showcase VisPro/Rexx Review By H. E. Summers VisPro/Rexx (aka VP/Rexx and VPRx) by Hockware is a program that allows you to create REXX programs using the WPS interface and compile them to EXE code. The program has a number of shortcomings, but is a worthwhile purchase at $299 (Intro Price). In VP/Rexx you can create programs easily using a combination of drag & drop icons and filling in the gaps the old fashion way: by writing code. While VP/Rexx's built-in editor conforms to CUA-91 specs and has a number of time-saving options, it sorely lacks a number of standard features, including search & replace, multiple open files, and changeable fonts. There are 3 different programming views: Form for GUI form design, Event for writing, and a List View for quick overviews. Unfortunately, only one view can be open at a time. Creating a program is quick and easy. All standard CUA tools like push buttons, check boxes, and list boxes are included. You simply drag and drop, position, and use the event view to program the action taken on each event (like a check box being checked). The built-in debugger is a bit primitive, but extremely easy to use. You can test a form at any time simply by choosing the menu option which brings up the debugger and your form as it will work when compiled. Once it passes your debug tests, compiling is a matter of simply choosing the compile option to generation a EXE file. No runtime files are needed. Performance of compiled programs is quite acceptable. VP/Rexx lacks many programming features such as fontmetrics which cause serious problems when a program is developed at 640x480 and displayed at 1024x768. Documentation is detailed, but overlooks a few obvious points that should have been included, such as the company phone number (which is in the readme file). Technical support is friendly and helpful. VP/Rexx won't make Rexx programming any easier, but it makes your Rexx programs much easier to use. It also keeps people from monkeying with your code. Unlike Watcom's Rexx compiler, VP/Rexx does not require a runtime module or any additional program to run. Hockware can be reached at 919/387-7391 Term/2 V2.3b Review By H. E. Summers Term/2 is a PM OS/2 communications program. It lacks many features that most other programs include as standard, but as PM OS/2 communications programs go, it is one of the better ones and costs only $40. Term/2 (not TE/2) is written by the same company that created OS2YOU and PM2YOU, the remote access programs for OS/2. Term/2 support ANSI, VT100, and VT52 emulations and the most common communications protocols, including a fast ZMODEM. I have had problems finding a decent PM-based comm program. I tried the local favorite PMCOMM, but had too many problems with the ANSI/VT100 emulation. The menu bar on Woody's BBS kept changing position and sometimes got scrambled. I also didn't like the way "scrollback" buffer was implemented. Although PMCOMM is the closest thing to PROCOMM, I just couldn't deal with the emulation problems. Term/2 does the basics well enough for me to enter messages, upload and download -- which covers everything I do. It lacks scripting and its scrollback it not real useful. But the ANSI emulation never misses a beat and the ZMODEM is the fastest I have used under OS/2, but not substantially faster than PMCOMM's. I recommend taking Term/2 for a test drive. Its not the best program out there, but it may be the best PM-based comm program for those who just need the basics. Term/2 is available on Woody's BBS, just "L"ocate "TERM/2" Note that the 2.3 release is beta, but the 2.2 version is also online. Ray Gwynn's SIO Drivers Review By H. E. Summers Do a lot of asynchronous communications? Ray Gwynn's $15 SIO drives are the BEST investment you can make. These drivers will give you a 15-25% performance boost, especially at the higher speeds. Totally invisible replacements for the COM.SYS and VCOM.SYS driver provided by IBM, SIO gets rid of the ultra-conservative IBM error-checking and streamlines the communications process. A MUST HAVE! Be sure to register. Ray has noted that he knows many OS/2 users are using his drivers, but he has received less than 100 registrations. SHAME!!! Send Ray his cash so you can sleep better and he can feed his family. CorelDRAW! for OS/2 Review By Dale Hackemeyer CorelDRAW! Version 2.5 for OS/2 is Corel's first OS/2 graphics package. Like several other software makers, Corel has taken the quick and easy path to creating an OS/2 app and simply ported an existing Windows version (Ver. 2) to OS/2. The current Windows version of the product is Version 4. Corel doesn't plan to offer Version 4 for OS/2, but will jump straight to Version 5, expected in May 1994. The fact that it is ported