Articles on ecomstation.ru for russian readers

2001-11-17 06:45:49 -- Igor Vanin [www.ecomstation.ru]

Two new articles were published on ecomstation.ru.

Dmitry Polyakov tells us how to replace interface of Merlin with interface of eComStation.

Andrei A. Porodko translated "Whither OS/2?" article of Mark Dodel. The source of the article is published on the OS2Voice site.

The Russian Electronic Developer Magazine

2001-11-15 22:02:14 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [Glassman]

Russian users can access the magazine here.

Some fun stuff related to OS/2

2001-11-15 21:58:34 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecsru space]

Large mugs and sweatshirts. Low prices, high quality. Here.

IBM auctions on eBay

2001-11-15 20:02:35 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS]

Maybe others were aware of this, but it was news to me that IBM is now peddling old and refurbed merchandise and parts on eBay.

Nothing directly OS/2 related, but lot's of systems (Netvistas, ThinkPads and servers(need an AS/400?)) and things like network cards, monitors, drives, controllers and RAM. I didn't see any software listed. Not sure how prices compare with other outlets, but if you are looking for something obscure, this might be the place to look.

IBM Free Certification Testing

2001-11-13 17:30:27 -- Igor Vanin [#os2russian, Boroda]

IBM is announcing a special limited time free certification testing offer, available worldwide from November 1 to December 31, 2001.

Offer includes the following tests:

• Test 283, IBM VisualAge for Java, Professional Edition, V4.0
• Test 487, IBM WebSphere Studio, Professional or Advanced Edition, V4.0
• Test 488, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Advanced Single Server Edition for Multiplatforms, V4.0
• Test 489, Administration for IBM WebSphere Application Server, Advanced Edition, V4.0

Details on IBM site.

Survey: Do you need boot feature for JFS partitions?

2001-11-12 19:37:35 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.ecomstation.ru]

New survey on ecomstation.ru: do you need boot feature for JFS partitions.

Pavel Shtemenko is the author of low-level utilities for JFS files system. He is going to introduce the boot feature for JFS. Your interest will make him to describe procedure and publish results.

eComStation article on livingwithoutmicrosoft.org

2001-11-12 02:49:55 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS]

Fr. Andrew Wm. Graham has posted an article here. It might help if other users go there and add their thoughts and comments as well. The site requires registration to post.

eComStation Tour

2001-11-12 02:46:51 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [VOICENWS, Filip Molcan]

On OS/2.cz, there is a new section - ECS Tour - it contains some new pictures of eComStation. Look at this great operating system!

Surveys, surveys, surveys...

2001-11-08 21:45:23 -- Igor Vanin [Yuri Dario]

Survey related to VoiceType and Opera web-browser.

Do you use VoiceType in eComstation? (All the time!, Sometimes, Almost never, Tried it once, Never ever!, VoiceType?)

On the homepage of Opera Webbrowser there is a survey about the browser. OS/2 is mentioned as possible platform. If you like Opera it would be a good idea to make your point there.

Some updates in www.os2.spb.ru

2001-11-08 21:45:20 -- Igor Vanin [www.os2.spb.ru]

Fun screenshot.

New groups added to the Jakesplace Ultimate OS/2 News Feed

2001-11-08 21:45:17 -- Igor Vanin [VOICENWS, Jack Troughton]

The Ultimate OS/2 Newsfeed at Jakesplace has added two new newsfeeds.

I've added the Sundial news groups to the newsfeed at jakesplace. Sundial Systems are the developers of such fine OS/2 software packages as Mesa, Clearlook, Relish, DBExpert, Junkspy, etc. I'm now carrying all their groups.

I've also added the recently revived OS/2 related newsgroups at IBM's news server, news.software.ibm.com.

Jakesplace is now carrying feeds from usenet, eComStation.nl, IBM's java news server, IBM's general news server, Scitech/Openwatcom, Mozilla.org, and Sundial, for a total of 88 newsgroups.

If you're running a private OS/2 related news server and would like tohave your groups added to the Jakesplace Ultimate OS/2 Newsfeed, feel free to contact me at jake@jakesplace.dhs.org.

News server policy may be found in the newsgroup jakesplace.announce. Any comments or requests regarding policy may be discussed in jakesplace.discussion.

To access the server, just point your newsreader at jakesplace.dhs.org. (news://jakesplace.dhs.org for all you netscape fans out there;).

