Updated IBM USB Mass Storage Device Driver

2002-12-15 16:13:42 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS]

IBM updated the USBSTOR.EXE. The new file is available to registered users in the Device Driver download area of eComStation.Com.

APeCS report

2002-12-15 16:05:59 -- APeCS Bot [eComStation.Ru]

Latest changes in APeCS database (34 programs updated) :

• PMNapster by - is updated to 3.6.4
  Multiconnection and Multithreaded Napster clone for OS/2 and eCS. . . .

• cabextract by - is updated to 0.6
  This is a program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files (.CAB) used in win32 software installation/distribution . . .

• Drivers for HST ISDN-PCMCIA adapters by HST is updated to 2.5
  Drivers for High Soft Tech ISDN adapters . . .

• UpdCD by Zsolt Kadar is updated to 2.25
  With UpdCD you can incorporate public IBM fixpaks into your installation CD . . .

• ePDF by Frank Wochatz is updated to 1.0
  ePDF (former PS2PDF) is a PM tool for PostScript to PDF conversion . . .

• AFPL GhostScript by Russell Lang is updated to 8.00
  Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript (TM) language . . .

• Mozilla (nightly build) by Mozilla Team is updated to -
  Most powerfull multiplatform web-browser . . .

• Mozilla (release) by Mozilla Team is updated to 1.2.1
  Warpzilla is an OS/2 port of most powerfull multiplatform internet suite . . .

• XWorkplace by Ulrich Moeller is updated to 1.0.0
  XWorkplace is the successor to my popular XFolder V0.85 package . . .

• CBIRC by Christoph Bratschi is updated to Preview 1
  CBIRC is a cross platform IRC client written in Java . . .

• sarg by - is updated to 1.2.2
  Sarg - Squid Analysis Report Generator is a tool that allow you to view "where" your users are going to on the Internet . . .

• BTTV-Project by Stefan Milcke is updated to Build level 1349
  New BT8X8 driver for TV-Cards . . .

• LXAPI32 by Stefan Milcke is updated to Build level 1586
  Linux API support layer driver . . .

• Mice Rate by - is updated to 1.0
  Calculates the mouse input rate in the OS/2 GUI. . . .

• TrueType Сore Fonts by - is updated to 1.1
  This package contain all tool and scripts needed to download and install M$ core TTF fonts on OS/2 . . .

• jSyncManager by Brad BARCLAY is updated to initial 2
  The jSyncManager is a open source, Java implementation of a HotSync-compatible protocol stack, set of data abstraction objects, development tools, and applications allowing developers and end-users to synchronize Palm devices with any Java based system . . .

• Driver for WatchCard PCI by - is updated to 1.0
  OS/2 Device Driver for WatchCard PCI (Antrax GmbH). . . .

• WarpVision GUI by WarpVision Team is updated to build 20021205
  WarpVision is an OS/2 video player . . .

• ZOC by EmTec is updated to 4.08
  Zap-O-Comm (ZOC) is a high power terminal client for telnet, SSH, modem, ISDN, and more. . . .

• Security/2 by nickk is updated to 0.0.1 alpha
  Мультиюзерность для оси, разграничение прав на доступ к файлам, запуск процессов и прочую хрень. . . .

• Nice-OS/2 Enhancer by Sergey Posokhov is updated to 4.7
  This application adds new features to the OS/2 system: advanced scrolling & image movement, new frames and controls, workplace extension - four "Rooms" around the desktop, hot keys definition, priority management, advanced dynamic priority, Window List cleaning, keyboard management, various patches for OS/2. . . .

• tvisor by Digi is updated to 13.09.2002
  Calc traffics . . .

• PM Downloader by ErOs2 is updated to preview 6a
  PM Downloader is interactive multithreaded network retriever for OS/2 Presentation Manager which supports HTTP and FTP protocols for downloading files . . .

• SetregPM by Thomas Klein is updated to 0.91
  It's just a simple frontend intended to ease the use of SETREG.EXE (from the VIASP09C.ZIP for VIA 686 sound chips package to control mixer settings). . . .

• Phoenix by - is updated to 0.5
  Phoenix is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to Galeon, K-Meleon and Chimera, but written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. . . .

• NewView by Aaron Lawrence is updated to 2.0.25
  NewView is a replacement for View.exe, the original OS/2 help viewer . . .

• DFSee by Jan van Wijk is updated to 5.07
  Display File Systems (DFSee) is a generic partition and filesystem browser/analyser . . .

• Get Your News by - is updated to 2.0
  An unbelievable, multithreaded, yet simple and powerful newsgroup attachment downloader. . . .

• Solver by Gregory Shrago is updated to 1.52
  Solver is a function analyzer . . .

• ncurses by - is updated to 5.3
  The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in System V Release 4.0, and more . . .

