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DoomLegacy for OS/2 1.32beta1
Legacy Team has released a beta version of Doom Legacy 1.32 An OS/2 binary is
also available
http://www.newdoom.com/doomlegacy
MoneyDance 3
News! March 24, 2001: Moneydance 3.0 is now officially released and available
for free download!
Version 3.0 includes many new features such as budget management, investment
tracking, additional reports and graphs, more account types, a clearer, streamlined
interface, online banking*, and much more!
Moneydance in easy to install packages for Mac OS, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD,
Solaris, Windows, OS/2 and any platform that has JavaTM!
http://www.moneydance.com/download.shtml
SDG releases WarpMedia Technology Preview!
Software Developers Guild (SDG) is pleased to announce the release of the first
WarpMedia Technology Preview. While not a completed product, the preview demonstrates
a number of the exciting technologies SDG has been working on:
- MPEG-1 video/audio playback.
- DivX video/audio playback.
- Fullscreen video and TV output with SciTech Display Doctor.
- DIVE video output.
- Customizable user interface, including the ability to use Winamp skins directly.
As with SDG's WarpAMP player, the WarpMedia Technology Preview can also play
MP3 music files.
About SDG
SDG is a non-profit collaborative team of OS/2 programmers that aims to promote
OS/2 by developing freeware and shareware applications. SDG is primarily known for
WarpAMP, its award-winning MP3 player.
SDG's web site is located at http://www.sdg.os2.nu
OS/2 DNS client for www.zoneedit.com
I have a little news that can be handy for people who want to use ADSL/Cable
and require a nameserver with http://www.zoneedit.com/.
Together with the maker of a universal client for this DDNS services I have made
some modifications that allows this client to run under OS/2 without any problem.
The address for this client is: http://zoneclient.sourceforge.net/
All that a user needs to do is install Python for OS/2 with EMX and run the script.
Both of these can be found at hobbes.
Also, I have tested HTTPD and FTPD servers and the best two came out are:
Web/2 (http://dink.org) httpd server FTPServer from
Peter Moylan
(http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/os2/software.html)
ftp server. Together with Injoy PPPoE or FireWall (http://www.fx.dk)
Anyone can build their own website on ADSL and Cable, look at what I did at http://www.heppen.be/
Bas Heijermans.
Using Mesa 2 with Real-Time Data
Mesa 2, the spreadsheet from Sundial Systems, has the ability to utilize "outside"
values as part of its calculations. For those who are interested, a stock quote
example for Mesa 2's real-time feed is now on the Sundial web site. There are a
couple of smaller feed examples there as well.
http://www.sundialsystems.com/mesa/mesafeed.html
Sundial PR
sundialpr@sundialsystems.com
http://www.sundialsystems.com
ThirdEye 1.0.1 is released
ThirdEye is universal digital camera manipulation program for eComStation.
Hardware tested and supported:
Agfa ePhoto307
Olympus D-460Z
Olympus C-860L
Olympus C-920 ZOOM
Olympus C-1400L
and other O-project COM-port cameras
(several Olympus, Agfa, Epson, Nikon, Sanyo digital cameras, and some other models)
Contact us immediately if your camera is supported.
GenealogyJ
GenealogyJ (in short GenJ) is the name of a program which can handle all of your
genealogic information in a graphical way. Its main features are
flexible management of arbitrary genealogic information
visualization in different ways (table,tree,chronic,...)
standard file-format (exchange with other systems)
platform independency (any system, desktop, browser, ...) user automation (reporting)
You need Java (1.1.8 at least) and Swing installed to run GenealogyJ
GenealogyJ comes with a cmd file so usage under OS/2 should be easy
Handy FTP beta 2 released
There is a new beta 2 of HandyFTP
HandyFTP is an Internet FTP and FXP file transfer application for OS/2 PM, Win32
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/handyftp/
New PHP
Hi all,
I've finished building all the variations of the recently released PHP 4.0.5
~put together a new page specifically for PHP, http://silk.apana.org.au/php/
which is also mirrored at http://apache.org/~bjh/php/
The full list of changes can be found on http://www.php.net/
though I should add that php.ini handling is now fixed in my OS/2 port (was broken
in 4.0.4 as many of you noticed).