Here is a complete list of all the groups carried at jakesplace.dhs.org:

comp.lang.rexx
comp.os.os2.advocacy 
comp.os.os2.announce
comp.os.os2.apps
comp.os.os2.beta
comp.os.os2.bugs
comp.os.os2.comm
comp.os.os2.games
comp.os.os2.mail-news
comp.os.os2.marketplace
comp.os.os2.misc 
comp.os.os2.multimedia 
comp.os.os2.networking
comp.os.os2.networking.misc
comp.os.os2.networking.server
comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip
comp.os.os2.networking.www 
comp.os.os2.programmer
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
comp.os.os2.programmer.oop
comp.os.os2.programming
comp.os.os2.scitech 
comp.os.os2.setup 
comp.os.os2.setup.misc 
comp.os.os2.setup.storage 
comp.os.os2.setup.video
comp.os.os2.utilities
comp.text.tex 
ecomstation.advocacy 
ecomstation.announce
ecomstation.apps 
ecomstation.apps.adopt 
ecomstation.gui 
ecomstation.lists.ecomstation 
ecomstation.lists.ecomstation_multimedia 
ecomstation.multimedia.misc 
ecomstation.requirements
ecomstation.support.dtoc
ecomstation.support.hardware 
ecomstation.support.install
ecomstation.support.lvm 
ecomstation.support.misc
ecomstation.support.networking 
ecomstation.support.smartsuite
ecomstation.support.smp 
ecomstation.support.staroffice 
ecomstation.support.wisemachine
ecomstation.test 
fr.comp.os.os2
ibm.networking.tcpip.os2 
ibm.software.commserver.os2 
ibm.software.os2.lan 
ibm.software.os2.misc
ibm.software.os2.rexx
ibm.software.os2.warp
ibmpub.java.os2 
jakesplace.announce 
jakesplace.discussion 
jakesplace.family 
jakesplace.iwethey 
jakesplace.warp
jakesplace.warp.describe 
jakesplace.warp.discussion 
jakesplace.warp.pronews
netscape.public.mozilla.os2 
openwatcom.contributors
openwatcom.users.c_c++
openwatcom.users.fortran
oss.netlabs.misc
scitech.display.doctor.dos 
scitech.display.doctor.embedded 
scitech.display.doctor.linux
scitech.display.doctor.os2 
scitech.display.doctor.other.os
scitech.display.doctor.windows
scitech.gldirect 
scitech.mgl 
scitech.mgl.contributors 
sundial.clearlook.newsgroup 
sundial.dbexpert.newsgroup 
sundial.junkspy.newsgroup 
sundial.mesa.newsgroup 
sundial.relish.newsgroup 
sundial.rover.newsgroup 
wxwindows.contributors 
wxwindows.contributors.beos 
wxwindows.contributors.os2 
wxwindows.users 
wxwindows.users.wxpython 

Feel free to drop by and check it out!

Netcraft remembered about OS/2

2001-11-06 18:56:45 -- Igor Vanin [OS2 ISP mailing list, Timur Kazimirov]

Netcraft is the server which observes web-servers status.

NetCraft was detecting web-servers with os/2 installed as Compaq True64 (ex-Digital Unix). Now, it detects os/2 servers properly. This will allow to count widespread of os/2 machines in the internet.

Details: http://www.netcraft.com

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.

Changes in ecomstation.ru

2001-11-06 18:42:40 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [www.ecomstation.ru]

Some small changes in our site. Join us to accelerate growing of the site.

• Screenshot of pager software from Igor Vaskov; Screenshots of Virtual PC from Uhta, Pasha, Relf:
  http://ecomstation.ru/dbank.php?show=desktops
  Send us screenshots of your favorite applications or your own software product.
• More banners in Attributes collection,
  http://ecomstation.ru/dbank.php?show=attributes

  We invite visitors of the site to publish articles and reviews related to eCS and OS/2 in our site.

Glassman reduced support of his products for russian users

2001-11-06 18:41:50 -- Igor Vanin [#os2russian, GlassMan]

Glassman Trivial Library and Keyboard Layer/2 are not available for russian users. Let's wait comments from Glassman.

WarpMedia Technology Preview #1x08

2001-11-06 18:41:14 -- Lazy [VOICENWS, Timo Maier]

WarpMedia is under active development.

New in #1x08:

• Some bug fixes
• Implemented rewind button for AVI

  New in #1x07 (distributed at Warpstock Europe only):

  • Loop control implemented
  • AVI A/V Synch OSD setting
  • XCenter widget trayable
  • More media info in playlist. Columns now toggable too
  • AVI playback uses DART for for framerate control instead of Timer0. This might cause problems with "bad" DART drivers
  • AVI with PCM audio supported
  • AVI with MP3/VBR now supported
  • Better AVI format compability
  • Forward/rewind buttons activated for MPEG-1 video
  • Forward button activated for AVI video (press several times to increase speed)
  • Larger MPEG video/audio buffersize for "bad" DART drivers

  URL: ftp://ftp.sdg.os2.nu:21/pub/warpmedia/testcase/wmed_tp1x08.zip