• TAMARACK TC9021 MAC Driver by - is updated to 1.03
  TAMARACK(tmi) TC9021 MAC driver. . . .

• National Semiconductor DP83815 MAC driver by - is updated to 1.05.07
  Driver for cards, based on National Semiconductor DP83815 chip . . .

• WebMail/2 by Dimitris Michelinakis is updated to 13
  WebMail/2 is a web interface system for your existing POP3/SMTP servers . . .

• National Semiconductor DP83820 MAC driver by - is updated to 1.05.04
  Driver for cards, based on National Semiconductor DP83820 chip . . .

Hardware

2002-12-12 19:55:17 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Our hardware database growed up in the last week. Users are interested to know about compatibility of industrial devices, mobile, RAID, PCMCIA devices and multiprocessor motherboards.

If you tested new hardware then add this information to our database.

Letter for Santa Claus

2002-12-10 15:37:58 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Short overview of 'Merge an envelope' function in Lotus Smart Suite/2 (russian text).

User group in Omsk

2002-12-05 20:19:15 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

To fortify positions of OS/2 in countries of exUSSR, we start publication of information about user groups in every city.

The first story is about OS/2 users in Omsk (Russia). Cool story.. (russian text only)

We are going to send some CDs and Warpstock bootable CD to this group as reward!

New articles

2002-12-04 00:02:56 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [os2.spb.ru]

There are some publictions on OS2.Spb.Ru

Creation of bootable OS/2 Repair CD-Disk, Story about reserve backup system, Control of Weasel users through web-interface. (russian texts only)

New survey

2002-12-02 12:44:16 -- Deniska [eComStation.Ru]

Do you need WarpVision as a plugin for Mozilla?.. Tell us your opinion.

Information about software

2002-12-02 00:26:05 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eComStation.Ru holds APeCS database with info about fresh eComStation software. You can add info to the database by yourself.

P.S. Before adding a new program to base, please check if it is already posted. This can be done by searching base. This will help us to make list of programs actual. Thanks for your effort. :)

December 2002 VOICE Newsletter

2002-12-01 23:12:50 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, editor@os2voice.org]

The December 2002 issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now online.

In the latest issue you can find:

• Impressions from and thoughts about Warpstock Europe 2002 -- by Christian Hennecke
• DrDialog, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love REXX - Part 4 -- by Thomas Klein
• DragText 3.7 - What is it and what can it do? -- by A. Doug Bisset and Christian Hennecke
• Warpstock Europe 2002 -- by Menno Willemse
• Multizilla, More then just a tab browser addon.-- by Mark Dodel
• Warpstock 2002 Review -- The Innovation Continues -- by Tom Nadeau
• And of course letters, addenda, tips and a compilation of news of the previous month!

APeCS report

2002-11-30 01:30:32 -- APeCS Bot [eComStation.Ru]

Latest changes in APeCS database (34 programs updated) :

• CD's HTML-Format by C.D. is updated to 7.0
  Freeware HTML-Editor written in Java . . .

• Patch for Aureal Vortex1 sound card by Artem Davidenko is updated to -
  This program patches Aureal Vortex1 registers and prevents spontaneous system hangs during playback . . .

• Download Machine by Radim Kolar is updated to 0.15
  Download Machine is simple non-graphical, non-interactive tool for batch file downloads with resume support . . .

• PHP by PHP Development Group is updated to 4.3.0 RC1
  PHP is a popular scripting language most commonly used with a web server to produce dynamically generated web page . . .

• JEdit by Slava Pestov is updated to 4.1 preview5
  jEdit is a programmer's text editor written in Java . . .

• InJoy Dialer by F/X Communications is updated to 3.0 BETA
  InJoy is an easy-to-use Internet Dialer and IPSec VPN Client, providing all the features needed to conduct business on the Internet . . .

• InJoy Firewall by F/X Communications is updated to 3.0 BETA
  The InJoy Firewall is affordable OS/2 software, providing multiple gateway, firewall and VPN capability to consumers, small businesses and large enterprises . . .

• Pluto IKE Server by F/X Communications is updated to 1.71 BETA
  OS/2 port of the well-proven Pluto IKE Server . . .

• RamFS by Andrew Belov is updated to 1.03
  RAMFS is a "remote file system" (as opposed to a "local file system") meaning that it isn't associated with a hard disk partition . . .

• National Semiconductor DP83815 MAC driver by - is updated to 1.05.07
  Driver for cards, based on National Semiconductor DP83815 chip. . . .

• VIA 8233 CPU Tools by - is updated to -
  A set of tools to control CPU cooling on KT266[A], KT333 and some KT133/KX133 chipsets . . .

• KVEC by KK-Software is updated to 2.74 for OS/2
  The following KVEC is a tool which can vectorize images using several graphic formats: BMP, WMF Windows Metafile, Enhanced Metafile, AutoCad DXF, HPGL, ART, Postscript, Adobe Illustrator AI, SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), SWF,DST. . . .