from Windows is hard to ignore. Though HPFS long filenames are supported, CorelDRAW! doesn't take advantage of OS/2's multi-threaded multitasking capabilities. This can result in sometimes poor performance and long waits during complex operations where you can't switch to another application. Even the main manual is actually the manual from the old windows version. There are, however, two OS/2 specific manuals provided. One is for CorelDRAW and discusses OS/2 specific CorelDRAW topics, as well as discussing the different graphics formats supported by CorelDRAW. The second manual is divided into 5 sections, each one talking about a different applet provided with CorelDRAW for OS/2. CorelDRAW! includes several support applets, including CorelCHART, CorelPHOTO-PAINT, CorelTRACE, WFN-Boss, and CorelMOSIAC. Unfortunately all except CorelMOSIAC are Windows programs (one more reminder that this is a Windows port). Besides the applets, CorelDRAW! is well stocked with 4 disks of clipart. And if you have a CDROM drive, Corel includes a CD with an additional 200 fonts and 12,000(!) clipart images besides what comes on floppy. Also included for the beginner is an instructional video that's an hour long. In addition to the manuals mentioned above are a Symbol and Clipart Library Reference and a CDROM Clipart Reference. These are very handy if you use the clipart library, since every image is displayed in the references saving you the time of searching through megabytes of images online. Three quick reference cards are included also. The Typeface and Character Reference Charts give you a quick rundown of all the special characters that CorelDRAW! is capable of. Lastly is the CorelDRAW Reference Card, and it is probably the most useful card provided. It gives a short description of all the effects, as well as a simple graphics example. If you're like me and like to start using a program before actually reading the manual, this reference card is all you need to get started. I've never used any version of CorelDRAW, and to me the method of drawing was bit clumsy. Rather than being a real WYSIWYG drawing program, Corel uses a sort of outline mode for composing a drawing where all you see is a black and white "stick figure" of your drawing. While doing this speeds up drawing since there's less to draw, it's hard to see exactly what you've done without going to Preview mode, which gives you a view of the entire image. I've been able to apply the same effects to text as I would any other object such as circles and squares. To me this is one of the neatest features of CorelDRAW!, since you can incorporate text seamlessly into your drawing without any difficulties. Most of my examples use text. While CorelDRAW! has quite a few good tools for manipulating a drawing, it's still not terribly easy to come up with a drawing in short order. My attempt at a view into a room took about an hour to piece together. CorelDRAW! also allows you to import quite few different graphics formats. Unfortunately the exports and imports can take quite some time, and because of the poor use of OS/2's multitasking you can't switch to another app while the conversion is in progress. Exporting an entire drawing to WordPerfect Graphic Format took almost 10 minutes and was 400K in size. While CorelDRAW! pretty much works as advertised, it's Windows heritage tends to impair it's ability to work effectively in the OS/2 environment. Given it's performance and the fact that it's out of date, it's hard to recommend CorelDRAW! for OS/2 over more refined DOS and Windows apps. But if your looking for a graphics package for OS/2 PM and won't or can't run DOS/Windows under OS/2, CorelDRAW! is probably the only game in town. CorelCHART Lets you create line, bar, pie, and 3D charts. Data can be imported from spreadsheets, or created with CorelCHART's built in Data Manager. You can import bitmap and vector graphic files to spice up charts. You can also import graphics from CorelDRAW for use in a chart itself. For instance, auto sales are shown with stacks of cars. CorelPHOTO-PAINT Bitmapped image edit/paint program. Doesn't support CorelDRAW! files (.CDR), but imports a wide variety of bitmapped formats. A variety of tools and effects are at your disposal for editing and touching up images for import into CorelDRAW!. While it includes typical square, circle, line, and freehand drawing tools, it also has neat effects such as air and paint brushes, smearing and blending of colors, and color stealing for matching up different parts of an image. You can also adjust the contrast, brightness, and tint of any individual part of an image with freehand tools. Photo-Paint supports color modes from 2-bit to 24-bit, and some tools only work in 256 