VOICE Newsletter - Potential new feature

2001-11-06 18:56:06 -- Lazy [VOICENWS]

We would like to add a new page to the VOICE Newsletter to allow small Freeware and OS/2 user advertisements. This has been delayed a bit do to our involvement with Warpstock. Hopefully we can have something together for December. But we need your help.

This new page would allow developers of freeware apps to advertise their products by having a free banner/text ad on this page. Also OS/2-eCS users and OS/2 user groups could place text ads seeking other OS/2-eCS users in their geographical area to start/promote a user group or maybe just find someone to help them with a support problem or have coffee with. So let us know if you think this is a good idea.

If you would like to place an advertisement send it to ads@os2voice.org.
If you would just like to comment, please send email to feedback@os2voice.org.

As with most everything at VOICE, these ads are free, supported by the members who have joined VOICE.

We have also revised our sponsorship levels to make it more affordable to sponsor VOICE, and have banner ads on some pages of the Newsletter for shareware and commercial OS/2 developers. You can view the status of that on our Sponsorship page - http://www.os2voice.org/sponsorinfo.html.

Warpstock Europe 2001: First Pictures Available

2001-11-06 18:40:12 -- Igor Vanin [www.os2.org, Thomas Bruehl]

The first pictures from the Warpstock Europe 2001 exhibition in Belgum are available.
URL: http://teamos2kb.bnic.de/warpstock/

Slashdot asks: where are the OS/2 users?

2001-11-06 18:39:31 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS, Timur Tabi]

Looks like it's time to re-educate some more Linux users again.

There's an article on Slashdot (see link) that asks where all the "OS/2 junkies" have gone. You don't need an account to reply - just talk about how you're using OS/2 today. Don't forget to mention eComStation and the Convenience Packs.

URL: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/01/1927232

VOICE meeting Monday 11/5/2001

2001-11-06 18:38:42 -- Lazy [VOICENWS]

On Monday, November 5th, we will have a VOICE meeting on IRC at 8PM EST (01:00 GMT). Everyone is invited. All you need to attend is some time and an IRC client, as all our meetings take place on the internet. No travel required. :-)

The main topic for this meeting will be on VOICE Speakup events. Who should we invite next? What topics would people like to see covered? We'd like to hear your suggestions.

So please join us in the #voice channel on the WEBBnet IRC network. For more on VOICE meetings and IRC clients please see the VOICE Meeting Information page - http://www.os2voice.org/meetinginfo.html.

The November VOICE Newsletter is now online

2001-11-06 18:36:54 -- Lazy [VOICENWS, Mark Dodel]

The November 2001 issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now online at http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html

In this month's issue you will find:

• The Editors of VOICE speak out: Whither OS/2?
• Using Watcom C/C++ 11.0c on OS/2, By: Michal Necasek
• Choosing the Best Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, By: Timothy F. Sipples
• An OS/2 History Lesson: The Beginnings of OS/2, By: Michal Necasek
• Warpstock 2001 - An OS/2 Odyssey., By: Mark Dodel
• Manual Installation of Win32-applications using Odin - Part 3, By: Herwig Bauernfeind
• Partitioning Harddrives under OS/2 - Part 2 , By: Eric Baerwaldt
• And of course the VOICE OS/2 Tips, letters and the compiled monthly OS/2 news!

The VOICE Editors would like to thank everyone who made this issue of the VOICE Newsletter possible. We couldn't do it without your help. :-) This includes our writers, editors and translators. Without them there'd be no VOICE Newsletter. Please consider writing an article for the Newsletter. The Guidelines for Article Submissions to the VOICE Newsletter:
http://www.os2voice.org/newsletter_submission.html.
The German version is at:
http://de.os2voice.org/newsletter_submission.html

WinXp Launch Notes

2001-11-02 01:17:24 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Jason Stefanovich]

For those who might be interested in what the competition is up to. I attended the XP launch in D.C. yesterday. You can read my report and view some images at my page. I didn't editorialize too much because some of my Windy loving friends have seen it as well, but you can draw your own conclusions.
http://home1.gte.net/stefanj/winxplaunch.htm

Meetings of OS/2 users all over the world

2001-11-01 18:30:13 -- Igor Vanin [Eugene Gorbunoff]

Some meetings of OS/2 Users passed in the last ten days of october.

20-th october - meeting of the Southern California OS/2 User Group. Installation of OS/2 (different versions), food and drinks.
http://www.scoug.com/warpexpowest/sitemap.html

24-th october - Philadelphia meeting of Philadelphia OS/2 User Group. Installation of eCS and MCP. Detailed studing of software included to eCS.
http://www.phillyos2.org

26-th october - Moscow
Konstantin Okounkov, admin@os2.ru
http://www.os2.ru

Inform us if such meetings take place in your country or town.

Cool and free printable OS/2 Calendar for 2002

2001-11-01 18:25:43 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS, Filip Molcan]

Visit OS2.cz, check section "Download" and you can download and print the new and cool OS/2 calendar for the year 2002. In ZIP archive, you will find PDF document for easy printing.

OS/2 Groups alive again on IBM News Server

2001-11-01 18:23:10 -- Timur Kazimirov [VOICENWS]

There are several OS/2 focused news groups reactivated on IBM's public news server recently.