• JJSCDROM by Takayuki 'January June' Suwa is updated to JJ20021119
  JJSCDROM.DMD is a modified version of OS/2 CD-ROM / CD-RW / DVDs device manager driver (OS2CDROM.DMD), based on the latest OS/2 DDK on-line source code . . .

• ppwizard by Dennis Bareis is updated to 02.326
  ppwizard - Free generic preprocessor (html/rexx/ipf/inf/ipfc) . . .

• whois by - is updated to 4.5.33
  This is a new whois (RFC 954) client rewritten from scratch . . .

• AssoEdit by - is updated to 2.1
  Association editor allows you to inspect or modify associations set for file- and typefilters . . .

• Pine by Mike Seibel is updated to 4.50
  OS/2 port of the popular text-based e-mail and news client . . .

• VisualAge for Java by IBM is updated to 3 Entry Edition
  VAJ is a large scale visual development environment for Java . . .

• Gnat by Dave Parsons is updated to 3.15p
  GNAT - GNU Ada Compiler . . .

• WarpIN by Ulrich Moeller is updated to 1.0.0
  WarpIN is intended to become the new general-purpose installer for OS/2 to overcome the current lack of a both flexible and user-friendly installer . . .

• XWorkplace by Ulrich Moeller is updated to 1.0.0
  XWorkplace is the successor to my popular XFolder V0.85 package . . .

• Smart Cache by Radim Kolar is updated to 0.78
  Smart Cache is full featured proxy cache server . . .

• PMDisk by Daniel Valot is updated to 1.11
  OS/2 PM Binary file and disk editor . . .

• RAR by Eugene Roshal is updated to 3.10 beta 4
  RAR Archiver . . .

• Art Of Illusion by Peter Eastman is updated to 1.3
  Art of Illusion is a full featured 3D modelling, rendering, and animation studio. . . .

• Guiffy by Bill Ritcher is updated to 4.7
  Guiffy is a visual source file/folder, compare/merge, utility/component . . .

• JAlbum by David Ekholm is updated to 2.8.4
  Web photo album generator . . .

• jSyncManager by Shannon Morahan is updated to initial 2
  The jSyncManager is a open source, Java implementation of a HotSync-compatible protocol stack, set of data abstraction objects, development tools, and applications allowing developers and end-users to synchronize Palm devices with any Java based system . . .

• DOS Navigator Open Source Project by DN team is updated to 1.51.10b9.1
  DNOSP is a successor of well known DOS Navigator file manager . . .

• Amouse by Noller&Breining Software is updated to 2.2beta
  This is alternate mouse driver . . .

• AiR-BOOT by Martin Kiewitz is updated to 0.93b (RC-4)
  AiR-BOOT is a Multi-Boot partition loader with some extra features built in . . .

• TeaTime by Unknown is updated to 0.06
  TeaTime is a file encryption/decryption program based on the XTea cipher . . .

• XFree86/2 by - is updated to 4.2.99.1
  This is the OS/2 port of XFree86, the free and optimized X11R6 . . .

• SNAP by SciTech is updated to 2.1.0 beta 1
  SciTech SNAP (System Neutral Access Protocol) will change the way you look at device support forever . . .

Change of way of thinking

2002-11-28 04:29:05 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

In last days dramatical events occur in russian FIDONET echoes :) Conservative relations between members of os/2 community collapse and people discuss topic "pay for OS/2 software or not?". What is it? First sprouts of OS/2 market growth in Russia or results of autumn aggravations?

System components

2002-11-25 23:03:33 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Contact us, if you are creating new components for eCS (or replacing old). We collect this information and pass it to Serenity Systems.

Warpstock 2002 - here is our bridge

2002-11-25 14:51:39 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

Report from conference Warpstock 2002 Europe (8-10 november, Holland)

It's russian text, but you can see some cool photos. The translation will be published in the next week.

Contents: short description of some speeches, reccomendations to OS/2 users, some words about Holland.

User-groups

2002-11-21 01:31:22 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

We start collecting information about user groups in different regions.

Format of information:

• Name of group
• Short description of the city. Don't talk about Lenin! What is exceptional in your city?
• Contact info
• What support can you provide to local eCS users?
• Do you obtain support from commercial organizations?
• What software do you create? canceled?

November OS/2 eZine

2002-11-19 01:10:56 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Robert Basler]

Now available in on-line!

IN THIS ISSUE:

From The Editor

• Robert Basler - A Transparent Folders Tip

Reviews

• Art of Illusion 1.2 -- Isaac Leung looks at a 3D Modelling & Animation tool.
• Jasmine & PopCD! -- Deane Yamane looks at two programs from Ken Kinoshita.
• LyX for OS/2 -- Isaac Leung looks at a word processor and typesetter for OS/2.