color or higher modes. CorelTRACE CorelTRACE allows you to take a CorelDRAW! or bitmapped image and trace an outline of the image, which can then be used in another drawing. WFN-Boss Utility to convert between various font formats. Supports import of Bitstream, Digifont, Readable Postscript, Zsoft TypeFoundry, Substitution, Afga/Compugraphic TypeDirector, and Adobe Type 1 fonts. Can export from Corel to TypeFoundry and Adobe Type 1 fonts. I never got this program to work correctly. While it gave no errors in converting fonts, when it said it had placed the new font in D:\PSFONTS, I couldn't find the new fonts with Font Palette. After searching I found the files I needed in D:\PSFONTS\PFM. OK, so I tried to install them. I seemed to be able to install the fonts OK, but when I tried to use one the desktop crashed. Being the brave soul that I am I tried using another converted font. This time it managed to lock the entire computer. Use this one at your own risk! CorelMOSIAC The only OS/2 program of all the support apps for CorelDRAW!, Mosiac is a image library management program. Using LHarc compression, Mosiac allows you to select CorelDRAW images and place them into libraries where many images may reside in a single compressed file. Mosiac uses a thumbnail view of each image for previewing, each image being about an inch square. While it seems like a rather convenient program for people with a large collection of images, Mosiac is slow and poorly ported to the OS/2 environment, much like CorelDRAW! itself. Since it lacks multi-threaded operation you are forced to wait while it compresses images into a library. Though waiting time isn't too great for a few images, if you have a large library it could be quite a wait. OS/2 Tips & Techniques MahJongg Solitaire For those of you who haven't read the README file for OS/2 2.1, there's a new MahJongg Solitaire game included separately on the distribution disks. Apparently this game was included to replace the limited Fax Applet included with earlier 2.1 beta versions. To install Mahjongg Solitaire from diskettes: 1. Insert Diskette 11 into drive A. 2. Open an OS/2 command prompt. 3. Type: UNPACK A:MAHJONGG drive: where drive is the drive letter of the partition OS/2 2.1 is installed on. 4. Press Enter. 5. Type: MAHINST and press Enter. Then, follow the instructions on the screen. To install Mahjongg Solitaire from CD: 1. Insert the CD into the CD drive. 2. Open an OS/2 command prompt. 3. Type: UNPACK cddrive:\OS2SE21\DISK_11\MAHJONGG drive: where cddrive is the drive letter of the CDROM and drive is the drive letter of the partition OS/2 2.1 is installed on. 5. Press Enter. 6. Type: MAHINST and press Enter. Then, follow the instructions on the screen. Enjoy the game. The graphics are very good, and it's a very addictive game. Dale Hackemeyer ÿ Lock up For the security conscious OS/2 provides a built in lockup function for the Workplace Shell desktop. If you select the desktop menu with the right mouse button (like you would to shutdown) and select Open-->Settings, you'll find an option for LOCKUP at the bottom of the list of options. This option consists of three pages. The first lets you turn automatic lockup on and off, set the automatic lockup timer, and to set it to lockup automatically on startup so no one can use your system without the password. The next page of the lockup settings let you select an image to be displayed when lockup occurs. You can also override the image display and have the system place a lockup window on the desktop. Displaying an image has the advantage of privacy, as any programs running on the desktop are hidden. The last option on this page is probably my favorite: Auto-dim. Auto-dim will blank the screen after a minute or so and display only a floating padlock on the screen. It's a free screen saver for your desktop! Finally, the last page lets you set your password. There are a few caveats about using lockup: If you lockup the desktop and forget your password, you'll have to turn the machine on and off again, possibly losing data in running programs. If you forget your password and have the system set to lockup on startup, boot with your OS/2 install disks, press ESC when the first install screen appears to get to a command prompt, change to the OS/2 directory on your hard disk, execute the command MAKEINI LOCK.RC OS2.INI to disable lockup on startup, then reboot. This resets the lockup feature to it's defaults (no auto-lockup, no lockup on startup) but preserves all your customizations on the desktop. Dale Hackemeyer No Workplace Shell The Workplace Shell (WPS) included with OS/2 2.x is probably the best object-oriented desktop for the PC. However, for folks in memory constrained systems, or those