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May 29

WP 5.1 for DOS VESA Driver Opportunity

With the recent discussion here (editor note: The OS/2 WP List) in mind about not having the ability for a high resolution graphic preview on WordPerfect 5.1 (!!; not v6) for DOS, I've sent a message to the SDD-OS2 mailing list asking if there was eventually an option to do e.g. 8514/A emulation (i.e. emulating an old ATI card) with SDD. With the first response being rather negative, I've received today an update by Michal Necasek from SciTech.

In short, after doing some more research, he found that it should be not too difficult to write a VESA (!) driver for WP5.1 for DOS. Of course, there has to be some more demand than just myself... . It's also not unlikely that it will not be a free tool - since I stated in my request that those who need it would certainly be willing to pay for such a long-awaited driver. Personally, I don't think this should be a problem for those who keep using WP5.1 today.

In order to find out about potential interested "customers", I'm volunteering to collect all requests here and forward them to SDD. So, in case you're interested, please let me know via email to

Hadam.Martin@MH-Hannover.de

with

"WP5.1 VESA Driver Request"

in the subject line. If you need several licenses, please also include this number. Your name and email address will only be handed over to SciTech and used for feedback to you from myself, but is not made available to anyone else.

Also, to reach most interested parties in the shortest possible time, feel free to forward this message to other WP 5.1 users that you know. Please note that such a driver should be useful to WP 5.1 running in plain DOS or any other OS providing full screen DOS boxes (like OS/2).

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Martin R. Hadam
Kinderklinik - Medizinische Hochschule
D-30623 Hannover
Germany
Email: Hadam.Martin@MH-Hannover.de


May 29

Vote for XnView!

XnView is a software to view and convert graphics files, really simple to use; with support of more than 200 graphics formats. It also offers simple picture editing functions, such as mirroring, filters, etc. and allows processing whole directories in batch-mode. It generates dia-shows, takes screenshots, and generates HTML-indexes of selected images with thumbnails.

Unfortunately, this program is available for all Windows platforms, plus Linux, FreeBSD, and several Unixes, but currently not for OS/2. However, the author offers a voting function in the download section where OS/2 is listed. Go there and vote: an OS/2 version can't be that unlikely since XnView is more or less a frontend for NCONVERT and NVIEW, which already do exist as an OS/2 version (both are downloadable from that site, too).

http://www.xnview.com


May 29

ZxMail Beta 2

Zeryx software is pleased to announce Beta 2 of ZxMail Server.

With this release:

Fixed: Netscape Mail now works correctly with ZxMail.
theBat now works with ZxMail.
Tons of bug fixes, better instalation.
Added more functions, features.

improved performance.

Beta 2 is available now, you can download it from http://www.zeryx.com and go to the download page

Thank you for your support.

Eric Lavoie
Zeryx Software Inc.
info@zeryx.com


May 28

ThirdEye 1.0.2 + Konica

The approach of summer is noticeable. Don't put aside the purchase of ThirdEye and a Digital Camera as addition %)

We have to add more hardware before expansion of interface features, so
* Now ThirdEye is compatible with Hewlett-Packard and Konica digital cameras;
* The communication with O-project cameras was accelerated;
* ThirdEye acquires original names of photos when possible;
* Current distribution pack contains VIO version of ThirdEye

Contact us if your camera is supported!

http://thirdeye.os2.ru


May 28

new CDR/RW Wizard build

Hi all,
I've just uploaded new CDR/RW Wizard build 05282001

Ciao from Rocco

http://www.quasarbbs.net/rocco


May 28

OS/2 article from Byte

Byte.com has just published an article by Bill Nicholls, which discusses OS/2 in a positive fashion.

"After five years without a new release of OS/2," he says, "suddenly there are two.

"Convenience Pack (CP) was released by IBM as an upgrade to Warp V4, including many of the latest Warp Server for e-business components. Another upgrade to OS/2, based on the CP, comes from Serenity Systems, as eCommStation (eCS). Serenity Systems has been licensed by IBM to resell OS/2 as a package, including optional Symetric Multiprocessing (SMP) desktop capabilities. . . ."

http://www.byte.com

--Esther Schindler
(not affiliated with Byte, but an employee of the same publishing company)


May 28

Netscape/2 4.61 Easter Egg

I don't know if it's already known, but there is an easter egg in Netscape/2 4.61.

Simply go to Help/About Communicator.
Now click on Netscape Logo.
Here are the names of the authors of Netscape/2.

Now push that window into background (by activating warp-center for example), afterwards click immediately on the authors window to make it focus again and voila, an easter egg.

Moderator's note: This Comm/2 Easter Egg was mentioned in the VOICE Speakup with Mike Kaply and Jeff Kobal of the IBM Netscape for OS/2 team - http://de.os2voice.org/logs/V092099.LOG.html :-)


May 28

Update for Z! mp3 player

- fixed a bug in VBR mpeg 2.5 streams
- fixed a few cosmetic bugs

http://dink.org/z/


May 28

MAMERun beta 8a released

Whats New Beta 8a:

Fixed an incompatibility with the Classic Rexx interpreter which would cause a crash upon closing the program. Removed the dependency on the "E" editor, all text messages now display in an internal viewer. Reflowed the popup menus for easier navigation.

MAMERun is a frontend for the DOS version of MAME; an arcade emulator.

MAMERun is Opensource.

http://home1.gte.net/vzn05zki/

From: Jason R Stefanovich stefanj@gte.net


May 27

Crystal 3.08 PCI driver TRAP problem, suggested workaround

Those who tried the crystal 3.08 PCI drivers from the IBM Thinkpad-site and got a trap 008 (or something else). I've found ot that copying only the cwcmmpm.sys works. The benefit is: Flash sound works now with the Netscape Flash plug-in and also Z (the mp3 player) after using pause.

the driver is available here:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4ENRG5.html?lang=en_US&page=brand&brand=root&doctype=&subtype=Cat

Klaus Staedtler


May 27

CooLFM 1.5 + Hauppage WinTV/FM

* CooLFM is able to control FM-tuners integrated on TV-tuners (including WinTV Hauppage, MIRO).
You can test CooLFM now. Don't forget to connect FM antenna.
Initialize your TV-tuner before using CooLFM.

Run CooLFM, switch to Hardware page.
Select BrookTree family, Two combo boxes will appear. Select Card model and Tuner model:

examples:
Fly98: Card: Fly98, Tuner: Secam;
Aver98: Card: Aver98, Tuner: Secam;

Special thanks to:
Markus Montkowski, John Poltorak, Evgeny Kotsuba, Sergey Bykov, doctor64, Vadim Rumyantsev

We have to solve last problem
- initialization of TV-card after cold bootup.

What's new
* Stereo mode for BrookTree family;
* AIMS, SF16-FMP fixed :\
* Don't forget to download HOT skins with japan anime girls made by Stauff;
* We are waiting for your suggestions how to improve CooLFM.

http://coolfm.os2.ru


May 27

Recipe unofficial national OS/2 fixpaks

Did you wonder how the unofficial Russian Warp 4 fixpaks were created? With the the help of Yuri Proniakin many and others I have managed to create an unofficial Hungarian fixpak 15 and put the recipe on my OS/2 homepage:

http://xenia.sote.hu/~kadzsol/fixpak

You might also want to take a look at my main OS/2 page. It is partially translated to English now.

http://xenia.sote.hu/~kadzsol
Hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=n.a.



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