September 11, 1998 - X-File, "The Open File Dialog Fixer", is a desktop enhancer which adds major enhancements to the standard OS/2 microscopic "open/save as" file dialog. Nothing paranormal here - just real useful stuff.
X-File runs under OS/2 3.0 or later, is small and non-intrusive, and will save you from the merrily-we-scroll-along syndrome. Works with many apps such as DeScribe, System Editor and SmallEd - see list below for more. Another must-have X utility from the company that gave you X-it and Matrix.
WHAT'S NEW
Enhancements
Product Info:
Product: X-File for OS/2
Filename: XFILE14.ZIP
Type: Desktop enhancement utility, Shareware
Price: $15 US
CIS SWREG: #14588
Company: CodeSmith Software
Web: http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/xfile/
Update notices via list server:
- e-mail: majordomo@bmtmicro.com
- body: subscribe x-file
E-mail: xfile@bmtmicro.com
USA Phone: 800/414-4268 (orders only),
910/791-7052 (orders or order inquires only)
Secure on-line ordering: https://secure.falcon-net.net/BMT/order0228.html
Requirements: OS/2 3.0 or later. 125K disk space
Look for XFILE14.ZIP at these sites:
WWW: http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/xfile/
FTP: ftp://ftp.bmtmicro.com/bmtmicro
FTP: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/util/system
FTP: ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/wpsutil
WWW: http://www.musthave.com/
CompuServe: GO OS2BVEN, OS/2 Shareware, Library #1
Countdown to Warpstock!
Warpstock October 17-18, 1998 Wyndham Northwest, Chicago, IL. USA
September has arrived, the kids are back in school, and the Warpstock '98 Team is continuing to put together this year's celebration of OS/2. It's only a little more than a month away!
If you haven't visited the Web site at http://www.warpstock.org/ lately, it's time to do so: we have a new look, a new logo, and most importantly, updated vendors and presentations.
Presentations Confirmed
Check out the new lists of Presentations, Events and Software Demonstrations http://www.warpstock.org/sched.html. We are updating these items as we gather information; it's been changing almost daily.
If you don't see your company, product or topic presented, we may be missing information! Just use our on-line forms to register for a software or speaker presentation for your company or yourself.
More Presentations Wanted
While we have plenty of presentations scheduled, there's always room for more. OS/2 users are anxious to learn everything about the operating system, after all, and the context in which OS/2 is used. If you have wisdom to share about any of the following topic areas, we'd love to hear about it.
Plus, software vendors have a great opportunity to demonstrate their applications at Warpstock. We hope to have continuous demonstrations of freeware, shareware, and commercial applications throughout the weekend. Just surf over to the sign-up form at http://www.warpstock.org/present_software.html and sign up! It's that easy!
While Warpstock isn't an IBM event -- not by any stretch of the imagination! -- we welcome IBM employees (and ex-employees) who are interested in talking about the company's directions, OS/2-related products, and "how it works" subjects. While the Warpstock Team is well connected, we know that many you have a lot of contacts inside the company. We urge you to encourage any IBMers you know to help out as presenters... and hey, just to attend. IBM staff who attended Warpstock last year were recharged, just as were all of us customers. Arguably, IBM's not especially good at communicating inside the company about non-IBM events, so we can't be sure how well the "Warpstock word" has gotten out, or, in. Anything you can do to let IBMers know about the event will be much appreciated, especially by those IBMers.
End of $99 Room rate at Wyndham Northwest
I want to thank everyone that has booked their rooms at the Wyndham Northwest. You have made it possible for Warpstock to meet its budget. As of September 1st, and there are now less than 40 rooms left at the incredible Warpstock $99 a night rate left. This $99 rate will close out on September 16th, and after that the Wyndham will accept the room rate at their discretion. Based on their current actions of no longer giving the rate for extra nights, we believe that they will be charging their standard rate schedule. If you find that they are quoting $189 or some such figure, you can still get a somewhat discounted rate if you are a AAA member, they do have a discounted weekend rate; AARP members can also get a discount.
Job Fair
Looking for a new job? Warpstock may be able to help you! We are currently in negotiation with several recruiters who are looking for OS/2 people, and we hope to set aside an area for them to do interviews. Bring your resume! If we are unable to reach a final terms with these recruiters and companies, we will collect resumes anyway and see if we can set up a searchable OS/2 database on one of the web sites.
Special Mentions
SCOUG deserves a special mention. Not only was SCOUG a early financial backer of Warpstock, and a vendor at Warpstock; they have also been a great advertiser of Warpstock with both their Webfoot and Peter Skye's interview that was just published on the web http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/scoug809.2.warped.html. I have never been called a visionary before. I am proud to wear the SCOUG polo shirt at my office and when I go to a OS/2 meeting. I know that I will be purchasing a new one this year.
Hethmon Brothers Software (http://www.hethmon.com/) also deserves a special mention. Hethmon Bros. purchased advertising on Warpcast for the month of August, which was almost all about Warpstock. Paul Hethmon, last year's Warpstock Chair, continues to host our e-mail site, is on the Warpstock Executive Board, and has been great help to Warpstock'98. He and his company are truly what Warpstock is about -- helping the OS/2 Community.