who simply don't need the niceties of the WPS but need OS/2's multitasking power, there is the alternative of running without the WPS. In OS/2 2.x, the Presentation Manager (PM) actually provides OS/2's multitasking capability. The WPS runs on top of PM to provide the desktop, folders, program objects, etc. You can disable the WPS and still use PM. Near the top of CONFIG.SYS is the line SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE. Change this to read SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE and reboot. Upon booting up, you will be given an OS/2 window. You can start other programs with the START command (enter HELP START for more info on how to use this command). In fact, you can set any program with job control as your "workplace". With a non-WPS setup you'll still have a familiar mouse pointer, as well as - to flip through windows and - to bring up the window list and select specific programs. If you decide you don't like working without the WPS, simply change the RUNWORKPLACE line of your CONFIG.SYS back to SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE, reboot, and your desktop will be back just the way you left it! Dale Hackemeyer New Software! OS/2 Software recently announced or released: cc:Mail for WPS OS/2 Book Collection Lotus cc:Mail for WPS Ships From the comp.os.os2.announce newsgroup. LOTUS CC:MAIL FOR OS/2 WORKPLACE SHELL SHIPS MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 29, 1993 -- Lotus Development Corp. today announced availability of its market-leading e-mail program, Lotus cc:Mail, in a version for OS/2 Workplace Shell. Designed to take full advantage of OS/2 2.1's graphical user interface, cc:Mail for OS/2 Workplace Shell Version 1.0 features an object-oriented file management system and multitasking capabilities. "The object orientation provided by IBM's System Object Model technology and OS/2 2.1's 32-bit power gave Lotus a solid platform on which to build an innovative messaging application," said Larry Crume, vice president of Lotus' Electronic Messaging and Mobile Computing Division. "Many of the features available in cc:Mail for OS/2 Workplace Shell represent the state-of-the-art in an e-mail client and would not be possible without the underlying platform of OS/2 2.1." "Many cc:Mail for OS/2 Workplace Shell beta testers have told me this program is a killer application," said John Soyring, director of Software Development Programs for IBM's Personal Software Products Division. "We are delighted with the quality of work Lotus has done in preparing this product for the market and we are excited to be assisting Lotus in the marketing and sales of cc:Mail for OS/2 Workplace Shell." cc:Mail for OS/2 Workplace Shell features: A completely new graphical user interface based on the Workplace Shell. The new e-mail environment is based on the Message Template Object (MTO). Traditional mail features such as Inboxes, Message Folders, Bulletin Boards and Directories are presented as individual desktop objects. Users can quickly move between objects, performing functions like printing or sending a message to a pre-defined list by simply dragging and dropping it onto a MTO. The objects in the cc:Mail folder can be "shadowed" any number of times on the desktop, allowing users to gather e-mail messages together with other items associated with a project -- e.g., documents, spreadsheets, presentations -- in one folder. This represents the first time users can store e-mail and other messages in one location; previously they were required to keep mail messages separate from other documents on their hard disks. Message processing in the background through OS/2's multithreading and preemptive multitasking capabilities, allowing users to send and receive mail messages from within another application. Viewing faxes and attaching graphics and audio files to a message. Spell checking. Draft folder for storing messages in progress and trash folder for retrieving deleted messages. Boolean search capability for filtering messages according to multiple criteria. The announcement comes two weeks after Lotus introduced cc:Mail for Windows 2.0, which brings powerful mail management tools to the Windows environment and features a user interface designed to improve productivity for both high-volume and novice e-mail users. Price and System Requirements Version 1.0 of cc:Mail for OS/2 Workplace Shell replaces a character-based version of cc:Mail for OS/2. The suggested retail price for cc:Mail for OS/2 Workplace Shell is unchanged at $495 per Platform Pack, which provides the software necessary to create and manage one cc:Mail post office, which normally corresponds to one server. User Packs allow the LAN administrator to add mail