README.OS2:
PHP4 OS/2 Port - v4.0.5
=======================
This archive contains a port of PHP4 as an OS/2 DLL which is loadable into the
Apache web server. To use this module you will need to be using a version of Apache
for OS/2 that includes loadable module support. This is included in v1.3.9 and above.
This port is not been heavily tested so please use with caution ~report any incorrect
behaviour you encounter. The differences in the source used to build this binary
on OS/2 are included in the directory patch.
To get PHP4 support, copy libphp4.dll to the libexec directory under the Apache
server root and add
LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.dll
to your httpd.conf.
If you haven't used PHP4 before you will also need to add
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
to the appropriate Apache config file (httpd.conf or srm.conf depending on whether
you are using one config file or three).
If you wish to use a php.ini file to configure PHP settings you need to place
it in the directory pointed to by your ETC environment variable, usually \MPTM\ETC
of your boot drive.
This build of PHP4 contains the optional modules:
- GDBM v1.7.3
- MySQL client v3.23.32
- PostgreSQL client v7.0.2
- ZLib v1.1.3
- GD v1.2
- FreeType v1.2
- t1lib v0.9.2
- pdflib 3.0.2
And has the following optional features enabled:
- FTP
- XML
Comments and bug reports are welcome.
Binary Release History
======================
2001-5-4: v4.0.5 release
--
Brian Havard
bjh@apache.org
AudioStation Disucssion Group started
I've already created the Yahoo group for AudioStation. Everyone interested is
more than welcome to join in and start the discussion.
Here's the URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/audiostation
Thanks,
Christopher Hodges
AudioStation - What Does it Mean for MIDI Station Sequencer?
Some of you might be wondering if the creation of AudioStation means the end
of MIDI Station Sequencer. Well let me put your mind at ease and let you know that
this definitely does NOT mean the end of support for MSS. Actually most if not all
of the features that will be available in AudioStation will also be available in
MIDI Station Sequencer.
Christopher Hodges
http://www.dinosoft.it/~midistation/index.html
Warpzilla 0.9 now available
From: Mike Kaply, posted on the netscape.public.mozilla.os2 news group, please
post any followups to that news group
news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.os2
I have made an OS/2 version of Mozilla Milestone 0.9 available on the Mozilla
FTP site:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla0.9/mozilla-i386-pcos2-vacpp-0.9.zip
This version includes PSM 2.0, the new image library, the new cache, etc.
It also contains the new region code for OS/2, even though that is not checked
into the tree yet (CVS problems).
It seems a lot faster to me.
Please check to see if bugs are cross-platform before opening them on Mozilla.
Thanks
Mike Kaply
IBM
The Enhanced E Editor has been updated to v2.3
The big news in this release is web publishing. Editing and saving a file from
your website is almost as easy as working on a local file. Only the file dialog
is different and it takes an extra second to save or retrieve depending on your
connection.
We have also updated the code templates on our website for use with the editor.
In tagging languages like HTML you can now highlight text and doubleclick a tag
in the template tool to tag it. Making a quick fix or even writing new web pages
has never been easier and now you can save them directly to your website.
New features in v2.3 are:
Open from or publish to web via FTP.
Addressed issues resolving differences when using eStyler Button enhancement on
eCS - Thanks to Alessandro Cantatore
Changed Search dialog resources.
Change information line variable usage.
Change when loading file from command line.
Added "change font" in Code templates.
Added sound event for Spell check.
Take a peek at our website for more information on the Enhanced E's. The PillarSoft
Suite has also been updated and can be downloaded from our website.
The Enhanced E is $25 and is available through BMT Micro, Mensys and others.
The PillarSoft Suite contains this program plus 12 more OS/2 specific programs for
only $99.
Downloads and more information:
PillarSoft:
http://www.pillarsoft.net
Enhanced E:
http://www.pillarsoft.net/enhanced.html
PillarSoft Suite:
http://www.pillarsoft.net/suite.html
AudioStation - The Conclusion
Well after over 70 emails from everyone here's what I've concluded:
O S / 2 N E E E E E E D S S O M E T H I NG L I K E T H IS!!!!!!!!
O S / 2 U S E R S W A N T T H I S P R O G R A M !!!!!!!!