News server is news.software.ibm.com

Groups:

• ibm.software.os2.lan
• ibm.software.os2.misc
• ibm.software.os2.rexx
• ibm.software.os2.warp
• ibm.networking.tcpip.os2

So before IBM decides to shut them down for lack of use (and lack of promotion) let's show IBM there are still some OS/2 users out there who appreciate information forums devoted to OS/2.

IBM celebrates 90 years of its technological leadership

2001-11-01 18:20:56 -- Igor Vanin [Eugene Gorbunoff]

Forum related to IBM solutions for e-business ocurried in the previous week in Moscow.
URL: http://www.ibm.com/ru/news/nfolder/24_10_01_10.html.

The corporation presented software and hardware achievements, server solutions, etc. IBM Business-partners demonstarated the power of IBM technologies.

eComStation songs

2001-10-29 17:52:24 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS, John Bijnens]

You can now download two songs dedicated to eComStation from ftp server: ftp://warpstock:ecs@celkunststoffen.khlim.be/. They are composed by members of the two groups that will perform during the Warpstock Europe Social Event.

News from www.os2world.com/games

2001-10-23 20:32:32 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS, Martin Kiewitz]

News from http://www.os2world.com/games. Help to debug DOS4GW programs and to find more games, that need to get patched.

Site http://www.os2world.com/games invites you to download pathes for games:

• Indy 3: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=LUCASFIX
• Indy 3 (Non-VGA): http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/INDY3FIX.ZIP
• Lemmings 2 (Psygnosis) http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=LEMM2FIX

XML presentations from Warpstock

2001-10-23 20:28:05 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS, Gregory Bourassa]

An enhanced version of presentation (XML and XSLT processing on the OS/2 and eCS platform) from Warpstock is now available at http://www.magma.ca/~bourassa/ws2001.

Play windows games using Odin

2001-10-23 20:13:03 -- Igor Vanin [www.os2.ru, os2ok]

www.os2.ru published list of windows games, which work under OS/2. Many Screenshots and comments (russian only).

URL: http://os2.ru/articles/software/other/odin/gaming.phtml.ru.

New materials in www.os2.spb.ru

2001-10-18 20:30:49 -- Igor Vanin [www.os2.spb.ru]

New materials in www.os2.spb.ru

• Psion project updated
• PsiFtp project updated
• New screenshot in collection

Warpstock Europe 2001

2001-10-18 19:18:52 -- Igor Vanin [www.os2world.com, Luc Van Bogaert]

The Warpstock Europe Event Team is very pleased to announce that Innotek Systemberatung GmbH, C&L Verlag, Starfire Engineering & Technologies, Inc will be exhibiting at the Warpstock Europe 2001 conference. All attendees are invited to visit the Warpstock Europe Exhibit Hall to discover all products and services presented by this companies.

Innotek to present Virtual PC at Warpstock Europe 2001

Innotek recently surprised the OS/2 and eComStation community with the announcement of "Virtual PC for OS/2", a new product based on Connectix technology which will enable people using IBM OS/2 Warp to execute additional operating systems at the same time on their OS/2 desktop. Innotek has also partnered with Serenity Systems International to bring this virtual machine technology to the eComStation platform. Innotek is also the company that brought MacroMedia Flash Player to OS/2.

Visitors of Warpstock Europe 2001 will be able to meet the people behind these exciting products and attend a number of presentation sessions by Innotek's representatives. Highlight of the event will be an amazing public demonstration of the "Virtual PC for OS/2" product. Other topics that will be presented by Innotek's people are "Odin - update and tips & tricks" and "Co-StandbyServer for e-business - High availability clustering on OS/2".

For more information about Innotek and their products and services, visit their web site at http://www.innotek.de.

C&L Verlag publisher

C&L Verlag is a well known German publisher of computer books and magazines. The books and some of their magazines such as Toolbox, mainly focus on the subjects software development, networking and Unix in general. Their freeX magazine is a technical magazine targeting users of free operating systems, including Linux, BSD and free Unix systems. Just like last year, C&L Verlag will be at Warpstock Europe to demonstrate their continuing support for the OS/2 and eComStation operating systems.

For more information about C&L Verlag and their publications, visit their web site at http://www.cul.de/.

Starfire

Starfire's premier partnerships with IBM and Lotus allow them to offer the "best of breed" products to tackle your most challenging business problems. Their cross-platform expertise covers the OS/2, Windows, AIX, and Linux operating systems. Starfire also provides the foundation for complex architecture, deployment, and development solutions. Starfire is recognized by IBM as one of the leading business partners in providing Server-Managed Client solutions with IBM's Network Computing software family, specifically Workspace On-Demand.

Warpstock Europe attendees will be able to attend a presentation by Richard Spurlock and Benjamin Claypool of Starfire, Inc. Their presentation is titled "Rapid and Consistent Enterprise System Administration: Starfire Titan" and discusses cross-platform administration for enterprise networked systems.

For more information about Starfire Engineering & Technologies, Inc. and to learn more about their products and services, visit their web site at http://www.starfire.net.

The Warpstock Europe 2001 Conference will be held on November 2-4, 2001 at the 'KH Limburg' College in Diepenbeek (Hasselt), Belgium. Warpstock Europe is an annual gathering of developers, vendors and users of the OS/2 and eComStation operating systems, for the purpose of education, providing information and support to everyone with an interest in these operating systems or related technology. More information is available at the Warpstock Europe web site http://warpstock.os2.org.