iLink/2 public beta
Craig Pommer has released the first public beta version of his replacement for "IBM's Dial Other Provider" application. By the time you read this, iLink/2 should be available on the regular OS/2 FTP sites under the filename ilnk099a.zip.OS/2 Professional Ceases Publication!
Miller Freeman, Inc. (MFI) and International Features, Inc. (IFI), today announced that OS/2 Professional Magazine, published by IFI, has ceased publication after its February 1996 issue and that MFI has acquired its paid subscriber file for an undisclosed price. According to the terms of agreement, IFI retains ownership of the title "OS/2 Professional." IFI will also continue to operate OS/2 Express, a direct response, OS/2 software reseller.
MFI will fulfill OS/2 Professional's paid subscribers, and some of its qualified free subscribers, with its OS/2 Magazine. OS/2 Magazine's editorial and advertising content will not be affected by these changes.
OS/2 Professional, published since 1992, was the first mainstream publication for corporate and personal users of IBM's OS/2 microcomputer operating system.
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The MicroLearn Visual Help System.
MicroLearn is working hard on a completely new online help system for OS/2. It will have the same functionality as the INF/HLP system has in OS/2 today - and much, much more! It will for example feature:
The readers/viewers (to be able to view the documents) will be available for free. The toolkit (to be able to create the online documents) will be licenced to developers. Price is not yet decided. MicroLearn will use this online help system on all their future products.
If you have any suggestions for features for this 'ultimate online help system', please send all your suggestions to: jari@microlearn.se.
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Internet Telephone: IBM Statement of Direction.
IBM is announcing its intent to enter into the Internet multimedia communication market by bringing software telephony applications to the world of the Internet as well as private TCP/IP networks. Anyone using the Internet will enjoy being able to hold voice communications with friends, relatives, and business associates using their existing Internet access connection.
Since today's Internet telephone products and technologies do not interoperate among one other, IBM is announcing, effective immediately, the intention to establish a consortium of technology developers and suppliers to address interoperability among the various industry offerings. Parties interested in joining this consortium should contact the IBM Internet Division.
This software will come preloaded on IBM multimedia PCs. The technology will be included in IBM's OS/2 Warp operating system, as well as other IBM software and hardware products. IBM will demonstrate this Internet telephone technology at CeBIT in Germany and Computer Telephony Expo '96 in Los Angeles in March, 1996.
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Neologic News beta now available.
NeoLogic Inc. is making a wide beta version of NeoLogic News V4.5 available to all registered users. The beta is available from hobbes.nmsu.edu and ftp.cdrom.com as nsnewsyk.zip. The file is currently located in the respective incoming directory of each server.
This version will only function for currently a registered users. Please report any problems to Neologic at nstn4064@fox.nstn.ca.
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Masterroids v0.9 now available.
Roman Komary has released v0.9 of his new shareware game, Masterroids. It is a 32bit PM game written specifically for OS/2 and accomodates up to 4 players.
The games is based on the Asteroids game concept but takes it into the '90s with beautiful graphics animation and sounds. You can find it at CDROM and possibly other sites as well.
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Version 2.2 of FTP-It! now available.
The easy to use FTP client, FTP-It!, is now available in version 2.2 at most of the regular distribution sites including BMT Micro. New in v2.2 are many changes and fixes (far too many to list them all here) including various usability features and better information displaying during transfers.
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Beta Testers needed for Bug-Eyed Monsters from Outer Space.
Rhintek announces that it is looking for beta testers for a new Internet-aware, multi-player game. Computer game developer, Grinning Lizard, will use Rhintek's OS/2 communications engine, RhinoCom, to create "Bug-Eyed Monsters from Outer Space (BEM)." BEM is a high-action, multi-player OS/2 strategy game reminiscent of 1950's science fiction movies and comics played directly over phone lines or through TCP/IP on networks or the Internet.
Lee Thomason, President of Grinning Lizard, promises, "an AI that doesn't cheat, NPCs that evolve through use of genetic algorithms, high-intensity graphics, and mind-melting sounds."
The alpha BEM product will be widely available beginning March 1 with the first beta release appearing late April. Participation in the beta program is limited, costs $50, and includes a copy of the final game (MSRP $69).
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Neural Override team commits to develop OS/2 version of LightRider(tm).
Neural Override, Inc. has officially announced that they will develop an OS/2 Warp version of their new title, LightRider(tm). The company made its decision based on, "unbelievably high," response from the OS/2 community. Neural Override plans to shift its lead LightRider(tm) programming team onto the OS/2 version.