I won't be able to respond to everyone but I just want to say thank you very,
very much for your enthusiastic responses. Its heartening to see so much interest
in this idea which is actually more than an idea because parts of it are already
complete.
Some of the biggest questions that was asked by you was:
1) What is the maximum size audio file that can be handled? Well the way that
I'm planning to implement this will allow for audio files as large as your hard
drive can hold!!!!
2) Will I be able to convert these audio files to MP3 automatically? Well I hadn't
thought about doing that right away as there are other applications that handle
the job adequately. But if the demand is overwhelming I'll put it on my list.
3) Will it operate similar to CoolEdit? Well that is my plan. CoolEdit is a really
great application and I'd like to use some of its concepts with AudioStation.
What I'm going to do is open up a new e-group on Yahoo's (formerly EGroup's)
site so that anyone who is interested can join in and share in the creation of this
tool. I'll be posting my project plan for everyone to see, criticize and maybe even
commend. That way everyone knows where the product is going and when they can expect
to see a release. How does that sound to you?
Thanks again,
Christopher Hodges
Author of MIDI Station Sequencer and the forthcoming AudioStation
P.S. Once again I apologize for not being able to respond to everyone's emails
individually but each one is really appreciated.
http://www.dinosoft.it/~midistation/index.html
From: Scott E. Garfinkle posted on comp.os.os2.bugs
New JFS0508 on IBM's Testcase
Moderator note: As I've said before, anything on IBM's Testcase site is for testing.
Back up any files before applying updates, and don't apply anything to a production
system, or one you can't afford to lose data on. Send any followups to the Usenet
group - comp.os.os2.bugs
ftp://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/ps/fromibm/os2/jfs0508.zip
I'm posting this on behalf of the JFS developer. Here's the readme:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The jfs0508 file contains the latest JFS.IFS/JFS.SYM , UJFS.DLL/UJFS.SYM, CLRBBLKS.EXE/CLRBBLKS.SYM,JFSCHK32.EXE,
the JFS.TDF and the TRC012F.TFF file. .
Please unzip this file in the root directory after you have made a backup of
the following files.
.
\OS2\JFS.IFS
\OS2\JFS.SYM ( IF PRESENT )
\OS2\DLL\UJFS.DLL
\OS2\DLL\UJFS.SYM ( IF PRESENT )
\OS2\CLRBBLKS.EXE
\OS2\CLRBBLKS.SYM ( IF PRESENT )
\OS2\JFSCHK32.EXE
\OS2\SYSTEM\TRACE\JFS.TDF
\OS2\SYSTEM\TRACE\TRC012F.TFF
.
The modules contain some important fixes added on top of jfs0328 . Fixes in JFS.IFS
.
Xcopy hang when transferring more than 45GB of data.
Xcopy hang when booted from floppy / cdrom.
.
Some fixes that have gone into UJFS.DLL and CLRBBLKS.EXE
.
Trap during chkdsk if running dir on the same drive from client.
from jfs0328 readme:
Fixes in JFS.IFS:
Trap when swapper file is on JFS volume.
Hang when swapper file on JFS volume is being truncated.
Hang with heavy file I/O on JFS volume
Fixes that have gone into UJFS.DLL:
Cyrillic character files being moved into the lost+found directory. Chkdsk takes
a long time to complete Phase0 ( logredo ).
New Warp4, Warp4.5 Uni and SMP kernels on Testcase
{Moderator note: As I've said before, anything on IBM's Testcase site is for
testing. Back up any files before applying updates, and don't apply anything to
a production system, or one you can't afford to lose data on. Send any followups
to the Usenet group - comp.os.os2.bugs}
The latest build is out. Fixed a new hang. Backed out an APM-related change that
caused traps on some machines with the 0502 and 0503 kernels. As always, Get the
kernels on the internet at ftp://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/ps/fromibm/os2.
DFxxx is the dump formatter stuff for this build. xxxD.zip are the debug kernels.
Don't use them unless you know how to use the kernel debugger.