Final Words
I personally, want to thank everyone who has helped us bring this new Warpstock together in such a timely fashion. It has been a real challenge for me to work with as far-flung a group as the current Warpstock '98 Team. I think that we have done a great job, considering that we have had only 3 months to do it in. Some people have questioned if this is the same Warpstock as last year. When I look at the devotion that the people helping us put this together, I am absolutely amazed. Warpstock still has the same Heart as last year. This year we are in a lovely hotel, we will have beautiful trade booths and we will look less like a 'computer flea market' than last year's Warpstock.
I know that I am looking forward to seeing all of you at Warpstock. I think that we will have some surprises for you, I know that you will find lots of new things to see, to think about and to take home with you.
Symantec recently posted a solicitation for OS/2 Beta Testers for Norton AntiVirus, which will incorporate IBM's AntiVirus technology beginning in 1999. IBM will no longer market their own AntiVirus product after the end of 1998.
Further information may be found in the Products Section of the Symantec web site at http://et.symantec.com/
Enter UserID: OS/2, and Password: IB835
There is a short survey with six questions. If you complete this survey, they will be able to keep your data and sign you up for beta testing, expected sometime in October, as per Sheelagh O'Connor of Symantec (soconnor@symantec.com).
As many of us remember from the old OS/2 2.x and Warp 3 days, there was a great freeware utility, named CFGINFO, written by Rick Meigs, for editing the config.sys file and which included useful information about the various items and recommendations for their usage and settings. Unfortunately, a Warp 4 update was never forthcoming.
Just this past week, a new Warp 4 update was released by Klaus Staedtler (stadt@ibm.net). Its still freeware. Filename is CFGINFO5.ZIP. Download via ftp from:
http://www.buntspecht.de/files/cfginfo5.zip
Multiple Recursive Search and Replace (MRSR) is a command line program for doing search and replace operations on text files. Rather than being limited to a single file at a time, or a single search and replace at one time, MRSR allows multiple files and a virtually unlimited number of search and replace operations at once. MRSR also does BLOCK searches. MRSR will optionally go through an entire sub-directory tree. MRSR allows updates to Web pages and also source code. Version 2 uses English-like commands rather than the obscure single letter commands of version 1. Much better :-))
For more information and to download a shareware version visit:
http://www.bossi.com/utility/mrsr/mrsr.html
PITTSBURGH, PA (August 18, 1998) - Aviar announced today that it has released the Oz. of Prevention System for the OS/2 and WorkSpace on Demand platforms. Oz is the first fully voice-activated and speech-driven CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) available. This new product has all of the capabilities of Aviar's award-winning DOS CMMS, OOPS! (The Ounce of Prevention System), which will run under OS/2, but in addition, Aviar has tapped into the wealth of cutting-edge technology available through the OS/2 operating system to make this package "software for the next millenium."
Oz, under development for almost three years, was written in Object REXX, uses DB2 and was designed specifically to utilize OS/2's built-in speech. "Oz. is 'quality software, built with quality tools, for a quality operating system. Businesses of all sizes need software which is reliable, stable, powerful, flexible, convenient and ready for real-life mission-critical application. We believe Oz. fills that need in the CMMS area," says John J. Urbaniak, Ph.D., President and founder of Aviar, Inc. "Since Oz is fully customizable and fully internationalizable, it can be used anywhere maintenance is performed to help companies, large and small, track labor, parts, costs, equipment history, downtime and more."
Oz is featured on Aviar's webpage: (http://www.oops-web.com/) and is being sold as a turnkey system directly through Aviar's Sales Department.
Aviar, Inc. was founded in 1984 by Dr. Urbaniak to provide top-quality PC software for commercial and industrial users. Aviar's OOPS! was first released more than 10 years ago and is still in use by companies around the world.
Aviar is an OS/2 shop and development by the company during the past several years has been mainly in the area of "voice-activated, speech-driven" systems. In addition to Oz. they have also developed several other voice-activated systems, including: a data base query package, V Trex: Information . . . at your COMMAND!; a drug review and analysis testing package for use by MROs (Medical Review Officers) to track employee drug test recording procedures, and a billing software package for Octel-based voicemail systems. Aviar also published "Object REXX by Example" (331 pages), ISBN Number 0-9652329-0-5, a book on the object-orientd programming language, Object REXX.
Zydacron has introduced a new videoconferencing solution for OS/2 Warp which provides professional, high quality, standards-based communication to suitably equipped PCs. Systems can be connected over ISDN, Token-Ring, Ethernet, or other networks. This solution should also be adaptable to WorkSpace On-Demand, for interactive videoconferencing in the network computing world.
Now OS/2 Warp systems can enjoy videoconferencing with other platforms supporting industry standards (as well as Zydacron's own solutions for other platforms).
Videoconferencing can help save travel expenses, bringing coworkers "closer" together to work on projects, provide interactive "help desk" support, and consequently avoid extra expense and downtime.
For more information please visit Zydacron on the Internet at: http://www.zydacron.com/mainsite/onwan250os2.htm.