Articles

• CPPal -- John Bijnens tells us how to use more than two codepages at the same time.
• OS/2 is Boring Part 4 -- Bas Heijermans asks "do you need an OS for your old Pentium?"

The Art Department

• Cool desktops for you.

Forums

• Ask John & Rob -- John Bijnens and Robert Basler answer your OS/2 questions in this ongoing forum.
• November Forums -- Questions for the authors? Disagree with us? Take it to the forums.

APeCS report

2002-11-17 19:26:04 -- APeCS Bot [eComStation.Ru]

Latest changes in APeCS database (33 programs updated) :

• Phoenix by - is updated to 0.4
  Phoenix is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to Galeon, K-Meleon and Chimera, but written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. . . .

• PMCRC32 by - is updated to 2.0
  SFV check program now with sound support and some auto functions. . . .

• Bingo/2 by Ric Zapanta is updated to 1.4
  Bingo/2 is a program which allows you to play many different types of bingo games on your computer . . .

• SANE by various people is updated to 1.0.9
  Sane (Scanner Access Now Easy) is software to access scanners with Non-Windows/Mac-Systems . . .

• DaniS506 by Daniela Engert is updated to 1.5.2
  DaniS506.ADD - replacement for IBM1S506.ADD . . .

• UpdCD by Zsolt Kadar is updated to 2.24
  With UpdCD you can incorporate public IBM fixpaks into your installation CD . . .

• Amouse by Noller&Breining Software is updated to 2.2beta
  This is alternate mouse driver . . .

• Informer by - is updated to -
  Small utility for getting system information . . .

• TAMARACK TC9021 MAC Driver by - is updated to 1.02
  TAMARACK(tmi) TC9021 MAC driver. . . .

• GhostScript by Russell Lang is updated to 7.32 beta
  Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript (TM) language . . .

• Netlabs EPM Distribution by Netlabs is updated to 1.00
  The EPM, being shipped with OS/2 or eComStation as part of your desktop, is a very flexible and reliable editor . . .

• JAlbum by David Ekholm is updated to 2.7
  Web photo album generator . . .

• pwICQ by - is updated to 29-Oct-2002
  This is a famous ICQ clone for OS/2. . . .

• SingleMouse by IBM is updated to 10.087
  Mouse driver. . . .

• whois by - is updated to 4.5.31
  This is a new whois (RFC 954) client rewritten from scratch . . .

• Maul Publisher by Frans Morre is updated to 2.21
  Maul is a DeskTop Publishing program that will handle posters, booklets and long documents . . .

• Caravan by - is updated to -
  Caravan is an application server (http/smtp/ftp/database). . . .

• PHP by PHP Development Group is updated to 4.3.0-pre2
  PHP is a popular scripting language most commonly used with a web server to produce dynamically generated web page . . .

• PS2PDF by - is updated to 0.2
  PS2PDF is a PM tool for PostScript to PDF conversion . . .

• MTR by Matt Kimball is updated to 0.51
  MTR stands for Matt's traceroute . . .

• RAR by Eugene Roshal is updated to 3.10 beta 3
  RAR Archiver . . .

• F by Duy Nguyen is updated to 4.71 beta
  "Swiss army knive" of file managers . . .

• JaWaedit - Java WAV editor by Florian Boemers, Niels Thorwirth, Robin Pouget is updated to 1.16
  JaWaedit is WAVE editor written in pure Java . . .

• DFSee by Jan van Wijk is updated to 5.05
  Display File Systems (DFSee) is a generic partition and filesystem browser/analyser . . .

• GCC Compiler Suite by GNU.Org is updated to 3.0.4-fix1
  Complete compiler suite for OS/2 . . .

• daytime by - is updated to -
  This package contains a time (RFC 868), daytime (RFC 867) and SNTP (RFC 1361) server and client for OS/2 and NT. . . .

• HPCalc by - is updated to 0.97
  A free PM Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculator similar to a HP 41C with some enhancements but not programability. . . .

• Python by AndyMac is updated to 2.2.2
  An interpreted, object oriented, scripting language . . .

• Smart Cache by Radim Kolar is updated to 0.77
  Smart Cache is full featured proxy cache server . . .

• Photo Tiger by Michael Moegn is updated to 231
  PhotoTiger is a program for editing digital photos and pictures . . .

• PC/2 by Roman Stangl is updated to 2.20
  Adds a new menu of your preferred applications to the desktop . . .

• TZCRON by LЭko Willms is updated to 1.0
  Automates the changing between standard and daylight savings time, using CRON. . . .

• Patch for Aureal Vortex1 sound card by Artem Davidenko is updated to -
  This program patches Aureal Vortex1 registers and prevents spontaneous system hangs during playback . . .