If use use SES, any of the SESDD32s released since Mar 1 are ok.
w4 kernels are for Warp 4/MCP uni/smp kernels are for WSeB/ACP uni and smp installations
readme follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This contains fixes since xr_e002/xr_m015/mcp/acp. Important note: If you use
the OS/2 SES facility, you need a new sesdd32.sys dated April 2001 or later to use
this kernel. Also, a matching dump formatter (df_ret.exe), provided separately,
is required, if you want to analyze a dump from this kernel. Finally, note that
os2ldr is only required for the >64mb memory detection mentioned below.
New function:
1) Support for >64m memory using int15 func e820. Note, this support is enabled
ONLY for Intel Pentium Pro or later, or non-Intel Pentium-class machines. This is
done in an effort to prevent problems on older PCs.
2) The presence of \os2\boot\os2norev.$$$ suppresses the display of internal revision
during boot.
3) Adding "EARLYMEMINIT=TRUE" to config.sys will allow device drivers,
etc., access to the memory above 16mb early in boot. Previously, this was only available
after DD and IFS init was completed. This has various implications when enabled:
a) AHA154X.ADD may do bad things to your system. Don't even askb
b) There may be some settings of HPFS386 cache that are incompatible.
4) Trap messages will now give the module name instead of the device name. For example,
"Exception in module: CLOCK01" instead of "Exception in Device Driver:
CLOCK$". ***change from 0220/0223: Traps in 32 bit code now show the modname,
too
5) Systems with a 486SX chip running FP15 will function correctly. Note, they will
NOT work with ACP or (necessarily) on MCP.
6) SESDD32 will now work correctly (I hope) for both uni and smp Bug Fixes:
Fixes from earlier "dated" kernels:
Fixed a trap 000d in w_OpenCreate (140:4dfd or so in uni/w4 krnls, don't have regs
for SMP). This was a post mcp/acp regression
Fixed strange loader i/o problems specific to the 0111 kernel.
Fixed a bootup sys31xx problem specific to the 0123 kernel.
Fixed a problem that was (I think) specific to Janauary uni ~W4 kernels which resulted
in odd ring 3 (maybe ring 0?) traps and hangs
Fixed some trap and other peculiar problems specific to the 0206 kernel. Those were
the result of a build problem.
Fixed some trap and other problems specific to the 0220/0223 kernels
Fixed a regression from JR15038 that caused a trap in CWBBS.IFS and PCSFLR0.IFS
(AS/400 shared folders access).
Fixed a regression in the 0330 kernel that messed up getting procdumps
Fixed a regression in the 0416 kernel that caused some hangs and also affected APM
Fixed a regression in the 0502 kernel that prevented booting altogether or caused
other very bad problems.
Fixed a regression in the 0502/0503 kernels that caused some odd trap d/e's in the
scheduling code
Fixes to problems that exist in released code:
JR15494: Delayed response of Ctrl-C or Ctrl-S (pause) in os/2 windows
JR15405: (probably) DosQueryAsyncTimer fails on timecritical thread after mscount
rolls over after 49.7 days of uptime
JR15030: TRAPDUMP QUERY doesn't show PD (needs a new trapdump.exe, too)
JR13335: Some VDMs won't run, complaining of too-long command lines
JR15194: XCOPY fails with SYS1186 or SYS1192 on (at least) MO drives
JR15038: Trap 8 in h_DeviceHelpDM running an app from a tcpbeui drive
JR15229: Files left open after ERROR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES returned to app
PJ27700: SMP systems may get a trap 000e in _tkStopScan, particularly during a procdump
operation.
PJ27676: Causes hangs on some systems running UNI or W4 kernels
PJ27554: Hang or (on allstrict) trap 3 on SMP (only) during beeps
PJ27678: SMP kernels could not be RIPL-booted. As part of this, there is a new config.sys
parameter I13PAGES= available. Adding I13PAGES=1 to config.sys (note, no SET) reduces
the memory usage of the mini VDM processes used by ibm1s506.add and the GRADD drivers.
This becomes important in RIPL-boot situations. It may be helpful for UNI RIPL boot,
as well.
PJ27677: SMP systems hang with multiple threads of same process entering a critical
section (affects ADSM client)
PJ27757: Trap 000e running Theseus/4 (note, theseus4.exe may still end up with a
sys3175, but at least the system doesn't crash).