Light Rider will be a fully 3D high speed, graphically intense shooting/driving game that pits you in one of 4 high tech vehicles on a texture mapped terrain racing through enemy lines to save the universe. A playable demo is planned for release before the game, however the final release will be CD-ROM only. Neural Override is also planning an all out media blitz to launch their new game which will be out near the end of the year, including Internet and print media based advertising.
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HyperView v3.1 now available.
The text viewing and searching utility, HyperView, has now been updated to version 3.1. Among other enhancements, the new version offers a Hex viewer for the PM version, popup menus, and instructions for printing from HyperView.
HyperView is a file viewer with special functions for isolating and extracting information from word processing, text, and ZIP files. It reads popular word processing formats, as well as ASCII text files and the HyperView package includes both Presentation Manager (PM) and text mode versions of the program.
The current version of HyperView can be found at BMT Micro as well as CompuServe, various BBS's and other OS/2 FTP sites. For more information contact the author, Michael H. Shacter.
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Bulletron OS/2 BBS demo released.
The demo of the Bulletron BBS software has now been released and is available by ftp from:
ftp://online-tech.com/pub/bulletron/bullet.zip
Company officials claim Bulletron, "is the simplest and most powerful OS/2 BBS in the world. Expandable and flexible enough to meet the needs of the largest corporation, yet simple
enough to be mastered by non-technical people in less than an hour." For further information, contact Andy Tornquist of Online Technologies at (516) 689-2457.
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WebWriter/2 reaches version 1.1.
WebWriter/2 version 1.1 is now available for download from the WebWriter/2 Home
Page. WebWriter/2 is a VXREXX based native OS/2 HTML editor that eases the creation of WWW pages. New in this version are many enhancements, including table creation and editing tools.
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Updated releases of CodeSmith's Xit and Matrix.
CodeSmith Software has released updated versions of its PM enhancer, Xit, and its PM game, Matrix, bringing them to version 2.1 and version 1.2 respectively. Changes largely consist of updated e-mail address contact information, documentation and ordering information but the new version of Xit also includes various minor switches and features.
Xit is a shareware desktop enhancement utility that takes around 200k of RAM and displays multiple user defined titlebar buttons that allow users to close, rollup, move, size and perform many other actions on most open windows or folders. Matrix is a shareware PM based strategy game. The game is easy to learn, like Tetris, but requires some brains, like Go. Both can be found at BMT Micro or the usual FTP sites.
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Special academic pricing on OS/2 from Indelible Blue.
Indelible Blue recently announced special academic prices on OS/2 Warp and Warp Connect. Anyone with a valid student or faculty ID can fax IB with a copy of their ID and their order to take advantage of these special prices.
Warp without WINOS2 code (Red Spine) is US$59 (Warp Connect--US$109); Warp with WINOS2 code (Blue Spine) is US$99 (Warp Connect--US$129). For additional information, call IB at 800-776-8284.
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Point votes OS/2 e-Zine! among the top 5% on the WWW.
What we and our readers have known for a while now, has become common knowlege--OS/2 e-Zine! is among the best sites on the WWW for presentation, content and experience. After a few months of persistent nagging by the editorial staff at e-Zine!, Point finally got around to filling out their meagre list of top OS/2 sites by reviewing our little site.
Although we were unable to find our review anywhere in their new reviews section, by searching through the OS/2 section we eventually were able to find it. Having a list of only seven out of the literally hundreds of great OS/2 related sites on the WWW, Point is obviously a little biased when it comes to OS/2 reporting. Oops! We better not complain too loudly--we do want to remain in the top 5%!
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Site of the week now in action.
In response to the overwhelming number of new, high quality OS/2 sites springing up around the world, OS/2 e-Zine! has begun the Site of the Week. Each week our team of dedicated experts (OK, Web Nerds with too much time on their hands) will scour the Web for the latest, greatest OS/2-friendly site.
If you're hip to Warp and want the world on your doorstep, or happen across a gem in the sand send in that URL! Nominations (yeah, you can nominate yourself) should be sent to editor@os2ezine.com along with the site owner/administrator's name and the submitter's name. If you want to include a short review of the site, you just might get published! If the page has left your mind spinning, don't worry, we're professionals and we're trained to do the dangerous work. Make sure you include the words, site of the week in the subject line of your message.
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