boxes. Suggested list prices for User Packs remain unchanged at: 10 User Pack, $345; 25 User Pack, $845, and 100 User Pack, $3,295. Upgrades from the existing character-based version of cc:Mail for OS/2, cc:Mail for OS/2 Version 3.2, are free for the next 180 days, after which they are $195 per Platform Pack. cc:Mail for OS/2 Workplace Shell requires IBM OS/2 2.1 or above, 6 MB of memory (8 MB recommended) and 2 MB of hard disk space. cc:Mail for OS/2 Workplace Shell is available from Lotus authorized resellers and from IBM as part of the two companies' partnership to deliver next-generation communications applications. With more than three million users worldwide, award-winning features, and availability on all popular platforms, cc:Mail is the industry-leading LAN-based e-mail system. cc:Mail runs on all major LANs, providing transparent connectivity to major private and public electronic mail systems and fax machines worldwide. OS/2 ONLINE BOOK COLLECTION The OS/2 Online Book Collection is a collection of over 100 OS/2-based product manuals, "white papers" and producr-related publications delivered on CD-ROM. The books are in Book Reader format (.BOO) and include Library Readers for OS/2 and DOS. The Online Book Collection can also be stored on VM or MVS-based hosts for use with BookManager READ/VM or READ/CMS (both available separately). Program Number: 53G2166 Part Number: 5871-AAA Cost: $49 The Online Book Collection includes the following publications: IBM C Set ++ Version 2.0 þIBM WorkFrame/2 Introduction þIBM C/C++ Tools: Browser Introduction þCollection Class Library Reference þIBM C/C++ Tools C Library Reference þIBM C/C++ Tools: C Language Reference þIBM C/C++ Tools: C++ Language Reference þIBM C/C++ Tools: Debugger Introduction þIBM C/C++ Tools: Programming Guide þIBM C/C++ Tools: Standard Class Library Reference þUser Interface Class Library Guide þUser Interface Class Library Reference þIBM C/C++ Tools: EXTRA Introduction IBM International Technical Support Center (Red Books) þOS/2 V2.0 Vol 5: Print Subsystem (ITSC) þOS/2 V2.0 Vol 1: Control Program (ITSC) þOS/2 V2.0 Vol 2: DOS and Windows Environment (ITSC) þOS/2 V2.0 Vol 3: PM and Workplace Shell (ITSC) þOS/2 V2.0 Vol 4: Application Development (ITSC) þOS/2 2.1 Technical Update OS/2 LAN Server Version 2.0 þOS/2 LAN Server Migration Handbook þProblem Determination Reference Volume 1: Problem Determination Guide þNetwork Administrator Reference Volume 2: Performance Tuning þDOS LAN Requester User's Quick Reference þLAN Server User's Quick Reference þProblem Determination Reference Volume 3: LAN Error Messages þLAN Support Program User's Guide þNetwork Administrator Reference Volume 1: Planning and Installation Guide þNetwork Administrator Reference Volume 3: Network Administrator's Tasks þProblem Determination Reference Volume 2: LAN Alerts þDOS LAN Requester Windows User's Guide þOS/2 LAN Server Productivity Aids þNetwork Administrator Reference Supplement for OS/2 2.0 OS/2 LAN Server Version 3.0 þPC LAN Program Migration Guide þProblem Determination Reference Volume 1: Problem Determination Guide þNetwork Administrator Reference Volume 2: Performance Tuning þDLR and DLR Windows User's Quick Reference þOS/2 LAN Requester User's Quick Reference þProblem Determination Reference Volume 3: LAN Error Messages þIBM LAN Support Program User's Guide þNetwork Administrator Reference Volume 1: Planning and Installation Guide þNetwork Administrator Reference Volume 3: Network Administrators Tasks þProblem Determination Reference Volume 2: LAN Alerts þOS/2 LAN Server Productivity Aids þLAN Adapter and Protocol Support Configuration Guide þIBM Network Transport Services/2 Redirected Installation and Configuration Guide þMessages and Problem Determination Guide Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 Version 1.1 þMMPM/2 Application Programming Guide þMMPM Toolkit/2 þCUA Guide to Multimedia User Interface Design þMMPM/2 Programming Reference þOS/2 Multimedia Advantage Network Transport Services/2 Version 1.0 þLAN Adapter and Protocol Support Configuration Guide þIBM Network Transport Services/2 Redirected Installation and Configuration Guide þMessages and Problem Determination Guide OS/2 2.0 þOS/2 2.0 Information and Planning Guide þGetting Started with Workplace Shell (White Paper) þUpgrading to OS/2 2.0 (White Paper) þIBM OS/2 2.0 Getting Started þOS/2 2.0 Installation Guide þOS/2 2.0 Quick Reference þOS/2 2.0 Command Reference þIBM OS/2 2.0 Migrating to the OS/2 Workplace Shell þOS/2 2.0 Using the Operating System þTips and Techniques þOS/2 2.0 Adobe Type Manager for WIN-OS/2 þOS/2 2.0 Compatibility Information þOS/2 2.0 Using Bidirectional Support OS/2 2.1 þOS/2 2.0 Information and Planning Guide þGetting