PJ27736: Trap in _PLD_WriteReturnCode
PJ27777: Set BEGINLIBPATH= (in config.sys ONLY) may be ignored. Also, it would lead
to a bogus copy of BEGINLIBPATH= in the environment.
;PJ27821: Trap 000e in SchedNextRet2 on some APM-enabled machines ; *removed as
of 0508 -- original fix caused regressions. new fix ; on hold, for now
PJ27906: Trap 000e in pvwRegKrnlInstance running SPM/2 (may also cause unknown odd
behavior in other performance monitors).
PJ27919: Complete system hang running some apps (same as JR12136)
Following are rough instructions for applying the os2krnl fix: In the directory
from which you boot (C:\ or d:\ or whatever), type these commands. Note that os2krnl
should have come with this file.
1. attrib -r -s -h os2krnl
2. attrib -r -s -h os2ldr
3. copy os2krnl os2krnl.sav
4. copy os2ldr os2ldr.sav
5. copy \os2\system\trace\*.tdf \save (or wherever)
5. unzip -o xxx.zip
If you want, you can turn the os2krnl and os2ldr attributes back on, but it's
not necessary to do so.
Trace files (*.tdf) have been included.
An os2krnl.sym file has been provided with this fix. Just save it somewhere (root
directory or anywhere). It is only needed in case OS/2 service requests a standalone
dump of your system in the future.
New emx-Mozilla
http://river.anduin.net/mozilla/moz-2001-05-08.rar
Moderator note: This version of the freeware Mozilla 6.0 for OS/2 web browser
requires the EMX runtime. You can find that at http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/emx/v0.9d/emxrt.zip
eComStation mentioned on Slashdot
Slashdot has an article on eComStation's imminent release. This is a major opportunity
to let non-OS/2 users learn about the new future of OS/2 Warp. Unfortunately, most
of the comments are anti-OS/2 FUD. I invite all OS/2 users to visit Slashdot and
post pro-OS/2 comments and replies. You don't need an account to add comments, but
it helps if you have one.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/08/004200&mode=nested
New "Go XFree86/OS2!" column
A new issue of the "Go XFree86/OS2!" column is now online at OS2 World.com.
The new topic is "Internet Applications".
From: Christian Hennecke christian.hennecke@os2world.com
AudioStation - Anyone interested?
I am considering writing an audio playback/recording and sequencing program.
I'm proposing the following features: 1) Audio playback with streaming from hard
drive to handle large audio files 2) Simultaneous playback of audio clips 3) Audio
recording with streaming for direct-to-hard-disk recording 4) Full audio editing
with graphical representation of the audioform (Cut,copy, paste etc....) 5) Audio
effects modules with the ability to have other developers write >custom plug-ins
6) Audio sequencing: This would allow a user to take various audio samples and sequence
them with the ability to sa
All of these capabilities are available in MIDI Station Sequencer but as that
program requires your soundcard drivers to support RTMIDI or use of the MPU401 driver
it has become apparent that not many people are able to use that program. :>(
All this is is a proposition. If there is no interest in this kind of program
I won't waste my time but if there is enough interest generated I will spend the
time on it. I see the end result of this program being what the next generation
of a Ceres SoundStudio might have been.
Any interest out there?
I await your feedback.
Christopher Hodges
cdhodge@attglobal.net
Author of MIDI Station Sequencer
http://www.dinosoft.it/~midistation/index.html
Gnuplot 3.8f released
Petr Mikulik has released Gnuplot 3.8f for OS/2
gnuplot is a function plotting program. It can be used to plot functions and
data points in both two- and three-dimensional plots in many different formats,
and will accommodate many of the needs of today's scientists for graphic data representation.
gnuplot is copyrighted, but freely distributable; you don't have to pay for it.
Cool features:
- gnuplot version 3.8f patchlevel 0
- mouse patches for Presentation Manager, X11 and Linux VGA: see 'help set mouse'
(notice cool 'set mouse labels'), 'help set bind',
- pm3d splot mode for colour filled maps and surfaces (see 'help set pm3d', 'help
set palette' and http://www.sci.muni.cz/~mikulik/gnuplot.html#pm3d)
- see also file ChangeLog for more details on updates and new features
http://www.sci.muni.cz/~mikulik/gnuplot/gp38f-May04-os2bin.zip