Started with Workplace Shell (White Paper) þUpgrading to OS/2 2.0 (White Paper) þOS/2 2.1 Using the Operating System þOS/2 2.1 Book Catalog þOS/2 2.1 Installation Guide þOS/2 2.1 Quick Reference þOS/2 2.1 Command Reference þOS/2 2.0 Using Bidirectional Support þOS/2 2.1 Performance Tuning for End Users (White Paper) þOS/2 2.1 Performance Improvements (White Paper) Operating System/2 2.0 Technical Library þOEM DASD and SCSI Device Driver Support þOS/2 2.0 Programming Guide--Volume III þGetting Started - OS/2 2.1 Toolkit þGetting Started - Toolkit þInformation Presentation Facility þPhysical Device Driver Reference þPresentation Manager Programming Ref. Vol. I þPresentation Manager Programming Ref. Vol. II þPresentation Manager Programming Ref. Vol. III þApplication Design Guide þProcedures Language 2/REXX User's Guide þPresentation Driver Reference þVirtual Device Driver Reference þSystem Object Model Guide and Reference þOS/2 2.0 Programming Guide--Volume I þOS/2 Programming Guide--Volume II þBidirectional National Language Support þControl Program Programming Reference þOS/2 2.1 PM Programming Reference Vol I þOS/2 2.1 PM Programming Reference Vol II þOS/2 2.1 PM Programming Reference Vol III þOS/2 2.1 CP Programming Reference þProcedures Language 2/REXX Reference þSAA CUA Advanced Interface Design Reference þSAA CUA Guide to User Interface Design PL/I Package/2 Version 1.1 þPL/I Package/2 Programming Guide þPL/I Package/2 Language Environment Run-Time Messages þPL/I Package/2 Installation þPL/I Package/2 Language Reference þPL/I Package/2 Reference Summary þPL/I Package/2 Fact Sheet SAA Common User Access Controls Library/2 Version 1.0 þCommon User Access Controls Library/2 Programming Guide þCommon User Access Controls Library/2 PM Reference þCommon User Access Controls Library/2 Windows Reference Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Version 1.2 for OS/2 þIBM TCP/IP Version 1.2 for OS/2: User's Guide þIBM TCP/IP Version 1.2 for OS/2: Installation and Maintenance þIBM TCP/IP Version 1.2 for OS/2: Programmer's Reference þIBM TCP/IP Version 1.2 for OS/2: Quick Reference Guide Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Version 1.2.1 for OS/2 þIBM TCP/IP Version 1.2.1 for OS/2: User's Guide þIBM TCP/IP Version 1.2.1 for OS/2: LAN Adapter and Protocol Support þIBM TCP/IP Version 1.2.1 for OS/2: Installation and Maintenance þIBM TCP/IP Version 1.2.1 for OS/2: Programmer's Reference þIBM TCP/IP Version 1.2.1 for OS/2: Quick Reference Guide ÿ From the Wire A selection of messages about OS/2 seen fleeting across the wires on Fidonet and Internet. OS/2 Shareware CD-ROM From the comp.os.os2.programmer.misc newsgroup From: rab@sprite.berkeley.edu (Robert A. Bruce) A new edition of the Hobbes OS/2 CDROM is now available. The disc contains the entire Hobbes OS/2 archive from ftp-os2.cdrom.com. There is a total of 640 megabytes of stuff on this disc. The files were downloaded from the archive in early June. The disc contains thousands of programs, including utilities, games, development tools, device drivers, program updates, graphics, and documentation. If you want to see what is on the Hobbes OS/2 CDROM, you can ftp the index and readme files from cdrom.com in the directory /cdrom/cdroms/hobbes. The disc conforms to ISO-9660, which is the most common and generic format. It will work with almost any system. The files are in a standard directory structure, so no special software is required. An optional menu driven front end is provided. BBS index files are included for many popular boards, including RBBS, PCBoard, Wildcat, Spitfire and Opus. The price is $25. S&H is $5 (per order, not per disc) for US/Can/Mex, and $10 for overseas. If you live in California, please add sales tax. You can send a check or money order, or you can order with Mastercard/Visa/AmEx. Bob Bruce Walnut Creek CDROM 4041 Pike Lane, Suite D-911 Concord, CA 94520 +1 800 786-9907, +1 510 674-0783, +1 510 674-0821 FAX orders@cdrom.com The disc is also available by subscription for $19.95 + S&H per quarter ($5 off the regular price). If you want to subscribe, your credit card will be charged as each new edition is shipped. New editions will come out every three or four months. We need to have at least 100 people subscribe in order to make the subscription service successful. The disc is available for FREE to anyone that has contributed any of their own work to the Hobbes archive. Just email me your name, address, and the name of the program(s) that you wrote. Overseas addresses are okay. For a more detailed list of this and other CDROMs, you can ftp the latest catalog from cdrom.com:/cdrom/catalog, or send email to info@cdrom.com. WordPerfect for OS/2 From the comp.os.os2.apps newsgroup From: sip1@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) skagos@mercury.cs.uregina.ca (Takis Skagos) writes: > Has anyone purchased WordPerfect for OS/2 yet? Would anyone like to comment > on it and tell the rest of us if it is any good? Thanks! We have had WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2 on order for a while, and I'll be happy to report on it when it arrives (unless someone else beats me to it). I did, however, see a demonstration of the released code on Tuesday here in Chicago (possibly the first public showing of the final code in the world :-)). I must say I am extremely impressed with what WordPerfect has managed to do. Just to get you interested: Without running WordPerfect, when you double click on a directory/folder with WordPerfect documents inside (created by any previous version of WordPerfect), they will be registered automatically, in the background, by the Workplace Shell (assigned WordPerfect icons, etc.) Details view on WordPerfect folders provides WordPerfect document-specific information. Object menus/notebooks are similar. You can drag and drop colors from the Color Palette onto individual elements within WordPerfect (say, for example, to change the color of the scroll bar). You can use either WordPerfect-supplied printer drivers (for just about every device under the sun, including some really obscure ones) or OS/2's own. You can drag a WordPerfect document to the printer object to print, without starting WordPerfect. Grammatik is 32-bit. Printing is in a separate thread. You can drag a graphics or spreadsheet file from a folder onto an open WordPerfect document to insert it. Long filenames are recognized. Performance appears to be VERY good. Subjectively it looked much better than the Windows version. A slew of document import/export filters is included. WordPerfect also supports around 17 formats for graphics import, and several spreadsheet formats (unfortunately not .WG2 -- you'll have to cut/paste there). NOTE: DeScribe is not supported -- you'll have to export to WordPerfect 5.1 format from DeScribe. WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2 uses the same 5.1/5.2 format found in the DOS and Windows versions. In short, from what I could see (without using it), it is a superset of the Windows version of WordPerfect. They've really done a very nice job providing integration with the Workplace Shell and applying OS/2-specific features where they made sense (e.g. multithreaded printing). Stacker for OS/2 fix From the Fidonet OS2 conference: From: Tom Oehser To: All Subj: .Stacker Fix Released. Well, in spite of messages telling me I was crazy, Stac has (finally) released a fix for the bug where the buffers didn't flush on shutdown. I use the term released loosely- the file on Compu$erve is encrypted, you have to provide your serial number and get them to send you the password privately. Since their response on CI$ is kind of slow, I elected to call them for the password- and the tech support person I got hadn't even heard there was a fix out. Stacker has been trying not to admit there's been a problem, but there are now newly released versions of STACKER.SYS and UNSTACK2.EXE. I wish I could post the fixes, but these guys are referring to the "sensitive nature" and would probably sue me. Oh- the file name is OS2UP.EXE in the STACKER\lib 5. -Tom. * Origin: OS/2 Shareware BBS, Fairfax, VA: 703-385-4325 (1:109/347) From the Editor Things just keep getting better and better around here. We've got the Jefferson City Point coming on-line any time now, I should start mailing informational postcards to all group members on a monthly basis, either this month or by the beginning of September at the lastest, and we're working on getting Lotus and WordPerfect to demo their products in the upcoming months. I think Phillip deserves a big THANKS for getting a modem for the Jeff City point, and Woody's doing a great job of networking it with the OWM here in Columbia. Also thanks to IBM for loaning us a Model 80 for use with the point. I'd like to thank David Sichak of the San Diego OS/2 User's Group for sharing his OS/2 BBS and User Group lists with us. Be sure to check those out when you're going out of town and try to go to other group's meetings. And be sure to let us know all about it if you do! Keep an eye out next month for a review of DeScribe's 32-bit word processor, which we saw demoed at the June meeting. Remember that the MMOUG is here for YOU! If you have any suggestions, feel free to bring it up with me or any of the other officers, either on the BBS or at the next meeting. See you Aug. 18 at the meeting! Dale Hackemeyer Editor, MMOUG Newsletter OS/2 Woodmeister BBS (1:289/27) Internet&olon. uc545502@mizzou1.missouri.edu ÿ